I remember my mom and I were watching Geraldo one day. There was this hillbilly who came on and I don't remember what the show was about. I just remember this quote, "I tied her up, Geraldo. She liked it".

My mom and I started laughing and that was an ongoing joke. I still quote that guy to this day. Me and my mom were the only ones who got that joke but I still go around saying it and that's why.

Chloe had a lollipop that she got from Huckleberry Railroad when she went earlier that day with my mom, Barb, Linda and the Meischners – we walked around downtown last night.  There was an
oldies radio station broadcasting live from the Catholic Church across the
street and people were sitting in chairs watching the cruisers.  We walked
downtown and people kept commenting on Chloe's sucker.  She kept correcting them and
saying “no – it’s a lollipop”.

Beth sang at the Crofoot last Friday. She opened for this guy named "Todd Alsup". He was pretty serious about his music career. He had a crew of people with t-shirts that said "Todd Squad" and his fans had stickers with his name on them.

Before the gig I was pretty stressed out. It was my last day of work before my vacation and I had to try and tie up loose ends so I didn't leave Olaf with a lot to do. I was pretty hungry and out of cash. I thought we left my wallet at home but it turned out it was in between the seat and the door the whole time.

I borrowed $20 from Brooke and ate at a local diner. I ran into Dave and Lindsay and two of their friends there and had dinner with them. I was running late for set-up time and had to cut through the line to get to the front to get inside and help set up.

Jim's new girlfriend Dawn was there. Also in attendance were Stella, David and Clancy. Grace Farr and her daughter. Jim Territo and a friend showed up after Beth . . . Read More..

The first time I ever changed my brake pads was at the Baldiga's house in their driveway. It seems like it was a cold fall afternoon. Chet basically did the job and showed me how while Joe SR came by and commented every once and a while. That was really cool that Chet was able to help me do that - I didn't know that he knew how to do that. I told him I would buy him a 12 pack of beer and I still have not done that. I remember my hands getting pretty cold changing the brakes. I was amazed at how easy and straight-forward it was and it encouraged me to learn how to do more things with my car. I figured that I should be able to do that if I call myself an engineer.

Dave went to Kensington with us on Sunday. They did a message on marriage. They also played Coldplay's Clocks for the prelude. As we were leaving, I saw Scott Embrey from work leaving too and said "hi".

After the service, we went across the street to Subway. Chloe was running all over the restaurant and kept climbing around the booth and fell over once and almost got stuck.

She didn't eat much - she was having too much fun. Afterwards we went for a walk outside and she decided to give us a guided tour around the building. It was fun.