30!

Today I turn 30 and I don't feel much different than I did a year ago. Its amazing how fast the time goes by. I can't believe that I am 30 already. It also happens to be my mom's birthday today as well. That's kinda cool that we share the same birthday. What a present that was for her :) So I've been bored and decided to do some searching and see what might have happened on this day or who else was born. Here's today's history lesson. Enjoy!

Births:
1928 - Smokey The Bear (icon)
1928 - Tom Aldredge (actor)
1940 - Mario Andretti (race car driver)
1948 - Bernadette Peters (actress)
1953 - Ricky "Dragon" Steamboat (wrestler)
1962 - Rae Dawn Chong (actress)


Events:
1759 - Pope Clement XIII allows Bible to be translated into various languages
1917 - AP reports México & Japan will ally with Germany if US enters WWI
1940 - 1st televised basketball game
1954 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1981 - Calvin Murphy (Hou), sets NBA record with 78 consecutive free throws
1982 - AT&T looses record $7 BILLION for fiscal year ending on this day
1993 - Gun battle erupts at Waco TX between FBI & Branch Davidians
1997 - FBI agent Earl Pitts pleads guilty to selling secrets to Russia


So all in all, some pretty interesting things have happened. I'm just hoping to make it through the day and go out to eat with the Mrs. tonight.

On a side note, we've started looking for a home. I'm not sure yet whether it is going to be a townhome or a real house, but I'm sure it will all work out either way. We've spent the past few weekends driving all over the place and just grabbing info from every home that's for sale we could find. I just called a realtor this morning who's in the process of getting us all lined up. I've also got a call into a loan officer so that we can get pre-approved and determine how much we'll actually get to spend on a home. And so begins the process of growing up :)

OMG!

I cannot believe that we still have to hear about this damn fish! ARG!!! Ok, so here's what happened. I read through our church's newsletter last night and there happens to be a little paragraph about the "hero" fish who saved the school. Let me just give you some of the hightlights:

"...the fire fighting fish... died peacefully after a weeklong illness in her fish vase...she was well known for saving the school...she will be missed by all."

OMG! That's all that comes to mind. I am so pissed off that I can't even describe some of the emotions. First off, this fish is no hero. It was pure dumb luck (and the grace of God) that saved the school from burning down. If the candle wouldn't have been left burning in the first place... never mind. And I can tell you that she will not be missed by all. I thought we were finally to a point where we weren't going to hear any more about this thing, and then they go and print this. Well, I guess I can be happy that this should finally be the end of it.

This whole thing caused such an uproar when it happened that I think that is why I'm probably still bitter. If people would have just taken responsibility, or if they would have even thought about the rest of the staff that would have been a breakthrough. But no one seemed to care. Attention was focused on the unimportant, and it took away from the important. Its easy to say 'forgive and forget', but when something hurts someone close to you it makes it very difficult.

Ok, enough ranting. Just had to get that off my chest.

TLO Girls Basketball

This past weekend I was down in Winona for a 7-8 Grade Basketball tournament. It was a lot of fun, but it also took a lot of energy out of me. In this pic the TLO girls are in red. They won this game and took 5th place in the tournament. The boys did pretty well, they ended up with 3rd place. Overall, not a bad weekend.