Fourth of July...

Well, 4th of July went off without a hitch....went off with a boom...get it, boom...??

Anyways, I had to work most of the day (7a-7p) but as soon as I got off I headed to Dawn and Hugo's house (Cathy's parents) where Cathy and Rebecca were. The 4th was also Dawn's birthday, I won't reveal how old she is...pretty sure it's like 27 or something, lol. They cooked out, hamburgers and hotdogs...had some watermelon and birthday cake. It was a good time. As soon as it got dark though, we headed out side to shoot off some fireworks that Cathy had bought earlier that day.

It was a good time, spending the 4th at work, not so much...but I made good money so it was worth it, HAHA!

Anyways, I hope everyone had a great 4th of July and hope every one stayed safe!

-Mark

WALL-E/Dawm's Broken Ankle

This past weekend Rebecca and I (Cathy was working) went to the movie theaters to see "WALL-E" the new Disney-Pixar movie about a lonely garbage robot who is the only one left on Earth. It was great, probably the best that Pixar has done since Toy Story and that's saying a lot. Rebecca also really enjoyed but she couldn't stop talking through the movie...we'll have to work on that.

After the movie I got a call from Cathy's mother, Dawn, in which she told me she thought she broke her ankle. Being the only one in town that was able to go pick her up and take her to an Acute Care Clinic, Rebecca and I picked her up and took her to get her ankle checked out. Low and behold, her ankle was fractured and she has to be in a walking boot for the next six weeks. Get better soon Dawn!

Two mother's with two broken ankles.....crazy!

Wii Fit, How about you?

With America becoming more and more obese, Cathy and I got to thinking...we don't want to end up obese and we don't want Rebecca to be obese either (Although it seems like the trendy thing to do). So we purchased a Wii Fit.

If you do not know what the Wii Fit is, here's a little back info for you. In 2006, the Nintendo company came out with the Nintendo Wii, an intuitive gaming console that was designed to get the gamer off the couch and involved in the game.

The Wii is not operated by your standard game controller. Instead it's a remote with an attachment called the "Nunchuck" which plugs into the "Wiimote". It's operated by an infra-red laser that allows you to point at the screen with accuracy. Anyways, last week (5/19 to be exact) Nintendo took the Wii one step further into the future.

The Wii fit is designed to make exercising and working out fun. It comes with a what's called the Wii Balance Board which is like a very high tech scale. It calculates your BMI (Body Mass Index) and weight. It then calculates a work out regime for you which involves Cardio exercises, Yoga, Aerobics, Balance games which work on your center of balance and posture. It also has jogging and running where you can interact like you were actually running through a park, etc;.

Well, needless to say this was a huge hit when it came out last week, so much in fact that it was sold virtually in every store here in Gainesville that was carrying it. So, after needless searching and searching for two to three days I decided to try my luck on Ebay. Now, mind you, this retails at $90.00 in store. Well, I found one last week for $100.00 which included shipping so it was basically the same price. I bid on it and I won it.

Today I received my Wii Fit and I was kindof giddy. I mean, I like video games just as much as the next 21 year old but this was different. It was excited to see just how this new invention would work and how it would change my perspective of the video game world. It succeeded and then some. Cathy and I worked out for about an hour tonight and were both exhausted afterwards.

I highly recommend everyone run out and support our Japanese brethren and buy a Wii and Wii Fit....now.

We Have Kittens! want one?

Our Moma Kitty aka "Lacey" had 6...yes, I said 6 SIX kittens about one month ago. They should be ready to go within the next 3 weeks. There are four currently available. Praise the Lord we found homes for 2 of them already.

There are 2 gray ones (exactly like the one pictured) two black and white ones, and one calico, and one spotted.

Please call or email Cathy if you would like to take one of the precious kitty's home.

Hello! How do you do?

We are new to the blogging scene so please bear with us as we get acclimated to this new experience.

Read the "About Me" section of the blog, it will tell you a little about what we do with our time (Jobs) and where we currently reside.

Mark Barley- 21 years old, went through the police academy in 2006 in which he graduated in November of the same year. He then got a job as a police officer for Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville, FL. He has been at SFCC PD for over one year now and loves it. He is hopefully going to be the first member of the SFCC PD Bike Patrol Unit come the fall semester.


Catherine Barley- 26 years old, has been a radiologic technologist in the Specials Department at North Florida Regional Medical Center (Hospital) for two years now. She loves it there and loves the people she works with. She loves to help people and interact with them. Her job is very demanding as is Mark's, so as you can imagine, life around the Barley Household can be very hectic at times.

Rebecca-Lynn "Barley" McCartney- 8 years old, in the 2nd Grade, loves to dress up, play on the computer, play with the next door neighbor, Joyce. She's also a second year Brownie Girl Scout. She will be playing basketball this up coming fall as well.