We spent the last couple of days at the cottage trying to fix it up. A small roof leak has revealed a ton of problems with the cottage including some of the worse electrical I have ever seen. I have to laugh because it's like something you would read about and think no one would ever do that. A lot of the walls have had to come down and we have found some interesting stuff like spiralgraphs, doll shoes and a newspaper from November 15, 1970 a day before my first birthday. That was kind of funny given the fact I was there with Jame who is only a month past his first birthday.
Jame is learning new things everyday and watching us to try and learn more. He was behind me a lot while we were working on the cottage climbing up and trying to help. I grabbed him yesterday grabbed a piece of scrap wood and a nail and we hammered it in together. He played with the hammer for a bit after that, banging it on the wood the best he could. It's hard to believe the little guy who would just lay there until it was feeding time is already learning so much.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Friday, August 27, 2010
My Commute
After a long day of listening to people calling each other crack heads and other names on the Judge show, I was happy to dive home with the top off the Jeep and the doors off. I find it to be very relaxing a nice piesce of solitude. When I arrived home last night "little man" came running up to me gave me a hug and started saying Da Da. I don't think I'll ever be able to describe how good that feels.
This morning I hopped back into the Jeep although it was a bit cold and I had to wear a coat, I still love the open feel of the Jeep. A few years ago I discovered taking route 41 all the way into the city. It's a nice change from the madness of the Dan Ryan. The route takes me past some interesting sights and threw a bunch of different neighborhoods, then just before I get into downtown theres the lake. It's great diving along the lake, even if I get stuck in traffic I can just sit and look out at the lake.
This mornings commute I decided to stop off and see my new friend the tamale man. I dicovered him a few weeks ago and eventually stopped. He parks his "roach coach" on a corner puts up a little sign and sells nothing but tamales. The tamles are GREAT! I had no idea there were so many different kinds of tamales (chicken, cheese, jalapeno and even fruit) I thought it was only pork. He told me he gets out there at five in the morning and it seems that there is always someone there buying from him. Jynx who normally does not like tamales actually likes these, but I think it's more that she like the jalapeno inside the tamale. I find it interesting that he is only there in the morning, never thought of tamales as a breakfast food, At night on the same corner is a guy in a van selling tide in big buckets. I'm going to stick with my tamales for now.
This morning I hopped back into the Jeep although it was a bit cold and I had to wear a coat, I still love the open feel of the Jeep. A few years ago I discovered taking route 41 all the way into the city. It's a nice change from the madness of the Dan Ryan. The route takes me past some interesting sights and threw a bunch of different neighborhoods, then just before I get into downtown theres the lake. It's great diving along the lake, even if I get stuck in traffic I can just sit and look out at the lake.
This mornings commute I decided to stop off and see my new friend the tamale man. I dicovered him a few weeks ago and eventually stopped. He parks his "roach coach" on a corner puts up a little sign and sells nothing but tamales. The tamles are GREAT! I had no idea there were so many different kinds of tamales (chicken, cheese, jalapeno and even fruit) I thought it was only pork. He told me he gets out there at five in the morning and it seems that there is always someone there buying from him. Jynx who normally does not like tamales actually likes these, but I think it's more that she like the jalapeno inside the tamale. I find it interesting that he is only there in the morning, never thought of tamales as a breakfast food, At night on the same corner is a guy in a van selling tide in big buckets. I'm going to stick with my tamales for now.
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| The Tamale Truck |
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| My commute by the lake |
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Well let's see how this goes. I've had a few friends who have gotten into blogging and I thought I might give it a try. I have worked on and off for a few years now on a documentary about blogging mainly on how it has affected the political arena. The project has been extremely interesting although I'm not sure if it will ever be done. Politics is one of my interest I love to debate and have some strong views.
After adopting our son I thought it would have been interesting to have a better timeline of the whole process as it occurred. I have enjoyed being a dad and the adventure it brings. The little guy is growing up so fast and just a lot of fun. It's going to be great to write some of it down and remember it.
I also think my job is interesting. I work in television as a freelance technician and I find myself in some interesting and different places. Today as I write this I'm at the Judge Mathis show where I work as the Tape Op. I basically run all the machines to record the show and playback video. The days are long and are met with a lot of waiting around with moments of rushing around. Thanks for reading I'll try and update as often as I can. I hate the blogs that don't update very often.
After adopting our son I thought it would have been interesting to have a better timeline of the whole process as it occurred. I have enjoyed being a dad and the adventure it brings. The little guy is growing up so fast and just a lot of fun. It's going to be great to write some of it down and remember it.
I also think my job is interesting. I work in television as a freelance technician and I find myself in some interesting and different places. Today as I write this I'm at the Judge Mathis show where I work as the Tape Op. I basically run all the machines to record the show and playback video. The days are long and are met with a lot of waiting around with moments of rushing around. Thanks for reading I'll try and update as often as I can. I hate the blogs that don't update very often.
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