27
Sep 2009
When we found out that I would be getting laid off from Centercode, Holly was actually somewhat excited because it meant that I would have time to get things done around the house. In addition to finishing organizing the garage and shed, Holly had plans for painting and organizing Alex’s bedroom and getting all of the baby stuff set up in there.
I decided to start with the garage since it had been on my list of stuff to do for the longest amount of time. I knew that it was in bad shape but I had no idea that it would take me a week to get looking how I envisioned. I started by moving everything in the garage that belonged in the shed out. This meant that in addition to organizing the garage, I had to also organize the mostly empty shed. This wasn’t too big of a deal but it did take some time.
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Category: Holly, House, Jeremiah
Tags: Alex, bedroom, downstairs, food storage, furniture, garage, Hannah, Holly, House, paint, painting, unemployment
06
Aug 2009
As a kid, I always dreaded this time of year; summer is almost over and that means that it’s time to go back to school. As I grew older, I actually started looking forward to going back to school but I realized that knowledge is power. How could I expect to rule the world if I didn’t have power? Logic would dictate that I must acquire knowledge.
My plans for world domination have since faded and now I’m once again dreading the start of school. Now though it’s not because I want to play baseball and Nintendo all day long with my friends, even though that wold be fun, it’s because I’m just tired of school. I used to joke that I’m on the 10 year plan to get my degree. I’ve been working on it for 9 years now so I guess I switched over to the 20 year plan at some point. If I just had the time to go full-time, I’d be done in a little over a year but with work and family, I have to limit myself. I’ll get there eventually though.
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Category: Alex, Emma, Jeremiah, School
Tags: Alex, Emma, Family, good deals, Holly, House, Jeremiah, Music, neighborhood, sale, School, Syracuse
13
May 2009
Holly has told me that chickens can’t see in the dark but I’ve never really experienced their night blindness first hand. It’s something that I’ve always wanted to see and last night I got to experience the humor that accompanies a chicken that has been caught out in the dark.
Since Holly had to work an evening shift last night, I was responsible for gathering the hens at dusk and putting them in their coop. Normally they will just go in by themselves but Holly recently moved the chicks out there so the bigger birds aren’t able to get into the coop on their own. I guess that’s their punishment for pecking at, and generally being big jerks to the chicks.
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Category: Chickens
Tags: birds, chicken, coop, deck, Emma, hens, Holly, House, humor, lumber, night blindness, punishment, stairs, yard
27
Mar 2009
Last Friday and Saturday we worked in the yard. We rented a sod cutter and relocated the sod from the backyard to the side of the house and made a strawberry patch. We also boxed in the garden area and brought in a whole truckload of mulch for the garden and flower beds. I am so excited for my garden now. I will be planting my lettuce, carrots and peas soon.
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31
Jan 2009
I’ve never been a big fan of chewing gum. I’ve always seen it as a product with a low return on investment. I can usually chew a piece for five or ten minutes before it loses enough flavor that I feel like I’m chewing on a piece of rubber. I may as well just dip a bouncy ball in some sugar and suck on that for a while.
Now that I have children, I am even less a fan of gum. They like to chew it, then take it out of their mouth to play with. It inevitably ends up in the carpet, stuck in some bedding, or even worse, stuck in their hair. This is exactly what happened yesterday.
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Category: Hannah
Tags: carpet, chewing gum, gum, hair, Hannah, Holly, House, Office, peanut butter, ponytails, scissors, simpsons, sweet tooth, wad
14
Jan 2009
For the majority of the time that Holly and I have been married, we’ve enjoyed the luxury of owning a dishwasher. I’d be lying if I said that I didn’t like having a machine that washed my dirty dishes. I think that I’ve become spoiled by technology over the years.
When we first moved into our house two-and-a-half years ago, we had a dishwasher that worked. Once. It passed the home inspection and then it never worked again though so we decided to upgrade. The one that came with the house was a very small, very cheap unit. We replaced it with a nice big Maytag that we assumed would serve us well for years to come. After all, Maytags never need to be repaired. That’s why Dan the Maytag Man never does anything but sit and read the newspaper.
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22
Dec 2008
Regular visitors to our blog know that my grandfather passed away last week. It is still very fresh in my mind, and I’m still very emotional, so I can’t say much, but I will try and touch on a few of the events of the past few days.
We went to Idaho Thursday afternoon so that I could attend the viewing that evening. Holly stayed at the hotel with the kids so that they could swim. As I was leaving for the viewing, I ran into my dad and Emmy so I helped them get settled in their room. As I was attempting to leave again, I ran into Santa Claus. (The Marriott employees were having their Christmas party and he was in attendance.) I asked him if he could say hi to the kids in the pool which he was more than happy to do. (Remember, he’s Santa so he loves kids.) By this time, I had been trying to bring myself to leave for about 30 minutes. It started to become obvious that I was looking for any reason to delay my going to the viewing.
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Category: Family
Tags: Airborne, aunts, cemetary, Church, distraction, Driggs, Emma, Family, funeral, grandfather, Holly, House, Kids, Melba, military rites, pride, Santa Claus, Taps
09
Oct 2008
I’ve been thinking a lot about the state of our economy. I must say, I’m not very optimistic. I’m very angry with the politicians in Washington right now. Given the economic circumstances that our country is facing, spending money to save failing companies that then turn around and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on retreats is just complete stupidity in my opinion.
In his Communist Manifesto, published in 1848, Karl Marx proposed 10 measures that were to be implemented after the proletariat gained power. The purpose of this was to centralize all instruments of production in the hands of the state. Measure number five was to bring about the “centralization of credit in the banks of the state, by means of a national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly.” Let’s all give communism a great big welcome to the United States!
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Category: Current Events, Politics
Tags: bad business decisions, centralization, Communist, economic crisis, great depression, House, Karl Marx, Manifesto, proletariat, U.S. Constitution, United States, vote, Washington
01
Oct 2008
I know that it’s been a while since I posted anything. I actually have good reasons for not doing so. Last week was complete chaos in the Zohner home. Let me try and catch everyone up.
Last Friday, my sister Chelsea got married. Because of this, my mom came into town from Denver. The last time she was here, she made a comment about how the basement looked just as it had months earlier when she last saw it. I wasn’t about to let that happen again so I spent 35 hours over the weekend painting and installing the home theater speakers. I started on Friday afternoon and finally finished Sunday evening. Lucky for me, Chelsea and Nick came over and helped a bit which actually ended up helping a lot because without them, I wouldn’t have been ready on Monday when we had the flooring installed. Now I just have a few things left and then the basement will be complete. YAY!
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Category: Chelsea, Emma, Family, House
Tags: Alex, basement, chaos, Chelsea, downstairs, Emma, flooring, home theater speakers, House, Nick, painting, shower drain, wedding, Work
09
Sep 2008
I think that I’m dying. As I type this, I can barely breathe, my chest hurts, I’m sweating profusely, and I want to go lie down. No, I’m not sick. I’m just physically exhausted from pushing our car half a mile to our house. This is probably confusing to you so let me start at the beginning.
Our 1994 Dodge Colt has 198,000+ miles on it and has been trying to completely die on us for the last few years. We’ve managed to keep it going by replacing the clutch, transmission, fuel pump, and distributor. Over the past few months, the car has been able to drive shorter and shorter distances each time we take it anywhere. This hasn’t been too big of a deal because the weather has been warm meaning that I could drive my scooter. Now that it’s getting colder in the mornings though, I’ve been wanting to be able to feel my fingers when I get to the office. Yesterday I drove the car into work knowing full well that I might not get home. I was right. It died half a mile from the house.
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Category: Cars, Jeremiah
Tags: blue book value, car, clutch, distributor, Dodge Colt, fuel pump, Holly, House, scooter, traffic, transmission, Work
