Mudding

Some coworkers and I randomly decided to golf after work yesterday.

This was an interesting idea, as it was 50 degrees out, raining, and super windy. Well, we figured it would be comical, at least.
We got there, and the place was closed for business. However, they had left out all of the pull carts and the flags were all still up.

So 6 of us decided to just go for it, and if employees showed up we would pay.

(Bruce, Al, Willie, Tim G.,Dave G, and myself)
Nobody showed up.

It was a hilarious, muddy, splashing, ball-whacking, vulgarity-prevalent night of golf. I actually had the best ball contact ever, though my score didn't improve any. I came close to some pars, but didn't make them. I was also incredibly tired, which may have kept my golf jitters down.

Afterwards, we all went to the Sandbar. That place has great wings.

Another thing that rocked about this night was the fact that I didn't have to pay for anything. Tim G. picked up the bill for all of us. Awful nice thing to do.
This was probably the most fun I had golfing all year.
Afterwards, I had only enough energy to pick up an anniversary gift for Tree, make a quick stop at home, and then sit on her couch to immediately fall asleep.
I felt bad for coming over just to fall asleep. I was certainly worn out, though.

fly reel

My mother was getting rid of some things from her recent move.
I remember this old fly reel from when I was a kid. It was always on a shelf.
Anywho, when she told me it was a fly reel (because I never knew what it was), I immediately thought of my hero - Dudick.
He is an avid fly fisherman. I offered it to him, and while he did not want to take it, he was completely pumped about seeing it. He wanted to look up information on it, inspect it with a magnifying glass, and guess on its age. He thinks it is over 100 years old, and is therefore impressed that it is still quite smooth to spin.

Well, I have decided to make a fly rod, even if I have no real interest in fly fishing. I think it would be cool to build a fly rod, using this antique reel. Maybe then Dudick will take it.
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Seafood Night

I had a gift card for RL, and decided to try out some 'seafood'.
Bree was amazed with the lobsters in the tank, and named a few of them. She also commented that she liked their 'bracelets' (rubber bands on the claws).
Tree had a shrimp platter that I ended up fairly jealous of.
Bree had the popcorn shrimp, and I had steak and lobster.
My steak was dry and overcooked, and the lobster was as chewy as shoe leather.
Oh well, at least Bree had fun with the crustacean, as evident in the above picture.
Some good memories were made tonight.
Umm....but I personally do not recommend the crappy, chewy, lobster.
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holy smokes. i have espn after all. all this time and i never knew it.
drag racing, football, and (oh yeah) boxing.
life is good tonight.

Moving Awesome Marsha, Chapter 2

Well, we made several trips to Lowe's and Home Depot, made a trip to Radio Shack, and a new place called Ollie's. Why? Because we had some serious work to get done.
This chapter of Moving Awesome Marsha involved moving more stuff from her old place, getting her place ready for her new appliances, oh, and watching Pirates 2: Dead Man's Chest.
I also had to bring some old items of mine up into the Erie Area. My ten speeds.

Be sure to note the dope-diggity purple one on the right. Oh yeah, I have a bike that matches Theresa's.

I also got a key to Awesome Marsha's place. But there is something slightly wrong.

I guess I can have a good sense of humor about it, seeing as the Browns aren't looking like they will do much this season.
They are now a dismal 0 and 3.

The Bonneville ran smooth tonight.
It was a very relaxing night ride, which is rare in this town. Usually there is just too much traffic.
I noticed on the odometer that the Bonnie has gone past 12,000 miles.
I hope to get a few more rides in before the season is over.

Dave G. and I went to a safety training class in Cleveland today.
It was very informative, and our hopes to learn more about our new task as the risk assessment team were not dashed. Before we know it, we will be experts.

Some brews and a cheesy, early 80's film.
Can it get much better than this? Maybe, but maybe not.
I should probably be embarrassed, but I am not.
Tree and I enjoyed tonight's movie selection, which was a movie from both our pasts.
Tomorrow I have another cheesy film in mind.

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Theresa made some good pot roast tonight. She takes care of me.
I got fingerprinted after work. The fingerprints are going to be submitted to the FBI. That's the first step in being able to legally watch Bree from time to time. (You can't just watch a kid anymore.)
I worked on the green snow blower after I got home, and noticed some uh-oh's. I've known the belt has needed replaced from the beginning, but in looking closer I can see why. The paddle shaft mounts are broken on one end, so it just flops around. That makes the belt switch between tension and slack, and thus it gets all chewed up. So it looks like just replacing the belt will do no good.

And of course the Browns lost again.

Moving Awesome Marsha, Chapter 1

This weekend was moving time for Awesome Marsha, which meant the opportunity to drive a big truck again. That always pumps me up.
It wasn't all that long ago that Awesome first had a moving adventure mentioned on my blog.
Check out the first time at:
http://www.outlandishbiscuit.com/2008/01/weekend-moving-mom.html

Certainly hard work, but somebody had to help.
The handsome feller above was the help.

Here I am in the big truck. The thing didn't run too well, but it was still fun.

Sissy. Recently turned 10 years old, and still of attitude. She seemed to be a bit skittish in her new home. Mostly hid behind the couch.

George. Also recently turned 10 years old. Seemed to love checking out the new place.
He's always been the curious one. Ahem.
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Well, we still aren't 100% done. I am going down again next weekend to finish the job, but we got all the big stuff moved. Also, Awesome had kept quite a few toys from my childhood. After sorting through them, some went to her neighbor, and some are going in the "toy box" I have at my place for Bryanna.
(Bree's room is slowly but surely turning into a nice place.)
So, be sure to tune in for next weekend's update. The second chapter of Moving Awesome Marsha. Cheesy, I know.

oh yeah. need i even mention that the browns lost their first game?
probably not.

Pro Ass Tournament 2009

This past Sunday was my third annual Pro Ass tournament.
My partner was Brett, The All Amazing.
Supposedly he hadn't golfed in two years, and only a handful of times prior.
So as expected he out golfed me.
We had fun though. Plenty of Beer, plenty of laughing, and a nice steak dinner at the end of the night.
Wildman partnered up with PB Blaster, Willie (H.C.S.D.) partnered up with Bobo.
The Giant failed to show yet again.
Well, now it is getting to be the time where the clubs are about to get put away for the season. Not much golfing left around these parts!
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Windows On The World

A coworker of mine,
I can't recall his name,
Uttered “oh my God” ,
And I thought the same.

We stood in shock,
We began to cry,
The Windows On The World,
No longer in the sky.

labor day weekend (better late than never)

This labor day weekend started off with quite a bang.
I rode the Bonneville down to my hometown to meet up with a bunch of other riders, and got to see what their group was all about when I got there. Their name is the Road Riders For Jesus.
After they held a meeting, with me as their guest, we rode out to Mentor to the beach and to Pickle Bill's.
If you've never been to Pickle Bill's, I would think you should try it out. We got to eat good food (not too great of service though), and sat right out on the water. It was a fairly nice view.

The next big event was a cookout with Ed & Sue, Awesome Marsha (who refused to take pictures), Tree and Bree. We all had a great time, especially Bree. It was her first time at Nelson Ledges, and I think she thought the ledges were awesome.

Tree was a total badass that hiked, climbed, and scaled rocks,...all in flip flops.
That's hardcore.

On my last day of the holiday, which was a Tuesday I took off of work, I was pretty sick. However, we still got to have some fun. The ladies and I went to see "UP" at the dollar theatre (yeah we are big spenders).
I hope everyone had a nice holiday weekend!

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First: I have been meaning to do a labor day weekend review for a while now, but it was a busy holiday, and it ended with me getting sick. It's that time of year again for my weak immune system.
I am also still waiting to get pics from Tree's camera.

Second: Other than that, last night (sick as a dog) I penned "Snooze Button King", and tonight I am sipping chicken broth and watching random things on cable.

Last: I won some drawing where I will get to go to a NASCAR race for a weekend. The trip includes golf, fishing, a pool party, etc. I will write some more info on that soon.

Hope everyone is having a good night!

Due to circumstances outside of our control, the group had had to cancel the motorcycle trip to North Carolina.

Instead, we will end up organizing some smaller, one day trips. Those will be nice.

This year is a rough one for us all. Let's hope things get better.

Compression

I think I'm ok.

I skipped golf today.
Spending time with Bree and Tree was better than golf would have been, anyway.