This is Blog 100

Welcome to my 100^th blog! 

This is a blog of sadness for after 7 years 8 months and 107,946 miles I drove my 2000 Chevy Blazer for the last time.  Purchased on October 7, 2005 at Thompson Volkswagen, Audi in Waterville with the intent of having a good 4 door four wheel drive vehicle for when Canaan was born.  It had 66,720 miles on it when I acquired it and 174,666 miles when I parked it May 30, 2013 for the final time.

The engine isn’t dead yet, but it’s moments away.  The antifreeze is circulating through the entire engine, not the way it should be, and draining out the exhaust.  It was over heating terribly and in fact prior to have the issue diagnosed it overheated so badly that it stalled out, twice.  So today I filled it full of water, got a jump start, and rode her on her final 6 mile journey with the music just a blaring.  The final song being The Lumineers: Stubborn Love on a CD Kate made me.

It may seem odd, but I was very attached to me blazer and it saddens me

Also today my boots blew out on me with half the sole detaching on my left shoe!  Yesterday I accidentally dropped my external hard drive and now it won’t boot up.   Data recovery is quite expensive so I hope my buddy John will be able to fix it for me. 

My brother John and is wife Leah are coming to Maine to attend my wedding!  They haven’t been home from Minnesota in a few years so I’m glad my wedding could be the catalyst that brings them back.  It will be great to see them again!

We moved the Coon Dog to another field today.  15 – 20 acres for him to roam around in.  We brought him a half mile into the pasture to his water source to show him.  After some splashing around he headed back to the field and once be passed the stone wall he broke out into a run like I’ve never seen before!!  He was so fast, and so loud it was unreal, Kate commented that in Kentucky they called him thunder hoof and I can see why!

June is Saturday and it’s going to be a busy month between overtime, I have 7 shifts, and events, not to mention my birthday!

Later readers!

Four Months to Nuptials!

Can’t believe it’s May already and in just 4 months Kate and I will be getting married. YAY!!!

Kate posted her bed on Craig’s list giving away her box spring and mattress just to see if there was interest.   A few hours later 21 responses told her there was.  So she gave them away that night and spent her first night at our apartment.  It’s been three weeks already and I love it!

The kids, Kate, & I have spent some time with her Cousin Krista’s kids recently.  Kamryn and Addison are so cute together and the boys have a lot of fun playing with each other.  It’s really nice that they all get along so well!

After church on the May 5^th 25 or so of Kate’s family meet at Reid State Park for an afternoon of kite flying and fun.  It was very windy, a bit chilly in fact, and the water was freezing!!  Still Canaan and Landen toughed it out getting soaked playing in the ocean!

It was so nice having everyone there together.  I was introduced to something called cowboy cookies.  Made by Mama Mueller, or Mrs. Mom as Canaan has decided to call her, they are chocolate chip cookies with oats added in, delicious!

It’s time for the movie summer season, already in theatres that I want to see is Iron Man 3 that John said was disappointing.   Here are the other movies that I want to see…

Star Trek: Into Darkness - May 16 

This is the End – June 12

Man of Steel – June 14

Despicable Me 2 – July 3

The Lone Ranger – July 3

R.I.P.D. – July 19

The Wolverine – July 26

Kick Ass 2 – August 16

The World’s End – August 23

You’re Next – August 23

Escape Plan – September 27

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For – October 4

Old Boy – October 11

Thor: The Dark World – November 8

Kate and I have been hooked on Game of Thrones as of late.  We are almost done season 2.  There are a couple really cool characters that we both really enjoy and I like the constant tongue in cheek dialogue.  I can see what it has developed such a following.

If you get a chance check out my other blog, it’s a work in progress and I’m hoping to add a bunch more very soon!  Hot Dogs of Maine

That’s all for now

Later readers!

Mike