Tried to follow the directions on mounting my sirius radio in the car last night. Now that was the biggest pain in the rear know to man. The suggested antenna location for a SUV is in the back, 6 inches from the edge of the roof near the tailgate. I tried for about 2 hours running that damn wire trough the carpet, the plastic molding and the roof material to no avail. Eventually I mounted the antenna on the roof near the driver's side door and it works great. That's two hours that I'll never get back.

Not only did I totally waste 2 hours but I also destroyed my halogen light in the porcess. I finished my installation fiasco and backed the car out of the garage to put it back on the correct side of the garage and I hear a crunch followed by a bang. Instead of getting out to see what I hit, I decided to put it in forward and then reverse again. The second time over the light pretty much completly destroyed any hope that the light would still be in working condiditon. What a bonehead I am.

One bright note is that I purchased a used (new to me) Taylormade golf club. I have been looking for a new 3 wood for about a year now and have just put it off thinking that I would find one that I liked on sale. Finally I found one at a used sporting good's store in great condition that was about 50% less than new. The unfortunate part of the story is that the sporting goods store didn't have anywhere to try the club out before I bought it. I'm sure I will like it, it is the same brand as all the other clubs that I have. New toy for my upcoming trip!!

Simple life lesson for the day........

Never eat cold kelbasa for breakfast unless you have absolutly no one to talk to that morning! Wow!! Major gas...........

Here is a picture of one of the two speakers that were installed in our family room. The speakers in the Mater bedroom and bathroom are similar but round in shape and the speakers in the kitchen are actually stand alone units that just sit on top of the kitchen cabinets. I think the sound in the kitchen is much better than any other area of the house. The fact that we have standard height ceilings in the kitchen probably contributes to the better sound.

I went out and purchased the sirius satellite radio today and much to my suprise, the playboy station was included in my subscription. What the hell is playboy radio? Is it 24 hours of moaning and heavy breathing? I will have to check it out, it may be fun. I opted for a cheap receiver and the home kit so I could connect it to our audio system.


Getting ready to go on a golf vacation with my Dad and two of his friends to Florance SC. The weather had been pretty warm lately but looks like it is taking a dump lately. Looks like highs in the upper 60's are the norm for this time of year...I'll take it considering that we had a dusting of snow on the ground this morning. Should be more golf, beer and food than I really need but I am looking forward to it........I think!?! The one thing that I'm not looking forward to is the long drive with 4 guys. I rented a mini-van from Alamo/Priceline for $18 a day (my best priceline deal to date). That van is going to be ripe by the time I return it.

Shawn's third and final birthday party is tommorrow (yes he is spoiled). I don't think that I had three birthday parties my entire childhood.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!! Tip back a green beer or Irish whiskey and at least act like you are from the land of little drunk green men for the day.

Happy 5th Birthday Shawn!!!

Present of the night, the $8 plastic submarine. Wish it was that simple all the time. Those kids pizza joints have to be a parent's hell. So many kids, so noisy and expensive for what you get which is nothing more than a headache. Oh well, Shawn enjoyed it and is now in the bath with his very own $8 submarine.

The fun continues tommorrow. We are going to see Curious George the movie. Should be a blast!

Satellite radio........XM or Sirius? That is the question of the day. I want to connect a home kit to our new home audio system. I am leaning toward Sirius unless someone can do a sales job on me to change my mind.

Look at the monster.......what is he up to?

Guess what? This thing still is active. Nothing to report really, just hangin at work looking for something to do till it is time to go home. Lisa is at home puking her guts out, I am watching the clock.

We had a whole house audio system installed yesterday. We now have two speakers each in the family room, kitchen, master bedroom and one in the master bathroom. Pretty cool system, it is connected to a reciever/amplifier in the family room and has volume controls in each room. You can turn off rooms you aren't in and jam in the rooms that you are. We are also looking into adding a couple of speakers outside by the patio as well. The house was already wired for sound, so it was just a matter of cutting into the drywall to install the recessed speakers. Pretty cool stuff!!!

Shawn turns 5 tommorrow. Hopefully Lisa feels better so we can take Shawn out to his very favorate plaze, Major Magic (similar to Chuck E Cheese but a little more ghetto). We are going to take the day off on Friday to take Shawn in for his 5 year old doctor's appointment and then go see Curious George the movie. We have family coming on Saturday to celebrate with him too. Should be an exciting week for him but a tiring one for us.

I can't believe that this blogg is still active. Maybe I will try and update it more often.

Don't forget to order your Easter Hams!!!!!