You are invited to CJ's birthday!

It's official, everyone in the whole world is invited to CJ's birthday party. Yep, CJ has spent the whole day letting everyone know they could come. It's now up to Amy and I to try to find a place that will hold that many people. We're also unsure about how we're going to feed everyone but I hear Sam's Wholesale as a killer deal on hot dogs and cake. Just so you know, we'll probably have to skip the Bluebell and buy the Lucern brand ice cream. Bluebell is a bit pricey to feed 6 billion people. Of course, 99% of the world won't be able to make it so we'll only have to come up with enough ice cream for say...66 million folks. But you know...I bet another another 60 million people will have other plans and I have a feeling at least 4 million probably won't get the invitations in time. 1 million people will probably be out of town and another 999,900 more people will forget all about it. That leaves 100 people that are planning to be there. Oh wait! I completely forgot that out of that 100 people 75 of them have other birthdays they've already committed to. That leaves 25 people who are definitely coming! Cool!!! That means we can skip the Sam's hot dogs and have pizza. Yeah baby! And forget the Lucern - bring on the Bluebell. Rock on!! We can also hold a birthday party with 25 people at the bowling alley. Awesome...I love to bowl! Ok, so this will work out well. I was so scared quite frankly! Even with a Sam's discount, feeding 6 billion people would still cost me over $200 million with buns and condiments and cake. We just don't have that kind of money laying around you know. We'd probably have to work out some sort of monthly payment program with the people at Sam's. Of course, at $200 million we'd probably not be able to pay it in either of our life times, so I guess that the 25 people that can make to the party works out best for everyone.

I hope you can come! I'm sure CJ won't mind if you're there. Bring a present and you will be his new best friend.

I love my kids.
Brian

The greatness of Apple Jacks

When I was a kid, my mother would take that ceremonious trip down the cereal isle in the grocery store so that I could pick what cereal I wanted. Oh what a glorious time this was. For a few minutes, I had complete control of my own breakfast eating destiny. All those choices, staring me in the face. Should I get Cap'n Crunch, or perhaps Fruity Pebbles? I certainly ignored all of those bran cereals with boring cereal box graphics....Yuck! The big honkin bag cereal - well that was just inferior cereal that the manufacturer messed up on and tried to sell in bulk for a cheaper price. They couldn't fool me, by golly, I knew the difference. Fruit Loops had Toucan Sam on the box and a prize inside! You know...when it came down to it the prize was the seller of the cereal. Sure, Honey Combs was good but not as good as Apple Jacks, it just usually had really good prizes inside. Sometimes you would actually get a prize that you could play with. Many times you couldn't but who cared, it was a prize and that's all that mattered! Now, I mention Apple Jacks, that's because it's by far is the greatest cereal of all time. A nutritious part of this complete breakfast, touts Kellogg's and I couldn't agree more. Ahhh...the perfect little green rings with red things on them that are so full of some sort of flavor. Not apple flavor, mind you, no the flavor is unique to Apple Jacks. Apple Jacks do not taste like apples nor jacks for that matter. Who Cares! In fact, they taste so good, if I was stranded on a deserted island with only one food to eat, it, would probably be Apple Jacks. You can eat it without milk and it's still great. I bet Tom Hanks would have loved it too in the movie Cast Away. He would have called the ball Jack instead of Wilson.

Ok, so you're wondering why I would give up blogging space this morning to talk about cereal? That's because my kids got up early this morning and woke me up so that I would help them get some cereal, Of course, when I asked them what kind they wanted they asked for the greatest cereal of all time...Apple Jacks. I knew from my childhood the craving you have for this cereal, even the slight addiction you develop for it and I knew that I just had to get up and get it for them. Both ate it like it was their last meal and they even got that little joyful smile as the sugar rushed to their little heads. It was a beautiful thing!

Do you know what else was great? I got a Shrek Knight Light toy inside my specially marked box of Kellogg's Apple Jacks! My kids are still digging around for it. Ha ha ha..they will never find my prize! Ha ha ha ha ha!

I love my cereal and my kids and my new Shrek Knight Light!

Brian

You can comment if you want to!

Yesterday, my good friend Holly told me that I had my comments function turned off on this blog and nobody could leave me any messages or comments. Now that it is on I have a feeling my mom will leave me comments about what a whacko I am and my daughter might leave a comment or two about how cute her brother and sister are. I might also get comments from my friends who are building a case to have me taken to a crazy farm. My message to them: I'm ready to go...no straightjacket required...I volunteer! I'll just be glad to get any comment just as long as I can blog in the crazy house. It's the best therapy I can think of.

I love my blog!
Brian

A wacked out Friday morning!

I just had to blog about this morning. We get up, I go to my Friday 7:00am Toastmasters meeting and come back just in time to take CJ & Lily to Soccer Camp. This morning however, Amy goes with me and so does Ashlyn (who's here for the week). All five of us load up get to the soccer fields and that's where the wheels come off.

1) The weather turns south all of a sudden as a cold front moves in and the temperature drops something like 20 degrees in just a few minutes. A light rain starts falling and the wind starts blowing like crazy. Amy and Ashlyn get huddled up with a blanket I just happened to pack on accident. 70 degrees in June...nuts!

2) I get a call from a guy who is at our house ready to take our blood and urine for a supplemental insurance policy I decided to take out. Ok, call this bad scheduling on my part, but I apparently did schedule him to come 4-5 weeks ago with the insurance salesman. I don't even remember doing it. He was determined to get our fluids so he actually came to the soccer fields and Amy and I gave him our blood in the front seat of his truck. We also ran to the public restroom with a pee cup and vials in hand. Crazy stuff!

Combine the weather and the male nurse taking our blood at the soccer fields and brother we've got ourselves one whacked out Friday morning.

I miss my blood!
Brian