Back In The Workforce

Well, I have been of the unemployed since October of last year and I am happy to say I have found a job with Marsh a leading risk and insurances firm. Happy because I will finally have a steady income and health insurance. Sad because I really could do this not working thing and also because I am going back to work just when summer is on the horizon. So, I continue to buy lottery tickets and cross my fingers every time there is a drawing hoping to become one of the rich and famous. My first day is May 1st and will have 6 weeks of training. We will see how it goes..

Concert Weekend

This past weekend was a pretty busy one. Friday night I went and saw Kenny Chesney and Saturday night Val and I saw Rod Stewart. Both these guys rocked the house. For 60 Rod hasn't skipped a beat. Did I mention we were randomly picked and got our seats upgraded to the $126 tickets about 6 rows from the stage? We also were sitting next to his wife. She is a cutie and could pass for his grandaughter. Oh well, "whatever trips your trigger". Two great concerts and lots of adult beverages, life is good!

Survivor-Fiji Part 9

So long Michelle. What the hell was Dreamz thinking voting for her? Please tell me he is not that stupid, what happened to Stacey the person he wanted to be voted off so bad? Next week should be pretty interesting with Mookie getting in Dreamz' face and Dreamz telling Cassandra & Earl about Mookie having the idol. I have a feeling some shit might hit the fan or how about some sand pounded up someone's ass. I have but one dream..get Dreamz out of there!

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Like A River...

Well, we went to the game on the 7th and the Cubs beat the Brewers 6-3. For once Ben Sheets had an off day. So, Val and I are sitting in the car enjoying a brewskie before the game and this guy gets out of the truck in front of us and decides to take a whiz, thank God his back was to us. Now this guy must of had to really go because it was like a river. I mean to tell you it went the length of 4 cars. I honked at him and was hoping he would turn around but he didn't, I was going to wave and then ask him if he felt better. I guess when you gotta go, you gotta go.

Ramada Workout Room

Okay, so Val & I are in Milwaukee for the Cubs game tomorrow and we are staying at the Ramada downtown, now don't get me wrong, the rooms are four times the size of our stateroom we had on the cruise but their workout room is smaller. I am not so sure I would advertise that they had one. I think I would just let the patrons that had too many adult libations stumble upon it. Your thoughts?? I for one love to workout but cherish the times I can't due to no fault of my own. All in all, the bar, restaurant, rooms and most of all the service was a-ok. Did I mention how f-----windy it is here? Damn, Mary Poppins wouldn't have a chance..

Survivor-Fiji Part 8

I want to go home, I want to stay, I want to go home , give me a chance..hello, your wish was their command. I think you dug your own grave missy. Other than the fact that Dreamz disliked you so much, I think if you would have kept your mouth shut and hadn't whined so much (there's no crying) you might still be there. I was hoping Dreamz would be gone, maybe next week. Kudos to Yau-Man for doing so well in the immunity challenge.

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"Take Me Out To The Ballgame"

Val and I leave Friday for Milwaukee to catch a Cubs Brewer game. Here I thought it would be a nice spring weekend with the temperatures in the 70's, whatever!! The high is only going to be in the 30's so I guess there's no need to pack shorts. Thank God Miller Park has a retractable roof, if it didn't I don't believe we would be making the trip. "Go Cubbies"

To think just a few weeks ago we were cruisen. Damn..... Speaking of cruisen we received pictures from Karin and Rich & Paul of the cruise and I must say we are all good photographers. Check out this sight and see the pics Val & I and Karin took. http://milleniumcruisers.snapfish.com/snapfish Keep checking back I am sure more will be added.

Survivor-Fiji Part 7

Yahooooo, he's gone. It was just a matter of time before Rocky's mouth determined his fate. What an obnoxious guy! Even tho he was right about giving his tribe crap about eating too much, it was the straw that broke the camel's back. How stupid was it for them to stuff themselves especially with that kind of food. They are lucky they didn't feel worse for a longer amount of time. The body can only take so much.

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Bye Bye To Trap

Mark an Ed had to put their dog "Trapper" on the big train to doggy heaven today. Trap lived a good life and couldn't have asked for better owners than Mark & Ed. We all will miss the little guy but I am sure he is having a blast with all his friends. If you want to see a picture of the little man go to www.znum.blogspot.com. I know Ed will miss him the most. Afterall, to Trap he figured he and Ed together had traveled the world. So long friend...

Cruise Pictures

Val & I at dinner, Ed, Mark, Val, & I at Paradise Point, and other pictures of St. Thomas. Without a doubt I could live there. That probably won't happen but I can definately see a vacation there.

Naughty, Naughty....

St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa was arrested Thursday on a drunken driving charge after police said they found him asleep inside his running sport utility vehicle at a stop light. He is pretty lucky that an officer found him before his foot came off the brake and someone got hurt. Maybe a couple of days in the slammer or a huge fine from the Cardianal organization would remind him that he is a role model (why I have no idea) and Cardinal fans and players love and look up to him. It seems like this is happening more frequent. Stiffer penalties from the organizations might deter this kind of behavior. Start dipping into their pockets who knows what will happen.

Survivor-Fiji Part 6

Well, it was just a matter of time before James got his way and got Anthony booted. After James had his little tyrant at tribal council I was so hoping he would be next. What is Lisi's problem, does she want to stay or go? Now that the tribes have changed maybe this Survivor will start to get more interesting.

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Ahhhhhhhhh

You take a tram up 700 feet to Paradise Point and you have quite the view of the Carribean. There are shops and of course a bar. After para-sailing and a tour of St. Thomas we had developed a thirst.

Need I say more? Ahhhh so cold, so good...

Done Cruisen

Is this not the coolest picture (St. Thomas)? Hellooooooo, I'm back. The cruise was the best vacation I have been on. There will definately be another and another in the future. Val, Mark, Ed, and I had a great time. There were a couple of tiffs but isn't that the norm when you have strong minded people together? I have always said no arguing, maybe I should say differences of opinions, would make for a pretty boring place. I hated to see it end but man did it feel good to sleep in my own bed. Oh yeah, Murphy was excited as hell to see us. Hey one more thing, if you are thinking about taking a cruise I would strongly suggest checking out Celebrity Cruise Line. We were on the boat Millennium and you could not ask for a better way to go. Now if you are looking to "booze and cruise" take Carnival. Later......

Survivor-Fiji Part 5

Well, another member of the Ravu tribe bites the dust. In my opinion Rocky should be gone. He's too much of a whiner. Will Ravu ever win a challenge??

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Finally.....

Well, I never thought the day would get here. Barring no problems we finally start our vacation. Two days at my brother & Ed's and then we will be sailing across the ocean blue. "Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale", oops sorry, are you singing the song?? It will be a little bigger boat than that, more like "The Love Boat" another catchy tune, ey? Once we are on our way updates regularly..

Cruise #6

Well, I went to my final tanning session today and Val goes tonight. We can hardly wait to get on the boat. Sunday the 11th is departure day. We leave Sunday out of D.C., fly to Laguardia and have a mere 45 minutes to catch our flight to Ft Lauderdale. My brother checked it out and we land and take off at the same terminal, thank God. We get in about 1:00 and the boat leaves around 4:30, thank God again we are only about 8 minutes from the port. We have been waiting too long for this trip and would hate to have anything upset the apple cart now. Oh, I forgot to mention, Ed (Mark's partner) might have to pull an all-nighter at work Saturday night and just meet us at the airport. Boy I tell ya if it's not one thing it's another.

Balloon Art

These people have too much time on their hands..

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