Saturday 24 March through Friday 30 March 2007

Sunday 25 March 2007
22:27 -- bedroom

Saturday Kim and I went live from the site of an apparent homicide where the victim was found shot in a crashed car. That was at 47th and around Leavenworth road.

Saturday 24 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

Kim in van 2 preparing for her 07:00 hit. We are in KCK where a body was found in a car.

Bob packaged what we shot for the 5, and we went to a Phil Kline town hall meeting at the Merriam Community Center.

Sunday 25 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

Phil Kline speaking at a townhall meeting he held at the Mission Community Center.

Sunday 25 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

Phil Kline in Mission, Kansas.

After woik, boB was in town to visit Billy Christ, who was run over by 3 cars. We met boB at YJ's then we took him to Nebraska Furniture Mart where we looked at TV's. Then we ate at Oklahoma Joes BBQ. We then came by the house after picking up his car at YJ's. He seemed to like the house. We hung out on the back deck and talked.


On Sunday Kim and I had to go to KU to catch the return of the Jayhawks basketball team as they returned to Allen Field House after an unsucessful attempt to enter the Final 4. We went live from in front of the Union on campus. We were super tired and working on little sleep. It is tough to turn around. It was a gorgeous morning. We stopped and ate at Miltons after our live, mainly to try to wake up before taking the trip back. I was real sleepy.

Sunday 25 March 2008, originally uploaded by studestevo.

After getting very little sleep, Kim and I headed out to Lawrence to be there by 03:30 for the return of the Jayhawks basketball team following their loss in California.

Sunday 25 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

The Jayhawks basketball team unloading in the back of Allen Field House in Lawrence Kansas.

Sunday 25 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

It was such a gorgeous spring day on one of the most beautiful campuses in the world. We went in front of the Union to do our lives.

Sunday 25 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

Kim and I went downtown to have breakfast at Miltons before heading back.

When I cam home I slept. I am feeling like I am coming down with something. Tess was sick last week, so maybe I caught it from her. In the evening I got up and did some work in the yard, trying to plant some grass seed. It was too nice an evening to stay in bed.

Sunday 25 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

Steve putting the Peat down to protect the grass seed.

Sunday 25 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

Sunset from our deck.

Sunday 25 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

Jack attack on our deck.

Sunday 25 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

Jackattack.

Sunday 25 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

Jackattack.

Sunday 25 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

Jackattack.

Sunday 25 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

Jack looking at the birds in the feeder.

Sunday 25 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

Overcast and sunset through the trees that have yet to bud.

Sunday 25 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

Sunset in out back yard.

Sunday 25 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

Steve shoveling the peat moss into another contain

Sunday 25 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

Steve and the peat moss for the grass seed.

Sunday 25 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

Sunset viewed from our deck in our back yard.

Sunday 25 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

Sunset viewed from our deck in our back yard.

Sunday 25 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

Steve putting peat down on the grass seed to protect it.

Sunday 25 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

Steve putting peat down on the grass seed to protect it.

Sunday 25 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

Our backyard in spring.

Moanday 26 March 2007
15:39 -- bedroom

I went to woik, but I came back home sick. I am feeling achy, very tired and yucky. So now I am in bed resting with the teevee going and the cats around me.

Moanday 26 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

This is my view of the world on my sickday.

Thursday 29 March 2007
14:45 -- YJ's Snack Cafe 18th and Wyandotte, Kansas City Missouri

I've been sick the past couple of days. i went to woik on Tuesday, and was sorry i did. I had my ass run off by people in wheelchair scooters. It was a good story, but I was not up to it. I went home after I edited my package, and stayed home on Wednesday. I had (still have) all kinds of fever and sweating and horrid coughing. I got up today to try to move around. I did some errands. Yesterday there was a HUGE tornado outbreak in Western Kansas Nebraska Texas etc. I virtually chased those storms using weatherlab HD. It is a 7 dollar a month subscription. I think once the trial is up I will get it.

Thursday 29 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

After feelin illin for a few days, I finally ventured out to do some errands. I went to Union Station to get some stamps and snapped a pic of the trolley.

Sunday 1 April 2007
23:02 -- homo

Thursday afternoon, Suyen and I went to Taquiria.

Friday I felt good enough to do a little shopping. Then I went to the trailer to empty some stuff out of the van. We got a letter warning us that it is a derelict vehicle. I've had that van since June '92. It has run well all that time with little or no maintenance. I talked to Ray and James. Someone had parked in a handicapped spot in Independence. When James, who is wheelchair bound, called the guy on it, the guy threatened to beat James up. When I got home, Suyen is coming down with the crap I had.

TMI

Stevo

Thursday 15 March Through Friday 23 March 2007

Moanday 19 March 2007
23:16 -- Living room

Soo busy I haven't had time to blooggg.

Lesseeee -- Thursday 15 March was our anniversary. I bought Suyen a card and after she had a hard day at woik, I took her to Strouds
, which is at about I-35 and Vivion in the Northland.

Thursday 15 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

Here is a pic we took of a Swan at the little pond by Strouds.

Thursday 15 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

Suyen is taking my picture of Steve taking a picture of Suyen.

Thursday 15 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

Suyen posing in front of the little chapel on the grounds of Strouds.

Thursday 15 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

Suyen is walking up to the restuarant so we can wait for our names to be called.

Thursday 15 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

Suyen is walking up to the restuarant so we can wait for our names to be called.

Thursday 15 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

Steve on the grounds of Strouds.

Thursday 15 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

This is our view from our table.

Thursday 15 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

This is my lame attempt to get our picture in Strouds.

Thursday 15 march 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

Here is the pond at Strouds.

Thursday 15 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

Steve taking a picture of Suyen taking a picture of Steve.

Friday 16 March I had a day off. I went to the Mother of all Wal*Farts to get some garden stuff. Man that Shiites expensive. I did other shopping but didn't get much of anything. After Suyen got off woik, we went to the Nebraska Furriture Mart sale.

Saturday 17 March was St. Patricks Day -- otherwise known as the Amatuer hour for most of the bozo's who show up to drink and be assahaulics. Kim and I covered the Irish brekkus
at Browne's

, which has been a small Irish grocery in the same spot for over a hundred years.

Sunday 17 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

This is the Irish Breakfast at Browne's. This was mine and Kims liveshot for Saturday Morning -- Saint Patricks Day.

Saturday 17 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

Suyen and I went to visit Browne's for a dinner of corned beef and cabbage. I got this picture of Browne's when we were leaving. Okay, now, corned beef, cabbage and for many people -- alcohol -- not a good combination.

Afterward, I begged and pleaded to go to the Severe weather seminar in Lawrence Kansas. I was hoping to get some training to bring back to the station as well as get some video of the event. I got some training in the little time I was alloted to be there. I had to rush out to the Parade in Lawrence to try to catch the CEO of Ford who donated a 15 passenger van to his mothers senior center. I got yelled at by a parade official for being in the assembly area, so i didn't get to try to interview the CEO. I got vid of the beginning of the parade instead. In the evening Suyen and I went to Nebraska Furriture mart again. This time we got a sectional, two small red chairs, a lift top coffee table and two small ottomans for the chairs. Our living room should be fairly complete.



Sunday I did the early thing again with Kim. We went to an empty intersection to talk about the checkpoints from the night before. Then we were to do a live at a board game convention, but nobody showed up. We went to Centennial Church's 100th anniversary. It was a very uplifting event, buuuuttttt, we had to go on what turned out to be another fake Shauntay
chase at 28th and Park. I ended up working an extra 4 hours. Then another half hour because a tape that Mike and Megan needed was no where to be found, so I had to run my car back to check to see if I had it ass idently. It turns out I didn't. Debbie, Megan, Michael and Mathew came over for dinner.

Today, Moanday, I was finally able to plant the lavender and elephant ears as well as start trying to get the ground ready for grass seed. Tomorrow I will be early for George Bush's visit. Today Tess and I went to Chillicothe, which is a long honkin' way up there. The humane society
is facing a budget cut because the city went for a breed specific ban which means they cannot take in stray animals anymore as the budget is all going to enforcement. We went and came back and cut two vo'sots for the 9 & 10. I started batching the problem solver I helped shoot with Shelly.

Tuesday 20 March 2007
22:55 -- Living room

President Bush came to Kansas City today to visit the GM Fairfax plant and the Ford Claycomo plant. He was talking about the Hybrid cars that are supposed to help ease the US' dependence on foreign oil. What that meant to me was I came in to work 09:30 to 17:30. It was an interesting experience.

P3200306.JPG, originally uploaded by studestevo.

This should be John's phoner picture.

P3200307.JPG, originally uploaded by studestevo.

My phoner picture didn't turn out so well.

Tuesday 20 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

This is John taking a picture of me faking a picture of whatever.

Tuesday 20 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

Linda here is actually getting ready for her 12:30 live hit.

Tuesday 20 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

Linda here is actually getting ready for her 12:30 live hit.

Tuesday 20 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

KCK police had the road blocked for the president's visit to the Fairfax GM plant.

Tuesday 20 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

I attempt to snap a quick photo of the police lining up to escort the president away from Fairfax.

OKAY, now here's pictures John took with his camera....

Waitin' for the Prez, originally uploaded by jnwilliams.

These are pictures John shot of our liveshot at the Fairfax plant in Kansas City Kansas waiting for President Bush to visit.

Steve & Linda waiting for a noon hit at GM's Fairfax plant, originally uploaded by jnwilliams.

Fairfax Ave sealed for the President, originally uploaded by jnwilliams.

Note how the tripod legs are spread. I never leave a camera on a tripod unattended unless I know that the camera and pod are not going anywhere. There was a chance that they might want to take bumpback liveshots from my camera, so I left it in this configuration so that they had a shot at all times.

KMBC doing live hits behind WDAF cameras, originally uploaded by jnwilliams.

Thursday 22 March 2007
23:02 -- Living room
Here is my activity from Wednesday morning...

Wednesday 21 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

I was on vo patrol today. One of my assignments was this small basement fire in Merriam. No one was home when it happened, but a cat died in the fire unfortunately.

Wednesday was fairly uneventful. I did vo patrol. I was sent on several leads that didn't pan out. I had dinner at home and the weather was great. It was a nice spring day. The weather was a little spooky though as the temp felt warm but when the wind blew I got goosebumps. Suyen told me the dog was acting funny, so I joked about the Doggy Barometer. The last time Tima acted funny was in August when we had the severe weather. Maybe Tima just doesn't like rain. In the evening I ended up chasing after two fires which didn't pan out to be much -- one was a dishwasher fire at Aquila in Raytown and the other was a garage fire started by some kids at 109th in KCMO. Suyen is on call this evening, so when I went home, I knew we had to go back out early in the morning. Storms are developing up north.

It is raining. It has been raining all day. I went on a storm chase this morning. I started out at about 03:00. I took Suyen to work at MTN as she was on call last night. We have a stationary front in the area with lots of moisture coming up from the gulf. The storms were not expected to do much, but I vigilantly went after it anyway just in case. I didn't catch much, just a lot of rain and lightning. I reported what I was seeing to Don. Storms went severe according to NWS radar west of Lawrence. I caught up to that storm in Desoto. I saw lots of lightning, heavy rain and no hail. I followed that in to Suyens work. By the time I got back to the city, the storms tapered off. I watched the intersection of 31st and Southwest trafficway as it tends to flood. There was not enough rain for that. I went back to MTN, and fell asleep waiting for Suyen. She got done about 09:00, and we headed homo. Bed was calling my name pretty hard. Suyen rousted me out of bed about 14:30. She fixed good chicken soup. Our goal for the day was to get our taxes done. On the way to work, I and John demonstrated something for woik. Suyen and I went to H & R Block. We are getting money back from the feds this year -- WOO HOO!!!! Getting our taxes done cost us $160.00, but it was well worth it. We checked out some of the stores in the strip mall at 64th and North Oak. Then we headed homo. Afterward we took Tima for a walk in the Plahzuh. Then we went to YJ's for dinner. Heather is a great cook.

Thursday 22 March 2007, originally uploaded by studestevo.

Suyen and I wrapped up our evening by going to YJ's Snack Cafe at 18th and Wyandotte in KCMO for dinner.

Sunday 25 March 2007
23:25 -- bedroom

On Friday I had the day off. I went to the Grass Pad to get peat moss to put on the grass seed to protect it. I then went to Larry's in Riverside to get flowers, but they don't take debt cards. I went to Sears and got a garage opener control for Suyen and an extra remote for me. I installed Suyens controller. The stuff was quite expensive. Suyen came home and we hung out around the house. I put peat moss on the area I seeded for grass.

TMI

Stevo