The Shark

Reese has earned a new nickname, ladies and gentlemen, meet "The Shark". Reminiscent of the old UNLV coach who liked to chew on cloth, Reese has the same addiction. And the ferosity in her eyes as she attacks the lifeless rag is unparelled.

Keep your linens close, The Shark may be lurking...

Summertime

Fresh Prince and DJ Jazzy Jeff said it best, "Summatime" is one of my all-time favorite songs. I can't help but turn it up when I am cruisin...

This is a pic of Mom w/The Reese at a picnic with Katie's family last weekend.

Yesterday we had the chance to hook up with Guido's clan over at Rocky Fork and give Reese the opportunity to meet one of the candidates for her arranged marriage. She was entertained by Jackson but was pretty laid back the entire time. We have not gotten her to the point where she will cut up and laugh around other people. She does it alot when it is just the 3 of us at home, it is hillarious.

Gotta go, need to "Hustle to the mall to get me a new set, yeah I got on sneaks, but I need a new pair, cause basketball courts in the summa got girlz there, the temperature's about 88..."

You know the rest, it's Summatime

Go Irish

Validation for why I became a Notre Dame fan:

Mother of Irish's young fan also dies
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Cathy Mazurkiewicz, 46, the mother of a boy granted a dying wish to call a football play for Notre Dame, has died eight months after her son. She died Wednesday at her parents' home in Bodfish, Calif., of melanoma, said her daughter, Katrin Seymour. Her son, Montana, 10, died of brain cancer.

Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis visited Montana Mazurkiewicz in Mishawaka, outside South Bend, in September before Notre Dame played Washington. Weis asked if there were something he could do, and he agreed to let Montana call the first play against Washington. Montana called "pass right."

Weis called for a pass right on the first play of the game from scrimmage even though the Irish started on their own 1-yard line. Tight end Anthony Fasano caught the pass and leapt over a defender for a 13-yard gain.

Montana never got to see the play. He had died the day before. Cathy Mazurkiewicz said she couldn't believe Weis called the play after the Irish started with their backs to the goal line.

Mistaken Identity

It has been a few days without a Reese pic, so here you go...

Funny story last night, had the opportunity to be in the Bengal's suite last night at the Red's game. Mad props to N2 for hooking me up. After the game I was waiting on the elevator to take me down to my car. The doors open and it is packed like sardines. A lady yells, "we can't take anymore, you will have to wait!".

I reply with, "I am just one, we can make it work," which was followed by another female who shouts, "Let him on, that is Jason LaRue, the Reds catcher!"

Which is followed by a frenzy of people asking me to hook them up with Griffey and autograph request. The funny thing is, I look nothing like him, but because one lady thought so, they all went with it. Pretty hillarious, I didn't have the heart to tell them their "brush with a celebrity" was way, way off base.

Official Press Release

www.momentumcpa.com is the new web address registered for Momentum Financial and the company will be run by the 3-headed monster that is Reese, Bon and myself. I already have a mental image of a logo and flash intro to the web-site, it involves a catchy formula...

Brian has a good friend who I am going to contact about doing the web-site for us, but will probably not get really serious about it until the first of the year. While the launch of the business is just under 2 years away there is alot of prep work to iron out and the earlier you can promote yourself the better!

We (our family, Jase's family and Momma) had an awesome time with Katey's family yesterday. Jum thought it was very important that we all not meet each other for the first time at the wedding in September, so Katey organized a cookout yesterday. We had so much fun and really enjoyed meeting everyone, we have lucked out again! I am not sure what Mom did to secure 3 solid daughters-in-law with cool families, but she has pulled it off. Nice work Momma.

L-I-V-I-N

It has been an interesting few days. Had another thrilling class Thursday Night, with an interesting twist. One member of the class is the treasurer at a school district here in Cincinnati. He nudges me and points to a web address that list a position available at their school. It is for a Director of Development, which basically helps secure community financial support and handle publc relations.

I think it would be a very interesting job and the compensation is around where it needs to be. The downside is that it would be about a 35 minute commute from where we are now and will require some weekend/evening work. I told him I would not be applying and he responded by asking me to apply anyway since "you never know what can happen."

I think that is fair, so I am going to shoot over my resume today, I will keep you posted.

In addition, very excited for the fam to come down today and spend the afternoon at Katey's, to get an opportunity to meet her family. Should be a great time.

Peace out for know, going to update the resume...

Bon Jovi

As I was driving around today on sales calls I came across "Livin' On a Prayer" on the radio dial. It made me start thinking about how amazing their run has been. "Slippery When Wet" was the first cassette I ever owned, and now I am on the verge of 30 and they are still rocking.

Hats off to you Bon Jovi, you still rock...

Traffic Jam

Just when you think Cincinnati traffic is difficult, check out Iraq!

Mother's Day was awesome, Reese really came through for her momma!

Got to do homework, peace out...

Mother's Day Eve

Happy Mother's Eve everyone, this is a great shot I got of Reese this morning as she was waking up from a siesta.

Not much new here, Bon continues to amaze me with how great of a mother she is, and I would say that on any day. She is getting her hair done today, it's been over 4 months, pre-Reese, since she had it done. I can't wait to see it.

She also took the initiative and got all signed up at the YMCA. They have a really sweet set-up, with a television channel in the workout area that shows the nursery. That way she can watch The Reese while gettin her groove on. Here in a couple of months we will be able to get Reese in the pool as well, with baby swimming lessons. We are praying she did not get my floatability.

Also, if you watch Deal or No Deal, you obviously saw the OU band and former mascot on last night and Wednesday night. His name is Chad and he was Guido's roommate freshmen year in Athens. What a small world, for the record he took home $14K.

Peace out for now...

Hold On...

Mom always told me that some day my big ears would serve a purpose...

Up Close...

Without getting into specific numbers let me just tell you that God has really shown up at work. Things continue to fall out of the sky, under no doing of my own. It is awesome! I can't wait to go to work everyday and see what happens next.

I am looking forward to Bon's first Mother's Day, we will go out for a picnic, weather permiting, and she has already received her gift. (I cannot keep a secret)

I hope Bon is able to go to her women's Bible study tonight so that she can get some time on her own, I think that is important.

We have also made working out commitments, Bon just realized that I have high cholesterol, who doesn't these days? So I am out to get in shape, I heard a TV commentator say the other day, "How many people who live to be 100 are overweight?"

So here we go, let's get it on!

TV Junkie

OK, where to begin. I did not blog much last week b/c I had no internet. The wireless internet that I had been using was no longer giving me a signal, so we decided it was time to do the right thing and order our own. Three months was a good run.

That did not give me a chance to reflect on Day 2 of the Bears draft. I hated it, there are about 2 GM's who know what they are doing consistently, Pittsburgh and New England. I was more pleased with the guys we signed after the draft as free agents.

- Dion Byrum, CB, Ohio University
Baller who single-handedly beat Pitt last year, (returned 2 INT's for touchdowns) and he went to OU!
- Tim Day, TE, Oregon
We desperately needed a TE and this guy is a steal.
- Josh Huston, K, some college in Columbus
Apparently this kid, who was considered the #1 kicker in the draft, goes undrafted and called the Bears. "I only want to play for you" It is too bad he didn't go to a better college

We watched School of Rock last night, that movie is easily in my Top 10...

I started a new course this past Thursday that lasts for 6 weeks. He read to us from 36 Powerpoint slides for 4 hours, pray for me...

New Look...

I have to admit I stole this template from Steve Carr, but I was looking for something cool with a photo. I am now a paying customer of internet service, my "free" wireless is now a thing of the past. More on this later, just got home from class and am wiped.

There are plenty of good stories from the last few days coming to the blog, stay tuned...