I resolve to…

Filed Under (Coding, Entrecard, Mr Mainframe, My Sites, Random, Vacation) by Joby on 01-01-2010


The new year has begun, yet some 11 1/2 hours in, it feels no different. Therefore I need to begin thinking of what I need to do to improve on last year… Here goes:

  1. Read my Bible daily
  2. Count to 10 before yelling at the boys
  3. Eat better
  4. Exercise
  5. Focus on my web work
  6. Drop more ( EntreCard )
  7. Tweet More
  8. Learn more RACF / ACF2 / and Natural programming
  9. GeoCache more
  10. Learn to relax

That is ten of about a million things I want to do.

I am off to start at least one of them.

- ‘Till tomorrow
- Joby

4 days in Connecticut

Filed Under (Random, Vacation, uh oh... Jobys Pissed) by Joby on 13-12-2009


This weekend has been an adventure.

We have come to Connecticut for the wedding of my Father’s step daughter. This was the first time our boys have flown.

We arrived in Hartford on time and made our way to the baggage claim then off to the car rental. That is where the fun began.

We have done all of our reservations electronically this trip so we have no ‘paper’ tickets etc. This proved to be a problem when renting the car because they needed a copy of our itinerary in order to release the vehicle.

I had handed him a hand written confirmation number from the airlines, but he ignored that (at first).

I began to ‘try’ to find our information online using my BlackBerry which ended pretty quickly. The man finally said that we could call the airline and get the confirmation number for our flight… Oh my did Kimmie let him have it… remember above when I said (at first)???

Then came the self serve pick your own car. The kids want this one… the wife “don’t care”… the nice young punks call dibs on the one the kids want… we look for another… I get angry and march into the building… the man says any car out there is available if the keys are in it… so we take the one the kids want…

‘Daddy, I gotta go pee’ – yup… we are driving on I-91 S with two lanes of cars on either side of us when we hear the dreaded phrase. When our youngest finally calls out with the ‘I gotta go pee’ statement, we normally have about 3 minutes to get him somewhere. Somewhere ended up being the side of the highway between the front and rear passenger door…

We made it to the hotel and checked in. It sure does not look like it was described. We are expecting a common living area and two separate bedrooms. We get two bedrooms a long narrow hall and a bathroom. No big we can deal. Then, neither TV remote works, two lights are burned out, the iron does not work, and we get the privilege of a 6am wakeup call via room construction being performed in the room above…

Donovan has had a total of 4 meltdowns so far. One ending up with him wearing his sparkling cider from the toast.

Nick just wants to go to WalMart across from the hotel.

Kim and I are trying to figure out how to visit as many people as we can in our one free day…

Aside from that the wedding was beautiful, the weather has been pretty decent, and the boys have enjoyed their time with Ja Ja n Sue.

That was the first two days…

‘Till next time
- Joby

Another day in Pardise for the Bald Fat Guy and his lovely wife Kimmie

Filed Under (Random, Vacation) by Joby on 02-12-2008


Hola

Yesterday marked day 3 of our journey.

I must mention that i shaved my head today. I know that is not much of a surprise since I am the ‘Bald Fat Guy’ but the shave cream that have here is absolutely the best I have ever used! I will make it a goal to have some to take home!

We started our day with breakfast. I have yet to try any of the domestic favorites, but I may become brave someday.

After breakfast we went to the spa. We were given manicures, pedicures, and a back massage. I debated whether or not to post the before and after pictures of my feet here. I decided to save you the agony. :)

Our ElephantWe returned to our room to find another intricately folded towel sitting on the counter. Today’s towel animal is an elephant. Our housekeeper is pretty talented I must say. He not only doees a superb job making our room fresh and inviting, but I intend to sneak in here the next time he is here and watch him create the next one.

After spending a little time here in the room, we took another walk around the hotel. We went to the gift shop and bought a birthday present for our niece. She turns 6 the day after we return.

We had lunch on outside on the terrace. After this trip I will have to modify my blog to read ‘Blog of a Bald Fatter Guy’ because the food down here is awesome!

After lunch we went to the lobby to wait for my father and his wife. We could not have timed things more perfectly we rounded the corner just as they entered the lobby. They have been coming here for quite some time. So long in fact, everyone knows them by name. ‘Hola Senior Mick! Welcome back’ echoed through the lobby. I now understand why everyone here has been able to pronounce my last name with such accuracy.

Kim and I headed to our room so they could get settled. They called us up to their room – which is smaller than ours but has a much closer view of the ocean – and we talked about their flight etc.

They had an appointment to talk with their representative so we came back to our room. I swear the housekeepers wait in hiding until we leave so they can come into the room and spruce things up. We were gone for maybe 45 minutes but when we got back, the room was tidy. Even the toilet paper ends had been folded into points. Unreal LOL!

We went to the gift shop to get some munchies. There is plenty of good food here, but every now and then you gotta have some doritos ya know? LOL

We ran in to Dad and Sue and made plans for dinner.

Kim and I came back to our room and prepared for dinner. We eat at ‘The Steak’ This is the second time we have eaten dinner outside, and the second time it has rained. It was a brief rain that passed by so quickly we did not move from our table.

Batman and KimAfter dinner, we walked around outside listening to the waves and the throngs of people chatting with each other. Suddenly We were attacked by Batman and Spidergirl. Ok, not attacked but we were told about the evenings entertainment. They were having a show in the ballroom with some impersonators, drummers, and dancers.  It was a hoot. Check out the pics below.

Kim and IBefore the show stated we headed to the lobby. They have a Christmas tree set up and I had been waiting for it to get dark outside so we could get a good picture of it with the lights on etc. My dad offered to take our picture in front of it. He then made us laugh uncontrollably just before snapping the shot.

After that we went to the show. It was pretty entertaining. When we got there, there was a Michael Jackson impersonator. They also had a Christina Aguilera impersonator. Before the batteries in the camera died, I took the following photos.

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It was a good time.

- Joby


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