Last night Susan and I went with our friends Wes and Julie to see Simplified play at the Blind Tiger. For those that don’ t know Simplified they are a great band from Charlotte NC. I have been to see them live several times now and the shows have always been great. They were so good last night that we stayed for the whole thing and Susan wasn’t telling me we had to go. That means we didn’t even leave the club until 1:30 and she stayed awake the whole time! It is 11:30 right now and she is still asleep so she is making up for it today.
Us with Clee Laster (vocals, guitar) and Chris Sheridan (guitar) from Simplified
I think this is the best picture I have ever seen of Elli (besides that one of her and our mom at her wedding). And Sydney is the cutest baby ever so that is an easy one:
This post has pictures that represent Christmas Day to New Year’s Day. Just to recap, we had 9 celebrations in 11 days. For some reason I also thought that was a good time to do a home improvement project of painting all the door knobs. Which also means the latches, screws, etc. You probably realized that. Wish I would have…
Christmas w Steph, Roy, BizNKids, and MomMom, Dec 26
Point of interest on this photo–I THOUGHT both eyes were crossed. I did a redo for Paul just now, thinking my eyes were crossed again. No such luck. My sister was like this all the time from birth and had surgery to make her normal. Perhaps I had preemptive surgery to make sure mine did not wander…EVER!
Anna--Dec 26 Christmas; celebration #9
I just love love love this photo of Anna. You get glimpses of what she will look like as a young woman, yet she still has that baby look too.
Tripp gets a robot for Christmas!
Sleepy Becca posing for pictures
The robot Tripp got for Christmas was very cool, it even danced to a Duran Duran knock off song (sounded like the song, but like they changed it to not have to pay royalties). But then it started to somewhat stalk MomMom. Kind of scared us. Rebecca was SO sleepy, but she always wants to get a good picture. And the truth still holds–sometimes the kids like the box the toy comes in rather than the toy itself!
New Year’s Eve 2009. Basic math I should have realized when I bought the sparklers: [(Sleepy kids x bad weather so they didn't get any exercise for days) x (Paul has been w said kids for 80 hours x Susan has been sick for 80 days)] x fire sparks shooting off a stick = probably not a good idea. Not to mention I had accidentally sprayed some grass (and a little driveway) with my door knob project so Tyler of course wanted to prance there w his sparklers. He was drawn like a moth to a flame. (get it–flame??)
Skinned squirrels in the refrigerator. Seriously. Ugh.
Paul took Tyler hunting w some friends and their kids. Tyler was a little loud (lucky for the squirrels), but the others were more successful (unlucky for Susan). We had 6 dead bodies in the fridge. It was like The Soprano’s. Paul made fried squirrel, scrambled eggs, grits, biscuits and squirrel gravy for New Year’s breakfast. They say that how you spend NY Day is how you spend your year. God help me.
PRESS RELEASE: Boise, Idaho based K-Edge Cycling Solutions, a division of AceCo Sport Group and Lincoln, Nebraska based Tomac Bikes have collaborated on what could be considered the most technically advanced chain suck frame protection ever developed. The K-Edge Anti-Chain Suck (ACS) was specifically designed for Tomac’s (spoiler alert) soon to be introduced […]
Just posted Brodie’s 2011 road, ‘cross and commuter bikes here, and now it’s time to get dirty. Brodie has a full line of mountain bikes for XC, marathon and dirt jump. The only (glaring) omissions are 29ers and freeride rigs, but we’ll let it slide for now because the overall collection is pretty sharp. Their new […]
The Steamboat Springs Stage Race started today with the opening prologue, just over six miles long. Idyllic weather greeted racers as they gathered just beneath Steamboat Springs Ski Resort. Bright blue skies and just a touch of wind made the 80 degree weather just perfect. Racers showed up with everything from standard road bikes to […]
Brodie is celebrating their 25th anniversary by unleashing a full run of new and updated bicycles covering every riding style but full on downhill/freeride. In this post we’re bringing you the road, commuter and cyclocross bikes, starting with the Speed Series of drop bar bikes for everything from touring and commuting to road riding and […]
Sometimes, we get some descriptions that are just elegant enough in their own special waythat there’s no need to spend precious minutes rewriting them (or energy trying to be clever or what have you), and this is just such a case. Here’s the deal: Focale 44 is proud to introduce one of the first (if not […]
He may have ripped the hearts out of Cleveland fans, but the SE Bikes shirt makes it just a little bit more tolerable. Maybe. Photo submitted by Todd L. To see more Pics of the Day, click here, and to submit your own photo to be shown to the world, go here. […]
What better way to spend Labor Day weekend than thrashing yourself at the 2nd annual Steamboat Springs Stage Race in idyllic Steamboat Springs, Colorado? That’s what I intend to find out over the coming four day weekend. The event starts with Friday’s prologue, then features a 4.5 mile circuit race on Saturday, a road race […]
First Giro, and now Fizik…lots of new options for keeping your tootsies happy on the bike. Via BikeEurope’s Press Room: Today’s philosophy of saddle maker Selle Royal (fi’zi:k, Brooks, Selle Royal) is to create solutions for all the contact zones between the rider and the bike. In that philosophy is the development of a […]
For all you fixed gear riders in smooth areas, rejoice, you now have a skinnier tire to match your skinnier jeans. Fyxation’s new Session 700×23 size tires are now in stock and available on their website. Get it in green, white, pink, orange and black, and they’re all 120tpi with kevlar protection, pinch-flat-toughened sidewalls and a […]
