stormed like mad this morning. big winds took the gazebo cover right off the gazebo. devin and i caught it as it was making a break for the neighbors house. the sump pump, however, has and is performing as it is supposed to! yippie! to all those dads out there, enjoy your day!
family
always the one having fun…
my wife sent me out for shakes. went to br. lot of money for 4 medium shakes. but that’s not what’s important. so. on the way there, you are wondering what to get. you become chicken. you decide that just 4 plain vanilla shakes would be fine. does that seem somewhat chicken? kinda wimpy? probably. [...]
what a week…
so. the servers are back up. took a while. but all seems to be back to normal. but what a long bunch of hours it was. kudos to them for getting it done. but i hope that there is some way to mirror them next time. sorry that i have been delayed on the cubs [...]
things…
i’ll update the cubs tally here shortly. getting the office back in shape takes a while. but at least my machine is back together! obama made a great acceptance speech tonight for the democratic presidential nomination. well, at least it seemed that way to me. senator clinton is a hard fighting lady. i am, however, [...]
things as they are…
carpet, pad and the like are all out. floors are drying and are close to ready to be recovered. i need to get going on this because i have stuff to get done, and people waiting on me. it was just bad timing. day 5 with the ‘ride’. all is well. fuel savings are already [...]
the day after…
every part of my body hurts. every part. the floor in the utility room has dried nicely. the others are still wet. headed down to rip stuff out. gunna be along day.
f%$#&d up mothers day…
everything was going according to plan. breakfast in bed for the far better half. gifts and kid loving fun. a promise to be my wife’s slave for the day. 2.5 inches of water in the basement. wait. what? yep. that was in my office. the water covered the floors of 3.5 rooms. my office the [...]
eco splurge…
holy cow. so here’s the deal. i love(d) my charger. i really did. but fuel efficiency wasn’t there. try as hard as i could, no luck keeping it up in the mpg thing. so. with a sadness in my heart, and after being a part of a conversation at work, it was time to find [...]
interesting facts…
this past week, i started driving my better halves van. the reason is simple. i lease my charger, and the miles are pretty high. the run rate will cause to me go over the number that i have available. bummer. so i decided to do a little tracking. last week, from wednesday on, i spent [...]
cubs…
9 – 3 w