Toe

I finally decided to update my blog today! Nothing exciting has really happened at the Weir household in the past 7 months until today. Dagen & I were getting ready to head up to Jordans for a dip in the pool, when calamity struck. I was taking the dog out to do his business, and Dagen arrived outside with my purse & an armload of beach towels. He was being so helpful and was excited to be going! After Mojo finished, I proceeded to the house to put him away. Little did I know that Dagen was right behind me, & I slammed the steel door on his big toe! Chaos ensued, as Dagen screamed the loudest I've ever heard out of him. I screamed in horror, and Mojo was just running around with his tail wagging, eyeing the still open door hoping for a quick getaway. Luckily, I kept Mojo on the leash & managed to get the door closed. Needless to say, Dagen didn't feel much like swimming, so we took a raincheck on the pool get-together. The toe is swollen, but we don't think it is broken. Dagen is back to racing his hot wheels in the living room. I took a side-by-side picture of his feet for comparison purposes, but he won't let me post it online. I'll respect his wishes, as I feel so bad for what happened!

Merry Christmas

Here is the newest addition to the Weir family....Mojo! He is a Yorkshire Terrier (with possibly some Schnauzer mixed in). We adopted him from the Manhattan animal shelter a couple of weeks ago. He is already house trained, and loves to sack out on our laps. Our family is so happy that we were able to rescue him, and he seems to really enjoy living in our home!

Halloween 2008

Halloween this year was awesome, since it fell on a Friday! We went trick-or-treating, then to a really cool party at the Jordan's. Dagen was the Incredible Hulk this year.



And I was Sarah Palin...



Todd was a gynocologist...where his practice provides your first visit for FREE, LOL!!!!



The party at Jordan's was totally awesome! They had a haunted house that was super cool...I even screamed like a girl!



I think the coolest costume at the party was Dee Snyder...



I can see Russia from my house!

Trip to North Carolina

A couple of weekends ago, I got to take a trip to North Carolina, to visit my family. I had the most awesome time! I took nearly 200 pictures...here is a sampling.

Of course, the #1 activity on my trip was playing with my 1-year-old nephew, Cass! He is soooo cute, and lots of fun also!

This is a shot of my brother-in-law, Chris' new screened in porch. My stepdad helped him build it, and yes, that is a TV mounted near the ceiling. Each night, after they are done watching, Chris must climb a ladder and take the TV off its brackets & keep it inside. Seems like alot of work & maintenance, but it is soooo cool!

We visited Hendrick Motorsports, where we got to watch guys work on Dale Earnhardt, Jr.'s cars. I must admit, it was kind of weird taking pictures & video of them working; after all, that would be really strange if people came to MY workplace & filmed me! (That would prove to be VERY boring.)

They had a real racing seat at Hendrick's that you could actually try out! It proved to be made for a male driver, as it was too narrow for my hips.

Next, we visited Lowe's Motor Speedway, where we took a van tour of the track itself. They took us around the track at 70 MPH, in order to give us a taste of the way the banking in the corners feels like. The banking makes each corner three stories tall! It was awesome & I highly recommend the tour to any race fan, as it only cost $5 per person. We got to visit victory circle as well...


This is a picture of Cale Yarborough's handprint, signature, & footprint in cement. Note how little he is! That is my mom's ladies size 6 shoe on his footprint! My foot looked like "sasquatch" compared to his!

We went to the race shop owned by Dale Earnardt, Jr. "JR Motorsports", and I got to pose next to the man himself (well, the very realistic wax figure of him)! I picked up a couple of cool Whisky River t-shirts & other souvenirs for my boys at the gift shop. Whisky River is the new club in Charlotte that Jr. opened recently. Hopefully next time I will get to party there!

Also, we visited Dale Earnhardt, Inc. which is Jr.'s dad's museum. It was very classy; even the restrooms were impeccable. Clean, and furnished with beautiful, heavy-duty hardware!

This mosaic was made with postage-sized pictures sent in by beloved fans of the late Dale Earnhardt. They were then positioned in order to make the large picture...very cool!

We went to Dale Earnhardt's hometown of Kannapolis, and visited the huge statue placed downtown in his honor.

On Lake Norman is the Rusty Rudder, where it's been common to see famous NASCAR drivers, even a professional wrestler there! Chris & Celeste once saw Rick Flair dining at this establishment. My trip was truly wonderful; one that I'll never forget! I'm already trying to plan another visit for next year; this time with my boys!

Born Organized

The other night, Dagen uttered those words that he will forever regret speaking: "Mom, I'm BORED!!!" While I always swore I would never respond to this phrase like my mother, I couldn't resist. I said, "well, you could CLEAN!" To my shock & amazement, Dagen marched straight to his room, and I didn't hear much out of him for awhile. He emerged a few minutes later, and grabbed me by the hand to show me this:



He was so proud of his organization of the shelves in his room! Needless to say, I was quite excited to see my little man take on the "BO" traits of both his mom & dad.

"BO" translates to "born organized", a term coined by the coveted "Flylady". She is kind of a self-help guru who has a Yahoo group that helps women around the world keep their homes clean & organized. Those who are BO are the envy of women who have trouble staying on track at times. Us BO's do not necessarily need Flylady's expertise, but she sure helps to inspire us to keep improving on the organizational front. I LOVE FLYLADY! Here is the link to her website: http://www.flylady.com/.

Unfortunately, Mr. Froggie met his match during the organizational session:



Do you notice that my boy in this picture resembles "Jackass" character Steve-O? Lord help us!!!!

Back To School

Dagen started school last week, and he is excited to be a big first grader! He really likes his teacher, Mrs. Lundberg, and has several of his old pals in his class. They even each have their own desks, instead of sitting at tables. He is growing up so fast!

Mitch & Monica's Wedding

Last weekend we attended our friend Mitch's wedding in Salina. We took Dagen with us, and stayed at the Holiday Inn. A good time was had by all! It was especially neat to see all of Todd's friends back together again. It appears that Mitch has a black eye in the photo below, but he does not. I just can't figure out how to use my red eye correction software right!