Considering recent events, I've discovered that I have at least one thing in common with Tiger . . . I have lots of explaining to do.
Our similarities abruptly end there.
I've gone from 3-4 posts a week to only 3 posts in as many months. There are two reasons for that.
When I started this blog, my job had me spending at least 2-4 hours a day in my car in addition to another 2 hours of sitting by myself in physician waiting rooms. Needless to say, I had plenty time to think of pointless, rambling blog material.
Then a little over a year ago I left that job (ultimately because I was bored out of my mind!) and took over my dad's clinical research company . . . Protenium Clinical Research - Moving Research Forward!
(Shameless Plug Alert!)
There are a lot of things I love about my new gig, but one of the draw backs is that keeping a company on track drains me of time and mental capacity for online ranting, much to the Evil Empire's delight.
Then there's Facebook. Sweet, clean, easy one-sentence status updates Facebook. Let's face it - Facebook is trying to kill my blog.
Bad, Facebook, bad!
At the same time, I've reconnected with so many more friends and family in the last year via Facebook than I ever did via my blog over the last three years.
Bad, blog, bad!
And I can honestly say that in the past few months I've contemplated actually signing off and hanging a "Moved to Facebook" sign on Wade's Rantings. Though I can't say that would NEVER happen, I can say that I now have a reason to keep blogging.
Kelly and I shared a couple months ago that we're having another baby in the spring. She and I already feel the guilt of not giving our second child near as much time, thought and attention as Tate by this point in his pregnancy. I think by the time Kelly was 20 weeks along with Tate, I already had a small novel written about him on my blog.
So far, Baby Strz has all of ONE.
(Uh-oh! I think CPS just pulled up in front of my house!)
All that being said, the last thing I want is Baby Strz to spend years in therapy as an adult because I didn't blog as much about him/her than I did about Tate. I think the guilt from that alone would have me spending year in therapy in itself.
So there you have it - it may not be 3-4 posts a week but dust off that boring looking Rounders 3 template and fire up the dashboard. This kid may have to play with hand-me-down Lightning McQueen toys but at least he/she will have his/her very own blog posts!
. . . OK, now it's Tiger's turn!
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Saturday, December 12, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
25 Random Things
For those of you on Facebook, you've seen this going around and know what's about.
For those of you not on Facebook, I got tagged to list 25 random things about myself.
1. Even though Dr. Pepper is the preferred “drink of the gods”, I haven’t had a sip of the sweet nectar of life (or any other carbonated drink) in over 10 months!
2. And because of that I now weigh less than 180 lbs – which is a first for me in I don’t know how long!
3. 177 lbs is the lightest I’ve ever weighed at the beginning of cycling season – time to break my personal record for top speed! (Which is over 40 mph! Downhill, wind at my back, peloton of 25 cyclists, and adrenaline rush off the scale! Shhhh, don’t tell Kelly!)
4. I can’t wait for cycling season to start!
5. I rank restaurants solely by how good their bread is . . . and if they have good desserts.
6. My favorite restaurant bread used to be Harrigan’s cheese rolls. Now, it’s Babe’s Chicken hot biscuits with honey!
7. My favorite restaurant dessert is Truluck’s Chocolate Malt Cake & Ice Cream! Kelly and I always share one between the two of us. But no matter how much we eat, we can rarely ever finish it!
8. My favorite activity to do with Tate is to take him to Krispy Kremes on Sunday mornings – we don’t talk much because we’re too busy stuffing our faces!
9. My favorite activity to do with Kelly is to have a nice long conversation over dinner in a great restaurant . . . sans child!
10. 6 of my first 10 random things have all mentioned food – I guess I’m hungry!
11. I don’t want to talk about the Cowboys so it’s probably best you don’t bring them up.
12. . . . those bunch of no-good, gutless loafers!
13. I seriously hope President Obama will be as successful as everyone thinks he will be.
14. I seriously hope I am as successful at my new job as everyone thinks I will be.
15. Speaking of my new job, I’ve been praying for wisdom a lot lately . . . a whole lotta prayin’ for a whole lotta wisdom!
16. I wish I could set aside an hour every morning to do nothing but read. I’m able to read for about 30 minutes at work before the day gets started but it’s not as much as I want. And I can’t read at night because it puts me to sleep.
17. I always get bit by the snow skiing bug this time of year – Man, I wanna hit the slopes!
18. I need to finish defensive driving before sometime in March or else a judge in the City of Fort Worth will be none too happy with me!
19. Kelly and I have already decided that we will go see U2 if they come to town on tour after releasing their new album this spring – Man, I hope they come to town!
20. I always have a pen in my hand when Rick Atchley speaks because he always says something I want to remember.
21. Even though I consider myself quite the “techie junkie” (Did I mention that I just switched out Kelly’s laptop memory card all by myself?), I still can’t figure out how to work the thermostats in our house . . . and we have lived here for over 5 years!
22. Now that I have a desk job where I work alongside other people, the biggest challenge I have encountered thus far has been “thermostat wars”. It’s me, 14 women and one thermostat. Needless to say, it always feels a skosh warmer than I’d prefer.
23. I’ve always thought that Marble Slab Ice Cream was decidedly better than Cold Stone Creamery but neither are as good as Milwaukee Joe’s Ice Cream. (Blue Bell doesn’t count because it’s store bought ice cream!)
24. Duhon reminded me of this one: When Tate was born, Kelly went out and got a really frilly diaper bag that I was afraid could be mistaken for a purse on days when I had Tate by myself. So I went out and bought a diaper bag that looks more like a testosterone-packed messenger bag so people wouldn't think I was carrying a “man-purse”. I still use my DiaperDude even though Tate has pretty much grown out of the diaper bag phase.
25. One of my worst OCD tendencies is the one where I can’t fall asleep if the sheets and covers on the bed aren’t properly tucked in. I’d explain what I mean by “properly tucked in” but this post is long enough already as it is. But let’s just say that I have been known to momentarily kick Kelly out of bed as late as 11:30 at night just so that I can properly tuck in the sheets.
For those of you not on Facebook, I got tagged to list 25 random things about myself.
1. Even though Dr. Pepper is the preferred “drink of the gods”, I haven’t had a sip of the sweet nectar of life (or any other carbonated drink) in over 10 months!
2. And because of that I now weigh less than 180 lbs – which is a first for me in I don’t know how long!
3. 177 lbs is the lightest I’ve ever weighed at the beginning of cycling season – time to break my personal record for top speed! (Which is over 40 mph! Downhill, wind at my back, peloton of 25 cyclists, and adrenaline rush off the scale! Shhhh, don’t tell Kelly!)
4. I can’t wait for cycling season to start!
5. I rank restaurants solely by how good their bread is . . . and if they have good desserts.
6. My favorite restaurant bread used to be Harrigan’s cheese rolls. Now, it’s Babe’s Chicken hot biscuits with honey!
7. My favorite restaurant dessert is Truluck’s Chocolate Malt Cake & Ice Cream! Kelly and I always share one between the two of us. But no matter how much we eat, we can rarely ever finish it!
8. My favorite activity to do with Tate is to take him to Krispy Kremes on Sunday mornings – we don’t talk much because we’re too busy stuffing our faces!
9. My favorite activity to do with Kelly is to have a nice long conversation over dinner in a great restaurant . . . sans child!
10. 6 of my first 10 random things have all mentioned food – I guess I’m hungry!
11. I don’t want to talk about the Cowboys so it’s probably best you don’t bring them up.
12. . . . those bunch of no-good, gutless loafers!
13. I seriously hope President Obama will be as successful as everyone thinks he will be.
14. I seriously hope I am as successful at my new job as everyone thinks I will be.
15. Speaking of my new job, I’ve been praying for wisdom a lot lately . . . a whole lotta prayin’ for a whole lotta wisdom!
16. I wish I could set aside an hour every morning to do nothing but read. I’m able to read for about 30 minutes at work before the day gets started but it’s not as much as I want. And I can’t read at night because it puts me to sleep.
17. I always get bit by the snow skiing bug this time of year – Man, I wanna hit the slopes!
18. I need to finish defensive driving before sometime in March or else a judge in the City of Fort Worth will be none too happy with me!
19. Kelly and I have already decided that we will go see U2 if they come to town on tour after releasing their new album this spring – Man, I hope they come to town!
20. I always have a pen in my hand when Rick Atchley speaks because he always says something I want to remember.
21. Even though I consider myself quite the “techie junkie” (Did I mention that I just switched out Kelly’s laptop memory card all by myself?), I still can’t figure out how to work the thermostats in our house . . . and we have lived here for over 5 years!
22. Now that I have a desk job where I work alongside other people, the biggest challenge I have encountered thus far has been “thermostat wars”. It’s me, 14 women and one thermostat. Needless to say, it always feels a skosh warmer than I’d prefer.
23. I’ve always thought that Marble Slab Ice Cream was decidedly better than Cold Stone Creamery but neither are as good as Milwaukee Joe’s Ice Cream. (Blue Bell doesn’t count because it’s store bought ice cream!)
24. Duhon reminded me of this one: When Tate was born, Kelly went out and got a really frilly diaper bag that I was afraid could be mistaken for a purse on days when I had Tate by myself. So I went out and bought a diaper bag that looks more like a testosterone-packed messenger bag so people wouldn't think I was carrying a “man-purse”. I still use my DiaperDude even though Tate has pretty much grown out of the diaper bag phase.
25. One of my worst OCD tendencies is the one where I can’t fall asleep if the sheets and covers on the bed aren’t properly tucked in. I’d explain what I mean by “properly tucked in” but this post is long enough already as it is. But let’s just say that I have been known to momentarily kick Kelly out of bed as late as 11:30 at night just so that I can properly tuck in the sheets.
Alright then . . . tag, you're it!
Monday, January 19, 2009
Busted!
You may remember the "year in review" video I did after Tate’s birthday last month.
I noticed a couple weeks ago that it was suddenly missing from my Facebook video file. Not knowing what had happened, I had intended to reload it. But before I got around to it, I got this notice directly from Mr. Facebook himself . . .
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Hello,
We have removed your video entitled "Tate Turns Two!" uploaded at 8:06pm December 13th, 2008. We did this because we learned that your video might include copyrighted material owned by a third party, such as a video clip or background audio.
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Hello,
We have removed your video entitled "Tate Turns Two!" uploaded at 8:06pm December 13th, 2008. We did this because we learned that your video might include copyrighted material owned by a third party, such as a video clip or background audio.
(They're are referring to the background song Upside Down by Jack Johnson. Oh whoops! I just typed out his name! Am I allowed to do that or is typing his name copyrighted too?)
If you are the copyright owner, or have permission from the rights holder to upload and distribute this material on Facebook, you may file a counter notice of alleged infringement by following the link below.
Please note that if you re-upload this video without filing a counter notice, or if you upload another video that infringes on the rights of a third party, our system will again remove the content . This could cause your access to the Facebook Video application to be disabled, or your Facebook account to be disabled.
_____________________________________
In other words, the email says:
Blah, blah, blah You can't show your really cool video of your really cute son. Blah, blah, We're the fun police blah, blah! Stop having fun! Blah, blah!
Whatever! The video is still posted on my blog! You know, the blog where people are allowed to have fun!!!
Speaking of which, click here to watch Tate Turns Two!
Ooooo, take that Facebook!
If you are the copyright owner, or have permission from the rights holder to upload and distribute this material on Facebook, you may file a counter notice of alleged infringement by following the link below.
Please note that if you re-upload this video without filing a counter notice, or if you upload another video that infringes on the rights of a third party, our system will again remove the content . This could cause your access to the Facebook Video application to be disabled, or your Facebook account to be disabled.
_____________________________________
In other words, the email says:
Blah, blah, blah You can't show your really cool video of your really cute son. Blah, blah, We're the fun police blah, blah! Stop having fun! Blah, blah!
Whatever! The video is still posted on my blog! You know, the blog where people are allowed to have fun!!!
Speaking of which, click here to watch Tate Turns Two!
Ooooo, take that Facebook!
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