The Heezy

Polly in the kitchen and the dining room in the near ground.













Looking out to the fenced in backyard from the living room














The word of the day is "SOLD"

















These are just the first few pictures from our house. This purchase brings many new projects and responsibilities to the table such as decoration, painting, landscaping, maintanence, upkeep, feng shui, mortgage payments, tax deductions, termite inspections, homeowners insurance, escrow, etc. I am actually looking forward to replacing fixtures, painting the rooms, planting fresh herbs in the backyard, the list goes on and on.

We close and sign our lives away on March 30th, the housewarming party will definitely and soon follow. We doin' bar-b-q, bitches...BAR-B-Q!!!

Carol Ann Rehr-My Niece

She came into the world at 20 inches long, 8lbs and 7oz of kicking and screaming at 4:30pm on February 24th, 2006...my niece is adorable and as a proud Uncle Robert, I must force my pictures on the only person that reads my blog...Polly:)

Long live blues, bluegrass, folk

I would have to say that I am an obscure music miner...my tastes swing back and forth from genre to genre, anywhere from rock, indie, hip-hop (some), country to electonric, and yes, blues, bluegrass, and some folk music...
That means that my iPod might include Liz Phair, Norah Jones, Coheed and Cambria, Amos Lee , Kanye West, The Postal Service, Buddy Guy , the Dhuks, and Death Cab for Cutie all on the same playlist. I'll admit it, I think that I have the best music taste of most of the people that I know. That may sound conceited and it is, but if you think about it, no one would ever say that they have terrible taste in music because everyone likes what they like. I guess a better way to put this is that I think that I have one of the larger ranges of musical tastes of all people that I know. I couldn't imagine being restricted to one particular category of music to choose from when loading my iPod for recreational listening.

Currently listening to: "Do you want to" by Franz Ferdinand

Anxiously awaiting the album from: The Little Willies

Obsessively listening to: "I've got dreams to remember" by Buddy Guy featuring John Mayer

I recently got XM radio for my birthday and my life hasn't been the same since. I used to rely on other fellow music miners (robb in particular) to enlighten me on new talent. Now I have the widest range of music that I have ever had and it keeps getting better. If the satellite radio bug hasn't gotten to you yet, let me endorse the service right now...for all those ACC fans out there I would suggest XM as opposed to SIRIUS because XM carries ACC college sports. The only complaint that I can give about satellite radio is that the signal can get blocked at times and the music is dropped. However, the system is quite quick to recover the signal.

Furthermore, if you ever need recommendations on new music, please let me know. I am more than happy to share my library. I will continue to comment on music that I am currently listening to in order to give others some idea of what my tastes are.

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The Money Pittance

I don't know how it happened...one minute I was a freewheelin', low responsibility, night-clubbin' sexy kinda guy. Now I have traded all that freedom in for a beautiful fiance, a new car, a house...I mean, how did all of this happen in less than a year?!

I am very happy to say that Polly and I have put in a contract on a house that we really love and the offer was accepted. It worked perfectly-she has the bank account and I have the credit. I don't know how I got such a high credit score...who knew that taking 3 years to pay off an XBOX that you bought with a Target credit card wouldn't affect your credit score at all!! If I had known that, I would have taken even longer to pay that damn thing off!

But seriously, in the world of interest rates and minimum payments I have reached a new level of maturity. As Amos Lee would say "I think it's kinda strange how money makes a man grow." Does that mean that debt makes a man shrink?? Student loans, car liens, and mortgages...oh my! By the way, Robb, there's no need to come and kick my ass, we did NOT do 100% financing. We are putting money down. Any donations will be accepted, please be generous.

The Mutt's Nuts

I have a small obsession with language...origin, use, development, etc. I will repeatedly listen to a song that I like in order to learn the correct words to the song. Busta Rhymes, Twista, and Outkast have proven to be difficult dragons to slay in terms of deciphering the lyrics. Other notable songs include "One Week" by barenaked ladies and "Bombs Over Baghdad" by the notorious ATLiens, Outkast.

Often I am amazed at how phrases in England (where they speak English!!) may not carry as much weight here in the States as they do in the mother country. One particular phrase that I have come to admire is the phrase "The Dog's Bollocks." Loosely translated it refers to the genitalia of Man's Best Friend. In England it would be a compliment to be referred to as the Dog's Bollocks. It means the top, the best, the peak of whatever the context of the phrase in which it is being used. Another permutation of this phrase is "the Mutt's Nuts."
Could you use that in a sentence please? In the world of hip-hop, rap and R&B, I would have to say that Outkast is the mutt's nuts. This has been your lesson in language for the week, please remember to use this knowledge only for the gain of the admiration of others. The author will not by liable for any humiliation suffered under the improper usage of this phrase.

Lilly

Here she is, the crazy, cute, poop-eater.
She's 90 percent angel and 10 percent schizophrenic.

Psycho Insomnia

Transient insomnia, by definition can last from one to a few weeks. That seems to me like a large range of time to be not getting any sleep. I can't say that I have had a lot of good sleep recently. I can explain it away to many factors that may include, but are not limited to: temperature of the bedroom, stress, anxiety...lately I can't seem to quiet my mind as I had been able to before. After staying up for Adult Swim (Futurama, Family Guy) I slept in small spurts not ever reaching a deep sleep. After fighting for hours I decided to make the most of my insomnia and get up to do some much needed school work. I got to sleep around 4:30am just to wake up at 6:15am to get ready for work. It is pretty phenomenal what we can do on such a miniscule sliver of rest. Pounding caffeine and breakfast foods packed with refined sugars, is the only way to survive. 11am rolled around and I was faltering slowly, the rests between my yawning becoming shorter and shorter. The only thing that I can hope for at this point is that by not getting enough sleep last night, I will pass the fuck out when it comes time for bed tonight.
If that doesn't happen, Tylenol PM it is:)

Engagement Picture

Just a quick pic of the girl that stole my affections 

Rude Awakening

You've had this kind of day before. The moment you are conscious, something isn't right...there's too much light outside coming in from the windows for you to be gettting up on time. Immediately you spring from the bed realizing that you are going to be late. Your body doesn't do you the service of sleeping until its late enough to say "Fuck it, I'm not going to be on time anyway, no need to rush." No, you body wakes you at the precise moment that you are supposed to be at work, so rushing is the only option. At this point you get dressed and are alert faster than you have ever accomplished in your life. Men with snub-nosed pistols raised in the air and chronometers in the other hand are coaching you to a faster time...No time for brushing your teeth! Don't forget to turn off the coffee maker! Your zipper is down! Bam...you're out the door. Keys! Shit...okay, back in, out and in the car. The story rages on to catching EVERY RED LIGHT that you never catch and getting stuck behind lazy assholes that are obviously not as important as you to rush to work! For the rest of the day, everything is off, as if to say that you are in the wrong place at the wrong time. This is not how your day is supposed to go and it is VERY clear when it is not going the way that it is supposed to.
The fact that I need Polly in my life is obvious and reinforced today. Things just aren't the same without her.

I will conquer all! 

My first post for all to see! I know that when people complain about how busy their lives are the initial and proper reply is often, "Whose isn't?!" I guess I feel that my life is especially overloaded due to the things I am taking on of myself. I am in graduate school full-time, I am working on my Master's Thesis (EMDR ) , I am applying for a job at Savannah River Site, I am planning a wedding, planning a honeymoon, working part-time with autistic children, trying to buy a house, trying to get into a PhD program at Clemson, where will it end...
Do I have the right to bitch, so far I have had very good fortune in my adventures so I guess there isn't much to complain about. The reason I say these things is that they will probably be the meat of my ensuing posts. I will try to sprinkle some positivity among the rest of my tirades.