Why does a round pizza come in a square box?

Batman called today to point out that my last two blogs have been kinda downers. He used the Batphone to tell me that it's time to have a blog filled with positives and get off this negative kick. After we had a long discussion about life and the world in general, I aggreed and so here is Chris' Positive Blog, fresh from it's shrink-wrap:






On Sunday there were four episodes of the Family Guy on in a row. Three of them featured Mayor Adam West (played by the real Adam West). They were all reruns, but I had not seen the first two before so they were new to me.


On Monday Gina told me she had set aside $700 to replace the muffler and tailpipe on the Honda. I had went into Midas for an estimate a few months ago and it was going to be $700 for Honda replacement parts, or $600 for a custom-built tailpipe and a Flowmaster performance muffler. We scrimped and saved until we had the needed money and since I had it read on Monday, I decided to call around a bit. I found a guy right by my office that did a custom exhause system, installed it in four hours, and only charged me $281.36 for everything. That made me really happy, and now my Honda runs better, is faster, and gets better gas milage.


Monday was also my sister Jay's twenty-first-plus-three birthday. The G and I met my family at Mom's house for cake and ice cream (which was awesome!), then later on in the evening I went up to Back Alley Bar where Jay's friends had set up a surprise party. There was a huge group of people and we all sang Karaoke like we used to do - at one point there were 12 of us on stage singing "Bye Bye Bye" by the Backstreet Boys, complete with the hand motions. I sang Piano Man by Billy Joel and I nailed it (it's one of my sister's fave songs). Then, to close the night, I was put up last and sang Ice Ice Baby by none other than Vanilla Ice. Awesome.


On Thursday I have a big paycheck coming. That's going to put a little in our pocket for baby stuff. I can't wait to go to Ikea and get furnature!


Last Saturday Gina, Jason and I helped the owner of my company move from Orchards to his new house on the Lewis River way back in the woods. After we unloaded his stuff from the truck, he took us out to his river rock patio with a built-in 1952 brick oven/fire pit. We ate hamburgers and roasted marshmellows. Good times.


My Dad bought a really nice Sealy Posterpedic Pillowtop bet set last year. Since he's married now and moving into Teresa's house, they don't need it so he's giving it to us. The bed G and I are sleeping on right now is about 12 years old and has gone through 5 moves. Also, our current bed is a full and the new one is a queen. That saves us about $2500 in bed costs!


Sunday the 12th is our one-year anniversary so Gina and I are going to the beach Sunday and Monday. Longbeach is where I proposed, so it's going to be a pretty special weekend. I'm really excited, and we got a killer suite at the Breakers - that's only a few yards from the beach itself. We'll eat crab, walk on the beach, and I'll probably ride the go-carts since I have to do that every time I go to Longbeach. Oh, we'll also go to Marsh's Free Museum. It's not a beach trip until you see Jake the Alligator Man.


We start our childbirth classes tonight. For the next six weeks we will be learning about babies and birth from 7:00 to 9:00 every Tuesday. that's going to be fun: we will build our birth plan, tour the hospital, practice changing diapers and cleaning up baby puke, and network with other expectant couples. I think it's going to be a good time.


So there you have it. There are a few positive things going on in my life right now. There are more, but I have to get to work now.

And now, here's a Skatebird.