A big part of me wishes all days could be like yesterday. 1. Non-stop college football. 2. College football interrupted only by outdoor hockey — and a Pens win. 3. A fabulous dinner — prepared by The Wife — of a pork roast, mashed potatoes and a luscious baked sauerkraut-and-Granny Smith apple thing. 4. I… Read More even happier.
In order to solve some of our clothing storage problems, The Wife bought this nifty dresser at a second-hand store in town. We brought it home this morning. To the untrained eye, it looks like it’s made of wood. That’s not the case. It’s actually carved from solid marble. And it weighs 847 pounds. As… Read More ow.
I’ve got a more substantial post in mind — in fact, the writing has already begun — but that one is getting saved for tomorrow. So, for today, you’re going to get this kind of crap instead: * Hoop. The Big Ten-ACC Challenge is usually enough to get me to pay attention to college basketball… Read More 29. midweek bullets? yes.
It’s about 9:30 Monday night, and I’m just now feeling almost back to normal after that weekend. Wow. Here’s the details: * Thursday: Travel to Columbus and several stops in preparation for Saturday before we actually arrived at my folks’ home. Oh, and a stop at La Casita for a quick carnitas burrito before heading… Read More 20. weekend, redux.
Since the weekend of my actual birthday, I’ve been hearing from The Wife about how our celebration of my birthday was coming. Soon. Some kind of issue. Can’t really explain now, but you’ll see. Soon. This wasn’t a big deal for me; as most of you know, I’m pretty enthusiastic about birthdays. Especially mine. And… Read More 6. birthday!
I’m going to have to start writing more than once a week. The football. It was good. It was also beastly hot, nasty enough that everyone in our group had bailed by the end of the third quarter. But what we did get to see was reassuring. Boeckman seems to have a good thing going… Read More late.
Uncle Crappy 