Southwest is awesome!

Southwest is awesome! I hate their whole method for boarding their passengers onto the plane (no one wants to stand in line by a pole and be herded like cattle into the plane) however I love their cancellation policy. I had to cancel Marin's flight to New Orleans as she is no longer going with us and it was so simple to get a full credit on her flight. The next time we fly Southwest then that money will be applied to our purchase. So easy. In the past I have had depressing outcomes in trying to cancel a flight. I had to cancel a flight to Vegas a couple of years

Easter Pics

This blog is past due since it has the Easter photos. But better late than never. There are a couple of photos of a trick we played on my mom. We had confetti eggs again this year and she conveniently walked away when everyone was breaking them on top of each other. Well, later we found an extra one and waited until she wasn't expecting it and got her over the head. She was a good sport about it. Marin was very adamant about wearing the bunny ears. Every time they would fall off she would get upset and and throw a fit until someone helped her put them back on. She is all about wearing hats lately. She has a little mermaid hat I bought her last summer and I didn't even realize where I had stored it until she came out of her room wearing it the other day. So I ordered her a couple of hats from the Children's Place and I hope she likes wearing those because they are pretty cute.

We've got a pretty busy month in May. We have two weddings to go to (one is in New Orleans!) and Jason and Jackie will be in town for a fews days mid month. So right now I am getting bored easily with not much to do on the weekends but that will all change next month. By June I will be happy for a quite weekend again! I have been pondering where to go on vacation this year in October. We usually take a trip for our anniversary. I really would like to go to Europe, particulary London or Ireland but it could get pretty pricey. I also thought about going to the Bahamas but my mom keeps telling me that isn't such a good idea since hurricane season lasts through October. I am kind of burned out on going to Mexico. I want to go somewhere different this year. Any suggestions?

Decisions, Decisions…

Marin has two car seats. One for my car and one for Eric's car. The one in Eric's car is a less expensive brand and it is starting to show. The cover is just awful and will hardly stay on the seat. So I looked up when she can switch to a booster seat and the recommended age is four. I saw some web sites that say they switched at three but the NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) states from age four to eight. Safety is important so I think now we should look into getting another new convertible toddler seat for Eric's car. I know Britax is good but there is a brand called Sunshine Kids and it can fold up for traveling which is very appealing. Those brands are both very expensive so I am not sure what we will do. Is it worth the money for 22 months? It would be if we were planning on another child...but let's not get into that discussion!!

The Weekend Is Here

Marin helped me clean some of my cd’s that had scratches on them.  Then she practiced on the drums a little.  The weekend is here!  Although it feels like it was already here since I did not work on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.  I kept fairly busy.  Yesterday I saw I Love You Man by myself.  Pretty funny movie.  Today I saw Adventureland, it was okay.  I little slow at times, but had some funny parts.

I didn’t get to clean my office as much as I would have liked to, but I did work out everyday that I was off…so I don’t feel so bad.  I can handle 30 minutes on the elliptical now!  When I first started working out the elliptical machine would kick my ass only after a few minutes!  I could really tell that I have never really worked out.  I wouldn’t say that I am losing any weight, but it does make me feel better at least and I feel more energized. 

While we were eating dinner Angela noticed that Marin’s shirt was on backwards!  Oops!  I swear some of her shirts have the buttons in the back.  I am a little surprised daycare didn’t even notice.  You could hardly tell, it was the shirt that she is wearing laying with me in the bed above.

I am probably going to shop for a new office chair this weekend.  I sat in a few at OfficeMax, but I am going to look at a few other places before I make a decision.  The one I have now is okay. It is your typical $50 chair from Wal-Mart.  It does get a little uncomfortable after a couple of hours sitting in it.

Passing the Time

Yesterday was my last day at Southwest Solutions Group.  I don’t start my new job until next Monday, so I have 5 days to kill.  Today was fairly unproductive.  I watched a little TV, checked some emails, worked out, went to the grocery store, and cooked dinner.  It is a little weird not having anything to do even though it is for a short period of time.  I think I may go to the movies tomorrow by myself.

You have probably notice the site looks a little different.  I previously had this site hosted at my old job, so I had to move it.  The previous site utilized a SQL database.  SQL databases are rather pricey and since I am footing the bill now…it had to go.  This site saves everything in XML files, so no database needed!  It can be configured for SQL, but for the amount of traffic at this site it should fine the way it is.

So far I have not had to mow this year.  It needs it, but I just plain dislike mowing the grass.  I suppose I will get around to it this weekend.  There are several other household chores that I need to do like fixing the fence.  It is starting to lean a little in one spot.

There needs to be a website where you can post events to a public calendar.  I wonder if Facebook has an application like that.  Lets say I was in town this weekend and wanted to know if some of my friends where in town or if they were doing something.  Instead of emailing or calling everyone, it would be nice to be able to look on one calendar and see everyone’s schedule.  I guess it would only be handy if everyone actually used it.

Marin is watching Elmo and I think it is almost over…laters!