I hope your day is as happy as the day you got the Guns of Navarone!
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Monday, September 13, 2010
Wow its September 13th Over two weeks since my last blog entry.
School started, Labor day came and went, so did the hot weather. Football is in full swing. Baseball comes to and end, pumpkin beer and Oktoberfest are showing up. Apple orchards and pumpkin farms. Not too hot, can get chilly but warms up with a little sun. Yep fall is right around the corner. Gotta be my favorite season.
School started, Labor day came and went, so did the hot weather. Football is in full swing. Baseball comes to and end, pumpkin beer and Oktoberfest are showing up. Apple orchards and pumpkin farms. Not too hot, can get chilly but warms up with a little sun. Yep fall is right around the corner. Gotta be my favorite season.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Last gasp for summer. We take the kids to the Dells for some school shopping and swimming.
Tanger outlet mall on Wednesday. We really got some great deals. The mall has coupons and most of the stores have specials - so you can double them up and save a lot.
Moose Jaw pizzeria for some good food. They already had their pumpkin beer brewed. Not really ready for that yet, but I had some. Too much ginger. Although it does get me thinking about fall and some lake front pumpkin.
Next day we moved from the Hilton to the Great Wolf Lodge. It was like we had the resort to our self. Line for a slide, no sir. I was getting winded from going up all stairs. We hit every slide multiple times. We even got Tracy to go on the Tornado! That was fun....its not to scary. Well she was still shaking for 5 minutes after she got off.
Had some Marley's Caribbean for dinner and then finished on Friday morning at Paul Bunyan's of course.
Tanger outlet mall on Wednesday. We really got some great deals. The mall has coupons and most of the stores have specials - so you can double them up and save a lot.
Moose Jaw pizzeria for some good food. They already had their pumpkin beer brewed. Not really ready for that yet, but I had some. Too much ginger. Although it does get me thinking about fall and some lake front pumpkin.
Next day we moved from the Hilton to the Great Wolf Lodge. It was like we had the resort to our self. Line for a slide, no sir. I was getting winded from going up all stairs. We hit every slide multiple times. We even got Tracy to go on the Tornado! That was fun....its not to scary. Well she was still shaking for 5 minutes after she got off.
Had some Marley's Caribbean for dinner and then finished on Friday morning at Paul Bunyan's of course.
So we get past the dryer breaking.
It's Tuesday and we will be gone the next few days at the dells. I ask Joel to mow the lawn.
about 45 minutes later Joel comes in. "Dad, the tractor is smoking". really?
I go take a look, it's not only smoking. It's on fire!
Ok the tractor is not on fire, but the grass on the deck is. The mower arbor bearings went oout and god knows how long he drove it because it was wrecked. Wrecked so bad it was melted and started a fire.
So after the dryer - its time to drop $100.00 on mower parts. Got that fixed and back in business. Really getting worried that something else is gonna break. Probably while we are away. Like a water heater or something really messy.
It's Tuesday and we will be gone the next few days at the dells. I ask Joel to mow the lawn.
about 45 minutes later Joel comes in. "Dad, the tractor is smoking". really?
I go take a look, it's not only smoking. It's on fire!
Ok the tractor is not on fire, but the grass on the deck is. The mower arbor bearings went oout and god knows how long he drove it because it was wrecked. Wrecked so bad it was melted and started a fire.
So after the dryer - its time to drop $100.00 on mower parts. Got that fixed and back in business. Really getting worried that something else is gonna break. Probably while we are away. Like a water heater or something really messy.
Saturday morning. Time to put some finishing touches on the monster cabinet in my garage.
Wait whats that - the dryer is really squealing. bad. Ok, after we work on this cabinet I will take a look.
It's probably just the idler or a roller. Pull the dryer apart. It's not a $15.00 wheel. It's the $150.00 Motor.
And its Saturday and it's 4:00. No appliance stores open anymore.
11:00 Sunday morning I am at the appliance parts place here in West Bend. The motor is discontinued. But they have one in stock! So by 12:30 we are back up and drying clothes!
Wait whats that - the dryer is really squealing. bad. Ok, after we work on this cabinet I will take a look.
It's probably just the idler or a roller. Pull the dryer apart. It's not a $15.00 wheel. It's the $150.00 Motor.
11:00 Sunday morning I am at the appliance parts place here in West Bend. The motor is discontinued. But they have one in stock! So by 12:30 we are back up and drying clothes!
You know my travel luck is not that great. So when my meeting ended early on Friday, I called the airline to see about a change in flight plans to get home earlier. What do you know? I have a different flights I can take and get home almost 4 hours earlier. Sure it will cost the company $50.00 to make the change. Call it employee "well-ness"
I get to the C-Bus airport. The plane that's supposed to get me to Detroit is running late, and later and later. Not good. Anyone who flys NWA, er Delta knows that Detroit is awful for making connections. Of course the 5:25 flight to Milwakee left without me. Next flight? 7:50. Ok - get a sandwich and wait it out. But wait. The 7:50 plane is also running behind. Almost an hour after scheduled take off do we actually take off.
On the way, we get turned back to Detroit because of the storms in Wisconsin. Circle lake Michigan for a while. Well so I am in at 10:15. Only 1 hour 45 minutes later than my orginal flight before I made changes.
I get to the C-Bus airport. The plane that's supposed to get me to Detroit is running late, and later and later. Not good. Anyone who flys NWA, er Delta knows that Detroit is awful for making connections. Of course the 5:25 flight to Milwakee left without me. Next flight? 7:50. Ok - get a sandwich and wait it out. But wait. The 7:50 plane is also running behind. Almost an hour after scheduled take off do we actually take off.
On the way, we get turned back to Detroit because of the storms in Wisconsin. Circle lake Michigan for a while. Well so I am in at 10:15. Only 1 hour 45 minutes later than my orginal flight before I made changes.
Buckeye State
Let see over a week ago I was at doing the Ohio trifecta. Three of my customers are in Ohio. Cincinnati and Columbus.
Disappointing meal in Cincinnati. Cadillac Ranch. It was so bad it made me go online, sign up for a yelp account and then rate it poorly. Blackened chicken with no black and no spice. Cherry cobbler with old icy - ice cream and uncooked crust.
However the next day I was not to be denied. After a 2 hour drive from Cincy to Columbus, I was ready to eat. A little research goes a long way. Sure it was a 20 minute drive from the hotel I was staying at but I needed redemption from a lousy dinner the previous night.
Enter the Thurman Cafe. Came up on Yelp as a great burger place. I only found out that it was on the Travel Channels Man vs Food show after I got there.
Menu Here. I had the Johnnie Burger. With the shot of tequila.
In case you have to ask - yea, I ate everything.
Disappointing meal in Cincinnati. Cadillac Ranch. It was so bad it made me go online, sign up for a yelp account and then rate it poorly. Blackened chicken with no black and no spice. Cherry cobbler with old icy - ice cream and uncooked crust.
However the next day I was not to be denied. After a 2 hour drive from Cincy to Columbus, I was ready to eat. A little research goes a long way. Sure it was a 20 minute drive from the hotel I was staying at but I needed redemption from a lousy dinner the previous night.
Enter the Thurman Cafe. Came up on Yelp as a great burger place. I only found out that it was on the Travel Channels Man vs Food show after I got there.
Menu Here. I had the Johnnie Burger. With the shot of tequila.
Hard to see the size of this thing here. But look at the shot glass or beer glass for scale.
If you just go to this link you get a better idea of the size of these monsters.
In case you have to ask - yea, I ate everything.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010
Congratulations Joel
Joel had his braces removed today. A little over 3 years has gone by and now his teeth look great. She had a good laugh because we looked at the before imprints he had that looked like a shark.
Also quick healing to my brother Jim after getting his wrist scoped today.
Also quick healing to my brother Jim after getting his wrist scoped today.
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