October 2005 Archives

yes, I'm that young. :moon

My day started out pretty good, got to wear my costume to work (wore the vampiress one for those that remember it) We were having a luncheon today (they do it every year) I'd gotten the latest Melissa CD from my wife, and a card was waiting for me from Ran when I woke up...if nothing more than that it would have been a great day. :1luvu
I got to work, and my co-worker had decorated my cubicle, which was one of the sweetest things anyone had ever done for me...so I call my wife, wake her up, and because it's my birthday she drives out there with the camera so I can take pictures of it (that's got to be love, I'm tellin ya!) :notworthy
So she gets there, with camera, Balloon that SINGS (don't worry, be happy...now that I've gotten it stuck in YOUR head too...) and flowers :biggrin
Pictures will come when I get my hands on the camera and download the pics :lol
While I'm at work, Jet and WhteTigr call with their birthday wishes (thank you Tig for finishing the song :wink )
When the workday's over, and I get home, the phone starts, and doesn't stop for what seemed like hours!
First I heard from my boys, then I talked to Bluewolf, then Ran, M (my wife), My Dad, My sister (the one just younger than me), and Ran again. I know while I'm on the phone I got several calls in between, and one was unknown that I wasn't able to switch over quickly enough. :hum
goodness....I can't forget the card and thread from all my friends over at PA, the messages and emails when I was afk...my brain is smoking from trying not to forget anyone!! :eyes
I just want to say thank you all, for making this the best birthday to date. I love you guys!! :kisses

Always
~T~

I borrowed this from some friends at LJ, thought it might be interesting to put here :lol

Leave one memory of you and me together. It doesn't matter if I know you a little or a lot, anything you remember. Next, post this in your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you.

My oldest boy called me tonight...they had their last game this evening

they WON!!
:groupwave

which means they've only lost one game this season (and it was the one he didn't get to play! :flames )

had to brag a bit :biggrin

yes, I'm back...thank you to those that realized I was gone and contacted me to ask how the trip went....it was wonderful
Last Wed. I flew out to TX to visit my kids...what started out to be a rather uneventful trip turned into anything but!

My father had called the night before I left, and when he found out I was coming to see the kids, asked about what our plans were. Well, to be honest, we really didn't have any...just spending time together and play it by ear from there, so he invited us down for a camping trip at the 4-wheeler park he goes to.
Needless to say, when I mentioned it to the boys, they were all for it! :lol

So, Wed. night, my flight gets in, I pick up the car and drive to OK...I hadn't even been in the state 15 minutes and I'm getting pulled over and get a speeding ticket!
finally get to the motel (about 2:00 am) and manage to get some sleep before picking the kids up at 7:30
my oldest had gotten to bring his uniform home...so got some pictures of him in that, and we were on the road for 'grandpa's' house!
the next day (Friday) we headed for the park...rode around, and let me tell you, my oldest can RIDE!! He has his own 4-wheeler now, and was the first time that he'd really ridden by himself...my father put him through his paces, and he managed to impress even the old man (I know from experience that's not an easy job!)

Saturday was spent with more ridding, spending time together, and basically enjoying the time we had...(until their dad showed up, my father had invited him :angry)
not much I could do about that, I just wish the 2 of them would think about how their actions affect others sometime...but I did enjoy the time spent with my kids...the hurricane held off long enough to allow me to get back home, and my 2 youngest boys have swore they're coming to FL next year :happydance
(possibly the oldest too, I'm really hoping, but he hasn't decided yet)

I do have pics that will be posted as soon as I get them developed....and since there's nothing else I feel comfortable putting here, I will close this now.

till next time!

and her party is tonight

Happy Birthday RanRan

all along...
and before anyone starts...I know Republicans are not the only ones afraid of gay marriages.
please read the following with an OPEN mind, or don't bother...

What are they afraid of?

The New Willy Horton
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After a break (no, not my computer) I'm starting to get this WPMU figured out a bit more.
I discovered that the module I was trying to install had nothing to do with anything I had done, but some server settings that are not set in a way that would allow it to run...so it will be a "can live without that" thing
I'm slowly but surely getting things the way I want to on there...I found a plug-in (well, not really a plug-in) that will display my reads the way I want it to on the page (if you're completely confused, look at the sidebar to your right, that's done with MT RSS plug-in, instead of blogrolling)
so once I get all the toys taken care of...I can start on themes...then, (if I understand it correctly) users will be able to sign up for their own blogs, pick and choose what they would like to have on them (as far as plug-ins and templates) and be ready to go!
if I don't understand it correctly...well, it's still a good platform, with much better spam control features...plus you don't have to hack multiple files anytime you want to add something to the platform!

no, before you ask, I don' t have it working the way I want to yet...but we're not going there tonight! :errrr

tonight, I'm in to good a mood to even think about it...

I have the most awesome job...and reason number 5963+ why I think so

We get 50.00 gift cards to use in the restaurants we own here in Jax every month
My company has season tickets to the Jag's games...every week (in order) someone gets 2 tickets (touchdown club) and a parking pass...this week was my week (yes, I know I'm not into football, but it will be my first NFL game!)
every year we're 'reviewed'. that just happened, and we were #1, so we all got gift cards to target for a job well done (it's so nice to work someplace where they SHOW how much you're appreciated!)

'home life' is going well...it's funny, someone and I were talking about that today at work, I don't think they quite understood our life here...but it works for us
nice, quiet, and drama free...that's a very good thing!
we all support each other, help each other...if someone doesn't feel like doing something (ie: cooking, cleaning the kitchen, etc...) chances are someone else will...and if not, that's ok too. We all have our moments and we're all OK with that.
If I had thought not very long ago, I would go from living alone (for the most part) to where I am now...I would have thought someone was crazy...
But now, I wouldn't want it any other way! :biggrin

I think I need a break...:bullet
no, not from 'home' life, since that's as wonderful as can be...

I've been working today on setting up
WPMU, all seemed to be going well...after reinstalling it about 10 times, it was finally doing what I wanted it to do...
until I got lazy...
as you can see...I host a lot of blogs here, those on the sidebar don't even begin to list all of the ones there are here (since I haven't cleaned it up in a while)

one of the things I like about MT is that I can edit the files in the browser, if I want to change a template or stylesheet I don't have to open up FTP or Cpanel and edit them, I just log in, make my changes, and viola!
I thought I had found a plugin that would let me do this same thing...I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong...but I keep getting an error message once I activate it (everything else seems to be working correctly) :hammer
let me once again state how much I really DON'T like php :uhoh3

Why am I doing this, you might ask, since I have this platform hacked to the point that it does pretty much what I want it to?
I'm asking myself that same question...
I don't know if it's the challenge, the fact that this version of MT is no longer supported, the comment spam we get on a regular basis if I don't keep on top of it (since I deleted all ability to trackback any and all posts here, we don't have to worry about that anymore) or what exactly is making me so obsessed over getting this to work...
And when (yes, when) I do get it to work...thats still no guarantee that I'm even going to want to use it! :shakehead

yea...I'm definitally a geek