My Monster Name

I saw this over at Skittles' Place and gave it a try lol.

Your Monster Profile

Undead Goblin You Feast On: Coffee You Lurk Around In: Corn Fields You Especially Like to Torment: Blondes

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My Weekend

I thought I'd post a bit about how my weekend went.

First was a nice visit from my mother in law and her friend from Florida. It had been about 2 years since I had seen her and it was very nice indeed to see her again. She always has interesting stories to tell and it's nice to see her and my wife together. They stayed here for 2 days which gave us time to get to know her friend and have some good times.

The second part of my weekend happened on Sunday. While my mother in law headed on over to the other side of the state to visit with the rest of the family, I was talked into driving over there to visit with them again lol. I must admit I didn't mind going as I was going to be able to see not just my mother in law, but all 4 of my grandchildren in one place. Such a feat isn't usual unless it's Christmas or Thanksgiving. I will say that I had a very good time seeing all of the family, but it was most fun playing with the grand kids. I even got to hold the youngest of my grand children who is about 18 months old and usually shy around others. Probably the best part is that I got to hold her without her crying as we made our way around the block to see Barb's daughters house. I like it when grand babies like me :)

So, that's how my weekend went. I hope you all had a good weekend yourselves!

meme note

To bundle-o-contradictions, I am working on the meme that I was tagged for, I just haven't finished thinking about what to write yet :)

Heads or Tails

For this weeks "Heads of Tails" meme the subject is "luck".

I'll recall a bit of luck that happened about 3 years ago. I had been driving over to the other side of the state to see my then girlfriend/fiancee Barb (who is now my wife :)), and as I recall I was
laid off and had started to drive back to my side of the state to pick up my last weeks paycheck. I had traded in my pickup truck the previous year (which had died lol) and bought a used Mercury Grand Marquis to drive.

Well, as I got onto the freeway to head back, a few miles into this journey the low oil pressure light came on and the engine started to make lots of bad noises. I knew there wasn't much I could do but head back to Barbs and see about some other way to get my check.

Well, part of the "luck" came into play as I made it within walking distance of her apartment just as the engine gasped it's last breath. The other part of my "luck" happened in that the previous year I had bought a 95 Dodge Intrepid for Barb to drive. I was lucky enough to have another vehicle to use to get back and forth so I didn't have to immediately get another one. To end the story, I eventually got the engine in the Grand Marquis rebuilt and it still lives today.

Wordless Wednesday

Heads or Tails Meme

Barb over at Skittle's Place has started a new Tuesday Meme thing called Heads or Tails. This is the first week of this new meme and for this she has chosen the theme "Beginning(s)".

For this meme I think I shall write about a new beginning that actually started when Barb and I got married in October of 2005. It happened sort of quickly in a way even though we had been engaged for 5 years lol. The beginning that I am going to write about has to do with a storage locker that we had to rent to put our extra things that we didn't have room for in our apartment. We at first had a small 8X10 size one that fit our needs at the time, but, I had quite a few tools and such stored at my mothers house that I lived in when I got divorced. When my mother had to have hip replacement surgery last year it was decided that she would move in with my sister and her husband. Well, this meant that she would be selling her house and I would have to find another place to put all my tools. The place that we had our storage locker at didn't have a big enough locker to hold all our stuff in one location so we ended up renting another one closer to our apartment.

When I actually moved all my stuff into the new storage locker, many things were just boxed up and thrown in there in the neatest fashion that I knew how. I did erect a couple of nice shelves for my tools but there was just too much to put in there in the allotted time for me to do it neatly.

Now on to the beginnings part of the story. lol. It was just about 2 weeks ago during my annual shutdown time at the plant where I work that Skittles and I tackled the chore of cleaning and organizing this storage locker to resemble an organized area. I had had several boxes of papers and such that needed to be gone through to see what needed to be saved and others that needed to be shredded. Other items that were just thrown into boxes were somewhat neatly arranged in like categories for storage so we knew where things were. This epoch adventure has netted us some valuable open space and has made getting to things like christmas items and our camping gear much easier. It had been a long time coming and had been forgotten about for too long. But, I am happy with the way it turned out and now we don't have to worry about it till we move into our own home someday.

UP BigBoy Steam Engine

If you've read any of my blog you'd know I like trains. This video I found on YouTube features the largest steam locomotive made in the US.

My Patronus

I saw this at Skittles' Place and thought I'd give it a try.

What Form Would Your Patronus Take? (With 10 Excellent Results & Pictures)

Your Patronus would be an Eagle!
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Fun Game

I found this at Skittles' Place and tried it. It was a bit hard for me as I use a trackball style mouse. It was still fun though.

What Kind Of Train Are You?

Thanks to Skittles for finding this quiz for me to take. It suits me pretty well as it deals with railroads !

You're the American Orient Express!

With a deep-seeded yearning for the past, you insist upon
reliving your old glory days and even improving upon them. While no one
can argue that the results are beautiful and even luxurious, there's an
air of snobbery and privilege that also follows you around. You're also
trying to ride the coattails of someone much more famous who shares your
name. Nevertheless, you offer great opportunities for people, even if you
only really offer them to the rich. Though you claim to be in a hurry,
you're not really in a rush at all.


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