All Apologies

Death of Warmbrod Premium Cable, 'Til Death & J.B. Smoove

Life- Warmbrod style has not been the same since Brentwood cut off our 'free' HBO. Here's the history:

Pre-digital cable, we had access to HBO and Showtime without paying any astronomical fees- a perk of living in the Brentwood area as I understand it. We laughed with Curb Your Enthusiasm, enjoyed the Saturday night movies, walked on the wild side with the Sopranos...

Next thing you know, a 'free' digital box arrives in the mail. We promptly installed this new box, and called the cable company to notify them of their oversite- there must have been a mistake, we couldn't access HBO with the digital box. Was there some mistake?

What a rude awakening! The digital cable box would not include the HBO deal as before- but we could PAY additional for it. What?! The old bait and switch!!! With the digital box on the main TV and standard cable on our other TV, we could get our premium channel fix- take that, Comcast!

Team Warmbrod won the battle, and as I was just preparing for the new season of The Tudors on Showtime, we lost the war. Suddenly, and without warning, I turned on the non-digital bedroom TV and HBO and Showtime were no more.

In protest, we have vowed never (NEVER?!) to pay additional for HBO and Showtime. This means that we may show up unannounced on the doorsteps of friend HBO subscribers to catch up on Curb Your Enthusiasm Episodes (via On Demand) when the new season rolls around.

As a consolation prize, Leon from Curb Your Enthusiasm is now on 'Til Death for a few episodes on Fox. He's our fave and you can catch an episode here:

'Til Death Episode with J.B. Smoove- a must see!!!

I am watching it now and he's a laugh riot....

Wonderful People, Fabulous Pizza, and Talladega, too!

My friends at Hunt Brother's Pizza will have a car at Talladega this weekend- I can honestly say that I have never been so excited about racing!!!! A sincere thanks to the folks at Hunt Brothers for serving pizza at the Nashville Habitat for Humanity 16 home dedication on Sunday. They came out with hot, fresh pizza and served hundreds of guests. If you haven't had their FABULOUS pizza, you can find a location near you at the Hunt Brother's Pizza website. We get ours at the Brentwood Market- it's a great alterative to fast food when you are headed to soccer practice, etc. And don't forget to cheer for car #70 this weekend!

Adorable Dog Needs Home

Update: DOG FOUND HOME!!!! YIPPY!!! Help find this cutie a home! Please let people know about this little dog so that we can find him a family. Leave me a comment if you know anyone that's interested in making this dog a part of their family.
Here's the message that I received from a friend:
This is my dog named Highway, we found running across a highway, I need to find him a home... He is a Border Collie mix about 4 mos old. He is a really sweet dog, he likes to think he is a lap dog. If you or someone you know would like a dog, he's free. He is due for his next round of shots.

First Grade Business Day

Blaine haggles with his school principal over the price of a 'surpise bag'.

First Grade kids ran their own businesses today at school. Students brought items or services to sell and took turns being store owners and shoppers. We all used paper money to buy the goods and we could keep the goods that we bought. It was a great opportunity to buy bookmarks, chocolates, get a pedicure, a massage, or lemonade or even dig for jewels at a great price! Check out these entrepreneurs on my slideshow:

First Grade Business Day Slideshow

Other April Happenings....

Pappy's favorite childhood story, Scuffy, is fast becoming one of Drew's favorites.

You can see these and other Warmbrod April Events at April Slide Show

We Felt the Earth Move

Since we are up anyway watching the TV, I thought I would blog this historical moment. We were just awakened at between 4:35 and 4:40 with about 10 seconds of a shaking house! We both thought we were crazy, but it's actually an earthquake just above Evansville, Indiana. We pray those closer to the event are okay, but we are just fine here in Tennessee.

Mum's Birthday Song... Kickin off the Party

So my birthday is not until next week, but this video is a must see. Blaine wrote me this song when he was four- while I was pregnant with Andrew. Blaine's preschool 'music appreciation class' kicked off each morning in the car with Daddy. He sang 'All Apologies' rolling through Home Depot when he was two and tears of joy swelled in Tommy's eyes. Thanks to influences like Metallica, Guns n Roses (I've got a great Mr. Brownstone rendition to upload later) and Nirvana, this birthday song has all of the elements of a classic rock song: he talks of momma, uses the word 'baby' at least once, gives props to God above, etc. He's gonna work on the guitar solo, which will put the joint over the top.

Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday..Dear Mommy
Happy Birthday to You...Dear Mommy
Havin a baby...Andrew
And everyone...that's havin' a birthday
Thank you God for birthdays
Rock On
OH Yeah, OH Yeah, OH Yeah

Easter Morn

I almost cried the other day when I was babysitting Matthew- I suddenly couldn't remember when Drew was that age and it was just a year ago! I just can't remember him rolling around 'a little'. Then I realized that Drew was born moving and hasn't stopped! So I pulled out this photo of Easter last year to compare to this year...
Easter 2007





Easter 2008

Easter Egg Fun

Check out the slideshow from Drew's Easter Egg Hunt at School

Inchworm Easter Egg Fun Slideshow- SEE IT HERE!!!

A Hunting Drew Will Go...

And here's Matthew (seated rear shot gun)rolling on Egg Hunt day with fellow Ladybuggers.. check out the boppy'd out kid in the middle. This kid is rather famous with his very own blogspot. Check it out here

Mom Song

Blaine and I heard this on the radio yesterday and loved, loved, loved it.

Now and Then

Today, Joe, Blaine, Chayton, Walker


2006, Joe, Blaine, Chayton, Walker

HOW DID OUR FLOWER GIRL GROW UP SO FAST?!

Emily all grown up and reluctantly photographed between Aunt Janey & Aunt Lisa (her 'crazy aunts').

Emily and Aunt Janey in 1996.

Janey, Emily, Lisa, Rachel, Rob 1998.

Goodnight Moon

A little spring break video that we put together yesterday...

Lucky Taters

Here are some St. Patrick's Day potatoes from Blaine's class... super cute!

Lucky Tater Slideshow

Neighborhood Snow Day in the South

I AM HAVING A BIT OF TROUBLE GETTING THE VIDEO UP, TIL THEN, HERE'S A LINK TO THE PICTURES....

Snow Day Slideshow

THE VIDEO IS HERE!
Hot off the presses! Or should I say cold? The snow has already melted, but the neighborhood was out early to celebrate our one snow of the season. The video has a few white spots in it, but keep watching 'til it fuzzes out at the end when Drew throws a snowball at the camera (I am still new at this, and I don't know why there is no sound....).

Boo Cat Goes Green!! Nashville Habitat- Energy Star Excellence!!

Pictured, Boo Kitty, relaxed and comfortable with his carbon footprint

Coming home from my lunchtime workout at the Y, I was thrilled to find that Boo Kitty has FINALLY gone green! I am sure he misses those crinkley bags from the grocer, but those are scarce in this house. The Warmbrods went green earlier this year- we use environmentally friendly shopping bags, we renewed our commitment to recycling, and we even take our extra hangers back to the dry cleaner!

Just minutes after I snapped this picture of Boo Kitty, I got an email that Nashville Habitat won a national Energy Star Award this year:

"EPA AND HUD NAME NASHVILLE AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AS A RECIPIENT OF
THE 2008 ENERGY STAR® AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN ENERGY-EFFICIENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING"

Three cheers to Boo Kitty and Nashville Habitat for making the world a greener place!

Investing the Templeton Way

Friend Lauren Templeton and husband Scott Phillips recently wrote a book on investment strategies. You can find it here.



Lauren is the grand niece of Sir John Templeton, “the greatest stock picker of the century” according to Money Magazine (he's also responsible for the 'Templeton' in Franklin Templeton Investments). Applying principles learned from Sir John, Lauren made a name for herself in the investment world in her twenties when she launched a successful capital management company and two hedge funds. She's an amazing young woman, and you can meet her at Davis Kidd Books later this month. Here are the details:

LAUREN TEMPLETON and SCOTT PHILLIPS
discuss and sign
Investing the Templeton Way
Saturday, March 29th at 2:00 p.m.
In the pantheon of value investing giants, including Graham, Dodd, and Buffet- John Templeton stands above them all. As a pioneer whose career spanned eight decades, Templeton was instrumental in creating the world in which value investing has flourished. Investing the Templeton Way provides a never-before-seen glimpse into Sir John's timeless principles and methods-revealed by his great niece and successful hedge fund manager Lauren Templeton.

Lauren Templeton shows you how to “invest the Templeton way” by describing the methods behind Sir John's investment selection process, providing historical examples of his most successful trades, and explaining how to apply the same approaches to your own portfolio. Featuring extensive interviews with Sir John himself, Investing the Templeton Way is destined to be a classic resource.

Soldier and Wife

Friends Andy and Julie have been married just over a year now, and this video was made back in June 2007 at the celebration of their January 2007 marriage. Andy made the video that you see while in Iraq fighting for our country and he proposed when he returned home- he kept Julie's engagement ring in his grenade pocket, close to his heart, the whole time.

Pastor Rob Collins

Big Brother's ordination ceremony was Sunday at Maxwell Baptist Church- sis and I drove down to attend and it was a wonderful event in so many ways. Rob is the pastor at Crossroads Baptist Church in Estill Springs. We are so proud of Pastor Rob and his spiritual leadership in the community. Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thy own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy paths."

The Big Cheese = Warmbrod Health Crisis

Here we are at Chuck e Cheeses on Thursday night for Blaine's basketball trophy party. It's a great shot of Drew's elbow. If you look closely, you can see the germs swarming. I planned to get these pictures up on my blog ASAP and predict that someone would end up sick -It's my policy to NEVER visit these places during cold and flu season. Let's just say that there's give and take in every good relationship, and while Drew was (probably) sharing his afternoon pink eye outbreak at the Big Cheese's, Blaine and I were attracting our very own strep throat and bad cold germs. The surgeon general should put a warning on the door of that place.

We laugh in the face of danger! Drew and Mommy in the throws of germ warfare.


Doesn't every kid have this picture from their first trip to the Cheese's?! It's mandatory in 7 states.