Memorial Day Weekend

It was fun. K and I took the kids and dog camping at one of the local lakes. We went fishing, hiking, swimming, and sunbathing. And we cooked out and had bonfires and roasted marshmallows. (Including those new yummy ones that are coated in toasted coconut.)

Here are a couple of pictures from the trip, and you can click on the link at the end of this post to see the rest.







EDIT: I removed the Flickr link and replaced it with Webshots. I like it better...

In case you were wondering

Nintendo DS games still work after going through both the washing machine and the dryer.

Consider yourself enlightened.

GB's Band Concert

It's hard to find him, but he's the second kid in on the back row playing the baritone horn.

Why Hillary Clinton is hurting the Democrats

The latest reference to Assassination is just the icing on the case:

Not June 21st

I know I haven't said anything but K and I had been considering a June 21st wedding. Yes it would have been very short notice, but the schedule of events would have worked perfectly for us. However we couldn't find a venue that would give us exactly what we wanted without breaking the bank. We had one that would have been really nice and we were all set to move forward with it but they wouldn't budge on the price of their alcohol. We even suggested that we will bring in our own alcohol and let them serve it. However, while they said they would do it, they charge a $20 per bottle "cork fee" to do so. That's absurd. $5 to $7 per bottle is fair to make sure their staff gets paid. No more than that though.

Anyway, it's just not worth it to settle for something we wouldn't be happy with, and doing away with the open bar or skipping alcohol altogether isn't an option. So now we're going to look at something in the fall and we'll no longer be rushed.

Jason Mraz

Weird. I just finished posting on a blog that I read that I really don't care for Jason Mraz because all his songs sound the same, and that "Wordplay" style he uses gets on my nerves.

Well, someone must be trying to tell me something since as soon as I finished the post, "I'm Yours" started playing on the radio. What's up with that?

Cool Wall Art

This was extremely well done:


MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.