Weekend

Our five-year-old nephew spent the night with us on Friday. He loves to play video games, and lately likes playing a used NASCAR game I bought. His dad has been teahcing him drivers' names and numbers, and he's been paying attention to races on TV. So we're racing (by that I mean he's knocking cars into walls), and I hear he say, "Take that, Jeff Gordon!" Appently Mr. Gordon tried to pass Brock, and Brock didn't like that.

He's full of funny sayings. It makes you wonder what goes through their heads. My wife asked him how long will it take for his new little sister to turn two. Brock thought about it a bit and answered, "Five years!"

On Saturday, Paula and I went to an open house. But this is no ordinary house. It's almost $1.9 million dollars! Here's a quick run-down: five bedrooms, eight full bathrooms and two half-bathrooms, five-car garage, indoor inground swimming pool, 20-acre lot, 10,700+ square feet, bar, dance floor, library, and exercise room. The master suite has a bathroom for "her" and one for "him." Each bedroom has its own walk-in closet and bathroom. There are two dishwashers in the kitchen, and one behind the bar. Oh, and there's a pond in the front. Simply amazing...

On Sunday we went up to my parents lake cottage. It's still pretty cold, and they don't have the pier, docking station, or boat in yet. Paula and I each took a kayak out for a quick trip though. The wind made it difficult to steer straight, but it was still fun.


Can't wait till it gets warmer.
-- C.

(Apparently I never published this; just saved it as a draft.)

Update

Over the weekend we had both sets of parents stop by with their electric chainsaws and help work on some small trees. There's one in the back yard that's way too close to our shed, and another in the front that's too close to the house. After reading Dave's issues of cutting down a tree, I just wanted to cut the limbs back a ways instead of removing all of it.

Last Monday we ordered a new couch for our living room. A sectional. They said it would be 2 to 3 weeks before we could pick it up, giving us plenty of time to find a new home for the two old couches we have now. They called us later that same week and said all but one piece is in and we can come pick it up.

With the help of my parents and their new mini-van with stow-and-go chairs, we got the five pieces back home and set up. It will be a little crowded until we get rid of the other two couches. Anyone need one?


-- C.

Evan Almighty

I just saw a preview to the movie "Evan Almighty" which is a sequel to "Bruce Almighty." Only this time, it's Bruce's co-worker newscaster, Evan, to whom God appears. God wants Evan to build an ark. It looks pretty funny.


-- C.

Friday the 13th

Last week Paula and I took Friday off for a mini-vacation. We drove down to Berne and through Geneva and went into a couple shops (including a nice cheese shop in Berne).

We were driving past a Subway (the kind that's connected to a gas station) and saw a big sign that read, "Stop Gunky Buildup." Now, I know Subway is promoting the healthiness of their food, but they could have come up with a better phrase.

Or, maybe, the sign was actually part of the gas station...

We also saw a bumper-sticker that read, "If John Deere made pickp-up trucks, it would be a perfect world."


-- C.

Is this thing on?

>thunk-thunk-thunk< Hello? Can you hear me? Is this thing on?

I figured I should post something before it gets as bad as Keith's.

If you are jonesing for some Heroes info while waiting for the next show to air, go check out the online graphic novels. There's some interesting stuff going on.


-- C.