If I were a pre-1985 Videogame character who would I be?

I am Kong. Strong and passionate, I tend to be misunderstood, sometimes even feared. I don't want to fight, I don't want to cause trouble, all I ask is a little love, and a little peace. If I don't get what I want, I get angry, and throw barrels and flaming oil at whatever's stopping me. What Video Game Character Are You?

New look.

Kind of a "less is more" motif going on here. We will see how we like it. Let us know what you think, just drop us a comment.

DONE and Done!

The exams are in and I am feelin' pretty good about getting off at midnight tonight. Tomorrow will rock cause I can get up early and do cool stuff. It better not rain!

Mikey awaiting his shot from the mean old nurse. 

Rick the Trashman, hauling it all away! 

we finally got the boy's mop chopped 

This is what it looks like now 

oh yeah baby!

Today I was able to do something I have wanted to do since we moved in the joint. I finally got to take out the stank nasty carpet out to the curb for....BULK TRASH PICKUP DAY!

SWEET. It was rainy off and on today but that was cool cause I still got it done. I hung out at the house today and did somethings around there. I managed to avoid going out until it was time for work. It is nice to just be around the homestead even if I am doing stuff. I did not get to go out on the bike today but that is fine the weather was crap anyway. Amy has sent out the first round of Birth announcements so check the mail people there should be something in it for ya. If you did not get out on this round, I am sure you will on the next. That's cause We are only sending out two rounds.
We got the boys hair cut yesterday. It looks pretty good. Work is work. I wrapped up one final tonight and will submit the other one tomorrow night. It feels good to have another semester under my belt. Summer semester awaits.

I am coming in at 3pm tomorrow. At least I get to leave at midnight instead of 2am.
See ya. Some new pics will be up soon.

A new way of doing things etc.

If Amy ever gets around to contributing to this thing, fullyclothed fans around the world will be able to view her postings as the separate, living thoughts that they are. I have created a separate user name for myself that will denote when I am writing.You will notice that posts by me are signed by MAWSR. She will have her own for when she is writing,(Like that will ever happen, She doesn't even read this thing.) yet it will all be under the Williams fam moniker that you know and love, yes that's right, fullyclothed.
Well, We went a got the kids pictures taken today at the picture people. They gave us a free pic so here is my right back at ya, picturepeople.com. There is your free advertisement folks it is that easy!

I snuck this one in when they weren't looking!



Katie (a friend from work) came by my desk today and dropped off some company for me.





I think I will call them Thing One and Thing Two. (real original huh?)
Thing Two will probably go to the house with me though.

I went out a rode a bike today. I have not done that in a long time. I hope I will be doing it a lot this summer I would like to get in shape this summer It was really fun. I went out for about an hour. It is my goal to ride to and from work by my birthday. That would be about an eight mile round trip.

Until tomorrow. More like until monday. Who knows, maybe Amy will even drop in!

Fun time had by all

Things get a little slow around here from time to time. Working the late shift and all. We try to keep it fun.

Here is this dude I work with.


Here is a picture that was taken of me to be in the department newsletter

Looking Good!


These were pretty good!



This is a bus.


This is not a bus.


Yep things sure are fun 'round the office.

Matisyahu: The Hasidic Reggae Superstar

I am not sure what to make out of this. But hey! sounds cool to me. They have free dowmloads.

http://www.hasidicreggae.com/

pic from clifton gorge

Working hard at hardly working

Work is going pretty well tonight. I am working 3-midnight cause I have class tomorrow night. I will be coming in tomorrow morning to work durning the day so they let me change my shift a bit for today so I am not all that tired tomorrow. The semester is nearly OVER. I am so excited because it has seemed to have dragged on a bit. I will be glad when it is over and I can start on the next classes for the summer. I am taking my prerequisite classes finally and that will allow me more flexibility in the future.

Here is one of the Haiku I have written

garDen in the SpRing
raIn moisteNing the parcHed earTh
New liFe in my hOme

The weather has been great around here I would like to see a bit of rain this week it would be good for the variety.

April, Nuff said

This is a picture of April, I work with her. She is known for giving unsolicited advice and opinions about random things like popcorn.


Don't you just hate it when people do stuff like that?

April did not like her picture on the site at all so I have replaced it with one that represents her in a more accurate light.

This past Saturday

Ok, We had a GREAT Saturday this weekend.
I started the day off by mowing the lawn. Man that is fun!
We went out to Beavercreek to look at a freezer some lady wanted to give us but it was older than the dirt that it was covered in so we passed. I bought some seeds for the garden,

Then we put a picnic together and headed out to Yellow Springs.

We needed to fill up so we did. Check it out!

Yes indeed, Strange things were definitely afoot at the Circle K. Isn't it sad that we consider THAT to be a good price?

Then we had our little picnic wherein I ate a GREAT deal of baked beans and some chicken and other picnic fare. We then let the kids play on a playground thing at John Bryan State Park.



We then headed out to Clifton Gorge State Nature Preserve and took a hike down into the gorge.





After that we went over to our friends the Guinthers house and they had this in their garage:



He is no longer with us. The mouse that is, Dale is still around.

Unfortunately.

It was Great to go out and get some sun. We are really diggin this weather.

Everything done, ready for the weekend!

I just finished my homework that is due on Sunday. According to weather.com (Jaisens favorite website) the weather is supposed to be nice all weekend long BABY!

We are headed out to Yellow Springs for a picnic and to soak up some springtime sun.

There are dandelions and violets all over the backyard. Jaisen loves to pick em and bring in a bouquet for us to enjoy EVERYDAY! I guess all kids did that at one point or another. I was trying to recall earlier today the time I realized that they were actually weeds and very undesirable. We went to aour local garden senter today to buy seeds and to checkout what they had instick cause our garden is in the sun and under our eave so it is immune to frost. They did not have much out so I have to wait until the end of the month to get our plants. I bought a little bit of seed that I can get going for now. We can hardly wait. This is the time of year that I tend to think the most about Thoreau. Check out this fun little thing I found during such a reflection.

Hadassah is doing very well. The Doc said that she has put on a considerable ammount of weight. So all is well with her.

Working this late at night is taking some getting used to. It is not all that bad just really really SLOW!

I have been writing a bit of Haiku lately. Maybe I will put one or two up soon. I am not sure. Tkaing some pictures too. I want to get a sort of personal page up of just things from me. I know what you are thinking, "Isn't that what this is?" Well, you are right it is but that is because Amy does not accept my invitations to contribute to the website. Ha!

That's all folks!

Seriously, Who cares?

I was reading the article found below as reported by the Associated Press. During the course of my reading I thought to myself, " that is just like americans, to be more interested in what Bush is hearing and not what he is saying or doing" I mean really, WHO CARES!?!

HEADLINE: US: Bush rocks along with his iPod

BYLINE: By Victoria Ward


BODY:NEW YORK, April 12 PA - When it comes to the latest trends, US President George W Bush knows how to keep up with the kids - but what exactly does the leader of the free world listen to on his iPod?Joni Mitchell, traditional country, a smattering of popular rock - it's a "little hardcore and honky-tonk", according to the experts.The president likes nothing more than old country favourites George Jones, Alan Jackson and Kenny Chesney. He can't resist a bit of Kenny Loggins while Van Morrison's Brown Eyed Girl is one of his favourites.Bush plugs into the Apple music player as he works out, cycling and pounding the tarmac between meeting world leaders and fighting to end tyranny.He has an eclectic mix of some 250 tunes downloaded by a personal aide, including Circle Back, by John Hiatt, (You're So Square) Baby, I Don't Care by Joni Mitchell and 1979 hit My Sharona by The Knack.Joe Levy, deputy managing editor at Rolling Stone magazine, described the presidential playlist as "boomer rock 'n' roll". He told the New York Times: "It's safe, it's reliable, it's loving. It's feel-good music. The Sex Pistols it's not."Levy said Bush's music choice consisted of a lot of great artists from the '60s and '70s and more modern artists who sound like great artists from the '60s and '70s.The inclusion of George Jones is apparent proof the President is serious about country music."George Jones is the greatest living singer in country music and a recovering alcoholic who often sings about heartbreak and drinking," Levy added.The Alan Jackson tracks indicate "a little bit of a taste for hardcore and honky-tonk," but certainly not "cute and pop".Tracks downloaded by Mark McKinnon, the president's cycling partner and chief media strategist during the 2004 election campaign, include Castanets by Alejandro Escovedo and Alive 'n' Kickin' by Kenny Loggins.But McKinnon said the music represented nothing more than an accompaniment to exercise."No one should psychoanalyse the song selection," he said. "It's music to get over the next hill."

Are you Serious?

Axis of evil and what not.

I read this article from the AP.

It seems that the powers that be are a bit threatened by the free-thinkers among us. Of course they are just "patrons of the arts".

I mirrored the site I read the article on cause I am sure it will not be up for long. Here is the link:
Axis of Evil

Take a look, it is well worth it.

Anyway, Back at the ranch. We bought a new bottle for Hadassah today. Along with a new diaper bag. Mikey thought that it was pretty cool. He thought we were finally paying out and getting him some nice things. How wrong he was.



It was rainy here today. Nothing bad just steady drizzle and overcast. Jaisen still had T-ball practice. That makes for a diehard team!

I am working unitl 2am and am coming back at 9 so I can get the evening off for my next to last class on wednesday night. It is gonna be rough but hey whatever. Been eating some really good chocolate that my brother in law gave us for Christmas.

Cheesehead, Macaroni and Cheesehead 

Getting back to normal.

In an effort to return to normalcy I present this blog about things that would considered to be normal. (At least around our house anyway)
First, I mowed the lawn for the first time today. It was sweet! New Lawnmower worked great. The grass is now ready to be mowed again in a few weekends. (I cut it short.)

Thanks be to my cousin for hooking me up with a 10% discount on the mower. I offered him the privelege of being the first to use it but he humbly declined.

A few pics to illustrate a problem that I am having at work. I have a space in my desk drawer that needs to be filled. It is very small. It is about 3/4 of an inch square. I need something unique to put in the space as it will need to fit in next to it neighbors. Which are:
An empty Tic Tac container,Two fake ice cubes with flies in them and a severed duck head.(its fake too, don't worry.) Please send submissions or sugesstions to our home address. If you don't have it, email me i'll give it to ya. this is your chance to make a memorable impression in my daily life.



Send in any ideas. Pics will be helpful. Thanks for the help. We here at fullyclothed love our readers.

Home at last.

We recieved a call from the hospital yesterday morning. They asked us if we wanted to come get our daughter. So naturally, we did. We were on our way to get Jaisen's T-ball pictures taken when they called so after we took care of that then we went and picked her up. She is of course doing well. It feels great to finally have her home.

She is free for visits from friends and family. Quite a few people have been inquiring when they could come and see her, so please give us a ring before you come over so it does not get so crowded over here at the homestead. Thanks a lot for all of your thoughts and prayers. There are new pictures on the pics page.

Jaisen getting ready for T-ball pictures. 

Ahh! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! 

Michael,Mikey and Hadassah 

At home with grandma. 

In the hospital. 

jaisen holding Hadassah in the hospital beforewe came home. 

Just waiting.

Things are going pretty much the same. Waiting is apparently the name of the game. I will be putting some new pics up on the picspage tonight.

Update on the situation.

Hadassah is holding the same stats. This is good but not the best. It is good because she is SLOWLY getting stronger. She has been off of the O2 for a few days now and is starting to eat from a bottle. She still get fed by the NG tube in her nose for more than half of the time. She is alert and loves to be held. It is not best because she is not home with us yet. We see her everyday. usually we take turns going up to the hospital. On occasion we will go up together switching in the waiting room. Some young kids from church came and watched our kids for us today so we could go up and be with her together. It is great to know that even with the youngest of this generation, there is still compassion and sacrifice of self.

It is interesting to observe that as much grief that is being borne by us at this time, I feel as if we will recall it in the future as one the happiest moments of our lives. I have been thinking very deeply lately about what matters the most. With all of the complications of the day, i feel more grounded now than I have in a long time.

As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

Off the oxygen and holding. New pics on the picspage.

They took Hadassah off of the O2 today. They then took the air tubes out of her nose and are now just feeding her through the nose. We were able to hold her today. It was the first time since she was born just before they took her into the nursery. Amy had held her for a fewminutes. long enough to take that forst pic and then she was gone. I was able to hold her for the first time today.


It was fantastic.

Amy working on Hadassah's quilt. 

What are you looking at?  

The sweetest thing. 

Doing better. Slowly but surely.

Hadassah is improving as expected. She is on a low dose of oxygen at this point. She just does not want to give it up yet. She is eating more and has even begun taking some from a bottle in stead of the tube in her stomach. Shehas taken to being a little jaundice so they have her under the UV lights. That is the least of the problems. A friend of ours was very correct in saying that " Even healthy babies have that problem". I was up there last night and she looks better. She is getting stronger everyday. It is very frustrating that we cannot hold her yet and that there is pretty much nothing we can do for her. We go to see her a few times a day normally to drop off milk for her and to watch them feed her. She has patches over her eyes for the light so she does not get to see us much either. All is well. She will be home soon enough. They say that it is likely that she will come home before the end of next week. Amy and I are going to the temple today to dedicate some time to the lord and give him thanks for our daughter and the progress she has made.
Sherry Guinther is watching our other kids for a few hours while we are away. Our friends and family have been a great support to us.
http://www.lds.org/temples

We will have her home soon. Thank you to everyone that has expressed words of caring and concern.