ok, a big thank you goes out to the moron(s) who stole my hubcaps...at least you didn't break in, steal my stereo, cd's, hotwire, or leave my car on blocks. you simply stole my hubcaps which i of course can easily replace. so if you thought you bummed me out, HA, the jokes on you. i've had much worse done to my car before, even had 'em stolen. so nice try....you call that vandalism?! you are a joke!!!! if you would have only known about the 2 million dollars worth of uncut diamonds in my front seat IN PLAIN VIEW!!....what a pathetic loser you are. but thank you for only stealing the hubcaps. really.
got a lot done this weekend. scraped wallpaper glue, painted my ceiling patch job, mowed and fertilized. things are shaping up slowly but surely.
twins go 1 up on the yankees this afternoon. that was a big win. guarantees at least 2 playoff games at the dome and puts them in the drivers seat, at least temporarily.
signing off for now...more later

finally took a few minutes on saturday and snapped a couple of pics of the house. didn't cover all the rooms due to their varying degrees of cleanliness but this gives you an over all feel of what we're working with. also slipped in a closeup up of owen, a.k.a., "baby boo", "buddy", "boo-boo", " the boy", etc...
got a home theater surround sound system for the living room this past weekend that was met with mediacore approval at best by others in the household. been wanting one for years and scoped out a mid-level, sharp looking system that will meet our entertainment needs fine. still trying to figure out how to best hide the speaker wires but we can work around that.
here's a link to the latest pics. that all for now...

took the day off yesterday for a little home improvement. a friend and i (ok, mostly my friend) put in recessed lights in our family-room. they look really great except for an unplanned hole that was put in the ceiling by me. i won't go into details here.
saw a full grown turkey wandering around in my front yard yesterday....don't know if he was lost our lives in the neighborhood somewhere. that was sort of wierd.
my favorite time of the year, baseball playoff time of course, is getting close. looks like the home town twins are making a bid to repeat as AL central division champs. probably get the dreaded yankees in the 1st round. good luck!
work is keeping me busy as i guess is the idea with work.
my plans to revamp this site are on the shelf until i can commit some serious time to it. it's not looking good in the immediate future.
that's it for now. enjoy the weekend!

not a lot of real news to post...we are definitely settling into our routines at home. school has started for everybody. got our first hint of rain in weeks today. supposed to turn more fall-like by this weekend. still working on getting some pics of the house up. it's been an idea that i just haven't had time to act on yet. looking forward to getting this work-week behind me. that's it for now...

it's tuesday, the day after labor day, the day before wednesday, but feels like monday. enjoyed a nice long holiday weekend. took in the minnesota state fair on friday, fixed a flat tire, and got my front brakes repaired. did the usual weekend household duties on saturday, and had relatives over to our *new* house yesterday. still enjoying this streak of nice weather, although a bit of rain would be welcome. school started today and it was alaina's first day as a first-grader. anxious to see how that went. back into work-mode, but trying to ease in slowly. hope to post some house pics in the near future. more later...