The broken snowman

So for Christmas Carli made me a little snowman. She was so proud of it and told me over and over again that I needed to take it to work to put on my desk. Unfortunately it sat on the kitchen shelf for weeks after Christmas. She kept nagging me to make sure to remember to take it to work. So one day I finally took it. When I got it to work, I realized that the scarf around its neck had broken. A few weeks later, she asked me how the snowman was, and was it on my desk. I took the opportunity to tell her that it was, but that the scarf had broken on the trip into the office. (Maybe it's becuase I drive a redneck truck that rides rough and all the bouncing was too much for it). She was pretty upset that the scarf had broken, but I told her that I'm sure it could be glued back together.

For the next couple weeks, she would tell me EVERY day at night when I got home that I needed to take some glue to work and glue the scarf back together. So one day, she got a stick of superglue out of a drawer, wrote a note, and taped it to the kitchen cupboards so I would see it on my way out to work in the morning. I just thought it was cute that she was so concerned about this snowman that she has literally thought about it every day since.

Unfortunately, when I got to work and opened the superglue it was all dried up. I was unable to glue the scarf. So the saga continues.

Rock Band

I know it's been forever since I've updated my post. Mainly because I've been doing the facebook thing. But tonight was hilarious. So tonight we had a rock band party with the Jensen family in our neighborhood. It was a lot of fun. Carli put on the mullet wig and rocked out. She's a natural. We took some video too so I'll post that as soon as I can.

License Plates

So today was the day my truck lost it's identity. I finally got Ohio plates. It was very weird to switch out these plates. I think driving around with Arizona plates made me feel like I was still partly in Arizona. Or at least I still had some connection to it. But once I put those Ohio plates on, it was all gone.

I do have to say one nice thing about the whole plate thing though is how cheap it is. For those of you in Arizona, you know how expensive it can be to buy the tags for your car. In Ohio it's a flat fee. I paid about $45 for my plates. On the flip side of that however, the state of Ohio charges sales tax on private party vehicle transactions. In Arizona, they don't. So I guess maybe in the end it's all a wash. I don't know.

Other than that, things are good. The weather is starting to change and I'm excited to try to get out and take some pictures once the leaves change a bit more. We did get a few remnants of Ike last night in the form of a massive windstorm that blew down trees, ripped out windows and left a ton of people without power. Carli's school got canceled today because of roof damage to her school. Many people at my office are being told they will be without power for days. We lost power for a little while but not too long. Kinda crazy! In the middle of it all, I was out front flying a kite. The neighbors came outside and told me I was crazy. So now I'm sure we're the talk of the neighborhood. I think Jen took some pictures of it so look for it on her blog soon.

The Tribe

Ohioans love their teams here. Everyone is an Ohio State Buckeye's fan, and most people are also very loyal to the Browns, Cavaliers, and the Indians. Today we got invited to go to an Indians game. The weather was great. It was clear and sunny and about 80 degrees. We were in a suite and the chairs were very comfortable. I'm starting to think Cleveland gets a bad rap. It's actually pretty cool. Here are some pictures from our afternoon. The funny part (pictured below) is Jen sitting in the suite watching U.S. Open tennis as we're attending a baseball game. Kinda funny.

They're here

Well the day is finally here. The movers showed up this morning at 8:00. Crazy. They'll be here for at least 4 days getting things packed and loaded up. These are the same movers that have moved my family 5 times now to and from different parts of the country. They're great. They first moved my parents in 1989 and nobody in our family has used any other movers besides these guys since. They really make the whole experience SO much easier.

Old people

I've never seen more old people in wheelchairs than at the Cleveland airport.

Buick

Can I just say how much Buicks drive me crazy? Every time someone on the road bugs me it seems they're driving a Buick. I'd worry about offending someone but if you're a friend of mine on the West coast, I'm pretty sure you're not driving one. And if you're a friend of mine in the Buckeye state, well sorry. I'm starting to think that Buick must put in a speed governor that tops out at around 35 mph. It's a real tragedy.