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A Thanksgiving Welcome Home!

December 1, 2008

This Thanksgiving we had a little more to celebrate, Brandon, Gillian’s brother, came home from Iraq. As expected Brandon hated the banner, which was the main reason it was put up. Dinner consisted of the usual; Turkey, Beer, and me hidding while everyone else did the dishes. My mom was in San Diego for Thanksgiving to see her mom and brothers. Friday we had breakfast with my grandparents and sister at the IHOP, because my Grandma didn’t want to cook and Grandpa likes IHOP. My Grandpa told me to bring the truck so he could give me some Christmas lights, he wasn’t joking about needing the truck. I think I have enough lights to cover the house top to bottom three times, and those are only the lights Grandpa didn’t want! Yes, I am decerating the house for Christmas this year…any bets on how many times I will fall off the ladder?

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I Died a Little Today

November 21, 2008

We have this printer at work, and it is a gigantic piece of crap. It started making a grinding noise today, I seriously got up from my desk expecting to see someone building or destroying something. Anyway my point, as I stood there with two other guys I work with, watching the printer destroy itself, I made a comment, “Hey, you guys remember the movie Office Space”. It was supposed to be a joke about how we should take the printer out into a field and beat it with a baseball bat, but I was appalled that neither of them had seen the movie. I started asking around and no one I work with has seen the movie!! This is the problem I have with my job, 9 times out of 10 when I make a joke all I get are blank stairs and it’s not because I’m not funny, I’m funny Dammit! Anyway, this all made me died a little.

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I Need More Thing With Holes In Them

November 10, 2008

In an attempt to organize the garage I installed a pegboard above one of my work benches. I quickly realized I need to add more holes to things.

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I Voted, Robot Nixon

November 5, 2008

Not really, but it did cross my mind. I voted, like a few other Nebraskans, for Obama. I guess this will be one of those things we will tell our children about… as they roll there eyes.

Obama may have won, but Bush still has two months to destoy the world.

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Pajama Pants + Shredder = Awesome!

October 28, 2008

I know, a little creepy, but the polar bear pajama pants were on their last leg, so I put them in the paper shredder. Last weekend we got some things done around the house. We finally finished painting the front door, aerating the yard, and blew the water out of the sprinkler system for the winter. Gillian got her new social security card in the mail today, she didn’t want me to take a picture of it for some reason. I posted more Gordie vs Olive videos. Gordie had two teeth removed last week after slamming into Uno (Gillian’s Uncle’s dog) and breaking them, while chasing a ball at the dog park, he was completely unfazed.

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The Band, Back Together Again

October 19, 2008

Last weekend, we didn’t go anywhere! Instead Santi and Sarah, Chris and Kathleen, and Retzer and Lisa came to Grand Island! Santi, Sarah, Chris, and Katleen got here Friday night and spent the night doing what has become somewhat of a tradition, drinking beer and playing Rock Band! Retzer came in on Saturday afternoon while Lisa was at a baby shower, we watched the Husker game then played more Rock Band. Saturday night was all about the Karaoke at the Upper Deck. We were all jealous of the fat man in the skin tight, fish net shirt, but disappointed he did not sing “I’m too sexy”.

The weekend was alot of fun and consisted of the usual events; Santi recording a fart on my camera, Retzer chasing the dogs around the back yard, and Kathleen falling out of a chair.

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Gillian Frost

October 16, 2008

Gillian officially changed her last name to Frost today!

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American Party…in the Back

October 7, 2008

Last weekend was Santiago’s “Welcome to America” Party. In honor of him becoming a US citizen we had a pony keg of Empyrean LunsSea ESB, (Local Lincoln Brew), hamburgers and hot dogs, and of course a mullet wig. Santi received a few gifts that could only be found in America, but not necessarily made in America. Fun was had by all, too much fun in my case, and no one got arrested, though it looked like would should have been.

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New Falcon Parts!

October 1, 2008

The UPS guy showed up right before Gillian and I left for Chris and Kathleen’s wedding. When the UPS guy shows up, 9 times out of 10 he is bringing me car parts, this time was no exception. I bought a rack and pinion steering kit, for The Falcon. So far I have installed; disc brakes on the front and rear and new master cylinder, new rear end gears, new shocks, and new wheels and tires. Now I can add rack and pinion steering to that list. No, I haven’t finished building my engine yet! It is a lot easier to work on the steering with out an engine anyway. I still have to install the steering column. This will be the hardest part because it involves me getting my head and hands down where my feet would normally go. I plan to have it running some time during the summer of 2009, possibly with a new 5 speed transmission.

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Santiago Murtagh… American!

September 25, 2008

My good friend, and family member kind of, Santiago Murtagh became an American citizen on Tuesday September 23 at about 3pm. Santi originally came to the U.S. from Argentina as a foreign exchange student and lived with Mark and Linda Cave, went to high school with Gillian, then on to college at UNL and married Sarah a little over four years ago. That is why I say his is family kind of, Gillian has always referred to him as her brother, so I guess he is my brother-in-law. Sarah has planed a Welcome to America Party for Oct 4th. So lets all join in congratulating Santi on becoming a citizen, just in time to watch our economy fall apart!

Eliot posted this, I think it is fitting.

Linda took a few picture of the ceremony, I put them up of flickr

The following is the oath Santi swore to, courtesy of Linda;

“I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform noncombatant service in the Armed Forces of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law; and that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God.”

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