20050831

20050831 - Up into hp for another day of so so gathering and a bunch of requirements 'NEW". Had dinner with Arno, Gwen, Kevin King. Joe and Tim. Found out we lost Palm bulk business.

20050830

20050830 - Good day at hp! Got some requirements nailed down. Out to eat with the group. Not excited about work AT ALL!

20050829

20050829 - Up in the am and took a couple of calls and watched D get on the bus. To the airport. Miserable trip to Houston. Ate with Arno and Gwen.

20050828 +

20050828 + Up and L&D to church. J&I cleaned up the yard and the garage. I made cod for lunch and we hung out. L&J took a nap. I finished up my book 'Angels and Daemons', VERY GOOD! Played with D's hover dish and the boys wrestle with each other. Headed inside and the boys played with all of D's new toys.

20050827

20050827 - Up in the am and put all the finishing touches on for the party. L dressed up as Princess Leia , D  a storm trooper, J was Yoda and I was a Jedi. We had a good turnout and a great party. The boys were beat and to bed early. L&I cleaned up a bit, beat too.

20050826

20050826 - Up in the am @ 7. D is full go. He had a magic bday bag that refilled itself several times throughout the day, starting with a HUGE Transformer in the morning. D to kindergarten on his own for the first time ever! He just climbed right on the bus and off he went. L&I did stuff to get ready for the party. We watched D on the playground, he is a big kid now. Next were coloring books in his bag. D home and told us all bout school. We went to CiCi's for his bday dinner and the Dollar Store. Home and played, his bag had another Transformer in it! D&J up late playing very nice together.

20050825

20050825 - Took Do to karate tonight. He got his red belt with the black stripe tonight. He wahtced me the whole time to make sure I was watching him.

20050824

20050824 - Up for 's first day of school. We took his picture by the mailbox and we all waited for the bus... it never came... L walked D to school, J stayed with me. L&D came home and did fine.

20050821

20050821 - Up and L&D to church. J&I to Toys R Us to get D's bday present. Home and had a fast lunch. I did some mulching and trimming of trees. D&I to Kroger. Home and had dinner and we all played soccer and football and ended off with some grass up the nose

20050820

20050820 - Up in the am and our and about with the boys. We went geocaching, had lunch at 'Howdy's', a visit to Toys r Us and then Blockbuster. Home and J&I took a nap and L&D played and watched a movie. Out to eat at Butch's. Then to Meijer to get school shoes. Home and played with magic tricks.

20050819

20050819 - Had a lot of fights with KL today. Bunch of hp meetings and cleaned up some PO issues for Innovate. Going to focus on resume and invoices next week and getting ready for D's party. Had dinner with the fam and played soccer with the boys outside. Came in and watched SciFi, Stargate and Battlestar Galactica. Up late on the Pcs again.

20050818

20050818 - Plugged in today and spent most of the day cleaning up my email and calls. Took D to karate and made a couple calls. D does such a good job at karate. Such control and grace, I hope he continues it. Home up late on PCs.

20050817

20050817 - Did not log on all day. Spent the day cleaning out the files on the PC's. At the end of the day LDJ&I went to D's new school to meet his teacher. She seems very nice & D was excited. He is having a bit of a hard time listening... 

20050816

20050816 - Up in am to a very nice gold course to meet with Motorola. LONG meeting, my piece was 10 minutes... To the airport, hung out in the Admiral's Club for hours! Finished Harry Potter before I got on the plane. Got home fast and LD&J picked me up. Took them home and put them to bed.

20050815

20050815 - Up and took a couple calls. Straightened out AMEX travel ins. Found some baby rabbits in th the backyard. L&boys took me to airport off to ORD to meet Motorola for a sales visit. Met with Russell L & Craig S for a short meeting and then back to the room and read Harry Potter. D has strep throuat.

20050814 +

20050814 + Up, L&D to church. J&I went through the paper and played. Had lunch ready for everyone when they got home. Hung around at the house, finished up work stuff and headed to Meijer for groceries and Long John Silver's for dinner. Home and to bed early.

20050813

20050813 - Up pretty tired. L out shopping with D, J&I played and took a short nap. We all headed to the Party and costume store  and then Steak & Shake for dinner. Home and I worked late again until 3am.

20050812 +

20050812 + Up in the am and pretty crappy day. had tons of new stuff come in when I pushed all my other stuff way back into the weekend. To D's Bible school presentation tonight went well. He is getting so big. Went to Big Boy for dessert. Home and played a bit and watched SciFi until late. Then stayed up and did some work till 4am

20050811

20050811 - Fast day, lots of calls putting together presentation for a new customer. J&I on our own again and L&D are at Bible school. Watched TV and played games all night. Took a short nap. D got all his school supplies today, he can't wait to go to school! hahaha how long will that last. He got some cat folders. Up late farting around on the computer talking to Jason and Scott Workman. Bed late again.

20050810

20050810 - Up and pretty much a wasted day on calls. Rode my bike to the FedEx place to ship Ger his solar active thread. Finished up and J&I on our own. Made him dinner in a shape of a face and we ate in the living room. J&I outside to play for a bit and then in for some indoor games. We fell asleep together on the couch. Up and worked until late, too late...

20050809

20050809 -  Day 2 in ORD, figured out how long until I get to take another vacation, looks like Oct/Nov. Tons of calls, some new business from Motorola. Getting organized. Home. L&D to Bible school, I made dinner for J&I and watched 'Little Bear'. I stayed up late reading Harry Potter. 

20050808

 20050808 - First day back and catching up with everyone. Absolutely nothing has changed! Still a mess everywhere! Still no help in site. J&I picked up Ger's solar thread and to the Farm to pick up Sparky and Bear. I washed the blood from Bear's tail off the walls while J &GmaW went to the barn and played with the cats. L&D to Bible school.

20050807

20050807 - Up in the am getting PCs up and running. To a Barker Family picnic. Home then to the grocery with everyone. Home to bed in good time.

20050806

20050806 - Up and out by 9 headed North, stopper and took a tour of Mammoth Cabe and a dinosaur park. The drove past Fort Knox and D&I took a tour of all the tanks at the Patton Museum. Stopped for dinner @ Waffle House. Home and unloaded by 11pm. All of us pretty worn out.

20050805

20050805 - Up in the am trying to recap the week. bfast then to the pool with D&J, out all morning. J&I took a nap, L&D went shopping. We went for root beer floats and hunt out at the pool till 6pm.Then to the mall for dinner, then the playground. UP to the room and got all packed up and wrapping up the vacation. A very very good time! Not looking forward to returning to work at all...

20050804 +

20050804 + UP in the am and to bfast and the boys and I hit the pool. We swam for a bit and then outside, then to the other outside pool where we had lunch and listened o a guy play a guitar. J fell asleep and went in early. D&IU stayed out until 4 and then in to take a nap. We then headed over to the Opryland Hotel and took a boar ride, had some dinner and then wen to a dance/acrobat/water show. L and the boys danced, all in a HUGE Atrium. Back to the room, the boys out fast.

20050803 +

20050803 +Up in the am and hit the road to Nashville Shores a HUGE water park with pools everywhere. D went across a floating obstacle course! We played a long time in the kid pool w/ J playing rough. Took a paddle boat ride, went down a water slide w/ D and played putt putt. The boys slept all the way home and in the house. Took a nap then to the Raintree Cafe. The boys, especially J LOVED it when the animals came to life and stopped the ground and shook the trees. Did some shopping, headed home and played. I stayed up late and checked in with folks at work.

20050802

20050802 - Up and to the pool! Then had lunch and then off to the Science Museum. Kept the boys busy but wan not a great place, because is was dirty. Saw a cool star show in the planetarium. Toured a civil war fort Neagly, the largest mansion fortress built in North America. More swimming and D without his floaty swam underwater several times!

200500801

200500801 - Up in the am to an owners presentation, got some free tickets to some places. Went sightseeing. L&D played junk food bingo with the other kids @ the resort, J&I took a nap. Back across town to the store and everyone got some cool stuff. D got two really fragile GI Joe guys that immediately broke. J got some playmobile motorcycle guys. I got a couple magic tricks.