And now the TV that we all have been waiting for(or just me)

Of course you all know me and know I have wanted Plasma for a long time. Wait no more guys/gals the time has arrived. You know I don't buy anything full price so I did some dealing. So the biggest shopping weekend of the year was here and I thought it would be a great idea to start looking for the deals. So I started on Friday after my last day of work at Kamp Implement and drove to our local Vanns TV and Appliance dealer. I started off with just wondering around until the Ultimate Plasma TV, I WORK on Commission, gonna sell you the biggest largest Plasma with the MONSTER cables and the Surround System guy comes over to me. His name is Aaron. Anyway, he started talking about the TVs and then we came to the Samsung HP-S4253 where the picture was clear and the colors were so vivid that it felt like you were there holding the camera. I WAS IMPRESSED(it hit hard!!) So, he starts to tell me that it's 1299.99 on sale this weekend original price 1999.99. He goes on with his sale pitch of what else I can get with the saved money some Monster Cables, which you will have to get to watch TV and the super duper Surround Sound that is originally 1800.00 on sale for 425.00 this weekend. Gonna have to admit the deal sounded spectacular. So I got myself all physic up went home did some research on the TV and then did my sales pitch to Heather. hmmmmm.hmmmm Ya so after explaining to Heather my pitch she agreed that Saturday we would go and look at the TV. When we arrived Saturday morning Aaron saw me across the room and was like "HEY ZEB HOW ARE YOU" like he knew me for years. Im like hello? Anyway, He was too much for Heather and she gave him the death glare every time he did his sales pitch. They didn't get along so ya...We didn't get the TV but again Heather was right and a better deal awaited me. That night I did some calling to Best Buy and found out they match prices of Authorized dealers so they Best Buy guy his name is Trevor answered all my questions and even went to Vanns.com and was like yes we can match that price but we can also give you 1 more year on a warranty and 150 dollars cheaper. I was like this guy will work with me plus he was very intelligent with the TV. Anyway, I told Heather that we would be doing a road trip on Sunday in search for the deal of a lifetime on a TV. She said "I'm up or an adventure" SWEET!!!!!!!!!!! I was locked in Plasma mode now. I looked at weather conditions and what do you know SNOW AND ICE.... GREAT I was for sure that Heather wasn't going to be down with that. (But again she never fails me and was completely ok with it) Sunday comes and it snowed a good 5 inches with ice. Remember I was in Plasma mode now so nothing was stopping me. We set off at 10:30 and drove 2 1/2 hours to get there in the snow and ice. Below are some pictures of how it all went down at the Billings, MT Best Buy.
First Picture is Trevor showing me this Open Boxed Plasma, which added 10% off. Again, another Zeb Deal.

Applying for the Zero Percent
Checking Out damn that's a big bill

Waiting for the idiots outside to figure out how to load a fridge onto a trailer.
Trev shrink wrapping the TV for ultra weather protection
Trying to load it into the Civic(Trev said you BROUGHT A CAR?)

I say let me give it a try I'm going home with this TV

Civil War

Well the Beavs came away with a win at the 110th edition of the Civil War. They tried to give it away there at the end, which seems to be a trend this season. I guess they just like the excitement? Now we'll have to wait another season to see who will finally break the streak of the home team coming out victorious. Looks like O-State has the bragging rights for this year, sorry Uncle Phil.

Ban on Baseball

This week, one of the greatest american tragedies occured. Jeter lost the AL MVP race to the Twin's Justin Morneau. I am personally horrified at this, and have decided to completely ban baseball until this wrong is made right...oooor, until February when spring training starts. Who's with me?!?!

Although part of me says...this is what Jeter gets for dating Jessica Biel? Ick.

Travelling Man....errr...Woman

Well I was back in the great state of Oregon this last weekend on my final road trip for the season with the Volleyball team. Not so great weekend playing wise, but I got to see Emily, Gal, Mom, Charles and Ford. As you can see from the picture, Charles was a little bit worse for the wear. Rumor has it, he got in a fight with a samoan guy at a cocktail party. Hmmmmm. At any rate, it was great to see them all.

I'm off again on another road trip this weekend. This time its Long Beach State followed by Oregon State. I'm excited to get back to the Alma Mater. I should be able to see Dad this weekend, and hopefully Damon and Charles. Looking forward to seeing what they've done with the place since Zeb left.

Hope you all have a great weekend, and anyone in Corvallis this weekend, can't wait to see you!! I'll try to take lots of pictures!

Blog Awareness Weekend

It was great to have Mom here this weekend to visit. She finally got to see our new place, and the new city we call home. By the time she got here, all the snow had pretty much melted away for her, and it was actually a pretty warm weekend here. She is never going to believe us about this whole "frigid winter" thing. I got to take Friday afternoon off of work to hang out with her, so that was a very welcome break. Mostly we just hung around together and laughed. We made a trip to the local grocery co-op (a.k.a. Hippie Central), which was hilarious. Mom was right in her element with all of the hippies, and it made for lots of jokes!

I also got to explain the concept of the "blog" to Mom, and show her what we have been talking about the last few months. Come to find out that she and Ford had no idea what we had been talking about all this time. I guess it was good that she found out now, because it took her about 5 years to figure out what an Ipod was. (It happened last year around christmas time, she finally got the guts to ask me...."so hey, whats an ipod???") Anyway, we cleard up the difference between a blog, and the classic horror flick "The Blob." Hopefully now, with this new knowledge, Mom and Ford will start checking this out and making comments.

Hope everyone had as good of a weekend as I did! Love ya!

The Bahamas

The bahamas, you say....what does that have to do with anything? Well, I'll tell you what it has to do with. ME. Because for 8 days in May, thats where I will be. Say it again, The Bahamas. Dumb luck I guess you could call it, my women's basketball team is starting a tradition of taking a foreign tour to play basketball once every 4 years. And yes, you guessed it, this year is the bahamas. Awwww Shucks. And the real kicker is, Zeb might even get to come too! So everyone keep your fingers crossed for that. I just found out yesterday, so im pretty psyched. The prospect of this trip is definitely going to help me get through this cold winter!

Cat on a Leash

Well for those loyal blog readers, here it is: Cat on a Leash. This cat lives in the apartment buildings across the street from our complex. I have never seen such a thing in my life. The people put their cat on this lease tied to a rope, and then they let it roam around the yard of they apartments. Hope this gives you all a laugh.

In other news, we are going to a small halloween party tonight. Should be fun. Zeb is most likely dressing up as Pedro Martinez (again) and I haven't decided yet. Arg! Also, we went and saw the movie The Departed last night. It has Matt Damon in it, talking with that Boston accent. Excellent. It also has Leonardo Dicaprio, Marky Mark, Jack Nicholson, Alec Baldwin, and some others in it too. Its pretty good, we would recommend it, but not if you're squemish.

My mom comes to visit in 6 days! Can't wait!

Snow!

We had our first real deal snow this last week, including my first drive to work on the snowy roads. I saw a VW Bus spin out on the road ahead of me, but in spite of all that, I kept that hatchback on the road, and I made it to work on time. So far it hasn't been too cold, and the snow does make the mountains look beautiful, but.....we'll see what we think about it when it hits 0 degrees.

Long time, no Blog - Return of Pic of the Day

Wow. Its been a while since we blogged. UGH! I'm too tired now to write a long one, but I will get with the program soon......hopefully. Meanwhile, you thought it was done...but its not done yet. Yes thats right, pic of the day is back. Enjoy.

So what's new with everyone?

The Playoffs, The Job, The Coat, The trip that Damon is making out

The Playoffs:

It's sad to see that all of the teams we all wanted to go lost :( Oh well that's baseball if I had it my way.....well you know how I would have it. I'm hoping to see the Tigers and the Mets in the WS but we will see. Go ahead and post who you want.

The Job:

Well as Heather said I got a job working for Kamp Implement as the Shipping and Receiving Manager. It isn't my ideal job but w/e right? Anyway, I have been working like 11 hours a day plus every other Saturday so it keeps me busy. I'm hoping to hear from the City of Bozeman Streets Division this week. Again, not my ideal job but it's moving up ;). So, Mondays are really busy with freight coming in for the week. Then Tuesdays you have to stock the parts on the shelves and put overstock upstairs. On Weds we get more trucks and you guessed it Thursday we put it away. Come Friday it's last min. trucks and last min. stocking. Saturdays we have to do "chores" sweeping the shop, organizing, cleaning the shitter, vacuuming the offices, dusting, ya you get the point. So that's my work week. The Marketing guy who has been with the Company 56 years is retiring at the end of the year and they want me to take over with my "professional business background" I guess if I stick it out that might be something to look forward to.

The Coat:

I purchased a new Quiksilver snowboarding coat off eBay because I plan on doing TONS of boarding this year. It's white with grey pinstripe looks sharp!!!!!!!!!

The trip that Damon is making:

Damon arrives tomorrow at 3:59pm and staying until Sunday. I can't wait to hang out with one of my friends. Wait.......My best friend. Plan on doing some driving around the mountains and such just researching the area and bsing.

Anyway, I hope all is well with you that is my story for a while hope you all enjoy!!!!!!!! Congrats to the Collousses of Clout on their first season. I'm sure there are more to seasons to come.

Seasonal Depression

I think I have seasonal depression. Not the kind you normally hear about...but mine involves the season of the year that the yankees get eliminated from the post season. Very depressing. A whole bleak baseball-less winter ahead of me? Bummer.

Weekend Update

It is finally Friday, and I can't be happier. I'm home this weekend, and next weekend too actually, so that is a huge plus. There is so much big news that has happened this week. Where do I start?

1) Zeb got a job! He is now working hard everyday at Camp Implements. It is a farming supplier...type thing. He can explain more, but he is working in shipping and recieving. He got hired on to be the manager of the department, among other things, but for now, he has to learn the ropes of the business. Which means quite a bit of manual labor. He's still got his eyes open for other opportunities, but for now, its a good paycheck!

2) My dad is getting married?!?! Yes, Tim Murray, the eternal bachelor is getting married. How crazy is that? Her name is Jan. They met at church, and got to be good friends through a singles group that they were involved in. They are actually the second couple from that same singles group of about 8 people or so that will have been married this year! Pretty productive little group....but what happens to the singles group now? They become a newly married couples group? They set the date for December 23rd, because Zeb and I will be back in Oregon then. It will definitely be an exciting trip! Congratulations Dad & Jan!

Ummm, I guess that's really all the new news! The Office was great last night, but I can not deal with Jim hooking up with that girl in in his new office! So that better not happen. How is the Collosus of Clout doing? I haven't gotten an update on them this week. Hope everything is well, and Emily is off the DL? Have a great weekend everyone!!!

Basking in the Glory of another playoff win

AAAHHH. Well, last night's yankee game started out well. The middle relief is so shaky...it makes me really nervous...but we'll see. All I can say is 5 for 5 baby! My boy Jeter had a great night...and A-Rod? naaah, not so much.

Playoff Prediction

It's time and I know you are all ready for this...So it's time now to post your playoff predictions on here.

Here is mine(Zeb's):

ALDS--
MIN vs OAK - MIN in 4

NYY vs DET - NYY in 3

NLDS--
STL vs SDG - SDG in 5

NYM vs LAD - LAD in 4

ALCS--
MIN vs NYY - MIN in 6

NLCS--
SDG vs LAD - LAD in 7

World Series--
MIN vs LAD - MIN in 6

Ode to October

Well, well, well....I can't believe that it is October 1st! I just got back from one of the longest road trips of my life. We left last Wednesday and flew into Denver and then made an hour drive to Greeley, CO to play against Northern Colorado University. I got to see a classmate and good friend of mine from OSU who works there as an athletic trainer, so that was a lot of fun...but that was about the only pleasant thing about Greeley. Our team got swept in 3 games by UNC, in a pretty painful loss. The next day we got up early in the morning to make the drive back to Denver, race through the Denver Airport and catch another plane to Phoenix. From Phoenix, we again loaded up in our Mini-Van Caravan and made the 2 hour drive to Flagstaff, AZ. On Saturday we go to go down to the football game (MSU football just happened to be in town also playing NAU) for the first half, before we headed to the gym to get ready for our match. Football pulled off a huge win to break their losing streak and later that evening we continued the trend with a big come from behind win over NAU volleyball. We finished off the night with a celebratory trip to Safeway for snacks (aaah yes, the joys of D1-AA) and got in bed. This morning, we got up bright and early to make the drive back to Phoenix to catch the plane back to Bozeman, via Denver. I am SO glad to be home!!!

On another note, its October! I think October has got to be my favorite month. The Yankees are back in the playoffs, ready for another World Series run, college football is in full swing, NFL is off to a good start, the air is crisp but there are still a few nice days of sunshine left, leaves are changing, we have daylight savings time and actually fall back, gaining an entire extra hour of sleep one night. There are halloween decorations everywhere, which means everywhere you look BEAVERS COLORS! And the best thing about October? It is October Scary Movie Month (OSMM). OSMM is in it's 6th year and still going strong. For those of you who have never observed October Scary Movie Month, the basic rules are that you try to watch as many scary movies throughout the month as possible. They can be old favorites, tried and true classics or brand new ones, it doesn't matter as long as they are scary. You can catch them on TV, go out to the theater, pull them from your own personal collection, rent them from the video store, and for the first time this year, I'll be ordering them in from blockbuster online.

For you OSMM beginners, here are some of my top recommendations for you to give a try:

Psycho
Halloween
Halloween II
Friday the 13th
When a Stranger Calls
The Vanishing
Silence of the Lambs
Scream

There are many many more, so in the sprit of October Scary Movie Month, go ahead and post up your favorite scary movie!

Hope everyone is off to a great October!

p.s. We got our plane tickets to come home for Christmas! We'll be back in Oregon from the 21st through the 25th!!! Mark it on your calendars!!!

Yup, this is where we live. On Sunday we took a drive out to Bridger Ski, which is the local mountain where people snowboard. The drive was really beautiful and Zeb got to take some pictures. It was nice getting out of town and seeing some of our surroundings.

The Office

The season premiere of our favorite TV show, The Office was this thursday. Since I know that many of our frequent blog readers are also avid Office fans, I decided to make a weekly post so that we can all talk about the happenings on the show.

The need for this post mainly comes out of the fact that absolutally NO ONE in Bozeman, MT watches The Office. On Thursday I went on a mission to find somone, anyone, who likes the show. My extensive research (conducted within the MSU athletic department) found: not a single person who watches the show on a regular basis, several who had never heard of it, more still who had heard of it but never watched, and probably most offensively, multiple people who had seen a few episodes of the show but did not find it funny.

Aside from all that, it was a great season premiere. I had to work at a volleyball game (we play every thursday night! which could turn out to be a real problem. haha) but luckily Zeb taped it so we could watch it when I got home. There were lots of big surprises, including the fact that Jim works at the Stanford branch now, and that Pam called off her wedding to Roy!

So now, all you Office fans out there who caught the season premiere, post up your favorite part of the new episode. I'll start it off....my favorite part was when Jim pulled the jello joke on his new co-worker at the Stanford branch.

Don't Try This At Home

Don't ask me how zeb had time to take a picture of his spedometer while driving over 100 miles per hour....but he did, and may I add, he's pretty proud of it. For any of you who plan to drive out here to visit us anytime...DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME.

Today it snowed up on all the hills and mountains around Bozeman. Luckily for me, it didn't really stick at all down in the valley. I had to work a cross country meet this morning out in the rain and snow. Ugh! I have gotten really spoiled working court sports for the last year, and I can't really hack it out in the elements anymore. I got home, and it took me at least 3 or 4 hours to finally warm back up to a normal temperature. I was really missing the mild Oregon weather this morning, as I was pretty sure that it wouldn't be so miserable on September 16th at home.

The women's basketball team that i work with has 5 days off between my birthday and the day after christmas, so Zeb and i are looking into flying home to visit then. I am really looking forward to that!

Lastly, Zeb has another job interview on Monday, this time with an up-and-coming technology company that is based out of Bozeman. So please be praying for him!

It's a Great Day to be a Beaver!!!

So, I got hooked up a few weekends ago to the OSU vs Sweet Home Loggers semi-pro team( I mean Eastern Washington). I took Heather's Dad to the game and we had a blast. It was our first time back since the "Raising Reeser" phase and the acustics were impressive. It obviously helped as the Beavs took it to the Loggers. To bad I cannot say that about Boise right? Damn that Smurf Turf it will get you everytime. Anyway, check out the pics and let me know what you think. I miss and love you all :) Hope things are going great in OreeeeeGUNNN!! By the way did you guys get your tickets?

Question of the Day: Cake Stand/Punch Bowl....Doubley Uselful or Doubley Useless???

On our wedding registry we asked for a cake stand/punch bowl & we got it! However, ever since we got it, there has been a non-stop debate about the practicality of this item. I say that it has two functions and is doubley usefull. Zeb, says that I will never use it, and that it is, as Damon puts it "doubley useless."





For the record, this is the third cake that has been put on this cake stand, in only 3 months of ownership. Admittedly, I have not made punch in it yet. So now, I am opening up the blog for comments regardling the usefulness of the Cake Stand/Punch Bowl. Solve this debate once and for all for us!

And, NO, I did not decorate the Red Sox cake.