I can’t wait to can’t wait for winter

I’ve always liked the cold more than the heat and even in my many trips up north I’m usually the only one not complaining about the cold. My Mom is from Newfoundland, Canada and my Dad is from Duluth, Minnesota so I guess it’s in my blood.

But I am looking forward to summer. I’m actually relishing the thought of sweating out in the backyard pushing around that lawnmower week after week then sitting back in the kiddie pool with Finn while the cicadas do their banshee thing.

And - jesus christ - I really can't wait for Delaware 2009.

Sorry no bloggy

but I was in Rochester, NY, for work. Nothing much to report. Lots of work… pizza and sandwiches at the plant… only crept away from the hotel for one night when we went to Dinosaur BBQ…. kind of a Fatt Matt’s mixed with just a smidge of Hard Rock. I recommend it if you find yourself in Rochester…. after you figure out what was in that punch you were drinking last night, of course.

Today, went to Erin’s Pinewood Derby… more on that when I get the pics uploaded.

Tomorrow is Erin’s birthday party… she turns 6 on Tuesday.

Bounce'em All

Today driving home from Erin’s swim lessons, 88.5 was playing Disney soundtracks and we heard songs from Lion King, Little Mermaid and then they played the theme from Gummi Bears. We were kind of laughing about it and singing it and later on I was thinking about how it was to be the guy who sung this… especially the high note at the end. This guy probably started out thinking he was going to be a rock star and somehow ended up singing for lame cartoons. Sure, he’s done a heck of a lot better for himself than 99% of people who try to sing for a living but still, it’s gotta stick in his craw a little.

And then I realized that it sound just like a song from the first album by these guys.

Uncle

It's been a few months since I got my knee surgery and I have NOT got back into running. Part of it's my work... it's not as nice a running area as my old office was and I'm so freakin' busy I've been taking 15 minute lunches... and it's not my knee. I feel it but it doesn't hurt when I run.

I did get a new bike and I do some good hilly rides on the weekends but that's not going to cut it...I'm going to have to buckle down as I've done in the past and just do it.

BUT... I've pretty much decided that my last marathon will be my only one. The doctor said I could do it and I did like training for it and doing it but I plan on hiking and doing stuff with my kids for a long time so my plan is to run 2-3 times a week.. short 3 milers... and ride more and spare my knees. It's going to be hard to keep running without a race goal but I did sign up for the Peachtree so that'll help.

Keepin' it Unreal

There are way too many mythological entities in my household... we've got Santa and the Easter Bunny and the Big Guy, of course... but we also have the Tooth Fairy and get this... two days ago, Erin left out bread to trap a Leprechaun.

Forget the hearse 'cause I never die

Well, I did start the cataclysm-prep and I did get caught up on a few other pursuits but I still have a little ways to go. I also thought I would have built up a small cache of post-material but alas I’ve got only one episode in reserve.

The requisite fam update:
Liam’s in the chess club… enjoys it but I will only let him win 1 out of every 3 games we play. He’s just about earned his Wolf Badge and here was his car in the Pinewood Derby. In the right of the pic, the mouse on the wedge of cheese. It was his idea, he painted it, did some of the cutting, and most of the sanding.

Erin is still on the edge of getting rid of her training wheels. She was into Pixie Hollow for a bit (I wouldn’t let her “accept” friends). She’s in Daisies which is the kindergartener Girl Scouts. We sold cookies in the neighborhood. Believe me, tasty cookies at $3.50/box is a far easier sale than $25 bins of popcorn!

Finn is eating real food… tons of it. Potatoes, pasta, basically anything “soft” we’re eating and lots of it. His favorite toy is a ball so maybe we have the jock of the family here. He’s not crawling at all yet but that may be because we’re not really encouraging him to. We’re not discouraging it but Kerry’s pushing off the frantic follow-around-the-house, can’t-take-your-eyes-off-for-a-second time as long as possible.

Kerry is continuing to keep us on a steady path of thrift and domestic excellence in the new economy although recently, because of a recent near-disaster with our computer, she purchased a $200 laptop. Supposed this is a backup for our PC but seems to be more of an IMDB/Hulu/Facebook toy.

My company is doing relatively ok… they have felt the downswing of course and there have been some layoffs and furloughing. However, I happen to be involve in a few projects involving the solar industry so thanks to the Dems, I’m extremely busy. In fact, since I have to get an order out the door on Wednesday, I know that I will be way late getting home tomorrow night so we are delaying our corn beef and cabbage (and Smithwick’s) until Wednesday evening. We had planned a while back on doing something more for St. Patrick’s Day for the reasons here but didn’t happen.

In fact, it’s funny given my long, inebriated past, but I can’t remember a single “incident” happening on St. Patrick’s Day (and I’m not only counting St. Pat’s that happened on weekends…if I went out on a Friday night for a Thursday St. Pat’s, that counts). In fact, I can really only remember celebrating it one or two times. No, not because of that but because it was never anything that rose out of the usual for me.