The day after Thanksgiving

Well everyone, here's what you've all been waiting for. The day after Thanksgiving pictures from Jo-Ann's.

It was a crazy morning. I woke up bright and early got myself ready and drove to Jo-Ann's. Believe it or not, I was the first car there. So I was lucky enough to park right in front of the doors. I looked at the clock....4:40. Whoa, that's early. I turned on my overhead light to play Tetris. After a few rounds, I looked at the clock again. 4:50. I was still the only one there. I gave myself till 5:00 then I called mom to ask where she and Krista were. They told me to meet them there at 4:45. Well, when she answered the phone, she was still in BED. I explained to her that I was in the Jo-Ann's parking lot waiting for them. She then explained to me that she and Krista changed the time, and to my dismay, they didn't inform me. So, I was there a whole 1/2 hour early. At least I got some good rounds of Tetris in. Cars started arriving and a line was forming at the doors. Mom and Krista FINALLY arrived. We weren't sure if we wanted to wait in line out in the cold, but we did. We were the third in line. I think we waited about a half hour outside. The nice workers at Jo-Ann's opened the doors early even. Once those doors were unlocked, I literally ran to the $1 fabric and just grabbed what I could. Poor Krista almost got trampled. She got stuck in an aile trying to carry bolts of fabric. Thankfully we all made it out alive. Until next year........

This is our cart of fabric. We only had one cart and all of that. It was crazy. The bolt kept falling over and so Mom, Krista, and I had to take turns holding it up.

This is the cart behind us in line. Look at all that fabric!!

Here is Krista gaurding our fabric with her life.

Here is a picture of all the crazy ladies waiting in line for getting their fabric cut. This picture just shows a little bit of what madness went on that morning.

Can anyone see my mom in this picture?

Yeah!! We made it to the pay line. Here is Krista with her haul, and me, below, with all my fabulous new fabric.

Something new to look forward to:

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Super-BABY!!

We saw this outfit at Wal-mart and loved it. We had just watched Superman Returns and wanted to get Tyler something Supermany...but, unfortunately, the only part of this outfit that actually fit Tyler was the jacket. His head was too bif for the under shirt. So, we sadly had to return the outfit. At least we got a few good pictures out of it.

T is for TIGGER!!

Here are some more Halloween pictures. Tyler also dressed up as Tigger. Cory's mom bought this Tigger at a garage sale for only a few bucks. It still had the tags on it too. Tyler mostly wore this outfit because it was warmer. I think he looks pretty darn cute.



After a long night of visiting people in his costume, here is Tyler happy as can be with a sucker. He loves his suckers.

Halloween!!

I made Tyler this cute little cow outfit for Halloween. He looked so cute in it. I didn't make him a hat though because I knew he would try to pull it off, plus I ran out of material. I think he makes for a really cute cow.







For Halloween we went to mom and dad's trick-or-trunk which turned out not to be such a good idea. Everything was outside, and it was cold. We decided to stand in line for chili. I had to get a bowl for Cory and for me since he was holding on to Tyler and he was being wiggly. Dad thought we should go to his car and eat our chili so we could at least be warm. That was a bad idea. We sat down and I immediately spill a bowl of chili all over me, Tyler, and the back seat of Dad's car. So, needless to say, we went back to mom and dad's and had our own chili and ate their Halloween candy. Tyler got stuck in one of their kitchen drawers too. But at least we were warm.

Cory's Spot: Windows XP: Cool Registry Hack

Today I came across a cool little registry hack that added some functionality to Windows XP that I think I'll use a fair bit.

What this does is add both "Copy To Folder" and "Move To Folder" options to the right-click context menu, next to "Send To." It's an easier way to drop one or two files in a different location.

There are a couple of ways to implement this. The easiest is simply to download this file, right click on it, and choose "Merge." The other option is to follow the original instructions I used - here (from TechRepublic).

Cory's Spot: Renewed dedication attempt

I've been pondering on-and-off for some time now just what I can do to get motivated to post here more frequently. It's been especially difficult since my wife and I have a family blog, which is where the important stuff goes, so that's where a post is going if I have limited time. Two things I want to change about this blog that should make posting easier: first off, instead of focusing primarily on reviews, any little old thing can be posted here. For example, today's other planned post is just a little registry hack for Windows that adds some useful functionality - I almost sent it out in an email to just a couple of people, but figured this would be better. Secondly, I'm going to try to post even just quick, off the cuff, thoughts, instead of feeling like I have to work up a big essay. I don't know how well this will work, but I'll be giving it a try.

It's here!!

My free IPOD NANO is here everybody. I'm very excited. I got it last week and I love it. It's so tiny and cute. It was free because there was a promotian going on at Key Bank that if you opened a checking account you would get a free NANO. So, Cory and I both did it. Cory is selling his though and using that moola to buy a Creative Zen mp3 player. Its fun.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!!!

We bought this winter coat for Tyler last year and didn't know if it would fit or not and guess what, it FITS!! Yeah. When it snowed here for the first time last week, Cory and I dressed Tyler up in his winter ensamble and took him out for a car ride. He reminds me of the boy on "A Christmas Story" in this outfit. It's so big and poofy that Tyler rolled onto the floor and just layed there because he didn't know which way to turn or how to bend or get up. It was pretty funny.






It has finally snowed in Idaho. I just love the first day it snows. I don't really know what it is. I just love the first day of snow. I opened up all the blinds in the house, cranked up the heat and just stared out the window at the beautiful white snowflakes that were blowing outside. Tyler kept looking out the window too, then he would look at me with eyes of wonder. I can't wait to take him outside to play in the snow and to teach him how to make snow angels and snowmen. Winter is my favorite season and time of year. And that, everybody, is one of the reasons why I love living in Idaho.

Cute pie Tyler

Well, it's been awhile since we've given an update on Tyler. He's growing up so fast. I can't believe he is over a year old already. He's such a big boy. Tyler's favorite thing to do is to get into anything and everything that he's not supposed to get into. Such as anything that is plugged into an outlet, or the cupboards. Our bathroom cupboards aren't baby proofed yet and Tyler knows it. So he'll crawl up the stairs and go straight into the bathroom and pull everything out of the drawers in a matter of minutes. He also likes to play with these little cups that fit inside each other. Those are his favorite things ever. A few weeks ago he discovered how to go down the stairs on his own. It's kind of scary for me sometimes because he can slide down them pretty fast. And some big news, Tyler finally took a few steps. We're working on teaching him to walk everyday. He's really getting pretty good at his baby steps. We are very proud of him and love being Tyler's parents. He is such a blessing to have in our lives.