The Answer, and then some

Spite makes the world go round. Thanks for the guesses; there were some good ones in there.
[Context: at a graduation party, deciding not to eat a piece of cake, since doing so would be a favor to the person who would be overloaded with leftover cake.]

One week down of a two week sub job. I was grading papers at Scooter's last night and felt the need for a nice cold adult beverage. While considering what to say to the kiddos come Monday morning, I had flashes of Dr. Cox from Scrubs. Really looking forward to it.

Lot of cooking last week too. Beef & noodles. Penne with Vodka sauce. (Check for updates, I might put up a picture so my sister knows what it's supposed to look like....) And tonight: homemade red sauce with fresh tomatoes--spicy.

Moved a piano today and in the process of stopping it from rolling down the stairs (or jumping over it to get in a better position to lift from, my memory is a little hazy here) I ended up with a nice bruise directly left of my sternum. I'm looking forward to what it will look like tomorrow.

Should be heading off to bed here, since I've got to work in the morning, and we've got Mojito Monday tomorrow night, so napping potential in the afternoon will be hindered by the errands I'll need to run. By the by, I think we're going to try making a batch from scratch again and see how that turns out.

Buenos Noches.

UPDATE: Here's that pasta sauce. Hot dang.

Hurricane Dean

Track the path of Hurricane Dean.

It was inevitable.

Quiz Time!

What do all these things have in common?

Money
Love
Gold
God
Oil
Energy
Capitalism
People
Money and Guns
Conspiracy
Laughter
Compassion and Forgiveness
Curiousity
Music

They're all said (at least in searching through the first few pages searching google) to make the world go round. And when the phrase "_____ makes the world go round" passed my lips this afternoon, none of these words filled in that blank. Leave a comment with your guess as to how to complete the phrase. Prizes may or may not be awarded. Answer posted soon.

The End is Near.

Of summer that is. Maybe the world, I don't know on that one. But yep, the summer is definitely coming to a close. On the whole, I'd say it's been a good one (see last post). Looking back at that post, I realized there's no mention of my favorite niece, let alone pictures. Her first birthday is coming up next month--my how the time flies.



Here's a picture I'm calling "Stoner Baby Eating Eggs." Bella really needs to learn what the phrase 'bite off more than you can chew' means. Just keeps on shoving food in. Sadly, when we were all out for my mom's birthday last week, we didn't have a camera with us to take a picture of Bella trying to eat a whole dinner roll. She smashed it up pretty good and got a couple bites off. We did get a little picture on my dad's phone camera, but it's a phone camera (i.e, crappy picture). Sidenote: I gave Isabelle her first taste of bacon that night. :0


This was at a family reunion (mom's side) out in Manawa, IA. This was taken before Isabelle got interested in my nametag and tore that off my shirt. I think I've got a picture of that, too, but couldn't find it here. She's still a little porker, and I have no idea where all of it is going. Some on the floor, yes. But she still eats a LOT.

And that whole thing about the send of the summer: I've already got the first two weeks of the school year scheduled, subbing for a teacher who had a baby this summer. So I go back to work on Monday, for my first paid labor since the end of last May. Whee.

Shmorgasbord

I: Lappy
The laptop's back in action, but here's a quandry: why should a logic board with a manufacturing defect (i.e., free replacement) last longer than a logic board without a manufacturing defect (i.e, $300 charge)? We're talking like twice as long on the "bad" logic board. 26 months to 14 months; something like that.

II: Mexico
Good trip, very exhausting. My job all week (at least as far as construction goes) was bending rebar into squares and rectangles. It was quite the treat for my mathematical mind. Plus, I wound up with some pretty buff forearms.

I also got to lead devotions/teach out of James 2. Don't mind doing that in front of peers/younger people. It's a bit different when both the church's pastors, plus an elder and a former deacon are there. But I haven't been reprimanded or kicked out of the church yet, so I guess it went OK.


III: Chicago
Spent a few days in the windy city, visiting Durnham and helping the Leverings with their move back to L-Town.

IV: Moving
Just last weekend K-Sheen was wed to the lovely Eloine, while the rest of us around here moved into new places. But not far, just changing apartments to get the right number of bedrooms because Kevin ditched us to get married. Pssht. But we're getting settled, the drip in the fridge should be fixed, the cable dude put in a filter this morning (i.e, no more free cable), and Mojito Monday is back in action.

V: Oak Lake Softball
After losing 7 or 8 games to start the season, Oak Lake went on a three game winning streak in my Mexico/Chicago absence. After my return, I wondered whether or not I should show up for the next game. I did, and we lost. Heartbreaker too; staged a comeback with an eight-run inning, but it didn't take and we lost by one. For those of you counting, 0-8 with Jake, 3-0 without Jake. Hmm. But last Monday, under duress, I went to the next tourney game and we actually won! As in Jake's first softball victory with Oak Lake! But then we lost our second game of the night so the season is over. Recap: With Jake 1-9; without Jake 3-0.

VI: Blogging
Nate-O invited me to post over on a blog he set up. There's a link in the sidebar for it: "God Be Praised. Christ Be Treasured." So I figure my theological musings will show up on GBP, and LMT will be of a more personal nature. You know, life and love and why. That sort of stuff.

That's all I've got for now. Maybe I'll be a little more diligent to keep y'all up to date once my schedule is more regular. Some bran should help.