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A short blog post, 2nd of the day....

   This week we welcomed another baby to our crew Findlay Amrich.  Jennifer and I are very excited that the Amriches now have two boys as well and envision many years of craziness together.  In several years we will have 4 grades covered-4th-Emerson, 3rd-Graham, 2nd-Will, 1st-Findlay.

   With Findlay's birth that keeps the streak alive of all boys for my Groomsmen.

To Date-

Wes-1-Thomas

Jake-2-Ford, Cal

Brian-2-Emerson, Findlay

Me-2-Graham, Will

When will the streak end?  or will it continue-To my knowledge the next groosman baby is due in Feb.....

Fedora-nation

Well, Football Season is here so I think it is time to get the blog going again.  This Sat. was the first game of the year in the Southern Part of Heaven.  Some Initial Thoughts-
-Elon is not good at Football
-Kind of miss "First Down Carrrollllina" but if the crowd gets into "First Down Tar--" could work
-Gio is fast and good hope he stays healthy
-Larry Fedora has said and done almost everything right in my opinion since being named Head Coach, putting 62 Points up the 1st game included
-I was impressed to see the amount of people tailgating for a 12:30/Elon/Labor Day Game.  I have a feeling the ECU/Va Tech/State Games are going to be great
-Great Tailgate by the Heelgaters-Thanks to Julie for spotting Graham walking off, Casey Sanchez Vicario for engaging him in Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Chatter, and Justin, Blake and Will for helping carry the stroller.
-BTW UNC Athletic Department let's start all other Sept. Games at 3:30 or Later, please and Thank You
-Jennifer, The Boys, and I lasted a total of 5 min. at the game-Yes you read that correct 5 mins.-Luckily it was already 14-0.  This is the first game I have ever seen live, listened to on the radio, and watch the 4th quarter in Winston on my TV.

Graham has already narrowed his college choices, below are pics of his favorite two.  If you would like to get your school in on the Top Recruit in the class of 2029, all we need is a jersey and a college fund donation

   Graham thinks he can do for Davidson Football what Seth Curry did for Basketball

 This is Graham practicing for the post game interview.  He currently likes to thank Mommy, Daddy, Elmo, and Mickey Mouse but we are working on it.

 Graham practicing his pre-game dane-Get Ya Swag On

Touhdown Tar Heels-Pants Optional

I'm selling away

Sooooo, last Saturday we had a yard sale with some friends in the Tre For (Gangsta for Winston-Salem).  Below are my thoughts----

·         Jennifer hates Yard Sales, Jay likes Yard Sales, The Sherman Family (All 3 Generations) rock at Yard Sales and location is key

·         If your Yard Sale starts at 7:30, your 1^st customer will show up at 6:30

·         Don’t spend time organizing because it will be messed up with in the 1^st 30 minutes

·         Your Big Ticket Items will be sold in the first hour, if not start slashing prices

·         Anything that you think is nice or has any real value will not sell.  It amazed me that practically new nice items that were priced for a small fraction of their retail price did not sell.

·         Anything you consider crap or might donate to Goodwill will sell.  Examples-Broken Xmas Decorations, Items you got for free, Jennifer’s handmade non-functional salt and pepper shakers from pottery class.

·         Golf Clubs, Lawn Mowers, Yard Tools will go quickly no matter the condition.

·         Baby Clothes hot items, Baby Toys not so much

·         CDs, DVDs, Books-Hot Sellers

·         Your mentality needs to be-Nothing is going back in the house, anything that does not find a new home gets donated to a charity

·         Adult Clothes-Don’t waste your time

·         When Negotiating have fun-it helps to use a little spanglish, some sarcasm, and have a bottom price and do not give in.

·         Always play up the fact that you have kids and they need to eat…

·         At the end of the day it doesn’t matter how much money you make because all the crap is out of your house.  Which is also concerning because it allows the wife more room for new more expensive crap.

Easter Ears

So I have about 4 blog posts brewing in my big ole head, but here is the first….

Easter Monday

6:30 PM

Clemmons, NC

  Has anyone ever told you about not sticking anything smaller than your elbow in your ear?  I think I heard that a time or two growing up, but never listened.  So as Jennifer and I are in our bathroom unpacking from the beach and listening to Graham say Big Poooop, Big Poooop (For the record no poop is involved in this story), I decide to clean my ear with a Q-Tip.  I reach into the box pull out a Q Tip and begin cleaning.  Oh that great feeling of removing ear wax…..I pull the Q-Tip out to examine my treasure and there is no cotton on the end of the Q Tip just a little wax, very disappointing on many levels.  So I immediately stick my finger in my ear to get the cotton out and get nothing.  I then have Jennifer look in my ear for the cotton and she sees nothing.

  At this point, I am convinced I will be deaf the rest of my life from the cotton was it decays and infects my eardrum.  Being too cheap and embarrassed to go to the ER, I drive myself to the Urgent Care.  At Urgent Care, I am preemptively tell everyone what I did and how I know I am stupid and please don’t judge me.  The Doctor comes in and I am ready for him to perform surgery, send me to the hospital, or flush my ear with a liquid (I was unsure of the solution to this problem).  He takes a look into my ear and says, “There is no cotton in this ear”  I ask him to take a 2^nd look to make sure, he does and confirms his diagnosis, I then ask him if he is sure, he is.

  So Boys and Girls, it took me at the age of 32 and a co-pay to learn the lesson not to stick anything in your ear.  Now my question is what are Q-Tips good for and where is the cotton from that one end of the Q-Tip….

Da Weavys Part Uno

So it has been a little crazy around the Weaver House lately, Will is finally home and continues to progress well so we are hoping this streak continues for the little trooper.  I could go on and on about everything that has happened the last couple weeks but I decided this post would be a lighter one...So Drumroll Please...............................................................................

DA Weavys-

Best Cheese-Pepper Jack
Best Undershirt-Hanes Tagless (MJ and I both endorse)
Best Socks-Puma 6 Pack of Ankle Socks @ Marshall's ($5 for 6 Pairs)
Best BBQ in Winston-Little Richard's Country Club (Do not get confused and go to the fake Little R's in Clemmons)
Best Pizza-Illiano's in Clemmons ($4.99 for a large cheese...crazy)
Best Mexican Food-Mont De Ray-Muy Bueno
2nd Best Suburb of Winston-Salem-Lewisville
Worst Nickname for Winston-Salem-The Dash
Best Family Style Restaurant-Very Close but the Hillbilly Hideaway edges out the Daniel Boone Inn
Best Shoes-Ecco not to be confused w/ EcKo
Best Bathroom-River Birch-amazing sinks and atmosphere
Best Slushy-The Elusive Cherwine Slushy, now only found in the random gas station in Farmington...worth the trip
Best Possible Addition to ACC-Notre Dame
Best Possible Removal from ACC-Miami followed closely by Wake Forest
Best Tailgate-Heelgaters
Best Diet Drink-Sun Drop
Best Toothpaste-Crest
Best Band-Hootie and his Blowfish
Best Band named after the lead singer-Zac Brown Band

The Anti-Weavys

Here is a list of things that I can not stand, I believe H-E-Double Hockey Sticks consists of all the following-

Ikea-No Thanks, wondering around a store for 3 hours, overpaying for particleboard furniture, and spending a day looking at Sweedish Diagrams to put together crappy furniture,

Extreme Couponers-You should never need a binder/crate/notebook to go to the store, what are you going to do with thos 37 Jars of Mayo and 56 Boxs of Chicken Broth

Baked Beans-Yuck

Toys R Us-I love toys, I love games, I don't love waiting in line for hours to purchase an item or return an item

Kohl's-A lot of people love Kohl's but something about their ads and Kohl's Cash drive me nuts

Fake BBQ-We have some great BBQ (esp. in a little shack on Country Club Road) but there are others that cook meat and throw some store bought sauce on it and call it NC BBQ-not right.

The NBA and Kobe Bryant

Jay's Random Thoughts of the Day

The Land O' Glowworms

First-To the Blogger Nation-I apoligize for the lack of updates and random thoughts.  It has been kind of crazy around here with the Holidays and throw in being in the Nicu for 18 days and back to the hospital for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and the 26th-and our heads are spinning.

Second-A Big Thank You to all the thoughts, prayers, e-mails, phone calls, random acts of kindness, etc. over the last month.  There is no way we will ever be able to thank everyone individually so here is a mass THANKS.  (To our Family-Graham is overwhelmed with all the new toys, books, and clothes..In Graham's language-Oh WOWWW)

Now Back to the Blog-

  While Will was in the Nicu he had to be on the "Billy Blanket" which I like to think of as a Tanning Bed for Infants.  Many of the nurses and Jennifer and I made many comments of how Will looked like a Glowworm.  So one night on a midnight run to Wal-Mart, I stopped by the Toy Section to get Graham a Glowworm-I was thinking this might cause some bonding.  I got the Glowworm home and Graham immediately took to the toy and started giving it kisses.  The real suprise came when he fell asleep on the bed hugging the Glowworm, this is the first time EVER Graham has fallen asleep with a toy.  Jennifer tried for many months to establish a "lovey" but nothing worked well Graham decided his Glowworm would be the one.