Updates! Updates! Updates!

I apologize, I’ve been very busy and not had a chance to post anything since last week. I’ve been accumulating so much info and ideas that this post might be absolutely huge, I’m almost approaching this as a column rather than a post, you have been warned.

Here we go:

– Dogs –
Oh my, where to start. I swear that Lilly came to us by divine intervention basically just to train us for real babies. I’m not even kidding, she wakes up every night somewhere between 2 and 4am. If we don’t take her out, she pees in the living room, incentive enough to wake up. She’ll go to sleep after that…until 6-6:15am when she is ready to have breakfast (she eats twice a day, once in the morning and once in the afternoon). After eating, you have to go to the backyard with her or else… you guessed it! poo poo in the living room. We are hoping that as time goes by she gets used to sleeping through the night (hopefully sometime before it starts snowing).

Lilly loves to play, when we first brought her home she was very mellow and calm, or so we thought. As she has been getting more and more comfortable her hyper activity has gone through the roof. She can fetch for hours, she runs circles around honey (who at this point looks like an 80-year old next to her) , digs holes all over the yard, eats everything she can find (she loves sandals and shoes, she’s broken 4 pairs up to now, and ate my Xbox live headset).

Honey has had a hard time adjusting to Lilly, she is looking to play with him all the time however he is not having any of it, growling and barking more than before. Somehow I thing this is good so that Lilly understands who is the boss however so far it seems like she is not understanding. We’ll see what happens there.

Regardless of all that, I love Lilly to death, if something where to happen to her I would cry like I do every time I see the movie A.I. or Untamed Heart (did I just say that? Don’t ask).

Here is a picture of my to two babies when they are not fighting



– Frugality –
Since my post about frugality, I’ve been consistent in making coffee at home and taking leftovers for lunch. I almost feel like I’m in rehab and need to remind myself how long I’ve been sober otherwise I might relapse. Anyone up for some Wendy’s? Sorry, concentrate, focus, power, Manny San.

Also, I’ve been successful in getting $110 in free money so far. It breaks down like this: *$25 ING Orange Savings Account
*$10 ING referral (thanks to my man Chilly Willy [ill will])
*$75 for opening a BankOne checking account. This was lucky though, it came in the mail along with a credit card offer for my wife. If you get a credit card offer from Chase or Bank One, check it before throwing it out, it might have a flyer in it with a similar offer. Read the fine print if you get it, just to make sure you can meet all the requirements (stuff like direct deposit, opening balance, etc.) If you want more details about the offer I got let me know.

I’m still thinking about trying to open accounts in my wife’s name but I’m still debating if I should or not. Keep an eye out for updates

– Xbox 360 –
Hey, if you didn’t know already, the release date has finally been announced, Nov. 22nd. This is the Tuesday before thanksgiving, which means I’m going to be giving thanks for my Xbox 360 for at least 4 days straight. I’m pumped.

I’m concerned however, because I decided not to pre-order the system, opting to save the money myself instead of giving it to the local GameStop to hold. Typically, stores like Circuit City, Best Buy, Target and Walmart don’t take pre-orders so I figured I would go there on launch day, however there is still the possibility that I might not find one. At this point is probably pretty late to pre-order it but I’ll make some calls to see if there is anything left at the stores around my area. Again will update later.

Well that’s it for now, I did have more stuff I wanted to talk about but frankly I’m tired. Keep an eye out for the following topics: ESPN NFL 2K5, I started a new franchise with the Colts and I’m thinking of posting regular updates on my progress including stats, record and so on (so far I’m 3-1). Movie reports, we just saw the exorsism of Emily rose and I figured I might try to review it. Survivor discussion, the new season looks like its going to be absolutely awesome, I love that show, etc. I’ll do my best to update at least 3 times a week (that’s a 7 day week).

Zingalamadudi….