Monday, January 28, 2008

You can't keep a good dog down!

Here we are again folks! Only this time reporting from our new home/my new office in the basement of the Olsen family. Today is my first day working from home and its really not that bad. I get to do all my fun stuff on my personal laptop, while doing my work on my work laptop.

Getting here wasn't all that easy though. Friday night, Gail (my father-in-law) and I went to work getting my office set up. We ended up running at least 80 ft of Ethernet cable from his office, down to our section of the basement where I have my desk set up. That includes at least 10 ft of that going through heating ducts b/w the floors.

I'm having a good time here. There are positive and negative distractions that come along with it.
GOOD: My commute is much nicer
BAD: It can get pretty cold down here
GOOD: My wife can be with me while I do my busy work stuff at times
BAD: The cats like to jump up on the desk while I'm doing work, and if you know me, I'm no cat person
GOOD: My breaks can now consist of Computer games on my personal laptop, or even Playstation
BAD: No more access to the 2nd floor restroom (You'd have to have been there to understand)

So now I shall contiue my day. I've got a mini- heating fan blowing on my now, so hopefully that will warm me up a little. Feel free to contact me if you're bored.

Thursday, January 24, 2008

The plot thickens

Today we shall continue the saga of the courtship between Alex and Cindy. So at the beginning of the new year in 2007, I became the first person at work who found out Cindy's dirty little secret that she was going away to Kentucky for the duration of the spring and summer months. It was at this point that I began to realize how much I enjoyed working with Cindy and just being around her in general.
Determined to not let her leave with me just being another manager she just happened to work with, I told Cindy that before she left she needed to go to dinner with me. She didn't really argue, but then the issue was when and where. We made a plan for a certain night, but then I volunteered to spend a night babysitting some of my adorable nieces and nephews and treating them to a night of pizza and movies with their fun uncle Alex. It wasn't until the day of that I realized I had double booked my evening! I couldn't bail on my nieces and nephews cause I knew it would break their hearts. But at the same time I just couldn't cancel what may be my one and only chance to spend an evening alone with this beautiful woman I had gotten to know.
I believe this was for a Thursday night, and if any of you know anything about working at the movies, there is no such thing as going out on a weekend. Friday and Saturday night one or the other of us worked, so no luck there. Sunday was out, and I left the following Tuesday morning to go to Hawaii with my parents to see my Brother Ben. And then, after I got back from Hawaii, I knew that there was only a day before Cindy left for Kentucky, during which I knew she would be packing and stuff and would be therefore unavailable. So the only shot I knew I had, was Monday night!
So, we made the plans, she worked Monday morning and afternoon, and would meet me at Red Robin after work. So it was set. I had a shot.

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

LOST & Work sense

Man, I suck, I went all last week without updating our Blog! Well, here is some ketchup.

So Cindy and I started, and finished the first season of Lost last week, she really liked and and we watched the first episode of the second season last night. Now every time something mysterious or suspensful is happening she likes to say, "Its the Numbers!" She is so cute and I love her to death.
In other news, Cindy is working a lot now, and is pretty tired. Luckily she starts her new job at the hospital tomorrow, and we are counting on that having more manageable hours (hopefully), so we'll be able to spend more time together.

Also, my bosses have decided that I smell funny I think, because they want to send me home, PERMANENTLY! But don't worry, I'm not getting fired, they're going to let me work from home. This is very exciting news, because now once we move up to Idaho, I won't have to look for a new crappy job in Rexburg! Hooray! That, actually, is the main reason this is all happening. My boss didn't want to lose me as an AEC (its what I am, if you want to know what the acronym is for just email me) so he is letting me be the first AEC to work from home as a test pilot. We have lots of employees that work at WGU from home in different states, but they are all full time, and I am only part time. But our office is getting crowded as well, so they're thinking they'll just kick me out early so I can get all the kinks worked out well before I move.

Monday, January 14, 2008

I am Legend


So I'd like to tell you about the Movie we saw this last weekend called I am Legend. When Cindy and I got to the theater and after we got settled watching the previews, I say to her "You do know this is a Zombie movie, right?" Long story short, she did not. But we still both enjoyed the movie. It was definitely intense, sad, dramatic, and yes, even a little scary at times.
It somewhat reminds me of Castaway, cause there is a lot of visual, but not much dialouge in the first hour of the Movie, with the exception of a couple of flashbacks and Will Smith talking to Manequins and his dog. Oh, which reminds me. If you are easily upset by watching a zombie dog fight, just duck when you see Will Smith start to hang, and don't look up for about 5 to 10 minutes.

Friday, January 11, 2008

I'd like to thank the Academy.


I'm so very proud of myself. I want everyone to know, that today, Friday, the 11th of January in the two-thousand eighth year of our Lord, I, Alex Kenney, completed the fabled, "Rubix Cube"! I'd like to thank my wife, for the support she has given me through the years. My mother obviously for giving birth. To my former companion Elder McKenzie, for always showing me the Rubix cube could always be solved, but never really letting me touch his rubix cube to try it out myself. And of course, my work, for having the white elephant gift party this last christmas, where I acquired my very own, Rubix Cube.

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Just for a laugh

I personally think Chuck Norris is a pansy. But these are pretty funny. Enjoy!

  • Crop circles are Chuck Norris' way of telling the world that sometimes corn needs to lie down
  • What was going through the minds of all of Chuck Norris' victims before they died? His shoe.
  • Chuck Norris invented the Caesarean section when he roundhouse-kicked his way out of his monther's womb.
  • Chuck Norris doesn't actually write books, the words assemble themselves out of fear.
  • Chuck Norris doesnt shave; he kicks himself in the face. The only thing that can cut Chuck Norris is Chuck Norris.
  • Chuck Norris invented black. In fact, he invented the entire spectrum of visible light. Except pink. Tom Cruise invented pink.
  • Chuck Norris has the greatest Poker-Face of all time. He won the 1983 World Series of Poker, despite holding only a Joker, a Get out of Jail Free Monopoloy card, a 2 of clubs, 7 of spades and a green #4 card from the game UNO
  • Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer, its too bad he never cries.
  • Chuck Norris and Mr. T walked into a bar. The bar was instantly destroyed, as that level of awesome cannot be contained in one building.
  • Chuck Norris roundhouse kicks don't really kill people. They wipe out their entire existence from the space-time continuum.
  • It is scientifically impossible for Chuck Norris to have had a mortal father. The most popular theory is that he went back in time and fathered himself.
  • Q: How many Chuck Norris' does it take to change a light bulb? A: None, Chuck Norris prefers to kill in the dark.
  • As President Roosevelt said: "We have nothing to fear but fear itself. And Chuck Norris.

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

How we met

I thought I might tell a little of the story of how Cindy and myself found ourselves together. Well, for those who don't know, we both worked as managers at the dollar theater in Sandy. I'd worked there since about May of 2006, but during most of that summer, I never even saw her because she was going to school at BYU-I. We finally met near the end of the summer, in between her 2 semesters, but there wasn't a lot of interaction, mainly cause she went back up to school in September again. I never even really worked with her a full shift until the end of the year. And after we had started spending a little time working together, it didn't take long for us to catch each others eye.

Monday, January 7, 2008

Welcome Aboard!


Hello everyone!

I have a lot of family and friends that are all thoroughly involved in blogging, so I figured I should do what I can to keep everyone up to date on us.

Cindy and I got married exactly 10 days ago on December 28th, 2007. We drove down to Southern California over the next couple days, then got on a cruise ship on Monday the 31st. The cruise was great! We both had a wonderful time. Food was marvelous, we had a nice big window in our stateroom and service was impeccable. After we got off the boat, we spent an afternoon in Las Vegas, then drove home the next day.
Sadly, we are now officially back and today is the first day of the rest of our lives. Back to work for me. Anyway, we'll try to keep this blog as up to date as possible.