The Ketchup Blog!

So I haven't blog in a long time, it's not for the lack of excitement in my life, it's laziness pure and simple!!

I'm still in the background check process for DPS and it's taking soooo long that I just cannot believe it!

My camera broke at the Robbie Ellis Super Junior Tournament, that sucked.  I called Canon, they can fix it for a flat fee of $115, no matter what is wrong with it.  So I will eventually send it in to get it fixed because it will be cheaper then buying a new one.

Oh, well here's some photos to catch everyone up on what's going down!

Kate and I, and a couple of her friends, went to the Bangor Waterfront for the Bare Naked Ladies, Blues Traveler, Big Head Todd and the Monster, and Cracker concert.  It was a blast! 

Addison & Canaan are both playing soccer, they had their first practices and games.

We went frog catching down at Uncle Bob & Aunt Jeanne's

Toni B scared the crap out of me when she suddenly appeared in the front seat of my vehicle as I was driving down the road.

Kate & I went to the Popham beach, I had never been before.  We went swimming in the Ocean, the first time in Maine for me since I was a kid!  It was a little cold at first but you got used to it.  The tide was coming in and the waves were awesome!  We brought a picnic lunch with us and I brought a book and we just enjoyed the day!

First day of school!!  Canaan is a big ole first grader now!! We had open house and met his teacher Mrs. Webb. Canaan loves school!

Took Canaan to IWE Wrestling in Fairfield, it was a fans bring the weapons match featuring the 3rd encounter of "Die Hard" Eddie Edwards vs. "The Tower of Power" Mark Moment.  Canaan got himself a cookie sheet at the dollar tree store and drew a target on it and had me write, "Mark Moment's head goes here!"  He showed it to Eddie Edwards who assured him he would make it happen, and he did!
It was a great match, as theirs always are and Moment picked up his first ever victory with a low blow and a school boy to Edwards!

Kate met the kids!  It went very well!  She was so great with them and they really liked her.  We went to the Wiscasset playground and to the farm where she keeps her horse Rocky.  I didn't know until after that she was ill and not feeling well. In fact that night she crashed for basically the rest of evening.

All of the above photos were taken with my kick ass Samsung Galaxy S III phone, so I have then until I get my Canon fixed.

Here's some videos I found on you tube from the concert

Later readers

Michael

C'mon down to the Topsham Fair, yessa!!

On Thursday the 9th of August I took my son to the Topsham Fair! 

I hadn't been in a long, long time, like 20 years.  When I was a kid my Aunt Laurice would take me and my cousin Chrissy to the fair every year and spend gobs of money on us!  It was always such a fun time for us, and extremely nice of her to do!

On the way there I was telling Canaan that I didn't have a lot of cash on me because I used the atm at Gardiner Federal Credit Union left my card in it and now it's in multiple pieces!!  So on the way there I told him he could go on a couple rides, play a couple games, but that was it!  Then we get there and it's $10 per person to get it!  But it includes, parking, events, and an unlimited ride bracelet.  So I told Canaan he could ride all the rides that he wanted!

But first he wanted to check out the animals, which is awesome that he likes it so much!

Then we went and check out some games and rides. He only played a 3 games, but man were they expensive. On average $3 each and some were $5.

In between rides we check out the Mad Science show that Canaan loved.

 I liked it because it was 50 minutes long and saved me cash from playing games or standing around while he went on rides.   He would do the same one 3 or 4 times in a row.  Although when I ran into Andrew Haughey and Lexie Hatch I was able to stand around and talk with them while he went on rides.

We attended the NWA ON Fire Wrestling show, the reason we went to the fair.  It was held on the horse track and they put bleachers on the track itself.  I only had the camera on my phone so as it got darker the pictures became less focused.

Sebastian Cruz won a Royal Rumble style battle royal to earn a title shot later in the evening.

Triple Threat Match: East Coast Cowboy defeated Ray Ray Mars & Steve Off in overtime after a 15 minute time limit draw when he hit mars with a leg lariat

Jivin Jimmy Capone defeated Roadblock

Scotty Slade battled Nick Fahrenheit to a double count out

Heavyweight Champion: Brian Fury pinned Sebastian Cruz with a handful of tights.

Canaan then hit a couple more rides before we retired for the evening.

It was great day and Canaan was such a good boy all day long!  In total we were at the fair for over 6 hours.  Of course we ran into Phil at the wrestling show, why wouldn't we! 

Later Readers!

Mike