Wow...ok...wow! My photograph of Sophia after her bath has just been honored as Picture of the Week at the Digital Monochrome forum.



This is just really really cool! I've never had any of my photographs selected for anything before so this is understandably a BIG deal for me. Kinda validates my little photography habit :)

Anyway...the other event that is making me go "HOLY CRAP" is the fact that Sophia turned 1 month old this past thursday. She is changing almost everyday and it is the most amazing thing that I have ever experienced in my life. She was weighed the other day and she is now 8 pounds 5 ounces. It just doesn't seem possible that a whole month has gone by since she was born.

Truly amazing!

Have a happy and safe holiday, everyone!

- Jeremy

Now that I finally have some good pics I can show you all what I walked into when I went back to work last week...click on them for a larger view...







Over 200 diapers were used to line my cube...

I think I laughed for an hour as I cleaned them all up. The gesture was greatly appreciated. It's the kind of thing that makes you enjoy coming to work everyday.

- Jeremy

So I bought a new car. It was kind of a whim really. I was surfing the net Tuesday before last and saw that Enterprise had a black 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix GT 4 door. I went to look at it and the rest is history.

Here's a pic...



I LOVE IT! It looks SO mean. Erin has dubbed it "The Batmobile" and honestly, it fits. I've got until March to sell my old car so if anyone knows someone who is interested in a red 2001 Pontiac Grand Prix GT coupe...let me know.

If that wasn't enough Erin bought a new car last Saturday. A purple 2006 Chevy Cobalt 4 door. It's nice and easy to get the car seat out of the back which is great for Erin. I haven't had the chance to take pictures of her car yet.

There's more pictures of Sophia posted so have fun! She is doing wonderful and is changing everyday. Fatherhood RULES!

- Jeremy

Everything is going well. Sophia is doing wonderful. We took her to the doctor today for a check up and she is perfect. She has grown an inch making her 21 inches long. Also, she has gained some weight and is now 7 pounds 8 ounces.

Here is an after bath pic.



I think this one is my new favorite.

In other news...

I bought a new(er) car. I was surfing around looking at used cars on the web Tuesday morning and found that Enterprise had a black 4 door 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix GT for sale. I went down to take a look at it and after looking at my options I found that I could finance the car with no money down and only be paying 5 dollars more a month than I'm paying now. They pushed my first payment out until March '06 to give me time to sell my old car.

I'll post pics of the new ride very soon.

- Jeremy

OK...I know this is getting away from Sophia news (she's is wonderful BTW), but I need to get this out.

It's been a few weeks since my very first Starbucks experience and now that I've had time to digest the situation I feel the need to vent.

On the way back from a recent doctor's appointment Erin declared that she would like a hot chocolate from Starbucks. Being the devoted husband that I am I declared that I would get her one. Conveniently, the recently added Starbucks on the corner of Long Pond and Ridgeway has a drive-thru. A bonus for me as I am lazy and had no desire to get out of my car to obtain said hot chocolate.

We drove up to the speaker and this is the conversation that followed with "princess bitch-fit" servicing the drive up window...

"Welcome to Starbucks. Can I help you?"

"Yes, I'd like a large hot chocolate..."

Queue the bitchy effeminate voice, "Sir, we have TALL...GRANDE...and VENTI..."

Now at this point I was confused. I looked at Erin...we both shook our heads. She told me to just get a venti...so I did.

So here's the thing. Correct me if I'm wrong, but most places have three sizes these days...small, medium, and large. If you have three sizes and I order a large, don't give me the ordering-nazi attitude, just give me the biggest size. I don't get it, why is the medium called GRANDE...doesn't GRANDE mean LARGE??? WTF?...and what's with this TALL bullshit. If it's a SMALL call it a SMALL. Don't give it a name that is the exact opposite of the word small. Is calling it a tall supposed to make me feel better about the fact that I just paid three dollars for a fucking dixie cup of coffee?!?! Somehow I doubt that VENTI is even a friggin' word.

It’s just like the damn McNuggets! What's with the McNuggets, you say? Oh, I'll explain...

The next time you go to McDonald's check the McNugget pricing... The 4 pc. is one dollar...the 6 pc. is almost three dollars and the 9 pc. is almost FIVE! I don't get it. Why the FUCK would I pay almost five dollars for 9 nuggets when I could buy three 4 pc. for less AND get MORE NUGGETS! They're screwing us! The way they see it people will automatically think that the large piece nuggets are cheaper...because that's the way everything else is. When you buy bigger sizes the unit price is less...hence...MORE FOR YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY!

Freakin' commies!

OK...I'm done. Strangely, I don't feel any better. Maybe I'll go burn down one of Ronald's kiddy fat farms...that should do the trick.

he he...BURN IT TO THE GROUND!

JOIN THE REVOLUTION!

- Jeremy