Ahh, the single dad fun begins…

It’s that time of year again. The time when my wife abandons me and takes one of the kids off to Vermont for a almost a week to visit some relatives, thus leaving me with the rest of the clan.

There’s a new twist this year. 2 of the 3 castaways she left behind have some sort of illness. This wouldn’t be so bad, except the one that’s most sick is the littlest.

Some people think Men get grumpy and hard to handle when they are sick, well they haven’t met Maria.

Michael and Maggie are of the age that I can leave them alone now for a few hours while I go to work and wait for Grandma to show up and baby sit for them for the rest of the day. Again this wouldn’t be a problem if there wasn’t this illness in the picture. As it stands now, if Maria were to wake up and I weren’t home, I’d expect here life expectancy would probably be around 20 minutes. That’s probably about as long as Michael and perhaps even Maggie could stand. Actually it will be a team effort to pull through this week or for how ever long this thing hangs around.

So far Maggie and I are not sick, though I kinda felt this funky feeling in my throat this morning which I didn’t like. Let’s hope I too don’t get what they got.

In any event we’ll find some ways to have some fun. The kind of fun that Mom doesn’t allow ? cause after all, she’s not home so she’s not the boss of us.

I’m thinking Maria is old enough for her own Tater Cannon now. There’s no better way to get rid of stray cats or Jehovah’s witnesses.

Maybe we’ll start on that electric fence we’ve been talking about. If I start at the driveway and turn it on, there’s little mom can do about it when she gets home. Or maybe we’ll get rid of the chickens.

More later, I’ve got some planning to do.

Bengals 3-0 in the pre-season

Wow!

3-0 Three and Oh. Yeah, it’s still the pre-season and all but all three wins have been pretty impressive. Well, win #3 the Bengal’s looked about as good as Bret Farve looked bad.

But Carson is back and he’s for real and it’s better than where Pittsburg sits, which is 0-3.
Chad has been put on ice, this pre-season. I suspect their giving him a little attitude adjustment, helping him grow up just a little bit.

Rudy, however has not impressed, he’s clearly a north – south runner and hasn’t put to many yards down. He needs a few moves. Is it him, or the line? I don’t think it’s the line. Some of the younger guys look good, real good.

How big would a 4-0 preseason be? HUGE, given the schedule they face this year. Unbelievably big, the one’s that say “It’s only pre-season, are the ones with 2-2 or losing records???. It would be HUGE for the Bengals, period. To put Indianapolis in their place would be big, very, very big. It would set a tone in the league.

Here’s to next Friday, let’s see what they’ve got.

Kittens, Oh My

Ok, so we started out with (1) Barn cat/kitten. Then we had this stray just hanging around.

Well, of course, why not? Why not just dump a load of kittens in the pool house.

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5, count them FIVE, little kittens, all cute and cuddly, now needing a home. Though I think we’ll keep one of the calico looking variety as yet another barn cat.

The mother has since taken off as they are of age that they no longer need her. Good for her as she was a pain in the rear and not very social. The kittens however have been handled since day one and are very plump and healthy.

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If you’re in the market for a kitten, let us know. FREE to a good home.

Mackinsey comes to visit

This weekend my daughter (Linda) brought my granddaughter Mackinsey up for a visit.

We hung out for a while, then went to Maria’s soccer game. A good time was had by all especially Mackinsey. It’s clear that I’m her favorite and she proved it by spitting up on me.

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Like I said in the soccer post it was HOT… Hella hot.

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Lots more photos in her album here:
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(Click image above)