a nerd's life.

Cubs 6, Sox 5

No I'm not referring to a real Cubs game because they are playing the Pirates right now.  I'm referring to the pretend game my kids and I were playing in the backyard - except it was playing kickball.  Joey and Lydia picked to the be the Cubs so I was stuck with being the White Sox.  The score was 6 - 2 when I kicked one over the fence to make it 6 - 4 in the bottom of the 2nd inning (also the last inning) - wohoo, go Dads everywhere! 

Then I had the chance to tie it up with a ghost man on 2nd and me kicking the ball just right...but once I got on 2nd base Joey fooled me with the old, "hey dad, what's that over there, is that a chicken?"  Then he beamed me as I stepped off base to see the chicken.  Man, the Sox almost had 'em, but we fell for the oldest trick in the book.  Go Cubs!

where is chanahan IL?

well i found out tonight, as my family and i drove there (just past joliet) to look at a motorcycle.  i know, right now you're thinking, "how could he be looking at a motorcyle when he has a wife and 3 kids??"  i was thinking the same thing the whole way there - and i kept trying not to think it - cause i wanted the bike!  not to mention that 2 year ago i was hit on my first motorcyle and it wasn't my fault!

well, after 2 years of waiting and gas prices soaring, i decided to give it another whirl, but i just couldn't do it.  honestly, i couldn't get a bike knowing i have such a rockin' family - if you've met my wife and kids you would totally understand!  no offense to anyone who has a bike and family, i just couldn't go through with it; knowing i was one of those stats in my last accident where it totally wasn't my fault and i still got plowed.

so i made it to chanahan, IL to only ride the motorcylce a few blocks and then say thanks for your time, but i just can't buy it.  guess i'm just gonna have to hang my head out the window of my car to get the motorcyle-like effect.

summer time is great

i was at ace hardware getting a couple new bulbs for our lights under the cabinets and i noticed the "everything is a $1" section.  i don't usually look in these sections and i totally give my wife a hard time cause she's sooo lured by this type of advertising.  but i was with joey and lydia and we decided to take a look and we hit the jackpot: 250 waterballoons for a dollar!! 

ok, so it wasn't the jackpot, but i bought 'em anyway and you know what, 50% of them busted as i tried to fill them up...big surpise eh?  well, anyway this was joey and lydia's first experience with water balloons so i they weren't really sure how you went about playing with them.  so i decided to give them each a balloon and then say, "Go!"  well, this is what happened - who do you think won this battle, joey or lydia?

summer time is awesome.