Here’s Connor playing outside last week, he loves those golf clubs.

I also (finally) brewed my vanilla bourbon stout, just in time for, err.. spring.

I also have everything fixed up on the old VW GTI and it’s ready to sell.  I just need to take some spiffy pictures of it to put on Craiglist and it’s ready to go.

Now I just need to get the patio cleaned up, the furniture back out and the BBQ ready for another season!

It was a lot of work but we had a lot of help and it turned out to be a fantastic party.  I am really exhausted though.  The entrance has no stairs and instead a twisty handicap ramp that reminds me of a waiting line at Great Adventure.  So I spent a lot of time carrying stuff to/from the clubhouse either around this mess or hurtling the railings.  I am thoroughly exhausted…

Warning: Last died with error (see error log for more information):
Time just moved backwards by 29 seconds.
This might cause a lot of problems, so I'll just kill myself now.

http://wiki.dovecot.org/TimeMovedBackwards

Connor's New Bed

There was some debate between us over which bed to go to and what size bed as well.  You can see Laurie’s blog post (http://demandred.dyndns.org/simplylaurie/?p=32) regarding that.  We finally opted for a toddler bed given he is only two years old, well, in 6 days.  It took a little while for him to get adjusted and we needed to spend some time with him before he got comfortable but 30 minutes after leaving his bedroom, he’s sound asleep (thank God).

Our regular camera got messed up so Laurie took these on my camera phone and I posted them up here:

http://demandred.dyndns.org/photos/Connors_New_Bed-2009

Simply Laurie

In other news our 4th Anniversary just passed this week.  Laurie bought me an Eli Manning jersey and I got her tickets for the opening of the New Meadowlands Stadium to watch Bon Jovi (May 26th).  That should be a blast

http://demandred.dyndns.org/cars/?p=58

260hp, 260ft-lb/tq, 14.0@104

First my car was submitted the Tuesday after everything started but was rejected because the dealer didn’t have everything in place.  Then apparently it was rejected a second time.  I gave all the paperwork required the first time through.  I’ve had the car registerd consistently under my name and insured for the past 9 years and i have all that paper work.  The dealer sent me things to fill out, sign and send back to them.  I’ve done everything and still no car!

The dealer calls me, sends me more paper work to fill out and sign.  I send it back as soon as possible…  This back-and-forth has been going on 2 weeks now.  If I knew this would be more complicated and stressful than buying a damn house I would have opted out of it!  Totally not worth all this frustration for the money.

I’ve seen other people get their cars already, it’s taken them a couple of days to do the transaction.  This is just rediculous.

Update:  The dealer got a hold of me this evening to tell me the NHTSA rejected my car because it wasn’t insured for more than a year.  I suppose sending in a copy of my current and last insurance cards, showing well over a year of coverage, wasn’t enough.  So the dealer said he resubmitted everything with a letter from my insurance company with proof of insurance.  To top things off, the dealerships are supposed to be able to check on the status of a vehicle via a website provided by the NHTSA which the dealer stated wasn’t working either.  This bag of fail puts Mary Poppins purse to shame…

We got to hear the baby’s heartbeat, which was 160bpm, 1bpm faster than Connor’s was at this age.  The pregnancy is 7 weeks and 2 days in with an estimated day of birth to be March 7th, 2010.  Laurie has another visit with the doctor in about 1 month.