Check out my last few songs of play list.
George Strait ‘if I know me’
Clay Walker ‘this woman this man’
Tracy Lawrence ‘if you loved me’
Diamond Rio ‘Love a little stronger’
Alan Jackson ‘tonight I climbed the wall’
Mark Collie ‘Something’s Gonna Change Her Mind’
Clint Black ‘burn one down’
Toby Keith ‘ wish I didn’t know now’
George Straight ‘ I can still make Cheyenne
Clint Black ‘loving blind’
Other stuff Sammy Kershaw, Neil McCoy Brooks and Dunn…
Then throw in P.M. Dawn’s ‘I’d die without you’ Random.
Wow, what a morning.
I hear these songs and I am instantly transported back in time say 1996-97. I miss Lara ‘the queen’ and ‘Shiny-white-Reeboks’ Josh, Lisa, my pretty girl friend with the cool dolphin sticker on her red Nissan, Billy bob Joe Jackson something something jr. aka Bill, Jake and his red truck,. You are all still my friends too, but you are all better looking now.
I remember fondly working at Pizza Hut, delivering people’s pizza before they could blink twice. I had the best car ever, my Nissan Sentra SE-R. Once I lent it to Bubba (Otis Lee for you outsiders) to take someone out to supper. I had to drive his old Chevy truck. I lost money that night I had to put gas in it twice. I remember thinking that the long horn sticker on the back made it look even cooler. Now that I live in Austin and everyone except me has a long horn on their car, not so much.
Funny thing is, as warm as my memories are of this period, I would not like to go back there and relive any of it.
Love you all
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I believe in being myself and being real and letting the chips fall where they may. Not on the carpet because they can leave grease spots. I like individuality, but I’d still buy a silver Toyota and blend into the fray. Maybe even listen to the Fray. I’d say buy American but I wouldn’t. I moved away and the idea of disappearing and not disappointing was so refreshing. No one knows D.C. here and expects me to be him. HA jokes on me. The islands are looking more appealing all the time. that is not a threat. i don’t threaten. it is just an observation.

I hate feeling sick to my stomach over the thought i have let you down.

Have you ever been excited and then totally bummed about something at once?
My baby is getting big and that is so cool but at the same time wait She is getting big and not going to be the baby before too much longer.
The New U2 album comes out today . Sweet one of the best days of the month id not the quarter if not the year in my “Velveeta is still cheese and good cheese at that” opinion. SO my sister sends me the link of the album on Amazon for 3.99 and that is awesome, but what I really want is the deluxe version on itunes with the hour long movie! Hello 17.99 and not only is that the one I want but I want that one in a hard copy with all the packaging. I am such a dork I know but that is even going to cost me more. So for what I could have for 4 bucks I am going to have to part with 20 more to get the little extras. Drat.
My neck is out. I had a car crash and have suffered for it dearly. The Chiropractor is helping but it hurts to go but I feel better after I have been.
It also cost money now that I am supposed to get back on the settlement I hope that happens. And I went yesterday and got all fixed and then sneezed and it was all undone. I really had a big sneeze. Now I am in pain waiting till I can go get hurt and give hi more money so ill feel better and hopefully get that money back someday and this time I am going to try not to sneeze!
Last thing I can think of on this note.
Google maps is doing their street view pics. I am excited
I keep checking my neighbor hood to see if they are up yet.
And this morning guess what? We are there. Except it is from like a year ago and the plumber was at my house due to some leaks we were having. His big truck was in front of the house, and there are two houses next door to us since, no it has to be like almost a year and a half ago that there were taken there are houses all around us now. And I was home with the plumber in the middle of the day so both cars are in the drive way and the garage door is open and we look like real red necks and we are so not that would be every one else on the street. But you can see our place and Gus and Anderson and the disgrace of a dirty garage that I swear I have since cleaned all up and organized. Oh and Karina’s old 93 civic is in there dead waiting to go to place where dead Honda’s go too. Man and the trash can is out and not even been picked up yet.
I wish I could have them come back and redo the picture. STINK.

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maybe in 20/20 hindsight she should have went with this dress more often.

so i am so glad this is all over. Zach we can take down the banners now the quiet protest is over.

now i am have to worry about the Christmas tree and getting it up before the family comes for Thankschristmasing. i have like 20 other things i want to get done between know and then too i need to wash the house and the fence and stain and seal the fence. Get the Honda out of the garage and into the shop to get fixed and tagged and rolling. and get the Mini back, maybe buy a used Saab and give the Tank back to its owner and get Gus into the garage for an oil change and the lights on the house and i have 20 days to do all this in. OK it might not all get done. First things first. i wanna get something done to the fence. this week. Hear that babe? ok and i wanna stop drinking soda. except when i NEED it.

CHEERS!  and dont grieve to much, my dear republican friends, nothing is ever gonna really change, that is just the way it is somethings never change, (insert bruce hornsby piano riff) and it dont matter if we have a black man or an old man a chick, or a chick with a gun on the run in the big house we are supposed to pray for them just the same.

i woke up this morning and my arms were completely numb. The radio was playing npr’s semi annual beg-a-thon and my cell phone alarm was going off. I have this alarm sound that sounds like a Israeli bombing raid warning siren. I was having a tough time getting the alarm snoozed. i finally got up and when I stood my head felt as if it had been hit on both sides simultaneously with two 4 x 6’s. Like two major league baseball players batter batter batter … swing swang swung and connected at the same instant. I almost fell down it hurt so bad. It was 6.30 and time to get my butt out of bed but I could not. I dove back because once standing I realized I can’t feel my legs they are numb from my waist down; as are my arms.
That is how I have started this morning. Then I sat in traffic for a solid hour and arrived to work about and hour and a half later than what i like.
it is going to be a great Wednesday.
Little got her shots yesterday and although I was leaning away from giving her the shots altogether or at least until she is 5. So pray none of the horror stories people tell you about vaccinations pan here.
She did ok with the shot, just kind of fussy and wanting to be held. But hey from what I can tell that is most of the time. I know I would be! Have you seen her momma?

well i cant believe it but it is finally happening. Our friends and Neighbors and countrymen Justin and Amanda are in the Hospital working on Chase their little man. we were all kind of in this pregnant boat together so it will be cool to finally meet this little guy.

We have been doing everything in our power to persuade him out.

Jade cried all evening last night to get him here and wore herself out she went out at 10.30pm after i gave her a bath and slept until 6.30am.

We have eaten Pepperoni Pizza and yesterday evening with perfect fall south Texas weather we went on a little ride around their ranch looking at these animals more commonly seen in Africa riding on an old unimog Mercedes, stinking cool truck but bouncy. about half way through i looked back at Amanda and said maybe the bumps will help the little man come out.

So Chase isnt here yet but cant be long now.

Well it is a nice hot fall day already here in Austin.
Things from this morning. I went to the bagel shop and on my way there saw a Fj40 that I actually have looked at on line in California from TLC the foremost restorers of vintage Toyotas. These are the same guys who were trying to buy mine and I go to it before they could snag it. This FJ40 ya’ll it was beautiful and oh my lord I never wanted to car jack some one so bad in all my life.
And you know how we always think the crisp (corrected spelling today) the crisp fall air is full of smells. I think it is my smeller actually just on overdrive. A girl was walking into the building in 30 feet in front of me today and I could smell that she was wearing CK1.  A lady that I work with just walked in wearing WAY TOO MUCH of something (if you like Elizabeth Taylor’s ‘Passion’ you’ll LOVE ‘DRAMA’ the imitation version) and now my whole office smells so strong. She just walked in and left. Gross.
so my Einsteins; I had a pumpkin bagel and pumpkin shmear on it.
Dear lord it was yummy.
And I am branching out a bit the new flavor of coffee is autumn roast, Elizabeth you are going to like it I swear.
Oh and did you know that the Guy from Iron and Wine lives in Dripping Springs a tiny little town close to here? They (or He) need a better web site. pathetic.
I did not know that. Sweet. Some one else famous lives here.
And just because I am this daddy here is my peanut wearing her uggs cause you know some where in the world people close their pools this time of year and it actually gets cold enough to wear long sleeves.

why? I don’t know i have a friend in CA that i am always asking the most naive -est of American, republican, southern of questions of. “Hey Christine, don’t you just laugh when you hear the American dad theme song?” Jeez Louise, i mean think Daine, of course she doesn’t she is in Canada.

Josh and i left the country but not far enough. i mean the only way we knew we were really out of the US and into Canada on our trip is they have some different rules and let private land owners live in or on some of the small islands in the boundary waters, or they would call that Quetico Provincial Park. We were lost and had paddled too far and we could have been shot on site but ok whatever. the one island we saw had more “no trespassing” “doughnut-ent-ry” signs than it did anything else. my point is i feel the need to get out of the USA for a second. even if it is just to one of our un-taxed outlying islands that i don’t need a passport to go to but that are way too Caribbean and trade able for something we want in exchange for oil. I need to get out and see people driving crazy. and that might just be it. i need to see different ethnic groups driving like maniacs. Maybe i should just go to Houston or a quick hop down to the border. This might be all the perspective straitening i need.
I watched my show last night, Anthony Bourdain’s No reservations, and he went to Saudi Arabia. Ok i would so go there and get myself all suited up in the normal mens garb. I should; I should get one to wear around town with my Mexi-Melt in her strappy tank tops. ha Ham sandwich in a Synagogue. Ha ha and that is even funnier in light of the context. it left me wanting to eat lamb and rice and hummus!

Hey I have like three deals real quick oh and one bit of advice.
One: So where are you all spending your economic stimulus gift coming to you by way of the Government from Uncle W?
I think I’ll buy an inflated plane ticket to IA with mine. If I have any left over it goes into the new iPod fund. Drat.
Oh and sorry my OH-Canada Readers and my tax evasion readers.  OH-Canada’s; wow your so cool you don’t need no stinking stimuli. Thank God or your lucky stars or Tom Cruise, who ever just say thanks for being so stinking cool and not even knowing it.  Evaders, No Economic stimulus for you. Hey you evade tax in the first place and it is 600 green-backs you won’t even notice.
Two: I have a Toyota Land Cruiser Association Austin Chapter meet up tonight1 I am excited. It is at Rudy’s, and I love Rudy’s. So even if it is just a bunch of Geezers standing around scratching there bums we can just say oops yeah imagine that a truck load of us show up in a rare FJ55 same time as ya’ll but we were just getting gas (because Rudy’s is also a petrol station! [Watching a little too much BBC])
One day when I strike it rich I am going to buy all my friends the same type of car and get you all enthused, and we’ll have a club! I am such a nerd. I know this.
Three: Why does the “Unscented” Mitchum deodorant actually smell like hair spray? It smells like Consort hair spray for men that my dad used when I was a kid. That was before he started buying “Grand Finale” BY THE CASE. Folks, there is a reason I am the way I am.
Advice: never eat a whole bag of Flam’in Hot Cheetos right before bed. It makes your tummy mad. They are so, so, so good and if you have never had them send me your stuff and I’ll mail you a bag!
OK this is all for now, carry on my wayward son…

There’ll be peace when you are done, lay you’re weary head to re-e-e-est, don’t cha cry .Don’t cha cry no …(fades off into a guitar solo)

20points and free back of Flam’ in Hot Cheetos if you can guess who sings that, besides me in the shower.

My anal retention is getting the best of me.
You can tell by this photo but the fenders are a shade off the main body section on the little car I purchased my unborn Sunday and I think it needs to be painted a more vibrant shade or Pink or Black. Black is classy!
I am sleepy this morning. Why do I stare at the black ceiling and the iron auto off light flashing when I should be sleeping. I want Saturday to be here right now. I even tried sniffing some of the lavender scented baby momma tummy oil that I rub on Mexi-Melts middle. Nothing worked.
I just got Adele and if you like neo-soul stuff she at least deserves a listen. It is better that Winehouse because, it just id. It is less out there. And it is way more “real” sounding than Duffy.