Shopping for Toys
Posted on April 15, 2010 by Ching under Wishlist.
We took Matthias to Best Buy today to pick up a 32GB iPod Touch for one of his colleagues back in Germany. Apparently, electronics are much cheaper in the US. Probably partially because the value of the Euro is better.
Matthias did really well because he printed the web site page showing the iPod for only $269.99 (they were $299.99 at the store). Besides that, the store clerk didn’t charge him any sales tax so he got a really good deal for his friend.
While there, both Brian and Matthias took advantage of the opportunity to play with some iPads. They’re pretty neat. We’re too broke, though. I think we’re going to be late adopters on this one. =P
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EWI Trivia Night
Posted on April 14, 2010 by Ching under Things to Do.
Brian and I just got home from the Executive Women International (EWI) Wichita Chapter’s trivia night, which is their annual fund raising event at Botanica. The theme this year was the Wild West. I was obviously at a disadvantage, but had loads of fun anyway. (Many thanks to Connie for inviting us!)
Me and Brian
Joni and Travis
We had a great group of people at our table: Travis and Joni Paige, Don and Denise Sherman, Nick Bundy and Bri Tucker. We got two tables this year and the other table with Jim and Carol Ludwig, Karla Olsen, Hank and Connie Velghe (she’s the current president of the EWI Wichita chapter), Steve and Melanie Owens and Carol Ludy (a prospective EWI member) actually won. Hurrah!
I bid on a few silent auction baskets and, at one point, was actually worried that I might win all of them. I was worried because I didn’t have enough money for all of them. I really had money for only one auction basket (and barely at that). I bid on several so I had back ups.
At the end of the evening, I didn’t end up with any of them. We did, however, win two of the table centerpieces. We bought five raffle tickets and two of them turned out to be winners. Who would have thought?
It was very lucky too because the table centerpieces are really neat. Each centerpiece consisted of a bottle of wine and a single-bottle wine rack in the shape of cowboy spurs. Since we won twice, I actually ended up with a matching set. They currently grace our sofa table and look great. Now I want more Western themed stuff. LOL.
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Spring 2010 Parade of Homes
Posted on April 10, 2010 by Ching under Things to Do.
Today was the first day of the Spring 2010 Parade of Homes. I had a lot of fun checking out the model homes with Brian, Misty and Darcy. Out of all of us, Darcy is actually the only one seriously in the market for a new house. Misty, Brian and I were out and about just for fun. LOL.
We started out with the more realistic houses at Auburn Hills. Darcy is very interested in The Woods, one of the subdivisions within Auburn Hills. Being a Parade of Homes virgin, we naturally had to take Misty to the million dollar model homes. LOL.
Sometimes when you start out with the million dollar houses, the other houses (despite being great in their own right) just pale in comparison. So we planned our route to check out the model homes in ascending value.
We were already on the West side of town so we checked out a few houses at Fiddler’s Cove in Maize, Kansas. Then we drove all the way to the East to check out Flint Hills National in Andover. These houses are so amazing that we were Ooohhh-ing and Aaahh-ing all over the place.
Check out some of the pictures that I took from this afternoon’s adventure:
A grand entrance.
A beautiful kitchen in one of the model homes.
Another kitchen; different model home.
Now, that’s a kitchen!
Nice little desk area. Brian loved the built-in window seat.
Basement.
Basement bar with granite counters.
No basement is complete without a pool table and media room
Nice bathroom.
This amazing shower can fit a dozen people. Easy.
Double doors that lead from the master suite to the master bath.
Imagine enjoying a bath by the fire in this spectacular tub. Yes, that’s a fireplace on the wall.
A great basement with a bar and space for a poker table. Nice.
Misty and Brian taking a break. Exploring all of these houses is a lot of work. LOL.
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You Should Have Been There!
Posted on April 10, 2010 by Brian under Life.
Normally when I leave work there is a variety of different people that are in the parking garage booth. Most of the time they just sit there and don’t say or do anything. Thursday was a little different.
As I was leaving, one of my former employees (who I fired back when I worked as a Supervisor at T-Mobile) was standing in the window and noticed me as I was leaving and said, “Hi.” In past experiences with old employees that’s usually all the interaction that I get (or want; I fired most of them and they are never happy to see me). However, this time was different.
I had to leave early on Friday (we had to meet the maintenance man to put up the new window treatments for the living room), to pick up Ching so that she could make sure that it was done correctly. As I was leaving, the same person was in the booth and actually stopped me. The conversation went a little like this.
Booth Girl: Wait!
Me: (Thinking to myself, “OK. Here it comes. She’s going to blame me for firing her and her present pitiful work situation.”)
BG: Do you remember the Kokapelli dolls you had on your desk?
Me: Yep. (Thinking to myself again, “Why?”)
BG: Well I don’t know if you remember the guy I was dating at TMo but we got married and had a couple of kids. After my second kid I got a Kokapelli tattoo right here (using her hand to rub her inner thigh right next to her crotch).
At this point, I’m thinking “Oh, crap! Not this!” This is where it gets kind of sad and funny all at the same time.
BG: So I’m no longer married and I don’t have any kids anymore.
Me: (This is when I started thinking, “What the hell happened to your kids? Did you eat them? Did you take them to Nebraska and drop them off at the hospital because you didn’t want them? What the hell happened to them?” How exactly does one have kids and then not have them anymore?).
BG: So how are things with you and your wife? (Probably fishing for my marital situation.)
Me: Things are great. I’m actually on my way to pick her up right now and I’m running late.
BG: That’s nice. I am so happy for you.
At this point, I said bye and she opened the gate (which had actually dropped closed during our exchange). You could tell by the tone of her voice and the look on her face that she was disappointed. I got over to Ching and could not wait to tell her about this little conversation.
I have decided that in the future I will take the Water exit and loop around to Broadway to avoid the booth and any more awkward conversations.
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We Have Curtains!
Posted on April 9, 2010 by Ching under Life.
The window treatments arrived the other day. I set up an appointment with the apartment maintenance person to install the curtain rod so that we could get our new panels hung.
Brian actually picked out the color and they look great. Way to go, baby! Now our living room is complete. Almost.
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