Run, run, run.... (Saturday, 02/6/10)

I'm surprised on how much we can do on a Saturday!

We woke up, got dressed, and headed toward the gym. It was swim time! Boy, were M&M excited!

At the gym, you're required to shower off before getting into the pool. So Malachi and I got into our swim-trunks and went to one of the showers and turned the water on. No hot or warm water! Great....! I tried another shower. Same thing! One of the janitors was in thelocker room, and he said he'd check into it. Well, Malachi and I were anxious, so we took the plunge. Brrrrrrrrrrr! It was freezing!

The poor guy shivered the entire walk to the pool. We had to stand there as we put on the water wings. Both of us were not too happy over taking the cold shower, but once we got in the pool, we both thawed out, and all was well.

The girls soon joined us guys, and we all played. M&M played with one of the balls they use for water basketball. They both would "chase" it after hitting it around. That was fine to me, that meant it would wear them out!

Toward the end of swim-time, Lydia encouraged Malachi to stand on the edge of the pool and jump in. Once that started, there was no stopping him. He loved it. Mysia wouldn't even dare! I put her up on the edge, and she just walked away out of my reach!

After swimming we got our showers, got dressed, and headed off to Nixa. We visited Lydia's grandma, her aunt & uncle, and cousins. We talked and visited for about and hour before we headed home.

The kids crashed once we got home. I knew they'd be worn out. Lydia headed out to OTC to work on bears her honors class. They're going to be selling them to raise money for Relay for Life. While she was gone, I tried to work on more design work. Mysia ended up waking up first, then Malachi. So we watched a movie and then played.

When Lydia got home, we then headed over to my parents' house to eat and visit. We had hotdogs! Yum! We chatted and talked about computers! That's the theme for my family! lol!

As it got later in the evening, we left and picked up the church van. I left the Lydia and the kids at home and let her put them to bed while I went grocery shopping! Then it was time for bed! What a day!

~Matt

Friday, 02/5/10

Boy, I was so glad it was Friday. The workday went by slow, but I made it through!

We had our friends Doug & Mary over for game night. For supper we had tacos, boy... were they good! Mary brought cheesecake, it was so tasty that we couldn't help but have seconds.

We ate, talked, and played games! Like always, we had a great time! By the time they left, and we went to bed, we were tired!

~Matt

Thursday, 02/04/10

Came home ate sandwiches while Lydia got ready to leave for her appointment give plasma. The extra money helps with gas!

While she was gone I had the kids pick up their rooms... but they mostly played!

After they went to bed, I worked a bit on the computer and Lydia worked on her homework!

Nothing new happened!

~Matt

Why do things break? (Wednesday, 02/03/10)

Like any other normal computer-loving geek, I carry around a USB flashdrive. Okay, I'll admit it, I carry two. Oh, plus my 80 GB iPod and my cell which holds a the 512 MB mini SD card.

The point is, most of my important files, or needed files, are with me at all times. I like having it just in case. There is always something I'm working on, or like to have handy... just in case.

Well, BJ had gave me one for my birthday back in 2007. It was a Kinsgston 2 GB. It was nice and durable. Well, as you can see from the picture I posted above, the 'USB' part broke off from the circuit board. I guess it got "jiggled" too much over the years. I had a scare for a while though... I had some files on there that I hadn't backed up yet! So I held the thing together for 5 minutes while I transferred the files over. It took several tries, and my hand was shaking the entire time, but I got the files off! Whew!

But that wasn't the only thing that broke today! But I'll get to that here in a bit.

Good news... the snow is finally melting!

When we got home, our driveway had a nice pool of water in it, so I took the shovel and re-dugg the trench to our ditch. I heard water running, presumably from one of the neighbors' house, and remembered I'd better turn on my sump pump as well. So while inside I turned it on. We made supper real quick because we were getting ready to head to church. I noted though... that the water pressure seemed a little low in the kitchen. However, the bathrooms were doing fine. The water heater seemed to be running though, which we thought was a bit unusual. But no problems could be found, and I figured it was doing it's thing.

We ate supper, got things gathered, and headed out the door. While loading the kids, I heard that water sound again. I noticed it wasn't our neighbor's sump pump. It was coming from his, or our, backyard. I ran back there, and "oh no!!!!!"

It was our backyard... flooded! Water was gushing out of the faucet where our garden hose was originally plugged up. The extra nozzle I had installed last spring broke off! Our backyard was flooded with water... City water!

I ran in side, grabbed my wrench, and turned off the water! My pant legs and shoes were muddy.

We went ahead and went to church, but later that night, on the way home, I stopped by the store and picked me up a new nozzle. The first thing I did when we got home was install the thing!

Now do you understand the title of this post?

What a day!

~Matt

Sad news... (Tuesday, 02/02/10)

It was a pretty pleasant day. Work wasn't too hectic, and the kids seemed to do well at daycare. Both are very excited when trying to describe what they did during the day. Lydia had a good day at school as well.

There was only one disappointment I had... I found out I wasn't going to be able to see Gold City in a few weeks, and it was no fault of my own. You see, Gold City is scheduled to be in town on the 21st for a free concert. However, unbeknownst to me, they church holding the concert made tickets, and you can only attend if you have a free ticket. The tickets became available on the first.... no one told me ahead of time! I didn't find out until that night! So I asked Lydia to stop by the church this afternoon, after classes. Well, too late! They were "sold out". Arg! What a bummer!

Gold City is a big draw here in the Ozarks, that's why we have them down at least twice a year. But boy, I never knew tickets could go that fast for a SG concert! Even though I won't be there to enjoy it, Gold City will have a great crowd I'm sure!
 
There is one cool thing though, with the information of the concert on their website (which I found today) they posted a video of GC singing. They grabbed it from youtube. I know that for a fact. Why....? It was my video I had taken at SDC!!!!

~Matt