This morning I left my two boys with the nanny and drove my minivan to work. I saw the new Costco that's scheduled to be finished in  just a few weeks.  I thought about how great it would be and how excited I am about the new Costco.

I'm officially an old man.

This morning I felt sick, yep I got another cold from these kids.  As I curmudgeonly put my shoes on, I feel something of a rock in my dress shoes.   That doesn't seem right?  It appears that one of the boys smuggled a piece of waffle into the front room (a secure room) and stuffed it in my shoe.  So chalk one up on the fatherhood board for random junk in my shoes.

These kids today!

The site has been optimized! The main pages are pretty much all cached, so they should be faster. The video and pics page should be quite noticeably faster. I also speed things up slightly on the more buttons.

Facebook share this links were added. Although I plan to clean them up a bit.

Adam just pointed at the bac of my mac and said "Apple!". Oh boy!

The About page has been redesigned. I'm still trying to figure out how to nicely display data from CDC without filling up the chart.

So I put on my new pants this morning. As I was feeding David he spit-up. With cat like reflexes I swooped in with the burb-rag and caught all the spit-up. I was pretty proud of myself. Then the doorbell rang. As I got up I noticed a chocolate like substance on my pants. Then I realized it wasn't chocolate. Then I realized it was all over my shirt and hands. David's diaper was overflowing.

When I got to work, it started to drizzle. I figured the umbrella wasn't worth the trouble. Then when I was about 100ft from the door. It down poured! I was soaked by the time I got into the office.

At least I got to deal with the Illinois Department of Employment Securities. Yea, because we have a nany we have to pay unemployement. That's fine. We received a letter indicating that our "account" was terminated at our request. So I called. The nice lady told me that the system said my accout was closed at my request. I said what request. She said I needed to fax them a letter saying the termination was in error. I guess they don't keep a file? Finally, the day got better. I found a fax to IDES after a conversation with the same lady. Last year they misspelled my name. At least they are consistant. I'm just worried about what they did with the form and check I sent them last month. At least nobody cashed it yet.

Maybe Daddy will take the day off tomorrow.

I hope everyone likes the new changes to the news section. I show a list of everyones news now. You can still click on the Family names on the top of the page to view the pages old-school. You can also click on the names on the news list, a la facebook-style.

I just updated the site. New colors. New fancy javascripting for news posting. Next I will clean-up the guestbook. Enjoy

Yea, it was a surprise birthday party. Now I know why I got so much computer time! Anyway, around 1:30 Micky showed-up. We went to see Alice in Wonderland. I was wondering where Katie was? Then Katie showed-up after the movie. Micky left. I figured Micky and Jenny got kid duty. Then a trip to the apple store. Then sushi. That's when I saw my dad come out of the bathroom and knew something was up. It was great seeing everyone.

I even got a mac cake! Not a cake with a mac on it, but a cake that looked like a macbook pro opened. With keyboard keys and all. The function keys for lights, volume, etc.. were even there. Awesome!

I wonder how Katie is going to top this next year?...

I am in the middle of the best birthday ever. My woman treats me like a king. It's all a mystery to me! Not just why she loves this man I am, but what we are doing today. She gives me clue cards as to what is happening next. She brought me coffee and tea and made breakfast while I quietly read. She picked out my clothes and hung them up in the bathroom while I showered. She got the kids ready and we just went for a walk to the park with the boys. Adam loved it. Then as we were walking home she bave me another card, coffee. She gave me a Panera gift card and off I went. Now I'm at Panera I guess until 1:30. I wonder what is next...

Yea, ok I lied. The videos should show up faster now.

Thx,
Management

Welcome to the new site and host. I moved us to the Google App engine for speed and future-ability! I still have a lot of work to do. However, videos should show-up on the website much faster now. Enjoy!