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Purple & Brown

I love these two guys.

Wii Dishwashing Champion

Wow! This game looks like too much fun! Even better than Mario Kart. Does it have a friend code to go head to head?

Can you tell I’m excited?

The days are long and warm, the kids run around outside with glee…

and I have a huge backlog of house projects to complete as well. I’ve been slacking for two summers now because of school. Well, I have no excuses now, the joys of home ownership have taken hold, its time to buckle down and work that list. Man, its a big one. Some of this stuff is leftovers from last year that I couldn’t finish! Lets take a look at the rundown of some biggies..

• Replace breezeway storm doors (1 done! and oh my God it works right!)
• Power wash the house
• Plant Veggie Garden
• Stain Deck
• Stain deck chair
• Fix Dryer Vent
• Finish trim in living room (started that one last year!)
• Replace fly screen sliding door, again (purchased and waiting)
• Cut down dead trees
• Caulk sidewalk at front stoop (mostly done)
• Minor outside painting of door frames
• Figure out why the dryer isn’t drying (%&*@#! POS just bought a new one) New dryer installed now
• Condemn the swing set
• and probably a bunch of stuff I can’t think of at the moment.

Ah the cost of home ownership. Yeah yeah, you must be thinking I’m such a whiner. Well, I am! This sucks! I want to kick back instead but hey who doesn’t. Think of this list as my motivational tool to help me get this crap done.

The Storm Door from hell project…Nothing is ever easy around here

Just thought I would share this little clip from Erik’s Preschool Spring Sing from last week. Aww how cute. Watch him hide in embarrassment!

Posted by mobile phone:
Trying some mobile blogging…baseball can get boring to watch. But this is damn cool sitting in here.

A Hokey Birthday Poem for Ollie’s 35th

The year was a whirlwind -
both good things and bad.

We went on vacation,
but not much fun was to be had.

Our house gave us troubles.
Thought the ship surely would sink!

We bailed out in time
for a baby in pink.

The holidays had us
running here, there and home.

Then house problems did resurface.
Aching muscles (though not toned).

Here we are once again.
One year later, to the date.

Your only present arrived broken.
Hope it’s not a sign of future fate!

On your 35th birthday,
may the next year be great.

Happy 35th, honey. You deserve a good year!

I just made aware (thanks to Twitter) of this event, and its a great idea. I thought I would post this just to spread the word a bit as this is good for us all. Even if the critics argue that this will do nothing to global warming, it will at least get you to think about how we use our energy resources.

So here it is plain and simple. Turn off the lights in your home on March 29th for 1 hour. 8-9PM. Thats it. Chicago is doing it, as well as San Francisco, Atlanta and many other cities around the world. For more info go here.

Updated: SOLD! And it took long enough sheesh! 4 months to the day even.

Hey we finally made up our minds and bought a 2008 Nissan Quest. Now that we have a new family truckster, its time to put the mule out to pasture.

2000 Chevy S-10 Blazer LS

$4500 OBO

116,000 Miles Single Owner

Features:

4.3L V6 4X4 Automatic trans

Power Windows/Doors

Roof Rack

Privacy Glass

12 Disc CD Changer

Oh wait, it was Saturday. But that doesn’t have the same ring to it.  It was man night out last night, Erik and I took in a MONSTER TRUCK SHOW..Car crushing fun was had by all. I had no idea we had so many rednecks around here.