Tuesday, January 29, 2008

tom cruise parody

i am surprised at how well jerry o'connell does this...

go jerry go!

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

she won't get out of it


my cat wants to thank Karen for her best Christmas present.

A touch of snow

Dad was wondering how much snow we got on Monday. Just a bit.

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Pretending to be rich

Good post on people using home equity lines of credit (HELOC) to pretend they're rich. Insanity.


http://www.irvinehousingblog.com/2008/01/21/pretending/

"So how did these people manage their mortgage debt? They bought the property in December 2001 for $328,000, and they had a $307,263 first mortgage. They put just over $20,000 of their own money into the deal. One year later, they opened a $80,000 HELOC. In 2004, they refinanced for $490,000 taking out about $180,000. Hopefully, they paid off the HELOC, at least temporarily. Later that year, they took out a new $30,000 HELOC. Then in July of 2005, they refinanced again for $650,000 with a 1% Option ARM. They have owned the house for less than 4 years at this point, and they have withdrawn $342,737. I guess this wasn’t enough, because later in 2005, they took out three more HELOCs for $24,000, $82,000 and $24,000 respectively. This property has at least $650,000 in mortgage debt, and assuming they took out and spent the HELOC money (it would be a continuation of their pattern,) they have over $750,000 in debt to pay off."

Friday, January 18, 2008

i love tom cruise...

...for making mormons seem mild.


thank you sir

Friday, January 04, 2008

The best present

I would just like to say thank you on behalf of Maddox for all of the wonderful gifts he received. However, there can only be one award and one recipient. And Maddox's favorite present award goes to....The Allart family. You have to watch the video to see why.

Thursday, January 03, 2008

Undecorating, my favorite time of the year


So there was never a picture of my great tree. It was a twelve footer and worth every cent, even though Kerri says it almost ended our marriage. Maddox decided it was imperative he climb up and help me string the lights. My tree was so impressive that the base would not hold it so I had to place 2 of my 45 pound dumbbells on the backside to keep it from falling over.





It was a good thing grumpa was here to help me take it down because Kerri kept using excuses like "I'm pregnant" and "I'm not supposed to lift heavy things being 6 1/2 months pregnant." Chicks are always full of excuses. But even on its side, its magnificence is apparent. Fare well old friend, till next year.





Another tradition I have done since we have had our house is chop up that tree and burn it on New Years eve. Maddox is busy taking a leak out in the woods. haha Actually, he is chasing Kerri's retarded cat out into the woods.





This is Maddox's version of undecorating; finding a small mud hole that the rain brought and play in it. But you can only do it if you are wearing your mom's favorite gap t-shirt.









It does not have to be big, but just deep enough to stomp around in and splash mud in. Instead of buying toys, I should have dug a hole and fille it in with water and let Maddox play in that. That is the new Christmas spirit, mud holes. The name I get next year for Christmas is getting some Georgia dirt and a gallon of water mailed out to them.

christmas time


Late but better than nothing at all. Maddox and Grant had a blast playing on the slide, even though it was pretty cold outside. Maddox has his classic squinchy face going on that occurs any time he is outside and there is a camera.





Pops holding the two boys. The other 4 pictures they boys are looking at the camera but guess who has his eyes closed. Three guesses and the first two don't count.






Maddox got a car just like his pops for Christmas and he loved it. He loves scooting backwards because he hasn't quite figured out how to move forward.










Christmas day everyone but me (I was working) made a gingerbread house. Everyone got to do there own individual sides. Grant oversaw the construction.





Maddox and Aunt Dianne looking over the finished product. The house looks good but I am not sure about the two people in the picture. hahaha