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What with Facebook, job boards, Christmas shopping, Holiday cards, shoveling, hockey practices, hockey rinks, school plays, school concerts, school science fair projects, basement plumbing overhauls, more shoveling, laundry, informational interviews, resume sending, home video editing, hockey games, post office runs, dishes, and that was yesterday.
Cessica's media buying has been going great gonzo, so I've become Mr. Mom so to speak. We've traded roles to a certain extent and honestly, it's not an easy task. I'm use to having a task to tackle, and then go about working on until some form of resolution. Usually that involves a bunch of multi-tasking, but this house/family upkeep is multi-tasking to the extreme, especially tying in the basement renovation.
Projects: Remove the work bench from the basement and all the tools and painting equipment and move it to the garage. That then makes way for the walls to go up in the basement. Once the vapor barrier and the studs are up, I'm thinking I'll need some insulation and then some type of paneling. I'm thinking a thin bead-board instead of drywall, as I really have no desire to mud and tape, plus I'm hoping the bead-board will look cool. Then, about 20 years of clothes stored in the basement need to find their way into plastic bags and then off to goodwill with a few pieces going off to a consignment shop.
You accumulate a lot of shit, when you're making money and now that the budget's a little tighter, I find I really need to purge the excess. I thought, since the economy sucks and hardly any company is looking to expand anytime soon, I'd have the time to get some of these things accomplished, but the lists are never ending.
Quick sports update: My fantasy football team, the JackRynos, who took the CHFFL title last year, are instead headed to the toilet bowl; the consolation bracket of the CHFFL. A dubious honor to lose the toilet bowl game, as the loser of the losers buys the 1/4 barrel at next years draft.
Superstar's Highland Capitals Squirt B Blues team took one on the chops from the B-Reds. Jack netted the only goal, but our team plays with very little heart and for a guy who's made his way in the hockey world playing with far more passion then skill, it's hard to understand how to help as the assistant coach. I really would prefer to be the head coach this year, I would do things a little differently that's for sure, and hopefully before our next game, I'll be able to give the "GottaWanna" speech.
Meanwhile the Entertainer's, Edgecumbe Mite team is too huge. 30 kids on the squad, broken up into three sub-section teams. The organization could have easily fielded a mini mite team and probably aided the development of all the kids much more. Jay and I have spoken and he has the best interest of the kids at heart, but the organization's not helping.
On a brighter note, the Stoneridge Falcons are off to their best start in AHA Hockey history. (Course that's not saying much as last year we didn't even win a game) But right now we find ourselves a half game back of first place. And although I'm not leading the team in scoring like I did last year, I'm having a lot more fun. Playing on the checking line and seeing some of the young guns lose the attitude and play with their heads, it's been a better season.
Rockstar, has his Snowboarding pass to Afton and he's been ripping it up on the slopes as often as possible. Hopefully this weekend he can get out to the hill for some quality shredding now that all the runs are open.
And in order to stay in shape, we've now joined the YMCA and left the International House of Fitness... aka Bally's. Cessica's been getting in some workouts, but I have yet to make it over there to even get my picture taken. Maybe when I make the goodwill run.
Well, try to keep your holiday season stress free and get some sleep. I know I could use both.
Went to see the best local band going right now Saturday Night. We braced the cold and wind, jumped into the SUV and made our way to First Ave for a great CD release party.
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