Looks like a grey morning outside in Houston. Maybe the weather is grey, because it suits the mood of the town of Houston after they ran into the streaking Tennessee Titans and the VY/CJ duo. Might be my guess.
Patrick and I continued our tradition last night by attending the [...]
Wings were some kinda tasty last night. For some reason lately they have not been as good. A big part of this is because they haven’t been spun with enough sauce, so they basically just tasted like fried chicken. While this is normally 100% OK, it is not when you [...]
I’ve got a few short minutes before we head out of wings. M & J are on their way down from the top of the hill. Yum those blazin’ and mango habenero wings are going to be oh so good.
So I just got our new Quad Core iMac setup with [...]
I’m not really sure how this has occurred. Keeping up with the Kardashians is on my TV right now. Why do you ask … well this beautiful woman is watching TV, and I’m just enjoying the fact that she loves it so much.
Elizabeth and I have been dating [...]
I’m sure Chip is in her house this morning. Actually I think she has been in her house since about 9 PM last night. She has this giant igloo that makes her like an eskimo. Sometimes I go out and ask her to mush. And tell her that the Iditerod [...]
Finally! The weather has turned to what seems more normal for this time of year. Not that it has been hot in this part of the world over the last 2 months or more specifically the last month, but my its been a little “tropical”. I think they said this [...]
This week seems to have breezed by one me. I think part of it is because I’ve either been on the road or had company the past few weeks in town. I’ll chalk some of that up to being sick too for the last 2 weeks. This cold has been [...]
Wow, have I been this social networking kick and have totally neglected my blogging duties. Between Facebook, Twitter, and other sites, I’ve just lost myself in all of this other stuff. Part of it too has been all the changes that I continue to undergo in my life. I would [...]
So I’m changing the light blue. I’m adding a new color to the dining room (not up yet) and a new one to the kitchen. This should give me 4 colors total. Take a look so far.
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The blues and grays are taking over. Pretty soon, what was left of the salmon and yellow will be no more! And oh what a great day that will be. Enjoy!
Finally done with the darker blue in the living room and moving on to the lighter grey which will cover the hallways and foyer. The kitchen is changing colors too, just haven’t finalized the color yet.
So I’ve added some new photos of Chip. She’s currently in the mid 40s on weight and getting taller by the day. Â I’m guessing she’ll be 2 - 4 inches taller and another 20 lbs heavier once its all said and done. But who cares … she will be what [...]
More Chip. She got a haircut. Click on the link below the title that says Chip. Yeh, I know, no updates for 2 weeks and it appears the only thing in my life is her. Well looks like outside of Mom, Amy, Jennifer and Courtney (all family), she’s the only [...]
Just a note to check out the Chip gallery. We’ve got some new wet toy chasing photos this morning. Hope you enjoy. Click on “Chip” up there next to the About link below the Blog Title.
Enjoy!
[...]I think I’m gonna head out to some wings tonight. It is Thursday, and we were on such a roll for some time there over the past year, but I guess over the last 2 - 3 months or so, I’ve not been such a steady wing partner. But I [...]
Things are on a roll this morning. I’ve got no AC at the house, I shipped our Death Cab for Cutie tickets to my old apartment, my car is in the shop, and I still have a little bit of fallout from last week’s big changes. Nothing major I guess, [...]
Just wanted to note some changes. I’m transitioning from my MobileMe gallery to this new integrated one that is housed right here on the blog. At the end of the day, I wanted to move to MobileMe all the way, but it just is not that good. So check along [...]
The door is open and I’m sitting at my desk in the living room. Living room you say … yes, I have no furniture in the living room, and since the desk is too big to fit in the guest doorway, I’ve put it in the living until I can [...]
Hey there everyone. Â I know its been some time. Â I hate when I see bloggers start of with, I’m so sorry I haven’t posted, I’ll do better in the future. Â Well, I’m not really sorry I have not been blogging … I needed a break. Â I started this a few [...]
I still see snow on the ground from this weekend. It didn’t really stop me this morning from breaking out a Life’s Good T-Shirt though. Its March for goodness sake, and its time for spring! I have seen a few buds on my trees thusfar and I can almost taste [...]
I’m into week two of my P90X training … Day 9 was just completed, and I must say, I’m beginning to settle in. Â I’m ready for the day and just have to make my protein shake before going off to work. Â I’m so amped up at this time of day, [...]
It is Thursday again and that means it is time for wings. It seems like I have several things that I like to do on certain nights. I’ve got pizza and Raw on Mondays and wings on Thursdays and I often do similar things from weekened to weekend. I guess [...]
I was in shorts on Sunday afternoon and now we have wind chills hovering around 0. Â It seems to be winter’s last hold on our weather. Â From the looks of things, it is going to be sunny today, but I’m not sure how interested I am in being in that [...]
What a difference a year makes. Â I remember what I was doing this time last Superbowl and now I’m looking around at what am doing today and those activities look a LOT different. Â Not a bad different, just totally different. Â
Sorry for being absent lately. Â I’ve withdrawn some of the [...]
After a long long week of ups and downs, it sure is nice to have a quiet Saturday morning to grind some coffee, make some biscuits and relax. Â I’m about to get going on all of that but the relaxing part. Â I think I got home after 7:30 every night [...]
I’m not sure I could make it without eating meet. I look forward to Thursday night wing night at the beginning of every week. So tonight is Thursday and wings are on my mind. I think I’ll do some mango habenero and some of their hot sauce. I really like [...]
Well … the season has ended and it looks like that 10 game winning streak, the hard fought win against Pittsburgh and getting back our 2 defensive stars didn’t mean much in the end.  I think you can take a lot of positives away from the season, and I don’t think its [...]
This is just the beginning. Â There will be more to come. For those who stuck around, Welcome back and thanks for staying with me. Â For those that are new … Welcome!
Things are different around my world lately. Â I’ll provide an update in the coming weeks, but for now, I’m just [...]
Hey guys …
I just wanted to share this new link with you.
web.me.com/benpyle This is where I am beginning to put things together for the new blog/gallery etc. Its not 100% finished. Its morel like 65%, but if you’d like to cruise around and see how things are coming, please [...]
I say this because its not quite at our doorstep yet. We still have a few more weeks of ole Mr. Hot and Dry Summer, but I can see our friend, Fall and she is close, just not quite here yet. But it is nice to know that we are [...]
This is that time of year when things get real tough for me. Football season is so close. They just fired up training camp, the college kids are hitting pads … but the seasons still seem so far away.  I know I know … its not really that far away, [...]
Happy Friday to all. We are picking up Patrick and Amy this morning from the airport which should make for a fun weekend. I want to give a late happy b-day to Amy Jean … I won’t so how old, but she’s more than welcome to comment on that. We [...]
Its a wonderful day to kick back, remember and celebrate what the 4th of July means. I think far too often we get caught up in all the festivities of events and forget to remember why in the world we are actually celebrating. Maybe you don’t, but I know Andi [...]
Thanks for all the nice responses. Seems like we will keep plugging along here on the ‘heap … which gives me a renewed sense of energy. I am thinking of making a gallery and blogging change in the future (moving to Apple’s MobileMe) … sometime mid July or so, which [...]
I’m loving being back at work. Its a lot of fun to feel like you are part of a solution instead of just another number in a machine that someone is trying to “tweak”. That’s how I felt previously, like I was just part of a machine. Not so here. [...]
It looks like the US Open is going to go into this morning. Hard to believe that 72 holes around that place couldn’t determine a winner … but it didn’t and know they get to play 18 more holes. The USGA is all about tradition, and an 18 hole playoff [...]
What’s up with all this heat? Its been in the 90s the last couple of days, with this expected to continue for the next 7 or so with no rain. I had the sprinklers running early this morning to make up for the dry temps. The grass will be fine [...]
I have been a little erratic lately, I apologize for that. I know that even though 99.9% of you guys out there aren’t actively commenting, your still following along our wonderful journey.
I’m watching my fantasy golfers plug along this morning. Nick O’Hern is off to a fast -3 start to [...]
I can’t say that I’ve been personally touched by a war as in someone real close to me has died or is currently serving … my grandfather served in WWII, but having not spent too much time with him growing up, and having never heard one story from him about [...]
And a cherry tree. Seems we had a not so typical Tuesday evening filled with Irish and Scottish singers. Andi and I went to KT Tunstall last night at the Ryman. Paddy Casey opened for her … he’s an Irish singer songwriter. KT sounds just the same in person as [...]
We’ve got small group tonight at our house, and the grill master must make a return to the charcoal. I am doing 12 pork chop fillets with my twist on Weber’s sweet and sassy BBQ sauce. Luckily I’ll have about an hour and a half to complete all this, which [...]
Three straight days of rainy and cloudy weather. Hmmmm. I do think tomorrow its supposed to turn around only to be a little overcast again Sunday. I need to take a picture of the yard though so you can see what thick and green blue grass looks like in suburbia. [...]
I’d like to rewind for about 54 hours and jump back to Friday night. Is that possible? Its not that the weekend was so amazing, but I’m not real ready to be at work this morning. I did start a new schedule that has me in @ 7:30 and out [...]
I wanted to post a recommendation for a singer who Andi and I both really like. Her name is Madeleine Peyroux. Its going to be a shock to some, but she’s a French-American singer, who has a soulful older voice, and her style is very jazzy and the arrangements [...]
I have completely redone the look of the site. I will give credit to a css/html template that I found, and I have implemented some changes and this is what you get now OpenChef.org
I hope you enjoy the new look. As always, feedback is appreciated.
[...]Just a shower this morning, but raining nonetheless. I’ve got the 3 dogs up here in the bonus room this morning and they are getting a little more used to each other. Still a few rough spots, but overall, MUCH MUCH better than it was on Sunday when she first [...]
Not really a whole lot going on this morning. We are doing some dog sitting this week for Izzy. She’s a sweet girl, highly energetic but sweet. Andi had an interview last night with a local church that went well. We scored some patio furniture this weekend, and accomplished our [...]
This time last week, Hollywood Studios, this week, working on some drag and drop features I made up for our application. Man this sucks compared to that. But I’m glad its paying our bills, especially since Andi officially put in her notice yesterday. We feel like God is calling her [...]
We were enjoying some Epcot action. Oh what a difference a week can make. This morning, I’m enjoying a handful of reduced fat Cheese Its and a cup of coffee. Talk about a power lunch. Cest la Vie though.
Got to finally get the grass mowed last night. In spots, I [...]
These don’t include the ones taken by the Disney photographers. I hope to have those up in the next few weeks. These were the ones I took w/ manual focus throughout the parks.
Hope you enjoy
Magic Kingdom
Epcot
Animal Kingdom
Hollywood Studios
Its been a week or so since the last post. Where have we been you might be wondering … ? How about the most magical place on earth (not to be confused with The Greatest Place on Earth). That’s right, we were at Disney World. We got there last Tuesday [...]
I’m not so sure why I’m so sleepy this morning, but I am. I’ve been up for 3 hours now, and the walk/run this morning should have woken me up. You might think, but it didn’t.
Justin and Brocky had a good visit this weekend up in TGPOE. Most of their [...]
I just uploaded a new version. Let’s call it 1.1
Here is what has been added and fixed
New Features:
1) You can now add comments to a recipe. Maybe you want to say how much you enjoy this. Maybe you want to say you used to eat this with your grandma and [...]
I think I might be understanding what its like to a part of a pack. I’ve been doing morning walks with B & D for the past few days. I’ve read both of Cesar Millan’s books and we’ve been working on becoming the Pack Leader. Its a nice routine in [...]
I think that is what the newscasters are calling it. I can honestly say, I’m not really a fan. Its in the 30s right now and very overcast. There was a talk of light snow, I really hope that doesn’t happen, but of course I have no control over it, [...]
Its that time of the week. Its just about over. Another 8 hours at the office and put this one in the books.
Have you been watching any of the Masters yet? Seems that the course, is again, going to be a very tough track. This is not the Masters that [...]
Or should we call it Tiger’s Eve? I fully believe that Tiger is going to win this week. But in my Fantasy Best Ball that I play against Patrick, I didn’t use him. He’s just too expensive, and I’d rather change it up and go with a few different guys. [...]
Spring is looking more springy today. We’ve got some blue skies. Some 70 degree temps, and more stuff is blooming and budding. Only makes sense, considering that this is the greatest week of the year. If you don’t know why, check out www.masters.org If you don’t agree, feel free to [...]
We’ve got some good southern moisture just dumping on us this morning. Its amazing how wet it is outside. We’ve been here a little over 3 years, and this is the first time we’ve seen rain/water like this. Streams and creeks are overflowing and all that good stuff too. Its [...]
I’m struggling to get going this morning at work. In the last few weeks, Bunker has decided that he wants to wake up sometime between 2:30 & 4:00AM and come do the bedroom door and scratch on it and do some whining. What he wants is one of two things, [...]
The Vols are done. After the way they played against Butler, I had serious concerns. And those concerns were validated when they failed to play their game, take advantage of turnovers, and do more than stand around and wait for a shot. End of the line this year. Other than [...]
The next round of the tourney starts tomorrow. How are your brackets doing thusfar? If you don’t know what a bracket or the tournament is, just ignore this first paragraph. You are prolly not real interested in March Madness then 
My Vols have a tough [...]
The week is underway. I’m looking at 8:35 by my clock. Hope your morning is off to a good one. I’m not sure on mine. The verdict is still out. I’m rather sleepy and a little sore. Overall not too bad I guess, but just kinda making my way at [...]
Who noticed this? If your a woman reading this, you prolly noticed your husband watching basketball last night or heard about it at work all day from your male coworkers. If you enjoy watching the games yourself, kudos. Andi, not so much. She’s not real big on basketball. I on [...]
Its raining pretty hard right now. Its still very dark, and looks like its gonna be one of those days. No big deal, I’m stuck inside at work all day, so go ahead, rain your tail off. Just don’t rain into tomorrow. I’m taking the day off to go over [...]
Happy Irish day to you. I hope you are wearing green today. If your not, and you were near Andi, she would prolly pinch you. Don’t have anything planned for tonight, just the usual pizza and Raw. This is a special Raw since its in Lafayette tonight. Who out there [...]
You ever have one of those days where its hard to get things down on paper (or blog). Thats the kinda week it seems like I’m having.
We’ve been steady on the activities this week. I hit some golf balls on Wednesday night and worked on my short game. That was [...]
I finally got a chance to get my yard mowed last night. I fought the lawn … and I won. I managed to get the back yard seeded and fertilized too. Since Monday, there has been a lot accomplished.
1) The flowerbed was completely removed and flattened
2) The yard was [...]
Monday morning. Nothing to be too sad about today. Monday morning is very much like the spring weather that we soon to experience. Its all part of the rhythm of life. Everything seems to have a nice rhythm and balance. And when life seems to be out of control, the [...]
As I sit here and trade Office Space quotes with JRoy via iChat and calculate percentile rankings for facility indicators, I can’t help but watch the weather as it moves in. Some forecasters and models are predicting 6 + inches of snow in the next 24 hours. I’m not sure [...]
The Green Machine is all ready to go for this weekend. Looks like we are gonna fire him up in some 30 degree weather on Saturday too. Old man winter is trying real hard to hang on, but it looks like over the next 10 days or so, things are [...]
This weekend we managed our first decent sized project on the inside of the house. M & J came over and we tiled our backsplash in our kitchen. I think it was a little over 30 sq ft of tile. So not a huge project, but bigger than anything we’ve [...]
Today might have been the first time since we’ve lived in Nashville that we decided to carpool. Reason being this morning, we got a decent snow for the area. I think we’ve had somewhere between 1 and 2″. Nowhere near what the northeast, but I find that weather and the [...]
I’m not sure how I didn’t get a post in on Friday. I had 4 meetings, but things really just slipped by that day. Needless to say, here I am on this Monday.
Got some more clouds and later tonight some more rain, and tomorrow maybe some more snow, and [...]
Wow that was a fast disorder. It was here by Saturday and gone by Monday night. I wonder if it had anything to do with Raw? I’m not so sure but maybe its just because we are a little busier now …
I actually think its because the last 3 [...]
I think I’m suffering from this [en.wikipedia.org] I know most of you don’t think of Tennessee as a place that one might encounter this, but I tell you what, this year I’m just going stir crazy. I’m tired of the cold, I’m tired of the grey, I want some [...]
Its been a quick week for me. After having missed the first 2 days of it, its already Friday. I’m already to go home too. I know I’ve only been here for about an hour and a half, but I would rather be at home.
I don’t really have much to [...]
I’ve managed some free time this afternoon so I thought I would double post today to make up for the lacking post I made this morning. I wasn’t quite in good shape that early in the morning. Its not that I felt sick still, but I just didn’t have my [...]
this is going to be brief this morning. I am getting over five days of the flu. Let me tell you it was no fun either.
Andi is back from Lafayette, I am back at work this morning and things are moving along. We had some ice and whatnot this [...]
We didn’t get much sleep last night. Not sure if you’ve watched the news but there have been several deaths and lots of destruction here in TN over the last 12 hours or so. We had 3 very strong waves of storms move through from 9 til about 2 AM. [...]
It would be inappropriate for me to start this off any other way. First off, I’ve been a Giants fan all year long, so this is no surprise that I’m happy they won. I have always liked Eli since back in the day when he was slinging the pigskin for [...]
Its almost here. The weekend! The pinnacle of what we’ve been working to reach for the entire week. And it will be here in less than 9 hours (for me, not sure how long till yours).
Got a nice one planned out. Gonna do some golf tomorrow morning. That’s gonna be [...]
I have plenty going on right now … lots actually, but I’m having trouble formulating coherent thoughts. We’ve been busy since Monday. Planning the Superbowl party, puppy class, arranging finances and investing, working on our budget, writing a LOT of code (I was up until 12:30 last night working), and [...]
I had this thought yesterday while sitting in church. Well know of course we are not dogs, but we are not in control of our loves (totally that is). At least I don’t believe we are. So my thought is, just as we have been training B & D to [...]
I drove by the pool this morning (we have a pool in our neighborhood for those who don’t know) and I thought, is it open yet??? Then I remembered that it was 10 with a wind chill about 2 or so and I figured, prolly not. I know, real smart [...]
So far this week …
I’ve not got much time this morning. To make a long story short, I left my keys in Andi’s car and she had to come back from Cool Springs to bring them to me. So needless to say, its 8:40 and I’m just now getting my day going. I’m hoping [...]
I can actually see blue skies out of my window this morning. First you guys down south sent up some crazy moisture, now the folks up north are sending down some seriously cold air tonight. Its nice to be right in the middle It seems that [...]
Just another update. Sitting in the parking lot at McAllsters abdice got a little sleet. Reports are coming of snow to our south.
Would be nice to see some white stuff!!
[...]We are back in the 30s. The rain is on the radar, but the air is still too dry for any of it to reach the surface. Its just shaping up to be a pretty miserable night. Regardless of whether it sleets, rains, or even snows tonight, its going to [...]
The temp just hit 40. The rain has moved in from the southwest but I have to admit, it looks like the low has moved too far to the east and we won’t get that much of the moisture this afternoon and evening.
That is just my take though. Its [...]
This will prolly be one of several posts today as it seems some people are interested in the conditions up here.
As of 10 AM there is not much to report. It was sunny this morning and now its cloudy. Temps were in the upper 20s last I checked but [...]
I went 2 for 2 this weekend on my picks. I can’t believe the Colts lost. I guess it just kinda needed to happen that way. They were hurt all season just didn’t look solid yesterday. I really really don’t like the Chargers though and I hope New England goes [...]
