few more days...

so i have found that instead of packing more...i am just finding it easier to convince myself that i just dont need to take certain items......so my packing load has decreased...which is awesome....i basically have one bag packed.....and might start on the second today...i have a tub for storage finished...and still have the other one waiting to be filled the rest of the way........i hate packing....its so boring.....i mean think about it...if i forgot something....i would just get a new one....so is it really worth packing anything? well...thats a little extreme....so i will pack most of it....and the rest....well it will just sit to be reclaimed someday years from now.........so this weekend....hangin out with a couple ppl...finish packing....and head out.....so last nite i got to sit in the hot tub and smoke a cigar...so that was way awesome......ok.....back to acting like im doin sometin....keep you posted more later on.....

part of the journey,....

well i booked a ticket back to kansas.....the first leg of my journey down south to the caymans.....i get to spend a few weeks with the family...........so this week......i am packing up my room...deciding what to just store in the attic...and what to take with me.....i will probably mail back some clothes....and of course take the golf clubs....and....well im really not sure...clothes....i dont need to dress up while down there...so a lot might just stay here.....then i dont have to transport it....just take a couple shirts and a suit...and call it a day.......pack lots fo shorts....and of course all my hawaiian shirts....my shoes...sandals...scuba gear.....wow...im gettin really excited....it will be different not living in washington...i have definitely grown used to it.....this will be the first time i havent lived with family....so thats gonna be a big change for me.....i mean i still wont have my own place.....but i dont like being alone...so its all good......so when im back in kansas i will get to visit some friends too...so thats gonna be great......i have soo much on my mind.....i just dont feel like typing right now....but i will write soon...keep you updated on my status and location....peace....

titleless...

so the past few days i havent done too extremely much......i mean i basically walk around the lake about daily.....go to the gym....daily.......play on the computer......eat......fish.....well not fish daily...but maybe every other day.....or at least three times a week....lol....somethin like that......one of the days...im not sure which one...i did a ton of housework stuff......i chopped the excess cedar into little pieces so that they fit in the pit and/or fireplace.....umm...loaded up all the yard waste and go that taken to the dump.....i did sweep off all the steps leading down to the lake....so they are pretty.....oh...i cleaned down by the firepit....cleaned the woodstack, took it all down....and put all the new wood in the back and bottom...so it can cure...so it will be ready around winter or next spring.....swept up around the dock....oh..i need to hop in the water and clean off the ladder........the underdeck work is finally finished...so its all dry....and mark hung up a hammock(from guatemala(sp?)) so ive relaxed in that a time or two......i do need to hop in the hot tub tonite......oh...new movies....KICK ASS!!! was an awesome and hilarious movie...recommend to ADULTS of all ages.....oh.....so i got my new shoes.....my old shoes were having thier eyelets ripped out...so it was kinda hard to tie them...so i figured it was time to stop being a jew for a day and actually buy some new shoes.....got my bro b-rock to tell me about some good shoes......the ones he has....they are the new reebox zigtech shoe.....i got the bright orange ones.....so now i look even more amazing working out....i know its hard to believe...but yes...as i get older...i keep getting better looking!!! hmm..im ready to be down south in 80 degree water....livin on the beach...maybe soon!!!
i do feel like i need a haircut again....its just always not available to me at the most convenient times.....but someday i can take care of the shag......
hmm...on the agenda for the rest of the day/week=gym....running....(yes i mean jogging when i say running).....maybe dl some more music.....
i get to see my cousin today........and coltrane.....hmm.....im tired...gotta conserve my energy for my run....so im outtsies....peace

such a beautiful weekend.......

oh wow......such a great time this weekend.....lets see.....saturday early afternoon we were working on the deck a little more. still installing the panels........then i hopped in the shower, and headed to tacoma. got there in the early evening/late afternoon(guess i could have said about 430ish) and had some delicious homemade by my aunt coconut cake for beccas bday!!!!! doug showed me a bunch of his new apps on his droid which is a crazy awesome fone......after cake, we went to dinner at this indian food place......we just goofed off for quite a while and enjoyed some time at the restaurant(it was me, becca, doug and kathy, joel, and cameron). i ordered the saag ghost with lamb. its a garlic spinach curry. it was really delicious.....and of course the little cakey soggy donuts things...with rice pudding and pistachio icecream.....wow....such huge meal that was so great.....after dinner we went back to beccas for a few hours worth of apples to apples....we went through all the cards!!! it was the first time i played that game....but i really really enjoyed it......and i did pretty good at it too......so around 10 me and becca started working on our "mustaches" for the "stache bash" for libby's bday......i made one out of pink yarn...which was pretty hilarious looking...and beccas was made out of.......well she trimmed a tiny part of her hair and used some double stick tape and whammy.....we just kinda hung out at the house for a while...and libby shared her bday cigar with me....so that was great...then me and becca headed to chopsticks to listen to the end of the dueling pianos....and then gotta make that two in the mornin run to jack in the box!!! sunday i woke up....and im basically over the little cold thing....so i actually went to the gym...which i hadnt for a week.....and did a chest work out.....it was great being in the gym again.......then.....when i got home....joel had a call on his truck.....so we headed to the puyallup mall, he took his truck, and i took the 3000gt since it was so glorious out1!! that car is soo fun to drive....it worked great.....well anyways...joel sold his truck....and we stopped by the mall to grab a coffee and i needed to look at some new workout shoes...and joel needed to look at some running shoes.....and i dont think either of us found any.....then we headed back to the house.....and what better way to spend a hot sunny afternoon....then strippin down half naked...and getting some fishing done!!!! the sun was out...with clear skies....great reflections over the lake....and we caught a few fish....we went off our dock for a while with some power bait and caught a couple fish......then me and cam took out the paddle boat and "trolled" with some jakes lures and caught some more.....they werent really really big...so we let most of them back....so they could grow...and experience things in life....but ill get them again......anyways...after hours in the sun...where i didnt get burned again....we had an amazing dinner(which i ate way too much) of fresh cooked hamburgers!!!! so i started with a croissant.....smothered barbecue sauce on the top and bottom, layered on avecado, then some pickle, then the burger with muenster cheese, then some onion, then some lettuce, and then some of yvonnes homemade salso....and then the top of the croissant...and then.............just enjoyed that huge puppy...i could barely fit my mouth around it....but i made do....and it was soo awesome.....after dinner....we headed to the bowling alley......we bowled for a couple hours....jsut relaxing and goofing a bit......enjoying some great times together....towards the last game...we really turned on the competition.....and all bowled a really good game...and yvonne stomped us!!! so she won the prize.....which was a couple high fives......so basically and awesome weekend....really fun.....and relaxing...and enjoyable.....its the kind of weekend that blogs are made of.......anyways...after that....i went to bed....and woke up....and started typing......

im such a ladies man.....ha.....

so the past couple days i had a little sniffy/stuffy nose and a tiny throat itch...basically cam got me sick...and joel too......soo dirty...but ah well...i feel like im basically over it....it did give me a wonderful excuse to just lay around and watch a few movies....so that was great....today.....well today was an exciting day.....so i woke up bright and early.....and realized that today my calling was to be a "baitboy" for some ladies......basically grandma dolly, two of her sisters(blondie and pauline) and blondie's friend joan came over to fish and relax.....so i started the day with a nice little fire(which the pit is located right near the dock)......and by little fire...i did a pretty good sized one....then once the fire was going.....i got the fishing poles ready.....the slip weight/bobber filled and the bait on.....once the ladies arrived i got to cast their lines for them....and then when they reeled in fish...take them off the line..string them...and rebait the lines...and recast them...bascially be that token boy that looks amazing while doing all the hard or "gross" work involved with trout coming out of the water......they fished for like 3 hours....and i got to relaxish kinda....and listen to old lady jibber jabber......and......listen to more old lady talk.......and.....relaxish some more.....and anyways.....after they had their good time....i put the stuff up....and then cleaned all the fish and blondie took the fillets home.....then i kinda relaxed during the afternoon......and wathced some firefly or somethin(a tv show but its on the xbox so i dont have to see commercials which i hate about real tv)......and then around 4:45 i started dinner which was to be at 6.......
now the next paragraph is gonna hit you sooo hard.......
i made TATOR TOT CASSEROLE!!!! yes i know...,one of my favorite meals!! i have never made it before cuase growing up my mom was always there to do it for me.....but i knew i could do it...so i was excited.....anyways.....you start with beef - ground beef. and you cook it....today i used a few different seasonings.....i used a little worcestershire(sp? - i dont think anyone knows how to spell that stuff) some crushed red pepper, some fresh garlic, some chives, some johnnys, and a touch of steak seasoning. well after the meat cooked i put it in a pan and mixed in some cream of mushroom soup. after it was all mixed in i kinda "flattened" it out equally in the pan...then very carefully layered some tator tots in with it.(you can mix corn in with the meat if you want....today we made it on the side so ppl could choose whether they wanted it or not) after that...you throw it in the oven for a while so the tots get all nice and warm....then you eat it with some barby sauce and its soo great!!!! after dinner me and joel and cam played a magical card game....or two...or seven...but who is counting.....and then right now exactly we are watching a ufc episode...its kinda lame.....but maybe thats because im not actually watching it...and just typing...so i hear it..but dont see it....so it doesnt have the same effect....i wander if thats basically how the radio was.....those old ppl really missed out on the cool technology.....well kinda......and here after a while i need to go to bed and get my at least 8 hours of beauty sleep...cause tomorrow im pretty sure im workin on the deck again......well ive typed entirely too much for one day.......so im off....good nite world...i will see you soon.....

full weekend.....

well this weekend i definitely had some great times....if you are a sensitive reader i might elude to things that might not make you comfortable....so maybe skip today? but anyways....
saturday nite i joined my cousin becca for a nite out in tacoma......it was her friend's bday.....and so we went to an "alter ego" party.......which i thoroughly enjoyed! of course....what else could i go as??? so i threw on a tux(silver fox) which i happened to have in my closet....had some jewelry on....grabbed some stogies...........and arrived as "gotti" becca was her "ghetto" self which i thought was hilarious......jigga b........anyways prior to the party we went to heathers house and i got to enjoy my kuba kuba on the porch/balcony i dont know what to call it thing......becca and libby smoked a little with me.....and i finished it by myself which is always very relaxing and enjoyable to me.....then we went over to sandy's(bday girl). it was the typical college scene - which made me feel a little out of place at first - but i seemed to almost fit in a bit so that was good.....so i got to play a little pong.......drink some mixed drink/mix.....just chill on a rather tightseated couch.....and do my favorite thing (take a few nice little pee breaks outside).....there is just somethin about being out in the fresh air relieving yourself that makes me feel so free and great.....i dunno....anyways i enjoyed another cigar....with some new ppl....(rocky patel vintage '92)...........then back inside for some more pong.....now that i mention it...im pretty really good at pong.....anyways....after a while longer of participating in some festivities....becca felt ready to go home......so i drove her home(which really wasnt too far away) and got her in bed (becca i love you! i bet you thought i was gonna say somethin else!! haha!!!!!) anyways.....after i dropped her off...i realized i still had libby's 13 dollars.....so i took it back to the party...which was the perfect time to smoke another stogie(java latte)...always nice to end a nite on a sweet cigar......and libby and johnathan(sp?) smoked with me.....its nice to have ppl that will actually smoke a cigar.......anyways......i got home around 5 in the mornin....which was brutal...cuaase i got up 3 hours later to go to church...........which my cousins husband was speaking...so that was cool.....and after church we got to go to stir...which i have mentioned before as basically my fav restaurant out here.......after that...i went home...then headed out to monroe....to hang out at the mckindley's house.....we played settlers of catan.....which i like to play..and havent since i was back in kansas in january.......then we had some dinner......some burrito/sanchos........which were really good....i was so stuffed from lunch...then even more full cause of dinner....then we plaed some hand and foot....and me and mack were just totally dominated by jess and becky.......anyways...since i was so tired and had an hour and 15 min drive home....i headed out...made it home...and went straight to bed to try and catch up on some sleep..........so all in all...a great great weekend....friend time....family time....relaxation time.....serious time....just thoroughly really really enjoying a nice weekend.....so today...the gym....and a little more relaxation time.......the end.......

well lets see here......

there has been quite a few things going on here lately.......i dont know which to telly you first...so i guess i shall resort to chronological order........so monday we started some more work on our underdeck prevent water from leaking system. we realized our current plan was not exactly going to work....so we had to go back to the original plan which is still ok....so i had the pleasure of starting to take out all the little setup or base boards(not sure the correct term for it) that we had already installed.....basically pry it off the nails with a little titan nail remover/prybar and then instead of just removing the nails(because the heads kept popping off) i had to snip each individual nail, and then hammer it in.....talk about learning some patience....that paired with having to hold your hands up alot while standing on a stepstool.....made for a very interesting and painstaking time...but i got it all done.....so i got to feel some accomplishment.....during this time while i was working way to hard to have time for anything else, i was also texting my cousin (technically my cousin's husband - but who is speaking technically these days) about going to the redhook brewery up in woodinville. for all those not familiar with washington around the seattle area(which includes me) its kinda north of bellevue and seattle...i think...if not...just go with the story......anyways...they have tours through the day.....and basically you go there and take a tour of the brewery...see how they make the different beers and what not.....well we get there.....and realize that the tour itself is not going on...due to still being in winter hours....which is really bogus.....but instead we just went to the lounge/restaurant area......and ordered some nachos and edamame and then sampled a couple of their beers....my fav was their mudslinger....me and nate just sat and talked for like three hours....(we didnt get wasted so its ok).....and i really really had a great time!!! so thank you nate!!!
so that was basically my monday........and now....since i said we were doing that chronological stuff.....tuesday is next.....
i got up a little late with full intentions of going to the gym....and then got all mixed up doing some of the deckwork.....it consisted of putting up these 12foot by 26 inch "sheets" or "panels" of this stuff.....its a kinda sunglasses looking polycarbonate sheet that is a bit flimsy.....for all writing purposes im going to refer to it as the stuff...or the sheeting....or whatever i want....so that you know what i am talking about when i mention it.......anyways we took the stuff...and had to predrill it for the screw holes....then hold it up to the bottom of the deck...while standing on a ladder or stepstool or bucket....and make sure it was lined up...then screw in either end.....then while i was held to the roof....we had to drill the rest of the holes which means holding a drill above your head for forever......and then screw in the holes.......the only reason while i am going into such detail is so that you might be able to comprehend while i skipped out on the gym yesterday....doing all that....is such an excruciating shoulder workout...i mean it really burns your shoulders.....anyways....we got the part of the deck done that we wanted.....so we were able to bring down the bowflex which used to be in the garage...and put in down under the deck...so now it wil stay dry and it can be used outside for a workout...which with summer coming on sounds just amazing......after that.....it was time to move the door to the "attic" of the garage.....which consisted of unfolding the ladder...opening it up.....then completely unscrewing it from the base in the attic part of the garage.....once we gracefully had it unattached...and set down(which it slammed cause of the springs but my precious fingers are ok) we had to move the basewood....i think it is plywood.....and then recut the opening for where it was now going(which is on the other side of the garage so we didnt have to move the 3000 everytime we wanted in the attic.....and reinstall it......
so basicaly i have been having the chance to learn new skills which is great....and i have been doing my best to make sure and learn from the work i have been doing.....
i was going to leave this part out...but whatever.....so way back when i used to play a little magic "the gathering" which no matter how fantasy or nerdy it sounds...its really not...its basically a strategy game with some wierd illustrations on the front....that is it......anyways...my cousin joel also had some old cards up in the attic.....so when we were doin work, he got those down.....anyways....we stayed up until 2 in the morning...just playing some games...which was really fun......and watching an episode of southland...and then some episodes of bones.....which basically means the tv was just background noise...and we have no idea what went on in the episodes......cause we were too intrigued and involved in the games......so mark woke me up this morning...cause there was a brown or golden eagle flying around by our lake...so i got to see that.....then i am going to do a leg workout today....at the gym......then eat some macaroni salad which i was able to talk yvonne into making.....then tonite we pick up cam from the airport from his easter visit to cali.....and i still have one load of laundry to do...but if i keep putting it off...it sounds like i do laundry all the time cause i mention that one load....and i just sound like im doin good things all the time.......well anwyas....i have typed too much for one day....so i must stop....i know you were hoping to hear so much more of my interesting life...but if i told you everything...why would there be a next time?????? farewell and adieu(sp???) my dear spanish lady......thats a quote from a movie...name it...and you get a prize.....the end(well for now)

HAPPY EASTER!!!!

ah i love family days!!! big holidays are always a time to just absolutely over eat.....and spend all that quality time with loved ones!!!! you cant always spend all those moments with everyone you want.....but those who are around you are to be cherished!!!
today i woke up feeling wonderful...took a nice relaxing shower.......and decided to throw on my linen looking suit....with light sky blue shirt....pink with blue squares tie...and of course...my matching blue and purple socks.....such a glorious outfit!! i enjoyed wearing it very much....i do like dressing up...but i rarely see an occasion to do so....ah well...such is the life of practicing to become a beach bum.....so we went to church...then came home to have a glorious turkey dinner(no ham - i was totally bummed) and when i say turkey dinner...heres what i mean...i eat one tiny little piece of dark meat turkey.....and then go straight to a plate full of delicious yukon gold mashed potatoes fully loaded with shredded cheese.....bacon bits...and sour cream.....wow...and i wonder why i struggle to maintain a decent shape....after that...well and during and before....we got to play some pinocle.....which is always so great...and we just lounged around for the afternoon....just enjoying each others company.....and playing with coltrane......making those memories........joel was especially fun to pick on today......because marks his first day of quitting smoking...so i made sure to give him a hard time.....but it was all for good....
tonite is jsut relaxation...and we are dl some episodes of "bones" which is actually a cool tv series when you dont have to watch commercials.....we are usin his netflix on his xbox360.....no commercials...(cant stress the importance of that to me)...and pause when we want.....the best way to watch if you are going to.........
then tonite im goin to sleep like a baby(as always....)....and start a new week.....gym....and relax....and ive decided to start looking for a temp or part time job.....we will see how that goes.....well i better get back to my episode.....peace out home skilletz....

more work!

so yesterday i actually did some more manual labor!! it was fun.....the first part was fun......mark had spent some time pruning trees......and so i got to "limb" the branches and what not.....this means....that i take a chain saw.....rev it up to full blast....and just slash it around.....go kung fu ninja on the tree!!! actually you gotta be careful and take your time and take the little branches off...then chop the larger branches into correct size pieces so they fit in the firepit.......but it is still fun to have an engine driven cutting device in your hands doin work!!!!

next on the list was to redo our wood holder device. its basically a sixish by tenish or twelvish two by six frame with some plywood laid overtop.....well it was too far out from the covering...so we unluaded the wood on it(must have been a million pounds worth) - ok - just a few hundred....but we unloaded it all......then tucked the frame under the deck/house in this little section so rain wouldnt get to it...rebuilt the bottom part of the frame because we moved it up about two or three feet higher.....and then redid the platform....and yes...reloaded the wood one mroe time....and got it recovered with the tarp...even though its not gonna get hit by any rain....

so basically a full days work.....i did have a chance to watch changeling at various times during the day...a few minutes here...a few minutes there.....its a pretty good movie.....makes you think a little bit....

so today is my cousin joel's birthday....he turns the big 23.....that means the ritual dinner of crab legs and artichokes.....so delicious!!!! then tonite im takin him to go see clash of the titans...which is going to be one of the best movies this year!!! i nominate it already for best awesome movie so far......

well its already 830 in the mornin......so that means i need to start my day soon....so off to the gym....then shave...shower.....finish some laundry...and then enjoy some family time!!!!

see you all some other time.....