Fathers Day

Greetings to all you Dads out there. Hope "Your" day was a good and relaxing one.

I spent mine doing yard stuff with the Gardensprite. Not being a Dad did not give me the perk of a day off. Well, I guess I had mine yesterday. Took the Alero in and had another brake job done and put on a new set of Firestones. My last set of tires were Bridgestone Turanzas, a 50,000 mile tire that I put 81,000 miles on. They still had tread, sort of, but were beginning to show some cracking or dry rot. I certainly got my $$$ out of them. Hope the 'Stones prove to be as good. I did not repeat with the Bridgestones because the Alero has 126,000 on it and, well, why throw good money after bad. The Firestones are a good tire.

And now a shameless plug..... If you need a set of rubber or any service for that matter, go see Paul at the Firestone/Bridgestone Service Center in West Bloomfield on Orchard Lake Road. You'll like the service and the products are the best.

Well, just a few short weeks and it will be the 4th of July weekend. Yes, the Gardensprite and I will head for the cottage. We have a community theater play to attend that her cousin is appearing in and then, the annual Ludington fireworks display from John's elevated rear porch deck. Always a good time, good food, good friends. Life is good.

"Round about the 10th my contract with the University will be up, so I may have a few months off until October when they will renew my contract. It's all bureaucratic mumbo jumbo, so I won't bore you with the details. Just keep your fingers crossed that the economy continues to improve before Michigan becomes totally vacant.

Summer is here, Rejoice!!!!

MEMORIAL DAY - 2010

Took a few days from work and headed to the cottage.
Took a few days from work to do work.
Funny how some work we do because we have to, other we do because we want to and still other we do because of both. Going to the cottage for the first time for the season was of the latter nature. We worked continuously, save for Sunday and accomplished much of the needed things to be done. Cut grass, washed windows and screens, raked leaves (burnt a few too), put in the dock, painted the pontoon (yes, we have one of the old steel kind), pulled the blades off the riding mower for replacement, cleaned gutters, filled and hung the bird feeders.
Summer season 2010 has officially begun.
We got back tonight (6/1) and checked work email. It's going to be a busy day tomorrow. Oy!
Our fall trip is coming together. I'll share more of that at another writing. I think many of you may find it interesting.
Peace to all.