Storm front over Dallas

I took this one morning before work.

Random lists

New Year's Resolutions

1. Learn to speak Spanish
2. Ride my bike to work
3. Be a good dad (#3 because I have 4 months before I have to do this. I'm trying to be chronological)
   
4. Take more photography
5. Write a short story
   

New Links in My Browser Toolbar

1. Boneshakers
2. Blogger (I was too lazy to add it earlier)
3. Flickr
4. Myspace (cringe)
5. Ask

New Items in My Office at Home

1. USB port lava lamp courtesy of my kick-ass dad
2. Xbox 360 remote control so it feels like a normal DVD player if we need it
3. Scented candle
4. Marvel's Ultimate Alliance for Xbox 360. Current fave heros: Wolverine, Capt. America (f*ck yeah!), Iron Man, Colossus, and when I feel like being totally crazy, I play the Thor card.
5. Old sewing machine I bought a year ago at a garage sale. It makes a great table.

New News Upon Returning to Work Today

1. Dividers were added in the sales rep room, making it very nice and quiet.
   
2. Fax almost works.
3. 157 emails in my inbox. Not too bad, but it was slow while I was gone.
4. I hung a map of the north Texas area (seriously, what's a good alt. word for Metroplex?) in our office.

New Projects Around the House

1. Get 20-40 more bags to go behind the wall and consider building a small drain in one part that's washing out.
2. Start/complete the den renovation (ceiling to floor with walls, built-ins and a fireplace in between)

2007 has arrived

It was a good safe new year here. We had family in town and a lively, happy house. The cat hid the entire time and the dogs are exhausted after playing with the two boys constantly.

I'm still working on my resolution list. We are going to review last year's list soon. At the top of the new list will be for me to learn to speak Spanish, which I will be starting classes for in a few weeks. That should be fun. It's a Christmas present from Yvonne. I'll be taking them at S.M.U. Gracias!

Also, we have a working name list now. It has a few gems, like Chloe and Madeleine, but we haven't committed to one name over another too much. Yvonne made it through the E's while last looking online.

Sidenote of Greatness: Thanks to the Warlord, the Dallas Boneshaker Society now has a website. As part of it, I also have a new email address, which is pretty awesome. I'm not going to post it here for spam reasons. Nor am I sharing the web link because the Austin bike club site tends to have some crass, funny stuff posted on their site. I'm thinking the Dallas one will operate in a similar fashion and I'm not sure I'd associate with good ole incognato here. Of course, the Warlord will most likely have some sort of login system in place once the message boards are fully operational.

Inside info

We had an appointment yesterday and found we are having a little girl. There is no doubt. This wasn't a case of not seeing one thing and assuming it's the other. This is a case where the sonogram saw it was a girl no doubt.

Yvonne is nervous in a funny way. She fears her mom's curse is coming true--to have a child just like Yvonne. As a kid (and to this day), Yvonne's a night owl that read a lot and I guess she dished some attitude? I'm not sure on the last one (treading lightly, lol). All I know is it got to the point where Yvonne's mom said, "I want you to have a child just like you someday so you see what it's like."

Hmmm, let's see, it's a girl, a Gemini (just like Yvonne) and in the sonogram, she was hiding her face and not cooperating. Yeah, Yvonne is nervous.

Name suggestions in the comments are welcome. I'm glad we know the sex because I think Yvonne and I would have wasted a lot of time and effort on boy names.

Silver Surfer

This looks pretty good, too.