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Monday, November 10, 2008

Christmas List

Christmas list in no particular order.

Hope Pro 2 Disc Rear Hub Black, 32h, QR
Hope Pro 2 Disc Front Hub Black, 32h, QR
Park PCS-10 Home Mech Repair Stand
Snow Peak"Can Puncher"
Snow Peak Lid for Titanium Double Wall Cup 450 (MGC-053)
Polk Audio - 10" 100W Powered Subwoofer
Twin Six Greaser Jersey XL
Park Tool PW-3 Pedal Wrench
Niterider Minewt Mini USB Light System
120GB iPod
Viper security system with remote start
Case of (6) 1 Liter Dimpled Glass Beer Stein
Plush Oktoberfest Chicken Hat
Men's Beer Me T-Shirt Large
Men's Cycling is Dope T-Shirt Large
Men's Fo Sho T-Shirt Large
Son of Hibachi grill combo kit option 2
Men's Gas Mask Bird T-Shirt Large
Kuhl Hi-Lo Cord Pants - Men's 32'' Inseam Kaki 36" waist
Black Diamond Apollo Lantern
REI Nalgene Everyday Wide-Mouth Loop-Top Bottle - 32 oz. Color, don't care. Could use a couple of these.
Frabill 1404 Min-O2-Life Personal Bait Station

Monday, December 31, 2007

Aimee & I had Christmas for her side of the family this past weekend. Thankfully they live only 15 minutes away. It has become a family tradition to stay over night at Aimee's parents house when we celebrate Christmas. We all had a shot of Amber Macallan single malt scotch whisky to start off the night. This Amber liqueur is fantastic! Made with natural maple & pecan flavoring, it coats your throat with alcohol goodness. After we enjoyed a delicious meal.

Guitar hero madness occurred after Jason got Rock The 80's. These damn Guitar Hero games are more addicting than crack. We beat the medium level that night. I wish the game would have more songs for you to choose from. I guess Activision has to make their money somehow with all of the Guitar Hero sequels.

Laynie vs. Zoey Round 1: Zoey is a happy little pug for the first 10 minutes when she meets new people. After that she is as lazy as can be. Problem is Zoey gets a little jumpy and licky which freaks Laynie out. It was pretty funny listening to Laynie asking for Zoey all night but once Zoey gets in the same room Laynie freaks out. We would hold Zoey on our laps but Laynie had her eye on Zoey all night making sure she wasn't close. We did however make some progress as Laynie would give Zoey her toys and one time Laynie walked up to Zoey and touched her paw. Someday these two will be able to live happily ever after.

Thanks again to the Nordmeyer's for a fantastic time! It was great spending time with everyone!

Here are some pictures.

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Chicagoland Christmas

Aimee and I are back in the great state of Minnesota after visiting my family in Chicago. The weather in Chicago was a warm 45 degrees when we arrived. All of the snow had melted and then it was raining. It did the same thing when we went to Chicago for x-mas 2 years ago. On x-mas there were some flurries so it was kind of a white x-mas. We arrived Friday night which gave us all day Saturday, Sunday & Monday with the family. We had to leave Christmas day because Aimee had to work on Wednesday. BTW do not ever travel on Christmas day. 3 words: Gas Station Sandwiches. Aimee & I hung out with the kids and did some last minute shopping on Saturday. Sunday was football day. We watched the Bears beat the Packers and then later that night the Vikings lose to the Redskins.

The big gift of the weekend for the kids (nieces & nephew) was the Nintendo Wii. Once that gift was opened you couldn't pry ME away from the TV screen. Of course not even 15 minutes into a game of bowling my niece Lexi throws the remote across the room hitting the TV. Classic. She had the remote strap around her wrist but that doesn't do much good if you don't tighten it. The kids were more excited about their American Dolls than the Wii. I told them if they didn't want it that I would be more than happy to take it off of their hands.

We got a nice surprise from old man winter on our way back just past Rochester. Last night I measured 5 inches of snow and another inch today.

Here are a few pictures from the weekend.

Monday, December 10, 2007

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

Monday, December 03, 2007

Productive Weekend

Since I worked Thanksgiving weekend I decided to take Friday through Monday (today) off. One of my main projects was tiling the laundry room. I started on Friday by taking the washer and dryer out into the garage. Next was ripping up the old linoleum which I was afraid was going to be glued down like the front entry way was. To my surprise they didn't use much glue and the linoleum came right up. Second order of business, raise the floor. Some people like to raise the roof but I prefer the floor. There was a height difference between the wood floor and the concrete. If I were to lay the tile to the concrete I would have to use a lot of thin-set mortar. Instead what you do is get some self leveling mortar, mix it up and lay it over the concrete. Let the mortar dry for 24 hours and shazam, you have just raised the floor. The tiling itself wasn't too hard, just hard on your knees and time consuming. I laid the last title yesterday afternoon so I can grout the title today. I'm hoping to get the laundry room back together by tomorrow night. While I was titling Aimee was painting the dining room. Its the same color that was in there before but maybe a shade darker. We just wanted to get it a fresh coat of paint. I'll post up some pictures once I am finished

We also picked up a Christmas tree at the local Boyscout troop lot. I think we bought a Fraser Fir. I'm not the greatest at tree identification. Either way I don't think the Boyscout troop will be seeing us next year. They are a little high on the price scale. We really don't have a good place for a Christmas tree in our house. We ended up putting it next to the TV. Aimee got it all decorated and ready for the holiday season. Here are a few pictures.