Site Overhaul

Submitted by cbell on Fri, 03/16/2012 - 10:27pm

Well it's been about a year since my last post. Guess it's about time for one. The purpose of this post is actually quite redundant, because it should be fairly obvious that the site has changed. Not only has its look and feel changed, but the entire engine running the site has changed too. This will allow me to maintain things in a better way and to add some additional features. Most of these features are just for my use, but you never know, there might be some surprises in there too.

While everything is being transitioned, expect some stuff to be broken.

We'll Miss you Tadd & Aunt Lou

Submitted by cbell on Sat, 03/12/2011 - 11:59am

Well the blog has taken quite the sad turn in the last few posts, but that's rather reflective of how life has been thus far in 2011. Soon after Grandpa's death in January, my Great Aunt Lou passed away. She passed away Jan. 26, 2011 at the young age of 100. Not too many more months and she would have been 101. Not too bad if I do say so myself.

Welcome to the Poop Factory

Submitted by cbell on Sat, 01/08/2011 - 11:47am
Well now we have two pooping creatures in this house. Starting around Christmas, Carleigh has reverted back to pooping in her pants. I'm not sure what her problem is, but she suddenly has absolutely no desire to go on the potty. She doesn't even try. She will pee in there all day, but refuses to poop. We've gone back to using the 30 minute timer, because that's what worked before, but so far we don't seem to be getting anywhere. We also have a new puppy, not my decision, named Lulu. We got her on Dec 28th, and she's been slowly getting acclimated.

We'll miss you Grandpa

Submitted by cbell on Sat, 01/08/2011 - 11:43am
Grandpa Studer passed away Thursday, Jan 6th. He had been fighting various cancers and was about to start treatment again. We were lucky enough to have spent some time with him on New Year's day and he seemed to be doing quite well. He had surgery on Tuesday to prepare for the cancer treatment and that seemed to go well also. Apparently Thursday morning he was just snoring away, and then stopped. So he got his wish.

Christmas Dinner 2010

Submitted by cbell on Sun, 12/26/2010 - 4:51pm
Here is a recap of our Christmas dinner so that I can remember what we did come next year. This year we ate on Christmas Day rather than Christmas Eve. Attending were Brent, Cathy, Kurt, Melanie, April, Ashton, Carissa, Carleigh and Myself.

The Toys are Coming

Submitted by cbell on Mon, 09/13/2010 - 10:54pm
I had intended on posting this last week when the toys were actually coming, but I seem to have been given the opportunity to be sick for the last week and half. Carissa had a sore throat and Carleigh had a runny nose and both stayed home the Thursday before Labor Day. On the 1st, I had a scope run down my throat to check on some pains I've been having and to check if the heartburn I have is anything to worry about. Nothing turned up from that. The following day I started having a sore throat and symptoms of a cold, runny nose and a cough developing.

One week of Pre-School Down

Submitted by cbell on Sun, 09/05/2010 - 10:01pm
Well Carleigh's first week of pre-school is complete. Well sort of. She was sick on Thursday so she didn't go. They aren't allowed to go if they have a runny nose even if its just allergies. Friday they were off of school, so I guess she only had a three day week, but still apparently it went pretty well. Rumor has it she is using they potty for Miss Mary (I don't think the #2 issue has arrived, so that may still be a problem, but we'll tackle that when we get there I guess). She says she has made some friends and seem to enjoy going. We'll see how long that lasts.

Can you insult me a little more?

Submitted by cbell on Wed, 07/14/2010 - 10:41am
Just had a customer ask me if we carry Ol' Roy dog food. What's wrong with people.

Well I'll be a Monkey's Uncle

Submitted by cbell on Tue, 07/06/2010 - 3:09pm
OK, so he's not quite old enough to know if he acts like a monkey, and he certainly doesn't look like a monkey, but after several false starts last week, Melanie and Kurt made me an Uncle Saturday morning. Ashton Royce Scheibe was born at 12:30AM 6/3/2010, 8lb 4oz, 19.5" long. He wasn't due until sometime this week, but kept attempting to make an appearance starting Saturday night, June 27th. Melanie went in that night and they sent her home and told her to come back when the contractions were 5 minutes apart.

But I wanted my free Dawn Dish Soap

Submitted by cbell on Sun, 06/13/2010 - 12:27am
There was a knock at the door tonight and a gentleman was standing outside holding a bottle of dawn dish soap. He said it would be my free gift if I took a look at the Kerby sweeper he was trying to sell. He said I didn't have to buy anything, that just by looking he would get credit for it. I figured maybe I would help him get his credit even though I had no intentions of buying a sweeper. He went to his car to get the sweeper and I set the dish soap on the ground. I stood outside intending on letting him show me it outside and then he would leave.