Going to the Big House
Thursday, August 28, 2008
I know it has been a really long time since I posted, but alas, I have been busy. Actually, the reason is, I haven't had much to post about. Anyway, tomorrow morning Amanda's dad is taking me and two of my brothers-in-law to Michigan for the Utah-Michigan game. Go Utes!!!
So when you are watching the game on Saturday, look for me. It should be easy to spot me because not too many people come to games at Michigan.
No Motivation
Thursday, July 10, 2008
So, I finished a big project I was working on for work. Now I have a couple of small projects that are "no rush" so I can't bring myself to work on them. I was told by one of the people I work for that I should get everything done today so that tomorrow we can have fun. As you may have heard, the state is going to four ten-hour days soon. Many people are already starting the process. As a result there won't be many people here tomorrow, so we will probably go do something fun. Probably see a movie, because that is easy. I wish I worked for a big firm and we could golf at the Country Club, but I'll take a paid movie too.
More pictures of the trip to Mexico will come, oh and we have pics of Spence's first swim on the Fourth. I'll try to get around to them soon.
Missing Mexico
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Well, for any of you who read any of Amanda's, Doug and Heather's, or Tyler's blogs you will know a bit about our trip already. I had planned on doing a post earlier, but alas, I have only just been able to take a little time. Anyway, Amanda and I went to Mexico with Doug and Heather, and Tyler and Jaime. Doug's dad is a partial owner of a house in Cabo and he allowed Doug to have the house for his week; Doug and Heather were kind enough to invite us (although this point is somewhat debatable).
We had an amazing time. The house is perfect for those of us who went. It has three bedrooms all with private bathrooms. The living area and kitchen are not huge, but plenty large for the number of people who can stay in the house. There is a pool and a patio, and it is just one house up from the beach, so that was a quick walk. The house has a new Ford Explorer, which has actually made me rethink my aversion to Ford. All in all it is a very nice house, but the best amenity can not be described. You can talk about it and try to describe how great it is, but until you experience it, you will never know. That amenity is (or those amenities are) Maria and Pascual. Maria is the cook and Pascual is her husband and the care-taker of the house. They are a very nice couple, who have a very good set up. Maria gets her ego stroked all the time and Pascual spends the day with his wife that he loves very much. Now my comment about Maria's ego is not to say that she is egotistical, it is a comment about how amazing her food is. There is never a meal that she prepares that is not profusely praised. Amanda's family eats at Tres Hombres thinking that it is good Mexican food (and I agreed before eating Maria's food). I told Amanda's parents that Maria's food makes eating Tres Hombres seem like eating at a Taco Bell that has been shut down for health code violations. But that still doesn't do her food justice.
Anyway, enough about Maria (although I could go on and on). We had a blast just hanging out by the pool, having my head slammed into the beach because I didn't quite jump over the large wave crashing on top of me, trying to barter with the locals, on a never-ending snorkel adventure, seeing what Costco is like when there aren't a million people in it, and many many more things. Here are some pictures, like Amanda's page, they are stolen from the others we went with. I will add more when I have internet access and time.
5 Years Later
Thursday, June 12, 2008
A lot can happen in 5 years. You can get married, have a child (the best kid ever) and gain 30 lbs. Wait, that's what has happened in my past 5 years.
Five years ago today, Amanda and I took the plunge and got hitched. At 10:20 am in the Salt Lake Temple a bawling Amanda decided to accept me as her husband, and at the same time she made me the happiest guy in the world. Even waiting for her after the ceremony (watching 3 grooms come out, wait and then have their wives meet them to go outside) was worth every second. When she walked around the corner, I was sold on buying my daughters (when they come) a nice wedding dress. If they can look half as good as their mother did on her wedding day, they will be gorgeous. In the 5 years since we have had good times and bad times (mostly poor times), but I haven't regretted my decision for one second.
I know this is cheesy, but hey, I forgot to mention Amanda when I spoke at our wedding dinner, so here goes. Amanda, I love you and always will. Thanks for settling on me and putting up with all that I have put you through. When we are apart, I can't wait to see you again. When we are together I can't get enough. You are my best friend, and there is no one I would ever rather be with. Thanks for all you do for me, and I hope the future is half as happy for you as the past 5 years have been for me. I love you, 
Meiszus
iPod Troubles
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
So this morning I was running a little late going out to get on the bus. But first I had to drop off our rent check. As a result of my short detour, when I got to the entrance to our parking lot I saw the bus waiting at a red light. Startled, I started running to make sure I could cross the street, but alas, my ipod was in my shirt pocket, and as a result of my running it escaped, crashing to the ground at my feet. Pissed, I picked up the scratched machine and hurried along to the bus (of course the light took forever to change and I would have had plenty of time had I just walked).
Anyway, because I had run I had a minute to start my ipod before the bus got there. I had been listening to Foo Fighters, but I decided it was time for something else, so I tried to listen to Glen Phillips, but when I hit the select button nothing happened. Well the bus came and I got on, still with no music. As I showed Amanda a few months ago, there is a simple way to reset your ipod, so I did that, but after the apple came I was hit with this...
I had never seen this before, but immediately I knew it was not something good. Stranded on the bus with no music to listen to I decided to call and make an appointment with a mac genius, but, blerg, you can only make appointments from a computer, and my computer does not get internet on the bus. So I called apple tech support only to find out to my utter dismay that accidental damage is not covered on my applecare warranty. Frick, double frick!!!
Well, when I got to work I started troubleshooting to figure out if there was anything I could do to fix it. But there appeared to be nothing that could be done. Now that I had internet access, however, I decided to set up an appointment at the genius bar and see if they could help me. Luckily I was able to get in fairly quickly, so I headed down to Gateway to try and resolve the issues.
Of course I didn't want to tell the genius that I had dropped my ipod and that is why it doesn't work, but I wasn't going to lie to him and say that I hadn't dropped it, so I just answered his questions, very specifically. He asked how I was doing and what I could do for him. I answered that other than the ipod issue I was good, and he could help me by fixing my ipod. I told him that when I had try to select music the ipod froze and so I reset it and all I could get was the picture above. He said, ok let's see what is wrong, then he put the ipod up to his ear and said, your hard drive is shot. The he asked me if I use it to work out, I replied that I do and he said you shouldn't because it will do this eventually. He typed in the serial number and found that my warranty was still active and he gave me a new ipod. Yay me! Luckily this time I have all my music backed up, but this time I will put less music on it, only music that I really want, and save some space. It seems to run better when I have less on it. Anyway, that is my scary day so far. Thanks for sharing it with me.
Gruss di.
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