Name:Steve Country:United States State:Florida Metro:Fort Myers Birthday:11/28/1979 Gender:Male
Interests:Christian Music, meeting people all over Southwest Florida, my wonderful wife Kimberly.
Sites you should check out (I am not responsible for any content on these sites):
http://wayj.wayfm.com
Southwest Florida's WAY-FM
http://www.shlog.com
Shlog
Shaun Groves Blog
http://www.infuzemag.com
Infuze Magazine
An Interesting Look at culture through the lens of Christianity; probably my favorite website. Expertise:Christian music, radio production, being cool (okay, maybe not this last one...) Occupation:Other Industry:Entertainment
It's been forever since I've updated, and I apologize. It's time to announce to my world of blogs that Kim and I are expecting!!! (It's a nice contrast to the last post). We've known since the end of September, but we decided to wait to tell everyone until her parents were here over Thanksgiving (so we could tell them in person). Here's the details:
Baby Olson due May 23rd. We aren't going to find out what gender the baby is until the day baby Olson is born. We're also not telling anyone our potential names until the baby is born. So yeah - lots and lots of surprises in store. We're very excited - we're going to be parents (to a human) !!!
Yesterday was the saddest day ever in the life of our puppy Zoe (our little four and half pound Toy Fox Terrier who is just over two years old).
It started off with going to the vet to get her yearly shots. That was very traumatic for her; like her daddy, she doesn't like needles. So that was very rough.
The day just got worse. I brought her home from the vet appointment and as I was lowering her down to the floor she jumped out of my arms and landed on her front leg just wrong and broke it. She was probably only 3 feet at the most from the floor, but I think her muscles must have been tensed funny after all the shots or something - or maybe it was just the right (or should that be wrong?) angle to break it. So I rushed her to my Vet's Office where the doctor had just left for the day, so I had to take her to the Animal ER. They had to sedate her, take x-rays, and then put her leg in a splint. A splint that is very long and awkward. Poor baby :(
Last night was rough for her; once she finally shook off all the sedation, she seemed pretty confused about the whole leg thing. She doesn't really like walking on just 3 legs (she mostly hobbles) and she won't go far at one time. She's been shaking a lot, and she barely slept at all last night (and as a result, neither did I).
Monday I take her in to my vet, who will have to refer us to a doggy orthopedic surgeon, who will surgically repair the break, probably inserting a pin. The ER vet said it would probably be 4 to 6 weeks before she has normal use of that leg again.
If you think of it, could you pray for our puppy Zoe? I know she's "just a dog", but she's our little baby at home and we really hurt for her (and she hurts quite a bit herself). She's such a loving and wonderful dog, it's really hard to see her in pain like this. She just doesn't seem to know what to do, and she's definitely not herself.
Alright, I'm breaking my blogging silence to bring you this special report:
This afternoon, a daredevil squirrel was seen chewing a rope attached to a bird feeder. The squirrel, who apparently LOVES birdfood, realized that instead of climbing all around to get to the bird food and then hang precariously on the edge of the feeder while getting scarcely a crumb, it would be easier to drop the feeder and have floor level access.
And that he did. I just wish I had a video camera. One second I look out the window and notice the squirrel chewing the rope (matter of fact, I said to Kim, shortly before it fell, that it appeared that the squirrel was doing just that). Then, as I was watching, the bird feeder fell, with squirrel on top.
I quickly got up to look to make sure we didn't have a dead squirrel on our hands. You see, the bird feeder hangs off our second story lanai (for those of you up north, lanai is a fancy Florida word for balcony). Fortunately for the squirrel, it fell onto our lanai instead of plummeting into the fenced in area of our neighbor's below. He survived, and proceeded to eat a bunch of bird feed. I'm sure he'll be back to continue his meal later.
In other news...
We were concerned that our A/C was broken beyond repair. It's an older unit, and we're waiting for it to die any day. Well, yesterday, it stopped cooling the house and we were sure that D-Day was here. I called my A/C guy (Gary from King's Air Conditioning) and he came over as soon as he could. It turned out our freon just needed charging. He fixed us up and our house is cooling back down by the second. Yay for Gary, a great guy. If you live in Southwest Florida, I highly recommend him if you're having any A/C problems.
And yes, I know I promised church sign pictures soon. I now have a couple; I just have to download them to the computer. But to give you an idea, I'll type out this week's (because I didn't take a picture of it yet, and they'll probably change it out tomorrow):
Become an organ donor...
Give your heart to Jesus.
Yeah... and that's not the cheesiest I've seen on their sign (and other church signs in the area). More to come...
I just thought I'd share with you all the letter I just submitted to Steak 'N Shake. And believe me when I say this, you may doubt it, but it's a brilliant idea:
Dear Steak 'n Shake,
You have been a friend to many for many years. Now, I want to be a friend back and suggest to you what may be the most brilliant idea EVER. I can't lay claim to this idea, I "discovered" it recently while eating at a small restaurant in the Cleveland area of Ohio called Beardens. You see, they had this delicious burger called a "peanut burger". Basically, it's a hamburger with peanut butter spread on the burger, in a tasty bun. This would be easy for you to add to your menu - you just would need to have peanut butter available. You already have delicious hamburgers, so why not offer peanut butter as an option. Better yet, it's not something any other chains (that I'm aware of) are doing, so you could own the corner on the market AND have some very creative commercials. I think these could be a BIG hit for you, and I would come get them often.
So, think about it. Would a friend steer you wrong? Trust me - they're good!
Of course, you do realize now that you've read this that you have to try and make yourself a peanut burger at home. Yeah, they're that good.
For some reason, the song popped in my head today.
Oh, and on another, NON SPOILER note... LOST last night was 2 hours of the best television I have ever seen. And the twist at the end? Mind blowing. Game changing. And that's all I'll say about it for now in case people haven't seen it yet. Eventually, I'll write more about it...
!!! 
