Oh What a Tangled Webb We Weave: February 2008

- Sara and I were talking this morning, wouldn't it suck to be born on Feb. 29th? You could only celebrate your true birthday once every four years. The rest of the time you have to decide if you'll celebrate it on Feb. 28th, or March 1st.

- Speaking of Leap Day..when did it become such a big deal? I've heard people talking about it at work today, and one lady even brought in a cake to celebrate the occasion.

- I was reading in the news the other day that Starbucks closed all of their stores for a few hours to re-educate their employees on the "Starbucks experience" in an effort to boost morale, and get them back to help make each customers visit feel special. Personally to me, it sounded more like it was a ploy to get a bunch of free publicity and advertising, because that night on every news show I watched, this was one of the top stories. Like they taught in all of my marketing classes in college - the best publicity = free publicity. I'll still take a Dunkin Donuts coffee over Starbucks anytime.

- Mmm coffee. I'm addicted. I forgot to set the maker to brew some this morning, and as a result, didn't have my cup this morning. By 11:00 I was having withdrawal symptoms as I started to get a headache. Thankfully we have free cans of Coke at work, and that helped ease my lack of caffeine.

- Blake has baseball tryouts tomorrow. He's playing in a different league than he has in the past 2 years. My questions is, since when do they have tryouts for the 7-8year old players? Actually they aren't tryouts, but more "talent evaluations" so the coaches can see the skill level of every player, so they can target who they want to ~~draft~~ pick for their teams. I can see having tryouts/evaluations for the league where the kids actually play to win their league and play in tournaments, but to have that in a league where they're still getting pitched to by a pitching machine..what's the point? It should be interesting. I hope the parents in this league are as laid back as the ones in the other league that Blake played in.

- Spring training games have finally started, and it looks like the Tigers have been doing good so far. I can't wait to get the regular season started. In July, the 4 of us are going up to Baltimore to see the Tigers play the Orioles. I can't wait..I get to see my favorite team in one of my favorite places to watch a baseball game. It'll be Blake's first time going to a pro game (well other than the Richmond Braves), and it'll be Tuckers first games as well. I hope he'll have as much fun as a 8 month old could possibly have.

- I can't get into American Idol this year. I've tried to watch a couple episodes, and I end up turning to something else. Maybe I'll try once they get to the Final 12, but right now I've been completely bored with it.

- Its supposed to be nice out this weekend (50's and 60's). Can't wait to hang out on our patio, and cook on my new grill. I'm for spring to get here and for the weather will be warm on a consistant basis. I want to be able to wear shorts all the time.

- I came across this commercial the other day that wasn't allowed to be shown during the Super Bowl. Funny stuff! (Bathroom humor will never get old to me)

This weekend the weather here in Charlottesville was unseasonably warm. On Saturday while Blake was at a birthday party, Sara, Tucker and myself went to Babies R Us to look at some stuff for Tucker. We walked out with a Jeep stroller for the little guy. Yesterday, with the temperatures in the 60, and the sun out, we decided to take Tucker out for a little trip in his stroller. The four of us walked down to Blake's school and hung out at the playground. Tucker seemed to enjoy being outside (it was the longest he'd been outside), and riding in his stroller. It had to believe that Tucker is almost 3 months old already. Here are some pictures..

Tucker in his new stroller: