let the countdown begin...

on sunday the 13th, bama will participate in the running of the weiners in germantown, tn. as a family, we're very excited. we're mainly excited due to the large amount of laughter and entertainment that he will embody. we are hoping for a strong showing, but who knows with bama. here is a photo of the future weiner race champion:

new project...

craft day with the wife...

yesterday, laura and i had a "craft day". laura is working on a new creative item that i'm sure she'll talk about on her blog, and i was working on some paintings that i've needed to do for a while. two of the paintings are for our new apartment to go over our bed, one is for a friend, & the last is for a very special upcoming birthday. here are some shots of a fun craft day with my beautiful wifey...

beginning of one project...

adding color...

how about the handmade drop cloth laura and i made? sweet i know...

hand painted feet...

finished!...two paintings to go over our bed in the new apt...

painting i've been meaning to do for a while for a special person...

happy birthday!

grandpa ben's dresser update...

a few weeks ago, laura and i updated "grandpa ben's" dresser. we had yet to apply the finishing touches and now we are officially done with it. here it is...finished.

until the next project...

my wish list

recently, my wife made a post related to a "wish list" of things that she would like to have for our new apartment.  so, here is my wish list...

1.  tiger woods pga tour 2010:  due to the fact that golf is extraordinarily expensive these days, i would like to cut costs by purchasing this wii game.  this $39.95 would end up saving several hundred dollars in golf expenses...its logic.

2.  ping g10 driver: if for some reason the above purchase does not occur then this item is a necessity.  my old driver is exactly that....old.  and...i just want it.

 3.  imac (24 inch) desktop: we are about to move into an apartment that actually has a desk and both of us have laptop computers & i've always wanted to have a mac desktop computer, so...i believe this would solve that problem, completely.

4.  1970 ford bronco:  during an "off day" lunch with laura's work associates (regina & haley), we ran across this beauty and it reminded me of how much i have wanted one of these.  in the parking lot of young avenue deli (an amazing deli place in midtown), i walked across this gem & this is my final item on my wish list....

these are pretty reasonable requests, right?

"ode to bama"

anybody seeing this in our new apartment or future home(s)?? found this gem in a searcy antique store and the only thing that kept this from being laura's first xmas present from me was that it had a price tag on it.  just had to share this one...

weekend at donny's...

yesterday morning, i awoke with the sun and traveled to  searcy, arkansas to help my brother & his fiance move into "their" new apartment.  no, no, no...they are not "shackin" up pre-marital style, but my brother has been allowed to move in early & live there alone until novemeber when they get married... anyway, i went to help my attention deficit brother move and the process ended up being quite an adventure.  when i arrived at his old apartment, i was expecting things to be packed and ready to go, but to my surprise this is what i found...

absolutely nothing packed...and

dirty dishes stacked in the sink...and

piles of dirty clothes....and

did i say absolutely nothing packed?!

needless to say, we had a lot of work to do.  i started at 10:00 am & we did not finish all of our projects until 3:00 am.  during this long 17 hour day, donny and i:

• unloaded a u-haul trailer full of furniture
  
• washed five loads of clothes
• built a 6 ft x 4 ft headboard & 4 ft x 2 ft coffee table
• painted an old tv stand...AND
• slept 4 hours

after 17 hours of work, here are some of the products of hour labor...

and the headboard...