zebano (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} zebano) wrote,@ 2006-03-01 08:55:00 |
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So I havn't posted in a long time (and I'm too lazy to check just how long that is). Man has to work, and thats the story of my life. I have this monstrous project here that we hired a contractor to assist me with. He comes in on monday and tells me all about life with a kid. He used to go home to relax, now he comes to work to relax; the sad part, I could relate. All I'll say about this project is 130+ hours in 2 weeks and more to come - Megan and Brenna went to Illinois last weekend while I went to work.
The little one is crawling and standing up now (by leaning on things). We have had to childproof the house and it's still a pit. She knows right where the box of toys is and spreads em out. Such is life. The more troublesome aspect is when you lay her down in the crib she pulls herself up and starts screaming.
My chess life has been active lately and I had reasonable showings ratings wise (of course Im better than all other players with the same rating...), but Megs and I decided we should move into the world of high-stakes backgammon. We played a match and the loser had to cook dinner yesterday. Alas I lost (I doubled then she rolled 3 double-6s in a row, bleh) but since she was craving Mexican I got out of it by taking her out to Renaldo's instead. The entree was subpar, the peach margarita had sugar instead of salt and tasted like a normal margarita, but the chips and salsa was excellent. I felt bad for the busboy, now that Brenna can eat finger food, we give her part of our meals and while she eats most of it, the table was covered in rice.
We visted our friends Nate and Anne Marie in Dubuque a couple weeks ago and they served up an awesome meal. Chicken Parmesean, homemade mozzerla sticks, Zuppa Tuscana soup and a nice salad with a vinagarette. We brought some wine and watched the olympics. The next day we saw the sites and I decided that I rather like river towns, more specifically I like rivers, though a lake would substitute nicely. Quite picturesque. We ended the day eating at an awesome bar called Bricktown or something like that. It was a little microbrewery that had some great beers. They made a vanilla beer which I give a 9/10, an 8/10 red and a few other above average beers (for reference, Killians is a 7/10 and Amberbach a 6/10) . Now I've had cranberry beer and it made me want to vomit, but vanilla beer was something else. Much like vanilla coke, it makes the otherwise good product great.
I am declaring this here publicly. For lent I am giving up driving the car to work except on rainy days. I have been driving to work for about a month now and while there is nothing wrong with driving, quality of life is just better when I feel invigorated.
Well thats my life, as always: Family, Bike, chess, work and friends.
The little one is crawling and standing up now (by leaning on things). We have had to childproof the house and it's still a pit. She knows right where the box of toys is and spreads em out. Such is life. The more troublesome aspect is when you lay her down in the crib she pulls herself up and starts screaming.
My chess life has been active lately and I had reasonable showings ratings wise (of course Im better than all other players with the same rating...), but Megs and I decided we should move into the world of high-stakes backgammon. We played a match and the loser had to cook dinner yesterday. Alas I lost (I doubled then she rolled 3 double-6s in a row, bleh) but since she was craving Mexican I got out of it by taking her out to Renaldo's instead. The entree was subpar, the peach margarita had sugar instead of salt and tasted like a normal margarita, but the chips and salsa was excellent. I felt bad for the busboy, now that Brenna can eat finger food, we give her part of our meals and while she eats most of it, the table was covered in rice.
We visted our friends Nate and Anne Marie in Dubuque a couple weeks ago and they served up an awesome meal. Chicken Parmesean, homemade mozzerla sticks, Zuppa Tuscana soup and a nice salad with a vinagarette. We brought some wine and watched the olympics. The next day we saw the sites and I decided that I rather like river towns, more specifically I like rivers, though a lake would substitute nicely. Quite picturesque. We ended the day eating at an awesome bar called Bricktown or something like that. It was a little microbrewery that had some great beers. They made a vanilla beer which I give a 9/10, an 8/10 red and a few other above average beers (for reference, Killians is a 7/10 and Amberbach a 6/10) . Now I've had cranberry beer and it made me want to vomit, but vanilla beer was something else. Much like vanilla coke, it makes the otherwise good product great.
I am declaring this here publicly. For lent I am giving up driving the car to work except on rainy days. I have been driving to work for about a month now and while there is nothing wrong with driving, quality of life is just better when I feel invigorated.
Well thats my life, as always: Family, Bike, chess, work and friends.
