Thankful

I am thankful for an extremely Beautiful wife who still loves me even though I am me. She loves me despite the stupid things I do and midnight runs to Franklin. Even though she is mad at me she waits up for me and still cuddles with me in bed. I am thankful for a wife who can look me in the eye and say "I love you" and mean it more now then the day we got married.
I am also thankful for our beautiful daughter who looks just like her beautiful mom.
I am thankful for our health, happiness, wealth, religious knowledge and all the other many blessings we have been blessed with.
I am thankful for these things everyday, not just today. I guess sometimes we just need a special day to remind us to express that thanks. Happy Thanksgiving or Feliz Dia das Gracas!

Quotes

I think if asked everyone can think of at least one famous quote, probably more. They probably also know who said it. Sometimes I think about quotes and wonder how the person who said it came up with it. Was it intelligents, inspiration, luck, or it was just something they said that became famous and well known because of the circumstances surrounding the time and place in which it was spoken.
I also wonder if I have ever said anything like that, or if I will that will be known and remember, that will comfort and inspire people. Now we get to the part where people will probably just think I am weird. I do not just sit around trying to come up with good quotes, but sometimes I think of things, that at least in my mind seem good. I have written some of them down, so here they are. Try not to think I am too weird.
“Distance takes the fun out of running”
“Poetry like art is a poor mans life, and a dead mans legacy”
“The world is a giant chess board and I am but a pawn in someone else’s game”
That last one for personal application I would substitute “Work” for “the World”
Pretty much that is it.

She doesn't Agree!

I don’t think Lilly shares mine and Marni’s excitement for her teeth. She has always woken up 2 or more times throughout the night, but she would usually just make a little noise to let us know she was awake, and would only get loud if we didn’t get her soon. But now when she wakes up she almost instantly screams, and is harder to comfort. I obviously don’t know for sure, but I think it is because her teeth are hurting so much. I figure between the one that has broke through, and the others that are trying, her mouth is probably hurting quite a bit. About the only thing that comforts her now is eating. I don’t think she is hungry, I think it is just comforting to snuggle up to her mom and eat. I feel sorry for both of them. Lilly for the teething, and Marni for constantly having to wake up and feed her. I wish I could help.

Teeth!

Lilly officially has teeth! Well tooth. The bottom right front tooth to be exact. She has been teething for a while, so we have been checking to see when the teeth break through. That day finally happened on Saturday Nov. 11th, 2006. Marni felt it first, and told me to feel. We both got really excited. I think Lilly thought we were crazy because she didn’t know what the big deal was. We are excited though. Our little girl is growing up so fast!

Wimp?

I think I am a little bit of a wuse (I don’t know if that is spelled right). I am one of those guys that cries during the sappy movies, some songs, and even tv shows. I get choked up when I here a sad story, or even think sad thoughts. I even have a hard time killing bugs and stuff. Whenever there is a spider Marni always wants me to squish it. I have always said I didn’t do it because I didn’t like the crunching sound it makes. I think I even believed that myself. But after thinking about it, I have found that is a load of crap. I don’t do it because I feel bad for killing them. Instead I just flush them down the toilet, and only watch long enough to make sure it doesn’t climb out. Then I walk out of the bathroom feeling slightly bad for killing it.
Not don’t mistake wuse for Wimp. That is something I am not! Especially if someone messes with my family. If they mess with my girls they can count on me kicking there a%# so hard they will be crapping through their nose, and I will never feel bad about that.

Something funny!

Something funny just happened. We are getting ready to move to a house in Franklin. My mom has been saying for a while that she plans to move to Logan. In fact she has said that she really likes our apartment and would like to live there. So she said when we move out, she could move up here and move in. Well the last couple times I have talked to her about it, she still says that she plans to move, but won’t give me a time frame, not even a month or time of year. She just says she can’t afford to move right now, and tries to get me to put off moving so she won’t lose the apartment. I think she doesn’t want to move. I think she would rather stay in Texas to be around her redneck hick white trash friends, than move to Utah and be closer to her Family. Don’t mistake this as bitterness, I would say it is more frustration. True it does bother me that she would rather live there than here, that her friends are more important to her than her family. But it bothers me more that she won’t just be honest about it. That she says she plans to move but won’t do anything to make it happen.
Anyway, we have decided that we would like to be moved by about the first to middle of December. That means that we need to give our landlord our 30 day notice soon. So for the last 2 ½ weeks I have been trying to get a hold of my mom by phone with no luck. I have left messages with my little brother, and on her answering machine. Nothing. So this morning I sent her an e-mail. I was not nice. I don’t think I was mean, but I definitely was not nice. I basically said I figure she must be avoiding me because despite constant effort and many messages, I can still not get a hold of her and she doesn’t return my calls. Then I just told her we need to figure out when she is moving so we know what to do with the apartment. The funny thing that happened is, about 10 or 15 minutes after I sent the e-mail I got a call from my mom. I was not able to take it as I am at work. She left a message which I have not listened to yet. I love my mom, and don’t want to offend her. But if that is what it takes to get her to talk to me…I just wish she would be honest about things, and not just avoid the issue.