On the Stage

Husband Wanted!
> A lonely 80-year-old woman, deciding that it was time to get married,
> put an ad in the local paper that read:
> HUSBAND WANTED! MUST BE IN MY AGE GROUP (80's), MUST
> NOT BEAT ME, MUST NOT RUN AROUND ON ME, AND MUST
> STILL BE GOOD IN BED! ALL APPLICANTS PLEASE APPLY
> IN PERSON.
> On the second day she heard the doorbell. Much to her dismay, she
> opened the door to see a gray-haired gentleman sitting in a wheelchair.
> He had no arms or legs.
> The old woman said, "You're not really asking me to consider you,
> are you? Just look at you....you have no legs!"
> The old man smiled, "Therefore I cannot run around on you!"
> She snorted. "You don't have any hands either!"
> Again the old man smiled, "Nor can I beat you!"
> She raised an eyebrow and gazed intently. "Are you still good
> in bed?" With that, the old gentleman leaned back, beamed a
> big broad grin and said, "I rang the doorbell, didn't I?"

Lars is moving up in the world...I actually have a cell phone now! First time ever, I'm quite proud. LOL. Veronica and I have shared on for years now, but it was 99% with her, so it was in essence hers. Now we can actually call each other to meet somewhere or to discuss something. And if I get in a wreck on 50 minute trek to and from work, I can call someone! Sweeeeet.

V's car is shot, so we had to get another used car for her because she can't do anything without a car!

this is sort of what it looks like, it's a 1990 Pontiac 6000:



That's even the color too. (though that is NOT the exact car we got)

I drove it, it's good, and it'll do for going from one town to another that's only 15 miles away.

So...that's out of the way at least! Hopefully it'll last her a couple years.

Entering her room


That first one is in her closet, the rest is her room (you can piece them together :-) and then the last one is ouside her room

Oh my gosh...I am going insane. She has been nothing but crabby and not listening to me since I picked her up from daycare. I'm sure it's because she is over-tired from getting up at 6:30...but I am going insane in the membrane insane in the brain.

She wont listen to anything I say, and she is so stubborn that she'll just do what she wants.

Does anyone know how to talk some sense into a 4 year old? I'm spent...

ugh, and it's not even suppertime yet...she is going to bed early tonight. It's just a rough night for all tonight. Hopefully tomorrow night we can have fun. And Wednesday we are going to my cousin's house to play with her kids, one is Kaia's age and a girl so they play together.

Wish me luck..I also think I'm coming down with whatever Kaia has/had/is getting over.

That's right folks, Lars is playing Mr. Mom all week long...but, since I play it a lot anyway, this isn't anything new. The wife is gone all week. She did set up some good outfits for Kaia in her closet and also did...most...of the laundry. I do know how to dress my kid, but sometimes it's all hectic and things aren't where I think they are and...it all stems from crappy laundry habits and putting away of clothes habits that things are all farked up.

This morning was awesome! I went to bed at midnight, got things ready the night before, then actually woke up when my alarm went off! I know, can you believe it?! 6 am...got ready myself, started the car ahead of time, got the little one dressed mostly in a state of half-slumber, but then she was awake toward the end...got her ready with a hair combing and teeth brushing and then we headed out at 6:40 to go to drop her off at daycare and then I got gas/hot chocolate/donuts and headed to work and made it to work 10 minutes early! Where usually, not having to take Kaia or do anything but get myself ready in the morning, I'm right on time or a couple minutes either way. Sweeeeeeeet!

Now I just need to spiff up the house this week, for myself not my wife, and then life will go back to how it normally is. She made a bunch of shit in the kitchen this weekend before she left for all her friends on the car ride to MN and just left the kitchen like that, so I'm left to clean it all up! Also, the living room is a never ending place to gather clutter. No matter how much I pick stuff up off the floor there's always every surface, corner, pocket of space by the wall full of stuff and more stuff. Our house isn't big enough! lol, it's like a normal size house full of stuff came into our house and barfed and then left.

Man the weather is great! Right Iowa people? Aren't we enjoying this?? I know I am. Not looking forward to Friday and Saturday when they said 2"+ but that's if it doesn't bypass us and go south...which I hope it does.

I ran last night, felt like a loser because I only got 2 miles in before I quit because I was spent. I don't know, maybe it's the cold or the fact that I've been tired or that I haven't run again in over a month.

There is a 5K February 7th in Story City and I would like to run in it!! It would be my first "race" since I started running...the only problem is I haven't started running. I stop so many times that when I do get back out there it's like I'm starting over again. I will *try* to keep it up, but if I don't, I KNOW I will once it gets warm permenantly, because I love running and I love that I'm doing it and that it gets me out of the house and it's good for me.

Yes...I am. Compared to what I normally am, I am. It's all about perspective.

We went to the doctor last night because Kaia is sick and while we were there and the doctor wasn't in the room I hopped on the scale...aaahhh! 192lbs.

I am 6'4" and I have NEVER weighed that much before, which I'm sure 190lbs is probably average for a male at 6'4" but I don't like it. Ok, I found a chart that says if you're 6'4" with a medium frame you should be 171-187 pounds and if you have a large frame you should be 181-207. I don't know which I have, but I want to be back into the 170s...can I possibly believe that I want to lose 20 pounds?! It was also at the end of the day and I'm sure I weighed the most. I also pick up and lose pounds pretty darn quick and easy, so I'd have to weigh myself multiple times to assess where I really am.

When I first reached and stayed at 6'4" I was 150lbs. Now that's a little small, but I liked it. I knew I didn't have to worry.

Then I was in the 170's for a long time and I was ok with that, in fact within this last year I had ot have been because I was giving plasma and weighing that much. I think I jumped to 180 once and it hurt.

It's suppose to be nice tonight, so I'm running for sure, but I think I should be doing something else too.

I mean, I sit all damn day long here at work and I eat almost all day long too. Chocolate a lot, then lots of other goodies that are around. At 9:30 I have a sausage and cheese omlette and two pieces of toast with butter and grape jelly on them. Then at lunch I always eat a huge helping of whatever it is. I eat something at 2:30 usually and then I snack at home and have more supper than I should, then snack some more.

I need to curb my appetite. But how do I do that? I enjoy eating, and I don't get full very easily...I was hoping I'd never have to broach this topic, but it looks like I am and I kind of had a feeling one day I would. Shit, with all the shit I eat I should probably go get blood pressure checked or cholesterol or something. I should probably be taking vitamins or something too.

Oh well, I know I'll lose weight come this summer when I run and train for running and when I'm in the musical because we work hard to get musicals ready and we don't eat reguarly when getting ready to open and the theatre is HOT AS HELL so we always sweat a shitload and lose weight.

I'm going to weigh myself at work in our training room before I head home to run, I wonder how much that scale will say I weigh.

I'm sorry to the people that will get mad because "Skinny Lars" is whining about weighing too much, but I'm overweight now too and need to do something about it. Like I said at the beginning, it's all perspective. No matter what you want to complain about there's almost always someone worse off than you that would tell you to shut up, so in that reasoning no one should complain ever...this is a big deal to me, honestly, I'd like to remain a bean poll.

Well! That is certainly interesting...especially #2! Just goes to show...washing your hands is important people, er, men I guess...? Thanks, Meritt

Happy Birthday to Me
Happy Birthday dear Meeeeeeeeeeeee
Happy Birthday to Me

I know none of you know it's my birthday, so I thought I'd announce it. I don't do much for birthdays, age doesn't bother me. But I know I like to wish people happy birthday if I know, so I thought...what other way would you all know if I didn't tell you?

Yes, I'm only 25.

Ooooooh boy! 6 months ago, right after we saw Wicked, I sent Ana Gasteyer a letter to the theatre telling her how we went down there to see Wicked, and to see her, and how we were sad we missed her. How much we love her and would liked to have seen her, but how much we loved her understudy too, etc. etc. Then at the end I couldn't help it, I asked if she could sign something and send it to me, and 6 months later she did! I can't believe it...it's so awesome. I'm framing it, of course, and hanging it up. :-D

Sorry, I've had a weird week...cars dying, carpet being put in, waking up at odd times, TiVo's dying, computer's failing...I've been out of sorts this week. I will get back into the swing of things here, got a new charger for my digital camera, so I can start taking pictures again too :-D

Ha! I wish it was for me. I wish I was THAT good! :-)

No, my best friend from college is auditioning this evening for it. She is PHENOMENAL. She auditioned last year and got first runner up, or whatever they called it. She was the youngest person to ever make it that far in the process. So, this year I'm hoping she makes it!!! I know she can do it, and I know she can rock at it.

I'm very excited for her. She doesn't audition until 9:50 PM! Isn't that weird?! There are that many people auditioning though. You know they basically only take people who are trained experienced professionals from all over, so I think it would probably be an accomplishment also for that if she made it too. I would imagine they might take some "newbies" too, but I don't know for sure.

Either way, MAN, if she made it would I ever be pumped and very excited to go see her!!

She's awesome.

All this baby talk over at the geek household has me remembering how much I want a baby!! Am I crazy for wanting a baby right now? Where I'm at in my life? Is that nuts?!

I thought so too...but I can't help it...shit, sometimes I think I'm more woman than man ;-) But then I remember all the man qualities about myself!

I just keep thinking before baby #2 I need...to get wife out of college...get wife into steady job...get better job for myself...get more money...get bigger house...yeah...I shouldn't have another baby right now. :-D

It is 3:45 in the am and I'm the only sober one here :-D

Hope you all are having safe fun!

Goodnight