Anniversary

today was the anniversary of the closing day on my house, it's been 2 years now. this morning i went to brunch with dave & emily, then pretty much worked overtime all afternoon and night, in order to keep making the payments... i sent off the escrow balance payment, a whopping $3.60. and then i noticed, with my brilliant math skillz that my house payment is actually coming down by 9 dollars a month.. go figure. so i'll keep my autopay the same and eat a little extra principal each time... oh well, i'm tired, need sleepy.

things

well, the snow was fun today, i got up around 8:00, i had a sleepover, because i didn't want to drive home in the snow, it was coming down pretty good. so, i brushed the snow off of 3 cars, then went and got bagels and donuts for breakfast... then when i got home, i got to shovel my driveway (free workout), and helped the neighbor kids build a big snowman in my back yard (it's the best sledding hill in the court).
what else has been happening? i've been working alot of overtime again, usually log on to my work computer and put in an hour or two each night (which i'm going to do in a few minutes).
i got my car fixed friday, i tried to tackle an 18-wheeler about a month ago... the truck won. i scuffed his back tires with my passenger side front fender and door. he didn't even know i was there. so it wasn't bad, but there were some dents. my buddy Ferd at Dent Squad (the best paintless dent removal shop in town) fixed them right up, it looks great. well, that side is now clean and doesn't match the rest of the dirtyness... he's a really cool guy, he used to play bass for john cougar mellencamp.
so, enough fun, back to work...

the wake

kind of a bummer day, today i found out that a really good friend of mine's dad passed away on new years day. i'd lost touch of my buddy for about 2 years because he got re-married, changed jobs and moved, we used to be really tight, i was his best man for his first wedding. his dad had had a few heart surgeries, and alzheimer's was starting to set in pretty bad. he died of a stroke, which Frankie said was probably better for him than suffering for a long time. so i went to the wake for a few hours after work, i hadn't seen anyone in his family for a few years more than the last time i saw him. they didn't remember my name, but most of them remembered me. i generally get people to smile around me, i don't insite a clingy crying response. not like i was cutting up jokes, well, i was when i went outside to not smoke with Hoosh (Frankie). i dunno, i hope i made an unpleasant situation go by a little bit easier for those i talked to. so, Salute to Frank Senior where ever he is now.

New Years

Hey everyone, Happy 2007!! this year has gotten off to a very slow, low light level start. i've half slept through discovery marathons of mythbusters and futureweapons all day... Thanks Dr Mike and Paula for hosting the "quiet, relaxing" new years eve bash... never had such a hangover from being so quiet and relaxed before, but that's okay, it was a Great party!!! i'm glad i got to spend it with such great company. perhaps i did have some of the rules of beer roulette wrong after all...
well, i'm off jan. 2th as well, so i'll hopefully get the tree and christmas lights taken down (unlike my hoosier neighbors, who still have theirs turned on, which started the week Before thanksgiving, by the way) i think there should be rules against crossing over holidays with you xmas lights. oh well, that's my cent and a half.

xmas season

i've just looked thru my blog ideas list that i keep on my SuperPhone, and they are all pretty much outdated and wouldn't be funny at this juncture. the list goes back a few weeks, so i'm back to my bi-monthly blogging schedule, sorry to my fans... (just humor me).

well, one is worth mentioning. i went down to Llywelyn's in soulard to see Side Of 5's, they played an all acoustic show there, it was awesome! i will be going to see them again, let me know if anyone wants to go.

thanks to everyone who sent me a christmas card, i'll have to start doing that one of these years. thanks to Santa who got me a new digital camera (well, i had to go buy and pay for it myself, but it's the thought that counts, high 5 big guy). it's Exactly the one i wanted too!! i did get two unexpected gifts, and that was very cool.

if anyone is still looking for a last minute gift idea, or you're an Extremely early shopper for next christmas, think RapSnacks!!! the official snack of hip hop! try the virtual vending machine on their website, there are several different flavah's and rap personalities to choose from, Yo. one of my friends found this empty bag in a bus stop downtown, so i can't comment on the tasty-ness of them, but it smelled delicious! well, after filtering out the downtown bus stop smell.

so, my vacation is going pretty good. i'm extremely bored already, i have plenty to do, i'm just not motivated to finish any of my existing projects or start any new ones. the one i keep putting off is making new curtains for my bedroom and bathroom windows, i've bought all the materials, just need to measure and sew them up. i may start on them today. i have accomplished something so far, i nursed a nasty sickly virus ridden computer back to full health, Shhh, it's sitting in it's oxygen tent defragging. it no longer needs a router condom, i was having to take all of my stuff offline when it needed to be online. i'm half way finished loading software onto my new one. so i've got computer parts all over the place, oh, is it a geek paradise in this room or what?

xmas lights cont.

so, the lights are all done. well, i have to get up there and change some stuff around after the ice melts, but that's no biggie.


hope you can see the picture, it's kinda dark. 1000 new sparkling lights, the new strings were a bit longer than the old ones, so i wrapped the column by the front door.

so nobody has read these new postings? or have no comments? maybe you're waiting for another 2 weeks to go by before you check in.... i dunno
oh well, i'm off to grill up a few burgers.

xmas lights

i got half of my xmas lights up today, i'll finish the rest tomorrow. i joined dave's mountain man grilling team tonight by grilling a couple of chicken breasts out in the snow. they were fantastic with a baked potatoe. i only almost fell off the roof twice, the roof on the front of the house is still covered with ice, so i had to work the slow way on my magic folding extension ladder on some parts. i actually brought a shovel up and tried shoveling the roof, wasn't working so well. but i could walk on the very edges where it has melted. i'll try to get a pic when it's finished.