Landmark Tower Implosion

This morning we woke up at 6:20am and were out the door before 7am to go watch the implosion of the 50 year old, 30-story, Landmark Tower in downtown Fort Worth. This is the 2nd tallest building to ever be imploded, and the tallest in Texas. We were standing 4 blocks away from it and it was one of the coolest things I have ever seen in person. They were supposed to sound the sirens 15 seconds before they began at 8am, but at 7:45, they surprised us all and detonated the explosives with no warning. It was loud and it happened all too quickly! I'm curious to see my office Monday morning since this Landmark Tower building is literally across the street (catty-corner). They said a few windows were busted out in neighboring buildings, but hopefully our office was not one of those unlucky ones. Here's a video I took this morning - enjoy!


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Television Junkie

This post is for you blog-addicts who have repeatedly checked their regular blogs every single day only to find that THIS blog hasn't changed in 2 weeks...not even the comments. Thought you might want to see something else here. I don't really have anything to say. Are any of you watching American Idol? Who do you like and who do you think will win? My absolute #1 favorite is Taylor Hicks. I don't think he will win because I don't think enough of America understands him and his incredible talent and passion for music. He's become a popular contestant over the weeks as people get more used to him I think, but I remain pessimistic towards the odds of him winning. I like Chris and Katherine a lot, and I can see them in the final 2 or 3, and ultimately, I see Chris winning the whole thing. He has an amazing natural-born rock voice, and I am amazed that he has never had any vocal training. Katherine is by far my favorite girl. In fact, from the very first auditions, I predicted her, Chris, and Paris to be the final three. We will see. Finally, how Kevin could have more votes than Ace, Melissa, and Lisa is a bit disturbing to me. Enough is enough. No offense, but he's just an awkward and dorky little choir boy who can't stay on pitch and sings with a lisp. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure he sings better than me, but he does not belong at this level of the competition. I'm afraid it has become a game to keep voting for Kevin. Probably all of the 11-14 year old girls vote 500 times each. ENough is enough, the game needs to stop. Melissa deserves to still be in the competition while Kevin watches the remainder of the season on his couch sitting in between mommy and daddy. I don't mean to be rude, but that really irks me.

Anyway, I hope I don't lose my man card for religiously following American Idol this season. I haven't watched it since Kelly Clarkson won. I did, however, record two new sitcoms. The Loop and Sons & Daughters. I haven't watch them yet, but they both look really funny. Has anyone watched them yet? Geez, I think I've become a television junkie! I have watched more tv in the past year than I have in the 10 years prior to that! That's probably why I'm getting fatter and fatter! Once I turned 30, the weight started piling on. I hope to take control of that, but as you all know, it's not easy.

Jennifer and I have officially been married for 10 years! YAY! I'm glad we've made it this far, and because we've survived this 10 year roller-coaster, I think we can survive anything together! I love you Jenn! This date also means I'm two weeks away from the good ol' vasectomy. We've fortunately been very blessed with four beautiful and healthy children...and I think four is enough for us.

One Year Anniversary

Well, today at work, it was my one year anniversary and my boss gave me a $5,000 bonus!! Well, at least half of that statement is true, but not the part involving a bonus. HA! That's ok - I'm happy with my job whether or I get a one year bonus or not. I can't believe it's been a year! Time has just flown by sooo fast! Looking back, I am so fortunate to have this job, and I am thankful for it. Sure it's horribly stressful at times and I envision myself having a heart attack before age 40, but at other times, it's a lot of fun! I'm learning to manage the workload a little, so the stress level has decreased a little, but it will always be there. I can't believe we've lived in our house for a whole year now! It still seems like we just moved in a few months ago!

I started to get a little bit of spring fever today! It was such a beautiful day outside! I went with a colleague to lunch today at the Pour House. We sat up on the balcony outside, overlooking Sundance Square...I'm so lucky to be in downtown Ft. Worth! Anyway, I started getting all the spring time urges today - like swimming, running, grilling and eating outside, washing cars, doing yardwork, playing with the family in the backyard, going to a lake, etc. Spring is my favorite time of year!

I guess I could post a personal item on here...I made an appointment yesterday to get the ol snip-snip!! YOWZA! My consultation is March 24th and the vasectomy is March 31st! YIKES! Actually, I'm not worried about the procedure much at all. As it gets closer, my anxiety may increase a little, but I'm MUCH more worried about having to take a Valuum (sp?). I have to take it an hour before the procedure. However, all prescription pain killers and anesthesia make me dizzy and/or throw up, so I'm nervous about Valuum. Maybe I'll just not take it and tell the doc that I did - HA!

Well, I got to watch my first NASCAR race of the season this past Sunday and it was fun! It was especially fun seeing my 3 favorite drivers finish in the top 10 (Carl Ewards, Jamie McMurray, Mark Martin) and it was AWESOME seeing both Tony Stewart AND Greg Biffle's engines mess up, causing them to have to drop out of the race! WAHOO!! :) I know, I shouldn't be like that, but those 2 guys are my least favorite drivers. Now, with the NHL coming back finally, and Nascar on every Sunday....I'm all set! Well, I'd be all set if Brett Favre would announce that he's going to play another season!! It's March now, so I bet we get an answer from him in the next few weeks. Well, I can't keep my eyes open anymore...so good night!