It's been awhile

Well It's been some time since I last blogged, so much so they made me change to a google account. I must have been the last hold out. Why fix it if it's not broken people?
So I was looking for something to do today at work as I was a little bored. So I started reading through Susy's archives. Reading where we were 2 years ago. In less then 50 days we will be married, and while I may not have seen it coming from day one I knew it would happen shortly after. She has been everything to me these last years. She guided me, trusted me, loved me and everything else one can do for another. I have never felt as complete as i do with her. It's funny how after 2 years she has stayed pretty much the same person as the day I met her. She loves me more now but that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about the wonderful person that did a lot of growing in the months before we met. Sometimes I hear of how she use to be from people and I'm amazed because I don't see any of it in her. Oh she's not perfect(by far) :) I read in her archives how she has trouble confiding in people, and yes even to this day after 2 years I sometimes have to drag it out of her. She has so much going on in her head some days you can see smoke coming out her ears. But Sue has grown into a wonderful person, one that I am honoured already to have as a friend and a partner in life. I actually don't know how I would be with out her. We've come a long way. We've had some bumps but those bumps have helped us become stronger towards each other, a deeper connection that I wouldn't want to give up for anything.
I'm really just trying to say that I miss her. We work so much these days that "us" time never really happens. If we're not at work were running around doing something. And if we have the day off we try to spend it with friends. I think I've seen her for 5 minutes in the last 48 hours or so. So Sue, if your reading this, I love you and I miss you.

This ones for you Jimmy

Cuz It's funny

One day, in line at the company cafeteria, Joe says to Mike behind him, "My elbow hurts like hell. I guess I'd better see a doctor."

"Listen, you don't have to spend that kind of money," Mike replies.

"There's a diagnostic computer down at Wal-Mart. Just give it a urine sample and the computer will tell you what's wrong and what to do about it.

It takes ten seconds and costs ten dollars . . . A lot cheaper than a doctor."

So, Joe deposits a urine sample in a small jar and takes it to Wal-Mart.

He deposits ten dollars, and the computer lights up and asks for the urine sample. He pours the sample into the slot and waits.

Ten seconds later, the computer ejects a printout:

"You have tennis elbow. Soak your arm in warm water and avoid heavy activity. It will improve in two weeks. Thank you for shopping @ Wal-Mart."

That evening, while thinking how amazing this new technology was, Joe began wondering if the computer could be fooled.

He mixed some tap water, a stool sample from his dog, urine samples from his wife and daughter, and a sperm sample for good measure.

Joe hurries back to Wal-Mart, eager to check the results. He deposits ten dollars, pours in his concoction, and awaits the results.

The computer prints the following:

1. Your tap water is too hard. Get a water softener. (Aisle 9)
2. Your dog has ringworm. Bathe him with anti-fungal shampoo. (Aisle 7)
3. Your daughter has a cocaine habit. Get her into rehab.
4. Your wife is pregnant. Twins. They aren't yours. Get a lawyer.
5 If you don't stop playing with yourself, your elbow will never get better!

Thank you for shopping @ Wal-Mart

She made me do it

Susy wanted me to post a new blog so she could test something out on the website shes making for us. Well this is it then. Don't know what else to say.

Yeah, shes a keeper

Well she's done it once again. Never ceases to amaze me. On Thursday I get home from work and she asks me to marry her. I made her get down on her knees even. She decided that I need an engagement ring too after seeing me with a key ring on my finger so she went out and bought one. She was so cute doing ti too. So there yeah go, I'm now marked as taken.

A truely inspirational story

Read it and see it here

Crazy Idea #157

So in all the years in the event industry I've done many weddings. I thought I knew everything about them. I knew what to expect on the wedding day and how people can react to news on their big day. One of the things I've learnt now with our wedding is all the crazy ideas people come up with before hand. Some of ours have stayed and will be part of the wedding, others got the boot right away. Crazy Idea #157 is one of the staying ideas. I don't know which one of us came up with the idea but I know it started with just a simple arbor to stand under and give off a little shade. Well that simple arbor (I think that was Crazy Idea #5) has grown into a deck and arbor. It's almost half a gazebo actually. After discussing the idea we decided to go ahead and build one. We sat in the back yard at Jim & Rosey's and looked at what we could do. We eventually agreed on a size and Jim, Jimmy and I started pooling our ideas on a design. On Sunday Jim and I started putting in the supports, with Jimmy's supervision and guidance of course. Two days later we're ready for deck boards. Actually it was more like 10 hours maybe that we worked on it, which I'm actually quite proud of how much we got done.
After we finalized plans last week I was just itching to start. I couldn't wait. The project has actually given me some bonding time with Jim too. So far so good. (I know he's going to read this so I won't tell you the bad stuff. I'm kidding) I've decided that Jim and I are a lot a like. Apparently Susy is marrying her father. Jim and I both seem to be the kind of guys that don't think that our ideas are always the right ones, it's more like we just want our ideas to be the ones picked. It's kind of like in school baseball, the picking teams part. We're not the first ones to be picked but we just don't want to be last. It's great actually we stand around talking about how to do something and throw ideas back and forth. Then normally we go with Jimmy's. Lol. (He is the supervisor after all) Some might think it's unproductive the way we work but I actually think we get more done because of it. I knew Jim and I would get along cause it does seem that we like the same kind of things, mostly tinkering, building and swimming.
The 'deck' also makes me feel like I'm contributing to the wedding. Susy seems to be all over things and has them all worked out already. I'm kinda leaving those things till later but she wants those stresses out of the way, so we both have a different time line on them. It's not that I don't want to help, I just don't have any idea yet what to do. The deck is kind of my project in that way. Its me doing something for our wedding so we don't have to worry about it later.
Well hopefully with our work schedules we'll be able to complete Crazy Idea #157 this month. I'll post a picture of it then. And Dad if your reading this if you'd like to come join in the fun too give me a call. It would make it that much better to have you help too. We'll make it a fathers/groom event.