Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Beauty and the Beast...




As the father of 4 girls (and one lucky dude I might add), I get to watch countless hours of Disney classics. One of my favorite happens to be Beauty and the Beast.

And do you know why?

Somehow the backwards beast who is constantly sticking his foot in his mouth, messing things up, etc etc ends up with the prettiest girl in the land.
(And truth be told, I also like the fact that the guy with chest hair gets the girl instead of some pretty boy who shaves his entire body...)

They might has well have named that story "Tuesdee and the Beast"

Who would have thought that I could end up with a girl like Tuesdee?

She is the "Trophy Wife" that every guy wishes he could have.
She is amazingly beautiful
Unbelievably talented - particulary with anything that involves creativity,
such as Photography, her blog, interior design, knitting, crafts (Check out the Witchkin!)
She has a smile that will light up the room
She is always happy, and she makes everyone feel special
She is a HUGE Steelers fan!!!!! (She demands that we watch ALL the Steelers games!)
She learned every car in the book, just so we could talk about cars
She is an awesome mother to our children. She devotes so much time into helping them, teaching them, loving them and playing with them. I remember numerous random pillow fights, restling matches, dance-a-thons, ice cream sundays out of the blue, you name it. Our kids are lucky!

But most of all -
She still loves me after all of my Shinnanigans!!!
And believe me, I have not made it easy (not on purpose though... I promise!)

I could create an entire blog post about all the of stupid stuff I have done over the last 11 years (including some of the things I should have done, but didn't...)
but I won't. Just believe me when I say, I am ONE LUCKY DUDE!!!!!

I love you Tuesdee and I always will.
Thank you for the last 11 amazing years!!

Monday, January 14, 2008

What's your name?

I stole this from Tuesdee's blog, thought I would try it out myself. My favorite is my Star Wars name. :)

1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car) Tank Sonata
2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fave ice cream flavor, favorite cookie) Mint O'Rasin (Oatmeal Raisin)
3. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name + lite for a girl, or dawg for a boy), B-Dawg
4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal), Elk Blue, switching it sounds better.
5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born), Benjamin Burley
6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the last 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first) Laymi ha ha ha, I like it :)
7. SUPERHERO NAME: (”The” + 2nd favorite color, favorite drink) The Red Iron Port (for those of you in Logan, try it at the Blue Bird!
8. NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers), Fred Daniel
9. TEEN IDOL NAME: ( the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy), Cool Twinkie (cool water)
10.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names ), Kloepfer Douglas
11. TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME: (Your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter), Samuelson Seattle
12. SPY NAME/BOND GIRL: (your favorite season/holiday, flower). Hunt'er' Rose
13. CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now + “ie” or “y”) Mango stein Shorty
14. HIPPIE NAME: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree), Cinnamon R. Quakie
15. YOUR ROCKSTAR TOUR NAME: (”The” + Your fave hobby/craft, fave weather element + “Tour”) The Snow Ball Tour (again this sounded better switched