Sonoran Dog

About a year ago my wife and I went to Arizona on a little trip.  We were there for a few days.  We spent most of our time in the Phoenix area.  We did however spend one night and a day in Tucson.  We had seen a hot dog called the sonoran dog on the show Man v. Food.  We both wanted to try it.  Now you need to understand that my wife isn't a big hot dog fan.  She almost never eats one but because she loves me she wanted to try one with me.  We went to one of the restaurant's featured in the Man v. Food show.  A sonoran dog is a bacon wrapped hot dog held in a steamed home made bun covered with pinto beans, onions, tomatos, jalapeno sauce, mustard, and mayo.  It was delicious!!  Best hot dog I have ever had hands down.  My wife really liked it as well and that is saying something.  She isn't a convenience store hot dog lover that is for sure!!!  If you want a really tasty treat and your in the Tucson area you have to get a sonoran dog.
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Life as a teenager

I am convinced that there is nothing more strange and yet more wonderful in this world than a teenage girl.  The metamorphosis is incredible.  One night you go in and kiss your sweet little innocent girl goodnight, and the next morning you wake up with a moody, irritable, emotional, irrational, stranger who is embarrassed by you.  In what seems to be a single night you go from being their super hero to a world class dork.  It is fun to see them grow and mature and at the same time it brings home the fact that they are growing into a person who wont need you much longer.  I have heard that after about 18 years of age the sweet girl you know and love returns, not as a child but as a strong woman. 

I love my oldest daughter to death.  She is funny and sweet and beautiful and so smart it is a little scary.  She is in that awkward stage of life where she is trying to figure out who she is and trying to navigate the labyrinth of middle school.  I love to tease her it is one of the way I show love (I know maybe I'm the one who is odd) I find it so funny how she can give me a look that would kill a charging rhinoceros instantly, I am very fortunate that she doesn't have lasers that shoot out of her eyes as I would have been fried long ago.  There are times when I want to rip every last stand of hair from my head one by one because I just don't get it, and there are other times where I think it doesn't get any better than this.  Raising girls is not easy but it is so worth it. 

 Like the title of my blog says I am a lone man afloat in a sea of estrogen,  I work with only women all day and go home to only women all night.  I wouldn't change it if I could.
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Its party time

Thursday last week was my youngest child's birthday.  It was so much fun to see the smile on her face when I woke her up.  She is usually a little slow getting out of bed in the morning, but on Thursday she jumped right out of bed as soon as I reminded her it was her birthday.  She had wanted to go to Wingers for her birthday dinner because she got a free kids meal in the mail.  When it was time to go she changed her mind because she wanted to stay home and play with her friends.  She then asked for Top Ramen noodles.  She is a funny kid.

On Friday we had her birthday party for friends.  I usually dread those events because it is similar to herding cats.  Ten to twelve over sugared and hyper little kids running around the house is enough to make the normal person completely nuts.  They swing from the drapes and the light fixtures, they ride the dog (or at least try to), play hurdle the couch, spill all their food and drink on the floor instead of the table, and there is always one child who is bored.  Through experience we have learned that having the part at a venue is so much nicer. 

This year we had her part at a local gym.  Not a muscle bound meat head gym but a gymnastics gym.  It was great the kids can go completely nuts.  They bounced off the wall literally.  There was a big foam pit they could jump into and they couldn't hurt anything in the place.  They got to play as much and as hard as they wanted and destroy the gyms stuff not mine.  Then we herded them into a room for cake ice cream and presents.  So worth the money to rent the gym.

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80's decor

I moved offices about 9 months ago.  I was in a nice office just a couple miles away and now I am on my own.  I really enjoy being on my own.  I leased a building that has always housed a dental office and was built in the 80's.  So as you might imagine all the colors were teal and mauve and gray.  I am sure it was stylish back then but today it is awful.  I had some painters come in and paint all the walls in the main part of the building where patients woud be.  The color of the walls prior to the new coat of paint was kill yourself gray.  Not exactly the color you want in a dental office.  It is the most depressing color I had ever seen.  But we rectified that in a hurry.  They also had some wallpaper on the main walls that was so ugly I have blocked the image from my memory.  We of course took it down. 

In interest of time and finances we didnt paint some of the rooms that wouldnt be used right away.  They still have the kill yourself gray color on the wall and a different color of horrid walpaper.  I discovered something today that as fas as I know has never happened in the history of the world.  Are you ready?  The wallpaper just peeled right off the wall.  I didnt have to use anything to dissolve the glue, it just came off.  I couldnt believe it!!!! 

You might be saying so what.  If you are then I am almost positive that you have never tried to remove wallpaper.  It is similar to being drug behind a bus at 5 mph for about 30 miles.  It isnt fun! 
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I could live in Arizona

I spent the weekend in Arizona around the Scottsdale area.  I was down there for a continuing education course.  I really like it down there.  I know people say it is so hot or too hot.  But this is how I look at it,  I live in an area where cold or cool weather lasts for 9 months anymore.  Last year it snowed in June and again in October.  So I look at it this way.  Would you rather put up with 4 months of heat or 9 months of cold?  I like the heat idea personally.
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Scottsdale Arizona

I am flying to Scottsdale Arizona tonight.  I am using Southwest Airlines because they are priced fairly and I don't get charged for luggage.  I know that boarding is kind of like a cattle call, or herding sheep.  But the savings are worth it for me.

I was listening to the news about Arnold Schwarzenegger cheating on his wife.  I started to wonder why people cheat?  Is it the excitement?  Is it because they are tired of being with one person?  Are they being abused?  I am sure there are a myriad of reasons.  I know it really isn't that hard to do, most of us are around members of the opposite sex all the time.  It makes me sad when I hear about people cheating.  I understand that people change but (and perhaps I am naive) I really think if both parties are 100% committed to each other, and do everything they can to help each other out, they wont feel the need to cheat.  I always think of the saying that the grass is greener on the other side.  Sometimes another person may look so appealing to you and seem to be just what your looking for, but at the end of the day they are just another person.  They will have issues and baggage and habits just like everyone else.  I know that nothing is a sure thing but I cant imagine a scenario where I would cheat on my wife.  I hope I am right and I work hard to make sure I am.

The moral of my story, be like Southwest Airlines, and let your spouses baggage fly for free.
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Fat man laying on the floor

Last night as I was laying on the floor with my cheek mashed in to the carpet panting it hit me that I have been in that position a lot lately, and that I was very glad I had just had the carpet cleaned in my house.  I am pleased to report that I am starting to notice a difference with each work out.  It seems to be getting a little easier. (sssshhhhhhhhh don't say that too loud or he might throw a nasty twist in on the next DVD.)  I am not saying that I could be a victim in his next DVD work out series, but hey, not wishing for death is an improvement. 

On a side note, if you are a big grammar person, you may not want to read this blog.  I can fix teeth and write, but correct grammar escaped my grasp many years ago.  And punctuation for get it.  If your not a grammar guru then I hope this blog will appeal to you.

I will keep you posted on how I am doing but suffice it to say that I lost a little over one pound today.  I think that is pretty darn good.

On another note, I don't really understand how a woman who claims to be religious and adheres to gospel standards can call middle school girls biatches.  Interesting to me.

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