one step closer....mmmmaybe

well, we've got potential lookers. we're one of three contenders and we're the cheapest and have the bigger yard..so hopefully we'll be sold off the unsane real estate market, only then to enter back into it in a different area, different but similar.
the longer it takes the scarier it gets, i realize i havent revealed the bigger picture on my blog, other than we're planning on moving and i'll be helping run a tattoo shop. its just there are things, abilities, that i have that i never toyed with in the vein of venture that i'm to endeavor upon. i guess in time i will be solidified in esteem to share with all the things that i will do.
sunday we went to cottonwood, saw the new shop and looked at a dozen or so potential dwellings. it's nuts. the shop is ginormous, it has like 10 rooms plus a big area for clothing, a piercing room, and a coffee area with a set of it's own doors to the outside. its pretty bad arce, everything is like a khaki tan with black trim, pretty sfelt..oh and nice wooden floors.
as far as the houses we looked at, well, it's nothing like the house we live in now, which is really nice, and big.. but, then again we live in the middle of nowhere and have to travel like 50 miles one way to get to places of employ, so this move will bring us closer to where we need to be, in turn saving like 3k in gas a yr along with affluent maintenance charges for things like oil, tires, brakes..etc..etc..

im scared... but... without bold moves comes atrophy..oh..and we have a baby on the way..so lets heep on the fear...

holleee pooooohhh

so it's like a thousand degrees in this forsaken city... and now that the humidity has sky rocketed do to the nice monsoon season that gets added to the equation, it's absurdly miserable. so lets add on to that..why not... traffic here sucks so bad we might as well be in downtown NYC..the congestion isnt do to the population congestion, as it is in NYC..it's the road construction, you get detoured onto streets that are under construction..so what the f*@ks the point?..sure that road might have been under severe construction..well how bout we focus efforts onto one street..and leave the other streets the hell alone so we can have at least one way to commute to and fro?? why do you morons have to clog up everyway, every street, and every freeway??..
oh and it's not over there... this city (as large as it has become) doesnt have a descent radio station.. every station i turn to blows goats.. i can believe that there are so many so called artists that group together and make the horrible noise they do and have the balls to call it a song..then the dumb ass radio stations suck up and play it 5 times in the hour... thank God for the iPod..
boycott radio..boycott phoenix

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..last night i had the strangest dream...

dont want to break my stride...nobody gonna hold me down..oh no.. hahaha..no for reals though.. i had a dream that cole and i's baby was already like old enough to hold a conversation and stuff...weird...awesome...weird...although not scary...

if the babies a boy..his name will be Noah Michael
for a girl..well we have a list.. from Ema to Zoey

so..anyhow...the house hits the market hopefully this week... and we've already found some potential dwellings up north..so those of you that still live within driving distance (gabe and fam..curd bird and fam..joe and fam... garret, jeremiah..etc) come on up.

well well well....

so this past year has been probably the most confusing years of my life..and for those of you who know me well, knows that that statement... is pretty profound. see, im basically an 18 yr. old kid, stuck in the body of a 30 yr. old with the responsibilities thereof.
in saying all of this, i need to acknowledge the fact that i am one with many ideas, done many things, succeeded, failed...and keep trying. in the latest venture of my life-capades, nicole and i have made a decision collectively (which is cool, cause it's usually just me..talking her into different directions) to put our house on the market, and get the hell out of dodge (i would say "get the hell out of phoenix" ..but the hell that resides in phoenix will not leave..only us, well..and joe and his family, gabe and his family..etc..etc..). nothing is 100% yet, but i will tell you this ...its around 95% a go...
now..you may ask, why...and maybe where... well let me tell you what i can without sounding like a nut job (anymore than i do). first, we're heading up to the verde valley area (ie. cottonwood, clarkdale, sedona) and second, our goal was to have it work out so that my wife doesnt have to work so that she give our kid a good rearing, keep in mind that our original plan doesnt add up to a good family life, cause there is a lot of HAVE TOO'S in the mix, then along came my good friend rick. rick owns a tattoo shop in jerome up above cottonwood, well he's moving his shop to old town cottonwood. his shop will be (starting aug 1st) one of the biggest shops in az..4200sqft of mayham..he's blowing up, turning the shop into a clothing store complete with stuff like lucky brand and whatnot..and an espresso bar. so... it's gonna be revolutionary..(think big screen tv's music videos, and coffee)..bad ass.
anyhow..nicole and i were up hanging out and rick offered me a career..a job..within all this radness..(more on that at an other time) but i just thought i'd throw that out there to the 4 or 5 people that read this..anyhow..hope everyone else is swell.. and if anyone wants to buy my house..heh heh...let me know..

how dee doo

so, this past weekend was super cool, no tattooing done.. but it was nice to see rick and the family. he's moving his shop off the hill in Jerome and into old town Cottonwood. it's pretty bad arce.. he's got over 4k sqft. and is doing more than tattooing... he's moving in a coffee shop, a clothing line ... plus many more things ... his wife and him have some friends that are lucky jeans reps so...the clothing line should be really nice. anyhow..

life is interesting. .. alot of people are telling nicole and i that we're having a boy. funny thing is..we have one boys name ... and like 10 girls names..so if it is a boy..it's a done deal... if its a girl..then we have some decisions to make. i'll announce the name when we find out. and for those of you that know ... i'll kill you ..i just want the moment to be right.

keep my wife and i in you thoughts and prayers as we do you... we have some interesting propositions to decide on....very interesting ... more on that later too.

werd

happy mid yr. holidays

ahhh yes... ye ol' holiday weekends...now that im not in the service industry i actually have it off... and we're heading to
jerome for the the weekend. just wanted to wish you folks a happy 4th... and werd to you mom, i came to drop bombs...