Man Pretty

Kerry got me a really great gift for valentine's day. I got the Burts Bee's Ray Rum shaving kit. This kit comes with one of those lather brushes and shaving soaps that you see on old-style movies. After using it a few times I have to say I have no idea why this stuff went out of style. It is so much better than shaving cream. You basically put the soap bar in a mug, wet your brush and swirl it around the mug until the foam forms. Then use your brush to lather that stuff on, all the while ex foliating your face (not sure what that is but Kerry says its a good thing).

I get closer shaves with no burn and my skin feels better. It takes a little getting use to and I'm not totally sure I'm using it correctly yet, but I recommend it to any shavers out there.

Keep on truckin

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This is one of Joshua's favorite things to do. Put him on this, honk the horn a few times and cover every square inch of hard flooring in the house.

This last weekend was good. Our day-car provider had Friday and Monday off so Joshua got to spend some quality time with his grandma (Thanks Again Grandma). We really wanted to take him outside but figured a 3 degree wind chill was no good for a baby. This next weekend its suppose to be in the 40s so hopefully we can break out the turbo-sled before all the snow melts.

these boots were made for walkin

Joshua has pretty much out grown his current pair of Robeez so we were looking for a new pair. For those who don't know, I think Robeez are the best shoes for infants because they fit well and they can't pull them off. I went looking on their website for a new stylish pair and just for fun (and partially to tick off Kerry) I typed in "Texas" as the search criteria. Low and behold they make a Lone-Star style Robeez! I couldn't take my credit card out fast enough. This summer Joshua is going to be flaunting his Texas bloodline.

iChat rocks

There are some things you come across that are life-changing things. Things that you use on a day-to-day basis that really impact how you live your life. I think this is why blackberries are so popular. For me, its Apple's iChat. Me, my parents, and my brother all have macs and very rarely a day goes by that we don't iChat (well, usually Joshua iChats). If you have a family that is geographically separated its a great investment.

What I'm amazed with is how Apple got amazing quality and made the whole video conferencing idea completely push-button. And no, you don't get the same quality from other vendors, I've tried. I'm still waiting for someone to show me a PC that can do this.

Today I was eating lunch at Whole Foods in Ann Arbor, MI while playing on my MacBook. Luckily Whole Foods offers free WiFi (thank you). So right there in the middle of Whole Foods I startup an iChat session with my Dad in Santa Fe, NM and its crystal clear! Bravo to the Apple iChat team!

Of course what is even more amazing is that less than 10 years ago I would have been lucky to get a cell phone connection there, and if I did the device I would have been using would have been larger than my briefcase.

8 Month Pictures

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We just got Joshua's 8 month pictures back from JC Pennys. These are so cute we will just let them speak for themselves. Except for the football pictures, those are pure manly.


Joshua 8 Month Photo Set

Freakin Cold & thoughts of Fast Food

This morning when I left for work it was -9 degrees. Luckily Kerry had a delay so we didn't have to get Joshua out in that. It was around that cold all weekend and not knowing what that would do to Joshua we pretty much kept him inside all weekend.

While Joshua got his fill of chasing cats around the house and iChating with family I started reading "Fast Food Nation" by Eric Schlosser. This book seems to be taking a systematic look at the rise of fast food and how it has affected so many parts of our lives. Some of the numbers are amazing, including the fact that 1 out of every 8 working adults in America at one point in time was employed by McDonalds. That seems like a huge number to me but it shows how big these companies are. Anyways, I'll post more once I'm done.

Norah Jones CD

I just picked up the new Norah Jones album Not Too Late on iTunes and I love it. It is a little different than her previous albums as she seems to be experimenting with different styles (folk, blue grass, jazz) but it comes out very well. I really recommend you check it out.

On the album she sings a song called Sinkin' Soon twice (#2 and #14) and I'm trying to figure out what she is singing about. With all the stuff going on today it could be directed at a bunch of things.