Of course, I am looking forward to the NFL season coming up. The problem is that it has not arrived as of yet. Until then, I guess we’ll be found at the video store.

We plan to have a wonderful surprise for her tonight when she gets home. We have balloons and presents galore for her. We are all hoping that she will become part of the family soon.

We met some friends of mine while we were there and we all ganged up together and had quite a time. We went to the park afterwards and had a grand cookout. I love holidays like this and it was well worth all the time.

My husband’s and my favorite band came to our neighboring city recently, and we were so excited to snag some tickets! The concert venue offered online ticketing, fortunately, since we heard that a lot of the people who showed up to purchase tickets were turned away. Evidently our favorite band is a lot of other people’s favorite band too, and a huge crowd gathered. I would have been so upset if I’d driven all the way in to town just to be turned away. Luckily, a few simple clicks delivered some tickets right to our email! I don’t know what I would have done otherwise. A while ago that wouldn’t have even been an option for us—until recently we didn’t have a home internet connection! Based on our location, which is very rural, we did not have many options for the service. Luckily my husband discovered hughesnet installation specialist in our area, and we were able to sign up. It’s made our life so much more convenient. It seems like such a small thing, but having access to the internet when you need it is huge!

The game is always great and the half-time show should be enjoyable as well. It is always a good time for all. My house will be full and it is great to have company. This is a great land.

It seems like the past couple of years we’ve had a lot of trouble getting the family together for New Year’s. We used to have these big parties when the kids were much younger, but they’ve all been doing their own thing in the recent past. So I planned months ago for us to host a little party at our house and have the kids invite some of their friends. They seemed receptive to it so that’s what we’re doing.

I’ve been planning out every single detail that I can find. While I was online looking up some of that stuff, I ran across the website miracle-ear.com. After I looked through it a little bit I decided to go and get fitted with some hearing aids.

I have found all kinds of neat ideas, including some games for the younger kids to play. It can be tough to keep kids occupied at things like that, but I’m really going to try and make sure that everyone has as good of a time as possible when they come to the party.

The worst part is that the Lions will now have to do without their star player for at least two games. He is being suspended until the two game limit is reached. This will definitely have an impact on the lion’s season.

I am looking forward to sitting on the couch and watching a good game. My favorite team is the redskins and I am hoping they have a good year. I guess I’ll have to wait and see what happens, but I am hoping for the best.

Reading Rainbow has been one of the most lively classical educational programs I’ve ever seen since my childhood or anyone’s around the 80′s through 90′s. I still get glimpses of all of its episodes on public television, even through new and improved satellite TV(expertsatellite.com!).

You have this guy, LeVar Burton, instilling in young and old viewers the joys of reading. He went to all sorts of places and did all sorts of cool things. He would always remember to bring in something to read that would be relevant to the episode, vividly narrated and illustrated on-screen.

A few of my favorite Reading Rainbow moments? I think I’d have to give that to Run DMC’s performance on the show, and the one episode where LeVar went to a renaissance faire.

One of the more memorable moments of the show included children recommending books to read. Their reviews were adorable and concise, followed with the three-note musical hit that somehow had that hypnotic effect on me while I was watching it.

Reading Rainbow is still classic today, and always will be, at least for me. The show got cancelled, can you believe it, and now I wait for something better to appear that I know will succeed Reading Rainbow in teaching kids the joys of reading.

Saw this photo on someone’s photo collection and it cracked me up. I wish I had thought of this. I bet the guys who made this had a lot of laughs putting it together.

My idea of racing is drag racing – not going around and around in circles for 4 hours. I like a good drag race – it’s fast and dangerous and exciting to watch dozens of pairs of racers each hour take off and have a winner within a minute or two. Race a half mile and hit 100 mph? Now, that’s racing.

We do a lot of traveling and it’s good to be able to get tickets to major events on short notice. I found a site called acheapseat.com that is good for getting tickets on. I have purchased Chicago Bulls Tickets as well as Dallas Mavericks Tickets there. It is easy to do and I know I can count on the site to provide first class service.

Another thing I found out was that tickets make a great gift. I sent my cousin in Texas some Houston Rockets Tickets for her birthday and she just loved the gift. I sent my brother in law in California some Los Angeles Lakers Tickets and he took his family to see the game. He loved the gift I sent. I have always loved sports and it is a pleasure to spread the fun around.

Many manufacturers who make beer are now ready to except the can as a good way to market their beer. After all, much of the beer that is sold comes from a keg that is made of metal anyway. I guess the debate will go on and no one will ever have the true answer.

These days it is a rarity to actually be able to set down and enjoy the satellite TV from DirectStarTV.com that we have in our household. Between work, kids, chores, and everything else it is hard to get to watch TV at all some days. Then when we do actually set down, there is nothing good on. I used to think that TV was a waste of time. Over the years, I have really come to appreciate the fact that TV is a great way to relax. That is if there is something on that you love to watch. For me, I have always loved the show Loony Tunes. Yeah, I know it sounds a bit silly for a forty something male to still watch cartoons. However, this is just my little piece of childish fun in a world full of chaos. The only thing is, how often do you ever see this on. A few weeks ago my wife bought a DVR for my birthday. I did not quite get why at first but now I know. I can use my DVR to record my all time favorite show and then watch it at anytime of the day, or night, that I wish. This was probably the most thoughtful gift that I have ever received.

My daughter also struck it rich when she received the game called age of war. She really likes it a lot and it is surprising that she likes such a game as that. I have been enjoying my gifts as well. I got some golf clubs that I am dying to try out as soon as I can get away to the golf course.

My wife also has been sporting some of the jewelry she received for Christmas. She is glad everyone liked their gifts and has been busy blogging for money on the internet. She plans to use some of the money she makes to buy birthday gifts for the kids as they will be here soon. All in all, everyone’s more or less satisfied with their gifts. It was a great Christmas and I hope that next year’s Christmas goes as well as this one did.