Day After Christmas Madness

Went to the Times Grill and got myself a Jacked Up Burger, really delicious. Then went to the Mall of Louisiana to Best Buy and bought a new refrigerator. The traffic there was a mess, almost got a fender bender due to some idiot going into my lane. If you are in the market to observe idiots, then you should visit the mall of Louisiana, people are driving like mad there.

I am enjoying my new XBox 360, downloading some demo games to have some fun. I love these playable demos, that way you can do a test drive before shelling out a lot of cash.

Merry Christmas

We had a great Christmas, cold but nice outside. My son got some nice gifts.

I am still bummed about my neighbor’s business, Grady Crawford Construction. Two women were murdered and one injured. It was done by some crazy former employee who was missing his unemployment check. My heart goes to the Crawford family and other families who suffered this ordeal.

Terrific Tuesday

I got a lot of work accomplished today, but still have more to do for tomorrow which is my last day until January when I return.  I got my annual review and it was a good one, pretty much what I expected.   I am looking forward to the Christmas holidays, I get to spend some quality time with my family.

I am very disappointed at our Governor, Bobby Jindal, he keeps making big budget cuts.  248 Million dollars cuts, which means more job losses for the State of Louisiana.  My wife needs 1 more year to make 20 years with the state and these cuts are making it more difficult to get her back on.  What really irks me is there are a lot of people who work for the State of Louisiana, don’t even live in Louisiana, some commute from Mississippi, those should be the first ones to cut.   It isn’t fair to my wife.   She got the butt end of the deal when she worked at LSU, that is why I hate LSU so much, the University has so many assholes working there, and it doesn’t make it a good working environment.   She had a very bad experience with the Psychology department (they are nuts).  She worked for an evil woman there and she had to quit since the work environment was very horrible.   I wanted her to file a suit against the university, but she did not want to.    Basically every job she has had at LSU has been a horrible experience, she does contract work for the regular state and she said it is very peaceful there.   She should have worked for the regular state all along.     I follow LSU football because I live here, however I’ll follow the Saints no matter where I live.

I am really disgusted with our Senator Mary Landrieu, who ignores phone calls and emails from citizens who want to make a difference.  Hopefully she will not win the next election and hopefully she will be recalled from office.   I do not like the current health bill that is going through senate and of course Mary Landrieu is voting for that.   I don’t like the idea of the government funding abortions and I don’t see how it is going to save money, it is going to end up raising taxes to foot the bill.

My last rant, is Our Lady of Lake hospital wants a big increase from my insurance, Blue Cross.   First of all the Lake’s accounting system is really screwed up and 2nd of all it is supposed to be a non for profit agency, Bullshit, they are the highest paid hospital in the state.   I avoid that place as much as I can, and I hate doing that since I am Catholic and it is a Catholic hospital.

Well enough of my rants, I am Looking forward to Christmas, I am excited for my son who will be getting some nice things for Christmas.

Busy work week (Short Week)

Busy this week at work, doing a lot of programming and data mining.  I’ll be off next week so I need to take care of a lot of things.

We had our company annual Christmas party at Lazer Tag, it was fun, I wasn’t in the mood to play too much Laser Tag so I watched the magician perform a magic show with my son, he was really good.

I’ll be so glad when I am off for the holidays….I need a break where I am home instead of going somewhere.

Another Nice Weekend

This weekend the weather was cool but sunny outside.  We celebrated my mom’s birthday on Sunday.  Saturday was her actual birthday, but we had to do some finishing up Christmas shopping, my wife had to take my mother in law to run errands and go to church.   We went to our neighbor’s annual Christmas party last night (Saturday), the food there was fabulous.

Watched the Saints lose against Dallas, they really need to do a better job protecting the quarterback, poor Drew Brees, he kept getting sacked by the Cowboys.  The Cowboy’s kicker is horrible, he missed one field goal last night, which really did not matter for this game, but I have seen it where it costed a few games.  They need to get a better kicker, this guy is really bad, last night was his 10th miss this season and that is the record in NFL this year.

Found that Brittany Murphy passed away today at the age of 32.  What a shame, she was a sweet person and very beautiful.  I wish her family and friends well.

Only have  three days of work this week, got lots to do before Christmas since I am taking the week off after Christmas to spend time with my son.

Stormy Monday

Today started out with fog, then it rained, after about 5:00 PM, it started lightning badly. The electricity went out, thank goodness we have a generator, which kicked in about a minute after the power went out, it looked like the power was out for about 2 1/2 hours, some of my neighbors have generators too. My end of the street was sort of lit up since we have Christmas lights outside.

A small dent in Christmas Shopping

After work we all went to the mall and bought a few things for Christmas. Found out that Voo Doo Barbeque has a express restaurant there and got some good eats. My son bought a small Santa at Macy’s, they were on sale. I really don’t like walking the mall too much since the vendors at the small kiosks are very pushy and try to sell you anything. I just be polite and avoid them if possible, but if they keep pushing, I’ll talk but not buy anything. Some people say I should be rude back, but that isn’t me, I know people are trying to make a living and I wish them well.

Tomorrow I am looking forward to the Living Christmas trees concert at Jefferson Baptist Church, I am not baptist but I do enjoy their show. I am going with my dad, who is baptist, and my son.

Thank goodness tomorrow is Friday

Been a busy week at work, I am glad tomorrow is Friday so I can enjoy the weekend. I will be going Christmas shopping with my wife and son tomorrow night to complete our tasks. Saturday I am going to the Living Christmas Trees with my son and dad at the Jefferson Baptist Church. They usually put a good show on. Sunday my son has a Christmas concert at his school, St. George Catholic School. So I’ll be doing some church related festivities, which I enjoy.

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Battery Dead

My truck battery went dead today when I tried to go home for lunch. The battery is only two years old, got a new replacement from AutoZone, will return the old one tomorrow and I should get some credit since it was a 7 year warranty on that battery. A co-worker of mine took me up there to get a new battery. It only took 10 minutes to install the new one, plus I did not get dirty either. The rain had stopped for a short moment while I changed the battery out.