New Jerseys revealed

On Monday all over the world, Nike unveiled their new kits for their sponsored teams.

New USA Home Jersey (very retro and fun)

New USA Road Jersey (reminicent of the first Nike jersey from '94)

I like them, but it's definitely not love at first site. I can, however, see them growing on me over time.

Can't wait for Germany this summer! Although first things first - Shelley and I will be watching the USA take on Guatemala in Frisco this weekend. Our tickets are at midfield, first row, seats 1 and 2. Not bad at all!

Thanks to Tivo

I have discovered the greatness that is "24".

(side note: Tivo is absolutely amazing.)

"Intimate Sensations"

For the past couple of weeks we have been settling into our beautiful new home. I really can't adequately describe just how much we love it. But as is the tradition in our lives, something kind of funny has happened.

Well, with the new house we decided to get a new phone number. Little did we know we were getting a "recycled number". Here's where things start to get funny.

Over the past few days I have noticed on the caller ID that we have been getting several phone calls from "Unknown" numbers and even one call from Mexico. I found this quite odd considering no one yet knows our new number. As part of our service, we got voicemail with our new phone. I hadn't yet configured it, so I called up the number and did that last night. When our voicemail picked up though, there was already a greeting message on it. Apparently a company called "Intimate Sensations" previously used this number. Interesting.

So I go ahead and change the greeting, pass code and set everything up to reflect The Boudreaus. Easy enough.

Then came this morning. We were having some furniture delivered so I worked from home this morning.

: : ring, ring : :

Me: "Hello?"

Strange lady: (very serious tone) "Is this Intimate Sensations?"

Me: "No."

Strange lady: (still quite serious) "Is this phone number xxx-xxx-xxxx?"

Me: "I'm not sure, I just got this phone number and can't remember. Let me check, I've got it written down right here."

Strange lady: (almost desperate) "Is this Intimate Sensations? I'm looking for Intimate Sensations"

Me: "I can't really help you with that. Can you give me that phone number again?"

Strange lady: (in a VERY hostile tone) "Is there someone more responsible there I can talk to about Intimate Sensations? Let me speak with your manager!!!"

Me: (in an even MORE hostile tone) "THIS IS MY HOME!"

I have no doubt that more phone calls like this will be coming for a little while. I wonder what kind of business Intimate Sensations is? Maybe I'll ask.

Anyway...

Stay tuned as Shelley and I will be hosting a housewarming party of some kind in the coming weeks. We would love to have many of you local, non-criminal Dallas readers over. We can't guarantee intimate sensations, but I think good times will still be had by all.

The Royal Blue

Well, for those of you who have yet to hear the news, The Royal Blue has decided to part ways.

There was no big fight, no hostile words exchanged and definitely nothing that would make for an interesting "behind the music". Bottom line, there was a dramatic shift in motivation and commitment on the part of the members of the group and it just wasn't a congruent fit any longer. With that change, The Royal Blue went the way of so many other bands before it and broke up.

It certainly was a bit of a surprise, but definitely for the best. I feel good about everything and where everyone is headed.

I am not sure what my next musical chapter will be, but I am excited to see what happens next.

It's alive!

Ahh yes. The good old days of blogging at TheBoudreaus.com are back!

So much has happened over the past month and I'll be sure to post about it later this week.

But consider this your official notice that blogging will now resume on its regular, inconsistent basis.