Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Stuck in Little Rock
I'm currently stuck in Little Rock, Arkansas, waiting for a 19 passenger prop jet to take us to Kansas. If we're lucky, we'll then get to Milwaukee in time to catch my flight to Detroit.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
I had to pee, and accidentally walked into a meeting
Today at work I had to pee. So I walked into the bathroom, ready to unzip, and there were about 6 guys huddled around one of the toilets. As bad as I had to go, I couldn't bring myself to use the urinal while a meeting was being held 3 feet away.
Ah, the life of a toilet engineer.
Ah, the life of a toilet engineer.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
The Packers Lost
No matter what, I can't quite seem to escape Packer country. In church last Sunday, you had the more casually dressed fans sporting either Donald Driver or a Brett Favre jersey. Then you had the more work-casual attendees sporting Packer polo shirts. And even the traditional, elderly men were sporting Packer ties. We even had a special company photo for those that wore Packer gear to work last Friday. It's just insane.
So, I have succumbed to the peer pressure, and I cheered for the Packers on Sunday night. Allison and I even made Packer cookies for the party we went too. I guess I brought some of the Detroit Lion luck to Wisconsin, because not only did the Packers lose, they looked bad and lost.
And not to my surprise, yesterday in our staff meeting we had what I imagine most companies had across Wisconsin - a moment of silence for the mighty Green Bay Packers.
Welcome to Packer Country.
So, I have succumbed to the peer pressure, and I cheered for the Packers on Sunday night. Allison and I even made Packer cookies for the party we went too. I guess I brought some of the Detroit Lion luck to Wisconsin, because not only did the Packers lose, they looked bad and lost.
And not to my surprise, yesterday in our staff meeting we had what I imagine most companies had across Wisconsin - a moment of silence for the mighty Green Bay Packers.
Welcome to Packer Country.
Saturday, January 19, 2008
The Lake Is Freezing!
Happy Saturday, everyone. Allison is once again visiting me this weekend (woohoo!). Monday is a holiday at Chrysler, so she's spending the time here with me for the long weekend. :) At the moment, she is passed out on the couch, so I decided I'd jump on the blog for a couple minutes.
It's pretty freaking cold out (-1). It should make for an entertaining NFC Championship game in Green Bay tomorrow. If you missed the game last week, check out this picture. Brrr! It's so cold, that Lake Michigan is starting to freeze along the coast. I took some pictures and posted them on my Flickr account. It's times like these I am really anticipating our trip to Jamaica at the end of February.
Class started last week for me. I'm taking Design and Analysis of Experiments as a distance learning class from University of Michigan. If everything goes as planned, I will be able to complete my degree this year without having to physically attend class in a classroom. I have distance classes lined up at University of Michigan and Texas A&M. As long as I get those approved through Oakland University, I can take those classes over the internet and transfer them back to OU to graduate. I will still be 2 credits shy from graduating, so I'm trying to sell my advisor on letting me take a Intro to Conversational Chinese for Business as an independent study. I will be going to China 2-3 times this year, so I think the class would immediately benefit me. We'll see what OU says.
I will be back in Michigan on the weekend of February 1. University of Michigan has an engineering fair on January 31, and I will be supporting the fair along with some coworkers at the Kohler Co. booth. I was already planning on going to Michigan at the end of the month to meet my niece, Natalie, visit with my family, and celebrate Allison's birthday. Things worked out nicely, and I will take a vacation day on February 1 so I can spend some time with my family while I am in Michigan.
And I'm spent. I think I'm going to go wake up Allison now. Actually, maybe I'll just take a nap too.
It's pretty freaking cold out (-1). It should make for an entertaining NFC Championship game in Green Bay tomorrow. If you missed the game last week, check out this picture. Brrr! It's so cold, that Lake Michigan is starting to freeze along the coast. I took some pictures and posted them on my Flickr account. It's times like these I am really anticipating our trip to Jamaica at the end of February.
Class started last week for me. I'm taking Design and Analysis of Experiments as a distance learning class from University of Michigan. If everything goes as planned, I will be able to complete my degree this year without having to physically attend class in a classroom. I have distance classes lined up at University of Michigan and Texas A&M. As long as I get those approved through Oakland University, I can take those classes over the internet and transfer them back to OU to graduate. I will still be 2 credits shy from graduating, so I'm trying to sell my advisor on letting me take a Intro to Conversational Chinese for Business as an independent study. I will be going to China 2-3 times this year, so I think the class would immediately benefit me. We'll see what OU says.
I will be back in Michigan on the weekend of February 1. University of Michigan has an engineering fair on January 31, and I will be supporting the fair along with some coworkers at the Kohler Co. booth. I was already planning on going to Michigan at the end of the month to meet my niece, Natalie, visit with my family, and celebrate Allison's birthday. Things worked out nicely, and I will take a vacation day on February 1 so I can spend some time with my family while I am in Michigan.
And I'm spent. I think I'm going to go wake up Allison now. Actually, maybe I'll just take a nap too.
Monday, January 14, 2008
Hey Michiganders
Go and vote on Tuesday.
"There's too many men, too many people
Making too many problems
And there's not much love to go round
Can't you see this is a land of confusion?
Now, this is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth fighting for"
"There's too many men, too many people
Making too many problems
And there's not much love to go round
Can't you see this is a land of confusion?
Now, this is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth fighting for"
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Spider-Matt
I don't know how everybody else voted, actually, I don't think anybody voted. Well if they did, Matt should have won best pajamas at Brian's New Year's Eve Pajama Party. Congratulations, Matt!
The Flu
I have the flu. Autumn thinks it was the seafood breakfast, but Allison is doing just fine and having steak and beer every night in Mexico. Oh well...hopefully it will pass soon.
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Champagne, Caviar and Crab Legs for Breakfast, anyone?
I dropped Allison off at the Milwaukee airport a couple hours ago, which means I finally have some time to do some blogging again!
Allison has been in Sheboygan since January 2 through today. This has been her longest trip and it was really nice. One of the highlights of her trip was a 2.5 hour road trip to Chicago yesterday to pick up some much needed furniture. Since Allison's successful decorating of my Mount Clemens condo last year, I figured I just just stay out of the way and let her do her thing this time. Goodbye, beach chairs. Hello, love seat! I am truly stylin' now. I wanted to do a quick video, but Allison made me promise to wait until our bright green curtains are hung. Oh yeah - bright green. We'll be sporting the Richmond Cross Country color on our wall. Ryan would be proud.
The other big news...ok, the BIGGEST news is that my sister had her baby on January 4! Natalie Lyn Rhoads-Blake was born 7lbs 15oz and 22 inches long. It was really tough not to be there for all the excitement. But if Amber had pushed things just 5 days earlier...Allison is coming back to Wisconsin in 12 days because she has a 3 day weekend for Martin Luther King, Jr. day, so I will be traveling back to Michigan the end of January to see my new niece! Amber and Jameson are both doing well. Amber is scheduled to come home tomorrow evening, so please keep the entire family in your prayers.
I'm also trying 1 last big push to sell my Mount Clemens condo by owner. Anybody who is reading this probably got my email, but I'll say it once more just in case: $80,000 unfurnished, $82,500 furnished. It is in Mount Clemens, just off of Groespeck and Hall Road. Approximately 1200 sq ft. 2 bed/2 bath. $2,000 FINDERS FEE!!!. Offer expires at the end of the month. Then I will be biting the bullet and relisting it with a new realtor (My realtor at Century 21 was just horrible).
I also had a horrible realization when I was home for Christmas that I had hit my upper weight limit (210 lbs) that I had set for myself. The time is now to buckle down and get myself back to my target weight of 180lbs. Tomorrow I start the South Beach diet. I've heard a lot of good things and read the book when I was home for Christmas. Lets see if this thing really does the trick. Allison and I cooked for about 2 hours and premade a majority of my meals for the next 2 weeks. My ankle is about 80%, so it's back to the gym for me too. We'll see what happens.
Oh, I almost forgot to mention our breakfast experience this morning. Allison has previously gone to the Wisconsin Room, which is a restaurant in the American Club, which is owned by Kohler. We were going to go and get some special oatmeal that Allison recommended. Well, we get there and it looks like they only had the breakfast buffet this morning. Which is fine by me - last day before a diet, I was going to fill up! However, when the waitress came by and offered us complimentary champagne, alarm bells went off. Champagne? For breakfast??? O----KAY...Then I proceed up to the buffet, and besides the omelette & pancake bar, there was an entire table of seafood. We're talking all kinds of smoked fish, crab legs, and neon green balls that I assume were caviar. Needless to say, I was taken a little aback, and it wasn't quite my style. I was really afraid we were at a $50/person buffet. Fortunately, it was only half that. Still pretty expensive for a breakfast buffet, but it was excellent food, if you're into Champagne, Caviar, and Crab Legs for breakfast.
Allison has been in Sheboygan since January 2 through today. This has been her longest trip and it was really nice. One of the highlights of her trip was a 2.5 hour road trip to Chicago yesterday to pick up some much needed furniture. Since Allison's successful decorating of my Mount Clemens condo last year, I figured I just just stay out of the way and let her do her thing this time. Goodbye, beach chairs. Hello, love seat! I am truly stylin' now. I wanted to do a quick video, but Allison made me promise to wait until our bright green curtains are hung. Oh yeah - bright green. We'll be sporting the Richmond Cross Country color on our wall. Ryan would be proud.
The other big news...ok, the BIGGEST news is that my sister had her baby on January 4! Natalie Lyn Rhoads-Blake was born 7lbs 15oz and 22 inches long. It was really tough not to be there for all the excitement. But if Amber had pushed things just 5 days earlier...Allison is coming back to Wisconsin in 12 days because she has a 3 day weekend for Martin Luther King, Jr. day, so I will be traveling back to Michigan the end of January to see my new niece! Amber and Jameson are both doing well. Amber is scheduled to come home tomorrow evening, so please keep the entire family in your prayers.
I'm also trying 1 last big push to sell my Mount Clemens condo by owner. Anybody who is reading this probably got my email, but I'll say it once more just in case: $80,000 unfurnished, $82,500 furnished. It is in Mount Clemens, just off of Groespeck and Hall Road. Approximately 1200 sq ft. 2 bed/2 bath. $2,000 FINDERS FEE!!!. Offer expires at the end of the month. Then I will be biting the bullet and relisting it with a new realtor (My realtor at Century 21 was just horrible).
I also had a horrible realization when I was home for Christmas that I had hit my upper weight limit (210 lbs) that I had set for myself. The time is now to buckle down and get myself back to my target weight of 180lbs. Tomorrow I start the South Beach diet. I've heard a lot of good things and read the book when I was home for Christmas. Lets see if this thing really does the trick. Allison and I cooked for about 2 hours and premade a majority of my meals for the next 2 weeks. My ankle is about 80%, so it's back to the gym for me too. We'll see what happens.
Oh, I almost forgot to mention our breakfast experience this morning. Allison has previously gone to the Wisconsin Room, which is a restaurant in the American Club, which is owned by Kohler. We were going to go and get some special oatmeal that Allison recommended. Well, we get there and it looks like they only had the breakfast buffet this morning. Which is fine by me - last day before a diet, I was going to fill up! However, when the waitress came by and offered us complimentary champagne, alarm bells went off. Champagne? For breakfast??? O----KAY...Then I proceed up to the buffet, and besides the omelette & pancake bar, there was an entire table of seafood. We're talking all kinds of smoked fish, crab legs, and neon green balls that I assume were caviar. Needless to say, I was taken a little aback, and it wasn't quite my style. I was really afraid we were at a $50/person buffet. Fortunately, it was only half that. Still pretty expensive for a breakfast buffet, but it was excellent food, if you're into Champagne, Caviar, and Crab Legs for breakfast.
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
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