July 27, 2007
So I went to see a 1963 Ford Fairlane 500 last night. It was in great condition but the battery was dead so I could not turn the engine on or drive it. I told the man I was interested but just had to hear it run and drive it around the block. He told me that he would charge the battery for me and give a call when it was charged. When I got back to the office I gave it a few hours and called back. It was nearing 5pm so I thought if it was charged I would stop by. The seller told me that he ...
July 03, 2007
For years now I have wanted to play paintball. Well a few weeks ago I bought the gear and gun to go play. The time is upon me. Tomorrow being July 4th we are headed to the Platte River outside of Brighton, Colorado for a bit of fun and pain. We planned on this being a nice easy event where 5 or six of us would go out and play for a bit. Now the event has turned into 16-20 with some of the people that are coming being close to pro. They have guns that cost more than my car and equipment that ...
June 20, 2007
This Father's Day my 6 year old was old enough to write me a card... But what 6 year old thinks one card is good enough? My little girl went for the "more is better" approach to giving dad a card. She wrote me endless amounts of cards over the last few weeks. It was awesome! I love them! Pictures of the family drawn with crayons, markers, glitter glue and other media that I could recognize. She did cards in paper bags, on lined paper, on cardboard and just about anything she could find. I felt ...
June 11, 2007
So this story did not happen to me but was told to me this weekend by my Pastors uncle.Seems he and his brother were going fishing 2 weekends ago and decided to take his brothers pickup and camper with them. The camper is the type that sits in the bed of the truck and was equipped with a stove, refrigerator, and a couple of other nice to haves. The plan was to go up into the mountains to fish some of the streams at higher elevation. Well, they got packed and headed out the door. They were ...
June 08, 2007
Okay so this one is not a funny one but thought I would post anyway.I have a German Shorthaired pointer that we got from a rescue when she was 2 and now she is 10. Yesterday was unbelievably windy in Frederick when my wife left the house. We have a covered porch that we use for sitting out in the evening and also close the dog off in when we leave. Well yesterday my wife took the kids out and lefet the dog on the porch. Well the wind blew the door open and off went the dog. I got a call at work ...