finally some work

So another month goes by and I have once again not done an update.

trying (once again) something new AKA writing the blog out in an email

and then adding and updating when im done. Things have been well with the Goodman's. Claire is nowTHREEE!. wow!! We went to a place Bounce U! and from what it looked like everyone had a good time. Its a bit of a hole in the wall, but inside there's 3-4 rooms two of which have several very large Bounce structures ranging from a jump wall, slides obstacle courses and a American gladiator style gun range. You get 30 mins in each room and then I thought 45min inside the birthday party room were we had drinks, cuppy cake and the presents. The best part is they took care of everything. It was great.

 Incidentally before the Claire birthday extravaganza Daryl got it through his head he wanted to have a little playground in the back yard. He searched and searched getting shot down here and there finally finding a nice little one in Elk Grove. With a lot of help from the parent in laws we were able to get it into the backyard. Its nice to have a playard even though its creates more work (moving sprinklers and killing grass), but the peace of mind that it creates is music to my ears.

   Something else thats music to peoples ears unless Daryl is playing is we got a Piano. It needed some work but all in all its a very good piano. Its a Lester Betsy Ross Spinnet  from 1947(ish) The finish is pretty nice for something that old. The last owners have supposedly owned it for 30 years so its nice to have the torch passed on something as cool and potentially wholesome as that. Dont expect any partridge family style antics anytime soon, but we do have at least 2 instruments and a possible of 4 people (in a couple of years at least) so maybe well toss something together.

oh and we went to the county fair and the zoo

and with that i think we have an update.random picture below.

pictures are a bit glitchy right now so im not sure how this is going to turn out.

Night

“Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.”

OK so the super secret project is now done ish. We are still cleaning up and getting things organized. When space is at a premium it becomes a issue of just playing find a place to put this.
We recently inherited a hutch of sorts from Grandpa Gene.(may he smile down upon us for ever and ever)
and it took the place (more like wedged into my side while im using the computer) of a book case which then took the place of another book case which then got slightly dismantled and became a shelf for my hobby desk.
yesh. So the secret project was a complete Kitchen remodel which was over saw by the Duane. yeah i said the. Hes a woodworker by trade and i say wood worker because if there was ever someone that could make something out of a block of wood its Duane. The project rolled out of a conversation Kristin and i had with Duane when we wanted new cabinet doors. he started telling us what we could do with our kitchen and how we can have more space, a pantry and something that will last the life of the house for a price we can afford ...well on thing led to another and low and behold we got a kitchen the likes this house has never seen. He also was very nice and helped in every way possible taking care of little details Kristin and i wouldnt have been able to do as parents. We also had Greg and Joy put a new floor in while everyone was looking the other way. Things as they say are good. The next project is the attic and garage with a sprinkle of tech in there somewhere.
Daryl is going to go to a painting competition later this month and see if he can snag an award for some of the random minis hes painted in the middle of the random commission hes been working on(hes got five that are being juggled right now.) He is also going to a comic convention in San jose later this month. This is something new to Daryl and hes not sure he can handle that much nerd, although the one in San Diego has turned into a meca for a list movie stars and movie debuts. (a group of fans got to be the crowd noise in a major disney movie last year). San Jose isnt San Deigo though haha.
Claire has been doing very well at preschool and also at potty training to the point were last weekend she went the whole weekend without a single pull-up/wet undies. Yah Claire. Abigail is doing very well sitting by herself babbling a little and clapping her hands.
Last weekend the whole family enjoyed a free comic book day at the local comic shop. FCBD for short has also become a bit of hit which is odd since most everything is going digital, but comic book shops around the planet give away free comics and have local artists just smooze. Also theres firetrucks and stormtroopers. (not sure how they fit)
thats all for now or until i remember some more.

The project

So another slice of life slips by and we see the super secret project get under way(not really secret)

Racer Claire day

Claire and Xaria(SP? sorry miss Britney)...DAY!

THE TILES are disappearing ...month?!!!!

The beginning

Daryl is still moving pictures from the old computer to the new one so pictures are ...actually hold...

on....

you guys are in for a treat.

old pictures that have been stuck on my nikon because there was no real computer to get them out.

i have another sd card around here some where with some more current stuff.

lets see what we have

Christmas Day!

Christmas night foo foo DAY!!!!

Random Claire and Daryl Day!!!

More Christmas ....DAY!!!

New bed ....day !!!!

Thanksgiving Claire playing the piano day!

Halloween ....Day!

Cowboy hat day!!!

But of course how could we forget Corn day!

Girl Day!...wait more like FAMILY DAY!!!!

We also added a could of random baubles to be notified of updates (the email widget), of Daryls Foofoo pictures and of the stupid site Daryl goes to get free stickers. thats right hes got 7,000 stickers. Of which only like 10% are actually cool enough to have the other 90% are just free stickers to give to Claire and such. The reason these add ons have been.... added on is we plan on sprucing the place up a bit making it a true blog.

..i bet you guys dont know what to do with all the pictures that have been added and heck not even a month has past. As the blog goes i would like to have weekly updates with random muttering and recipes that we tried or just pictures. feel free to respond by email or the little button underneath and comment.

oh and also Kristin has found a way for things to be purchased from her deal blog and we get a kickback. its not added on to the total price so anyone that does it still gets the deal but the link some how tosses a couple of bucks our way also. BOOOYAH !.....DAY!

Goodmans out

from one excuse and on to another.
tossing down some quick ink just to get this done.
moving everything to my gamer rig just so i have a keyboard and mouse
all is well in the Goodman household and we hope things are well with all of you.
nothing crazy has been in the pot lately but we have something insane bubbling away soonish.
we have been enjoying the unseasonably warm weather and were always trying to find new places for Claire and in a couple of years Abigail to play. Chick-fil-a has been the place to go for food and the indoor playground is pretty cool also. were going to the family night here soon just to see whats up with that.
Both kids are in day care and preschool and they seem to be adapting to them well enough.
now for the picture dump.
with the new computer i will be trying to update this more often than not, but i will be adding pictures in a minute or two through other means.

Testing

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OK so this is supposed to be a way to update the blog by email as well as send pictures. Now don't get me wrong two updates in one night your probably like "wth" * . I'm trying to refine the update so its constant and relatively easy for myself. With the main computer down and my gamer rigs desire not to contract internet aids I will try new ways to update and get notifications as quickly as possible. Feel free to give me feedback at anytime.
This should have two pictures also.
* I don't count pimping posts or this one as real posts so more should follow when i get the posts to where I want them.

freebie addon

kristin has a new blog that shes trying out and as a good family were pimping it. check it out, invite your friends and tell strangers.(no rest stop bathrooms though thats going to far)
freebie blog called hello, good buy notice the subtle play on words? enjoy it. and if she doesnt post call her at any time. shes probably awake. also this works to post but is a pain in the arse hole, so expect delays.

update

OK so pictures should be
Claire fashion sense(she gets it from daddy)
Daddy and the girls
Daryl and Claire
and Christmas morning







So Christmas has come and gone along with last year. Hope everyone had a good one. No real updates. I'm going to try to include pictures, but once again i'm trying something new. So bare with me.
Oh what am I talking about. Abigail rolled over for the first time a week or so ago. First for the doctor and then again for Kristin. Also not quite the same coolness factor, but farmer goodmans is under way with some grape fruit. When we last left farmer Goodman. They were having issues with carrots and broccoli. No more. With a dwarf grapefruit tree and a dwarf orange tree (the grapefruit is the only one producing right now) growing in the back the Goodmans no longer have to worry about the horrible decease scurvy. Phew bullet dodged. Talking about dodging a bullet. News has filtered through that we might lose another neighbor. Good and bad news. Good news as we might be able to not have to smell cigarette smoke again. Bad news the new neighbors might have a whole family of smokers or worse they might bath regularlly and drink coffee from a mug. Did I say bad news. Haha
I might have choked the picture loader....maybe not. This might actually be working.