I have been on vacation in Cocoa Beach FL. I will be back on Feb 22nd and cannot wait to start working at Nokia.
I have been working under contract for a company called Namespace in Lynnfield MA for the last 4 months and I am sad to leave however I recieved a job offer on Tuesday that I could not turn down. Starting this Tuesday I will be a full time employee of Tatto Media. I look forward to working with the team and seeing what challenges they can throw at me. I will miss working with the team at Namespace and wish them the best of luck with their product. They have been a pleasure to work with/for over the last few months.
It has been in my plans for a few months now to buy a Nintendo Wii for the house. Dylan has always had fun while playing it at friends houses and I have to admit it is fun even as an adult. Yesterday I went out and bought the Wii which of course led to buying accessories and games for it as well. My fiancée Claire wanted the Wii Fit which is a board you can use to play games but also as a fitness tool. I added that to the list along with a couple games and the Wii Fit Personal Trainer game. In the end everything came to a total close to $600 which added up really quick.
The first thing Dylan did when he got home was to play the Wii. He choose some kid games and while watching him play I thought they were ok but not great. I had bought the snowboarding game and wanted to give it a shot. I do have to admit that using the Wii Fit to snowboard was a new experience for me. I have not been snowboarding in years but used to go all the time when I lived in Vermont. Snowboarding on the Wii Fit takes some getting used to as when you put more weight on your heels or the balls of your feet by your toes it makes you turn. It does take a moment to get used to it but after a short period of time I was able to control the character.
Today is my son Liam’s 4th Birthday! Happy Birthday Liam!!!
Tonight when we were on our way home from picking up the boys, we stopped in Montpelier Vermont. We could not stop laughing long enough to take a picture of the sticker silhouette people on the windows. Funny though it looks to be registered in New York State. Even Better!!!
I went to B&N last night trying to find this book to read to my step son. I did not have any luck trying to find the book because I do not know the title.
What I do remember about the book is that it was written in a journal format (boy’s diary) the boy’s father was a truck driver and not around much. The boy had problems at school with kids taking his lunch from his lunch box so he decided to make a lunchbox alarm and I believe he also used it as a door alarm.
I wish I could remember the name of this book so that I could pick up a copy. I remember reading it when I was about 8 years old so that was about 20 years ago. I read it around the time that I read pippi long stocking, and the ramona books by beverly cleary and the indian in the cupboard.
If anyone knows the title of the book please let me know. For now I have picked up the Indian in the Cupboard.
Today Dylan came up to me and was talking to me about his Playstation Portable. He said “Joe, remember when we were at that house with the little girl who played my game?” I told him that I did and he said she lost my game. At first thought I checked all of the PSP game cartridges to make sure they were all accounted for. After a moment I realized he meant a saved game.
Now before I go on I have to explain that to dylan saving his game is hitting pause and turning the game system off. When he turns it back on it magically remembers your game and you can just un-pause.
After a moment of silence and calmly looking around he says “OH MAYBE SHE DIDN’T!!!” He starts looking around frantically. Oh yea the game is right here, maybe she didn’t lose the game he said. He opens the system and takes the game out… I laughed and said “Nope! But YOU just did!” his response was exactly as expected!
