Bugs Palace!

In case you missed my last post, HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY ABIGAIL!  That’s right, our baby turned 1year old last month. Man what a fast year this has been. We went from no baby->tiny baby->growing baby->little kid in about 365 days. To say she is the most wonderful child ever would be a little bias of me to say.. But i’m saying it anyways 🙂  Love you baby girl.. Now please, stop with the teething, and go back to full nights of sleep.   We celebrated her birthday along with Thanksgivig this year. She was a *touch* spoiled, from all sides.  I think we need a bigger house for Abby’s pile-o-toys. Thanks to everyone for well wishes and gifts.

Pics from the above are coming. Hopefully this weekend.

Next up: Daddy’s new toy. A new (previous generation) MacbookPro.  Big improvement from my Macbook (which I had thought was pretty good to begin with). Much more viewing screen, faster, and in the end, I saved 500$ by not buying the later model Mac. Glad I did.

What else… My truck is pretty much sold. Just need to deliver and sign papers (and collect a check of course).  I’m not going deeply into the reasons why I sold it, but they are valid, and this is the better decision for me.  Large fuel bills because of my daily driving, less then great winter/wet handling, and the fact that no matter how much I wish it was, it is not my old truck.  Hopefully I will be able to deliver it soon. Great truck, and fun while i’ve owned it. Sadly, I’m just not a truck guy anymore I guess.

Lastly, with the selling of the truck, starts the shopping for a new-to-me car.  I’ve picked up a 1000$ special (97 golf beater) for the winter, as I was initially planning on simply taking the truck off the road for the winter. Now this car is decent enough to bounce off snowbanks, it is not what I want to drive as a daily driver for the next 2-3 years. So the plan is, deliver truck  ASAP, drive the golf this winter, and spend the winter deciding what exactly I want next. This is the first time I am shopping for something, and I don’t have a clear vision of exactly what I want. Sooo you can watch along as I can go through the process of pro/cons with each car I consider.  If I set it up correctly, you should be able to comment as well. My car shopping page is HERE. 

just a quick note for now. Happy 1st birthday Abby!

Well,  looks like I’m going to get to scratch another thing off my ‘must do’ list.  Saturday morning, I was able to get some tickets to an AC/DC concert coming up in November. I wasn’t able to get any for the Toronto show, but thats looking like a good thing.  Skydome  Rogers Center is a bit too big of a venue to even see the show. I got two tickets for the show in Michigan. Its only a 3 hour drive, the venue is much smaller, and the price was actually better.  I can’t wait!

Sadly, within 2 hours of buying tickets to the concert, I was sitting in Hagersville Hospital, having an Xray done of my ankle. Stupidly, I stepped wrong on my side yard, rolled the ankle and damn near broke it. I’ts now been 6 days, and  I can finally put some weight on it. It still hurts like a bitch, and looks even worse, but it is finally showing some signs of improvement. A week off work sucked. I hate sitting around doing nothing. Not to mention I have a lot of work to do right now. And all this did was put me further behind.

Staying home wouldn’t be tooo bad if Shannon was home with me. However, Monday was the end of Shannon’s maternity leave.  I hate to see her go back to work, but I hate looking at the bank account more. Going back to work couldn’t have came at a better time.  On the upside, her office has been moved to Hagersville so she is only a 10 minute walk from home.  And the babysitter is en route, so its even better.  Not to mention, we have the best baby sitter in the world! Abby comes to my Mom and Dads house every day and spends the day with the gang.  They are getting into a good little routine. Drop Abby off around 8:20, and she goes back to sleep for an  hour or so. Then she gets up, and plays for a couple hours until the lunch crew starts. From 12-1230 she hangs with Aunt Donna and Uncle Grant. From 1-130 Uncle Alex stops in. And somewhere between 12:30 and 1:30 her Mommy and I stop in to see her and have a bite to eat.  Nap time starts at 1:30 when lunches are over, and she sleeps till about 3pm. A couple more hours of play time till Mommy picks her up and her day is over. What more could a little girl want?