Happy Valentines day to all the shmoogie woogies and schnookum wookums out there. Time to cuddle up next to the fireplace with your Pookie noogums and pop in one of those movies that all you men out there pretend you dont like. Don't worry, I wont tell on ya.

HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!

HA HA HA HA HA HA! HEH HEH HEE HEE HA!

BLAH HA HA HA EH Eh ehem. Hopefully they can take all the pre-printed "Patriots Win" memorabilia and recycle it to feed all the homeless people in the world. HA! Go have yourself a waa burger and some french cries Tom. Your "greatest team ever" just lost.

GO BRONCOS - Fall 2008!

MY BIRTHDAY!

Happy Birthday to me! So what did I do for my Birthday? It was a nice quite day at home. Got to play some online hockey with my Colorado brutha CJ! That was fun. We played 2 games vs. each other and split the games 1 - 1 then we played as the same team and we got dominated by the computer! In our defense we played at All Star level which we now know to change to Rookie..at least until we get better. Kids are staying over at my sisters house tonight which means we get to watch a movie tonight. Probably going to rent "knocked up". We've been wanting to see that. On another note, I couldn't be more proud of my wife. Not only is she eating healthy with me but she is also going to the YMCA with me every day! Have not skipped a day yet and she has been at my side on the elliptical every step of the way! It makes it a whole lot easier when you have someone you love doing the same things as you. Deidra is loving her job at the hospital and we are now on the final stage of our time here in Missouri. This will be our final year in this place and we are going to try and sell almost everything so we can start new in our next location. Wow! Just to think of how quick the last two years have been! Makes me realize that there isnt much time to waste here in JC. Need to get on the ball and get this house sold soon! We will be completely paying off another debt this month! Final payment will be mailed in a couple weeks! Booya baby! Feels good! Mo money Mo money Mo money! With every debt paid off it feels like a small monthly raise! Speaking of raise, I get a promotion in two more weeks myself. It should be a pretty nice one and that will make our debt go away so much faster. Deidra gets a promotion in March and I will hopefully get a state raise in the summer. Why am I telling you this? Because with each up in pay, we move that much closer to our final goal! That is what this blog is all about. I started this blog when Deidra was first going to College to keep my mind off of the wait. Now that we are so close, I don't have as much time to blog anymore. I hope to post at least once a week and as we get closer to the summer. I feel that I will. Deidra and I are planning a trip to Colorado for this summer. It will be a city scouting trip but we will also be going to have some fun. CJ...better buy your fishing license and oil up the fishing poles!

9 today 67 by Sunday!

Can you believe that with the wind chill we got to the single digits today in Jeff City? Weather channel shows 60's this weekend. Weird. Oh well, seems to happen every year about this time around here. My friend from work had some pretty bad tree damage during the ice storm we had a couple weeks ago. Sucks. Some good did come out of it though. About 3 full trailer loads of free wood in my back yard! He needed it off his lawn..I needed it in my fireplace! Everyone is happy! BOOYA!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

So many things to get accomplished this year! I don't know, it just seems like this year will be different and more changing than any year yet. New Years Resolutions:

- Lose more weight!

- Sell our house

- Pay off more bills

- Take lots of pictures of the nice spots in this state (cuz it's not ALL bad)

- Camping..lots of camping

- Six Flags bunches (season pass baby!)

- Trip to Colorado for scouting possible living areas around the state

- Save some cash for once

Branson Pics

Here are some of the pics I took while at Silver Dollar City in Branson last month. A little late on the pics I know, but Ill try and keep up with the pics as they happen. As you can tell by the pics below, the leaves on the ground looked as if they were placed there on purpose! Everything there just makes you feel fresh and ready to go back out into the real world. It truly is a fun and warm experience...even in the cold of the fall and winter.

Merry Christmas!

Remember the true meaning of Christmas!

MERRY CHRISTMAS! Ok so late is better than never! It's not as if I forgot about my blog...just pushed it aside for a while...but I'm back. Again.
So once again I am a bit late on my blogging. This month has just flow by too quick! So many things are happening on our end that its hard to just stop and blog. Now that Christmas has come and gone, I will now have time to get back to my side hobbies. One being this blog. A new year will be starting in a couple days, and with that comes a list of new things for our little family to conquer! I will think of a list and post some of it here tomorrow. I know..I know you're thinking "Ya right..tomorrow. Just like you promised those pictures last week!" And you are right I know! But enough with the excuses..time for blogging. I'm back and will be blogging in the New Year! So hold on tight! This year is going to be a CRAZY ride to say the least..As the famous line in Willy Wonka goes "So much time and so little to do..wait scratch that..reverse it!"

November and December have been flying by!

Well, the last couple weeks have just flown by. Just to get you up to speed on how the month has been, here is a quick overview:

The most important thing that has happened to us this month happened just a couple weeks ago on Monday. Deidra and I went to St. Louis to hit the hot tub and relax on Sunday cuz that next day was Deidra's state board exam. Poor girl, she was just sick for weeks up to that day. That morning she looked like she was going to puke! I had no worries, but the look on her face made me worry about her. Her test was 3 hours long but she finished it in little over 2. She was so happy when she left even though her test scores would not be available for days! That Thursday, the word came in....and BOOYA! There was much rejoicing throughout the land! Well in our house anyway. She passed with flying colors...and so as not to make any of her friends from school jealous who check out this blog...those of you who don't already know her score due to her not being able to keep it to herself..lets just say she passed with flying colors and had nothing to worry about. :) For those of you who have been keeping up with this for over 3 years...(didn't realize how many of you there were until the criticizing me for not blogging lately!) for over 3 years, this has been the goal in our lives. MISSION COMPLETE! One step closer to our next goal in line. Our new goal as of late...get the house ready for sale in the spring/summer.

The other thing that has happened around here lately was the HUGE ice storm that downed power lines, trees, and turned the lights off in much of the central part of the state. I have some pics which show the ice around our house, but unfortunately I didn't get any of the roads and other houses that were in really bad condition. We got lucky again..other than some branches falling onto our house and yard and bending of some trees, we didn't receive any real damage.

The snow that fell this last weekend was the first of the year...AND YES I got pictures of it! The pictures above are of the ice and the snow after. The pic of our fireplace just makes me feel cozy.

Well its off to work I go. Got my coffee and ipod. My two most wonderful things I take to work.

I promised myself I would blog later tonigh or tomorrow night with more info and pics of this last couple months, including our annual trip to Branson..so stay tuned!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving

We hope each of you have a wonderful Turkey Day blessed with yummy food, beloved family and great friends!

BOOYA BABY! Tied for first!

Broncos OBLITERATE the Titans!

I just love it when things come together at just the right time. This was the Broncos we know and love! After having almost the entire offense starters injured in some way or another, our rookies step up and hand a well deserved loss to the Titans. John Lynch is back and helped lead the defense back to the hard hitting team I love to watch. After losing our first string RB to injury and possible suspension from the league, we put in our 2nd stringer to get the job done. When he went down late in the game we put our 3d stringer in and he went for 62 yds up the gut for his first NFL TD. Our punt returner Glenn Martinez returns a punt 80 yds for a TD. Cutler passed to Stokley for a 48 yd touchdown and threw to Brandon Marshall for a 41 yd TD. It was raining TD's in Denver for our home game at Mile High! I can go to bed happy now!

Cutler Doing what he do!

Andre Hall For his first NFL TD!

They declared "Marshall Law" in Denver Tonight!

Glenn Martinez takes a punt back to where it came from!

They Call him "The Slot Machine" for a reason!

Uhhhh...Say Wha!

High Tomorrow:

76

High Thursday?

40

I've done the math several times in my head and once on paper...and yes...

Thats almost a 40 degree temp drop!

Welcome...You have now entered "my" Twilight Zone world I call...Missouri

Gobble Gobble Y'all!