Whatever You Want Honey

I was tagged for this meme by Becki.

A- Attached or Single? Attached Happily to my wife at Introverts.net

B- Best Friend: My best friend is my wife. But I have a few others that I consider Best Friends, people that we would drop whatever we are doing to help out, vice versa and talk to frequently (Heather & Pam), and a few that I consider Really Good Friends people that we would drop whatever we are doing to help out, vice versa and talk to semi-frequently (Lisa & Dean)

C- Cake or Pie: Pie (cherry, apple, pumpkin, blueberry, peanut butter, … yum!)

D- Drink of Choice: Coffee, Tea and Water

E- Essential Item: Bible and computer

F- Favorite Color: blue, red, green, black

G- Gummi Bears or Worms? YUK!

H- Hometown: Steelton, PA

I- Indulgence: ice-cream

J- January or February: January (my son’s birth-day) & February (Valentine’s Day)

K- Kids: 1 Dynamo, 5-year old boy

L- Life is incomplete without: my wife.. **SWAK**

M- Marriage Date: August 1, 1998

N- Number of Siblings: 3, 1 big brother 2 little sisters

O- Oranges or Apples? yes

P- Phobias/Fears: I’m afraid of never seeing my son grow old (he is such a daredevil even at 5)

Q- Favorite Quote: A bird does not learn to fly by sprouting wings, he must take a leap in order to realize his full potential. – Dale Noles

R- Reasons to smile: my salvation, the earth and everything in it, Have you read the Bible???

S- Season: Spring, I love new life

T- Tag Three: Sally & Patty

U- Unknown Fact About Me: I was not always a good guy… I have a dark past and wasn’t so nice at one time.

V – Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animals? Oppressor, love my steak cooked medium rare please

W- Worst Habit: I smoke

X – X-rays or Ultrasounds? X-Rays

Y- Your Favorite Foods: Calzone

Z- Zodiac: Tarus

- D

In the spirit of sanity, my wife and I decided to take a trip to Dutch Wonderland with our little man and his best bud and partner in crime. When I say partner in crime, I mean it in almost the literal sense. Those two boys get into as much trouble as any two kids I know.

They fight constantly, in fact, I even refereed one such event when they would not stop picking and poking at each other. So, I let them duke it out. Before I get slaughtered with posts telling me my actions are wrong or bad or whatever else, let me state that after two hours of yelling and fighting I couldn’t take it anymore. So, I let them box. There was no hitting the neck or above and no hitting below the belt.

The result was, they thought it was fun and it gave us three and a half hours of peace and quiet. Aaaaahh. So, yeah, it was worth it.

In any event, we are off to Dutch Wonderland. Maybe it will keep them occupied and best buddies for the day… Maybe not… Probably not… Awe, who am I kidding, they will pick and fight all day, but at least we will be outside and their screaming will be drowned out by the park rides.

If anything eventful happens, I’ll be sure to let you know. I’m sure that something will be written about the events of the day.

- D

I am dealing with a situation where I have an acquaintance who only calls, visits or generally speaks to me when this acquaintance wants something. For the sake of writing the word acquaintance over an over, I am going to call the acquaintance Pat (note the non-gender specific name).

Pat is a relatively nice person. Pat has a mouth that acts like a sewage pipe of profanity. Pat was told that we do not use nor enjoy hearing it. Plus, we have a five-year old and we do not want him to get used to hearing that kind of language, at least until he is in middle school.

Our relatives know this too, but they do not guard their words, either. Then again, you cannot pick your family members.

Pat is not a fancy dresser, nor does Pat have to dress fancy to associate with me. Clothing is an essential but wearing Prada, Gucci or Armani is not. In fact, Faded Glory, Hanes and Basic Editions are fine with me.

Pat has a way of eliciting a negative reaction from me and my wife. Our son loves Pat and thinks that Pat is great.

Pat recently quit doing laundry at our house because we quit returning the messages left on our voice-mail. Now Pat is asking for small amounts of cash to buy non-essentials. Pat is on a limited budget.

Because I have a tender heart, I give in to Pat. My wife gets angry with me when I do, then I wind up feeling frustrated being caught between being generous and being firm. My perplexity regarding this situation transcends my current dealings with Pat. It seems that I am a sucker for a hard-luck situation. Not just on the personal level, but also the corporate level.

I cannot recall the number of clients that I have worked with in the past that were similar to Pat. They tend to want it all now and do not want to pay my rates for it. They would much rather haggle me down to a mere quarter of what they should be paying.

I learned quickly in the business world to not let others step on me just because I had the “Casper” syndrome. (You know the type, friendly to everyone, but gets walked all over by his peers.) Now, my mantra is, “If you cannot afford to work with me, then I cannot afford to work with you.”

I need to learn to apply the same business principles to my personal life. “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for life.” So, I suppose that I need to teach Pat to fish.

- D

Heather at Desperately Seeking Sanity is offering free bling-age for anyone who posts. I told you before that there were rules and stipulations for getting in the running for her giveaway prizes. Well, those rules still apply.

She is giving away a ring that her x-bf bought her. I’ve actually seen the ring. When we visited her earlier this year. I won’t bore you with details, you can read that post and get bored there. We had a great time.

I am tired of writing for the night, so I will stop this evening. I am blogged out.

- D

My buddy and wife’s BFF has got a super dooper thing going. Too bad I am not that bright to think of the contest she is running.

She is giving away a-prize-a-day to one person who comments on her blog post (specifically about that day’s item). She has all these rules set up, you’d think that she was a lawyer or something. (She is not, she is actually fun to be around.) Whoops, that sounded like a dig on lawyers.

Check out her deals at her blog Desperately Seeking Sanity.com. If you do not win, stick around anyway, she’s pretty funny and unintentionally gets into mischief.

She is giving away a book, a gift certificate, a phone, some adornment and scrapbooking stuff. But it is only for the next day and a half, so hop on board quick!

-D