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June
22, 2009 - Jak se maj!!! Happy Monday everyone! Welcome to summer! Not only is it "officially" summer by the calendar, but the weather is cooperating too... How do I know that it's finally summer? My beautiful bride has insisted the air conditioner be installed so she can run it while the doors and windows are open (fresh air, right?)... Next she'll have the heater running
at the same time cause she's just a little too cool... Welcome to my world...
As I mentioned last week, I have my new workbench in my shop completed... thought you might like to see a picture of it...
Turned out pretty nice even if I do say so myself. Yesterday in the midst of other projects I started filling those drawers... It's not as big as it looks... LOL!
Started prepping for my next project... The main garage ceiling... Before I put anything up, I have a bunch of other stuff to do to get ready... This weekend I did some electrical work. I expected it to take a couple hours, which means it should take double that. I was wrong...I spent about 6 hours on it and have it about half done... Man its putzy work... Especially working alone, which is really the only way to do it. I still have to run another circuit for more switched florescent lights, put an outdoor plug in back and rewire everything the outdoor plug connects to... Fun stuff... If I'm lucky, I may get it done the next couple days...
Sunday little Noah (George) Thompson was baptized. We went to the ceremony and it was very nice... Cute little guy... Good thing he takes after his mom... Welcome aboard George!
I got some responses to my survey two weeks ago... The question was "If you saw ME in the back of a police car what would you think I got arrested for?". Here's what I got...
"You’d be arrested for being a Dumb ___"
"Sprinkling your back lawn with your tweenkee..."
"...asking an officer to move as you are illegally driving a bobcat on a road construction site at bar time intoxicated. Apparently the cops don't care if you have work to get done!"
Well, the first one goes under the
category of "duh"... The second came from an unexpected source and it is unsure of
any libations involved... The last one reminds me of various "water runs" during deer camp for some reason... Thanks for your input... CERTAINLY not what I expected...
Spent a fair amount of time on the bike over the last week... With the weather improving it's a lot nicer to get out there and enjoy the wind on your face... I even strapped my beautiful bride on the back on Saturday and headed up to Kewaunee for a ride... We even stopped at Bruemmer Park and checked out the little zoo they
have there... Been a LONG time since I was there and they still have a few animals... Stopped for ice cream on the way home in Tisch Mills... Pretty nice ride...
Last week the maple tree in the back finally gave up the last major crop of its "whirly-birds" so we spent an evening cleaning those up... I even crawled up on the roof and swept down the drifts and cleaned out the eaves... Ended up having a LOT of them along with grass clippings... Looks much better now though... The garden is looking much better now too with the warmer weather... Beans have sprouted, onions are looking great, and even had to put the cages on the tomatoes... Now it's just watering and weeding for a while...
So what's on this week's schedule?
22 Zeppelin Day. Drink it up and burn it down.
Flaming Hindenburg
1 oz Bacardi 151
1/2 oz peppermint schnapps
1/2 oz Southern Comfort
1/2 oz tequila
Layer with 151 rum on top. Ignite, blow it out, shoot.
23 St. Agrippina Day. Patron saint against evil spirits, leprosy and thunder. Grappa.
24 Feast of the Sun (Aztec). Drink ‘til the sun comes up. Sol Cervesa.
25 Anniversary of Custer’s Last Stand (1876). Make your own stand at the bar.
Last Stand
1/2 oz ouzo
1/2 oz vodka
6 drops Tabasco Sauce
Mix and shoot.
26 Bicycle patented (1819). "Scotch needs water like a fish needs a bicycle." W.C. Fields.
Fat Tire.
27 Death of Julian the Blessed Festival (Roman). Jules, baby! We never even knew ya, kid!
Strega.
28 Paul Bunyan Day. Imagine that poor bastard’s bar tabs. Beer, straight from the pitcher.
Gotta love W.C. Fields, but a "Flaming Hindenburg"? I don't think so...
On a sad note, our local priest, Fr. Ron Colombo, lost his mother last Thursday... She
died peacefully in her sleep, which is a blessing, but it came as a shock. Fr. Ron is a
really good guy, so please keep him and his family in your thoughts and prayers...
Work is getting pretty busy, which is a good thing... Got a couple pretty big deals going and I'm heading to Toronto later this week for an office move. Busy enough that it "could" potentially affect getting my updates out on a regular basis... If you don't see something on a Monday, check later in the week...
Not positive on the date, but Captain Chuck celebrates another year, and a big one, this week... Based on his webpage, it sounds like he'll be home for the festivities... It reads "Chuckfest 30- June 27th @ 8pm Basils II"... He's re-celebrating his 29th birthday from the sounds of it...
I hope all you fathers had a great Father's Day yesterday... Mine was pretty quiet... I hope you all liked last week's
"What is a Dad?"... Maybe even got a little misty...?
Not a great update, but you get what you pay for... As always, before I go, a few words of wisdom for our junior members...
"My father was often angry when I was most like him." ~ Lillian Hellman
I find that quite enlightening...
and true!
As Red would say, "Keep your stick on the ice"!
curtamous
