The House of Change

A few months ago Bre and I had decided that we wanted to put our house up for sale this spring and move........move where? No clue. Well with the wonderful economy outlook we made the decision that we are going to stay in our house for several more years. So what does that mean to Bre and I assume most women.......change the house we are in. I completely understand why. If I was at home with the kids all day every day having to be in the same rooms and look at the same stuff every day and night I would probably feel the same way (And for the record I tell Bre all the time how I could never do what she does and I appreciate what she does for our family!).

So we began the "House of Change" with a rearrangement of furniture in the living room which made a huge improvement in space (yes Bre I admit that the couch did fit on that wall!) I then painted the room which got rid of the "kid disaster area" markings on the walls. We also had Champion Electric (Brian Woodall's company) change all of our horrible flourescent light fixtures in our finished basement to recessed down lights (huge improvement). Thease are some small things that made a big diffence and to my advantage did not cost an arm and a leg.

Since we have lived in this house Bre and I have never really liked our finished basement. Most of that was the lights being way too bright and humming like you wouldn't understand but we also didn't really like the way it was arranged. We have a office and a living room area. So my suggestion was get rid of the office and make it a home theater room (guys rejoice everywhere). This has been a dream of mine for years now but the cost of the technology for a decent HD projector and screen was a little out of my reach financially. Until now....... So Bre finally agreed (half-heartedly of course) to let me make my change to the house (just in the basement, I have no say in the areas seen by guests). I now have my dream........ a 1080i Full HD projector and 93" screen with full surround sound and dimmable lights!!! I can't believe it. The most awesome thing about it is I spent less money on the projector and the screen than I would have on a 50" HD LCD TV...go figure.

So after we got the theater room wired up and working we needed to go furniture shopping.......for a nice couch to sit on while enjoying the new room. My only request is comfort. No I don't care what it looks like. I just want it to be comfortable. So Bre went looking for a couch and she finds several she likes but couldn't decide on any. Last weekend we went looking some more after church and ended up at Ashley furniture where Carter and Bentley played on all of the couches. Here is a picture of Carter's couch static hair........


Well needless to say we still don't have a couch yet but we moved our other couch from the basement in there temporarily but we are definitely ready for the big game on Sunday!

I still count 2!

Well the procedure is over and everything went as planned. When I got to the office I signed in as you would at any doctor's office. When the nurse called me back she smiled and said "Are you ready to come see me?" I replied "That depends on how nice you are." So we went back and after a consultation with the doctor she took me to the room with the stirrups! They took some blood and then the doctor said this was his 3rd vasectomy today and he only lost one testicle today. Ha Ha!! Funny Guy! Well, after the local anesthesia the doctor began the procedure. After about 15 minutes and talking about everything from what I do for a living to where he went to school it was over. Bre drove me home and what a friend Marsha is because she left this wonderful surprise on our mailbox for all to see.....



I am currently laid up on the couch with a bag of frozen peas (yes, the doctor actually prescribed frozen peas). I feel pretty good so far and not much pain.........we'll see how it goes over the next few days. Thanks to all of you that have called and said a prayer for me.

And She Commenced to Shaving..........

Well, tomorrow is the day. For those of you that haven't heard yet I am going "under the knife" tomorrow at 3:30 PM for a vasectomy. If you don't know exactly what is involved here is a nice description...........

family guy vasectomy @ Yahoo! Video

Pray that all goes well and I don't have to be the guy that they talk about on the brochure that says "bruising is normal but if it swells to the size of a grapefruit please contact you doctor." A grapefruit!!! Are you kidding me!!!!! I will post an update after the procedure (with funny quotes and stories I am sure).

ROLL TIDE!!

Carter in the Alabama Locker Room


Carter in front of the Bear Bryant Plaque in the Locker Room


On the 50 Yard Line!




Carter & Big Al

Pics from the Islands

Well I just got back from a whirlwind 2-day trip to San Juan and St. Thomas for work and here are a few of the pictures I could snap while driving to and from the buildings we are doing work in and the airport and hotel. It's a nice view but we don't ever have much time to enjoy it. If you have never been to the islands in the caribbean before I would advise you to go once but don't expect to have as much fun as the pictures make you think.

St Thomas, USVI - View From Frenchman's Reef Marriot


St Thomas, USVI - Cruise Ships Near Charlotte Amalie


Picture from top of AT&T Building in St. Thomas, USVI



Picture from top of AT&T Building in San Juan, Puerto Rico


WOW! Beatiful pic on the plane coming home

Funny Pics from Tampa, FL

Nothing like Grand Ma Flossie's!


Where do tortilla's come from.........oh of course the tortilliaria.


Hey Carlos......I thought you opened at 5?


Trim that bush.........be careful when typing into Google.

Stranded.........The lucky turned unlucky

Joey has this ongoing saying that I am the luckiest guy he knows and that everything always goes my way...............Well the streak has ended with a huge drop to the bottom.

Well if it wasn't bad enough that I have 8 flights scheduled in 3 days from this Wednesday to Friday ranging from Tampa, FL to Atlanta and Memphis all with connections I was leaving Tampa on Wednesday night and the flight arriving that I was to be on to get to Memphis for my Thursday meeting was 40 minutes late! So of course when I got to Atlanta I had 10 minutes until my connection flight was scheduled to leave and of course (as typical in ATL) I had to sprint for 3 terminals and when I got to my gate they said the flight left early!! What!? How does your flight leave early when you have people not on it that are stuck on another flight? Well, anyway, Delta got me a room (as close to a dump as you can get - as most airport hotels are) and after a quick nap last night I am about to board my new flight this morning to get to Memphis for a 10:00 meeting. Do airlines not care anymore? There must be a conspiracy somewhere.........maybe it could just be the reason most airlines are declaring bankruptcy?

After waking up at 3:45 AM Wednesday morning and not getting in bed until 11:00 PM in my Country Inn dump and having to wake up this morning at 4:00 AM needless to say I am a little tired. Please pray that my travels go smoothly from here on out because another screw up could end my "lucky" stauts forever.......and Joey you just might not reap the "rub off" benefit of being with me when I am lucky.