gaslight parade…

ormond beach has an old car parade every year the night after thanksgiving. the parade is called the gaslight parade and is probably one of ormonds’ best kept secrets…i can remember coming out on friday night as a kid with my dad just to catch a glimpse of the old cars that drove by.  it was a walk back in time.  tonight we took the boys and hung out and saw the parade…it was really good this year.  slightly cold, but the parae started at 7pm we showed up at 6:45 with chic fila for the boys and a starbucks.  we sat and watch the cars waved and saw santa in the end. it was all done and we got stuck in a bit of traffic, but still got home by 8pm…now that’s a parade…no wait, great spot, not too long and you can get out quick… 

jake stood and waved at every car… the cars were simply amazing…but what’s more amazing was the time we spent wit hour boys.  family time is so vital-you  gotta do it!  oh yah the parade was free! 

gift ideas from my wife…

gift ideas from my wife…i love it when she sends these. maybe santa can show up and bring a purse like this? ya never know!

up all night in a lawn chair..adventure

last night was yet another night spent out in front of circuit city…it was quite interesting. we got there at 7:30 and hung out all night with people looking to get laptops, tv’s and desktop computers. the line wrapped around the entire building and there were only 30 laptops to go around. we scored 2!

bonus – I picked up a mio navigation system for $99!  i had one and it was liberated (stolen) from my car in my driveway several months ago. I also picked up a pile of dvd’s the office season 2 was like $12 and rocky fights arthritis was like $6…I went over to toys r us and picked up a yoshi lunch-box (nintendo ds starter kit) for al and the checkout line was foolish!  it took like 27 minutes to get out -by far the quickest lines-they wrapped around the entire store, but you never really stopped moving! props go out to toys r us!
some read this and say thats whack – well i’m the one holding the bag!  sorry its totally addicting to embark on this adventure! 
the annual adventure to run in and grab some electronics is over…