{"id":271,"date":"2008-09-20T22:36:58","date_gmt":"2008-09-21T02:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/wordpress\/?p=271"},"modified":"2013-03-23T10:15:38","modified_gmt":"2013-03-23T15:15:38","slug":"an-engagement-new-family-and-no-dr-evil-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/2008\/09\/20\/an-engagement-new-family-and-no-dr-evil-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"An engagement, new family, and no Dr. Evil Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings and Salutations Faithful Stapleton Blog Readers!<\/p>\n<p>Well a lot has happened since my last lengthy update<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An engagement<\/li>\n<li>1st day of school<\/li>\n<li>A new little 2nd cousin<\/li>\n<li>Coat Ceremony<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/wordpress\/?p=261\">Our financial system went to hell and our elected leaders try socialism.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here we go with another excursion into blog excellence <em>(copyright Rush Limbaugh)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On August 23rd my brother from another mother Ricky became <a href=\"http:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/wordpress\/?p=195\">engaged<\/a> to his girlfriend Megan Kitts.\u00c2\u00a0 We are very happy for them and Jess &amp; I are honored to have been asked to participate in the wedding.\u00c2\u00a0 They are currently planning a July 2009 wedding at an undisclosed secure location.<\/p>\n<p>It is not too often that I feel old when talking about technology, but in the same sentence Megan said &#8220;we&#8217;re engaged&#8221; and &#8220;can we change out status on Facebook now?&#8221; I have of course heard of Facebook but was not a member so I thought I would check it out.\u00c2\u00a0 Jess and I signed up for Facebook accounts and found out we had to get remarried online.\u00c2\u00a0 A little strange to say the least.\u00c2\u00a0 Currently she has more friends than me but that could just be because people bug me anymore.\u00c2\u00a0 Facebook has been pretty fun and I have reconnected with a few people.\u00c2\u00a0 The really neat thing is everything from my <a href=\"http:\/\/jakestapleton.com\">blog<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/friendfeed.com\/jakestapleton\">friendfeed<\/a> automatically update on Facebook so I still only have to do updates in one place.\u00c2\u00a0 In a further attempt to prove that she is the more popular spouse Jess joined MySpace as well.<\/p>\n<p>On September 3rd Jess had her <a href=\"http:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/wordpress\/?p=215\">first day of school<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 She began her practicum in the Autism room at Cabell Midland High School.\u00c2\u00a0 Jess is really enjoying working with the students and learning this facet the Autism field.\u00c2\u00a0 Up to this time she has been working on the administrative end of things so the daily interaction is new for her.\u00c2\u00a0 She is doing great and enjoying her time in the classroom.\u00c2\u00a0 All in all she is managing pretty well with all the new activity and mobility.\u00c2\u00a0 She is still under treatment for the wreck but she is doing very well.\u00c2\u00a0 I am very proud of her, for all the pain she has been in for the last 41 weeks she is still a trooper.\u00c2\u00a0 Trying hard everyday to get back to doing what she wants to do.<\/p>\n<p>On September 9th we had a new second cousin appear in the world.\u00c2\u00a0 My cousin Carrie and her husband Jeremy welcomed their son Jayse Casto into the world.\u00c2\u00a0 He weighed 7 lbs and 5 ozs and was 21.5 inches long.\u00c2\u00a0 Although I have to assume he has grown a little bit since then.\u00c2\u00a0 Mom &amp; Baby did well, just a little infection and blood pressure things to deal with.\u00c2\u00a0 I will post some high res pictures when we get some, but for now you can just follow the link to <a href=\"http:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/wordpress\/?p=254\">my blog post<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 This whole thing of people having babies that were not alive when I was born is still new to me; I guess I&#8217;ll get used to it.<\/p>\n<p>On September 13th Jess &amp; I went to Morgantown to attend Ricky&#8217;s White Coat Ceremony.\u00c2\u00a0 Which marks the begging of his full time clinical experience.\u00c2\u00a0 This means that we are ever closer to free dental care.\u00c2\u00a0 Oh, and we are proud of him too!<\/p>\n<div class=\"wlWriterSmartContent\" id=\"scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:8a641150-3fad-4a61-b08a-2d29c954a800\" style=\"display: inline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">\n<div>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-271 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/2008\/09\/20\/an-engagement-new-family-and-no-dr-evil-chair\/img_0065\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/IMG_0065-150x150.jpg\" 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class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Since Jess and I have not been out of town since last August, we decided to make a short weekend trip out of the event.\u00c2\u00a0 So when we were finished in Morgantown, I burned some hotel points and we went to Pittsburgh for the night; Laura was nice enough to stay with Petey and Phoebe.\u00c2\u00a0 While in Pittsburgh, Jess and I did one of our favorite things and went to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ikea.com\/us\/en\/\">IKEA<\/a>. We picked up some odds and ends and tried to buy me a new desk, but I would need a van to get it home.\u00c2\u00a0 So the great desk search continues.<\/p>\n<p>While we were there I fell in love with a Dr. Evil chair and under no circumstances could I talk my wife into buying it.\u00c2\u00a0 No matter how many times I said &#8220;image how cool Phoebe and I will look in the chair&#8221; it was to no avail.\u00c2\u00a0 Alas all I have is a picture.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/img-0081.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" alt=\"IMG_0081\" src=\"http:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/img-0081-thumb.jpg\" width=\"184\" height=\"244\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That picture was taken with my new <a href=\"http:\/\/reviews.cnet.com\/digital-cameras\/canon-powershot-a590-is\/4505-6501_7-32826173.html\">Cannon Power Shot A590IS<\/a> camera.\u00c2\u00a0 I did some side work and decided to use some of the proceeds to buy a new digital camera.\u00c2\u00a0 Ours was very much in need of replacement.\u00c2\u00a0 Just take a look at some of the shots.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/img-0028.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" alt=\"IMG_0028\" src=\"http:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/img-0028-thumb.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"184\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/img-0042.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" alt=\"IMG_0042\" src=\"http:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/img-0042-thumb.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"184\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Look at the detail on Petey<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/img-0036.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" alt=\"IMG_0036\" src=\"http:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/img-0036-thumb.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"184\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The video mode on it is great too.<\/p>\n<p>As for me, I have been driving and working night and day.\u00c2\u00a0 I am buried by projects right now.\u00c2\u00a0 Hopefully I will get a reprieve soon, but I am not going to hold my breath.\u00c2\u00a0 You see my summer was already &#8220;fully booked&#8221;, then I had 7 additional weeks of travel thrown on me.\u00c2\u00a0 To be able to accommodate all this I have just been basically able to &#8220;maintain&#8221; my own customer base.\u00c2\u00a0 I have not been able to work in my normal proactive style for several weeks now and I feel like I have been thrown under a bus.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>You see, if I had my <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dr._Evil\">Dr. Evil<\/a> chair I would be giving the orders.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Well that&#8217;s about all the news from the Stapleton Lair.\u00c2\u00a0 This (in addition to my interim posts) should bring everyone up to date.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the news and I am outta here!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings and Salutations Faithful Stapleton Blog Readers! Well a lot has happened since my last lengthy update An engagement 1st day of school A new little 2nd cousin Coat Ceremony Our financial system went to hell and our elected leaders try socialism. Here we go with another excursion into blog excellence (copyright Rush Limbaugh) On &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/2008\/09\/20\/an-engagement-new-family-and-no-dr-evil-chair\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;An engagement, new family, and no Dr. Evil Chair&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-normal-entry","tag-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jakestapleton.com\/stapletonfamily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}