How Hard To Get Back Into The Swing Of Things

After a two week vacation from work it is now time for me to get back into the swing of things, to get back into my regular routine.

Waking up again at 6:30 for work instead of sleeping in until 8 – 8:30, packing lunches instead of reading the news and casually drinking my tea, slowly starting my day instead of rushing to get all I need to get done into the day, I mean yikes! 

It is amazing how quickly one can all out of a regular routine and yet it will take longer to get back into the regular routine again. 

But what did I really do during the holidays?  Well, besides Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, visiting families and friends, New Years Eve and New Years Day there was my kids school holiday events, my daughter’s birthday, Eagles games, putting together the kids toys they got from Christmas, and taking down the Christmas decorations. 

What did I really want to do while off?  Catch up on my Video Game playing!  I did not get time to do much of that.

It’s a new year but the same old life.  Only the date has changed.  Time to climb back onto that horse and ride into the routine that is my life.

Happy New Year Everyone.  I hope you all a merry and prosperous year.

Where To Begin?!?

I am back from my vacation in Chincoteague Virginia and I am trying hard to get back into the swing of things.  I am back at work, checking my emails, checking my forums and looking at the few new projects that I have to begin. 

I am proud of myself for I have not checked my work emails at all while on vacation.  I usually check once or twice on vacation but I resisted the urge to check email.  Do I rock or what?

The weather was excellent, the water of the ocean was a little colder than normal for this time of year but it was tolerable, the kids were behaved, and it was one of the best vacations I have had in a long while. 

Chincoteague has to be my favorite vacation spot.  It is not fancy or built up which is why I like it so much.  Even at it’s busiest, Pony Penning, it is still much more quiet than the Jersey Shore or Ocean City Maryland.  One day I will have a house down there.  One day I will spend more than 2 weeks a year down there.  One day, one day…..

I have a lot of interesting stories to blog about but at this moment I have so much work to get to.  I will post every day this week to relate the interesting and funny events that happened.  From the pony swim to the beach, to my sister in law to actually having a Big Mac.  I will report on it all this week.

In the meantime, I have work and personal emails to catch up on, work to do, forums to catch up on, a kitchen to finish, etc……… 

Sometimes it does not pay to go away!

It’s About Nothing Really

Over on my forum I have a thread for members to post their blogs and allow them the chance to maybe gain new readers or maybe interest them to start their own, which is kinda how I got started. 

Interestingly, one member on my forum asked me about my Big Mac/Whopper post and if I had yet tried them and I thought I would answer all of you at the same time that I have not yet tried them but my plan is to try this upcoming week.    I’ll be on vacation starting Friday at 4PM Eastern Time and during my vacation I thought I would take the time to try them.  I’ll keep you all posted on how that goes.

Kitchen work is progressing nicely.  I should have electric by the time I return from vacation.  My friend, who is an electrician, not to be confused with morethananelectrician, is coming by to run the new wires and all.  My wife will be happy when it is all done because I think that she is a little bothered by the fact that we are washing dishes in the same sink we brush our teeth in.  When I get back from vacation I will drywall and hand the cabinets and install the new sink. 

I am looking forward to this vacation.  With all the hard work around the house I am going to need a few days on the beach, catching some sun, looking at the young hotties strutting their stuff up and down the sand.  This is usually the time my wife is punching my arm for looking. 

I will be enjoying Sunday, on vacation, watching the Philadelphia Soul play for the Arena Bowl Championship.  I will be back at the shore house cheering on my team while the wife and kids are out doing something else.  What a great start to vacation.

I will catch up with you all later!

I suck

I’ll be the first one to admit it.  No one else needs to tell me.  I already know it.

The reason why is because I have been so busy lately.  Work has me going crazy and when I am not traveling for work I am home trying to get things done and spend time with the family. 

The important part is the spending time with family.  I have been trying to get things done around the house, painting, putting in windows doing yard work and gardening in addition to playing with the kids.  My body is extremely sore, I am up early and to bed late so that everyone gets equal time with me. 

Where is my me time?  Well, my wife would argue that I get it when I am traveling for work.  I don’t really call that me time.  I call that work. 

But because of all that is happening to me I have been neglecting this blog not to mention my forums listed to the right.  But let’s focus on the blog for the moment.  I feel that I am letting the readers, all 8 of you, down.  My posting is sporadic, my reading of blogs even less so, and commenting on those other blogs has been non existent.  There are some really great blogs out there that I read but never get a chance to comment on, Red, Teeni, Lemons, just to name a few. 

Also, because I have been busy, I have been so overwhelmed and yet uninspired to write.  There is nothing floating in this empty brain of mine that I even feel would be interesting to others to read.  To me, if it is some sort of drabble that even I wouldn’t read, well, I ain’t gonna write it. 

I’ve even thought of ending this blog, only for the reason that I don’t have the time.  The jury is still out on that but as of now, I’ll continue it.  Who knows, this slump may be over in a few weeks.  Time will tell. 

You all are going to have to bear with me as I go through this rough patch.  Hang in there. 

I’m Rambling

I really don’t have much to write about in a full post so I am going to post a bunch of quick little rambling comments if you all don’t mind.

• The painting part is pretty much done.  I have some touch ups to do when I get home this weekend (yes, I am traveling again for work in the NYC area) and I have one last window to install that I did not get to due to a friend issue  that ruined my day.  He’s still in jail, by the way.

 

• This new rental car I have for the week has been challenging to me.  Now I am a pretty smart guy but this Infinity G35 has one of those keyless ignitions that proved difficult for me to turn on.  The first three times I got it on by dumb luck before I figured out that you need to put your foot on the brake before bushing the On button.  I also had a difficult time opening the gas tank.  The car did not have any buttons or latches to make it open and I was just about ready to just pour the gas all over the outside of the car in hopes that some of it might reach the gas tank or be absorbed into the car through the cracks and then I discovered, that all I had to do was push on the right top of the gas door to open it. 

 

• I’ve talked about my Sister In Law Donna and the dumb things she says and I even have a whole section on this blog devoted to her donnaisms.  Her latest – wait for it – “Can you burn fire?”  Then, during the same night she was talking about how things are turning bad and said “It’s all down here now” instead of It’s all down hill now.  Yikes.

Like I said, a few odd little rambling items and none of them enough to make a full post but I did want to get them out there before I forgot them.

A Working Vacation

Where have I been?  What have I been doing?  I’ve been on Vacation.  But not a fun one.  No way!

I decided to wait until the first heat wave of the summer came to replace windows and paint. 

Yes, while the thermometer was nearing 100 degrees, I was ripping out windows on my home and replacing them with more efficient, more modern ones.  Nothing helps test the running power of your air conditioner as a large gaping hole across from your thermostat.

Anyway, I have about 10 done so far this week with about 9 more to do.  If all goes well, I should have lower heating and cooling bills.  At least that is what all of the window and home improvement experts say.

I have also been up painting too.  I have a living room, dining room and a hallway that are in the process of being completed.  Last night I was up until 2AM trying to get done.

So if you find that Mr Ramblings has not visited your blog lately, just know that he is working his ass off on vacation! 

Been a very busy time

I know I have been a slacker and not blogged in a very long time and I have been busy with real life, work, travel (have I mentioned that I am starting to get tired of NYC) and the NASCAR Dover Race and I promise that this week I will get all caught up with regular updates and Idle Ramblings. 

Think of this like a teaser or a commercial for Idle Ramblings. 

Did it work?  Does it leave you itching for more?  Does it leave you sitting on the edge of you seat wanting to know what happens next?!?!?!

 

I Think It Went Well

I have completed my Best Of series last week and I have to say that it seemed to have gone well.  I was really impressed by the comments.  I was also pleased by some of the requests for some past posts.  It was interesting to see what a few of you thought were your favorites.  Thanks for the input.

Maybe the same time next year I will do it again, if I remember. 

This stupid blog is 1 year old and I just passed the 10,000 views mark.  Two big milestones at the same time. 

I never figured that I would continue with this blog past a few months, let alone for a year.  It was supposed to be an experiment.  I have found that I enjoy the experience and some of the bonds I have made with a few of my readers.  I have found that I have enjoyed the outlet because it allows me to vent, ramble, journal and it serves as a reminder to me of events that I might otherwise forget. 

I’ll continue through with this silly little blog.  I’ll experiment here and there with different things, like I did with the Best Of.  Some will work, some won’t but I’ll continue to write and entertain myself and maybe a few others while I am at it.

Thanks for being here.

Best Of?

I was thinking, since this silly little blog is now 1 year old, doing a little reposting of some favorites from the past year. 

Has anyone ever done a “Best of…” on their blog?  How did it go?

Did you ask for readers to request their favorites?  Or did you just post what you felt was your better posts?

Or do you just think that a Best of is a stupid idea?

Where Did Everyone Go?

Where has everyone gone?  It is like all of a sudden everyone stopped coming to this stupid little blog and posting comments and reading what I have to say.

 Is no one interested in me anymore?  Have I bored you?  Did I offend you in anyway?  What happened?

Truth be told, it’s not you, it’s me. 

I know, you’ve heard that line many times before but it’s the truth. 

I know, you’ve heard that line before too. 

But seriously, in this case, it is I that have been gone not you my 5 faithful readers.  But the fact that no one has posted a comment or inquired as to where I have been lets me know that I have been forgotten about.

How sad.

Anywho, in case there is one person interested, I have been traveling with work and have been stuck smack dab between the Hamptons and NYC.  It has been keeping me busy and when I am done with my classes I just crash in the hotel room and sleep.  Later this week I plan on taking the subway into NYC to have some fun. 

So there you have it, I am alive, and still posting and I will try to become more active again because I know that there are so many of you that enjoy my drabble.