11 MORE FRIDAYS!

HELLO EVERYONE,

YES SIR, JUST 11 MORE FRIDAYS AND THEN I'M RETIRED. MAN, I CAN HARDLY WAIT(MY WIFE ON THE OTHER HAND IS HAVING PANIC ATTACKS!).

LAST WEEKEND WAS FATHER'S DAY, WORKED MOST OF SATURDAY AND KIND OF COASTED ON SUNDAY. 

SATURDAY I POWER WASHED THE STAGE, CLEANED UP A BUNCH OF LEFTOVERS FROM SOME JOBS WE'VE COMPLETED, THE WIFE BOUGHT A NEW MINI FRIDGE FOR THE OUTDOOR KITCHEN. THE ONE WE HAD OUT THERE TOOK A CRAP LAST WEEKEND.

IT WAS A LITTLE LARGER THAN THE OLD ONE SO I HAD TO MAKE SOME FEET FOR THE COUNTER IT SITS UNDER. INSTALLED THE NEW SPEAKERS IN THE OUTDOOR KITCHEN, THEY'RE WIRED SO WE HAD TO RUN WIRE FROM THE HOUSE OUT THERE. THEY DO SOUND NICE! SO NOW WE HAVE MUSIC THROUGH THE WHOLE BACK YARD.

SATURDAY ALSO, I GOT A FATHER'S DAY PRESENT FROM YOUNGEST SON, HE BOUGHT ME TWO NEW CONTROLLERS FOR THE PS3, I'M PROBABLY NEVER GOING TO PLAY GAMES ON THE THING BUT, NOW I CAN IF I WANT TO. THEY'RE WIRELESS SO, I HAD TO CHARGE THEM UP.

ON SUNDAY, JUST KIND OF MESSED AROUND. I FINALLY GOT THE PS3 WORKING AND IT PLAYS THE JUMP DRIVE WITH THE 1985 BEARS SUPERBOWL ON IT, I HAVEN'T WATCHED THE BIG GAME YET, BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL GAMES FROM THAT SEASON ON THERE ALSO,SO I WATCHED A COUPLE OF THOSE TO MAKE SURE IT WAS WORKING. PUT IN THE FIRST HARRY POTTER MOVIE AND WATCHED IT SO THE DVD PLAYER IS WORKING AS WELL. 

I HAD INTENTIONS OF GETTING UP ON SUNDAY AND GOING FISHING, BUT IT WAS SPRINKLING RAIN EARLY SO I DIDN'T GO. THERE'S A FRIEND OF THE OLDEST SON WHO LIVES A FEW MILES FROM ME WITH A COUPLE OF HUGE LAKES ON HIS PROPERTY. I WAS GOING TO GO DOWN AND CATCH A FEW FISH TO BRING BACK AND PUT IN MY POND BUT, IT'S A MESS! SO, THE WIFE AND I HAD A LONG DISCUSSION AND DECIDED TO TRY AND CLEAN THE POND UP AND GET IT LOOKING BETTER. WE FOUND SOME NATURAL STUFF TO GET RID OF SOME OF THE MUCK AND A NATURAL WEED KILLER TO GET SOME OF THE WEEDS OUT OF THERE. THOSE THINGS SHOULD BE HERE THIS WEEK AND WE'LL (I'LL) START THAT PROJECT SOON. ONCE IT'S CLEAN, I'LL GET SOME FISH!

THE TWO OLDER BOYS PITCHED IN AND BOUGHT ME A 42' TV FOR THE OUTDOOR LIVING ROOM! IT ISN'T HERE YET BUT WHEN IT COMES IN I'LL LOAD IT ON THE MOUNT AND SEE HOW THAT LOOKS. THE WIFE AND I ARE REALLY LIKING THE CONCERTS OUT THERE, IT ISN'T THE SAME AS BEING THERE LIVE BUT IT'LL DO!

WELL, I THINK THAT'S IT FOR NOW.

                                              TALK TO YOU SOON,

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