Posts Tagged ‘train’
Grilling Ty Pennington
Last night I was lucky. I was invited to the Craftsman Experience in Chicago. It is so hot in Chicago right now though. It is like somebody turned on their Weber portable gas grill and left it on. It is just wrong that we are hitting close to the 100s in temperate in September. Down south? Yes. In Chicago, it’s wrong wrong wrong. It didn’t matter what I did last night though — I just looked like a sweaty mess. The train was about 150 degrees inside (I literally felt as if I climbed inside of a Napoleon grill!), and we were squished like Sardines.
That all being said, I got to meet Ty Pennington last night. He was nice and gracious to everyone. (For those who don’t know who Ty is — he use to be the carpenter on Trading Spaces. Now, he’s on Extreme Home Makeover.)
(Special thanks to Kris for taking such an awesome picture!)
Now, I personally didn’t get to do any grilling of Mr. Pennington. However, my friend Kim did and said he was sooooo awesome. He hosted a Craftsman online show last night and they surprised him. Extreme Home Makeover has been on the air 9 years. They showed some clips from the very first season, and we got to meet Sweet Alice:
(That’s Kris with her. I took the picture 
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Now, Ty often talks about how a single tool can make a difference in people’s lives. Alice talked about how Ty changed not only her life but changed the life of her neighborhood. She talked about how he made her feel like a “somebody” (which we all knew she already was). Here’s the truly amazing thing — because of what he did, she went back to school and now has her PhD!!!!! (Needless to say, when Alice was talking I’m not sure there was a dry eye in room).
Kris, Kim, and I did an interview for the Craftsman Experience show, so as soon as I can figure out where they posted it on the internets I’ll post that too. :) (Please remember that it looks like we all climbed in our very own Napoleon grills. I can’t reiterate enough how hot it was!!! Coming home on the train last night at 9 pm, it was 91 degrees!)
Not only did I get to meet a really cool celebrity, but I learned a life lesson. FTW!
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A Potty We Will Go . . .
How things can change in a week is amazing. My little boy had no interest at all in the potty. None, whatsoever. What we had learned with Madison was not to push it, and they are ready when they are ready. We’ve had the potty chair pulled down since he was 18 months. No interest at all. However, yesterday, he wanted to sit on the potty. 3 times! Now, granted, I don’t think he actually went (but he was definitely trying!). I even ran the water hoping to help him go, but it didn’t work. With Madison, we had to bribe her to even sit on the toilet, so we are keeping our fingers crossed for Will here.
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Toys For The Basement
As Christmas nears, we are starting to figure out what we should get for our newly remodeled basement. We think Santa may bring Will a train table for down there, since Madison has a nice wooden train and track, and we really have no place for the kids to play with it. That being said, daddy would love to get a pool table for down there. We actually know exactly where we would put it. Once the main things is that the pool table felt would definitely have to match the rest of the basement. I think I would go with a basic blue like Border Billards has. Having played in many pool halls, I have learned that it is defintely important to have good quality felt on your table, since there is definitely a lot of wear and tear (literally) involved. When the felt starts wearing out, it definitely effects your game. Of course, if I do let Bill get a pool table there will definitely be some extra that will have to bought like pool cues, pool cue chalk, pool table covers, pool balls, etc.
Any other suggestions for the basement? I personally would love a dart board too, but I really don’t want to put holes in my new walls!
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