Weekend Update

The weekend was truly bittersweet.  First with the a few positives:  Got coat #2 on baby girl's walls and it looks pretty good.  Color looks great and it's one 'big ticket' item that is off the To Do list, which is a relief.  Second, got Battlefield 3 and cracked into it on Saturday, to say this game is awesome is an understatement.  A bit harder than MW in my opinion, but a lot of fun.  Had a Saturday night Fright Night with friends that included the comedy/horror movie Hotel Hell and the true horror flick, Paranormal Activity.  Sporting KC won big 2-0 in the first game of playoff action.  AND just last night KC Chiefs won a HUGE divisional contest against the San Diego Chargers.

and now... the bad...

KSU got destroyed by OU on Saturday, at the close of the first half it looked promising 20-17, OU made adjustments and proceeded to rack up 40+ unanswered points.. brutal.  On Sunday, the Yellow Light of Death invaded and claimed the life of my PS3.  So I got to play my new game for a total of... about 4 hours before death took this machine.  But hey for $150 + shipping costs Sony will fix it...  Also got called for jury duty, more on this later...

All in all the weekend was productive and the bad wasn't 'that' bad I suppose but, I really like my video games so that was a pretty bad one for me.

Weekend Update

Weekend came and went pretty quick...  Baby's room got 1 coat of paint done, which was a pretty big thing to check off the ol' to do list.  This little task identified two little observations: 1) paint with primer = joke still need two coats, don't care what they tell you at Lowes.  2) tape = waste of time, the $15 I spent on a paint brush may have been the best $15 I've spent in a long time.  If you have even a reasonably steady hand don't waste time taping.  I taped our entire house in Denver and I can honestly say (wife will back me up here) we had more mistakes due to tape bubbles, uneven tape lines, and ripped paint when pulling tape down than I did when I did it with hand and brush.  Coat 2 will be going on this weekend and then that HUGE to do will be done and done.

Of course with weekends in the Fall comes football, Saturday was the Sunflower State showdown, or as it were, the Sunflower State Beatdown.  KSU beat down KU 59-21... a fantastic game and I honestly loved it even more simply because it was KU and it's always good to beat the in state rival.  However, the next 3 weeks is essentially the Big XII's murderers row with Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Texas.  Ask me pre-season and I probably tell you 1 W and 2 Ls ... maybe even 3 Ls.  However, with the way Snyder has these kids playing I can honestly say that 3 Ws is not entirely outside of the realm of possibility and that is certainly the outcome that I am hoping for.  Chiefs pulled off a pretty impressive W against an improved Raiders team not only did they get the W but they pitched a shutout, which in this day and age of reasonable parity and guys that can bomb 50 yard field goals, is impressive regardless of the team you are playing.

Got a bit of family time in as well with a trip to Topeka to see the in laws, which was, as always, a good time.

That's pretty much it.  Remainder of the weekend was spent with laundry and lazy couch TV time, which frankly is always an essential piece of any weekend that is worth a darn.

Life Update

Blog maintenance has been less than sub par but we got a new look a new name and I'll try again to reboot and do a better job with updates, rants, pics, videos, rants and nonsense (yes I know I said rants twice, I'm a fan of ranting).  

ANYWAY... life update.  Life has been pretty boring since I last left, well as boring as life can be when you are expecting a tiny human to enter your life (due Jan 3).  Needless to say, life has been less than dull between furniture, car seats, paint, and general preparations... crap, babies need a lot of stuff.  And try as I might I honestly can't call any of it "unnecessary" in fact I'm finding the contrary point is true and there are likely several things that we are missing on the list that will need to be acquired later.  Anyway... I'm sure I'll have some updates as the day gets closer.  At this point in time we'll go with super excited and super nervous at a 50/50 split.  Work is work, travel has slowed a bit, but still there, not really anywhere out of the ordinary.  Coolest trip has been Paso Robles, CA though home of Firestone Walker Brewery, probably my number 2 or 3 favorite brewer.  Two nights of sampling was pretty amazing.

Life Update

T'has been a pretty uneventful January really which is somewhat surprising to me given that it's a new year.  The one exciting event though was the planning of a vacation to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.  There's about 15 of us that will be taking over the resort in June and I think it has potential to be pretty awesome.  Hopefully I can get some diving in inbetween trips to the bars....

Other than that work has been busy but manageable, Banking Schools projects are awful, but I'm halfway done only 2 more to go.  Travel will start to kick up in Feb. which is a pain, but it will bring some new projects which will be good.

Working out again finally... took way too much time off so while it's not like starting over, it may as well be.  Planning on running another 1/2 marathon in April, so better get in gear.

Beth is good she had a birthday this month which was a good time.  Finally got to attend the annual Jakle birthday meal at Kiku's after a long trend of missed meals.  And I caught my shrimp.

Puppies are a pain as is to be expected with 2 boxer puppies, yes they are over 1 year old, but pretty sure boxers are considered puppies until about 3.  Which oddly enough probably corresponds to the number of years that they will have taken off of my life (each).  

Been playing a lot of CoD Black Ops, which is probably a terrible thing to do with my spare time considering I am WAY behind in my reading of Song of Fire and Ice.

Some things I am looking forward to in 2011:

April...Game of Thrones on HBO... Josh you will groan here, but I can't wait, and if you change your mind you can come to our premier party that will be complete with mugs of ale and turkey legs...think about it...

11/11/11 & 09/10/11 No specific reason other than the numerical significance of them

Weekend Wow

Whew... Labor Day weekend was a 5 day whirlwind.  
Thursday had the Chiefs final preseason contest against the Packers, finally picked up a W to head into the season with the taste of victory, countdown to Monday Night Football at Arrowhead is on like Donkey Kong.  It's going to be a mad dash to get those boards done though, needed a few more coats of paint than I'd anticipated.  
Friday we had the obvious celebration of 5 years with the wife, which I wrote on already.  We celebrated by heading to St Pius X for some Friday Night Lights football.  hadn't been to a High School football game in forever, and I'm hooked I'm now a St Pius fan and will be at all games possible.  Side note Charlie Weis' kid plays for Pius and I walked right by him, had to restrain myself from giving him a hearty man-hug.  Speaking of man-hugs, 
Saturday was KSU day at the Reyes casa, stayed up late, ate too much, and watched KSU get a big time W.  It was awesome to be able to watch the Cats.  
Sunday was initially a recovery day but ended up being a rib-straviganza with several great friends.  Ribs turned out pretty well for a first attempt at cooking them "Talty" style.
Monday, quick trip to see Beth's grandma and pick up a KSU hat... FINALLY found one that didn't look idiotic.  
Wow... have to rest next weekend, oh wait, heading to Chicago, sleep is overrated anyway.

Life Update: October in Review

I skipped a few months on this but I'm determined to get back on track here so... away we go.

Started off October in beautiful (lol) Twin Falls, Idaho.  For my college friends (James) yes it's true Idaho does exist.  I know.  I was shocked to discover this as well.  For those not in the loop on this, one night when we were up later than we should have been my friends and I realized we knew no one from Idaho, we could think of aquantances from nearly every state but Idaho, thus the theory evolved that Idaho did not really exist.  That's logical?  Right?

Ocotober also brought us Man Chili.  Man Chili was a vegitarians worst nightmare.  We killed every animal Old McDonald had to get this chili, Breast of Chicken, Loin of Pig, Ground Beef, and Beef Steak... and some beans in there for good measure.  The chili was pretty good, however the saddest part of the whole affair was the loin.  I tried about zero on the loin because it was going in chili... turns out it was the bestest most juciest loin I'd ever cooked... and I put it in chili...

October ended with cold #1... awesome I love breathing out of one nostril at a time. 

October brought a new niece to the family Kaydee Ella can't wait to meet her at Christmas.

Last but not least, my geekiness would not be complete unless I mentioned that October also brought the pre-order of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.  I will do a full review of this game next week, it comes out exactly one week from now.  Infact 1 week from this very moment I will be walking to the bus to go to Best Buy to purchase my copy.  For those wondering, Yes, I did use a day of vacation for a video game.

Life Update: July in Review

Wow July went by in a hurry. Seems like I was just writing June's update.

Fourth of July was somewhat lackluster, it rained to which I was not at all shocked... this summer has been pretty disappointing as far as weather goes. Unseasonibly cool and it seems to rain anytime we try to do anything.

However... the bright spot of the month Float Trip V. Weather was great, sans a minor rain storm (see point above, you thought I was kidding). Good times with good friends, I wish I could go on float trip every weekend, however this would likely have a devistating toll on my back (sleeping on the ground), my liver (beer consumption), my waistline (point #2 coupled with hot dogs and S'mores).

July also brought "my" bank exam, which is in part the reason for the lack of posts last month. I've been working on that so that has kept me pretty busy. Hopefully it'll slow down a bit going forward.

Life Update: June in Review

So after several fun "nonsense" posts I figure it's time to interject a little house cleaning in the form of a "life update." So here it goes...

Work is going well, pretty busy though as with everyone the crappy economy means increased scrutiny (i.e. increased work) for anyone and everyone associated with lending money. The bank that I'm in charge of is getting ready to kick of it's exam here in the next week or so so that means things will only get busier. I'm hoping though that all will go as planned and it won't be too terrible.

On the home front, we are looking forward to A Tradition Unlike Any Other: Float Trip 2009, should be a good time with good friends. Brother and Sister in-law were in town last weekend and Beth and I got to cross a few more things off of the "things to do in Chicago" list. We hit up Shedd aquarium and the 2009 Pride Day Parade. Pride day is Chicago's Gay Pride Parade and Festival it was absolute chaos, I swear I've never seen that many people I mean the streets were packed for blocks, and it was a pretty good time. Too bad it was too hot to really take it all in. It is one of the biggest festivals in the city, I believe I read somewhere that it's second only to St. Patrick's Day. If you want to see pictures of these and some of our other "Resident Tourist" adventures check out my album.

Click => Resident Tourist!

I will say the American Gothic interpretation statue is one of my favorites. Next BIG thing on the list is the Art Museum... I'm hoping to go there in the next week or two.

Still running, have to say it's kind of amazing what a difference a year makes, last year I was doing 3 miles in about 34-35 min. now I'm able to do 5 in 39 min. Still not sure I would go so far as to say I "enjoy" running, but it is growing on me. The heat however is not, it's been cool this week but last week was brutal.

Another year older. Thanks to all for the birthday wishes.

That was pretty much June.