Fun with numbers.

This is something Jeff, J-mo and I have talked about many times. One thing the three of us have in common (aside from being thin, neat, and single, not that there's anything wrong with that) is, we are all in our 30's and have no children, that we know of.

I am 31 years old. If I got my girlfriend pregnant today, I would be 32 years old when the baby was born. I would be 50 when it graduated high school. If the child waited to get married like I have, I may be in my mid-60's when the wedding happens. Then if they have kids, I'll be like 80 when my grandchildren graduate high school. Wow that's frightening.

It does concern me that I'd be "an old man" when my kids are doing all the "fun kid stuff". Would I be able to keep up? On Saturday when Jeff and I were running around Wilson Morgan, he was talking about his 10K run last weekend, and how there were guys in their 60's running that thing. I wonder if I'll have that much endurance when I'm 60. I doubt it. I'm not training to be a runner, you know?

I heard this call and I want it to be us
Today on the Dave Ramsey show, a couple (Carolyn 26 and Chris 29) from Huntsville Alabama called in who went to the 2004 event at Whitesburg Baptist (The same one I went to) and shared their success story. This is what I dream of for our family. We have the ability to do this! To be totally debt free!

This is a very inspiring 5 minute phone call, listen to it here in mp3 form.

Over The Hedge
We went to see this yesterday at the new Rave Theater in Jones Valley. The movie was pretty good and the theater was spectacular. The stadium seating was plush and comfy. Best thing was, the arm rest in between the seats folded up.

My favorite part of going to the movies, isn't the movie itself, but rather, watching the people in line fritter away their money on concession stand food. (The 3 of us ate a sizeable (and delicious) meal at McAlister's Deli before hand for $13) I noticed that the theater had "Value meal" style menu packages, but they really weren't much of a value. The #1 combo was a bucket of popcorn and 2 drinks for $12.75.

Do movie theater food salespeople have any idea what the prices of these items are everywhere else in the world? I can go to Wal-Mart (as much as I hate that) and get enough popcorn and drinks to last two months at that price. I know I know, it's all about the experience.

The Tempurpedic Swedish Mattress
After the movie, we went furniture shopping. One of the stops was at Brookstone to check out those Tempurpedic mattresses. She wants one. I'm not so sure I want one. We tried out a Simmons mattress at Ashley furniture that I thought was really comfortable. By the time you put the entire mattress system together, you are literally about 4 feet in the air. You need a small stepping block to actually get up and into the bed. Good luck to you if you happen to roll over and fall out of bed. You'll probably die from the fall.

On Sundays, I go to open houses around town, and I've noticed that some people's beds are even higher than that. Who wants to have a bed that you have to actually climb into? I much prefer to simply walk over by it, and fall over on it. As opposed to, walking over, climbing up a small ladder, and then lying down. That just makes no sense to me. A bed is suppose to be for relaxing, not a chore to get into. I don't want to climb mountains for the love of Pete!

We've both agreed we want to upgrade from a queen sized mattress to a king sized mattress. When we were trying them out, it was like she was waaaaaay over there. Wow a king sized mattress is large (and freakin' expensive at some $2,000)!