The good news... we finally found a toilet we think will fit in our bathroom. The bad news... it won't arrive for a month. Which means for the next month, we'll have to continue to use the bathroom on the first floor. Not the end of the world, but definitely a pain in the arse. And a big thanks to Lowes for helping us find a toilet that should fit. The salesperson there called all the manufacturers to get the specific dimensions for us. Meanwhile the salesperson at Home Depot wasn't going to do that and they were going to charge us a 15% restocking fee if we needed to return it.
This is for the ladies... for all you girls who were just the right age in the late eighties/early nineties and just couldn't help yourselves from swooning over Jordan and Joey.
So the wife and I went for a nice walk after work today. It's a mile or so to downtown, so we walked down there and sat at an outdoor table at one of the local watering holes. After a couple of drinks, some onion rings and some soda bread with honey butter, we made the trek back home. I think this might have to become part of our walks. Maybe once a week, take a walk downtown and sit outside with a drink. It was nice just sitting there hanging out and people watching. And a bunch of the restaurants/bars have outdoor seating so we can mix it up and try new places.
Ok everyone, the summer is basically here which means you should come visit us! Heck, we live in Vacationland...it says so right on the license plate. With the exception of a couple of weekends, we don't have any plans for the summer so you're welcome to come up whenever is convenient for you. Wait.. maybe you should wait a couple of weeks.. until we have a toilet in the upstairs bedroom.
The wife has me watching this Ghost Hunters show on SciFi. She's been watching the show for years, but I've only gotten into it recently. I gotta say, there's been a couple of times when it freaks you out. There are some things that happen that are totally unexplainable... very cool stuff. Give it a try some night, maybe watch a couple of episodes. The misses really wants me to contact them to get them to come up here. Everyone seems to think that my building (where I work) is haunted, and she wants them to investigate. Personally, I think she just wants to be on tv.
Tough game last night for the Celtics. They didn't play well at all, and still almost walked out with a win. At times, it seemed like they were running in sand, like they had lead in their shoes. Even though they lost, its a good sign that they could play that poorly and still almost get a win. And I, of course, am going to stick to my original prediction of the Celtics in six.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Monday, June 9, 2008
I just saw one of the most disturbing things ever. We're watching Dirty Jobs and they just umm "fixed" a horse. Maybe a better way of putting it would be "emasculated in a permanent way". I can't believe I just saw that. I'm a married man so I may be metaphorically castrated, but I can't imagine it really happening! Thank god I'm not a horse...
So we're in the market for a futon. If anyone out there is looking to get rid of one, let us know. We might be able to come to some sort of fiduciary agreement.
The local sports radio station keeps advertising the Celtics broadcasts for the Finals. "The Celtics play here" is their tag line. Which is funny, cuz up until the Finals the Red Sox game would be on, when that ended they'd then join the C's game already in progress. Nice huh. Regular season baseball trumps basketball postseason.
So we're in the market for a futon. If anyone out there is looking to get rid of one, let us know. We might be able to come to some sort of fiduciary agreement.
The local sports radio station keeps advertising the Celtics broadcasts for the Finals. "The Celtics play here" is their tag line. Which is funny, cuz up until the Finals the Red Sox game would be on, when that ended they'd then join the C's game already in progress. Nice huh. Regular season baseball trumps basketball postseason.
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Happenings
Fun weekend all around. We didn't do much Friday night, basically just hung in as we knew Saturday was going to be a long day. Friday night we did try to install our latest toilet purchase though and this would be toilet number three. And guess what! It didn't fit either... We have a baseboard heater that runs behind the toilet and that's really proving to be a problem. Sure, it helps keep the bathroom all nice and roasty toasty in the winter, but it's proving to be a real pain in the arse. The way toilets are designed now, there's just no room for anything under the back. I think I finally found the one we'll need to get, but again, we'll have to special order it.
Saturday was spent driving down to Boston for a wedding and then going to the wedding. We were supposed to help a couple of friends move, but we didn't make it down in time. The wedding itself though was a blast. Outdoor ceremony, at the Lyman Estate in Waltham. There wasn't a tent over the ceremony so we all baked in the sun. Luckily it was a pretty quick ceremony so I only lost a couple of pounds of sweat.
The reception was seven feet away, again outdoors, but under a tent. To say it was hot would be an understatement. Holy Crap, I can't remember the last time I sweat that much. The wife and I danced the night away (well, she danced, I just kind of did whatever it is I do on the dance floor) with some of her best friends. It was really a great great time, which was a little surprising because usually I don't like bands at weddings, but the past two I've been to have been a blast. I would also like to commend the lovely couple on their beer selection at the reception. It was an open bar and they had some very good sangria (made on the spot), JW Dundees Honey Brown, Sam Adams, Harpoon IPA, Stella Artois and a chocolate stout that I didn't catch the name of (and many wines, but I didn't have any of those).
Gordan and Anne during their first dance. It was choreographed and they did a great job! He and his mom had their dance to Rubby Ducky(you know, from Sesame Street), the instrumental version. 
The wife and I about half way thru the night. I managed to keep my jacket on from the ceremony thru dinner but once I sat down to eat off it came. The tie stayed on thru about half the dancing, but it was really just too hot. Unlike 90% of the other men there, I planned ahead and wore a white shirt as I knew it was going to be hot and didn't want the sweat to show thru the shirt. Gross right, well even grosser if you're one of the million guys there in a blue shirt.
Afterwards we hit the afterparty, but the $6 Bud Light drafts at the Newton Marriott turned us off and we headed home.
Sunday we hit the road and drove home, and I played some golf with my uncle. We play pretty much every week now, but I'm kind of getting frustrated at my lack of progress. I'm getting better, but its only in pieces of my game. I can't seem to put together one solid game. One game my putter will be on fire and the next its cold as ice. I think my biggest issue, and anyone that really knows me knows this to be true, is my lack of concentration when I really need it. I tend to rush thru my swing or my putting too often.
So this week we'll continue our search for an upstairs toilet, among other projects we need to finish up. It's also supposed to be really warm up here so we'll finally get to go on our walks every night after work. After sitting in my office all day, and the wife in the house all day, we really need to get outside after work just for a change of scenery ya know. It'll also help get rid of the beer gut I'm currently lugging around.
Saturday was spent driving down to Boston for a wedding and then going to the wedding. We were supposed to help a couple of friends move, but we didn't make it down in time. The wedding itself though was a blast. Outdoor ceremony, at the Lyman Estate in Waltham. There wasn't a tent over the ceremony so we all baked in the sun. Luckily it was a pretty quick ceremony so I only lost a couple of pounds of sweat.
The reception was seven feet away, again outdoors, but under a tent. To say it was hot would be an understatement. Holy Crap, I can't remember the last time I sweat that much. The wife and I danced the night away (well, she danced, I just kind of did whatever it is I do on the dance floor) with some of her best friends. It was really a great great time, which was a little surprising because usually I don't like bands at weddings, but the past two I've been to have been a blast. I would also like to commend the lovely couple on their beer selection at the reception. It was an open bar and they had some very good sangria (made on the spot), JW Dundees Honey Brown, Sam Adams, Harpoon IPA, Stella Artois and a chocolate stout that I didn't catch the name of (and many wines, but I didn't have any of those).
Gordan and Anne during their first dance. It was choreographed and they did a great job! He and his mom had their dance to Rubby Ducky(you know, from Sesame Street), the instrumental version. 
The wife and I about half way thru the night. I managed to keep my jacket on from the ceremony thru dinner but once I sat down to eat off it came. The tie stayed on thru about half the dancing, but it was really just too hot. Unlike 90% of the other men there, I planned ahead and wore a white shirt as I knew it was going to be hot and didn't want the sweat to show thru the shirt. Gross right, well even grosser if you're one of the million guys there in a blue shirt.Afterwards we hit the afterparty, but the $6 Bud Light drafts at the Newton Marriott turned us off and we headed home.
Sunday we hit the road and drove home, and I played some golf with my uncle. We play pretty much every week now, but I'm kind of getting frustrated at my lack of progress. I'm getting better, but its only in pieces of my game. I can't seem to put together one solid game. One game my putter will be on fire and the next its cold as ice. I think my biggest issue, and anyone that really knows me knows this to be true, is my lack of concentration when I really need it. I tend to rush thru my swing or my putting too often.
So this week we'll continue our search for an upstairs toilet, among other projects we need to finish up. It's also supposed to be really warm up here so we'll finally get to go on our walks every night after work. After sitting in my office all day, and the wife in the house all day, we really need to get outside after work just for a change of scenery ya know. It'll also help get rid of the beer gut I'm currently lugging around.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Game One
Just a quick post before the Celtics game tonight..
Question: Is Batman a superhero?
No super powers, take away his utility belt and he's just some punk trying to make a name for himself from Kobra Kai. One could make the case that he was nothing but a vigilante.
Personally I was always a big Batman fan for that very reason, he had no powers so I had a better chance of becoming him than Spiderman. The chances of me getting bit by a radioactive spider (gotta love the 1950's, everything that came out of that era was radioactive) are pretty much slim to none and slim just left the building.
Question: Is Batman a superhero?
No super powers, take away his utility belt and he's just some punk trying to make a name for himself from Kobra Kai. One could make the case that he was nothing but a vigilante.
Personally I was always a big Batman fan for that very reason, he had no powers so I had a better chance of becoming him than Spiderman. The chances of me getting bit by a radioactive spider (gotta love the 1950's, everything that came out of that era was radioactive) are pretty much slim to none and slim just left the building.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
I Hate Eileen
Well, not hate, I actually care a great deal about her as she's one of my very good friends(and our first non family visitor!), but right this minute I strongly dislike her. You see, Eileen was smart enough to get one of those 12 pack of tickets the Celtics offered this year. And in doing that, she was able to get first dibs on playoff tickets, which means she's been to a couple of playoff games this year and she's GOING TO GAME ONE TOMORROW NIGHT!!! I have never in my life been more jealous of someone I know personally. I can't imagine how cool it would be to be there tomorrow night. That building is going to be alive. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to watch the game from my lucky chair then.
It's been raining the past couple of days up here, but I simply can't bring myself to use an umbrella. Something about it just doesn't feel "manly" to me. Granted, I'm not exactly the most manly guy ever, but still. I feel like I should just get wet and deal with it. Stupid I know, but umbrella's just aren't cool to me.
So I'm listening to the radio today and during a news break, the dj and news reporter started chitchatting about something. The reporter, who is in her early 20's, says that she has never been out of Maine, never been on a plane and has never been in a cab. That just blows my mind. Never out of the state? Huh? You have to go out of your way for that to happen. I can understand never riding in a cab because if you don't live in a city you really have no reason to take one, aside from the occasional too drunk to drive night. And never in a plane? Again, its 2008, not 1958...
You know whats the worst thing ever? When you're really busy at work, and you basically forget to go to the bathroom. So all of a sudden it hits you that you really have to go. So you quickly walk to the bathroom, but when you walk in the ummm "signature" left by the previous occupant is very obvious. So obvious in fact that it's like walking into a brick wall. Then you've gotta go quickly so that if someone else comes in while you're in there, they won't think that the "signature" belongs to you. At my job, this happens like every other day.
Vigilante justice.. Maine style..
Can't wait for the Celtics game tomorrow night. I think that it'll be a great series, but my money is on the C's in six. I really think that if they can contain Kobe and shut down Gasol (which KG has a history of doing) that things will end in the Celtic's favor. The key to the series is Pierce, if he can keep playing well I think that the Lakers won't be able to stop him along with Garnett. Plus, there's the whole Kobe/Ray Allen feud which has been going on for years. And for some reason Allen plays out of his mind verse him, so we'll see... If nothing else, we'll get to see some great opening montages.
It's been raining the past couple of days up here, but I simply can't bring myself to use an umbrella. Something about it just doesn't feel "manly" to me. Granted, I'm not exactly the most manly guy ever, but still. I feel like I should just get wet and deal with it. Stupid I know, but umbrella's just aren't cool to me.
So I'm listening to the radio today and during a news break, the dj and news reporter started chitchatting about something. The reporter, who is in her early 20's, says that she has never been out of Maine, never been on a plane and has never been in a cab. That just blows my mind. Never out of the state? Huh? You have to go out of your way for that to happen. I can understand never riding in a cab because if you don't live in a city you really have no reason to take one, aside from the occasional too drunk to drive night. And never in a plane? Again, its 2008, not 1958...
You know whats the worst thing ever? When you're really busy at work, and you basically forget to go to the bathroom. So all of a sudden it hits you that you really have to go. So you quickly walk to the bathroom, but when you walk in the ummm "signature" left by the previous occupant is very obvious. So obvious in fact that it's like walking into a brick wall. Then you've gotta go quickly so that if someone else comes in while you're in there, they won't think that the "signature" belongs to you. At my job, this happens like every other day.
Vigilante justice.. Maine style..
Can't wait for the Celtics game tomorrow night. I think that it'll be a great series, but my money is on the C's in six. I really think that if they can contain Kobe and shut down Gasol (which KG has a history of doing) that things will end in the Celtic's favor. The key to the series is Pierce, if he can keep playing well I think that the Lakers won't be able to stop him along with Garnett. Plus, there's the whole Kobe/Ray Allen feud which has been going on for years. And for some reason Allen plays out of his mind verse him, so we'll see... If nothing else, we'll get to see some great opening montages.
Monday, June 2, 2008
Randomness
- So the wife and I have been playing a lot of Super Nintendo lately. Last night, I played a half hour or so of Super Mario before she came to bed, then we switched to Super Mario Two. It's funny, I can play my xbox360 with its 15 different buttons to hit no problem, but when it comes to using three buttons it took me forever to get it down. It's like after all these years of video game playing, my fingers won't work that slowly anymore. Still though, I forgot how much fun those games were. The funny part is, I haven't played these games in a million years, but I still remember where to jump, where to duck, which pipes you can go down and all that. It's like all my fingers remember what to do before my brain does;
- Ever wonder why most green bottle beer are gross? Heineken, no thanks. Molson, euh if I have to I guess I will. Rolling Rock, gross. Phil, I think you should do a study on this;
- In talking with our neighbors yesterday, one of them mentioned doing a sketchy bar crawl sometime this summer. There are a couple of bars around that are just super sketchy, like the most towny of towny bars, including the local strip club (located next to a pawn shop and a church of course). I think this is a fantastic idea, especially since I realized that Judy's (taking sketchiness to a whole new level) has 75 cent Busch on tap. Yes you read that right, 75 cents. How awesome is that! You could go in there with $15 and that would last the entire night.. easily...
- Anyone else see this on cnn.com? It's a long video, but I think the good stuff is like 2-3 minutes in. He claims this alien was outside his window, then in his house. The shot from inside catching the peeping ET could be real, but the shot of the alien in his house just looks like a doll. Nice try buddy. Plus, if it was an alien, why would it waste it's time hiding in the bushes watching this guy?
- So the Celtics clinched over the weekend, yet the finals don't begin until Thursday. Hasn't anyone told the NBA that we live in a society where people don't have attention spans anymore. Luckily for them, two large market, iconic teams are playing, otherwise the ratings might have been abysmal;
- Finally got the bathroom vanity/sink in. Toilet still isn't arriving until next week though. Oh well, I've definitely learned that projects just never go as easily as planned.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Weekend Happenings
So good weekend and frustrating weekend all in one.
We started off with a trip to Acadia/Bar Harbor for the day. We've been doing a lot of work around the house lately, so we just needed to get out of Dodge and recharge the batteries so to speak. We find that Bar Harbor is a great place to do just that.
We started off by driving up to the top of Cadillac Mountain. Spectacular views from there, on a clear day you can practically see France.
I'm not sure who that guy is, but daaaaaamn is he good looking or what?
She hates having her picture taken, and is never ready for it. That's part of the reason I love taking pictures. One of these days we're going to get a real nice camera, maybe that'll help.
This is down on the aptly named Sand Beach. Yeah, we're real original up here in Maine. It's really pretty but it was so windy we didn't stay too long. I was afraid that my lovely wife was going to take flight at one point.
Ok, so you want to know how the bathroom is coming along I'm assuming. I really don't want to talk about it, but if my loyal readers want to know, I'll give it to them...
Floor.. done. Wife did an amazing job and it looks fantastic. Walls are all painted too, no more blue! Toilet.. purchased...however, did you know that not all toilets are the same distance from the wall? I sure didn't. Apparently standard is a 12 inch rough in. That's 12 inches from the wall. Yeah, ours, 10 inches. Which we didn't realize until after we tried to put in the new toilet. Good news, now we don't have to buy a new toilet for the downstairs bathroom. Bad news, all those hours of my life wasted staring at the toilets at Lowes are all for naught. You can't buy a 10 inch rough in toilet, it has to be special ordered, and of course it costs more. Boy, I'm loving this home improvement thing. So needless to say we won't have a toilet in our upstairs bathroom until a week from Tuesday. Up and down two flights of stairs to pee, man we're going to be in tip top shape soon.
Went to the video game store to buy a new xbox game. (Grand Theft Auto for those of you that care) So as I'm paying, the guy asks to see my ID because you have to be 18 to buy it and apparently I don't look 18. So I give him my ID, he looks at it and hands it back.. but immediately asks to see it again. Looks at it again, starts laughing and reaches into the counter drawer and pulls out my old license! About 4 weeks ago I noticed that I lost my license, couldn't find it anywhere so I had to get a new one (it probably just fell out of my wallet when I pulled out a credit card or something). Apparently so little juvenile delinquent tried to use it to buy a video game! Now there's a kid that'll never have a girlfriend. Doesn't use it for beer, or cigarettes, or to see an R rated movie, nope this kid tries to buy a video game. So I now have two licenses after spending a whopping $5 to buy my replacement.
Sorry Dad, Shaw's is out. We're switching our allegiances from Shaw's to Hannaford. The new Hannaford is so big, so clean and much cheaper. Plus, their alcohol/wine/beer section is better as is their prepared foods section.
A big thank you to my buddy Mike for helping me out with a plumbing issue I was having. His solution took two seconds to remedy my issue and everything is working great now.
Went over and hung out with our neighbors for a bit this evening. It was nice finally really meeting them, as previously all we've done is the distance wave and a quick hello. They live in the two family across the street and seem really nice. The guys are big beer aficionado's like myself, so that was pretty cool.
And finally, does anyone wanna take a guess at what this is??
It's been hanging out in our yard lately. This morning I saw it running from under our back porch to under our neighbors porch. It had a bunch of sticks and stuff in its mouth, so I think it's building a nest or something. Apparently this is the smaller of the rodents, as the wife has seen a bigger version of it chasing a local cat through our yard. It's also snacking on the wife's garden, so we've gotta get some sort of fence to keep it out. Its the size of a large cat, so I'm thinking its a gopher or something. I think I might need to invest in a .22 to rid our yard of the situation...
We started off with a trip to Acadia/Bar Harbor for the day. We've been doing a lot of work around the house lately, so we just needed to get out of Dodge and recharge the batteries so to speak. We find that Bar Harbor is a great place to do just that.
We started off by driving up to the top of Cadillac Mountain. Spectacular views from there, on a clear day you can practically see France.
I'm not sure who that guy is, but daaaaaamn is he good looking or what?
She hates having her picture taken, and is never ready for it. That's part of the reason I love taking pictures. One of these days we're going to get a real nice camera, maybe that'll help.
This is down on the aptly named Sand Beach. Yeah, we're real original up here in Maine. It's really pretty but it was so windy we didn't stay too long. I was afraid that my lovely wife was going to take flight at one point.Ok, so you want to know how the bathroom is coming along I'm assuming. I really don't want to talk about it, but if my loyal readers want to know, I'll give it to them...
Floor.. done. Wife did an amazing job and it looks fantastic. Walls are all painted too, no more blue! Toilet.. purchased...however, did you know that not all toilets are the same distance from the wall? I sure didn't. Apparently standard is a 12 inch rough in. That's 12 inches from the wall. Yeah, ours, 10 inches. Which we didn't realize until after we tried to put in the new toilet. Good news, now we don't have to buy a new toilet for the downstairs bathroom. Bad news, all those hours of my life wasted staring at the toilets at Lowes are all for naught. You can't buy a 10 inch rough in toilet, it has to be special ordered, and of course it costs more. Boy, I'm loving this home improvement thing. So needless to say we won't have a toilet in our upstairs bathroom until a week from Tuesday. Up and down two flights of stairs to pee, man we're going to be in tip top shape soon.
Went to the video game store to buy a new xbox game. (Grand Theft Auto for those of you that care) So as I'm paying, the guy asks to see my ID because you have to be 18 to buy it and apparently I don't look 18. So I give him my ID, he looks at it and hands it back.. but immediately asks to see it again. Looks at it again, starts laughing and reaches into the counter drawer and pulls out my old license! About 4 weeks ago I noticed that I lost my license, couldn't find it anywhere so I had to get a new one (it probably just fell out of my wallet when I pulled out a credit card or something). Apparently so little juvenile delinquent tried to use it to buy a video game! Now there's a kid that'll never have a girlfriend. Doesn't use it for beer, or cigarettes, or to see an R rated movie, nope this kid tries to buy a video game. So I now have two licenses after spending a whopping $5 to buy my replacement.
Sorry Dad, Shaw's is out. We're switching our allegiances from Shaw's to Hannaford. The new Hannaford is so big, so clean and much cheaper. Plus, their alcohol/wine/beer section is better as is their prepared foods section.
A big thank you to my buddy Mike for helping me out with a plumbing issue I was having. His solution took two seconds to remedy my issue and everything is working great now.
Went over and hung out with our neighbors for a bit this evening. It was nice finally really meeting them, as previously all we've done is the distance wave and a quick hello. They live in the two family across the street and seem really nice. The guys are big beer aficionado's like myself, so that was pretty cool.
And finally, does anyone wanna take a guess at what this is??
It's been hanging out in our yard lately. This morning I saw it running from under our back porch to under our neighbors porch. It had a bunch of sticks and stuff in its mouth, so I think it's building a nest or something. Apparently this is the smaller of the rodents, as the wife has seen a bigger version of it chasing a local cat through our yard. It's also snacking on the wife's garden, so we've gotta get some sort of fence to keep it out. Its the size of a large cat, so I'm thinking its a gopher or something. I think I might need to invest in a .22 to rid our yard of the situation...
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