Wow it’s Sunday night already.  Another weekend down.  This weekend seemed to move really slow.  Wait..  Maybe that’s cause I didn’t do a thing today but just sit here all day long.

OK, so it started off yesterday with some soccer practice.  That was a fun 2 hours in the sun.  Then I helped my wife get her classroom ready for the kiddo’s that start tomorrow.  I finished up the night watching Street Kings, which I have to say was a really good movie.

This morning I played around with mazzie (our dog) and lounging around really.  I did some work around the house but not much really.  Ended up watching Coyote Ugly.  Not too bad of a movie really.  Then we watched this new DVD I got.  David Crowder Band Remedy DVD + CD..  That was simply awesome.  Finished up the night and currently watching the closing ceremonies of the Olympics.

Now don’t get me wrong I like watching the Olympics but sometimes when they show the same sport over and over again (*cough, cough, swimming, gymnastics, diving, volleyball) it gets old quick.

So did you all have a good weekend?

Side Note: I meant to post this on Monday or Tuesday but the work and family schedule has been busy this week so here it is.  [my little disclaimer]

This weekend we decided to do some project work around the house since we actually didn’t have any major plans on Saturday.  Over the course of the last year, storm winds and erosion have pushed our back fence the other way and it had a major lean.  I talked with a good neighbor that we have and we looked at it and figured out we both could just do the work and save tons of money hiring someone to come out and do it.  So we decided that we would tear it down and clean out the post holes and then re-cement the holes and put the fence back up.

Fence Project 1

Fence Project 2

Hammer Problems

We started about 6:45am when it was getting light out and finished up about 11:30am.  It was so hot out.  Between the 2 of us we took down about 18 bottles of water.  Have to keep hydrated you know!

Saturday afternoon I had a soccer practice to attend to for about 1.5 hours and then after that Lou, our friend in our community group had invited some people over for some dinner feasting and then to finish up the night watching the UFC fights [#87].  That was a lot of fun, hanging out with friends and meeting new ones.  I had never watched an UFC fight before and wasn’t sure I was going to like it, but it was really interesting and fun.  The drawback though I was so tired and exhausted that after the second fight I was starting to fall asleep and we had to call it a night.  Overall it was a nice and exciting party.

The other day I was talking to my cousin who lives in Vegas (She moved there for a teacher job) and we talked about how fun it would be to fly out there and visit her.  If we are lucky we only get to see each other maybe 1 time per year.  However the drawback is the cost of the flights.  We thought about just staying with her in her apartment but Leslie never really has experienced Vegas like I have.  So if we go I think we will check out the new las vegas hotels.

The last time I was there was years ago, probably at least 8 I would say, except to connect at the airport (where I won $100, lol).  There have been quite a few new hotels that have popped up since then and I would love to go check them out.  And it is such a huge place we better take some walking shoes too.  I think I will start planning a little trip maybe this winter or spring.

I love movies.  As far back as I can remember I have loved watching movies.  Over time though movies have changed and so have the prices. (lol)  As I have grown in age and watching the technology change over the years, I have been wanting to put in a home theater.  Now a number of years ago (uh before I was married) I bought a surround sound system, a dual DVD player and a (at the time) nice 32″ TV for my 1 bedroom apartment.  It was great even though it wasn’t technically a home theater but it sure sounded like it.  I would spend most of the weekends sitting around and watching movies.

Well I have really never lost that dream of one day owning a home theater.  Now of course our current home has a room that could possibly work but it’s not really designed for a home theater.  I always mention it to Leslie but in reality home theaters are expensive.  So it might be some *time* years before I get an official room to use, but I’m not letting it stop my dreams and my love for watching movies!

Last Friday night my good friend invited me to Texas A&M Coaches Night in Dallas at Fair Park.  Now for those who don’t know me too well, I’m really an Oklahoma Sooners fan, but on occassion I will go to Texas A&M events with my good friend.  When we got there, people were just pouring in.  I didn’t think that this event would really be as big as it was.  I think the count hit about 1800.  They had some good food, although I could only eat some of the sliced beef without the sauce, but it was still good.

We ate and then we checked out the silent auction.  This is where we got into trouble.

Let me give you a background on this trouble.  Last year both of our wives went to an auction and ended up spending $600 ($300 each) on a bunch of items, so they warned us not to do any auction things.  We laughed!  So of course while we were walking around we saw a couple cool things to put a silent bid down on.

Then the party started and we listened to some speeches from people, and a retired coach and then this years new coach, Mike Sherman.  He carried on a little too much but not all that bad.  Once the talks were over we had 15 minutes to check out the auction items and get our final write in bids before time expired.  Uh OH!  The auction ended and we ended up winning both the items..  lol  I don’t think the wives will be too happy.

So you ask what did we win?

First before I get to that, I made a little side bet with my friend.  I told him after the initial offer that if we won this prize I would actually go out and buy a Texas A&M polo shirt and wear it to this event, if we won!

Well let me tell you that I need to start shopping.

Our first item we won was a suite at Lone Star Park (Horse Racing) for up to 25 people.  YEAH!  This will be really fun and it’s something that both our families enjoy.

Second prize (What I am buying the shirt for) Round trip charter airfare, and 2 tickets to the Iowa State Football game in October.  WOW..  This will be so much fun.!!  I’m actually pretty excited about this.  I’m not sure on the details of this one yet, but I would assume we would fly up, head to the game and then fly home the same day.

So overall Friday night was pretty fun and the auction was for a good cause.

Let football season begin!

Yes I’m soliciting my daily, frequent and not so frequent readers of my site and ask them if they would like to purchase a raffle ticket.

Let me explain this.  This raffle is for our soccer club (Polaris Soccer Club - North Texas) and being a coach this raffle tremendously helps out with our team fees and our budget.  So for $5 per raffle ticket, you are helping out my team (that I coach)

Now I have to say that this is really for US readers only, as some of the items might not work in other parts of the world.

Prize List:
2 - $1000 Gift Cards to Circuit City
2 - $500 Gift Cards to Circuit City
4 - $500 Gift Cards to Shell Gas
3 - $100 Gift Cards for Albertson’s
4 - $100 Gift Cards for Outback Steak House

Drawing is September 1st at 6:00pm
Again you do NOT need to be present to win

Plus with the purchase of the raffle ticket you are helping out our team.  So what are you waiting for, order some up

Please me a comment and I will email you back with instructions on how to participate.

Thanks

Before I get started, I think this is somewhat funny.  I have Google alerts set up for my name [tazdog] so I get this email that has [tazdog] tagged and I was like, weird, I haven’t posted anything.  So that Google alert led me to BioTeck’s site were he tagged me for this Four Things Meme..   SOOO this meme is about four things in various categories that you need to share and then tag a few others…

So here we go:

Four jobs I’ve had

1. IT Systems Administrator
2. Car Wash Attendant
3. Travel Agent
4. IT Desktop Support

Four movies I can watch over and over

1. The Transformers
2. Office Space
3. Breakfast Club
4. Black Hawk Down

Four places I’ve lived

1. Renton, Washington
2. Tacoma, Washington
3. Grand Prairie, Texas
4. Arlington, Texas

Four TV shows I love

1. So you think you can Dance
2. E.R.
3. Crime 360 and the First 48 (I know it probably counts for 2)
4. 24

Four places I’ve vacationed

1. Disneyland - California
2. Hawaii
3. Leavenworth, Washington
4. Oregon

Four of my favorite dishes

1. Steak
2. Pizza (except I can’t eat it anymore)
3. Spaghetti
4. Smoked Brisket (Beef)

Four sites I visit daily

1. Google
2. EntreCard
3. Various Tech Sites
4. Friend’s Blogs and RSS Feeds

Four places I would rather be right now

1. Mexico (on the mission trip with my wife and church)
2. Hawaii
3. New York
4. Sleeping (in my bed)

I’m going to go ahead and tag a few blogger peeps:

1. Everydayrandomness
2. Mysinglemomlife
3. Peak9
4. BrainFoggles
5. Mamaflosatx

This weekend was a nice 3 day weekend.  Although we were pretty full with our schedule.

So here is the list and how we fared this last weekend:

• Workout Friday morning (first time in months) ** We went at 630am - Ouch! **
• Take Mazzie Dog to the dog park - ** This was fun **
• Go play miniature golf with Leslie’s friends - ** We also went to the Arcade after this **
• Go to Fry’s (Awesome electronic store)
• Go to Lowe’s for landscaping materials
• Go to Dinner with more friends
• Go to another friends house to watch a neighborhood fireworks display
• Soccer Practice
• Horse track to watch live horse racing or Wall-E the Movie ** Went opted for the movie **
• Landscape front flower bed (lots of work) - ** only 75% complete **
• Church
• Possible networking consulting assignment
• Probably more landscaping - ** ony 75% complete **

So needless to say we were super busy.  Pretty much accomplished every thing that we wanted to..

Hope everyone had a great 3-day 4th of July Weekend!!!

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3-day Weekend Checklist

Yesterday after a long soccer practice in the sun (it was hot) we decided to clear another check list item off our huge weekend list and went to the movies.  We both really wanted to go see Wall-E.  The movie looked really good in all the trailers and adverts that gave us the little hint of what this movie would be like.

Overall the movie was pretty good.  I think I could have done away with a few of the subliminal messages I gathered from the movie, but overall it was pretty good.  I really like the animation like cars, this movie and others.

I would give it a ‘B’ if I was going to grade it.

I think I pretty much took care of my to-do list this weekend.  I’m still getting over my strep throat so my energy level just isn’t quite back to normal.  So here is the list:

Updated list:

• Coach Soccer Practice
• “The Hulk” Movie
• Shopping for Anniversary Present for my lovely wife
• Work on the Mountain Bikes
• Network Consulting at a local business
• Wash and Clean Car

As you can see,  nothing really changed after 12 yesterday as I didn’t do another thing on my list.  I was supposed to do the consulting tonight after my normal job but soccer has gotten in the way again, lol.  Well Actually we are having tryouts this week and we have to go watch 3 girls that are on one team and might come over and join ours if we think they will fit in.

So the busy week begins.

Tonight: Soccer Scouting
Tuesday: Soccer tryouts
Wednesday: Soccer tryouts

Well that’s the start at least……..

And for you that don’t know, I do work about 45 hours a week before any of this other stuff..