We here at WorldofRandall have come to an agreement with the Writers Guild so our almost 2 month layoff is officially over. No scabs were used in writing any of the material posted below. No writers were injured during the making of this post. I am Randy and I approve this ad. Friends don't let friends drive drunk. Only you can stop forest fires. ....Whoa sorry about that...got off on a tangent there...as usual. Back to your (un) regularly scheduled post.
Catchup time....
- Christmas was one big chaotic mess of fun. We tried so hard to keep things in order, but our attempts were quickly abandoned and paper, tape and bows were flying off in every direction. The new kid's first Christmas seemed to be a hit. So much so that Cinco asked for days after, if Santa was coming again tonight :)
- We spent New Years Eve together at home, eating lots of snack foods (ie: unhealthy but stinking delicious) and we played lots of games. Lots of ping pong, Wii games and board games were played. Lots of Daddy kicking everyones butt happened as well! (but I'm not competitive or anything...)
- Just had 2 birthdays in the house: Tres turned 7 and Uno turned *gulp...10
- An Ode to Tres - How amazing it is to have been in my life for just under 4 months and how much I love that little girl. She is soft spoken, yet loud. Loves her dolls and babies as well as tackling me during climb the father and giggles at toots. I love her sense of humor and her billy-goat like laugh. She's definitely added a new element of funniness to our house. I can't even imagine picking up and moving across the world and having to learn a whole new culture, way of interacting with people, foods, and having more stuff than I ever could imagine. Yet this little 7 year old princess has done it nearly flawlessly. I'm amazed at how well she has adapted and accepted us as her family. Another testament to God knowing exactly what he's doing...cuz we don't ever question that...right? It's going to be so fun watching her grow up and become as she says "a working woman". I hope someday she will realize that she didn't come to live with us strictly to give her a hopeful better life, but that she is a blessing to each one of us.
- An Ode to Uno - Sweet cinnamon gravy, she's 10 years old. I look at my oldest daughter and I can't help but feel so stinking proud and happy. I'm scared to death of what the next 10 years will bring, but I'm confident in who she is and that all my fears will be just that: my own fears. She is so solid in her relationship with God. I wouldn't be living my life for Jesus had she not been everything God created her to be. It's hard for me to say what I want to say about my "bean", without sounding like a blubbering idiot. I think about almost losing her before she was born, I think about mistakes in my life that could have led to me not being an everyday dad to her, I think about her bald little head until she was 2, I think about her losing her tooth in an elevator in some hotel, I think about her non stop talking :), I think about her and I building the most gynormous snowman ever made, I think about her in her little dance tights and 2 little pig tails on the top of her head, I think about her having the same goofy sense of humor as me, I think about her love of a hot lunch, I think about how she gets all of her beauty and smarts from her mom, I think of how passionate she is about her family (both living and dead members)....I think about how my heart swells with love and pride at the thoughts of who she is and what she wants to do with her life.
Random (and not so random) thoughts:
- Isn't it funny how, no matter how many kids you have...they each hold a very special spot in your heart, and no matter what you do when you talk about them, you end up sounding like that child is your absolute favorite kid in the whole world?
- Lifelong dream has always been to be on Saturday Night Live and do comedy as a living. Somehow I don't think I could have ever realized that that dream pales in comparrison to the life I have now.
- It's not a new years resolution...but I'm working on the weight again. I'll post up weekly updates on the progress. Supposedly...if I keep myself at 1750 or less calories, by mid summer I should be at or near where I want to be...we'll see.
- Weight as of January 6th - 218 (READ: lard butt)
- 16 & 0 - That right there is the regular season record for your New England Patriots
- 2nd championship in 4 years for Your Boston Red Sox
- Have I mentioned this is a VERY good time to be a Boston sports fan?!?!?
- Have I also mentions I stinking miss being home, mainly because of the reason listed above.
- Randall. , we'd like to welcome you to the Christian Rock scene: Kutless is GOOD
- Through the belated sadness of losing my Grandmother, I have regained contact with one of the most important people in my life. Can't wait to catch up with him and his family and start to rebuild that foundation of family/friendship that has been out of my life for many years too many.
- Do any of you have that (or in some cases those) family member(s), that no matter how often you talk, be it every day/week or once every 6-12 months, you end up talking about the exact same things everytime? And I don't mean in the sense of, how are the kids and family type talk...literally the exact same conversations...maybe my family is the only family that is that bizare.
- Maybe I'm an email addict, but if you have an email account...why don't some people check it?
- Why would 2 men, early to mid 20's, have any need for about 30 ashtrays and 6 or 7 huge jars of mayonnaise, thats what I would like to know. (I happened to see this walking towards me at wal-mart a few weeks back). Sound like the beginning of a bad joke....ok, ok, ok...2 guys are walking through the store one with 30 ashtrays the other with 7 jars of mayo....you can finish this joke on your own.
- Do you ever talk to yourself...out loud...in various accents?...yea right, me neither.
- Do you ever answer yourself in a different accent?...again, me neither.
- I know coveting is a sin...but how stupidly cool is this: 153 inch Plasma TV
God is Good!
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