New Years 2009

I am quite excited to be done with 2008.  It was an amazing year to be sure.  The Oliverson family did quite a lot of things this year; moving, adjusting at work, getting a dog, starting kindergarten, and having fun.  We grew a lot and for that I am very grateful!

Resolutions:

1-I am resolved to be more fruitful this year.  I will produce more for work, for my wife and for myself.

2-I am resolved to focus on my health.  I will eat better, sleep better and exercise more.

3-I am resolved to love my wife more!

Something is wrong with this satelite photo. Can you see it?

My friend is a much better blogger than I am recently did a tag post about 8 things - Since I read it I guess I am "tagged."  So here goes:

8 Shows I love to watch

1-Amazing Race

2-Survivor

3-Dirty Jobs

4-John & Kate + 8

5-BYU Football Games

6-Biggest Loser

7-Extreme House Makeover

8-Free rentals from Redbox on Mondays - that might not count but oh well!

8 Favorite Restaurants

1-The Roof

2-Cafe Rio

3-Wendy's

4-Cheap Chinese (any of them)

5-Tepanyaki

6-Happy Sumo

7-Chili's

8-Olive Garden

8 Things that Happened Yesterday

1-Took over on my first full day as GSM at Low Book of Salt Lake

2-As GSM sold 6 cars

3-Worked from 9-9

4-Took the dog on a Run/Bike ride and nearly killed myself in the process

5-Ate pizza

6-Watched Biggest Loser

7-Wrote a letter to my brother serving a mission in the Ukraine

8-Went to bed

8 Things I am looking forward to

1-Going to Body Worlds with Karen

2-Christmas

3-Taking a vacation

4-Lagoon Passes

5-My Laptop

6-Apple stock hitting $120

7-My house to not feel like we are still moving in

8-A time when I make more than my wants list requires

8 Things I love about fall

1-that my wife stops complaining about the summer heat and how much she wishes it would just be fall

2-football

3-Halloween

4-That the snow is almost here

5-I sleep better

6-the color change

7-the crisp air

8-hot chocolate

8 things on my wishlist

1-my laptop (the one noted in the last post)

2-my bike (meaning bicycle)

3-my motorcycle (a big one to ride across america on)

4-a paid mortgage

5-a secure retirement

6-the economy to come back

7-a secure job

8-a feeling that my life isn't in such chaos!

Tag - your it for life - just for reading

My Next Purchase!

The New Macbook!

Presidential Election

At this point I've determined I don't support either candidate for president.  The media has ruined me.  They have given me too much information to make a decision.  The latest blow came when I pulled up CNN.com and realized who they are supporting:

Fair and balanced media?

Week Ending November 1, 2008

I've been deciding on where to start using this as a family journal of sorts but I get so busy that I am really bad at finding the time to actually sit and accomplish it.

The main event of this week was our Halloween Party.  I mentioned to Grandma O. that I was willing to hold it at our place and we decided to just invite everyone in our family that we could think of.  Grandma agreed to provide a good portion of the food which

 we did simply, Hot Dogs!

For the invitation I used Photo Booth a very cool program within the iMac that lets you take a picture of yourself using the built in camera. I then manipulated it to make myself look rather scary and downloaded a free font for lettering.  Turned out pretty well if I say so myself!

Quite a few of the guests came in costume.  I will direct you to my Facebook page to review those photos.  My favorite part of the day was my "Happy Halloween" carved pumkin with my $4.oo Wal-Mart scull.

Last year we volunteered in Katie's classroom and so we had some games prepped for all the kids to play.  Some of the best were pin the wart on the witches nose, and Frankensteins lost eye relay.  We finished with trick or treating.

That same night the Philadelphia Philly's won the 2008 World Series.  I have been a fan since we visited there while I was in High School.  One of my fondest memories was sitting at their game and having Ralph teach me how to keep a scorecard.