ANNIVERSARY

HAPPY 4th ANNIVERSARY SWEETIE!!

What I Am Listening To

The Rentals - Return of the Rentals

Tile Complete

I am happy to announce that the front entry way tile is now complete. Thank god I went to that class at the Tile Shop otherwise this could have been a disaster. I'm very happy with the way it turned out and can't wait until we have an open house party.

I had to rip up the old vinyl. I think this was one of the worst parts because they used so much glue. I just sat there chipping away at it for a couple hours.

This was after I put down the self leveling mortar. As you can see a little miss Libby kitty decided to leave some tracks behind.

This picture is just after removing the tile spacers so no grout yet.

All grouted, dry and sealed. Last thing to do is clean the tile and put the base boards back on.

-MikeyB

Paintball Is Now...Over

We got the word that the lots next to Andy's land have been sold which in turn means no more paintball. 3 of the lots we used as the paintball field and the other lot was used for camping. There really isn't much you can do one 1 lot of land other than camping so paintball is no more up at Andyland. Hopefully we can find a new place to play some woodsball come fall. I was really looking forward to this weekends trip, not really for the paintball aspect of it but just to hang out with friends, have some laughs and a few dozen beers.

A few paintball memories.

More pictures here.

-MikeyB

Fishing Opener

What a beautiful weekend! Last year 40 degrees with rain and this year 80 degrees with plenty of sun. I only caught a couple walleyes and a perch but the weather made up for the bad fishing. Of course not everything could be perfect as the DNR boated up to tell us on Friday that there is now a ban on camp fires due to the dry weather. It was odd sitting around a fire pit with black logs and made it interesting cooking dinner which did require a camp fire. Oh well, it was still a lot of fun and can't wait until next year. Here are some pictures.

-MikeyB

Fish On!

Fishing opener is coming up this weekend and I'm getting excited. It will be the first camping trip of the year. We camp in the Chippewa National Forest next to Cut Foot Sioux Lake. The fun begins Thursday morning and so far (knock on wood) the weather is looking pretty good. Last year, weather was not so good. I do not want a repeat of 40 degrees and rain. I even remember some snow flakes falling last year. This year I will be bringing up "Suck My Wake", that's my boat (Forrest Gump voice), so we will see how the 14 foot fiberglass wonder does. I picked up my fishing licence and have my fishing poles all rigged up at rearin' to go. It might be a good idea to check and make sure the boat starts before we head out. I'll have to charge up the marine battery that has been in a winter slumber tonight. Maybe this year we will catch something other than a cold.

-MikeyB

Rainy Cinco de Mayo

James is having some people over tonight for Cinco de Mayo and I decided to make some guacamole using this ChipotleFan recipe. I made it yesterday and it tasted nasty. It had WAY to much garlic and was WAY to hot. Chipotle's guac tastes nothing like this recipe. While researching the web I came across another recipe that claims to be that of Chipotle. The new recipe called for 24 avocados which would make an overload of guac. I was able to trim it down to 4 avocados. This recipe tasted the closest to Chipotle's guac. I just need to stop by Chipotle and pick up a few bags of chips to finish everything off.

-MikeyB

IMDB - Bringing Up Baby (1938)

Bringing Up Baby (1938) - Katharine Hepburn & Cary Grant star in this classic movie. It's very obvious that creators of the 1987 movie Who's That Girl? took much of their script from Bringing Up Baby. Leopard, check. Man about to get married, check. Woman is a little crazy and takes man on wild goose chase, check. Since the past few old movies have brought on the suck, I thought before hand this movie would continue this trend, I was wrong. I really enjoyed this movie and glad I got a chance to watch it.

8 out of 10 stars.

-MikeyB

I Shall Rejoice (drink)!

I have just put my final payment on the Jeep in the mailbox! YAY! After 60 months it is finally all mine! ALL MINE I SAY! It's a good thing too because now I need a new radiator, belt, front brakes, rear brakes, rear calipers, steering system and I have to fix a rust spot. I have to get her all fixed up before Moab in September.

This is what she looked like the day I brought her home.

She looks a little different these days.

What I Am Listening To

Hepcat - Right On Time

It's been a nice few days so I broke out some of the relaxing Ska music to listen to.