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| Wednesday, February 14, 2007 |
Poor Alex
The Weather Channel says it "feels like" it's 27 degrees here.
Alex's bus broke down a mile and a half from his park-and-ride lot.
He's walking to his car, carrying an empty cupcake caddy.
(I did offer to go pick him up, but he says he'll get to the car faster than I could get to him. He's probably right. He has very long legs.)
Please click here to join Nichole's Oscar pool. If that doesn't work, go to http://defectiveyeti.com/oscars/ and enter poll ID 24724. You could win an as-yet-to-be-determined something!
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posted by Nichole @ 5:51 PM
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| Monday, February 05, 2007 |
Happy anniversary
Alex and I took the weekend off. Piper had a big sleepover with "Bompa" (her collective name for Alex's parents), and we slept in, had breakfast in bed, read the newspaper, window-shopped, bought fancy chocolate truffles and watched three movies in one day. It was a wonderful start to Year Seven.
It's so easy to lose sight of each other in the day-to-day. This weekend helped me remember that Alex isn't just Piper's Daddy or my partner in housekeeping or the guy who pays the bills. He's my best friend.
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Please click here to join Nichole's Oscar pool. If that doesn't work, go to http://defectiveyeti.com/oscars/ and enter poll ID 24724. You could win an as-yet-to-be-determined something! Labels: Alex, on the road again, watching
posted by Nichole @ 8:39 AM
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Crutcher Fam says, "Thanks for the comment on my blog!!! I appreciate the encouragement. Happy Anniversary!!!!! That sounds like a wonderful start to year seven!!!!" (1:30 PM, February 05, 2007)
ccap says, "Frick! You're impressive with the Oscar poll. I'm SERIOUSLY signing up. I just have to think about it a bit first." (5:04 PM, February 06, 2007)
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| Monday, January 01, 2007 |
Good mornings
Weekend mornings might be my favorite time of the week. Today being a bonus weekend today makes it that much sweeter. Here's our routine:
- Piper wakes up. Some mornings she gives an all-out cry. Sometimes she just stands up and says "Daddy-Daddy-Daddy" or "Mama-Daddy-Mama-Daddy-Mama-Daddy."
- Alex wakes up to the sound of his little girl calling for him. (Or crying.)
- Alex goes to fetch Piper.
- Marsha takes advantage of the open bedroom door. She leaps onto the bed. If the ting-a-ling of her bell doesn't wake me up, her whiskers tickling my face certainly will.
- Alex and Piper come back to the bedroom. Piper says, "Mama!" and dives for me.
- Alex turns on PBS.
- We cuddle and watch a little "Clifford" or "Bearnstain Bears," depending on how late we slept.
- After the show, or whenever Piper is done with the show, we head downstairs for breakfast.
It's the perfect way to start the day.
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posted by Nichole @ 9:35 AM
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| Monday, December 25, 2006 |
Best Husband Ever.
Alex gives wonderful gifts. As much as I love being the recipient of his thoughtfulness, I always feel bad on gifting occasions because he showers me with presents he's spent months picking out and I inevitably end up giving him a pair of jeans and a DVD or a pack of new socks and a CD.
This year, I wanted to do better. So I thought and thought, and I shopped early, and I got him an iPod. I was thrilled. "No way," I thought, "will he top this."
So what does he do? He tops it. (Not that I'm complaining.)
It was a very, very long day of gifting around these parts. There are four little bits here for the holidays, so we took frequent breaks for snacks, naps and meals. We finally reached the end of the pile about 30 minutes ago.
I thought I was done. And here comes Alex, with a plain white envelope. I opened it and pulled out a plain white sheet of paper, with one sentence written on it: "Say 'Hello' to Amy for me."
And I didn't get it. I said so. And Alex said, "You fly to Kansas City on ..." and that was all I heard because I was too busy trying not to cry to listen to the specifics.
I've been lonely since we moved to Ruraltown, USA. I don't make friends easily, and it makes it that much harder to meet people when you live 20 minutes away from everything. I miss my friends. I can't wait to see them.
I love my husband so much.
Thanks, Alex.
(Christmas pictures! Clicky-clicky!)
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posted by Nichole @ 10:53 PM
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Amy says, "Nichole, you have no idea how excited I am. I am busy trying to plan a wonderful, fun weekend for you. Alex is the best. I feel like this is my Christmas present, too." (11:19 PM, December 25, 2006)
Rach says, "Can't wait to see you!!" (9:26 AM, December 26, 2006)
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The Merry Christmas to Me Shuffle
1. Hey Mister James Taylor
2. $1000 wedding Gram Parsons
3. Starbodies The New Pornographers
4. Rockestra Theme Paul McCartney & Wings
5. Vampire Blues Neil Young
6. Bloody Well Right Supertramp
7. Islands Cat Power
8. History of Lovers Iron & Wine / Calexico
9. We're Going to Be Friends The White Stripes
10. Merchants of Soul Spoon
11. Whiskeyclone Hotel Beck
12. After You Came The Moody Blues
13. The Streets of Baltimore Gram Parsons
14. The Weakest Part Yo La Tengo
15. Yer So Bad Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
16. One Chance Modest Mouse
17. Unthrough My Morning Jacket
18. Skateboarding Saves Me ... Grandaddy
19. Black Swan Thom Yorke
20. Sulfur Man The Doves
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posted by Alex @ 7:09 PM
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| Tuesday, December 19, 2006 |
This made me laugh
Alex: Do you know why the Utah Jazz are called the Jazz?
The Eldest Nephew: Because there's a lot of jazz in Utah?
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posted by Nichole @ 9:21 PM
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Amy says, "I'm waiting for the real answer." (10:02 AM, December 20, 2006)
Nichole says, "Alex says: "The Utah Jazz used to be the New Orleans Jazz when the franchise originated. Due to lack of support and various factors, they moved to Utah, to Salt Lake City, to become the first and only professional sports team in Utah."" (10:25 AM, December 20, 2006)
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| Tuesday, December 12, 2006 |
Thar She Blows...my personal challenge
Okay, I'm throwing down the proverbial gauntlet...at my own feet! Last night I purchased Moby Dick at the local bookstore. It come complete with neat maps and drawings and a tiny dictionary to help me understand the lingo of the high seas! My goal: read a chapter a day until I'm finished. I am thinking I may even do little updates on the blog each day.
I plan on beginning my siege of Melville after I finish Blood Meridian which, at the rate I'm going, should be around February (ha-ha-ha -- actually more like next week.) Anyway, I'll make sure to post when I begin the personal abuse. Of course some would say that going from Blood Meridian to Moby Dick is just a continuation of abuse.
Whatever, man.
Call me Ishmael.
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posted by Alex @ 10:20 AM
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Amy says, "My head hurts just thinking about it. Good luck." (10:59 AM, December 12, 2006)
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| Monday, December 11, 2006 |
My week without Nichole and Piper
Well, it's been almost a week of me without Nichole and Piper and boy am I ready to be back together. Heck, I was ready to be back together five minutes after I left Michigan in the wee hours of last Tuesday morning with Piper still asleep and Nichole waving to me from the window. It has been quite a week -- here's a quick review for anyone who cares to read farther
Tuesday, December 5, 2006: Drove from St. Charles, Michigan to Washington DC through just about every weather type imaginable and stayed the night with my grandmother. We had a lovely dinner with my Aunt Anita, Uncle Troy and my cousin Austin.
Wednesday, December 6, 2006: Drove home to the Durham area, stopping along the way to keep from killing some of the horrible drivers on I-95. I really dislike that road. Went straight to lab and worked until 10:00 and fianlly went home to a very quiet house
Thursday, December 7, 2006: Woke up in the same very quiet house and had a very quiet breakfast. Worked all day, except the hour I took at 5:00 to attend a departmental Christmas party. Since I missed the food at the party, I stopped at Fosters Market on MLK boulevard here in Chapel Hill for dinner. Tres tasty. Went home and watched CSI and Shark while I wrapped some Christmas presents
Friday, December 8, 2006: A big day because I went to Target in Burlington after work and made some returns. Please don't laugh -- I really enjoy walking around Target. Had dinner at Moe's and was unimpressed. Back home for more housework and bed
Saturday, December 9, 2006: Got up and enjoyed a nice temperate morning. Worked all afternoon adn then met my good friend Terry Roberts and we went to the UNC vs. High Point game together. Terry works for the sports information department and he got me a great seat in the Dean Dome for the slaughter that ensued. Lucky me -- it was Roy Williams' 500 victory. Anyway, I had dinner afterwards with Terry and my good friend Daniel Hooker from my days at WCU. All-in-all, a very nice day
Sunday, December 10, 2006: After a morning of work, I picked up Terry and we went to the UNC vs. WCU womens game at the fieldhouse. WCU played well considering the ability of UNC. The cool part was that I got to sit on press row and I was the halftime interview for the Catamount Sports Network (yes, that's how hard up they were to fill dead air...). Spent the evening installing door locks in the kitchen so Piper can't toss trash all over the place or crack her head on pots and pans. I wrapped some more presents and watched the CBS Sunday evening lineup all the way from 60 minutes to Without a Trace. I fell asleep to the sounds of Hank Hill berating Bobby about being himself
Monday, December 11, 2006: ...which brings us to today. Work, work, work, eat, work, work, work, eat, clean, sleep. And then it'll be tomorrow!!!!!! I am so happy that tomorrow is the day Nichole and Piper come home. I have missed them so much it's hard to describe. But tomorrow they're coming home and everything will be as it should be.
Y'all take care and enjoy your Monday. ( I said "y'all" because I'm listening to Whiskytown right now and you can't listen to them without saying "y'all" for at least an hour afterwards
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posted by Alex @ 10:28 AM
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Amy says, "Alex, you just made me sad. Shame on you!" (11:26 AM, December 11, 2006)
Nichole says, "I love you, Alex. We miss you, too. Piper has been looking for you all week!" (4:12 PM, December 11, 2006)
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| Friday, November 24, 2006 |
He thinks 'Rockford Files' is cool.
Alex: "I sure wish my 'Rockford' DVDs worked."Labels: Alex
posted by Nichole @ 11:59 AM
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Rach says, "Piper is such a little girl." (10:02 AM, November 25, 2006)
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| Tuesday, November 21, 2006 |
I'll Take That As A Compliment...I Guess
I shaved this morning. The beard is gone replaced by a light stuble. Not a big thing for most but for me not the normal routine. However it must have been long overdue as this is the conversation I had with the Lab manager when she arrived this morning:
"Good morning."
"Good morning."
"Have a nice evening?"
"Not bad. Hey, you look different. What changed?"
"I shaved."
"Oh yeah, that's it. You don't look like a truck driver anymore, HA-HA-HA!"
"Umm, yeah, I guess not."
Then I walked out of the room and got some coffee. Some very strong coffee.Labels: Alex
posted by Alex @ 9:19 AM
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Nichole says, "Ha ha ha! That's good stuff." (9:56 AM, November 21, 2006)
says, "Trucker eh, not a biker?
~Pam" (5:31 PM, November 21, 2006)
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| Saturday, November 18, 2006 |
Party time. Excellent.
I just sent these people out for a night on the town. Sorry about that, world.
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posted by Nichole @ 8:43 PM
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Alex says, "To my beloved friends: you guys rock! Thank you for a great weekend and I'll see you soon." (9:19 AM, November 21, 2006)
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| Thursday, November 16, 2006 |
I never was an Emmit Smith fan...
..when he played with the Cowboys. I didn't like the team (They DEFINITELY weren't/aren't "America's Team"), the coach(es) or anything about them and I thought Emmit Smtih was arrogant and cocky. This was a period of time when I was pulling for the 49ers so that may have something to do with how I felt. Regardless, Cowboys-and-anything-associated-therein = devil spawn.
However, "Dancing With The Stars" (DWTS), the guilty pleasure that I have enjoyed for the last 10 weeks, has succeeded in making me an Emmitt Smith fan. His dancing got progressively better each week and he was the only one who seemed to be having FUN when he was dancing! Therefore, I was (and still am) very happy that Mr. Smith won DWTS last night.
What do I watch now on Tuesdays and Wednesdays? Probably "House" on Tuesdays but Wednesdays are a barren waste land until February when "Lost" returns. *sigh*... maybe I'll read a book.Labels: Alex
posted by Alex @ 10:20 AM
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ccap says, "Oh man. J-L and I were addicted to it too. We had our own little game going on. We'd guess what each of the judges would score before they did. We share very little tv in common so this was a delight." (10:53 AM, November 16, 2006)
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