Just back from the GDC
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And I thought I was still hung over when I heard the stuff about GM. Wow. Too bad they didn't do it to all of the banks and anybody else begging for taxpayer money. And, I nearly forgot. While at the GDC we negotiated two new contracts. The company is going to be busy, I am glad I sold it. And, most importantly, My wife and I just found out we expecting our second child in November! I'd rather share it with this group since we've bonded and all that since the soapbox has become forum non grata :)
Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --?
Congratulations, Chris!
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Chris Austin wrote:
My wife and I just found out we expecting our second child in November!
congrats! makes it all worthwhile.
Mike - typical white guy. The USA does have universal healthcare, but you have to pay for it. D'oh. Thomas Mann - "Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil." The NYT - my leftist brochure. Calling an illegal alien an “undocumented immigrant” is like calling a drug dealer an “unlicensed pharmacist”. God doesn't believe in atheists, therefore they don't exist.
Mike Gaskey wrote:
congrats! makes it all worthwhile.
Thanks, yeah nothing like a little extra of that 'something' that my 3 year old has brought us.
Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --?
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Congratulations, Chris!
Rob Graham wrote:
Congratulations, Chris!
Thanks Rob, I appreciate it.
Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --?
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And I thought I was still hung over when I heard the stuff about GM. Wow. Too bad they didn't do it to all of the banks and anybody else begging for taxpayer money. And, I nearly forgot. While at the GDC we negotiated two new contracts. The company is going to be busy, I am glad I sold it. And, most importantly, My wife and I just found out we expecting our second child in November! I'd rather share it with this group since we've bonded and all that since the soapbox has become forum non grata :)
Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --?
Chris Austin wrote:
expecting our second child
Congratulations! You know what causes that, don't you... ALCOHOL!
Knowledge is knowing that the tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad!! Booger Mobile - Camp Quality esCarpade 2010
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Chris Austin wrote:
expecting our second child
Congratulations! You know what causes that, don't you... ALCOHOL!
Knowledge is knowing that the tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad!! Booger Mobile - Camp Quality esCarpade 2010
_Damian S_ wrote:
Congratulations! You know what causes that, don't you... ALCOHOL!
;) I won't make the remark that it was the other way around. Thanks Damian
Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --?
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And I thought I was still hung over when I heard the stuff about GM. Wow. Too bad they didn't do it to all of the banks and anybody else begging for taxpayer money. And, I nearly forgot. While at the GDC we negotiated two new contracts. The company is going to be busy, I am glad I sold it. And, most importantly, My wife and I just found out we expecting our second child in November! I'd rather share it with this group since we've bonded and all that since the soapbox has become forum non grata :)
Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --?
Chris Austin wrote:
And, most importantly, My wife and I just found out we expecting our second child in November!
All else pales to insignificance. In your child's life I hope he (or she) does four things; lie, steal, cheat, and drink. When your child lies, he should do it to save a friend. When he steals, he should steal someone's heart. When he cheats, I hope he cheats death. And when he drinks, have him hoist one for me! You have my sincerest congratulations and best wishes.
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
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And I thought I was still hung over when I heard the stuff about GM. Wow. Too bad they didn't do it to all of the banks and anybody else begging for taxpayer money. And, I nearly forgot. While at the GDC we negotiated two new contracts. The company is going to be busy, I am glad I sold it. And, most importantly, My wife and I just found out we expecting our second child in November! I'd rather share it with this group since we've bonded and all that since the soapbox has become forum non grata :)
Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --?
Congratulations mate. We have an 8 month old and I was wondering how long it will take to forget the hard stuff about having a baby and start thinking about the next one. Three years seems just about right! Congratulations again, I hope you kept all the baby paraphernalia
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Chris Austin wrote:
And, most importantly, My wife and I just found out we expecting our second child in November!
All else pales to insignificance. In your child's life I hope he (or she) does four things; lie, steal, cheat, and drink. When your child lies, he should do it to save a friend. When he steals, he should steal someone's heart. When he cheats, I hope he cheats death. And when he drinks, have him hoist one for me! You have my sincerest congratulations and best wishes.
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
Oakman wrote:
In your child's life I hope he (or she) does four things; lie, steal, cheat, and drink. When your child lies, he should do it to save a friend. When he steals, he should steal someone's heart. When he cheats, I hope he cheats death. And when he drinks, have him hoist one for me!
I'll have to work on the lieing and stealing but, I am sure I can introduce him/her to a bit of drink.
Oakman wrote:
You have my sincerest congratulations and best wishes.
Thanks Jon
Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --?
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I have a 3 year old boy.
Christian Graus wrote:
Although, there's been a lot of sex lately, so I am scared she may get pregnant in the meantime ( she's off the pill, not sure why, she doesn't want more )
I am ready to get snipped today. We weren't trying for long, probably less than 2 weeks, before we hit pay dirt.
Christian Graus wrote:
Congratulations.
Thanks man.
Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --?
Chris Austin wrote:
We weren't trying for long,
Well, that sucks. Being able to say 'honey, aren't we supposed to be trying' for two years, is a glorious thing. Four years apart is what ours are, too. My first was a daughter tho. Either way, kids are a lot of fun. I could go back to having babies again in a second, but not while having a 12 and 8 yo to run after at the same time :-)
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "I am new to programming world. I have been learning c# for about past four weeks. I am quite acquainted with the fundamentals of c#. Now I have to work on a project which converts given flat files to XML using the XML serialization method" - SK64 ( but the forums have stuff like this posted every day )
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Congratulations mate. We have an 8 month old and I was wondering how long it will take to forget the hard stuff about having a baby and start thinking about the next one. Three years seems just about right! Congratulations again, I hope you kept all the baby paraphernalia
Josh Gray wrote:
Congratulations mate. We have an 8 month old and I was wondering how long it will take to forget the hard stuff about having a baby and start thinking about the next one. Three years seems just about right!
It seemed that around two and half years old I started to miss the 'baby' stuff. But, I didn't think we would want to deal with one in diapers and one seemingly fighting to stay in them.
Josh Gray wrote:
Congratulations again, I hope you kept all the baby paraphernalia
Thanks Josh. We kept everything except the stuff our little crusher destroyed.
Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --?
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Chris Austin wrote:
We weren't trying for long,
Well, that sucks. Being able to say 'honey, aren't we supposed to be trying' for two years, is a glorious thing. Four years apart is what ours are, too. My first was a daughter tho. Either way, kids are a lot of fun. I could go back to having babies again in a second, but not while having a 12 and 8 yo to run after at the same time :-)
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "I am new to programming world. I have been learning c# for about past four weeks. I am quite acquainted with the fundamentals of c#. Now I have to work on a project which converts given flat files to XML using the XML serialization method" - SK64 ( but the forums have stuff like this posted every day )
Christian Graus wrote:
Well, that sucks. Being able to say 'honey, aren't we supposed to be trying' for two years, is a glorious thing.
I was hoping for at least two months.
Christian Graus wrote:
but not while having a 12 and 8 yo to run after at the same time
My wife's uncle did it. How he manages is beyond me. He is the most easy going man I have ever met.
Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --?
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Chris Austin wrote:
We weren't trying for long,
Well, that sucks. Being able to say 'honey, aren't we supposed to be trying' for two years, is a glorious thing. Four years apart is what ours are, too. My first was a daughter tho. Either way, kids are a lot of fun. I could go back to having babies again in a second, but not while having a 12 and 8 yo to run after at the same time :-)
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "I am new to programming world. I have been learning c# for about past four weeks. I am quite acquainted with the fundamentals of c#. Now I have to work on a project which converts given flat files to XML using the XML serialization method" - SK64 ( but the forums have stuff like this posted every day )
Christian Graus wrote:
I could go back to having babies again in a second,
Ill swap! We've had no more that three hours of consecutive sleep in over three months. One advantage I guess is there is next to no chance of another one coming along in a hurry.
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Christian Graus wrote:
I could go back to having babies again in a second,
Ill swap! We've had no more that three hours of consecutive sleep in over three months. One advantage I guess is there is next to no chance of another one coming along in a hurry.
Well, put some effort into it then!! My two boys are 17 months apart... working out well so far!! One's 8 and the other almost 7...
Knowledge is knowing that the tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad!! Booger Mobile - Camp Quality esCarpade 2010
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Well, put some effort into it then!! My two boys are 17 months apart... working out well so far!! One's 8 and the other almost 7...
Knowledge is knowing that the tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad!! Booger Mobile - Camp Quality esCarpade 2010
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Christian Graus wrote:
I could go back to having babies again in a second,
Ill swap! We've had no more that three hours of consecutive sleep in over three months. One advantage I guess is there is next to no chance of another one coming along in a hurry.
You're too sensitive. I never stayed up with either kid, I don't have the equipment to feed them. I know men who got their wives to express milk and did the red eye shift, but, not me.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "I am new to programming world. I have been learning c# for about past four weeks. I am quite acquainted with the fundamentals of c#. Now I have to work on a project which converts given flat files to XML using the XML serialization method" - SK64 ( but the forums have stuff like this posted every day )
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You're too sensitive. I never stayed up with either kid, I don't have the equipment to feed them. I know men who got their wives to express milk and did the red eye shift, but, not me.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "I am new to programming world. I have been learning c# for about past four weeks. I am quite acquainted with the fundamentals of c#. Now I have to work on a project which converts given flat files to XML using the XML serialization method" - SK64 ( but the forums have stuff like this posted every day )
Christian Graus wrote:
You're too sensitive. I never stayed up with either kid, I don't have the equipment to feed them. I know men who got their wives to express milk and did the red eye shift, but, not me.
It's not a question of feeding, he wakes because he wont resettle himself not because he's hungry. Unfortunately our house is not big enough for me to sleep far enough away from him to not be woken up. We've done the controlled crying thing, we've followed the advice of the baby health care center, of tresillian[^], of some of the books available on the subject, tried every old wives tail etc it's just the luck of the draw that we ended up with a baby that doesnt like to sleep.
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_Damian S_ wrote:
Well, put some effort into it then!! My two boys are 17 months apart... working out well so far!! One's 8 and the other almost 7...
I had a dream nightmare she was preggers with twins the other night
hehe... that would be fun! NOT...
Knowledge is knowing that the tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad!! Booger Mobile - Camp Quality esCarpade 2010
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Christian Graus wrote:
You're too sensitive. I never stayed up with either kid, I don't have the equipment to feed them. I know men who got their wives to express milk and did the red eye shift, but, not me.
It's not a question of feeding, he wakes because he wont resettle himself not because he's hungry. Unfortunately our house is not big enough for me to sleep far enough away from him to not be woken up. We've done the controlled crying thing, we've followed the advice of the baby health care center, of tresillian[^], of some of the books available on the subject, tried every old wives tail etc it's just the luck of the draw that we ended up with a baby that doesnt like to sleep.
Hang in there... one day you'll wake up and it will be 7am (or 9am as it was for us with our first one after a late night out) and panic because the baby hasn't woken up... and you'll be punching air because he's slept through the night!! Of course, I'm at the other end of the scale now - ours won't sleep in any more!! Rain, hail, shine, light, dark, in between - the little blighters get up at between 5 and 5:30am!!
Knowledge is knowing that the tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad!! Booger Mobile - Camp Quality esCarpade 2010
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Christian Graus wrote:
You're too sensitive. I never stayed up with either kid, I don't have the equipment to feed them. I know men who got their wives to express milk and did the red eye shift, but, not me.
It's not a question of feeding, he wakes because he wont resettle himself not because he's hungry. Unfortunately our house is not big enough for me to sleep far enough away from him to not be woken up. We've done the controlled crying thing, we've followed the advice of the baby health care center, of tresillian[^], of some of the books available on the subject, tried every old wives tail etc it's just the luck of the draw that we ended up with a baby that doesnt like to sleep.
Josh Gray wrote:
it's just the luck of the draw
Yeah, that's all it is. Every baby is different, you'll be amazed later at how much of their personality they were born with. And as was said, you'll get through it. It's just time.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "I am new to programming world. I have been learning c# for about past four weeks. I am quite acquainted with the fundamentals of c#. Now I have to work on a project which converts given flat files to XML using the XML serialization method" - SK64 ( but the forums have stuff like this posted every day )
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Josh Gray wrote:
it's just the luck of the draw
Yeah, that's all it is. Every baby is different, you'll be amazed later at how much of their personality they were born with. And as was said, you'll get through it. It's just time.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "I am new to programming world. I have been learning c# for about past four weeks. I am quite acquainted with the fundamentals of c#. Now I have to work on a project which converts given flat files to XML using the XML serialization method" - SK64 ( but the forums have stuff like this posted every day )
Christian Graus wrote:
Yeah, that's all it is. Every baby is different, you'll be amazed later at how much of their personality they were born with. And as was said, you'll get through it. It's just time.
Yep and we have a happy, smiling, giggling, healthy baby who's much loved by his parents and other family so we really cant complain.