Call of Duty 4 = FREE

Yeah, that's right. Free. How, you may ask? Well, let me tell you.

Steph and I took our bi-weekly trip to Target to pick up the essentials. Body wash and hand soap for Steph, Call of Duty 4 for me. We also got a few other things, then proceeded to the register. The young man at the check out started scanning in our items, but he was using the hand scanner. I'm not really sure why, but he was. He got to the game, when he asked me if I was using a gift card. I said I wasn't, then he looked at the screen and realized he had to scan everything in all over again.

This is when it got odd.

When he got to a pair of gloves for Steph, the scanner wouldn't work. the clerk said, "I aint about to mess with this. Guess you get those for free." Yeah, I was pretty shocked, but what do you say to that? He continued with the other stuff, and had the same problems on three other items. You guessed it, those were 'free' too. One of those items just happened to be the game pictured above. When he told us the total, somewhere around $45, I asked, "are you sure?" He replied, "Yeah."

I paid the man and left.

In retrospect, I feel a little guilty that I walked out about $70 ahead, but if Target wants to hire people like this to work in a critical part of the store, they really need a more efficient screening process. As we walked out, I said to Steph, "I'm pretty sure that guy won't be working here much longer, but if he is, we're going to him every time."

Cleaning Day

This morning after work I had my 6 month check-up/cleaning. Going to the dentist is probably one of my least favorite things to do. There's just something about a near stranger rooting around in my mouth that just irks me a little. To top it off, my gums are quite sensitive, so it's often quite painful during the cleaning. Fortunately, in my many years of bi-annual cleanings, I've never had even one cavity. It used to drive Kathie nuts. When we were young, she had the complete oral hygiene regime nailed. Brush, floss, Listerine, twice a day. It was an odd occurrence if I brushed my teeth twice a week. Disgusting? Yes. But I was a kid. What did I know? Needless to say, my habits have improved immensely, but I still hate going to the dentist.

Office Colors: Before....

Well, it looks like we'll be painting the spare bedroom this weekend. Since this is one of the few weekends we don't have something planned, and these darker colors aren't really appropriate for a baby's room, we'll be moving one step closer to turning my office into a nursery. It's always interesting to see before and after shots of stuff like this. It's been interesting to go back and look at all the shots of our kitchen before the remodel. It should be cool to do the same here.

Too. Damn. Cold.

Okay, I know winter is nowhere near right now, but it sure feels like it. I've been wearing this flannel nearly nonstop for the last week or so. We have a really old house, so the insulation isn't all that great. We can have the heat on 68° nonstop, and there will still be areas in the house where I freeze my butt off. I do like the cooler weather, but there's a fine line between "cool" and "cold." We're getting close to crossing that line.

I still haven't heard anything from Leading Edge Hydraulics, but that's not surprising. They had a couple more interviews early this week, so hopefully I'll hear something bu the end of this week or early next.

Favorite Shots #18: Call of Duty

Seeing as how I need to leave for work in 15 minutes and I have yet to shoot a picture, looks like it's time for another favorite shot! This one was taken a couple of years ago at a World War II reenactment Dad and I attended. It was pretty awesome. There was a battle in a village and some open field stuff with artillery and camps for each army. I wanted to go again this year, but my third shift schedule pretty much put a stop to that.

I also post this today as a note to all you gamers reading this. Call of Duty 4 comes out this week, and considering my employment situation, I likely won't be buying it right away. I am, however, sorely tempted. Turns out Circuit City has a killer deal on this title. If you buy COD4 at Circuit City, they throw in Call of Duty 3 for FREE. Pretty awesome if you ask me. What do you think, should I go for it? Two $60 games for the price of one is really hard to pass on.

Here's a link to the rest of the shots I took that day.

No Time....

Today was hectic, to say the least. I literally woke up, had a cup of coffee, then went to Rockford to run errands. Unfortunately, since I'm working 11 hours tonight, I haven't had time to take any photos. I've decided instead to put up the rest of the shots from yesterday. Enjoy!

Minor League Boxing

I've decided there's nothing cooler (or cuter!) than my 4 year old niece and my 2 year old nephew playing Wii Sports: Boxing.

Tonight Steph and I went to Pecatonica to have dinner with family. Of course, after the smash hit on Labor day, I was asked to bring my Wii along. I took a few shots of the adults playing, but none of them were up to par with these two shots. Watching Juliana and Joey flail around for nearly 5 minutes nonstop was seriously funny. The whole room was cracking up. Looks like I'll be bringing the Wii on Thanksgiving too....