Labor Day Weekend

Well I hope everyone has a great Labor Day Weekend. We are going camping with a group of the Kings friends an hour down the coast. Still have not decided if I want to drive home on Saturday to watch the OU game. What would here friends say or think? It's only an hour away. I should probably stay there and watch it when I get home. Seems like the right thing to do. Well whatever you have planned I hope it's nice and safe!

15 Seconds

They say everyone get's 15 minutes of fame. Well this past weekend I had my 15 seconds, which is really all that I need. The local ABC station out here did a piece on volunteer work. My company is the largest volunteer company in Northern California. While we were at the local Food Bank volunteering, ABC was there filming for the episode. They say the camera adds about 10 pounds to you. Well they must have had about 10 cameras on me, and the glare from my head was blinding. They tried to interview me but I was to quick and had moved on before they could catch me. Please, no autographs!

After the Garage Sale

Well we had our garage sale this past weekend and got rid of some stuff. Not nearly as much as I would have liked but a very good start. I will give the rest to Goodwill and haul of the rest to the dump. We cleared around $700 for the 2 days. The King & Crysta made very good sales ladies, as they worked the crowd. I remember what Jeanne said about the people. We did have a few strange folks come by. There was the guy who had to have everything shown to him about how it works. We wanted him to leave, but the King just kept showing him stuff. Then there was the lady who was a little confused. She would come by and by some of the kids Pokemon cards. Just grab some and random, pay and then leave. An hour later she would be back after changing her clothes and get some more. She came back a few more times, each time in different clothes where she started buying golf balls a few at a time. Somewhere she is sitting with some really bad Pokemon cards and about 5 golf balls. It was also a really great way to meet the neighbors who came by. You always see them and wave, but now we actually know their names and their kids. I gave all of my old clothes to our day janitor at the office. She takes them and gives them to the people in Mexico. Next time I'm in Mexico I will probably recognize everyone or at least their clothes. I 'm getting closer to my dream of a house without unneeded things!!!

Garage Sale

We spent Sunday pulling stuff out to have a garage sale next weekend. It is amazing how much crap you can accumulate over time. We were able to empty out a room with so much stuff to get rid of. I know we won't get rid of enough to make me happy. The King seems to hang on to everything she has ever had. I am willing to part with a lot of my stuff. Only keeping things that have sentimental value, of which I have about 4 boxes and she has about 40 boxes. Hopefully the sale will go through and be a big success.

Back To Chinatown

It has been almost 3 months since we were in the SF Chinatown. We went sometime in May before we left for China and have not been since we got back. The King had not cooked Chinese food since we got back. I think that was because all we had on the trip was Chinese and she was paying us back. We went to Chinatown on Saturday to buy some groceries to get back to our old routine of eating Chinese food. I had begun to miss Chinatown, but quickly realized once we got there that I hadn't. It's funny, I really miss the China that we visited. Everyone here is pushy, rude and spits all over the place, plus it's just dirty. To me, it was just the opposite in China. None of that stuff went on like it does here, it probably has a lot to do with the consequences they face in China. Spitting will get you 2 years in prison over there. So I have decide that the Chinese that come to the states are like the kids from divorced families, they go live with the parent who will let them get away with stuff. All of the Chinese that don't want to follow the rules or deal with the consequences of their actions move to the states. I know things are tough in China with little or no freedom, but I'm having trouble finding fault with that. We might have a little too much freedom. Ride a bus or the subway in China then ride one here. I would pick theirs every time. No one eats or drinks or plays loud music over there. You want to kill half the people here for being a**holes. Enough of my rant, that's just how I felt after going back to our Chinatown.

Week In Review

Nothing very exciting happening out here. The weather has been very nice in the city, usually around 68 during the day. Elijah has joined a Dragon Boat team and has been practicing. For those who do not know what Dragon Boat racing is, please check out this site http://www.cdba.org/aboutdragonboat.shtml. He really seems excited about it and they practice 3 times a week for 3 hours. Did a little back to school shopping this weekend and then went to dinner with the King's parents and her brother Wing's family. After dinner their two kids came over and are staying at our house until they get bored or 4 kids is just too much for us. They have been no problem and they all seemed to be getting along and having a good time. Yesterday we went and bought a new bed for Elijah and that just got me started on cleaning up the place. We did a lot of cleaning with so much more to do. We are planning on having a garage sale the weekend of the 26th. Looking to unload a bunch of stuff. I smoked some ribs for dinner (I'm getting much better at it) and we ate. All in all not much excitement but life in general. Later!