I stinka!

Well, I'm not very good at keeping up on this blogging thing. If you want to see what I'm up to or even care to hear about me, then find me on Facebook. I'll try to update things here occasionally, but we've seen how that's worked out so far. Thanks!

Pics of the dogs

Here are both of the dogs, Bleeker and Kaya. Bleeker is the black labri-dane and Kaya is the Shepherd mix.



You can also check them out here: http://picasaweb.google.com/VTbiscuit/TheBissettDogsBleekerKaya

Dave's Dog Cam

Welcome to Springfield!

Here's to beer!

After the fun in Philly, we drove up to Pottstown Pottsville (I stand corrected) to visit America's Oldest Brewery, Yuengling. Dan's birthday is coming up, so I decided to give him the gift of beer...free beer! (Who says I'm cheap?)

Give me liberty or give me death!

My brother, Dan, and his wife, Kerri, came into town recently and we decided to show them around there area.

We started heading to downtown Philly for some cheesesteaks on Friday night. We stopped by and saw Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell while we were down there:

Rack 'em!

Well, we got a pool table a couple of months ago! It's definitely a lot of fun and it really pull together my "pub" room. If you're in the area, you'll have to stop by and play.

When we got the pool table, we went ahead and put a TV into the room. Can't play pool without being able to watch sports and HD tv!

We started the room with the furniture and paint, but I think it has finally come together. The last thing we want to do is add some shutters on the windows. I'll update you again when that is finished.

...and what would your (fore)father say about that?

We went to my company holiday (I like to call it Christmas) party last weekend. It was held at the Constitution Center in downtown Philly. It was a really nice place and we had a great time. We even got to meet some of our forefathers (you know, those guys who signed the constitution!). You can check out some of the pics from the event in this slideshow:



Sunday after the party, we had a chance to tour some of the historic sites in downtown Philly:

Independence Hall

Liberty Bell

A Charlie Brown Christmas...

Well, I realize it's been quite a while since I've unloaded here, but figured I would drop a quick post. Melanie and I are trying something new this year and have created a "family yearbook" highlighting the events of the year. You can check it out here.

Also, if you like Scrubs, Charlie Brown, and Christmas, then you'll get a kick out of this. If not, then I really don't know you and you don't belong here. Merry Christmas to all!

Riding along in my automobile...

Well, over the past few weeks I've been shopping around for a new car (new to me at least). I finally found one that I liked and got the right price on. I decided on a 2004 Nissan Murano (considered an SUV crossover vehicle). It's a nice ride and still big enough to fit Watson. Here are a couple of pics:

Vegas, Baby!

I took a whirlwind trip to Las Vegas (my first) this past week.

Unfortunately, the trip wasn't for pleasure. I was out there for a meeting for work (actually just outside of Vegas). It was a whirlwind trip which put me in Nevada for less than 24 hours. I am pretty sure I spent more time on planes and in airports than actually in Las Vegas.

I did try to have a little fun while there though. By fun, I mean have a decent meal and lose some money at the blackjack table. I stayed at the Mirage, which is a very nice hotel/casino. It's even nicer because I got upgraded to a mack-daddy suite (yes, I just used the words "mack-daddy"... I know I'm cool). Below are some pictures of the suite. I didn't have much time to take pictures of anything else.

It even had a fancy water fountain in with the toilet!

There's a good chance I'll make it out there again (for work) in the next month or two, so I'll try to get some more pictures then.

Going over in a barrel...

In the previous post I covered the hockey portion of our trip to Canada. Now I'll get into the R&R portion. We ventured over to Niagara Falls for a couple of days (on the Canadian side) and fell into the tourist trap.

Canadian Falls...

American Falls...

A room with a view (our room in the Hilton)...

I thought about pushing my luck, and...

Melanie got attacked by a bear (or was she doing the attacking?)...

Us...in the tunnel behind the falls...

...on the Maid of the Mist...

All in all, we had a great time!

Just ice it!

Melanie and I ventured North of the border this past weekend for some hockey and some R&R. Our first stop was Toronto.
We went to Canada so I could play in a tournament with my hockey team, but before we played we had some time to go by the Hockey Hall of Fame.

And then came the hockey tournament...

We played three teams while there. We won 1 and lost 2, but put up a good fight and had a blast in the process.

Here's the team...The Unknowns... This one was a nail biter...Proof of our win...

I'll cover the Niagra Falls portion of the trip in my next post.