a car-cycle built for 5

For the past 7 years, I've been rockin' a 99 Ford Escort. It's a car I was able to afford when I was working part time at a different radio station, it operated much better than my previous car (an 84 chevy citation)... Since when I bought it I was single and didn't have any kids, it definitely got the job done. Fast Forward to present day, married with two kids and one on the way... I have no choice but to give in and get a new ride. Especially one with working A/C, a working power adapter, power windows, power locks and one I don't have to twist my leg akwardly to get in.

I'm a huge sucker for free stuff. It's one of the reasons I got into radio. I take advantage of free coffee mugs I never use, I'll always grab a free pen at the bank, I'll stop by O'Dell's remotes just because I know Bonnie will have cheese sticks... Knowing this and knowing I needed a new car, I saw this commercial (on Z103.fm no less)




Great car deals - and a free Flat Screen TV?! Yo, this is definitely the best time to get a new car. To prologue an already long story, I found a great car at a great deal and thanks to Jeremy for helping me out. His little 'stake-out' operation worked out great. I won't tell you what kind of car I got (you stalker), but I do think you can see it in the commercial above... i just won't tell you which one. Big time shout-out to Wackerli Auto for helping me out!

I was happy to get rid of my 99 Ford Escort, but my wife, being the sentimental one, reminised on all the memories about it... it was the car we went on our first date with (complete with popping one of my bald tired in a town 80 miles away), it was the car we got married in, took both our children home from the hospital in, all the road trips to Seattle - and then SLC and Boise after we moved here... Lots of memories with that little car and I'd be lying if I didn't say I wouldn't miss it.

Now I just need to move out of my apartment...

Animal Sounds

Laura, my almost 3 year old, is learning animal sounds. The fun thing is if she doesn't know what sound an animal makes, she'll make up a sound for what she thinks that animal might make... I gotta show her a picture of a giraffe - who knows what they sound like?

Every morning, we eat a wholesome breakfast of whatever $2 cereal is on sale that week. I also always have to try the new ones. They have a new 'Wild Animal Crunch' which can only be compared to eating a box of Coco Puffs... and the cardboard part of the box, not the cereal itself. Seriously, it's pretty nasty, but it does have pictures of animals on it. In case you wanted to know what a sloth, a toucan and a tiger sound like (as well as the Cookie Crisp wolf), check out the video

Laura: RockStar in the making

I was playing RockBand the other morning just by myself when my 2 year old picked up the drumsticks and decided to play along. Becaused everything she does is cute (not that I'm biased or anything) I grabbed some video of this.

And if you complain about the quality of the video, then you can get me a camera.

When did the "No Parking" zone at Wal-Mart become a place where people park?

Next time I need to shop at Wal-Mart, I'm parking in isle 5.

Blue Man Groupn't

Today was the Blue Man Group concert in SLC. I was planning on going with my brother in law with my wife and kids coming along to swim in the pool as we checked out the concert. Of course, the snow was coming in and, to my realization, when I drive a car without a working heater with 4 live bodies in the car, the moister from condensation freezes to the inside of your window. I'm not a scientist, but I know when I can't see out the window so for the sake of safety we decided to stay home.

To "make up for it" we had lunch at TGIFridays. The manager said he heard Brad & Jeremy talk about their new Peanut Butter Pie and how he thought that was super cool. I still had to pay for our meal (as us DJs don't get free food just because we're on Z103) but he did give me a shiny, brand new stack of free dessert coupons to use as giveaways. So, in a roundabout way, if you get a coupon from TGI Fridays for a free dessert, you can thank Brad & Jeremy for mentioning the Peanut Butter Pie and thank chaos for causing the weather that made it so we couldn't go to Salt Lake.

Icicles of death

Yeah, I'm not too fond of having gigantic, deadly icicles loosely hanging from the roof right under my front door. You can't see all of'em, but they're a scary site to see, for sure.