January 31, 2009 @ 3:33 pm
Author: Brian Allen — Filed under: Baby,Outings

Katie Beth had a great time at the playground with all the children. She has started really going around on her own.

Her face could be showing a little fear.

January 26, 2009 @ 1:13 pm
Author: Brian Allen — Filed under: Baseball
We have a Milwaukee Brewers feeder team in Huntsville, Alabama called the Huntsville Stars.

I have put together their schedule in iCal format so that you can integrate their game schedule into your calendar on your Mac or import into other things like an iPhone.

You can subscribe at this link: Subscribe here (You may need a Mac. Sorry, PC users.)

You can directly view the calendar here: Browser Viewing

You can also download and import theHuntsville Stars 2009 Schedule into your calendar program.

I hope you enjoy.

January 19, 2009 @ 12:01 pm
Author: Brian Allen — Filed under: Disney,Outings

Karen and I have started discussing our plans for a trip to Walt Disney World.  Everything is up in the air, but our discussions have started.

Karen is wanting to shift back to our normal vacation time, which is during the International Food and Wine Festival, but we have points that must be used before June 1st.  I would like switch, but how is the question.

Also, I think Karen is wanting to start going less often in which case we will have to rethink our point usage.

January 2, 2009 @ 12:54 pm
Author: Brian Allen — Filed under: House

We started to work on our water heater and it turned into stopping the water damage. We were simply flushing our water heater, then we heard water pouring out of our ceiling behind us.

The faucets were open upstairs to let the water tank drain quicker, but we had left a drain closed in one sink. As we turned on the water to help stir the tank bottom, the water flowed upstairs easier than out the bottom of the tank.

We were filling the sink in the upstairs bath. Then, we started to fill the bathroom floor. Then, we started to fill the master bedroom. Then, we started to fill the hall and next bathroom.

The water got almost every towel wet so we really didn’t have anything to soak up the water. We filled a 30 gallon trash can with wet towels. Some furniture got wet feet, which had to be dried quickly to avoid staining the carpet.

The ceiling damage covers most of our den, which is directly below our master bathroom. We had water coming through from two areas that were about one square foot each, but we have water stains covering about three square feet.  The ceiling picture looks like it has shadows, but it is actually covered with wet spots, stains, and sagging ceiling.