We recently bought a new toy for Atticus and Minna. Atticus has been a bit of a hog and doesn’t really share.
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NHL 09
I’m looking forward to a vacation later this month and when I received a jury summons in the mail this week I just about flipped. Luckily the summons falls on a day after my vacation and it does say you can ask for a postponement, but would they have granted me one, I don’t know.
I’ve mentioned in a previous post that I bought EA’s NHL 09 for the XBOX 360. The controls take some getting used to, but I managed to get Alexis to play the shootouts and she occasionally wins. Here’s a video of one of her goals:
Tyler has also been coming over on the weekends to play. Here’s a screenshot from a practice goal where the puck is going off of the defenders face.
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Under the Weather Again
I am sick once again. Usually there is substantial time in between illnesses. I’m currently blaming the weather and the immunosuppressant that the doctor gave me to bring down the swelling around my eyes. If I’m not better by tomorrow, then I’ll go into the doctor.
Enough about me, Alexis has had a huge jump in traffic on her website. She usually has about four or five unique visitors a day, but on Friday she had 450 unique vistitors. This happened because Alexis’ brother, Jeremy, linked to her website to show his readers what great work she’s doing with shrinky dinks. Jeremy’s blog is focused toward games and Alexis has made several shrinky dinks based on a game called Final Fantasy XII. I believe Alexis is going to be selling them once she has a years worth.
Here’s a retro commercial if you’re not familiar with shrinky dinks.
I left out a couple of things that happened during my trip to West Texas. The day we arrived in Odessa; Alexis, Tyler and I, went to a Jackalopes hockey game and had a blast. We had seats two rows away from the glass behind the home teams penalty box. They were so close to the ice that when two opposing players fell near the boards we couldn’t see what was happening. It wasn’t until the referees pulled them up that we realized they had been fighting. The Jackalopes dominated the first period, but fell into penalty trouble in the second and the visiting team mounted a come back. In the third the Jacks came out on top. There were a couple of fights in the game, hard checking, and great puck handling which made the game enjoyable to watch. At the end of the game as the players skated to the locker room, they threw T-shirts to the fans and I managed to grab one. I also forgot to mention the fun I had giving my nephew a personalized blanket, which has his name, birth date, birth time, length, and weight. He’s too young to appreciate it, but I think he will eventually. Alexis helped me find a store to order the blanket from, which fortunately is located in a huge building in downtown Dallas. Instead of paying for shipping, I could pick it up. Even though I work downtown I’m not familiar with the area around the big buildings, so I called ahead to ask where I should park. The guy who answered said he would meet me at the street and to call when I was close. Curb side service was a nice surprise.
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