The New Boat...

...Coming to a lake near you.

I went over to the Postal Credit Union this morning to get myself a small loan for the boat. While going through some of the data I found out my last loan for my Jeep was under my Dads SSN. Oh shit. Yeah, so my Dad got all of the good credit scores for my loan. This should be a fun one to hash out with the bank. Then the bank said I had a $90 at&t unpaid charge. That's odd since I have never had at&t for any kind of provider of anything. I went to http://www.annualcreditreport.com/ to look at my yearly free credit report and it didn't show up so I'll have to talk to them about that. Either way I was approved and I just need to get the paper work on the boat FedEx'd to me from my grandfather and we are in business. I should be picking up the boat at the end of the month when Aimee & I head up to Oshkosh, WI for the weekend before 4th of July.

Some details on the boat.
1999 Lund Explorer SS model 1650, 16 foot deep V.
1998 60hp Mercury motor. Comes with 4 or 5 seats, Minn Kota trolling motor, fish locator, live well...all the goodies.

Here's a picture of what it should look like.

Happy Birthday Zoey!

The Big 1 Year Old!

Boat For Sale

Yes, Suck My Wake is for sale - $2200.00

1982 Tuffy 14'8" Fiberglass Roustabout Bass Boat with a 1995 25hp Evinrude motor tiller, electric start & trailer. 2 fish finders (front/rear), small live well, storage up front under the deck and some external rod storage holders on the side. Has an Evinrude trolling motor with foot control but it only works on speed high. Has a snap on cover, the boat originally had a 15hp motor so now with the 25hp the cover will not fit over the motor but will fit on the rest of the boat. I just restored this boat 3 years ago with a new floor, carpet & control panel. As of last year it has a new battery and 3 new seats (1 fixed, 2 movable). Great little boat for fishing lakes around the twin cities.

If interested please e-mail me.

Random Picture

The Zoey Monster. Check out that tooth.

-MikeyB

What I Have Been Drinking

Lakefront Cherry Lager - An American style fruit beer made with Wisconsin's Door County cooking cherries and lager yeast. The tartness of the cherry is balanced witht the sweetness from the 2-row barley and the flavoring of Mt. Hood hops.

This lager has a different taste to it. I can taste a little of the sweetness but not much cherry. Tastes like Lake Michigan. I do not think I will be purchasing this brew again.

-MikeyB

What I Am Listening To

The White Stripes - Live From The Joint Las Vegas, Nevada 9-23-03

29 breath taking live tracks from the White Stripes viva Las Vegas. I've been pretty addicted to the White Stripes as of late. They have a new album called Icky Thump being released June 19th and they are going to be touring this summer into the fall. Aimee & I will have to travel to Chicagoland to see them Oct 6th at the Aragon Ballroom. I'm not sure what it is with my attraction to this band but their music is so raw, you can feel the emotions with every lyric and every cord played. Simply two people making some of the most complex music out there right now. From their sound you would think there was a symphony behind them.

Weber Grilling Recipe

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Grilling Time: 6 to 8 minutes

Roquefort Butter
4 tablespoons [1/2 stick] unsalted butter, at room temp
2 ounces [about 1/3 cup] crumbled blue cheese, such as Roquefort (or any other blue cheese will work]
1/4 teaspoon granulated garlic
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

4 New York strip steaks (or any other steaks you prefer. I just used Von Hanson's grill steaks, they just take much longer, 20 minutes, to cook), about 8 ounces each and 1 inch thick.
Extra virgin olive oil or spray
Kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper
4 Lemon wedges

1.To make the butter: In a small bowl, combine the butter ingredients. With the back of a fork, mash the butter mixture together until evenly distributed.
2.Trim most of the exterior fat from steaks. Allow to stand at room temp for 20-30 minutes before grilling. Lightly brush or spray both sides of the steaks with olive oil and season with salt and pepper to taste. Grill over direct heat until cooked to desired doneness. Remove from grill and let rest for 3-5 minutes. Serve warm with Roquefort butter smeared over the top and lemon wedges served on the side.

The Roquefort butter was really tasty. I would have to give it 4 out of 5 stars!
You can find this recipe and more in Weber's Real Grilling recipe book.

IMDB - The Searchers (1956)

The Searchers (1956) - Dang, John Wayne is one cocky son of a B. He's takin' names and kickin' some ass in The Searchers. The movie does drag on a little too long and it skips forward about 8 years which is hard to tell because they do not transition it very well through out the film. My favorite character was Mose played by Hank Worden and his dopey one liners. Not too bad of a flick if you're craving some classic shoot 'em up, knock 'em down Cowboys and Indians type stuff.

7 out of 10 stars.

-MikeyB

What I Am Listening To

The White Stripes - Live at The Forum London, UK 12/6/01

(click on the picture to download the concert for free)

Here is the new White Stripes video for Icky Thump

Memorial Day Camping

Suzie, Jason, Laynie, Aimee & I went up to Crow Wing Lake campgound this weekend to do some camping. We left our place Friday morning and when we got up to camp the weather was pretty nice. I was impressed by the campground and its amenities. They had frisbee golf, heated pool with slides, large play area for kids, nature hike, wi-fi, dog bath area...etc. I didn't really care for the owners. The owner lady seemed like a bitchy old hag but we only had to deal with her two times, when we check in and when we check out. I also hated that other campers did not show much respect by walking through our sites to get to the boat docks. They are tripping on our tent guide lines, walking right next to Zoey and just not giving a shit about our privacy. The owners need to make a designated path to the docks. Avoid staying in sites T4 & T5.

Saturday was incredibly windy. Winds were gusting to 35+ mph and steady at 20+ mph straight off of the lake. It was cloudy, cold and you could not tell if it was going to rain. We decided to head 10 minutes north to Baxter to do some shopping. We hit up Fleet Farm, Gander Mountain & Reeds Outdoor Outfitters. Thankfully the winds did die down towards the ends of the night to allow us to have a campfire. Zoey did not care for the campfire because the wind would blow smoke in her face and that did not agree with her sensitive nose.

Sunday, oh Sunday what a wonderful day! Sunny!! Wind out of the northwest!!! Laynie was being a good girl!!!! You couldn't ask for much more. Jason and I took out Suck My Wake (that's my boat) to do some fishing. We probably caught 20-30 large mouth bass and a handful of northerns. Sorry for catching all the fish Nordy. Keep your chin up little camper, some day the fishing gods will visit the end of your lure. I forgot to mention that we put Zoey in the deeper water by the dock and she can swim! She enjoyed fetching snail shells from shore and digging in the sand. Later in the day we took Zoey to the dog bath station but on the way Zoey met a Rat Terrier in an aggressive way. This Rat Terrier ripped the leash out of its owners hand and went straight at Zoey putting the jaws of life on Zoey's neck. Aimee picked Zoey up and the Rat Terrier was hanging from Zoey so she prided the crazy dogs jaws off of Zoey. Luckily the crazy mutt bit Zoey's harness but she was pretty shook up. The owner of the dog apologized over and over again and felt really bad. Things happen but what pissed me off was the owner knew her dog was aggressive towards other dogs and didn't have the dogs muzzle on her. She put the muzzle on after her mutt attacked Zoey. Stupid bitch.

Sunday we woke up to rain. Son of a frick! I hate tearing down camp in rain. We packed up and put everything wet in to the boat and took off. Once we got home we had to take everything out and set it up to dry. As of a few minutes ago everything has been put away.

Yay! Happy fun time. We are sitting in the tent vestibule to get out of the wind storm.

Zoey still scared shitless after her attack and not really enjoying her bath.

Zoey & I sitting around the campfire.

The Nordys.

-MikeyB