Sympathy Pains

Apnea…yeah, it’s as sexy as it sounds.

I remember my father scaring the shit out of us when he would fall asleep in the evenings, watching TV, and stop breathing. Should we poke him? Is he OK? Then he’d jump start breathing again. It is frightening.

So I have Apnea.

Yea! Went through the sleep test. Confirmed it.

Got the C-PAP machine. Kept taking it off in the night.

Lost some weight. That seemed to help some, but lately it has started being bad again.

Tried to use the C-PAP again. Made my ears hurt after just a few minutes.

Tried a Homeopathic snoring spray. Had Bella Donna extract and made my soft pallet feel like it had lost a kangaroo fight.

So, I am going to my new general care doctor next week. I may be back on the path to a sleep test, but I have to do something.

This pisses me off. I keep my wife from sleeping well, and I feel lethargic most of the day.

I’m doing what I can. I’m trying to find some more time to exercise…maybe walking the dog on warm days…playing racquet ball with Jack more often….Swimming with Tony… Playing more Wii. O’m drinking more water. I’ve started building a set, which is a double edged sword. I am more active but I eat worse.

We will see what the doc says next week.

Sorry honey…

Local Middle School…Amazing Video

Here’s a video made by a local middle school. It really shows the humanity in that one small community of students and teachers.

Mine would be “I’m afraid of failing my family”

Been Busy

Life sometimes takes over and the blog sphere suffers in my absence. I realize you have all (6 of you) been waiting for me to write…something.
Well, the boys are older. Jack weighs almost 100 lbs and is playing Basketball…well. He’s a deffinent difference maker on defence. I’m really proud of him…now if we can get his grades up.

Tony is now 4. Every bit of 4. He is no longer afraid of Santa Claus…he’s even a helper.

Sarah is the Golden Child at her work. Everything she touched last year turned to gold. I guess that’s really Midas…

I’m turning 40 this year. I realized New Years Eve that that was the last on in my 30′s…So I broke my car of 12 years and got a new one. My first new car ever.

I’ll try to do better this year about blogging…I know you all are chomping at the bit to read my every typed word.

PS…WHOREY is not an acceptable word.

ahhh…this makes me happy.

Little Big Planet

That has become the family game in the Comer/Brown house. Really, Jack plays and we cheer him on. Tony loves to watch jack play. he will talk about the game all day until Jack plays it. It’s very cute.

I love that is a non violent game and Jack has to problem solve. The graphics are pretty cute as well. I really didn’t think that we would like it, but the family really rallies around that little poppet. Tony sometimes wants to play as well. He likes to make the little gut dance. It’s pretty cute to watch.

Daycare Gripes

Ok…it’s not really with the daycare. More the parents of my child’s classmates. Whenever I drop Tony off, He is the only thing on my mind. I make sure we talk and hug before I leave.

“Have a good day…be good…no hitting…I love you”

That kind of thing. This morning Tony and Thomas, his longtime bud, wanted to have a “High Five” contest with me as the target. So I stood there and extra few minutes while they both gave me high fives…over…and…over.

I try to also say hello to his teachers. Just to recognize their existence…and the fact that they are taking care of my child for the next 8 hours.

Almost every morning, I see one parent or the other come in from their car, cell phone in hand, literally pushing their 3-4 year old through the door and turning tail and leaving. Maybe a goodbye hug. But that’s the extent of the drop off.

Drives me freakin nuts. THIS IS YOUR CHILD!!! Get off the phone and make your child a priority.

Yes, I see this all the time. At banks, drive through, even at my work when a customer is talking to me about lighting needs with cell phone glued to ear. And yes, it annoys me…but at day care, when you’re dropping off the most important responsibility you have…do you job and be a parent.

How to give your wife food poisoning and live to tell about it.

Step one. She finds a dessert on Pinterest that she really wants.

Step two. She does the shopping and gets everything needed for said dessert.

Step three. She makes an amazing Beer Chicken with sauteed squash and stuffing for dinner.

Step four. She eats said dinner and shares it with you.

Step five. She no longer feels like making the aforementioned dessert so she suggest you make it.

Step six. Decline at first but eventually ask for the recipe.

Step six. Make dessert that consist of a layer of cookie dough, a layer of Oreos and a top layer of brownie mix.

Step seven. make sure you use brownie mix that requires raw eggs.

Step eight. About 30 minutes into the baking…about 15 minutes before the brownie mix is ready to eat…ask her opinion.

Step nine. After smelling the dessert in the oven for 30 minutes, she will want to not wait.

Step ten. Serve with ice cream, but not to the kids. The brownie mix would have the consistency of wet mud.

Step eleven. Stay away from the bathroom.

Now, one important thing to do before all this…build up your resistance to raw eggs. I have been eating raw cookie dough for 20 years. Sarah get’s upset with me every time I sneak some when she and Tony are making cookies. I use to buy a tube of generic cookie dough in college and that would be dinner some nights. I like the raw cookie dough.

And, yes…just like in “The Princess Bride”. Iocaine powder.

Feel better honey.

Stuff I’ve bought…

My wife, over at The Anvil Tree, does these post about things she has recently purchased. I decided to do one of my own.

Dual Flush Insert from HydroRight!

Our toilet wasn’t filling properly. Sometimes you would go to flush and it wouldn’t. So you’d have to jiggle the handle and it would fill the tank…then you could flush. Well…in my house…that would not do. So Jack and I dropped Sarah and Tony off at the pool…no pun intended…and went to Home Depot. Sarah had mentioned wanting a dual flush toilet, so, when I saw this insert, I thought, why not? And this insert is around $20.00. It took me about 15 minutes to install and voila… it didn’t fix the problem. BUT, after I ripped the “Leak Sentry Device” off the old fill valve, it worked like a charm. It is by far the preferred toilet in the house. the top button for #1 and the second button for #2. It uses less water on the first button and a greater deluge on the second…for…you know…And we will save water! http://www.gomjsi.com/products/overview/dualflushconverters

Let’s see…What else…

Wow. This is why I don’t do these post. I don’t buy anything cool. A crapper insert. hmmm.

A Child Gone Too Soon.

life gets busy

Wow…I suck at this blogging thing. Got a message from my wife yesterday…
“Hey, why is your blog suspended?”
“HMMMMMM. Don’t know”

Well…It’s bee suspended for about 3 weeks. My credit card info was stolen and someone in Brazil used it 4 times at a hair stylist supply place…yep…hair stylist supply. So they deactivated that card which was being used for my hosting.

My last post was last month. 4 weeks and I haven’t touched my blog. (that is not a euphemism)

I’ll try to do better. I’m sure you are all wondering what exciting things are happening. Here’s a quick pictorial overview.

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