Saturday Photo Hunt

This weeks theme for the Photo Hunters is colorful. I thought a picture of our new aquarium would fit nicely for this. So here it is. We have 12 fish in it. It's a 20 gallon tank and we have added a few things to make it interesting for not only us, but the fish. I can only remember the names of 2 kinds of fish we have it in though lol. 1 is Molly and the other is catfish. Oh, we got 2 of each kind so there are 6 different types of fish in it. We got the catfish to keep the bottom of the aquarium clean, the rest were just ones we picked out to make it colorful and fun.

Wordless Wednesday

My Italian Name

I saw this over at Rebecca's The Rants From Sunnybrook Farm and thought I'd give it a try.

Your Italian Name Is...

Enrico Costa

What's Your Italian Name?

Sunday Visit

Barb and I went to visit our grandson Jakob today. We had told him the last time he stayed with us on Easter weekend that we would visit him in May during my layoff. The little guy has been counting off the days on the calendar (with the help of his mom) till we were to come see him again. So, off we headed this morning/afternoon to see him. We stopped off at Barb's son Bobs to say hi and visit a bit with him before he had to go to work. We also got to see the nice improvements they made to their house. After that, Bob's wife Sara came with us to visit Jakob. We also got to see our granddaughter Lexi. We ended up going to the playground that is near where Jakob lives. I have posted some pictures of the fun they had while playing.




Jakob with little sister Lexi in tow


Lexi


Jakob and Lexi


Barb, Lexi, Jakob, Jakob's mom Beth, and Aunt Sara

So, to all who wondered where we were today, you now know. We had a good time while visiting and a nice drive home. Till next time BYE!!

Saturday

Well, I'm off for 2 weeks now and will have a good time not going to work. I'll probably wake up early Monday just out of habit though. Not sure of what we will do or go, but at least I won't have to worry about being at work the next morning for awhile.

Last week at work we had something funny happen. One of the guys that I work with came in with 2 different shoes on. He said he gets dressed in the dark and wears gym type shoes so it wasn't that noticeable to him. When the fellow I was working with spotted it, we all had a good laugh at it. He ended up calling his wife so she could bring the correct shoe in so he had matching ones lol.

On another note, I got home last week and Barb was watching Court TV when I got there. They had a case of a 10 yr old who had beaten a homeless man with bricks and such on trial. The thing that bothered me was they had a lawyer on that was trying to make a point that the kid shouldn't be punished harshly for what he had done due to his age. This angered me very much. I mean, if they don't punish this kid for what he did, how is he going to learn his lesson not to do this type of thing. To make it worse the homeless man might lose his eye from the injuries suffered at the hands of this kid. It just amazes me that anyone, let alone a 10 yr old would even think about beating someone that severe. Not to mention the fact that if this kid is doing this type of thing at his age, what will he think he can do when he gets older if he isn't punished?

I guess that's about all for now. I'll try to post some more during my time off. Till next time BYE!!

What Color Car Should You Drive?

I saw this at Skittles' Place and gave it a try.

You Should Drive a Blue Car

You're the type of driver who isn't hung up on the what car you drive. You don't need a flashy car to show off your wealth or style. Instead, you go for value and reliability. You're quite practical. You're a great driver, but you don't show off. Part of your skill is not standing out on the road.

What Color Car Should You Drive?

Mothers Day

Happy Mothers Day to all Moms. I hope you all enjoy this day. This is a pic of the roses that I got Skittles for mothers day. Not much else to post about today. Just relaxing and enjoying the day along with her. Till next time BYE!!

Your Inner Color is Red

Your Personality: Self-confident and stunning, you live in the now! You love life and experience all it has to offer. You in Love: You're a bit private and have trouble opening up. You need a secure partner who can deal with your independence. Your Career: Your ideal job gives you a ton of control and concrete results. Consider being a chef, surgeon, or architect.

What's Your Inner Color?

Wnat My Drawing Says About Me

I found this at Skittles' Place and gave it a try.



The results of your analysis say:

You tend to pursue many different activities simultaneously. When misfortune does happen, it doesn't actually dishearten you all that much.
You are a thoughtful and cautious person. You like to think about your method, seeking to pursue your goal in the most effective way.
You like following the rules and being objective. You are precise and meticulous, and like to evaluate decisions before making them.
You have a sunny, cheerful disposition.

What does your drawing say about YOU?

The Interview

Barb over at Skittles' Place has been interviewing people and she needed someone else to interview so I volunteered for it. I figured it would be fun to do. So here goes...

1. What do you like best and least about your job and why? Probably the best part is getting to do different jobs and also getting to work with the people that are there. The least that I liked would be while I was a team leader and had to relieve people to go to the bathroom and they would take 20 minutes or longer. Mind you not everyone did this, just a few, so it really wasn't that bad.

2. What got you fascinated with trains? How old were you? I got my first train when I was about 6 or so and didn't really understand how to operate it that well. I got back into them when I was about 16 or so and started to understand more about how they worked and actually operated in real life. After I got into cars, trains took a back seat for a while as I was busy driving around and being a teenager. The train bug hit me again when I was about 35 and I started collecting
them seriously and trying to think up the perfect layout to show them. Unfortunately, I never settled on a design and to this day still don't have a layout to run the trains I have.

3. Describe your dream vacation. A huge RV and Barb, with unlimited time and money to see the U.S. and all it's wonderful sights.

4. I know you like the cartoon character Marvin The Martian. Tell one way you think you are similar to him. I guess that would be thinking up new ways to do things. He of course desires to conquer earth and I don't, but I do like coming up with new inventions to reach the goals that I have.

5. What have you learned from blogging? That there are some very nice people out there with real problems and some good advice if you need it. Also that there are people out there that even though you aren't geographically close to them, can make good friends too.

On this meme I'm not allowed to tag anyone, but if someone wants to volunteer to be interviewed, I could think up a set of 5 questions for them to answer.