Thanksgiving Weekend.

Thanksgiving weekend is officially over so I figured a recap was worth the time.

Fist up we got into Manteca on Wednesday night at around 6. We ended up going out for diner to celebrate my sister-in-law's birthday. We went to a place called the Elephant Bar. Very interesting place. It has an African theme decor and yet boasts a family style wok grill..... Needless to say I got a burger and fun was had by all.

Thursday, Turkey Day, was all I could hope for. I got to sleep-in till about 11:30 got dressed and in an hour we were stuffing our faces with grilled turkey, stuffing, Mashed potatoes and gravy, and pecan pie. By 4:30 I was in a turkey induced coma.

Black Friday was spent, again sleeping-in, and then we hit a few stores. Vicki my mother-in-law, bought me Season 1 of the Office. Unfortunately I have to wait till Christmas before I get to enjoy it...

Saturday was our lazy day. Not much happened.

Sunday, today we had Jack dedicated at Katrina's parent's church. It was a nice little prayer ceremony thing. We don't believe in baby baptism cause salvation is a personal choice and we as parents need to dedicate our lives to raise him according to our views and beliefs in the hopes that he chooses his own way to God (Jesus).

Anyway we had a fun filled weekend and now we are home relaxing.

Till next time. Josh Juice Welch

Almost a year.

It's been almost a year since I last posted anything and a lot has changed in that little bit of time.

First up I'm a Daddy! Jack David was born July 21 2009. 7lbs 9oz. Katrina and I couldn't be happier. As I'm writing this he's 4 and a half months old and it feels like he's been with us for a long time. I can't wait to start doing all the fun Daddy son stuff with him. Boy scouting, Bike riding, skateboarding, sledding, camping all that fun stuff. Right now I'm just enjoying the little things. Watching him grow up and learn his motor skills is all I could ask for right now.

Next up I'm growing a mustache! Not for Movember but just for me! I'm hoping for a handle bar mustache but we'll see what I get in a year. I'll have pictures to post to document my growth.

I'm not sure what else is new with me but I'm going to start posting more, so if I've failed to mention anything I'm sure it'll be posted soon.

Till next time! Josh Juice Welch

The dog house.

The place where these guys got sent is way nicer then where I go...



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Hopefully I won't end up there this holiday season. I think I got a good gift picked out...

Political vomit.

When was it decided that America would be the police force of the world. Before world war 1 America was an isolationistic country. Meaning we took care of our own and if something warranted a global reaction i.e. the sinking of the Lusitania, we responded in fold, i.e. jumping in and fighting with the British and French forces in WW1. We also up until WWII were exporting like crazy. Everything from food, textiles to clothing. Now everything we get comes from japan or china.

I guess what I'm trying to get at is this. I wish it wasn't like this at all. We really should just be taking care of ourselves, yet keeping an ear out for things in the world that would effect us. Take Somalia for example. If we just sent food and stayed out of it "Black Hawk Down" would have never been made. If we said "f" the French and their quest for rubber, we would have never had Vietnam. And if we would have just kicked Sadam Heussain's ass out of office and let the country fall in to civil war, we'd be out of Iraq by now.

Also you want to get rid of this "financial crisis"? Put someone in charge who'll start programs to help small business owners out. Who'll down size big business( I don't care what you say a 7 billion dollar profit of American's money is too much). Who'll make auto makers, foreign or domestic, all conform to standards.

Oh and anyone else find it odd that as soon as the house the senate and the white house were all run by the Democrats that gas prices started coming down? Bush was fighting congress(democrat ran) and Congress was making him look bad. What's the easiest way to take a leader out? Make his decisions look bad.

And another thing. Barak Obama the "fist Black President". HE'S HALF WHITE AND 1/4 BLACK. If you want to look at the first partial minority to get elected to the White house look no further than Abraham Linclon! That dude looks Native American.

Lastly "F" the media. You people have been sucking his "you know what" for far too long. I'm sick of it. Of course it was easy for him to get elected when every major news outlet was singing his praises!

If things get any worse I'm moving to Ireland or Australia. Atleast in Australia they aren't ashamed to say that they are and English speaking country and if you want to live here learn our language.

I'd take a red shell in the back if it meant keeping her safe

I love my wife and I dedicate this to her. It's not me singing of course but sums it up for me.



I love you Katrina!

I don't normally do this but.

I'm sick of politics. Done. Kaput. Fin. Oh I'll vote, not that it'll matter (the electoral college will take care of actually electing the new president), I'm going to vote mainly so I can complain.

First let me say that I love this country. If asked I would die for it.

Now why am I on this rant? Well, while in D.C. I picked up a copy of our constitution. Noe I've had copies of it before but never actually read it. Well now that I have WOW! Where have we gone! I mean the judicial system is making laws, the senate is basically just taking care of themselves (you know not really doing stuff just giving each other raises yada yada yada), oh and the Executive branch is pretty much running the show.

I'm just done. All this He said she said B.S. is really starting to piss me off.

Here's my solution to the whole election thing and probably a lot of other things too.....

Abolish the electoral college and give the open positions to people straight out of the phone book. In other words the COMMON MAN. You know the guy who just works all day and worries about things like feeding they're families, and getting health care for their kids. Not treated like gold, people of power and money.

So yeah I'll vote but like I said, only so I can continue to complain. As for who I'll vote for.... I haven't really made up my mind yet....

Long time No type

Lots have happened since last I've blogged. We went to Virginia on vacation. It was nice we went to Washington D.C., got to see the White House, the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial and the WWII Memorial. We also got to go to Jamestown, the first English settlement in America. The highlight for me was going to the National Air and Space museum. I got to see the Space Shuttle Enterprise! It's a lot bigger than it looks.


Let's see I got a new bike. It's a full suspension mountain bike, a mongoose. I'm trying to get the gear to stop making noise as I pedal. I'm going to start riding to work again. It's fun. Plus I really do need to lose some weight.

I've also started writing a comic book. Hopefully the first of many.

Hmmm.... Oh and I've gotten into papercrafting. Basicly it's model making where you print off the models on the computer and put them together. I'm working on a Samus Aran model. The bounty hunter in the video game Metroid.

Well just a quick update for now.

Goodnight!