Memory Walk

My wife signed up to be a captain of the local Memory Walk that will take place in November. It's a great charitable cause that raises money for Alzheimer's research. Her Grandmother had Alzheimer's for many years, so this cause is near and dear to her heart. She is excited to take part but a little nervous at the same time since she wants to raise a lot of money for her team.

She signed up to be a team captain since there wasn't really a team in our area for her to join. Now she needs to recruit at least 9 team members. She has already had one sign up, and I'm her second one. She hopes to create a t-shirt for members and really fire up people to donate money. She has a couple of incentive ideas that she plans to put in motion within the next week.

Signing up for the Memory Walk was very easy and took not much time at all. Find a walk in your area and then join. Really it's that easy. I'm hoping to recruit a few of my friends since that should put us over the 9 member mark easily. I will be sponsoring her in her goal to raise a lot of money. I haven't done my pledge yet but will very soon. It would be nice for her team to raise at least $200, so that's our goal for September. Then whatever we raise in October is above and beyond our goal.

So, if you are in our area, sign up now to walk for our team. Use the find a walk link from the main page to get started. It really is easy and will take less the two minutes to complete the process.



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  Moving on Vacation Right now we should be at Dragon Con. Instead we are still moving. Because of finances and other reasons, we canceled our plans to attend Dragon Con. We thought we would be done moving but that was just wishful thinking.

I had taken a few days off from work to attend Dragon Con. Good thing I took those days off but too bad I'm spending it packing the rest of our stuff. We have moved a good bit of items but still has a lot to do.

I have begun the huge task of sorting all of my Magic the Gathering cards. There are so many of them. I will probably be selling a good bit but still need to sort through for eBay or for trade.

Moving on my vacation really bites. Hopefully we will be completely done today. If so, then tomorrow is a date night and time to relax. Only for a few hours though since there is still much work to be done in our new home.  ¶ 6:53 AM 0 comments

  Halloween Horror I am much more into horror movies than my wife. When I pick one up for rent, she has this exasperated look she gives me like "not another one!" I usually wind up putting it back on the shelf and renting something more to her liking.

Every once in a while there is one horror movie that I really want to watch, so I ignore her disapproving look and rent it anyway. One movie I might just have to see in the theater is the new Rob Zombie movie Halloween the movie. The movie trailer has sparked my curiosity.



This might be a movie to go see with friends since I'm not sure my wife will want to see it. My favorite horror movie is Frailty, which is a different spin on horror than the Michael Myers movies. It's got that psychological thriller vibe going that I really dig. Halloween the movie reminds me of a mix of the slasher horror and a thriller horror movie. The line "Evil has a destiny" sends chills down my spine. It should be a good one, and I'm sure at least a few of my friends will be planning to see this on release day August 31st.


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  Back to School So a co-worker of mine was shocked to find out just how close I was to completing my degree. After telling my wife about it, she wanted to send the woman flowers because it is a frustrating point with my wife that I'm so close.

Now with my new job, if I get my degree it means a lot more money. My wife has taken it upon herself to get me enrolled back in school to finish this one class. I will probably have to retake two classes since it's my senior project class. I'm scraping my original idea and will go with something completely different, which means taking the first class over again.

I've already cleared it with my boss to take the classes. I do have to admit that it will be good to finally close this chapter once and for all.  ¶ 11:17 AM 0 comments

  The List Even if Christmas is several months away, I like to make my list extremely early so that my wife has time to plan accordingly. I also like to know what she wants months before so I can do the same. Now that we have a daughter, Christmas is more about her than us, so we will probably be moving towards more family gifts than gifts for us.

Here is my list for us:

New TV
Travel DVD Player
Nintendo Wii

Right now it's a short list but it's a start. Those are some pricey items, so I'll have to keep an eye out for good deals.CouponChief.com is where I start when I'm looking for online deals. Many of my favorite merchants are listed, so I might can find a free shipping offer or other good deal on something I will be buying anyway.

I'm becoming a fan of Overstock.com and with their $25 off $200 coupon I could really save some money on one of those items on my Christmas list.

Sharper Image is another store that I'm incredibly fond of. I could find plenty of great items in there and with their current coupon of free shipping on orders over $100, I could really save some money for Christmas.

With our ever-growing list, any deal we can get will help our Christmas money go further and buy more needed items.

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  Tournament Update While I didn't win, the L5R tournament, I did have a fun time. Well for the most part I did. I found some aspects very frustrating, mainly my playing ability. I got a massive headache and had to drop out because of it.

I was glad to hear that one of the locals won the sword. Some folks from out of town came in to play, which was great since it gives the rookies more playing time with different people.

Hopefully this is the first of many local L5R tournmanets.  ¶ 8:31 AM 0 comments