tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27755879Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:21:32 +0000Worthless words because I have nothing better to do. ENJOY!http://rkgrady.com/rodd/noreply@blogger.com (Rodd)Blogger122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27755879.post-3165699389815148421Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:00:00 +00002008-08-19T15:04:02.395-05:00Sorry for the lack of updates. Here is what I have: Work sucks this time of year. Jameson is awesome. Still obsessed with shaving stuff. Putting together a website. My lawn looks terrible. I want to go fishing.http://rkgrady.com/rodd/2008/08/lack-of-updates.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rodd)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27755879.post-5354040922200223438Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:31:00 +00002008-06-13T23:50:29.800-05:00 I "won" a new camera this evening. I love how ebay lets you win things then still expect payment. I wanted a decent digital camera for a long time, and Krystal and I decided tonight that we are missing too many "Canon" moments. Our point and shoot does not cut it. After much research I decided I wanted the Canon XSI. After some consulting with Krystal, I decided the Canon XTI was what I http://rkgrady.com/rodd/2008/06/new-camera.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rodd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27755879.post-1062479619458099008Wed, 28 May 2008 18:34:00 +00002008-05-28T13:49:45.941-05:00 I still can't believe Planters stopped making Cheez Balls/Curls in the cans. I kept thinking I just was not looking in the right stores, but it is official. Planters hates customers. They were by far the best. I could get a giant tub of cheese balls at Sams club, but I would rather have the delicious goodness of the little can of balls for $.99, even if it would take 49 cans to fill one of http://rkgrady.com/rodd/2008/05/planters-cheez-ballscurls.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rodd)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27755879.post-8936644659799062068Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:54:00 +00002008-04-29T14:33:57.109-05:00Sorry, even though I am updating, I don't really have any updates. The baby blog has been updated regularly, so check that out if you are looking for updates. :) Otherwise much of my time has been spent readying for the little man. Working on the house, going to baby classes, showers, and looking at the clearance section of every store that sells baby stuff. Other than that, the flooring http://rkgrady.com/rodd/2008/04/no-real-updates.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rodd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27755879.post-2327525759168218574Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:23:00 +00002008-03-24T15:29:56.577-05:00On the way to our home town over the weekend we were cruising along highway 20. There was a truck in the right lane, just before we catch up to it, a car that had been behind the truck pulls in to the left lane. I also pull in to the left lane, because I assume the car is going to pass this truck, and I would like to do the same. The car pulls up along side the truck, then decides that it http://rkgrady.com/rodd/2008/03/real-american-hero.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rodd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27755879.post-5859061166785419388Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:05:00 +00002008-03-19T16:10:05.788-05:00I am sure you are all excited to read about shaving stuff more... Sorry, obsession continues. Anyway, Over the weekend I turned a handle for a shave brush. I have been putting coat after coat of polyurethane on it ever since, and I finally decided it was enough, and epoxyed the knot in this evening. I found the silver tip badger knot online, and my dad has more wood than we will ever find a http://rkgrady.com/rodd/2008/03/hand-turned-brush.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rodd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27755879.post-2581094956426806013Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:26:00 +00002008-03-17T09:33:21.201-05:00I stumbled upon this story on Yahoo news, and thought it was worth commenting on. This guy put a $12,000 engagement ring in a balloon, so he could "pop" the question, and walked outside and let it blow away. First of all, why did it need to be helium filled? Second, a balloon with a $12,000 ring in it should be tied to your wrist or something. Third, this is really funny.http://rkgrady.com/rodd/2008/03/failure-at-life.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rodd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27755879.post-5369413114874384879Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:51:00 +00002008-03-06T16:02:58.105-06:00Tuesday after work I decided to swing in to an antique dealer on Main St. I was looking for safety razors. Well, she had just finished telling me that they had none, and that there must be "some kind of movement" because they sold all of the ones that have been sitting there for 9 years with no interest. I informed her I was part of that movement. I was about to head out as another guy http://rkgrady.com/rodd/2008/03/hes-thief.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rodd)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27755879.post-8210261210291204722Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:27:00 +00002008-02-08T07:52:49.257-06:00The lack of updates in the recent weeks has been due to a lack of interesting news. I suppose I will give an update on what I have been spending time on. Krystal insisted that we replace our carpet on the main level before we had a kid. Well, most of my readers will know that there is a boy on the way, so my time is short. We ordered a little over 700 square feet of laminate, and about 40 http://rkgrady.com/rodd/2008/02/recent-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rodd)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27755879.post-920578009049457635Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:50:00 +00002008-01-23T12:11:20.978-06:00I posted a long time ago about a company I tried to order darts through, only to find out that they were crooks, well, that has been by far my most popular post getting over half the hits to my blog on any given day. Well, it appears that Kyle Hove, the owner, has finally found google. On the 16th of this month, he found the archive of the post, which happens to be the second result on the http://rkgrady.com/rodd/2008/01/kyle-of-national-darts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rodd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27755879.post-3497184856977251847Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:56:00 +00002008-01-14T08:31:10.453-06:00Friday we had our 20 week ultrasound. We found out we are having a boy! We are very excited! Both of his grandmas joined us for the ultrasound. It was really neat to have them there for it. We started getting his room ready for him too. My sister Jenna came to visit us, and helped us pick out a paint color, and helped us paint. Now we need to clean out that closet, and paint in there.http://rkgrady.com/rodd/2008/01/its-boy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rodd)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27755879.post-1857059898716784078Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:04:00 +00002008-01-07T09:24:56.206-06:00 Saturday morning I woke up to my wife telling me our refrigerator was dead. This was lovely, especially since we just put in over $100 in groceries the night before. It was seriously room temperature in the refrigerator, but the freezer was cold. Our fridge is an Admiral, which is made by Maytag. Imagine how lucky I thought I was. Well, at least the repair man will be able to get here soon,http://rkgrady.com/rodd/2008/01/maytag-repair-man.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rodd)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27755879.post-7598231653438194445Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:26:00 +00002007-12-31T12:34:06.177-06:00http://rkgrady.com/rodd/2007/12/still-winning.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rodd)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27755879.post-5010575882765479579Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:32:00 +00002007-12-13T18:43:24.586-06:00I just added a new link to a blog that Krystal has been working on for a while. It is about our baby. :) Grady version 1.1 is currently in beta, but will be arriving in late May. We are really excited! If you have any interest be sure to check it out for updates. In the mean time I will continue here, hopefully more regularly than I have recently. My baby mama has a whole list of projects http://rkgrady.com/rodd/2007/12/version-11.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rodd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27755879.post-3777902339742687872Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:07:00 +00002007-12-03T08:25:57.007-06:00A fantastic, impressive UNI football season came to an end this weekend. It is a bummer that it had to end the way it did, but Congratulations to the team on a great season, and thanks to all of the seniors. This Wednesday UNI mens basketball will take on Iowa at home. I am pretty excited for this game. We had a pretty impressive stand against Iowa State at Hilton. It would be great to seehttp://rkgrady.com/rodd/2007/12/great-season.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rodd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27755879.post-3274051803904090749Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:22:00 +00002007-11-14T14:39:06.555-06:00Last weekend I got to see 3 UNI basketball games, and one UNI football game. This was awesome. We won all of them, because we rule, but now, 3 days later, I feel like a kid that just ran out of Halloween candy. I had all of this at once, and it was great, then all of a sudden, nothing. I take some comfort in knowing that this Saturday I get to tailgate and go to see UNI finish off their http://rkgrady.com/rodd/2007/11/uni-weekend-and-beyond.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rodd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27755879.post-644706517470268285Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:48:00 +00002007-11-08T14:56:24.553-06:00John and I went to Zippy's BBQ today for lunch. It quickly became my favorite place to eat, or maybe I should say to get food. It is a drive-thru BBQ shack right off Main St. in Cedar Falls. John and I have been meaning to go there since they opened, I am not sure what took us so long, but I am pretty sure this will have to be a weekly thing. They have a fantastic menu, lots to choose from, http://rkgrady.com/rodd/2007/11/zippys-bbq-is-my-new-favorite-place-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rodd)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27755879.post-4718477422963917180Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:32:00 +00002007-11-05T11:46:58.162-06:00UNILast night was UNI's first basketball game this season. It was really fun getting back in the McLeod center to see them play. Some good freshmen it looks like. They were really rotating people in and out, giving people a chance to get some playing time. Eric Coleman did not start, which surprised me. I think that may be the first time ever... There have been a lot of injuries on the team, http://rkgrady.com/rodd/2007/11/uni-basketball-game.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rodd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27755879.post-1180076347496237743Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:22:00 +00002007-10-26T07:29:43.191-05:00Yesterday Krystal and I went with John to Walmart to look at HD-DVDs. (they had like 4.) On the way there we got to see a guy on a bicycle get run over by a truck, right in front of us. The guy on the bike was casually riding across the street when the guy in the truck decided it was his turn, and it sounded like he floored it. Well, he floored the bike. When I walked up, they were trying http://rkgrady.com/rodd/2007/10/cyclist-vs-truck.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rodd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27755879.post-255208165881586778Sun, 21 Oct 2007 23:49:00 +00002007-10-21T18:56:02.573-05:00This weekend Pete hosted a yard-gating party for the UNI game. Thanks to comcast for not actually getting the broadcast to us. We enjoyed the game on the radio though, and got to play some bags during the game. UNI is doing great. Go Panthers! I threw together a set of bags for our tailgating and yard party enjoyment. I am going to have to re-make the bags, because they are not http://rkgrady.com/rodd/2007/10/bags-football-and-window.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rodd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27755879.post-7846270041588258483Thu, 11 Oct 2007 01:30:00 +00002007-10-10T20:43:24.740-05:00Last weekend I went paint balling with a bunch of friends. I had a blast. We drug a ton of junk metal down to the field so that we would be able to move around more. It made quite a difference. I have been pretty burned out lately, so I decided to take some time off to unwind this week. Today I took the whole day off, then half days for the remainder of the week. Today was great. I need tohttp://rkgrady.com/rodd/2007/10/homecoming-week.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rodd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27755879.post-8354907706031647307Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:19:00 +00002007-10-01T10:52:59.643-05:00Krystal and I decided it was time to replace our rotted windows in our basement and upstairs bathroom. I have not even gotten to the point where I can order the windows and I am already tired of it. I love how home improvement projects always take 5 times as long as I expect.http://rkgrady.com/rodd/2007/10/windows-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rodd)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27755879.post-5737846359259810704Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:27:00 +00002007-09-18T10:32:12.396-05:00This morning on my way to work I noticed that the ABS light came on in my Accord. Awesome, I was really hoping to have more problems with this car! I call Community Honda in Waterloo and ask them what this means, if it is something simple like add break fluid, I am on it! Unfortunately, that is a completely different light. This one means that your ABS module took a dump, and that you get tohttp://rkgrady.com/rodd/2007/09/my-awesome-car.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rodd)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27755879.post-7080511482380116521Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:28:00 +00002007-09-17T14:40:52.790-05:00We went back to Dubuque this weekend to help with some yard work and to sell my Dad's Camaro. I have wanted to fix up that Car for as long as I can remember, and I have always been in to cars, so it was really hard for me to give it up. I finally realized that I can't do anything with it, and it will be a long time before anyone could, so rather than let it continue to rot, we sold it. It http://rkgrady.com/rodd/2007/09/dads-camaro.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rodd)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27755879.post-6658352632745350040Fri, 07 Sep 2007 15:54:00 +00002007-09-07T10:59:07.461-05:00Today at work I noticed that the calendar on my wall was still on June. Yes I have a paper calendar, and yes, June. I think that means I get more vacation. Football season officially started last night. Once again I will be participating in Fantasy Football. I am quite excited for this, and even more excited for college basketball season to start.http://rkgrady.com/rodd/2007/09/calendar-and-fantasy-football.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rodd)2