For the Men...

If you find yourself exhausted and stressed from a daily grind of attending meetings, dealing with whiny students/customers/etc., and caring for a growing brood of small children, I have one word for you.

Chainsaw

Today I went to Home Depot where I bought a spark plug, filters, and oil, then came home and tuned-up a hand-me-down chainsaw. After that I proceeded to cut down a pine tree along our driveway that died a few months ago.

It was glorious.

To continue the testosterone fueled escape from reality, tomorrow night we've invited some friends over and we're going to have ourselves a bonfire while drinking beer. I think we might just have to shoot some stuff while we're at it to complete the experience.

The Hills are Alive...

You thought that Adin having a dog was big news.

You thought Lincoln finally acknowledging that he is running for state office was big news (he's been campaigning since I met him).

You thought there was nothing left of creativity in BLD land.

You were wrong.

I warn you: the enclosed video will make Adin's dog act like the Harry from "Harry and the Lady Next Door." This video may single-handedly keep Lincoln out of office. This video may make you laugh and cry... but not in a good way.

Without further ado, in musical form, I express my feelings for the BLD.

Extra credit if you listen enough times to figure out the lyrics.

Anyone?... Anyone?... Bueller?

Harry?

Can someone tell me who Harry is?

Candidate Willis

I am so behind with my comments on this blog, regrettably. But, 1) Bob McDonnell is great, as is Virginia, 2) Merry Christmas, 3) Happy Thanksgiving, and 4) I definitely fear the Rooney. And, huge congrats to the Papsdorfs!! Keep us updated!

The past few weeks have been a bit overwhelming--Lincoln is running for the DE House of Representatives! Here is a link to his first press release:

http://www.scsuntimes.com/ (search for "Lincoln" and the article should come up)

It is very exciting and I am definitely proud of Lincoln for making the decision to run. He already has a lot of support and some impressive campaign literature (some of which I helped with last night until 1:30--I am never touching a "mail merge" again.) He has his committee in place and a kickoff event lined up, so the campaign is off to a great start.

Who wants to donate their kids to appear with us on the campaign trail? We could work out some sort of rotation. By my count, there are 19(.5) BLD kiddies, and all are amazing. :) Hopefully we will be adding to them before too long!

A lawyer, a car dealer, and a politician...

Howdy, Guv'nor

I was interested to hear that the response to the state of the union would be given by the governor of Virginia.

I was disappointed to discover that it wasn't Kevin.

Keeping Up with the Mazzuccos

Another little Papsdorf will be making an appearance around the end of July!

We thought about calling everyone. We thought about sending cute Christmas cards announcing the news (and then didn't send any cards at all). We thought about sending an email.

But we are tired and, once you have three, no one is really that surprised by a fourth. Right?

One of these days I'll have a nice ultrasound picture to post on our blog, but for now you just have to take our word for it.

Christmas Mail and Happy New Years.

So I'm just posting to let you all know that I have finally gotten to my Christmas mail and the BLD blog.

You all look great.

And Black Dynamic will soon be on my Netflix queue.

Merry Christmas

Hope you all have a wonderful holiday.  We are looking forward to Madeleline's first Christmas, Part II (Part I took place this past weekend in Cincinnati).  She tore into her presents with the enthusiasm of Dan playing the Vendetta in Family Business.  It was great.

Be safe those of you who are traveling.  Can't wait to see all of you for BLD Summer New Year 2010.

JH

Happy Thanksgiving!

BLD Friends: Wishing you and your families a happy and healthy holiday. Thinking of you and thankful for you!

Fear the Rooney

Check out this link:

Betsucco Cards: #2 A capella

I suppose...

You never know when random facts about Delaware might come up in conversation.

I learned this morning that the husband of one of the ladies in my Bible study is a vet who specializes in poultry. She explained that though she is from Massachusetts, they couldn't live there because of the lack of poultry farms. I recalled some information that I heard long ago, and shared with her that a friend from college once told us that there was some crazy number of chickens per person in the state of Delaware. "Oh yes," she nodded knowingly, "my husband goes there a lot."

It made me smile to think that perhaps it wasn't completely useless information after all.

Black Dynamite

I don't know how you BLD boys could *not* go see this:

Black Dynamite Trailer

It's real. And it's a 2009 release. Next week, in fact. I expect a review posted here by Oct. 17th.

You look scared, Kristin

And I can't blame you.

Dartmouth v. penn

Did anyone else catch the Dartmouth football game on the Vs. channel today? I was randomly scanning the channels for good games this morning and was able to catch the last half of the home game against penn.

Unfortunately, we lost and extended the losing streak to 15 games. But it was still pretty neat to see the stadium, Leverone, etc. on tv. I found myself wanting to yell, "Rush the field! Rush the field!" to nobody in particular.

At least the rugby team shutout harvard 31-0.