Astros '09

Well here we are, a little late again with the blog page. Sorry. It's Baseball time again for T.J. This year he is on the Astros and his game is up a little. I have had to ask for help in teaching him the basics again because he doesn't want to learn from Dad. Are all kids that way? Was I? I can't answer that but it seems to be the way that it is, at least for us it is. Never the less, he is haveing alot of fun and I guess that, that is what matters. At this point we are 5 games into the year and in first place. We lost our first game due to "jitters" I think, and have yet to loose any other. I think that our Mgr. is to be praised for that. He is a great Mgr. and has the do it right or don't do it at all attitude. I am the #3 coach responsible for the outfielders and pregame streching & warm ups. I am looking forward to the first place trophy this year. Last year we took second place with the Diamondbacks.

Going to the races!!

T.J. and I go to the races every year. This year was special though, as we got to bring along some friends. Daren and his daughter McKenzie came with us this year and we all had a lot of fun. We got tickets on turn #4 where the crashes happen, but , they closed the section so we were rerouted to turn #1 where not much at all happens. That didn't cloud our day though. We had a good time teasing T.J. and McKenzie about being "close" friends. On the ride there McKenzie proved that she can hang with the best of men by dropping a rose to kill. It was nice to see at the track, they lowered the prices of beer by a dollar this year to help us out during these tough times!!? What the he#@! ok but it was nice of them...

Tore up house!

I bought this D.R. Horton home in 2003. I didn't get to move into it untill 2004 because the workers would all go to Mexico every two to three months and stay for weeks at a time.(that's what they told me.) So my completion date kept getting pushed back and back and back again. Anyhow, I am now finding out that D.R. Horton got a "great deal" on plumbing. They put all this great plumbing into the homes. The plumbing broke in several homes and now they have to go back and replace all of it in every home that they put it into. The only reason that I am not upset about this is because I don't have to pay for it or go through my insurance to get it done. That would have been a hassle beyond! They came in and tore the place up! These are some shots of the holes they cut all over the house. They finished today with the painting so now I can put the house back in order. Yah!

This is a little late but that's ok. Little bro's birthday. Little bro. turned 39 on Feb. 10th. T.J. baked his cake as he did mine. He wanted to attempt a dbl. layer cake. So that's what we did. It turned out ok as far as taste goes but it didn't look the best. The house nearly caught fire with all 39 candles lit. It took some time to light them too.