Stangely Enough

I figured when Kelly came back, the blogging would stop.. I was wrong, so I re-commit myself to pecking out this useless tripe.

Today, I am to go get fitted for a tux. I am going to be in a childhood friend's wedding. Funny thing, I have been married twice and this will be my first time in a wedding ceremony.

Well, the race is on. Dad and I have challenged each other to lose 30 pounds. The prize; an all expenses paid trip to a sporting event of the victors choice. There are some rules, but I intend to win, though hopefully it will be a close race.

I mowed my grass this weekend. I have a mower with a 50" cut and it takes me roughly 90 minutes just to do the mowing. If I weedeat it takes another 30. 2 hours at least once a week. It sounds like a hastle but I find it quite theraputic. I don't give my yard the attention I should, or haven't for the last 6 weeks or so, but I stay on top of the mowing anyway. It looks like a Wyoming pasture when it's mowed, green and slightly rolling. Beautiful.

This weekend was splendid. It was blue skies and crisp in the mornings. The afternoons brought a little too much heat, as my poor neck will attest, but the cool breezes that floated through the yard were a tease for the fresh coolness of the upcoming and long over due fall.

I learned something important this weekend, when estimating a home project always be conservative while budgeting time... then double it. This is an especially important lesson as I have quite a few projects coming up. I am pretty comfortable with the swing set and renovating the garage, as I have done things like these before. Building the shop will be a bit more of a nail biter.

Shit really does roll down hill. My Dad was on the board of director at a local interactive science museum http://www.hosc.org/main.html... he pawned that post off to a friend and co-worker... who just pawned it off on me. I say this not because I don't want to be on the board, if I show up once I will have matched the appearences of my predecesors combined, but because it proves that gifts are sent up and burdens are pushed down. I will enjpy my post, as attendance is obviously optional and I am already working, admittedly slowly, to repair exhibits.

Well, enough for today, I am off to get taped.