Thanks to the threat of bad weather, and the cold I caught not slowing me down anymore, I really got some crap done in the last few days. I tried to get the Jeep up and running for the 4wd yesterday. It seems to have some sort of blockage, perhaps a bad thermostat. So that will go in the shop. And today I had the time and energy to crack open the new used washer and see why it was leaking. After a while I tracked down the problem to where it was leaking through some sort of areation tube on the water supply hose before it gets to the washer drum. It had something to do with where if you wanted to reuse the suds. I dont. To make a long story short, I cut out that part and just joined it with some plastic hose and clamps I found around the house. Works sweet! and the good news is, if I screw it up, I have some good friends who have a spare in their basement. She even said I could see if it works right there! Damn, they're going to spoil me! I even re-de-wormed the cats today. once again, Thank you Gette! You can see whats up today by checking her out at http://goosesauce.blogspot.com/

You know, Its easy to forget about the classics till you are staying home all day on a Saturday because of weather. Back to the future 1, 2, and 3 are on tv today. Awesome! Freaking Awesome! ABC Family actually has some pretty decent stuff. But hey, dont get me wrong, I am as interested as the next guy on the continuing saga of Anna Nicole Smith's exciting life... I mean death. So I will will keep E! on the handy recall button, just in case I need a fix. Hey, is it just me or should the judge in the case get on some sort of anti emotional drug. Impartial, my ass! Sorry, they were talking about it on the news this morning and I just had to agree.

We had a first run movie shown at church last night. It was all right. Not too bad. Pretty good story about a football team and coach who decide to give God their all, and wouldnt ya know it, it worked out pretty good for them! I dont want to spoil it for you, though. The movie is called "Facing the Giants" Ya really cant lose giving the Big Guy all the credit! Ya know I was even thinking about it the other day. Its amazing how many excuses people use to not believe in God. They get all caught up in "There are so many discrepancies in the Bible" and "I dont need to go to church." The thing that really hit me though was ... What's the worse that could happen to ya if it wasnt true? What do you have to lose? Do you think if you are a whole hearted believer and you died, went to heaven, met God, and he just looked at you and said "Ha, sucker! I so got you good! You were all like I believe, I believe! Come on in anyway, Puddin' head!" Not too bad, huh? It's a lot better than the alternative. And not believing. And being wrong. Yikes.  ¶ 6:08 PM 0 Comments

  Some days it sucks to be me. This was pretty much my day. I'm not complaining, but... This morning I woke up at 4 freakin' 11 am so I could join a friend at the gym, got there a half hour later, worked out, got to the hotel to a big fat leak in the ceiling, left it for the real professionals, did some other maintenance stuff, went to the big box store 45 minutes away with Boss, came back, put some ceiling tile in after the leak, helped boss drop a bunch of stuff at his house. And that wasnt a half bad day. This is where it turned into a really bad day. I went home. I found out quickly that my one cat still has worms. You figure out how. I tried to put that outta my mind and deal with that later. I bought a new, used washer a few days ago and finally had time to put it in! Excited about putting in my new, used, washer, I started right away. I hauled it into my bedroom. You might think that's weird, it being in my bedroom and all, but its better than the kitchen. To make a long story short, none of the holes lined up, no matter how hard I stretched the water hoses! Same thing with the drain line. I got the damn washer as tight as I could to the wall, and trying to make my big fat hands put the hoses on while its up against the wall! Mhw !2&*&*^^$fuc@&^&87 washer and whatnot came out of my mouth faster than the cats could run for cover! I immediately cursed myself for becoming a nonsmoker! 4 and a half months without a damn camel almost went up in a puff of smoke if I lived any closer to town. I seriously believe I was being tested folks! Anyway, an hour later, and 4 new bigger holes in the wall, I have it all hooked up, leveled, and water rushing in like a champ, and I am praying for a miracle, because the old owner said it might not drain water right away. That was the least of my problems. It didnt even fu#$^$$ng move... at all! much less drain! So I got it unhooked, on the dolly, tipped it back, careful not to leak anywater through the house, and things are looking good till I got it in the living room and it gets caught on the rug. Yep, you guess it, water spilling all over. Thank God I had plenty of dirty towels around to sopp it up! I finally get it outside and decide, hey, I'll just tip it over here and it will make it easier to load in the truck. My decision was quicker than my fingers and they got smashed between a washer filled with 10 gallons of water, dolly, and concrete. LOL, yeah, guess who lost! My finger. Actually just half the fingernail. So I get to keep a trophy... a fuc%^i#ng memento if you will. A smoke sure would have gone good right about now. It became pretty clear that this many things going wrong was truly testing my faith. I kept planning in my mind how I would drop this washer off in town and go get a pack of smokes. Then I would shoot down the plan and decide to drop it off tomorrow. So I am still a pretty pissed off nonsmoker, but I would like to thank you for reading my story. It helps me cope just writing about it and getting it all out there. I aint perfect. No where near it. And at least 4 to 5 times a day I seriously think about going back on my promise to God not to smoke anymore. The good side is, besides my being a hell of a lot healthier, and not being a slave to some nicotine slinging, government ass kissing, "playing by the rules", cancer providing, smooth tobacco supplier, I can breath a little easier knowing that I got through one more day without putting another nail in my coffin. The funny thing is, I will probably die from a washer falling on me from the back of a truck tomorrow!  ¶ 5:10 PM 1 Comments

  Happy Valentines Day to all you folks who have significant others. I do not. Again. This sucks. Nuff said. Anyway, I felt it was time to mix things up. So what do you think of the new template? I hope its not all business looking. But the old junk drawer was starting to look like this.

My visit to my sisters church was great! Even their kids really dug all the singing! I had a pretty good time visiting there. I think they are coming to visit my church this week. Should be pretty cool! Thanks again to Gette for covering for me during yoot groop last Sunday.

I am kind of excited for this weekend for the big race too. I am having some fellow race fans over for the Daytona 500 on Sunday. Tacos and racing. Hopefully a good combination.

The weather has been great the last few days. A balmy above zero 3 day streak will probably end tomorrow though. It was nice for a while but all good things must come to an end. And so does this entry. I am suddenly just dog assed tired. Must be all that turkey I am still chowing on. Ask my cats though, its tasty. Well, nite.  ¶ 6:20 PM 0 Comments

  Man, if your going to survive a crazy Minnesota winter, buy a wood or corn stove. I tell ya. I would be so screwed lately if I didnt have that wood stove. Its awesome during cold weather! heats half the house! Its been like 2weeks of sub zero weather, and I have freinds who have beeen going through the propane like crazy. And put your faucets on a permanent drip. Frozen pipes suck.

Oh, and get pets without communicable diseases. I had to deworm my cats a few nights ago. Its kind of cool how easy you can get rid of worms. Just a spoonful of pink liquid in their food and its done. It was pretty handy stuff. I borrowed it from a freind. I fed it to them in some turkey, just to ensure they ate it all. As smart as you might think a cat is, they didnt stop once from eating and look at me like " hey, this turkey tastes funny." Nope, just kept on chowing. Problem solved.

I tell ya, thank God for good friends! They have really been coming through lately. for example. I have been blessed lately with Inside jobs again and friends who provide them. Winter can really suck for handymen, and people in the maintenance and construction people. In the handyman field "an inside job" is always good news in the winter. Thank you Lord. Things slowed down a bit with "boss" so a few friends put me to work on their homes.

And thats about it for whats been going on lately. I am going to check out my sisters church on Sunday, so a good friend is covering for me in yoot group. Thanks Gette.  ¶ 6:38 PM 1 Comments