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Day 1.... Vacation...

2008-08-11T13:23:00.002-05:00

I am maxing and relaxing here in beautiful Cable, WI on Lake Namakagon. Crown and 7 is the way to go. Of course I do have the Coors Light (24 pack) polished off in less than 24 hours. Yeah baby. Played alot of Bean Bags with the fam. Going down to the beach right now to let the niece have some fun in the lake. Will be going golfing tomorrow and fishing is also in the plan.

More to come...

Post surgery...

2008-07-18T23:05:00.002-05:00

Yeah, it's been a while since I've posted. I know I said I would post some pics of the Milwaukee vacation too. Well, I will say that within three days of being more active from the norm of laying around and taking it really easy, I went ahead and got back into my regular routine. I played some softball and have worked my regular hours at work. My appetite is back and so is my craving for the "Coors Light". Gotta say "when you push yourself, you can recover alot faster". I kinda pissed the wife off a little by playing softball Monday night when I said I only would if we didn't have enough players there. Then last night I played my normal position in Left Center the whole game instead of doing what I said I would which was work myself into my normal postition by switching out every other inning. Believe me, if she were in my body the entire time from pain to surgery to recovery, she would understand that I have really been feeling the recovery happen very fast within the last 72 hours. I am really like being back to myself and for some reason feel even like I am better than before. I think it is just because I was laid up for a week and a half. Anyway, I am excited to get on with the summer and hope everyone is enjoying their's.

Good night.

Can you say "Appendectomy"?

2008-07-03T11:28:00.002-05:00

3 Days of pain prompted 1 Doctor's appointment, which enduced a visit to the ER for 3 Laproscopic incisions and the removal of my Appendix. Had plenty pain meds while I was there. I just can't figure out how in less than 24 hours I had been sent home from the Hospital. Had my appendix removed. I will be out of commission for a few days so I'm sure there will be more time to blog for you all. Everything's fine and I will post soon.

God Bless!!!

Weekend Destination...

2008-06-11T10:14:00.003-05:00

Here we go!

It's a weekend road trip to Milwaukee to see the Twins and Brewers play. Friday night is the first of a three game series in Milwaukee at Miller Park. This will be the first time I have been to this stadium. When I was younger we used to always go there and watch the two teams play at County Stadium. I can't wait to go. As you can see in the picture, there will be some tailgating going on before the game. It's been a long time since I have gotten to tailgate. Beer, Brats, Beer, No-Name Steaks, and more Beer are in the forecast for this weekend.

I will some pics and a little more about the trip when I return.

Happy Day!

Twins update...

2008-05-21T10:32:00.001-05:00

Attendance Record: 6 and 1

12 innings and another win!!!

And this guy hit a 3 run shot???

Wow!!!

Introducing the newest addition...

2008-05-14T19:22:00.005-05:00

Here it is! The newest addition to the family. The newest toy for Scott and Katie to enjoy!

A brand new 2007 Yamaha Road Star Warrior. 1670cc 102cu. in motor. Love it! Right off the bat I had them put the "double t" handlebars on and some Vance & Hines "Big shots" pipes on it. I have had soooooo many comments on how great the bike looks and sounds. Thanks honey!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for letting me get it. We will have alot of fun between this and the boat.

On a different note, the Twins lost the to the Red Sox 5-3 on Sat. evening with myself in attendance. No more undefeated streak. I am now 5 and 1 in attendance. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.

New topic: Scott is getting old. My body is aching quite a bit from the game called Softball. Our first week of it and we had to start off with a double header. WOW!! Can you say SORE???

Hope everyone is well. Later!

I've been tagged...

2008-05-07T14:31:00.003-05:00

My lovely wife Katie (Another Day In Paridise) has tagged me for the 6 quirky things about me so here I go:

1) Absolutely NO ONE can try to help me or touch anything in the kitchen that is cooking or needs to be prepared unless I ask for the help. NO ONE!!! I literally chew people's heads off if they touch anything without me asking or giving permission.

2) Even though I have a nice bathroom upstairs, I choose to shower and get ready downstairs instead. Katie always asks me why. I think it's because I grew up downstairs at my mom and dad's and just prefer it that way. I also do it so I don't wake her up. I am kinda loud and don't realize it unless I'm told. (Nellie and Badge can attest to this one from vacation: Toilet seat)

3) Seat #16 (Twin's games) need I say more?

4) I love the cheese on my pizza to be just about burnt. When I order pizza from a restaurant I will have the pizza sent back to cook longer if I it isn't slightly browned.

5) I have a problem with making sure people have certain items available to eat with dinner when they invite me over. I guess you can call me a picky eater, but, I really eat anything. It's just when I eat a hot dog or burger, dammit "I want onions!"

6) And finally, (this one has been pointed out to me several times by a few of my co-workers)

2 favorite words: "I" and "Me" Ask them.

So that's all for this tagged post.

Over and out!

"5 and 0 baby, 5 and 0!!!"

2008-05-05T11:10:00.004-05:00

Yes sirreee!

My presence at the game has yet caused another victory to happen for my Twinkies. Bonser had a horrific 1st inning that lasted 26min. and he gave up 6 runs. After that, everything went well. We just chipped away at the Tigers as much as we could and had some very timely hits. Punto finally got his first and second RBI's for the season. There were alot of people saying at the beginning of the game "this sucks" including me. But I also looked at Katie and said "it ain't over yet". (I was right)

Well, the Mrs. wasn't overly happy with me by the end of the day. I proceeded to drink the brew all day and even at Softball practice. Constantly saying "5 and 0 baby, 5 and 0!" She was getting very sick of it. Not to mention I guess I was getting loud and annoying. Oh well, I needed to let loose. There's alot less anxiety today. Thanks for putting up with me my love.

I have a question: Is nobody interested in my blog anymore? I haven't seen much for comments and I'm wondering if you just aren't interested in the Horse shoe that is up my ass concerning the Twins games? Should I post more interesting things like rants about work and stupid people, perhaps I could post about cooking?

Please advise. Thank you.

Movie Review...Ironman

2008-05-03T09:47:00.006-05:00

You won't believe it!
I went to a movie in an actual theater last night. It's been over 3 yrs. since I've attended such a thing.
I believe the last movie I went to was "Shrek 2". I know, sounds a little corny but it's true.
Last night was the first night of the movie "Ironman" and wow, I loved this movie. My only wish was that there would have been just a little more action. I think the movie trailers may have taken the element of surprise out of the movie itself.

I still loved the movie and I understand that this was the introduction to Ironman" himself so there will probably be at least one sequel to the movie.
You just gotta have one. Christ, if they can have an Indiana Jones go for it's 4th story, you should be able to have Ironman go at least one more
My big bitch about this is that our movie theater in town was built only about 4 yrs. ago and I thought it sucked. I paid $16 for the Mrs. and I to go to the show and it would have been better to buy the movie on DVD and watch at my home theater. Maybe we should have went to an IMAX theater instead. The sound quality was horseshit and the picture was not great at all.
I guess I learned my lesson and can validate the reasons for my absence of the movie theaters.
The main thing is that my wife was pumped about the proposal of doing a real "Dinner and a Movie". That was my main purpose for the idea. So Honey, when you read this, it was all for you. (except for it wasn't a chick flick) LOL.
Hopefully there will be an IRONMAN 2 coming soon to a theater or home theater near you.

We saved you a seat...

2008-05-01T09:46:00.005-05:00

Oh yeah!!! Another game attended and another win. That would make me 4-0 so far this year going to the twins games. I gotta say, the Twins are gonna be sending me a ticket for all the home games I can make it to once they find out. The game was great and there was one thing that happened that was rather superstitious. When dad and I first got there we went and got some food and bevy.

So, I no more that sat down, setting my beer way forward on the ground so I could devour my onion loaded dome dog, and the guy to the right of us (season ticket holder) shimmys his way through my dad and I and knocks my beer over. I had one sip out of it. Damn!!! "Shit" is what came from his mouth. He was watching out for my dad's beer and didn't see mine. The nice guy he is he turned around and said "What kind was it?" He brought me a new beer. Good man!

At this point the only thing that is really bothering me is the mess that it left behind.

Well to get to this point, the guy to the left of me (season ticket holder as well) says to me: "You know that could be like a good omen for the Twins" I didn't really agree that a spilled beer was gonna be a good thing, but in the spirit of superstitions I went with the whole idea.

Mauer hit a triple in the first inning, but, there were two outs and Morneau was unable to help his cause.

Kubel was the man. He hit a solid rope of a HR in the 4th inning. A 2-run shot just about reaching the second deck seats and it was just a line shot. Kind of a slow riser. I think he might have hit it about 460ft. at least.

The game was mostly defense with Harris, Gomez, and Young showing great game presence. Harris made a couple of plays that normally would have made it to the outfield.

Gomez did his usual prancing around in centerfield like a deer and made every catch look easy, but the fact of the matter is, they were not routine fly balls he was getting to. (God I love watching this guy play) #22 is going on my jersey this year.

Young made probably the best catch of the game at the leftfield wall preventing at least a double and one run scoring, but, he also was able to double off the runner that was on first and got us out of the 8th inning protecting a 3-1 lead.

9th inning Nathan got to come in and do his thing.

TWINS WIN!!!

Yet another day of me being the good luck charm...

2008-04-21T13:10:00.004-05:00

So, about 11:10 am yesterday, and my buddy Stumpy gives me a call. He wants to know what Katie and I are doing for the day and he was thinking about hitting up the old Metrodome for a Twins game. Well, Katie had mentioned it already to me about going and doing something and the Twins were one of the ideas she had. I didn't realize there was a game for some stupid reason. So, I got on the phone and got 4 tickets for "Will Call" and called my dad. I Told him to leave a note for my mom that he was at the game and we would grill burgers when we got back to town.
By the way, being the spoiled son I am, my mother went back to the grocery store and got all the makings for her homemade potato salad. Mom's potato salad is the best. Probably one of the few things that I don't even bother to make myself. I'd rather have her make it. It's friggin' delicious and she always makes enough for leftovers.
On to the point.

The game was another fun one. It went 10 innings and was an exciting game defensively.

Gomez wasn't sparkling as far as the bat was concerned but he made up for it ten fold when he made a spectacular diving catch in centerfield and held up the runners on base from scoring. I have decided that #22 Gomez is going on my new Twins jersey. This kid is sensational and will only get better as the year goes on and also the years to come.

Brendan Harris, went 3 for 5. One was a solo HR to right-center. Then he started off the 10th for us with a base hit. Harris is starting to show me signs of an everyday starter. He just needs to polish up his defense a little.

Kubel later got on and set up runners at 1st and 3rd. Kubel has been a solid bat in the lineup and hopefully will continue to be what everyone was looking for in DH/Outfielder.

Then Mr. Justin Morneau came up to bat with runner's at 1st and 3rd and singled to right field knocking the game winning runner "Harris" in.

Once again, I was the good luck charm for the Twins. (At least I like to think that.)

So far I have a 3-0 record for games this year.

GO TWINS!!!

P.S. I will post some pics from the seats soon. Got a few of Delmon Young. We were in the 3rd row down the 3rd base line closer to left field. Hence the good pics of Young to come.

Good Luck Charm???

2008-04-05T00:29:00.002-05:00

Well, tonight there was yet another Twins game to attend. It was another exciting game watching "the kid" Carlos Gomez. On his first at bat he bunted the first pitch and scurried safely to first. Man is he ever fast!!!. Then he stole second base. Mauer hit him in. Gomez also had another stolen base and hit the ball in the left center gap for a double as well. Gotta love "the kid". (I think that is the nickname I will be giving him) I still have a blank game jersey and am thinking of getting #22 Gomez put on there.
Anyway, the Twins won 4-3 and I would like to nominate myself for the "Good Luck Charm" award. I have only seen the Twins lose maybe 5 times in the last 4 years while having these lovely season tickets.
Tomorrow is State bowling tournament day one. Team event. Saturday is Singles and Doubles competition.

Wish me luck!

TWINS WIN!!!

2008-04-01T12:21:00.002-05:00

Twins recap:

Gomez looked like an exciting leadoff hitter. His speed will definitely make a lot of catchers look like they have a weak arm. He is so fast that on his first steal of the game LA did a pitchout and he still beat the throw.

Mauer was his usual reliable self.

Cuddyer watched great pitches go by him and swung at junk. (scary)

Morneau looked a little rusty but managed to make some good contact.

Delmon Young looked decent making some good contact as well.

Young and Gomez definitely need some time out in the outfield together for some communication practice.

Hernandez came in and pitched for 7 innings and got the job done.

Neshek looked like he has recovered from his late season setback from last year.

Nathan got to strike out his old teammate Tori Hunter. (Hunter received many standing ovations throughout the game.

Final score: Twins 3 - Angels 2

TWINS WIN!!!

Postgame notes: Parking ramps suck donkey d*ck!!! We got stuck in the parking ramp at the very top for an entire hour. Too many chicken shits afraid to merge into traffic I guess.

The drive home in all the slush and snow was the next part that sucked.

Til the next post...

Opening Day!!!

2008-03-31T13:11:00.003-05:00

Today is the opening day for the Twins 2008 Baseball season. I will be attending this game with 9 other guys and have offered to be one of the two sober drivers.
It's friggin' snowing!!!!!!!!!
Good thing we still have the dome. I'm curious to see where the seats will be. Stew (the birthday boy) got the tickets for us so I don't know where they exactly are but they won't be my regular season ticket seats in the 1st row of the 2nd deck.
Anyway, the greatest part about the whole day is the fact that I am leaving work early and took half the day off tomorrow. Yippeee!!!
Can't think of much else to say and I guess I will update the outcome of the day tomorrow and how the whole adventure goes. No drinking for me until I get back from the game so I will be able to remember details.

Til tomorrow or so!

Go Twins!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

2008-03-26T12:51:00.004-05:00

I figure I should let everyone know that the color adjustment for my blog has something to do with the start of the Minnesota Twins Baseball season. Being a season ticket holder may have something to do with it. I am concerned with the way the season will go. We lost some key players and didn't do that great with the new aquisitions. Anyway, I will get to see a glimpse of what could happen on Monday when I attend the season opener. I am looking forward to this not only because it's the 1st home game but also because it's my buddy Stew's b-day and there's about 10 of us going up there. GO TWINS!!!

On another note, it's almost April now and we still have snow on the ground and more in the forecast. SHITTY!

I want to go out on the boat, do some golfing, and have the softball season start. Instead, I may end up brushing the snow off of the cars on the lot yet another time this year. (puke!!)

Lord, hear my prayer. Let the season change. Amen! Come on Rev. Raul, give me some help if you could. Please!

And now for the attitude to change on my end. Happy day!!!

Not in the mood...

2008-03-21T13:00:00.002-05:00

Well, with the friggin' snow falling on the 21st of March, I am sooooooooooooooo not in the mood to be at work. This white crap that keeps coming down has pretty much made all of my appointments cancel on me for today. If it keeps up, I won't be a very happy camper for work tomorrow either. Lucky for me, once again, I have the ol' ipod with me at work. Can you just imagine how many web sites I've been looking at today?

On with a different topic...

The refinance on the house is finalized. Kt and I are very happy with the way it turned out. We got a little more money back than we had anticipated. On the down side, we owe more on the house. Oh well, that's the American way. (Buy deep)

Maybe I'll post something more positive next one. (Like the snow is gone and people are not hibernating anymore)

By the way, why don't people from Minnesota know how to drive in this crap?

Things are lookin' up...

2008-03-14T22:39:00.005-05:00

Yep, that's right! Things are lookin' up finally. Here's a list of observations I've made in the last few days:

The days are lighter longer.
The air is getting warmer.
People are getting out of the winter funk and not hibernating.
The snow is melting away.
I haven't had to use the remote start on my truck all week.

Oh the list could just go on and on and on. You get the hint.

Tonight we celebrated my grandma's 75th birthday. Wow, I hope I can live to be that old. Or maybe not. I don't know. Anyway, we went to the Fish Fry down at Liberty's Restaurant. Other than the actual food, it sucks going to eat down there. It is sooooo friggin' packed and tight down there. I don't think they've changed out the tables or the seating arrangements down there for a very long time. Probably not in my lifetime so far. Put it this way, I have my cell phone on vibrate mode so it doesn't annoy people with a frickin ringtone, and I thought it was ringing quite frequently, I kept checking it over and over. Nope, it wasn't anyone calling me, Kt and I were rubbing legs constantly at the table. (not like we were groping each other) Tight, tight quarters.

Before you read this part, I want you to know that this is one step that is looking up and it's not meant to be negative, but to just let my feelings be explained.

I found out some very disturbing news the other day. This news was something I was figuring was true for quite some years now. My dad told me that my nephew was taken to a specialist and they said he is mildly autistic. He is operating at a 2 1/2 yr. old level and he's 5. Kt and I have really been talking about this for a while now and have been telling my mom and sister he needed to be taken to a specialist but they would just say "You need to give it more time" "He's a premie" "Blah, Blah!" I'm so f*ckin' sick of hearing that. I'm so very pissed he wasn't getting help like 3 frickin' years ago when I was trying to get them to go for more specialized testing. Please let my mom and sister see the light and listen to Kt and I for once. I think they need help too. Really, they should go get tested on something like how to learn how not to ignore us and be ignorant to it all. I really just want to sit them both down and smack them around a little. Hopefully they will give him the one on one specialized attention he needs and help him grow and learn as much as he can and wants.

Enough for now. Only happy thoughts for the rest of the week.

More food posts to come. Made General Tso's chicken Sunday. It turned out pretty good and I do have some pics.

See y'all

My Bowling scores...

2008-02-29T23:09:00.004-06:00

Here's where I start bragging my ass off. I have a totally legitimate reason for this though.

Game #1: 247

Game#2: he's got 9 in a row, here's the first ball in the 10th, oh he pulled it brooklyn side, no 300 for this time around. 277

Game#3: 255

I had a friggin' 779 series. I am still in awe on this one.

G, I hope you can see me post those types of scores next week when you sub.

Ode to itunes...

2008-02-24T08:57:00.004-06:00

I gotta say, as much as Apple is sucking in my hard earned greenbacks, "I love itunes". There is sooo much music that I had on Cd's that were stolen from my car 6 years ago. I have done nothing but catch up on stuff I had and stuff I liked, but never bought. Not to mention all the Cd's that I still have that were converted to itunes. Always nice to hear the music you enjoy listening to digitally. What next? With the ipod jack on my new truck I can just jam to the tunes that I love to jam to. I am now up to 1525 songs, 2 videos, and 1 movie. I'm sure I'll be at about 2,000 songs by summer. I've found that many people know how much I like to listen to tunes, that they by me itunes gift cards as presents. Not gonna argue there.

So, last night the wifey and I decided to get off our undecided asses and went to go out to my local watering hole "Andy's". We planned on getting a bite to eat and have a couple of beers. Well, as soon as we got there the funniest thing happened..... We both got the anti-social bug and because it was soooo busy there and there was no place to sit, we left. Yep, not even 4 min. after we walked into the joint, we left. I haven't done that at that place since the previous owner "loser boy" had the joint and there was a completely different crowd of people that hung out there. I am very good friends with the current owners of the joint now and would never say anything but good things about Andy's now. Rick and Cara are fantastic. So, anyway, here is the best part of the story. The "ANTISOCIALISTS" (that is Kt and myself) drove straight to frickin' McD's and got a 20 piece chicken nugget and a large fry and went down to Baypoint park, parked the truck, and sat there and talked and ate. Then, for the grand finale, we went for an 11 mile drive out of Red Wing, onto a backroad, (mind you there was no alcohol involved with the backroading) and back to home. We were gone for a total of a about 1 1/2 hours. What an exciting night. Even funnier yet, my buddy Tommy was at Andy's and when we left I told him "We're just gonna go get some food somewhere real quick, we'll be right back." Huh. Guess I was wrong.
So, that was our funfilled, exciting, very eventful, sober night.
Thought you might like that.
I wonder what interesting ideas I can come up for Kt and myself today. We do have the whole day to just do nothing. So far we are totally accomplishing the deed of doing nothing.
I guess I do have my itunes at least.

Come on people it's warming up out there...

2008-02-23T19:37:00.006-06:00

Today was a slow Saturday at work. The day just drug on. It's been a bit slow for me the last week. Hopefully with the slight warmup in the weather we'll get more people into the dealership "Come on People, get away from the friggin house and get some fresh air!". My buddy Stew was the highlight for the day. He works for our local radio station and he came down to the dealership and broadcasted live from 8:30am to 10:30am. He did an awesome job plugging the dealership and put me on the radio a few times. I thought I did good job talking about the cars on the showfloor. Of course, he helped by asking the right questions and leading me into the whole conversation.

Now, Kt and I are looking for something to do. It's now 7:45pm and we are both sitting here doing a horseshit job of making up our minds on what we want to do. I know for a fact I don't want to sit home all night. We've done that for the last I don't know how many weekends. It's time to do something. I don't do movies at the theater. I will seriously fall asleep. (can't see paying to fall asleep as something fun) Sorry Kt!

Last night I had the house to myself and this is what I ended up doing:

Yep, that's right, I cooked myself a friggin delicious batch of Chicken and Rigatoni Pasta with a white wine, three cheese creamy sauce. LOVED IT. This is Kt's new favorite meal that I cook and she wasn't here to enjoy it cuz she had a girl's night at her sis's house. HAHHAH!

She ended up eating leftovers for lunch today and texted my cell saying "mmmmmmnnn soooooo delicious.

Here's somewhat of a better pic of my new truck. I wasn't lying when I said it was just like the one on my blog page.

I have better wheels on it now. Probably gonna get some running boards and a few other things to dress it up here soon.

Good night for tonight.

Another day of cold...

2008-02-20T18:44:00.003-06:00

Well, today was colder than yesterday. The temparature at the car lot was -3 degress Farenheit when I got here this morning. It never made above single digits all day but the wind wasn't as big of a factor as they said it would be. Wind chills were expected to be -15 to -30 today. Thank god for the sun. It is now 6:45pm and it is 1 degree above ZERO! I can't wait for the last blast of this cold shit. The boat is starting to call my name.
Speaking of which, I have been getting the itch to get yet another motorcycle. This would make me have to sell the boat. I'm not sure that is sitting with me well quite yet. I know the motorcycle would be way less yearly expense, but the boating is just sooooooo much fun. I'm really at a loss right now as to what to do. I have gone 2 years now without a bike since I was 17. Ever since then I always had a motorcycle. They are quite a bit of fun, but more people can enjoy the boat with you. You can't really invite 3 or 4 other people to ride along with you on your motorcyle if you know what I mean. It's just that the boat is such a friggin' money pit. Any advise or opinions?

As far as the sickness dwelling within me...... I woke up this morning actually breathing out of my nose and not just through my mouth. That was nice. By 2pm I had hit a huge brick wall and wanted to crawl into the back of the truck on the showfloor and just take a nap. (I didn't though)

1 more hour of this boring day and I can go home and plop my ass on the couch. Maybe even straight to bed.

And for my last topic of this post....

Tomorrow night my BIL "G" is bowling as a sub for my team. Pretty damn excited I am. Finally we get to bowl together in a league type setting. It should prove to be a very eventful night.

Good luck to both of us.

See ya!

Holy freeholy it's been like 3 weeks!!!

2008-02-19T17:59:00.002-06:00

I'm sorry it's been so long since I've updated. There really hasn't been a whole lot to post about. The remodel is finished, we have had many dinner guests over. Kt has decided on a new favorite dish that I make. Unbelievably it does not have Green Peppers, Red Peppers, and Onions as the main vegetable ingredient. I will have to take some pics of the next time I make it. It really is delicious.

I got a new truck last Thurs. it looks just like the picture on my blog.

I don't have much else to say right now as I am sick with a sinus infection and a cold. My head is so stuffed up I can't think very well and I believe this is the longest it has taken me to type out a post that is actually pretty short.

Damn you winter!!!

The food is not the cause....

2008-01-27T14:26:00.000-06:00

Last night I decided to do something different and go to Rochester with a couple of the boys. We wanted to try out this really good burger joint called "Newt's". This decision proved to be a very good one. They have close to "Theee" best burger's in this state for the most part. I like "King's" alot too, but, they don't have the greatest buns. The burgers at Newt's had some really soft and fluffy buns that just didn't hide the delicious flavor of the meat and toppings that were on the burger. T and B, I'm sure you have dined at this fine establishment before, but, if you haven't,,,,,,,,, you gosh darn better get you pittuties down there and do it. Many people had there kids with too. It's alot like going to King's but you have to upstairs of the City Cafe to get to it. Kt and I are gonna try out the City Cafe sometime soon I think. I really want to go down and try the Grouper. I heard it's excellent. By the way, the name of the burger I chose to eat was.......................................... "Dave's Burger" ............................................ here's the caption explaining the burger (Dave, our cook who loves spicy & hot in his food, came up with this one: Our great burger mixed with chopped jalepenos and garlic, grilled, and topped with a sweet & spicy smoked BBQ sauce and Pepper Cheese.
Nummy!!!! Doesn't that sound good?
After dinner and a couple really good Dark Ale's, we decided to go to a bar called "McMurphy's". Decent place, not too small, not too big. Lot's of TV's for your sports viewing pleasure. We hung out there for pretty much the rest of the evening. We played alot of pool and had a good time. Of course I was the one kicking all the ass in the pool games. I think I only lost one game all night. Not that I am a pro or anything like that.
So, on with the reason for the title of today's post. By now I have had quite a few beers' and mind you I started off with 3 large dar Ale's. Throw a shot in there and rush home to meet up with people a whopping half hour before bar close and... poof!, you have yourself waking up with a very nice upset stomach in the A.M. On top of that, the damn stomach aches persist all day long and really have no sign of leaving. Not to mention, I was an idiot and ate my left over stir-fry. (spicy) Wow, what an idiot.
I think that will be enough for today's post.
Until next time!

Day gone by too quickly....

2008-01-24T17:40:00.000-06:00

That's right! Today was my day off and it just went by way too quickly. I woke up around 8am, made some breakfast, talked to the remodeler, went donwstairs, and just laid around all day. It was very nice to be able to just lay around. Played a little Madden 08, and just watched different movies from quite a few years ago.
Finally, at about 4pm I decided to run out to work real quick and then up to Abra to get the paint codes figured out for the new entry door I bought for the garage.
Now it's 5:45pm and I have to get myself ready for bowling. Our team needs to have a good night tonight. We are currently 1 game in 1st place with 2 weeks left in the 2nd, 3rd of the season. Please cheer us on. If we win this 3rd we are guaranteed a spot in the Roll-off at the end of the year.
Tootles!

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2008-01-20T13:38:00.000-06:00

I'm just posting for the sake of posting.

VERY HUNG OVER!

VERY DEHYDRATED!

CAN'T DECIDE WHAT TO EAT!

UNBELIEVABLEY TIRED!

Ready to watch some football all hung over.

That's all.

Good day.

I wanna know who you all are...

2008-01-14T20:03:00.000-06:00

I'm wondering how many people are reading my blog. I'm sure there are quite a few more people reading than what I am receiving for comments. I would very much appreciate for everyone to comment as much as possible. Even to tell me my posts blow goats and I should look for something else to do. Please, please, please leave comments. Thank you.
G, you are the one who got me into this and I know you comment quite a bit. I guess you could call this my own delurking post. I finally figured out what that meant after I read a few other blogs and saw the same topic coming up.

Now, it just came to realization that "I" start alot of sentences with "I". "I" wonder how many times through this entire blog "I" used "I" to start a sentence? Feel free to count them out and tell me.

Until next time, I bid you a good evening!

Part 2: Our first dinner guests in the new room.

2008-01-13T21:11:00.000-06:00

Tonight we had our friends J and Kt come over for a little wine, beer, cappotini's (I named the drink, they are Martini's made with esspresso and vodka), and champagne, oh, and of course dinner. I made Jumbo shells stuffed with 3cheeses, a marinara sauce, and Andouille Sausage.

J stuffed the shells for me while I made the sauce and cooked the Andouille. We also had a Ceasar Salad that was delicious as well. And for dessert we had a Strawberry, Raspberry, Poundcake and Whip Cream Trifle.

This all was very delicious.

Here's a look see:

So there's the dinner. And here's one of myself toasting everyone whilst taking the picture
I look forward to having some of you (you know who you are) come over for dinner now that we have a dining room/breezeway to hang out in and dine in.

As you can see (G and T) I need a new camera. Mine sucks!!!

Hope you enjoy the photo's!

Goodnight.

Finally your pics of the Dining Room

2008-01-13T20:59:00.000-06:00

All I'm gonna do is post the pics. Note one thing though. We still have to do the finish trim.

Here ya go:

Not bad I would have to say. We are very pleased with the everything.

Dinner's Up!!!

2008-01-11T22:05:00.000-06:00

I just wanted to post a little summsumm on the yummyumm that I enjoy making so very often. This is a picture of what I made for dinner tonight.

What you see there is some (left)Baby Red Potatoes w/ onion, garlic, and parsley that were baked in Extra Virgin Olive Oil and half a stick of melted Butter. (right) Thick Tender Cut Steaks specially seasoned to taste like they were made on the grill and to taste spicy. Ingredients consist of: Ground Cumin, Crushed Red Pepper, Sea Salt, Black Pepper freshy ground, and then a Worsteshire and Soy Sauce marinade that I use to deglaze the spices from the bottom of the skillet that the steaks were cooked in. Then I steamed some fresh Asparagus. Hungry yet???

Onward with the post. I know that I told you I would post some pics of the dining room but I haven't had a chance to get good pics. Tomorrow evening and Sunday morning will produce great photos as the new light fixtures will be installed and my lovely wife will have uncluttered the stuff she purchased at Target today. So you will just have to wait another day or two to get a good shot.

Enough for tonight. It's time to hit the hay. Later.

Boring, boring, boring......

2008-01-09T17:33:00.000-06:00

I am so friggin' bored and have been the last two days. It is so slow at work and all I can do is pray for someone to call me and say they want to buy a car. I need to sell a car! Tomorrow I have the day off and I guess I will just have to take full advantage of the day.

On the brighter side of things. I had a rockstar year in the car biz for 2007. That is in Red Wing. Maybe not so much in other regions. But around here I don't think anyone in the 5 city area did better than myself this year. At least I believe so. Enough of that for now.

I think tomorrow morning I will bless you with pictures of the almost finished dining room. Today the floor got put in and it looks so nice in there. Tomorrow we get the new dining room table and chairs. Our first dinner guests will be on Sunday night. I am very excited for this. I already have the menu planned out for the lovely occasion. We will even have the cool mood lighting in place.

I bid you a farewell for this evening. I just needed to pass some time by. Maybe I could have spent a little more time posting but I don't want to sit here and write a book.

Cherrio!!!

Crazy is what I'm going.......

2008-01-08T16:45:00.000-06:00

Ranting and raving about work is what I will do. Crazy is what I will turn. It has been so boring at work the last two days. I don't know what to do with myself. I have this sweet deal worked out where if I average 15 cars a month over a 90 day running average, I can come and go as I please. Well, some other co-workers seem to making a little fuss about this arrangement. Not that I don't deserve it, because they know I do. It's mainly because they are jealous they don't get to be doing it (because they haven't averaged that) and also because they feel that I'm on "S's island" and not being part of the team. I can understand to a certain extent, but, I also have to say "I know you are trying, but, I worked my friggin ass off to earn this and I'm going to take full advantage of it." I haven't left anyone hanging at all. The nights that I'm scheduled until 8pm, I work. I may not get in until 9:30 or 10am some days, but, it's also really slow right now. Only one person had the balls to say something to me about the situation, everyone else hasn't checked in their cahones. Whatever anyway!!! I'm over it.

Will post soon!!!

Yes, I meant to say......

2008-01-06T18:45:00.001-06:00

I meant to say that I hope Kt stays on Days not nights. This is what happens when I don't proofread my posts.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOPS!!!!!!

She's on days...

2008-01-05T21:12:00.000-06:00

Yes, my wife is on days now. This really is a good thing for the two of us. I do have to admit though, it will take a little adjusting on my part. See, I am a real independent person and like to have alone time, so it takes a little time to adjust to having someone at home when I get home from work. This has happened more than once. I really hope she stays on nights. Everytime she gets moved to days, someone quits, gets fired, or doesn't make it through training. For her sake more than anything, I will keep my fingers crossed. I will be able to adjust eventually. Usually it takes me about a month and everything is fine. We get to have actual meals together. She doesn't miss out on evening activities...etc. It really is better for us. Another reason for the hope of a stable work schedule for her is........................................... KIDS........................................ That's right, we would like to actually start a family. This stability in her schedule would provide for a better opportunity for us to make a little monster. No, she's not prego right now, but we hope for it to happen soon. (You hear me up there, sir?) We would love to be blessed with a little one very soon. I'm not getting younger and these knee's will only hold up a little longer before I will not be able to run. I would like to be able to run with my child. Anyway, enough about that.
Remodel update..........
Wed. : Floor install
Thurs: New dining room set arrival
Sat : Finish up on Electric and Light Fixtures

Gotta go for tonight!

P.S. R . I . P . Grandma S. We love you!!!

Is it for real or just a fantasy???

2007-12-29T12:23:00.000-06:00

I am wondering if today is just a teaser? I am starting to feel better but only when I lay down on the couch. I did a load of dishes and made myself breakfast but after that I started to get dizzy again. I think it's just because I have been sick and laying down for the last 5 days. The most activity I have had is the whole going to the bathroom thing. I know, it just sounds terrible. I believe I am just needing to do a little activity every hour or so. This will hopefully break me in for the next few days. It would be nice to be able to go over to my Mom and Dad's tonight so we can have Christmas with my Sister and Carl and my nephew Blake. If we do, I think we will just stay for a little while. I don't want Kt and I to seem like we don't appreciate the time and everything but this whole getting sick thing has just sucked donkey. The last thing I want to do is to get everyone else sick and ruin new year's also.

Enough with the sick talk. I hope G had a good time with his new bowling ball "NV"! If it works anything like my first one did for you, you will have your average go up about 8 to 10 pins by the end of the season. Tell that sumbitch doesn't just hammer the pocket!!! Remember that my first game that actually counted with that ball was a 279.

I am now pissed off at microsoft right now. My XBox360 has been working fine for the last year and a half now and all of the sudden it decides to not want to turn on anymore. I am really pissed off right now and hope that they will fix or exchange that damn thing. I got this game for x-mas called Assassins Creed. I rented it for a week and it just rocked. I was really looking forward to playing it but the ole XBox won't work with me. If you know me at all, I have just about picked the damn thing up and thrown it accross the room. (In my mind that is) I really love gaming, especially when I am sick and there is nothing I can do.
I was forced to watch movies all day. Has anyone ever sat and watched all 6 Star Wars movies within 2 days? I just about did. I watched 2, 3, 4, and 5. 2 on Thursday night and 2 yesterday during the day. Then Kt and I watched "The Number 23". What a f'd up movie. It is one worth watching though. It makes you pay attention. After that we watched "Superbad". I don't think that it was that great of a movie, but it is one of those movies that you watch a couple of times and laugh at the one liners that they drop and some of the other quirky parts that only you know are coming. Kind of like a mix of "Super Troopers and Dazed and Confused" I know, weird combo, but it's one of those movies that you will probably watch a few times and then end up liking it a little more each time. "Super Troopers and Dazed and Confused" were much better movies than this one though.

O.K., I think I'll stop for now and let you read something more interesting. I'm gonna watch me some Food Network and get some more ideas for recipes and cooking.

Bye, Bye!!

Can you say sick?

2007-12-27T12:28:00.000-06:00

Yes, that is correct. The lovely holiday season has been nothing more that sickness. I started getting sick on Monday (X-mas Eve). All I wanted to do was sleep. On X-mas day I was starting to feel a little better until I got to the in-laws. Come to find out, my mother-in-law (J)has strep-throat. This makes me a little angry, since she was cooking the food. My lovely wife insisted that her mother was not contagious. But, my sister-in-law (K) was feeling the same symptoms. This made me even more angry. Simply because I knew that my immune system was already breaking down rapidly. All I did was sleep in the chair while I was there. We left there about 8pm and I went directly downstairs to the couch. I fell asleep of course. Kt sat on the couch next to me and at about 12:30 we went up to bed. At 3am the worst hit. Yep that's right, the flu was taking over. You know the drill, comin' out both ends. Ok, maybe a little too much info there. So, every hour I'm getting up and getting rid of "you know". Oh, it sucked. So, at 8:30 in the morning I called the doctor and made an appointment. I went in and told him all of the symptoms. He said that the test came back negatory on the strep-throat but he said he was still convinced that it should be positive because everything pointed at that. I also had the flu, and currently am still battling both. Not the way I wanted to spend the holidays and the extra 3 days of vacation that I took. Here's the icing on the cake. Kt now is experiencing everything that I have. She came home at 5am from work. I definitely do not wish this upon her. She did make me some really good home made chicken noodle soup yesterday. Thanks Honey!

Thanks for reading about the distasterous X-mas!

Watch it all come together...

2007-12-21T19:46:00.000-06:00

This remodel we have going on is finally coming together. Nearing the end of it all I have started to grow extremely anxious to just have it all done. For 3 really good reasons. 1) Katie doesn't get to sleep as much. 2) My house looks so friggin messy it makes me sick. 3) My checkbook is pretty much empty even after a rockstar month last month.

Oh well, I guess I asked for it when it was decided to go ahead with the remodel instead of waiting until the summer. That will just mean more boating instead.

Here are some pics of the progress. We now have paint in there but it's too dark in the house to get a good pic so I will take some on Sunday.

I'm Back....

2007-12-14T11:29:00.000-06:00

Well, it's been a little while since I've posted. Sorry!!! Things have definitely slowed down at work but with the remodel going on right now, I haven't been ready to do much posting. It's not that I'm doing the work. It's the fact that the work that has been going on is wearing me out. I know it's affecting Kt more than me. She's the one that has to try and sleep through all the noise. Most of the loud stuff is done with now. We have all new insulation and sheet rock, a brand new French door, soon to get a new window, and we have knocked out an opening to look into the living room and design a shelf system within the opening. We are getting close to starting on the paint. I will post some pics later this evening.

Another reason for the non-posting is, my lovely wife decided that it would be o.k. to have the guys cut a cable that was hanging down from the ceiling. She now knows that just because we have Satellite TV, doesn't mean that we don't have cable Internet. Well, now we don't have cable internet, we have high speed throught the phone company. We'll see how that goes.

I have really been watching alot of the Food Network lately. The other night I made Andouille Sausage with Jumbo Shells and my own Tomato Marinara Sauce topped with Mozzerella Cheese. (MMM!!! Delicious) Now, I'm trying to get more ideas for cool dishes to make. What I would like for everyone to do is to put down a suggestion for a dish they would like to see me prepare. I will consider the suggestion and possibly invite you over to eat it after our remodel is finished. How does that sound? This will give Kt and I a chance to have more people over to the house and entertain and spend time with you all. I'm asking you to be somewhat extravigant on the dish idea but not have it be like Mac'n'Cheese though. My suggestion is to have an appetizer or salad and a main dish. Suggestions for Dessert will be directed towards Kt helping out for I don not really do Dessert. This sounds like alot of fun to me. (Almost like my own cooking show only you don't get to watch until you come over.) I will take suggestions for the next 2 weeks and plan on doing the meals after New Year's.
Please participate. I love to cook for people and make them happy.

Will post later this evening.

Random thoughts...

2007-12-01T10:09:00.001-06:00

G, I need help posting videos. I found one about a 200 round glock that just kicks ass.

I am hung over right now.

I am glad that I actually have time off from work. This is day #3.

It was great to get together with the brotherhood last night for Torry's wedding.

What the hell was in that shot last night? I feel terrible.

Did I mention this is my 3rd day off from work?

No more thoughts... goodbye!

Month's end...

2007-11-29T09:13:00.000-06:00

So here is the month's end for November. It's been a crazy month at work, as you have already been told in previous posts. I have had a record month of November for car sales. I will be finishing out the month with 20 cars sold. In November, that is pretty dang good and way better than any previous years' November. I am pretty proud of myself and Kt is too. The national average in the car bizz for monthly sales is just shy of 10 cars. For those of you who would like to do the math, I did two guys' jobs for the month. I know, I'm bragging now.

Enough about that.

Here's something that has been bothering me : My best man in my wedding (D) and his wife (J) lost their first child last Monday. They were aware of this for about 3 months and were given the option to go the full term or use alternative procedures. They went with full term. The visits showed that the baby's lungs were not developing. So, last Monday their baby girl (Alexis Marie) was born with a heartbeat but not breathing for very long. About an hour later, she shut down and was taken from them. The funeral was on Tues. this week (just a couple days ago) and D and J asked me to be a Pall Bearer. Of course I would do that. During the sermon the Pastor hit the nail on the head when he said "I cannot tell you why the Lord gave you Alexis Marie and then took her away" "All I can say is the Lord will be there for you to turn to when you need". I, myself, can't figure out why this happened. Whatever the reason, I hope that D and J can still have children in the future. D said to Kt and myself at his home that he and J can't wait until Kt and I have kids. It really made me think about how important family really is.

If you could, please say a prayer for them, they need it.

Next topic is about the project Kt and I have going on at the house. More remodeling!!! We did the Kitchen in the beginning of April and finished in the end of May. Basically two months is what is took for the kitchen to get finished. Here are some pics to enjoy:

Second pic is of a dirty kitchen. Here is the project we have now. We are going to connect the breezeway with the kitchen and make them tie together nicely. When we did the kitchen, we knocked out a wall between it and the breezeway. This was really nice in the fact that it opened everything up. I wish I had some before pics to show you. Anyway, now we have moved on to the breezeway. Here are some during pics for you to see...

I haven't mentioned that it is colder than a witch's titty out in that room right now. There wasn't jack for insulation, and some of the the ceiling had mold in it. "Great huh?" Now we will be getting into putting new electric in that room on Sunday. Friday Kt and I plan on shopping for some light fixtures and some wall Sconce lighting. We already have the flooring cuz we bought enough for that room when we did the kitchen. A few other left over materials from the kitchen remodel will help us keep the cost down on this project. I will have a bit higher heating bill over the next month though. We need to move fast on getting this thing buttoned up. I think we'll be o.k. though.

I will keep you udated soon. I need to get to the dump, then do recycling, then get my paycheck , then, well you can see the trend for the day. Glad I took the rest of the week off.

See ya

I will be turning to Seagram's 7 in 3,2,1, now!!!

2007-11-21T22:54:00.000-06:00

This has been quite a week, let me tell ya! Of course, I always have the excuse of "work"! Yes, that is right, "work". I have had to try like hell to get out of the dealership on time every night. The thing that sucks about it, is that, pretty much most of the day is all about making phone calls. The evening is what takes the energy out of me. Everyone wants to come in at the same time.

Example: Appt. 4pm (sale)/ appt. 4:45pm(delivery) / appt. 5:45 pm (delivery)/ appt. 6:30pm (sale)/ appt. 7:15 pm (delivery)

That was yesterday's schedule for me. I feel like a friggin' doctor's office sometimes, only I don't get to just come up to you, tell you to open your mouth and say aaahh, check your ears, tell you to breath in deep and exhale a few times, then tell you that you have a chest cold and to take some cough syrup during the day and nyquil at night. Keep in mind that I start work at 8:30am and am supposed to get done at 8pm. What a friggin' long day crammed into 4hours.

Today was somewhat the same but a little more tame. The same boring daytime and then, WHAM! 4:00 hits and everyone wants to come in. Luckily I had a couple of reschedules that moved to Friday. This gave me more time to focus on one customer at a time. I hate making them feel like I just want the sale and don't care what happens the rest of the time they are there and then of course when they leave. I catch myself, well, explaining myself.
Didn't get to leave until 8:55pm tonight. Sold one right before the end of the night. Real nice couple. They were really happy and wanted to make sure that I was o.k. staying late. We all had a place to be afterwards so everyone understood that we would make it short and sweet and get together on another day. Feel good story of the day I guess. Aren't you just getting shivers down your spine?

Anywho...

I am excited for lots of turkey tomorrow. Nummmmmmmmyyyyyyyy!

20lbs. Turkey going in the oven at 11am, serving at 6pm. Turkey and Football. (and family of course)

Yeeeeaaahh!!!

EARMUFFS FOR ALL OF YOU THAT DON'T WANT TO LAUGH!

Cock! Shit! Dumbshit Dooshbag!! Pissss out my ass!!! Excuse me I was just watching a little South Park with Cartman and Stan faking Terret Syndrome.

Thank you for your continued viewing of this blog. I would love to see more hits by new readers. I'm sorry if the vulgarity gets to be too much. I just don't like to hold back. I'm not always like this am I? (Kt)?????????????????????

Goodnight for now, need to rest for tomorrow. Here I come Seagrams 7.

Still busy...

2007-11-20T17:38:00.000-06:00

Yes, this is why I haven't posted as often. I have been busy at work. Things are still hopping along pretty well. Need time to clean the house for turkey day. I would love to take a week off of work, but, the making hay while the sun is shining will have to be what I settle for at this time.

Bowling update: League tournament: Doubles-124-169-201 (poo)
Singles- 188-211-222 (much better)

G got to see the better series. (At least the last game)

Gotta get back to work. Many customers to attend to right now. This was just a break in the action for the busy day I have had.

Seeeeeeya!

Today could've been better...

2007-11-13T18:34:00.000-06:00

I am sitting here at work basically twiddling my thumbs. It went from being crazy busy (as you could see from previous posts) to being completely boring the last few days. Just about making me go nuts here. All day long just making phone calls and emailing people. Finally I got a phone call from one guy in the cities and he is coming tonight. Hopefully I can make a deal with him. He sounds pretty serious and I would have to say that if he is coming down this late at night he probably won't be wasting my time. (It is still possible he could be though) I will keep a positive attitude though and make the best of the situation. Another customer stopped in earlier tonight without an appointment, but, that one will definitely take a little work to get done.
G, I gotta say your post today was both funny and sad. I believe I know this person you spoke of and it is too bad on one part but I don't feel all that sorry either. I wouldn't wish anything bad on anyone though. You must have had some adrenaline rushing when you said that he had pee'd himself.
Anyways, enough for tonight. I don't really have much else to say.

Quick note!!

2007-11-08T13:55:00.000-06:00

Kt and I have to really f**kin' smelly dogs!!!

Day off! I want to be lazy.......

2007-11-08T11:32:00.000-06:00

The reason you have not been graced with a witty post lately is, I have been busy at work. Not complaining here, love the busy times. It almost bothers me a little that I didn't go in today. When you get on a roll in the business, you really need to stay on the roll. The good thing is that, I have been selling cars long enough now to know that you need to take some time away. You need to remember that you have a life outside of the car biz'. So this is what I have done today, I now have been able to take a day off from the grind and relax a little.

Next subject: Sleeping habits

The one problem I am having still, is the daylight savings time change. I don't quite understand though. I've never had this problem in the past. I go to bed at the same time, but wake up earlier than usual every day. Like for instance.... Bed at Midnight, up at 7:15am. ON MY FRIGGIN' DAY OFF. Note to self: Sleep in you jackass!!! So, you tell me. I woke up for work at 6:45am on Monday, 7:05 on Tuesday, and 6:55am on Wednesday. Is this because I'm getting older?

Moving on with things. Woke up this morning, checked the email, and laid around. Had a delicious cup of "Hot Apple Cider" with a little Cinnamon sprinkled on it. Laid around some more waiting for Kt to get out of bed, thinking to myself, "Lord knows she aint getting up anytime soon."

About 9am rolls around and my tummy is growling at me, so I went up and decided to wake Kt up and tell her I'm ordering breakfast and asked her if she wanted anything. I ordered a Denver Omelette with a side order of Bacon and a Ham-n-Cheese Omelette for Kt from Liberty's. It was goooooood! Nothing like having breakfast delivered to your house. I would have made breakfast but we need to go to the grocery store.

Here's the coolest part of the morning: I took about an hour nap! Woohooo!

It is now noon and I must get up and go do something with Kt. I think we are going to go check out this house down the block from us. It is a forclosure and we have been talking about figuring out a way to purchase investment properties. The plan is to buy it, fix it up, rent it, or contract for deed it, and then eventually sell it. It would not be considered "Flipping" the house, you can't do that in MN, it's illegal.

Looking forward to Bowling tonight. Sorry you had to get puky on Monday G. That must have sucked. Did you leave a puke trail or a poop trail on the approach? JK

Oh, G, don't get the NVS, I have been told that there have been many people complaining about it's lack of driving force through the pocket. I would stick to the NV or the Black Widow. Talk to Shag's about it.

Final thought: Packers will lose this week!!!

There you have it G. I'm firing out the smack now!

A.P. RULES!!!

Bye Bye for now.

Can you say "Delicious"?

2007-11-04T15:30:00.001-06:00

There are basically two delicious things I need to talk about here:

#1) Last night J and myself cooked this awesome dinner for the Kt's. It consisted of this: Broiled Alaskan Halibut with Lemon Pepper seasoning and Italian crumbs along with chicken breasts, seasoned the same. Then, we did Baby Red Potatoes baked in Butter and minced Garlic and finely chopped onion, finished off with some fresh Parsley. (MMMMM!) Of course now we need some veggies. (Mediterranean style) Red Pepper, Green Pepper, Onion, Baby Carrotts, Summer Squash, and Zucchini: sauteed in Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
I gotta tell ya, this was an excellent dinner to be had. On top of that, the girls baked a very delicious cake that would be worth a wedding cake purchase.

#2)Adrian Peterson's game today against the Chargers was frickin phenominal. 296 yards rushing, which is a NFL record now. I gottal love my boy. This is exactly what I was looking forward to him being for the team. He is the f***kin stud of the NFL right now. Way to go Vikes 35-17 win.

Gotta go the wife is haunting me to leave.

Busy, Busy, Busy, Holy Shit I'm busy!!!

2007-11-02T18:44:00.000-05:00

Work has been basically consuming me for the past week and a half. I know Kt would say, "When doesn't work consume you?" but this week has been just friggin' busy. Here's a good example. On Wed. there was a point in the day between 3:30pm and 5pm that I had 5 different customers at the dealership at one time. Can I tell you how overwhelming that can be? Holy shit was I busy. In the last week and a half I have sold about 15-17 cars. Wow!!! For my dealership, which not a high volume dealer, that is great. Don't get me wrong, I love being this busy. The one thing that is hard is that Kt does not really have any part of me as far as my mind. I am lost in the head. I think that this "Blog" will help me connect with her mentally being as I cannot for the life of me grab any one thought from my head while I am around her. I pretty much don't feel she needs to here everything that is going on in my head as far as work is going. This is an example of what is probably going through my head.... (I hope they like the Equinox that they are driving over the weekend and want to buy it.) (What should I do about this guy that wants me to get the price down $2,000 more.) (There's no way I am gonna be able to get them that much for their trade) These things are all part of the bazillion thought that rush through my head at astronomical speeds. This is exactly what I mean when I tell her that I don't know what I'm thinking.
"Oh, just give me a beer."
Enough of that, I don't need to bore you too much. (Look G, I spelled it for you) Hahaha!

Bowling update............ 168, 224, 168 (560 series) pretty mediocre.

Gotta go!

Movie Review

2007-10-29T21:07:00.000-05:00

So, like I said, here is the movie review for you all. I went out and bought the movie Transformers. This movie was everything that I had hoped it would be. I can't believe the graphics they put on this one. It was seriously friggin awesome. If only I had the most talked about upgrade to TV and movie watching. (HD) I'll bet you it would have been just like you are part of the picture. My dad got HD and that's all he talks about everytime we watch the Football games on Sunday. Back to the movie. Being that I am a "car buff", I paid close attention to the characters in this movie because they are the cars that I sell. "Bumble Bee" is the first of the characters in the movie and seems to be the focus. Only fitting since he is the 2009 Chevy Camaro concept. I can't wait until this car comes out. Even though I will probably not even be able to sell this car until 2011 or so. See, being that our dealership is a smaller one, we don't get the priority that we need to be able to get these specialty vehicles right away. Maybe we'll get lucky? There are 8 customers of mine that want to order this one as soon as they can. We'll see what happens.
Again, about the review. This movie is a must see movie and I can't wait for them to make another one.

Since I did not post about the game yesterday I will do it now, and I will make it short. Because that is probably the way Childress' tenure will be as head coach (real short). I have seen some progress with the offense. My biggest problem is that they always fall short of doing their job and coming through when they need to the most. We lost, of course you can tell, and I can handle that. I will say this though. Not gonna hold my breath that they can bounce back and make the playoffs or anything but they should be able to make a stab at coming back if they could just make that one extra big play when it counts the most.

Ok, now I can't load the photos I want to for this post. I'm pissed!

Lovely day.....

2007-10-26T22:42:00.000-05:00

Yesterday was a very good day. I took the entire day off from work, spent most of the day with my wife, and got some shit done. So, I started off the morning with a little cleaning up around the house. Nothing major really, just some of the very much needed vacuumning of the dog hair throughout the house. Kt and I could do this about twice a day to keep up with the shed monsters. We kind of live with the dog hair though. After that, Kt went to lunch with her mom and I went down to the boat. Yes, my lovely boat. This is the last week I could get away with having it at the marina. So, unfortunately, it was time to call it quits for the year as far as boating is concerned. Isn't that boat a beauty? I think so. Kt and I, because it was close to 60 degrees out, decided to go for a boat ride. A little cool it was, but not bad. I thought it was fun. We took some pictures of the river valley's beautiful, changing fall colors.After we got back from boating, I had to load up the boat and take it to the storage place. A little sad is what I was. Now Kt will have to put up with me all winter saying "Honey, can we go for a boat ride?" Mind you I'm saying this in about January. So, anyway, the boat is put away for the winter and we headed back to town and walked around downtown for a little while.

Now, in my previous post, I spoke of refinishing my bowling ball. This decision turned out to be a very favorable idea. I paid $30 to get this done, and I bowled tons better. It took me a little while to get the right line down, but when I did, it was hello Mr. Strike Ball. I started off the first game with a 175. The second game was a 180. And finally, the third game was a whopping 247. Combined games tallying myself a 602 series. Now this is where I should be and am used to being as far as scores. Also the new bowling shoes had a little to do with the successful night. Yeah baby..... I like that 247!!! What do you think G? Nice huh? The really neat thing about getting the ball refinished is that, I found myself having to throw the ball with less effort. This helped tremendously for the simple fact that, before the refinish, I was cranking on the ball to get it to do what I needed. Last night was like when I first bought the ball. All I had to do is throw to a spot on the alley, and let the ball do the work. Boy does my arm and wrist thank me for this.

Anyway, I need to cap off the night. It's time for bed. Next post will be a movie review of what I watched tonight.

Have a great night!!!

Stupid people shouldn't breed...........

2007-10-24T12:15:00.000-05:00

This is very true, not only in my profession, but also in the real world. My morning DID NOT start off good at all. One person that I have sold numerous cars to, and whom does not take care of any of them, called in bitching and yelling at me because his truck is falling apart. Well, BUDDY, maybe you shouldn't let other people borrow your vehicles all of the time. And maybe you shouldn't drive them like they are unbreakable. And maybe you shouldn't be blaming this on the manufacturer and take responsibility for you own property! IDIOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Believe me, if you knew this person, which one of you know who he is, (KT) you would totally be on my side and not think that I don't believe in customer service. I take very good care of my customers, and have gone out of my way to take care of this one over the past 5years. It's just too bad that he doesn't grow up and stop living in his fantasy world.
Next person! This started out as an internet lead. He has a specific vehicle that he wants, as far as equipment build. So, I look to see if there is one physically available or if I have to tell him to order it from the factory. Anyway, I find one that would be available for him and give him the price (cuz that's what everyone wants is price, price, price!). Then he tells me that the M.S.R.P. is higher than what he built on the internet. Excuse me sir! You mean to tell me that you have already built the vehicle on the internet and come up with the M.S.R.P. and you are calling me to find out what I can get you for a price? F***K YOU PRICK!!! I'm sorry, but, these people think they know it all, but don't. If they did, they wouldn't have to be calling around to dealerships. Not to mention, that the website that they build these vehicles on, does not tell them that they have to order a certain package in order to get the specific option that they want. You think I'm out to get you and I don't know what I'm talking about fool? I'm the professional here and I do this every day. Can you tell I am very frustrated right now? I can tell you this. These are the thoughts of a very professional and caring car salesman, and I do not let these words actually come out of my mouth when I talk to thesetypes of people.
So there is the source of the problem that produce the title of this post to be "Stupid People shouldn't breed!"

Thanks for reading, and, the day will only get better from here on out.
Kt is bringing me Gyro's for lunch.

Bye for now.

Aaaaah! Monday Night TV......

2007-10-22T21:52:00.001-05:00

This is the night where I like to watch my TV shows. I don't know why, but it seems like NBC just knows that Monday nights are really the only night during the week that I get to watch the Prime Time TV shows, and they lined them all up on Monday night. 7pm starts out with this new show called "Chuck" comedic, computer geek meets super hot secret agent chick. He gets an email from an old college buddy and that ends up imbedding itself in his brain, and now he's a frickin' walking computer database. Pretty cool show. 8pm is my most important show, "Heroes". This show is kick ass. All about super powers in regular people. You just need to watch it. There is way too much to explain so I would suggest if you haven't seen it yet,,,,,,,,,,, you'd better go to NBC.com and check it out. You can actually watch the show online. 9pm brings another new show for this year, "Journeyman". I also very much like this show. It is very much like the show that used to be on all the time "Quantum Leap" only this one is more unique. Tonight was kind of a turning point for the main character. He and his son are downtown in the crowd and all of the sudden he gets a headache (this is the symptom he gets when he is about to time travel) and he disappears. Woosh! Just vanishes out of thin air. The cool part about it, is the fact that he always travels at the worst time. So, anyway, the turning point is that his boy is now alone in crowd and mother and uncle can't find him. He wants to tell his boy what is going on, but, he thinks he is too young and won't understand, yet his wife thinks that being 7 years old may help him understand easier. The best part happens when he is on his way to talk to his son in his room and "bam" headache hits, he starts yelling for his wife and grabbing things to take with him, and "woosh" , (blue light) he's gone and his kid is just standing there. (I guess he knows now).

So, that's my Monday night TV relaxation. Then, of course, a little Monday Night Football to cap the night off.

As far as work today........ Yucky! Absolutely nothing happened and I couldn't make anything happen. Hopefully tomorrow turns to be more productive. O.k. now my wife insists on trying to give me crap because I am still typing on this blog. Kiss my ass! You suggested it, I'm doing it, be happy and shooossshh!

Let me tell you about my black lab, Raven. She stinks real bad right now. I think she was outside eating her own shit or something. Her breath smells nasty.

And now on to Fantasy Football. I major F***ked up this week in my Reunion League (This a league of 10 guys that I went to school with, 6 of them are part of the Brotherhood) ((you'll here about the brotherhood in future posts)) this week. Started the wrong players and got my ass schooled. My record in this league is now 3-4. I will start doing better after my starting running backs get healthy. In my other league, "Andy's" I will now end up the week with a 4-3 record. Thanks to Randy Moss, Adrian Peterson, Jason Whitten, and Maurice Jones-Drew. These guys are my dogs this year, and they are all finally starting to gel at the same time. I think I have a real good chance of making it deep into the playoffs this year with the guys that I have. Unbelievable, I have Steven Jackson (my first pick in the draft) on injured reserve. Wow! I think that will be enough for tonight. Oh, by the way, I got my bowling ball refinished and bought new bowling shoes G. I will let you know if that improves me this week. The track is removed from the ball and I think this will have a big part in the pin action this week.

Goodnight!

Flippin' Head Coach has his head up his ass!!!!!!!!!

2007-10-21T19:30:00.000-05:00

I just have to use that headline for my post. It's the damn truth. Someone needs to make the decision to stop letting Childress make the play calls. He is so lost in himself. What the hell is he doing changing the gameplan when it was starting to gel? I can't believe that one week the play calls come in and they are very well timed and then the next week, we start out using the right plays on the first drive and then all of the sudden we get off of the scheme that has been working. Your star running back, whom you have been saying is still the #2 back in your lineup, touches the ball for 12 carries? What the f***k??? This is just killing me. Your defense scores you a touchdown, and A.P. scores, and that's all you can do? We have no passing game whatsoever. Mainly because that fat ass Bryant Mckinnie can't pass block and the bumbling idiot Ryan Cook can't seem to get his head out of his ass. You would think that all the money the coaches and players are getting paid, they would make the corrections immediately during the game and put up a legitimate fight. Not to mention that the tight end is not even existing in our offensive scheme. The tight end is a huge factor in opening up your wideouts. Duh!!! It's just getting really frustrating watching the same old conservative play calling. I'm thinking we should just have the Gophers play for us. At least they aren't on the big payroll to "F" things up. It's too bad Childress isn't getting a clue after the last year and a half. It's also too bad that Mike Tomlin had to leave for Pittsburgh, he would have been a better fit at the Head Coach position for us. Well, enough of this whining from me about something that I really have no control over. I'll leave you with this hilarious pic I googled. It Rocks!!!!

Does this give you any idea how I feel about our coach right now?

The day after.....

2007-10-21T12:05:00.000-05:00

Told you I would post about the wedding. We had a great time. It was in a huge tent down by the marina. Beautiful setup. I started in with the night going straight to the Crown&7's. And boy did I have plenty. The great thing about the wedding is that, normally I am not very comfortable at weddings. Don't ask me why. I just, for some reason, get a little stuffy and closed off. Anyway, I think alot of it has to do with the fact that this particular group of people that are involved, are people I feel I can be myself around, and basically let loose if I want. Kt likes to see this. She couldn't believe that I was dancing as much as I was. I think the reason for the dancing was the fact that if in fact I was making an ass out of myself, I definitely was NOT alone. After the wedding we proceeded to the Casino for some fun and games. I gotta tell you. Normally, I am totally against gambling. Not because I don't think it's right but because blackjack, for me, use to be an evil addiction. Young and dumb is what they say, and that is what I was. Now, I only go to the casino for the buffet. But on the last two occasions we got a room for the night for these weddings. And a little late night blackjack is what I did. I gotta say, I was very much in control of myself both times. The first time I played for about 15 min. and last night (actually this morning) I played for about 40 min. Walked away a winner. Tipped the dealer $5.00 and they both have looked at me like "You have been winning on most of your hands, and your walking away now?" I know, most would stay and play, as my friends did. I, on the other hand, said "I gotta go check on my wife." One girl at the table said, "Oh, your so sweet." That pretty much closed out the night for us. By the way, my lovely wife won $60 and I walked away $65 richer. Pretty much payed for our booze for the night.

O.k., time to watch some football with the dad.

After a long day.....

2007-10-19T20:01:00.000-05:00

What a day it was. As you can see from this morning's post, the day probably didn't pan out to be productive. Just when I thought the day would end up that way, I put a deal together with a very good repeat customer. He bought the new Buick Enclave. This is one very popular crossover vehicle right now in the car biz. So popular that we received two of them within the last 2 weeks and we sold them both today. Very limited availability. I am really excited about this, for the simple fact that, it is getting harder and harder to retain customer loyalty in this business. This particular customer was not even a client of mine personally, but of the dealership. Anyhow, it just goes to show that my belief in maintaining a little conversation with someone each time you see them and paying attention to every customer that comes through the door will eventually pay off huge. I know, kinda sounds like I'm patting myself on the back here. Actually, I am. This business is getting tougher and tougher to survive in. Not everyone really truly understands what it is like. Car saleman have the stereotype that we are the sleezy scum of the earth, and that we are utterly ruthless. Reality is that those guys don't actually survive in the business. In a small town like mine, everyone knows you, and everyone talks. It's like this: "You'll always here about the bad experiences, but, you'll only here about the good experiences every once in a while." This is very true, especially in a small town. I remember my first attempt to buy a car back when I was 18. It isn't as hard as people make it out to be, as long as the salesperson you have is actually doing their job. In my case, I had a guy who was patient with me and worked for 6 months to find me the exact car that I wanted that was affordable. He is now one of my managers. If this post doesn't interest you because it is too sappy, too bad! I assure you that there will be some comedy in the future. There are alot of qwack-jobs that come walking through the door also.

Anyhow, the wife is gone for the night and probably thinks I am out downing some 12 ouncers at the local watering hole, but I'm not. With the crud faintly lingering in my system, and the quietness of the home, I decided to vegitate on my couch with the boobtube on. Catching up on a little R&R. Oh so nice!!

Speaking of the 12 ouncers, I think I'll go grab me one of those bad boys out of the fridge. Aahh!!!!!!!!!

Cold Beer. It's mighty refreshing.

Tomorrow night Kt and I have to go to a wedding. This is a friend of ours that is on the local P.D. There will be a hoot of a time to be had. (I'm sure you can imagine) I will post on Sunday more about that adventure.

And now for "The Next Great American Band" my first time watching it. I think it may be the first time on TV. Pretty interesting. Lots of diversity as far as genre's and such. Think I may get a little bored of it though. It's good that the show is full of bands and not individuals. I think the title is quite generic though. We'll see how long it airs for. Idol must be getting old to the viewing public.

Being that I am talking about a reality show, I think it is getting a little out of control. Out of all things, the local newspaper had an article/comic about bringing back the cheesy shows of the 80's. I can't remember the name's of the shows, but I do remember seeing them. I think it was more of a joke than serious. Anyway, I do agree with the fact that there are too many reality shows. There are only a few that I like. One of them being "Rob and Big". I find this show to be hilarious, and if I didn't have my two "Alien" dogs, I would have a bulldog named "Meaty".

I think I'll put a stop to all this jabber. It's just nice to sit and type what my thoughts are. Kt was right. I can actually feel the stress from the day being lifted through this simple little thing called a "BLOG". HOLY CRAP!

Thanks Honey!

'Til next time.

Rain, Rain, Go Away!

2007-10-19T09:54:00.000-05:00

Here is another rainy day in the midwest. This must be like the 31st day in the last 30 days we have had rain. Not to mention it is now getting colder out. Fall is a very beautiful season around here, but not with the flippin cold and rain. Oh, did I mention I sell cars for a living? Another reason to complain about the weather. Can't really get too many people in to buy cars in this crap. Thank god for the internet. I at least can try to sell a few cars over the internet. Yes, that's right, we do sell cars right over the world wide web. I'm working on selling one to a guy in Canada right now. Something about those canucks, kinda wierd. (Aay!) Anyways, days like this can turn out to be a very, very, long day if you can't find things to keep yourself busy. (Hence the posting, from work) I got real bored right away this morning and decided I would share a few photo's of the workplace on a crappy day. So, for now, I will leave you with those bright and sunny photos until I post later.

Who knows? It could be sooner than you think! See ya later!

I sucked!

2007-10-18T21:52:00.000-05:00

Well, bowling did not go as I had hoped. The last few weeks I have been having problems with my thumb being too small for the ball I have. Can't quite figure that one out being that I have had the ball since March. It is really pissing me off. So, my scores have been terrible. I managed a 168, a 154, and a 173 tonight. This is the worst I have bowled this year. I can come up with a few more excuses but I won't. My plan now is to have the ball resurfaced to get back it's original finish. Hopefully this will have an impact on the way the ball reacts to the lanes. There really is alot involved in bowling. Alot more than most would think. You have to pay attention to the oil conditions (ie... heavy, medium, or light oil) and also the pattern of the oil. Some nights finding the perfect line to throw on is a real bugger. I would have to say that this year has been a struggle also because of the fact that it has been unusually humid and warm this late in the season. We are a month and a half into the season and it hasn't really cooled down enough. Yep, that's right, even the temperature plays a part in bowling if you can believe that. Now, my whole thing with the thumb slipping out is still a mystery to me, so I broke down and bought some tape to put in the thumb hole and that helped fill the void I needed to at least not worry about dropping the ball and dunking it into the gutter continuously. It's a real embarrassing thing to throw gutter balls. Man, I really gotta quit thinking too much about what I'm doing out there. I thought that being all stuffy tonight would have helped, but it didn't. It actually made things worse. Simply because I felt very weak and that probably has been playing a big part in the whole dropping the ball too early and not having the control I am so used to having.

Enough about bowling. Here is a new topic. I have been trying to force myself to start working out and get a good workout plan intact. I believe that I could use some very good suggestions as to what kind of plan I should start with. G, any suggestions? I got the shoes to do it. You know, running/jogging. HELP MOTIVATE ME! I'll bet my alien dogs would appreciate a good workout too.

I'll leave you all with a picture of the "Alien Dogs" as a closing for tonight. More to come soon.

Damn you Crud!!!!

2007-10-18T11:47:00.000-05:00

Well, I guess the boat isn't going to move itself onto that trailer and drop itself off to storage. Well, neither am I. This Crud is not helping matters one bit. I am just trying to take a nap before I go into work, but that isn't working either. I am looking forward to bowling tonight. Hopefully I will bowl good. Usually when I am sick, I bowl good. I think it's because I don't think, I just bowl. It's good to see the sun is out, for now. I think I will try for that nap now.
Bye!

My first post!

2007-10-18T09:54:00.000-05:00

I can't believe I decided to start posting. I figure that this could be a good stress reliever. "Plus, everyone else is doing it". Well, today is that day that I decided to get the boat out of the water and bring it down to put it in storage. I really dred doing this. Not because it is a tough thing to do physically, but, mentally I hate it because this means that Winter is right around the corner. So not looking forward to that. Also the expense seems to build up over the course of the winter because all the little things that are wrong or could go wrong seem to be found and the total keeps rising. Well enough about that. My BIL talks about his weekly bowling adventures so I think I will talk about mine. I bowl on Thursdays, he bowls on Mondays. I know why he speaks so highly of the "Total NV ball" I have it. I bought it the day before we went to the State Tournament last year, and the first game I bowled down there with it was a 279. Not bad at all. I bowled another 279 that weekend with it and also a 701 series. That is the best I have ever bowled in my life. So yeah, it's a great ball. I hope G gets it for himself. I have thought about purchasing another to have when this one wears out. Yes, these bowling balls do wear out. G also is speaking of feeling like poo. I too, feel like poo! Thanks E! This started last Thursday when my K, we'll start calling her Kt now, brought E home for a little bit. Both of them passed this crud on to me. I thought I kicked it, but was not successful. So, last night I thought I would go out for a few hours and drink it off. Didn't work. I feel worse. Plus, I have to go into work today for a delivery. That's what we call a customer picking up their new vehicle and taking "delivery" in the car business. Lord help me, I am now sweating this crud and not feeling like doing anything. Well, I have to do this boat thing before it doesn't get done and I have do it in a rush after I go into work. Not fun to have to rush myself before bowling. Something else that is going to be a chore tonight. I really feel like crap. Thanks E and Kt.!!!!!! Next time I will post much better news. When the crud is gone. The above posted pic is my lovely Kt's 07 Chevy Impala SS.