Dark Days Ahead

Needless to say, we have been making our weekly trips up North only to return to a house that won't be sold. Somebody shoot me.

Anyway, we leave Wednesday for Hawaii, which I am looking forward to. Sun, warm water, and a good book, perfect for getting my mind away from this house and this election year.

It will take a miracle for McCain to win. The little Marxist and his army of illegal voters, media, and illegal campaign contributions from over seas will likely win. We will then watch to see if the the Marxist get the big number in the Senate and House like they think they will. If they do, they will implement a socialist agenda that will set this country back for an incredibly long time.

I just read where the ATF broke up a bunch that wanted to execute the little Marxist, too bad. Not nice, but war isn't very nice. Taking my money and giving it to some slob who won't work or someone who is in this country illegally, is just wrong.

Well, that is all for now. Better shut down before the boys in black suites show up. Oh, if the little Marxist wins, head for the sporting goods store any buy any guns you think you will want. It won't take them long to kill the Second Amendment.

Not Much Goin On

I talked with my brother Pat this afternoon and he indicated that the old blog was a little flat. Well yea. What does one think is going to be written about when you are retired? My life evolves around the care of two houses and surviving the paying of two mortgages and doing yard work on both houses. If I didn't have my novels to read, I would likely be in the nut house.

Suffice to say we went up to the weekend retreat in MV where I did what, cut grass and finished with the pare tree, and read. We were going to see a movie, but the little lady had a tough time getting it going and the movie started at 10:30. It is a $5.00 showing, which is pretty good.

So we did some shopping. Brandi bought a new light jacket and looked for a sweater. She found the one she wants at Christopher Banks, but needed to print out a coupon that will save her some money. We also went to the library where she picked up a new novel by Earl Emerson (a Seattle author and real fireman). I picked up another Nelson De Mille novel (Word of Honor).

I guess the big news is a neighbor, Stephanie and Tim, let us borrow a 19 inch TV. Now we don't have cable hooked up, but we do have over 300 DVDs to look at. Last night we watched the second Pirates of the Caribbean. We wanted to see the scene where the guys fall into the river. We saw it and we have in fact swam in that very river on one of cruises. That was cool. Actually the river was really cold.

So, for me that was the weekend. Now we got home and I found a 5 inch rat dead inside the garage door and a dead bird in the dinning room. Does anyone want two cats? Yikes!!!!

Well, that is it for this time. Maybe something exciting next time.

A Wet Weekend Up North

Brandi, Eli, and I went up to MV on Thursday night in my pickup. We extended the flower bed on the North side to be able to accept our pare tree and two other blueberry bushes. Brandi turned the soil last weekend and we used the pickup to pick up a half yard of garden soil and some additional bricks to complete the little wall. You have seen the pictures so you know what I am talking about.

Though is rained on us a little, it was just a little. When we got it done, we got cleaned up and read in our novels. I finished my novel by Christopher Reich and Brandi was working on another James Patterson novel.

Saturday morning we went to the movies to see a movie we thought was going to be good, Appaloosa with Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen. Actually, the trailer for the film is the best part of the movie.

After the movie, we packed up and head back to Hansville as we had a birthday party to attend that evening on the island. Our friend Gale was celebrating her 60Th with about 20 of her friends. Good food and good company.