New tattoo

In case you don't check up on me on Facebook, you may have missed my new addition of a tattoo. This was long time coming, since my birthday in October. I finally got what I was looking for. I have more to go, so far.
So here are a few images.
It's healing nicely and I look forward to being able to swim soon.

Gentleman's 20 Rules of Conduct

1. Always Be Polite: Even if someone is in your face, don't stoop to their level. Being polite and couteous shows that you're the better man.

2. Don't Curse Around Ladies: Swearing in front of women or children means you don't have the vocabulary to express your thoughts appropriately.

3. Don't Shout: Shouting, or talking over others, raises the stress level and implies you don't have the intellect to garner attention.

4. Don't Lose You're Temper: When you lose your temper, you are showing everyone that you can't control yourself, which is never manly.

5. Don't Stare: Ogling women is poor form.

6. Don't Cheat: A relationship is a pact a man doesn't break; if it isn't working and can't work, end it; if you do that before accepting other companionship, you'll be an honorable man.

7. Don't Spit: Spitting in public went out with the spittoon.

8. Respect Your Elders: Always be polite; use sir and ma'am when speaking to an elder you're not on familiar terms with.

9. Don't Laugh at Others: If someone spills a drink or trips, help them. Don't chuckle unless they do.

10. Take off Your Hat Indoors: Remove your hat when you enter a building or sit down to eat, and don't put it on the table.

11. Wait for Everyone: When sitting down for a meal, you should wait until all the guests are properly seated and served before eating.

12. Always Open Doors: Whether she is about to enter your car or a restaurant, you should always hold the door.

13. Always Help a Lady with Her Coat: This is a simple but profound action.

14. Help Her with Her Seat: If an unaccompanied lady is sitting next to you, help her be seated by pulling out her chair and gently pushing it back into place.

15. Give Up Your Seat: If a lady arrives at the table, bus, train...and there are no available seats, you should stand up and offer her yours.

16. Stand for a Lady: During formal occasions, stand when a lady enters or exits the room or table.

17. Give Her Your Arm: When escorting a lady to and from a social event, you should offer her your arm.

18. Ask if She Needs Anything: When at social events, make sure to ask the ladies if you can get them something to drink, a seat, or whatever.

19. Dress Better than the Occasion: A man who dresses slightly better than the crowd gains a little moral superiority.

20. Have Impeccable Hygiene: You can have dirty nails when you're splitting wood, but not when you take your lady's hand.

-UMSG, F.Miniter

Stirring BBQ: Single Moms by Cassie Cable

Hello Stirring Ladies,

My husband and I are hosting a BBQ for Single Moms this Friday, July 10th at 5:30 at our house.
Google map our address 6492 Creekside St. Redding, CA

We would love it if you and your kids joined us. Tell the kids to wear their swim suits. We have NO pool, but homemade sprinklers for the kids to run through instead. Our daughter has a fun little playhouse and our backyard is huge and kid friendly. We also have friendly chickens that roam the yard, fun for the kids.

We will have hamburgers and hot dogs and drinks provided. Chris will have his homemade salsa. If you can, bring a side dish to share, if it's too much, then don't worry about it.

The plan is to have a low key event, fellow-shipping with each other and above all, an evening where you don't have to cook.

Give us a call to RSVP 244-4282.
Or email us at ccjjcable0622@charter.net

We really hope you can make it.

Transformers 2

So Mark, my brother, and I went to see this last night, finally. I had read so many bad reviews but after watching the trailers over and over, I couldn't help but think how cool it still looked. How bad could it be? Stupid critics were wrong in my opinion.
I liked this movie a lot. Tons of nonstop action, some humor and a hottie. It was a sliver of my childhood brought to life.
I would never take my kids to see this though. Because of that it sucked. I would love to watch this with my son. But there's too much language, animal sex, and other gross parts. Mainly the language. That made me sad. Stupid director had to ruin it that way.
I can't wait to see it again.
If you haven't seen it in the theater, you are missing out. It's a must see in the big screen.
I'll buy all 3 when they come out in a disc set. Yes, there will be a third one, there has to be!

E Pluribus Unum

What does this mean? It means "Out of Many, One".
Did you know this?
Do you know which president's are featured are your money without looking at it?
Well look no further, allow me to open my wallet and share with you a bit of education about our U.S. Currency.

Also my son is helping me with this blog so it's an educational time. Next we update his blog from his vacation.

Enjoy the educational tour of our money.

George Washington
1st U.S. President

Thomas Jefferson

3rd U.S. President

Abraham Lincoln
16th U.S. President

Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Treasury Secretary

Andrew Jackson
7th U.S. President

Ulysses S. Grant
18th U.S. President

Benjamin Franklin
One of America's most influential Founding Fathers.

William McKinley
25th U.S. President

Grover Cleveland
22nd/24th U.S. President

James Madison
4th U.S. President

Salmon P. Chase
25th U.S. Treasury Secretary

Woodrow Wilson
28th U.S. President

For promotional use only. It's fake.

Friday night plans!!

Want to know what i did tonight??
NOTHING!
A friend called and needed help, so I said sure, that's what I do, so I postponed my plans to help.
They never called me back after I postponed.
So I had to make new plans, only nobody could join me or wanted to.
So here I sit. Contemplated a movie, found no money for one. Thought about a jog, but itunes on ipod wasn't up to date and I really didn't have the energy for it anyways.

So how's that for trying to make plans!
I guess I will clean the house! Sweet! Lucky me.
I ignored the stupid apricot tree tonight.

Not excited to work on my Saturday that I could be out playing in instead. But it has to be done.
My family comes home tomorrow. back to reality. i miss them and Jake is not feeling well.
Probably misses dad.
Wow, what a boring blog. No pictures. No humor. No cleverness, just boring stuff.

I'll make the best of the weekend.

So busy

What the heck.
So my family is gone to Oregon on a short vacation.
Sure I have my list of things that need to be done. The thing that keeps me most busy is my stupid apricot tree. It is straight up loaded with produce. It's not all ripe, but that which is needs to be picked, sliced, pitted and frozen. I stand there like all night doing this. then there is feeding the chickens and cleaning the coop. I had to vacuum. I had to do laundry. Funny, it was all mine. It's so weird having to do all this stuff myself. If I lived by myself I would have a small studio with no land. It makes me realize that having all this is only worth it when I can share it with someone.

I love that I can make my own plans. Like head to the lake right after work. Eat when I want to. Watch guy movies really loud.

Friday night I plan to...do...whatever I want.
I'll let you know.