A Photorama From Kelly's 29th Birthday Weekend

After a 10 hour total trip by air due to delayed flights, I arrived in Norfolk to visit Kelly and fam for her birthday. The lengthy trip was undeniably worth it as soon as I saw the cutest little boy in the world. The Big C is now able to give kisses and blow kisses, pretty much the greatest thing that you could ever experience. He does, however, seem to suffer at times from a LFT (Low Frustration Tolerance), brought on perhaps by a lack of adherence to Kelly's dicipline policy. Again, though, note the cuteness: not easy to ignore.
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Of note while I was there ,was an encounter with the most aggressive Girl Scout cookie seller known to man. I was out running and this girl began to run alongside of me and asked me if I wanted to buy some Girl Scout cookies. She sharply spoted the sucker for children and cookies. However, I am not sure how she had the breakdown in logic to think that this was a good time to ask someone to buy these cookies. Kyle suggested that I could have offered to trade her itunes as payment.

Due to sadness at work, Kel was not in the best of spirits for her birthday. Kyle and I tried to cheer her up without much success. Even going mallin' did little to bolster her spirits. These brownies were the best I could do for a cake... The next day was much better, with dinner at Red Lobster.

(Check out the joker waiter in the background.)

Kelly was awarded this "FREE" book from Shutterfly. I am willing to bet that she is without contest their best customer, as she has bought innumerable photos.

The Big C and I played all day before I had to leave. If I could live in this picture, I would.

I am truly loving Carter's book "It's Okay To Be Different." My favorite page was the promotion of treating oneself by eating 10 scoops of ice cream.

Why Isn't Ted In This Picture????

To Mr. Bob Huggins or Whom It May Concern:

I would like to express my deep disappointment at the lack of Ted Talkington’s presence in the 2007-2008 West Virginia University team basketball photo. Imagine my shock and dismay when I grabbed a copy of the team photo, looked for Ted in anticipation, and he was nowhere to be found. I feel Ted Talkington is an integral part of the team and clearly deserved to have the photo rescheduled if he was unable to attend. In fact, Ted’s participation and performance in this previous Sunday’s game against Seton Hall resulted in me expressing for the first time in quite a few games, “Wow! My season ticket purchase has been so worth it!” Of his performance, Mr. Huggins, you said, “Teddy came in and really sparked us”. With these words, I have no comprehension of how you could possibly delete this person from a team photo. Furthermore, sir, I have had your back when numerous people have berated you. I have sported a Huggins shirt with pride. I now feel that my support has been in vain. I adamantly feel this situation should be rectified as soon as possible. In a life full of let downs, this is one misfortune I should not have to bear.

Sincerely,
Lori Mielecki
Major Fan of Ted Talkington #32

Do You Know What A Tbsp Is?

Mad props to Allison for procuring a jello no-bake cheesecake mix and making it for Eric for Valentine's Day. As demonstrated by the question I received in an email, ("Do you know what a Tbsp is?") one must recognize that delving into the realm of cookery is not something that she does for just anyone. The experiential learning was quite successful. She did very well, needing only minimal supervision. Who knows what she may attempt next.

Valentine Fun At the OC

Upon seeing Stacy making valentines for the kids in her class, we became nostalgic for the days of old when we made valentine bags and they were filled with all kinds of cards and (more importantly) candy at our school valentine parties. We decided to decorate valentine bags and place them on our mantle beside the photo collage of Sandy and Randy’s family portrait. Check out the awesome grouch sticker on mine! Stacy and I did already receive the cutest valentine ever from the Big C. Stacy was also (though with much reluctance) willing to give us one of her fun dip valentines that she bought for ???? HERSELF.

The search for camouflage yarn ended late last evening at the Clarksburg Wal-Mart. Stacy had searched all Morgantown Wal-Marts to no avail for this prize. Who knew it was in such high demand? Our advice in the future to those who require this item would be to initially buy all you need.

YAC 2008

For where Stonewall Jackson grew to manhood
Our bags were set to pack
We headed off to Jackson’s Mill
To attentd the School of YAC
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We met Justin the first evening
Wearing shorts in the winter, it’s true
His girlfriend had just broke up with him
A bag of snacks at him she threw
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The Dance Dance Revolution genius
Last years skills had struck us dumb
When we called out to him “got DDR???”
He replied “I got it, and then some!”
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Stacy had to leave us early
Several ailments a “doctor” diagnosed
We tried to thwart her departure
But were left without her, quite morose
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We didn’t learn about our flag’s colors
But gained information on grams and crack
Creating a metric-o-matic
At council circle, we were back
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I played guitar with other kids in Jam Session
Several folk dances we did learn
We watched WVU lose to Georgetown
Then to DDR for the night we returned
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At the time of our departure
Jess’ car refused to start
We met the Jackson’s Mill maintenance man
And a tow truck worker with much heart
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Our adventure ended much to quick
With another big how how
And if we could, we wouldn’t wait a year
We’d go back to YAC right now