TOOF!

Well over the weekend I had a bad experience with my teeth. I grind my teeth in my sleep. It's so bad that my top front 4 teeth have been ground down to almost nothing. They are so thin you can almost see through them. Anyway Friday night we were eating with Utah's finest at Golden Corral. I figure it's not that bad - there's steak and mashed potatoe's so I'm good. Well while in line waiting for a steak I see some sauteed mushrooms calling my name. So I grab a couple. I get back to my seat and proceed to dig in. Everything is tasting pretty good until I pop a mushroom in my mouth. CRUNCH. Hmm, a little dirt that didn't get washed off - oh well just keep chewing and swallow and don't think about it. CRACK........ I felt something at the front of my mouth behind my top teeth that didn't feel right. I put my finger in there to see what happened. YOOOOWCH!!!!! My tooth had chipped and my root was sticking out. That hurt really bad so I probe it with the tip of my tongue. ZZZZAP! Again the pain shot through me like I had just been electrocuted. My jaw dropped and my face went pale. I couldn't believe my teeth had finally chipped. The dentist had warned me about this time and time again and it finally happened. Needless to say I couldn't eat very well after that. The soonest I could get in to the dentist was Monday morning - but at least the dentist was able to call in a Rx for some Lortabs. Those things saved me over the weekend because it hurt to just breathe. Monday I went in and got my root canal (nitrous is lovely) and now I'm feeling a lot better.

Cell phone pic of the day: My messy cubicle.

So my hard drive decided to give up the ghost the other day. That was really bad timing as I had just bought a hard drive only 2 or 3 months ago. Anyway I bought a replacement - 250GB Serial ATA with 16MB Cache buffer... SWEET. The transfer speeds are amazing and going from an 80GB to a 250GB made it even sweeter. I also got a new case for my PC - a Thermaltake Tsunami. I'll post pics of it when I finally get around to charging the batteries in my camera.

The Holdens are here

Shane, Dore, and kids have come to visit for a couple weeks. They are going to be joined by Shane's dad and his GF and will be going on a snowmobile expedition. It should be fun and hopefully they will take some good pictures to show us when they come back.

SpongeWho SquareWhat?!?!?!Ok, so my 1 and a half year old girl is obsessed with this cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants. I believe this developed over at her aunt's house. Everytime she hears that song start up she runs as fast as she can to the tv and proceeds to sing along "bobbob bobbob" (since she cant quite pronounce sponge). I don't know really know why she likes this show so much. It could be the colorful characters. It could be the annoying voices. Who knows? Who cares? All I know is she's mesmerized by it. So as long as she's not running around destroying everything in sight I will tolerate Mr. Squarepants.

Another WoW picture taken in Redridge.

So I've been addicted to the game 'World of Warcraft'. I think I have logged about 30 hours in just under a week. That's a lot of late nights and tired mornings. I'm on the Terenas server and my char's name is Ikaika - look me up if you are ever on...

koa and pele

Pic of the day:

Got my X3 modchip installed! It works nicely. Also notice the decal Angela got me for Xmas from www.decalgirl.com.

I'm getting old

Well I turned 30 yesterday. It wasn't so bad, I had sushi at Happy Sumo for lunch and for dinner cooked some homemade Fish and Chips at home with the fryer Angela's mom gave us for Christmas. I got a new Alpine MP3 deck for my truck and put my Kenwood in the accord to replace the one jacked on Christmas Eve. Angela also surprised me with a new wedding ring (since my old one doesnt fit). The only problem is the ring is the exact same size as my old one so I can't wear it. I'll have to find a place that can resize the ring and be able to keep the engraving on it. Since it's a Hawaiian ring it has engravings all around it and apparently is difficult to resize. The only place that can really do it right is in Hawaii and it is a pain to send it over there. All in all it was a pretty nice day - I didn't have to work so I was able to spend time home with Angela and Makena.

I got a great Christmas present this year. Apparently someone decided to pay my house a visit Christmas eve and stole the stereo out of the Accord. It wasn't even a year old yet, I got it for Angela in Feb of this year - Alpine MP3 deck. Whoever took it is lucky I didn't catch them in the act or they would be in the Intensive Care Unit at the hospital right now.

Christmas is almost here

and I am still not done with my shopping. Lucky for me my wife did all the family/friends stuff and left me with just her to buy for. I'm getting up early tomorrow to see if I can finish my shopping before the crowds start to appear. I hate driving around during this time of the year - too much traffic.

Finally Finished Half Life 2

I finally finished HL2. I still think it's the best game I have ever played. The graphics and sound were awesome, the plot was awesome and the ending albeit unresolved was awesome. I hear they are making a HL3, if it takes them as long as it did to make the second one I'll be almost 40 when it comes out. I hope it doesnt take that long.

I'm listening to Laura Pausini's Escucha Atento. It's pretty good but I need to find the Italian version of the cd. Maybe Media Play has it...

I love XBMC!

My arms are on fire

I didn't want to lift this morning but Ammon messaged me at 5:15 am and reminded me that we wouldn't skip anymore. I'm glad we ended up going but my arms are on fire.

Today's workout:

Skullcrusher w/close grip bench supersets 3x5
French Press 3x5
Over/under standing curls 3x10

Weather shot of the day

Another shot of Kuki's tree, proceeds go to the Primary Children's Hospital.

Kuki's tree at the Festival of Trees