Cheryl gets her ass kicked...

My wife got her ass kicked yesterday by a guy named Dan. No, I didn't run out and kick his ass. Why? Because Dan is a personal trainer at LA Fitness. We finally broke down and joined last week. With a membership you get a free session with one of their resident meathead personal trainers. Dan decided that Cheryl should do about 10 sets of arm exercises yesterday morning. Not a good idea. She can't raise her hands past her ears today and I hate to tell her that it might be worse tomorrow. Hopefully she will be able to pick Zach up by the weekend.

On another note, we have some convection out there in the Atlantic! Excited T? It is pretty late in the season, but the forecasts right now say Noel will barely miss us here in South Florida. I am less optimistic as the dreaded "cone" has been moving closer to us all day. Just to be safe, I ran out to Publix and got some extra water, ice, formula and baby food for the little man.

RIP 2007 Cleveland Indians

I would like to give a fond farewell to my favorite baseball team. They got their asses handed to them last night by the Boston Red Sox 11-2. That wouldn't normally bother me, but after having a 3 games to 1 lead in the Championship Series it is pretty sad. Yeah, I know they are a young team. But to have your #1 and #2 starters pitch as bad as Sabathia and Carmona did is incredibly disappointing. It doesn't help that the team gave up 30 runs in the final three games either. Just to show that I am not a fair weather fan, I will continue to wear my Indians hat on the weekends while crying all day. Sniff-sniff....

Pictures from Hawaii

Below you will find some of our pictures from Hawaii. We took 230 pictures, so they all couldn't make the final cut. If you want an enlarged view of the picture, just click on it and a bigger version will pull up. Enjoy....

World Traveller

Zach the world traveller hanging out at LAX on our layover on Wednesday.

Big Z in the pool

A picture of the big guy swimming with daddy in the Salt Water Lagoon on Thursday afternoon.

Our Room

This is the view from our room on Friday evening. Not too shabby, huh?

Zipline Tour

Yep, thats me on the Kauai Backcounty Zipline Course on Friday Morning. Since Cheryl is afraid of heights, I decided to go on the tour with her Aunt Barbara. The zipline course is made up of seven lines, most which run between 700-900 feet. That's between 2 and 3 football fields in length and it is over the tree tops and a river. We both had a blast.

Poipu Bay

Cheryl took this picture on Saturday Morning while I was playing golf at Poipu Bay Golf Course. This is the same golf course that the Grand Slam of Golf was played on from 1994 through 2006. The course is really beautiful (and tough) and it seemed like every hole played into the trade winds. We won't discuss my score for the day....

The Bride and Groom

A picture of Dawn and Bob at dinner after the "I do's" on Saturday Night.

Napali Coast Sail

Cheryl and I went on a 4 hour sail on Sunday afternoon to the remote Napali Coast of Kauai. Just like the Grand Canyon, the pictures do the beauty no justice. There are no roads to access the Napali Coast, so the only way to see it it by helicopter or catamaran. It was one of the most beautiful areas I have ever seen in my lifetime and a place you should see if you ever visit Kauai.

Napali Coast Sail

A picture of the Napali Coast on our return to port.

Back from the Big Trip

The entire family has made it back from Kauai successfully. We all had a great time but we are happy to be back home and sleeping in our own beds again. Even Lucy seems happy to be out of the kennel and has spent most of her time lounging around the house sleeping. The trip was great...the wedding was great. Even Zach did much better than we thought spending 11 hours in a plane each way. The jetlag kinda sucks...it's 2pm right now and it feels like 8am on my body clock but I am hoping that will adjust in the next couple of days. We took tons of pictures over the last week and I should have them up in the next day or two. I hope everyone had a good week.

Hawaii here we come....

The final preparations are being made now for our big trip to Hawaii tomorrow morning! Our flight leaves Ft. Lauderdale at 11am and we are scheduled to return on Tuesday the 16th in the afternoon. All three of us are looking forward to our first trip to Kauai. I promise to have some great pictures when we get back. Aloha!

The Beach Bum

Cheryl took the big Z Man to the beach the other day. He has been sick recently and she thought that it might help to get him some fresh air. Looks like someone was relaxed during this particular moment. Zach will have plenty of time to be a beach bum in the next week on our Hawaii trip. Our plane to Kauai leaves on Wednesday morning and we are all getting really excited!

Go Tribe!

All I can say is Holy Shit! My boys the Cleveland Indians lead the mighty Yankees 2 games to zip in the Divisional Series! I hate to jinx them, but I can't tell you the last time I have been this excited about baseball. Actually, yes I can...

The year was 1997. It was the 1997 World Series. Game 7. The game where Jose Mesa blew a lead in the ninth inning against the Marlins to erase a great outing by Jaret Wright. I remember the exact place I was at when it happened....BW3 in Wickliffe Ohio (East Side of Cleveland). I remember grown men and women crying like babies at the bar after it happened. I really can't think of a time where I was more bummed out by a baseball game.

In 2003 the Marlins beat the Yankees when I was living here in South Florida and it was a great moment. I remember celebrating at the Blue Anchor with Cheryl and Mr. Douglas. But nothing quite breaks your heart like a loss in the 9th inning of a game 7 in the World Series. I am hoping this year has a much different finish...I am looking for a little redemption 10 years later.

Back from the Bachelor Party

Philadelphia sucks! I apologize in advance to any of you who are fans of the City of Brotherly Love, but my travel experience on Thursday through Philly was my worst EVER. In order to not bore you with the details, lets just say that my flight from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh (that was supposed to depart at 4:30pm) didn't actually take off until midnight. I touched down in Pittsburgh at 1:00am and was greeted by Mr Douglas who had been at the bar since 5pm. Yep...he was hammered. After the long drive to his house and some bullshitting, I crawled into bed about 4am.

Due to the fact that Kris probably drank 10 Bombay Sapphires and had 10 shots on Thursday Night, he felt like ass all day on Friday. Even the bachelor party on Friday Night was a little more low-key than I expected. We all got wasted, Doc got in a fight, and all the while Kris was rather well-behaved. Talk about weird...

The rest of the weekend was spent in "recovery mode", watching football, cooking out, and drinking a few more cold beers. Thankfully, there were no problems on the return trip...I actually arrived 20 minutes early. The good news is that I took my camera. The bad news is that I never took it out of the case. Duh....

Headin' to Pittsburgh

After many months of waiting, the big weekend is finally here! I am heading to Pittsburgh tomorrow for Douglas's bachelor party. I am sure the weekend will be filled with interesting stories and large amounts of booze. While I am nowhere near the drinker I used to be, I am sure I will make an attempt to prove otherwise at some time this weekend. I am hoping to have stories and photos early next week.

Excitement and Vomit

EXCITEMENT: I am proud to announce that my Indians clinched the AL Central title today! After a multi-year drought, they are finally back in the big show. I am pretty excited about their team this year even though I haven't watched that many of their games. Living in an NL East Market it's very rare to have an AL Central team on TV. I am hoping this year is the beginning of another run like the 90s. I lived in Cleveland from 1996 through 1999 and it was a lot of fun having a team that was in the playoffs every year.

VOMIT: The Dolphins blew another game today, losing to the Jets 31-28. I thought it was going to be a close game and it was. Unfortunately we ended up on the short end of the stick AGAIN for the third straight week. While the defense has been our strength the past 5 years, the D has really looked shitty the last three weeks and it looks like age is starting to creep up on Zach Thomas and Jason Taylor. While I am more encouraged by the offense and happy that two of the three losses were only by 3 points, things are NOT WELL round these parts. I am quickly falling into the "there's always next year" camp unless we can get a few W's on the board soon.

Saban Loses!

In what can only be described as "wonderful", Nick Saban was handed his first loss at Alabama last night. To make things even better, it was a great game and a great finish. Not that I'm a huge fan of the Jawjah Bulldogs or anything, but Saban is a jackass and anytime he loses I will applaud. You don't think I'm still bitter from last year, do you?

With Mr Saban's loss and the fine performance by my Hurricanes on Thursday night against Texas A&M, I am 2-0 this weekend. Hopefully the Dolphins can get into the win column today with a trip to New Yawk to play the hated J-E-T-S Jets Jets Jets. I see that Zach Thomas will be out due to a concussion, so I may be pushing my luck here, but I'm gonna call a three point victory in hostile territory.

Must be Friday...

As many of you know, I live in Boynton Beach Florida. Us locals often call this area "god's waiting room" because of the huge amount of old people that live here. The scary thing is that many of these people have drivers licenses and can renew them every five years through the mail! This picture is evidence of what happens when they drive.

The lady who owns this CRV parked it here and went into the dentist's office. An old lady came along and decided that she would park next to her. However, instead of parking head-first like most normal people do, she decided to back the car into the spot. Unfortunately, she missed the spot by about 6 feet and hit the CRV. But, instead of stopping when she hit the CRV, I guess she decided to keep going. She ended up pushing the CRV over the concrete parking barrier and then over a curb and into the grass. Unbeleivable....