The Parry Family Blog

Its been a while since I've posted and lots have happened since... including Brittney Spears being pregnant AGAIN! Things in San Jose have been fantastic. Ever since Thursday things have been super spring like. Yesterday I worked out... came home.. and met my mom, grandma, naazi, cyrus and my boys (rocco and peezy) over to a lake in the Calaveras hills. Same place I had a disastrous picnic at last week. The weather was superb. I was kinda hoping to even get sunburned! The dogs and I had a great time and so did everyone else. We were there for like 4 hours. Later I went to visit Neil at work. That was fun. I took him some frapuccino's and it was awesome. I had to kidnap him because we were taking the dogs to get a full on grooming at Petsmart. Hair, nails, ears... the works. We dropped of the boys at around 6pm and picked them up at 8pm. They looked GREAT. Their fur was all nice and shiny, their breath was like a mint field and their ears were wax free. You could have made a bal...

Go Paris Go Paris!! American Idol was off the heezy tonight. My girl Paris brought down the house with her rendition of Barbara Striesans The Way We Were. It was beautiful. The judges didn't like it so much but what do they know? They're a bunch of unappreciative spoiled tools. I also thought Taylor and Elliott did a great job too. Those are my final 3. Anyways, I voted for Paris a gazillion times. Hope you did too!

Tonight I embark on a journey that will last 2 years and will take lots of determination, guts and glory. Yes. I'm starting school. I'm about 7 classes shy of a Business Management degree so I'm gonna do it. I'm going to dive in head first and get it over with... no matter what. NGU baby, never give up. These classes coincide with my long term work goals of becoming a Product Manager and then eventually CEO of something. After almost 6 years of engineering, I'm ready to move over to the business side of things. I'm still working on my BIG business plan but you can never take on too much. Plus business management may expose some new ways of going about launching my new business. Anyways, while you're at home tonight watching American Idol, I will be in school. Think of me and try to be on AIM so I can talk to you in case I'm bored. Happy Tuesday!

It's monday and I'm sooo tired. I feel like today needs to be Friday. I'm worn out because I went running on Friday, played 36 holes of Golf on Saturday, and topped it all off with soccer game on Sunday. I also drank this weekend on top of conducting all these activities so I'm just beat like an omelet. After Friday's disasterous picninc, things took a turn for the better. Neil and I were anticipating hitting up a new golf course in Stockton called the Reserve. It was perfect. We left the house at 8am. Go there just early enough to hit some balls. Then played 36holes of golf in one day for the first time in my life. For some, golf looks easy... merely a sport in some peoples eyes but try to play 36 holes of it and you'll be dead tired. We had so much fun, the sun was out, the weather was absolutely perfect. I couldn't have asked for a better time. Later that night we went and met up with Alana, Scott, Gordo and his new girlfriend for some drinks at the ole A...

I had a brilliant idea this week and that was to surprise my boo Neil with a picnic in the park. He works in Milpitas and there is a great spot by a lake in the Calaveras Hills and next to that there's also a huge dog park. Neil is always saying how he misses me and the dogs when he's at work so I thought I'd plan a picnic and have him meet me for lunch. So I got the dogs, sandwiches, fruit, dessert.. ThE WOrKs. Packed my car and headed up the hills. The dogs were so excited when we got there. I called Neil and gave him directions to the undisclosed location. I had him enter it into his navigation system. Kinda cool... he basically had to follow the lady on the thing without a clue as to where he was going. As the doggies and I waited, I arranged everything on the table... then took Rocco and Peezy for a stroll. We were walking by the lake and this was Peezy's first time in a huge park like this... with ducks and stuff. So anyways, we are walking by they lake when I dro...

I had absolutely no gas this morning so I drove over to the nearest gas Stations, "Spartan Gas" to fill up. I thought, without even looking at the price, that this would be cheaper then any Shell or Chevron. So I slid my card in, pushed 89 unleaded and started PUMPIN'. That's when I saw a 3 out of the corner of my eye... then following the 3 was a 2. Then my heart stopped for a mere second. WHAT? $3.20 for a GALLON OF GAS ? Are these people out of their freaking god damn minds? It cost me $50 to fill up a BMW, not an Escalade, not a semi-truck... a BEEMER! I can't believe the cost of gas. What the hell happened that caused this spike? Rememeber the good ole days when you would budget $50 a month for gas? Now I have to save at least $150 a month to DRIVE. That is outrageous! Is there anything I can do to help stop this? How do Gas Prices even work? Apparently, Gasoline is the bloodline that keeps America moving. Our personal vehicles alone guzzle 65 billion gallons...

I think I found a new favorite TV show. Its no LOST but its perfect for people in the 20's that are career driven and enjoy drama. PLUS the guy that created LOST did this show so give him some LOVE!!! The show is called "What about Brian" and it is on ABC at 10pm on Monday nights. The show really hit home because I felt like I was watching the lives of my friends and I rather than watch shows like the OC or Laguna Fucking Beach and that consist of bullshit teenage drama that I'd rather not re-live. Anyways, here are some more details. Try to watch it or tivo it. There's also plenty of eye candy too!! Here's more: What About Brian Premieres April 2006 Brian is the guy everyone wants as a best friend. He's the guy who'll stand by you at your wedding, drive you to the hospital, cheer your kids on at their little league game... the guy who every wife dotes on and every husband wants to either grab a beer with or live vicariously through him. But as all of ...

What do you do when its 70 degrees outside and you wanna have fun? GO OUT TO THE GOLF COURSE WITH YOUR BOYFRIEND THAT YOU LOVE A LOTT!! Babe, I'll meet you at 4ish by the pro shop!! Laaliout.

Its been a good while since I've posted something. My apologies. I have been swamped like no other... My weekend was great even though it rained constantly. I spent Easter at Josh's (Neils Bro) humble abode and we did the whole easter egg hung thing with all of their kids. It was cute. I also got my first ever easter basket from Neil's mom. It was awesome getting one, especially all the delicious chocolate. I am super sore today because my game lastnight was ruff. Our team is good..really good. They guys and girls kick ass but unfortunately we lost, AGAIN. I think everyone is tired of losing so we are going to start practicing on Sundays then we are going to go drinking after as a reward. It's so nice not having a coach!! I also got injured yesterday. I went in for a tackle and got a cut/turf burn on my knee. It hurts sooo bad.. I have to hold it away from the water when I shower because it BURNS and it feels like its on FIRE! ouchi for rouge =( alright, enjoy the rest...

So after weeks and weeks of rain it looks like we're going to head into Spring weather at last!!!! I can't write too much because I'm off to an indoor game with one of my 2 teams the FIGHTING! Wish me luck and hopefully I'll come back and post with a big WIN. Peaceeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

Looks like we're gonna get some sunshine next week.... Put on your dancing shoes!!!

I updated this story.. so if you read it. Reread it. I missed some very important points. ******************************************************************************** What seemed like a normal Tuesday night .. turned out to be quite interesting. First off, I got home lastnight from work before Neil. I was working from home when Neil got home and said let's take the dogs for a walk and grab coffe and go to the grocery store.. Good Ole Zanatto's. We got the dogs dressed and heade d out. After grabbing coffee and groceries, we start heading back home. The walk home is about 3 blocks but we pass many bars and many thugs on our route home. lastnights thug count was out of control. We were walking towards blockbuster/farenheight on San Fernando when we walk past a group of teenagers... about 10 of them. They seemed nice... One of the boys calls Rocco over. Keep in mind i have 2 dogs on leashes with one hand and I'm juggling 2 coffees in my other hand while Neil is lugging 2 ...

Yeah yeah.. my real camera is broken but Neil took a pic of me and our boys' lastnight with my treo. Not the best quality but the cuteness shows regardless of the camera's megapixels biatch! Have a good one!

So I don't know if I posted this or not but Neil and I both got new clubs... well neil bought them for the both of us .. mine was a gift.. =) Here they are: Neils Taylor Made Rac's And my Cobra 3400's The thing is ... when I first got them... along with my lessons... i started to play like crap. But now in my 5th week of having them I am really getting to fall in love with golf all over again. I hated my new clubs. I kept telling neil he shouldn't have blown $700 buck on piece of crap clubs BUT i regret ever saying that. Everyone kept telling me that with lessons and new clubs, i'd get worste before I got better. Now I totally know what everyone meant. Neil and I have been golf guru's lately and not a drop of rain has stopped us from playing. I already messed up the shaft on one of my clubs and sent it to get repaired. I'm telling you these new clubs are delicate and need to be treated with finess ... and finess and ro don't mix well on the golf course. ...

Peezy & Nini Sleeping Together.... shhhhhhhhhhhh......

For those of you idol fans that voted off Mandesa my favorite, SHAME ON YOU! I was so pissed to find that Mandesa was in the bottom three let alone ELIMINATED! How could America do this ? Was it because she's a little overweight? My girl had it going on like king kong! She was clearly the best vocalist on the show. I could go one forever about this one... Let me just lay that subject to rest. Seriously, shame on you Mandesa haters! In other idol news, WHAT IS UP WITH PAULA ABDUL? Straight up now tell me are you really on that many drugs? She's like a freaking bobble head. Everytime she begin evaluating an idol contestant I get all anxious and nervous because she's so odd! Here's a bit I just read on PerezHilton.com: "Pill-popper Paula Abdul claims that she was assaulted at a party over the weekend and that a man slammed her into a wall during an argument, giving her a concussion and back injuries, a police spokeswoman said on Thursday. Abdul reported the weeke...

Seriously this picture just shows why monkey's are the best. I wish I had 2 monkey's!!! A golden monkey holds her one-month baby while eating a strawberry at a zoo in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province April 5, 2006. The golden monkey is unique to China and is under top state protection. The baby monkey was publicly displayed for the first time on Wednesday, China Daily reported. (CHINA OUT REUTERS/China Daily)

By: Dr. JENNIFER CAUDLE (ABC News) April 4, 2006 — A number of studies have shown that putting rats on a diet severely restricted in calories increases their life span, and a few people have picked up on the notion and tried to do the same, eating only one small meal a day in hopes of living longer. But there hasn't been much research on the effects of extremely low-calorie diets on humans. A new study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association sheds some light on the subject, although it also raises new questions. In the study, 48 overweight people were assigned to four groups. One group ate normally, while the other three were put on calorie-restricted diets that ranged from a 12.5 percent reduction in calories to no more than 890 calories a day. The study was conducted by the Pennington Biomedical Research Center at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Over the six-month study, researchers measured important changes, such as hormone levels, bo...

Remember when I went to dinner with my persian crew (And Neil) last week? Well here's the long overdue picture of the 4 persians that have been friends since the 80's! Keeping it Real!

Fighting.. that's my new indoor team name. We actually represent my friends parents' restaurant Rosie MCann's and we were suppose to be the Fighting Leprachauns but somebody left of the word leprachauns so now we're the Fighting. Nice. Lastnight's game was awesome. Our team is so much fun. We have about 8 guys and 4 girls. Everyone is really nice and out there to have fun and win. Lastnights game was not the best. Don't get me wrong, we started out great. WE were tied 1-1 (thanks to Ardy) when yours truley had to foul out. I got sent to the penalty box. FOR 2 MINUTES!! That meant we played with a man down. Luckily our team didn't let that affect them. During the 2nd half my stupid ass fouled out again. The ref basically had it out for me. This time I had to sit in the stupid penalty box for 4 MINUTES! No wayyyy. That sucked. That was also when the other team scored 2 more points, due to the fact that we were a man down. Long story short, we lost but we left ...

7:30 Golf Lesson with my bad ass coach Gerald 9:35 The fighting Leprachauns (thanks to Alaleh) and I will dominate whoever we play tonight! Indoor Soccer Baby!!! Peace. I hate the bruins.

If I were to compete in Top Chef, the new reality show on Bravo, I'd be a winner. After recently purchasing Rachel Ray's 30 minute meals for dinners, I decided to try out a recipe. Sooo after thorough examination, I chose to make pretzel breaded chicken with Cheese-Mustard Sauce. This may not sound good but wait till I tell you how I prepared it.... First, I took 2 pieces of chicken and put each in a plastic bag. Then I pounded the hell out of each of them. This part was super fun. I then got out a blender and finely chopped 2 cups of pretzels (non-salted). In a seperate bown I prepared 2 eggs, beaten. Dip each chicken into the pretzels, then into the egg, then back into the pretzel and make sure to coat it well. On high, heat 1/4 inch of oil in a saucepan and add the chicken to it once its ready (make sure its hot). Turn the chicken and cook for 3-4 minutes on each side. While that's preparing you need to heat 2 tablespoons of butter in a pot. Once melted add 2 tablespoons...

The Next 10 days in San Jose, Ca i have no idea where we live anymore because this weather is out of control. 26 days of rain in march and now we're headed into a wet April. Luckily I went golfing on Saturday because it doesn't look like i'll be able to do that again until August! Seriously, do we live in Seattle??? I've stepped in like 4 major puddles during the last few weeks and i'm sick of it. I'm tired of wearing close toed shoes and sick of wearing a jacket!!! My balcony was flooded this morning. If I didn't open the drains (that were blocked by leaves and stuff) I think my entire house would be under water.. You know what? I wish I was in jamaica with a red stripe beer in one hand and whatever else in the other hand... laying on a carribean inspired bed on a white sand beach with the sun rays so hot and steamy that I hear my skin sizzle.... aweeeeeeeeeeee.... if only i was right where this lucky ass lady is..... Global warming here we come! California...