Working the Weekend...

Amy's on call this weekend and has pretty much gotten pimped... (just the way it goes sometimes..) Normally it's pretty easy going.. but not this weekend.. She's getting plenty of practice... :)

I also realized ths weekend that with the Q's here... if Amy has to go in to the hospital, then I have to work too... Not like pre-Q.. I could jump in the car a cruse to the river.. watch football, or even take a nap... but with the little Q-dogg, theses things are just not possible..

No call next weekend so thing will be back to normal...

I did take advantage of Amy not being here today by getting all of my house work done... Now tomorrow I can run errands with empty stores.. Maybe I'll get a little something for the bike...

Chef's Table RGCC

Amy and I have done a few of these types of meals.. Chef Schoonover did a terrific job combining a diverse menu with an obvious attention to detail on each course.. It's always the subtle things that make the biggest difference..

I would recommend getting 8 fun people (as we did) together and block off your schedule for several hours...

Chef creates 'intimate dining experience'

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Rotten Apple

Rotten Apple, originally uploaded by Rich on the Road.

Quincy is practicing his tubing for the Apple River.. aka our Lake
Havasu...

Project Pee Wee

I've always loved bikes... Recently I've been looking for a cruiser style bike with multi-gears.. Our house is up a bit of a hill from the bike trails in town and I want to be able to tow a Burley behind for Q and Joey..

I got the bike yesterday... Sorta my birthday present from Amy.. and I've already started to PIMP IT OUT... Upgrades include: Skull Valve Caps, Old School Horn, and a Minnesota Vanity Plate RICH... In the future I need to add some saddle bags, mirrors, and drink holder... I'll keep you posted...

BTW - When this bike is done it will be way cooler than Pee Wee's Bike...

New Set of Wheels

New Set of Wheels, originally uploaded by Rich on the Road.

New set of wheels... It's like a Harley bike... My little green
machine...

Chalk Line Drunk

I put this on facebook a week ago but for all of you that don't facebook or are not lucky enough to be my friend on facebook...

I recently submitted a term to Urban Dictionary and it was approved...

Soon to be a household term... Just doing my part for the community!!!

1.	chalk line drunk
	after a hard night of drinking you pass out on the ground like your dead and the police should draw a line around your body like at a crime scene You partied so hard last night I found you chalk line drunk on the floor passed out like a victim of a drive by.

Little Did I Know... But I Do Know Little...

Amazing the things you find out about your classmates.. Congratulations Alan!!! Hope to see you in July and shake your hand..

The day started out badly for Petty Officer 2nd Class Alan Dementer while he served with the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment near Nasiriyah, Iraq. And it never got any better.

By the end of that day, March 26, 2003, Dementer would end up with shrapnel in his shoulder and leg, but his actions taking care of wounded Marines would earn him the Bronze Star with “V.”

Dementer’s morning began with a call to evacuate some wounded Marines. As he was preparing to leave, the Navy corpsman found that his rifle wasn’t working properly so he had to scramble to borrow another.

After a couple more trips to treat more wounded through the day, Dementer and a few fellow corpsmen, who were based in Camp Lejeune, N.C., settled in for a quiet evening in their tent.

The unit’s armorer sat working on Dementer’s rifle when mortar rounds started to hit their position.

“All of a sudden, one hit next to the tent and shrapnel hit near the chief,” he said, “and we hit the deck.”

The sailors left the unprotected tent and found themselves in the thick of an enemy attack. “Two trucks were on fire,” he said. “Tracers were flying everywhere.”

Mortars, bullets and rocket-propelled grenades were hitting in the camp.

“Marines were yelling ‘corpsman up’ in a 360-degree radius,” said Dementer, a 13-year Navy veteran. “They were hit all over the place.”

Dementer and the other corpsmen responded to the calls.

“There were so few of us (corpsmen) … [we decided] to bring them to us,” he said about the wounded.

Almost immediately, a nearby machine gun position was hit with what Dementer believes was an rocket-propelled grenade.

One corpsman went to pull the wounded to safety. Dementer went to get his medical supply bag, which was kept in a nearby ambulance.

“I overshot the ambulance,” he said. “Then a mortar landed in the middle of the courtyard not 25 yards away. Shrapnel broke the concrete … and knocked me square over on my back.”

Small pieces of shrapnel had embedded in his shoulder and leg.

“I didn’t realize I was hit,” said the Gladstone, Mich., native. “I rolled over and scooted back.” Grabbing his bag, he made his way back to the other corpsmen.

A wounded gunnery sergeant then came over to their position and said his Marines were pinned down next to the south wall.

“I said ‘Roger that,’ and grabbed my medic bag with extra bandages and took off to the south wall,” he said.

Dementer stopped to patch up one or two wounded Marines, he said, before making it to the wall. There, a lieutenant waited to hoist him to the other side, which was under direct enemy fire.

“There was a couple second lull in the fire,” Dementer said, “and I jumped over the wall.”

He treated six wounded Marines on that side of the wall, eventually evacuating them to the battalion aid station, and was credited with helping 31 wounded Marines that night.

Baby Tip #9

It's back... Baby Tips... Enjoy...

Like I've been saying the old people are crazy when it comes to babies... What is it? Do old people feel threatened? Well if your going to hit another persons child I guess Walmart would be the logical place to do it...

Meet Roger Stephens. The Georgia man, 61, was shopping Monday morning at a Walmart in Stone Mountain when he crossed paths with Sonya Matthews and her two-year-old daughter Paige. The child was crying, which apparently greatly perturbed Matthews. "If you don't shut that baby up I will shut her up for you," Stephens warned Matthews, according to a Gwinnett County Police Department report. Moments later, Stephens acted on his threat, slapping Paige "across the face approximately four or five times." Though the child "started crying and screaming" after being struck, Stephens told Matthews, "See, I told you I would shut her up." After police were summoned, Stephens told a cop that the child was crying "and he just slapped her," according to the report. Stephens was arrested for felony cruelty to children and booked into the Gwinnett County Detention Center, where he is being held without bond. Paige sustained "slight redness to the face," but was otherwise unharmed.

BTW - This in no way applies to you Jim........... :)

Baby Tips...

I was looking back over the archives and ran across this old series of baby tips... Still very useful!

baby tip #1
baby tip # 2
baby tip # 3 (out of service)
baby tip #4
baby tip #5
baby tip # 6
baby tip # 7
baby tip # 8


I will continue to update this list... and also bring you some more "best of"...

Mumm's da'Word

Quincy's new thing is sucking his lips... I don't know why, maybe he's teething?

Recess!!!!

It's been a tuff summer on the Porsche time... Between Quincy and a broken accelerator foot... So lately after Q is down or is ready for some mommie time.... Amy lets me escape for a little recess time... Sadly with the days growing shorter its not as fun having the top down.. but its nice getting an hour to cruse down the road.... rocking out to hair-nation (sirius 23).........

And yes... I took the MPH off... I don't need to be getting any tickets in the mail.... :)

Take 1

I have officially gone too far... I'm just trying to be the best S@HD I can be....

A wise(ass) man once said... "It's the tuffest job u'll ever luv....."

So Long Old Friends...

Yesterday, I made the call and pulled the trigger on a new pair of Birkenstocks... I had my current pair for over 10 years.. but they are getting a little unsafe.. and after losing most of my summer to a broken foot.. I figured I would pick some up in the fall when they went on sale..

I did get a good deal.. I went to Tradehome in the mall. They're that store with the super high pressure guys that introduce themselves with a hand shake and try to develop a relationship with you (over a pair of shoes)...

Anyway, one of their "cage" questions always is.... So, what do you do? (like they are trying to pick me up in a bar)... Now, I'll set the scene here.. it's 1:30pm on a tuesday afternoon, i'm in shorts, with a baby, in a mall... I told him I'm doing it... He said, What? I said, I'm doing it.. I'm a S@HD... Then he tried to make feel better about "my job".. by assuring me that he thought it was cool... I just commented.. Some people sell shoes and some can choose to raise their children..

Now, what to do with the old Birks... Amy says toss'm... I say, keep them around.. I could use them to wash the car... take out the trash... go get the mail... it would be like a little Birk retirement program...

Father Foul!!

Father Foul!!, originally uploaded by Rich on the Road.

I'm calling a Father Foul on Amy... I noticed after she left for work
that she used my Father's Day mug for her morning cup of coffee...
That's just wrong...

Amy's Son.....

Amy's Son....., originally uploaded by Rich on the Road.

Quincy and I picked this up for Amy today... I told him he will read
it before I will.. He even opened it... Yep, he most get it from his
mom..

iTesting iPhoto

This little experiment took about 5 seconds to do on our new iMac... Look out Xmass cards... So far so good with the new computer...

Funny, a new computer is like when you move into a new place... Until you start moving everything you don't realize how much crap you have that you don't need... and it always seems that there is the perfect place to put things away at the new place.... lots a closet space...

Oh and most important... it's bigger and better.... Those damn Jones's....

K Fed too Much!!!

OMG!! I thought I ran across this a couple of months ago, and apparently was not mistake'n... I did... K Fed has gained like 85 lbs....

Did he eat Britney's babies??? I bet BITD K Fed and Brit could put a hurt'n on a Sizzler (nice music..).....

Mommie Mobile

It's official... Amy is a soccer mom want to be... We are the proud owners of a 7 passenger SUV with DVD players....

I just made sure that it came with a V8 to allow it enough get up and go to merge into traffic...

Tiny Toilet

This has to be the smallest public toilet I've ever seen... I think it's about only 6" off the floor.

If you want to take a look for yourself the bathroom can be found on the lower level of Macy's at the Southdale Mall... (Kids Section)

Another Try

Another Try, originally uploaded by Rich on the Road.

I'm going to give the blog another shot, limited.. I've been
Facebooking and it much EZ'r... and my blog updates on my Facebook..
butt I realize not everyone has the balls to Facebook...