Since there has been a lot in the sports news lately about Favre and the Pack, I thought I would post some Pro Favre stuff. Before I go on I want to clarify something. I do not like Randy Moss, in fact I think he is a cancer in a room, but if Number 4 wants him on his team, I want him on the team. That is all I need to say about that.
Now, The Onion, formerly from Milwaukee Wisconsin, always has time to write something about the Packers. This whole thing with Favre was no exeption. CLICK HERE to read a hilarious article about Brett wanting the Packers to trade him to 1996 so he can win another Super Bowl. This about the funniest thing I have read in a long time. Now I don't want to bore you with a rant, but I will. If Thompson, the GM of the Packers does not pull his head out of his ass soon, he is going to lose some of the faithful. He does not make any FA aquisitions, he talks about cutting Bubba Franks, he talks about cutting KGB, he talks about cutting Manuel, AND biggest mistake of them all, he does not keep Number 4 happy. I don't know but to me it does not seem like he is about winning, he is more about getting his way. This my friends is going to piss me off. If we have another 8-8 season he is going to have to do some explaining, and his defense of "we are rebuilding" is just getting a little old. You have Number 4 back for another kick at the can and you do nothing to improve your team. Your first two draft picks were guys who spent their last season in college on the bench with injuries? In every draft list that I read before that weekend, the first rounder Harrell was listed to go late first, early second. The brain trust that is Thompson picks him 16, when Quinn was still on the board? Aaron Rodgers, who Favre doesn't even like, plays 15 minutes of real football and breaks his foot. Favre has played for over 10 years with out missing a start. Screw Rodgers. Get Quinn. AAAAAAAAAAAAAARGGGH!!
Sorry about the rant. I just had to get it off my chest. Here watch these....
I also have some video of Number 4 for you to watch. First up is a series of commercials for Starter. It is about the family who lives next door to Brett in Wisconsin. My favorite part is when Brett comes out and yells at the neighbors for driving on his lawn. Classic...
Here is another commercial featuring Brett. This one is what Packer football is all about. Awesome...
And last but not least, the Super Bowl commercial for the NFL network. This one is great also...
So there is my Wednesday tribute to the greatest quarterback to EVER play the game. Well, except maybe, Bart Starr. Speaking of thanks to Trev's fictional girlfriend for the autographed photo of Bart Starr. She works for an airline and flew on a flight with him recently and scored a pic for me. HUGE...
Last night I went to see one of my favorite bands of all times. Dinosaur Jr. was in E Town to play the Starlite Club and man was I stoked. I think Robby DuPuis, of the Minneapple DuPuis, was the dude who turned me on to this band. Back in the early and late nineties I used to rock Dino Jr. all the time. Of course living in North Dakota a person is not generally going to get the chance to see Dino Jr. Jason Manning, of the Sonic 102.9 Mannings, scored me the duckets to the show and me and Paulie went to the show. Paulie thought we were going to see The Screaming Trees, which would have been totally cool also, but I informed him of his mistake and he was still game.
Manning told me that Jr. was supposed to hit the stage around 10 so Paulie picked me up at around 9:30 and we rocked it to the Starlite. When we got there there was a line up, not at the front door but on the side. Which I guess is how you get into this joint. Well the side door is up this corridoor that is about as wide as two of me. Nice, claustrophobic as I am, this is all I need. Plus if there was a fire in this place, we are all dead. All I could think of was the Great White show where the bar burned. Oh well, it is all for J and his screaming guitar.
As we were standing in line we both were pretty much in agreement that we think it is sooo much easier to stay at home and watch TV. Yup we are old. Ten years ago I would have been at the door by 7pm first in line ready to rock. Not any more. Just way too old for this. I will however make an exception for J Masics.
At Christmas I got a pair of custom made ear plugs from the Davis', of the Regina Davis'. Green and Gold colored I might add. If you would have told me a few years ago that I would be taking ear plugs to a show I would have popped you in the schnoz. Lately I have been noticing all the times I can't hear things and I really think that it has something to do with going to around a thousand shows in the last 20 or so years. Maybe standing right up front by the stack of amps at the Wilco show was not a good idea, or maybe the volume at the Foo Fighters wasn't really that low. Anyway, what I am getting at is that I am getting old. Man that sucks, especially since I seem to forget my plugs and my ears are still ringing over 24 hours later. Robby DuPuis has informed me of his intention to see Dino on Wednesday and his ears are worse than mine. Robby remember your plugs. They were fricking loud. I see a trend here. I am old. We get inside and one of the opening acts is just leaving the stage. As he left he said "Fu#k you Edmonton!". Nice, can't wait to see who is next. Well next was a band from Michigan named "Awesome Color". Not bad. The bass player looked like he was about 16 but he was good. The Drummer was a chick and she just beat the hell out of the drums. Not bad. Off to a good start.
One thing though, lately I have been watching the people as much as I have been the shows. During the Color show we were along the wall of this club, which had a slanting floor in front of the stage. Slanted away from the stage, anyway, we are against the wall and these hippies roll up and stand in front of us. Not usually a bad thing but one of the hippies was the only other dude in the joint taller than me. Plus they smelled really bad. REALLY bad. They split for the Dino show which was good, kinda.
Dino Jr. hit the stage at about 11:30pm. Nice, just a bit late. Again I am getting old. After the hippies left this guy, who had to be about 50, rolled up. He was totally drunk, out on his feet. You know how sometimes there is a guy at a show who likes to yell songs at the band. You know the "FREEBIRD" guy. Well this guy after every song yelled "Start Chopping". Which is a great song, but obviously is a late in ths show song. EVERY SONG he yelled it. Dino Jr. did not play the song and I hold this a-hole responsible. After the show I heard him say, why did they not play "Out There". They played that song and he was singing along so much that I even heard him over the band. Drunk guys.
Speaking of, the dude in the pic above with the mohawk decided during "Feel the Pain" to make a stage dive. Now if you have seen the movie with Pauly Shore where he is this guy from the city who goes to the farm. There is scene where a guy stage dives and the crowd separates and he goes flat on his face. Well that is what happened here. Funniest thing I have seen in a long time. Man, my ears are still ringing. As you can see I got a few pics. Usually I take a bunch but I caught some shit for taking these. Of course I was not the only one with a camera in the joint but I was the one who caught shit. Probably because I blot out the sun. The guy told me that if I had a camera phone it would be okay but not a camera. What? Same thing. He told me "No Photography". I told him this is not photography, it is just a picture. If I was doing photography I would have a real camera. So I need to get a camera phone so I do not catch shit? Robby said he is going to send me a pic from the show he sees on Wednesday. I already warned him about the phone thing.
Anyway, Dino Jr. totally ruined my hearing, and I went to sleep happy about seeing one of my favorite bands even if they are a bit past their prime. Wait, I guess the same could be said for me.
NEXT:Garner Andrews got a brush with greatness this week. Check it out..
Chris Kattan did an interview with Garner, and the dude from Jackass bagged him. Sweet. If you want to listen to the interview CLICK HERE
Donna and I went to see the Killers last night. No that is not my picture. I completely left my camera at home. I know that is sooo unlike me. Oh well, this one is on their site. I am not sure if it is from Edmonton, but that is what he was wearing. So we will say it was. Below there is some video that some fan shot from the show so you can watch it if you want.
Before I get to the review, and it is a good one, I want to say HAPPY FREAKING BIRTHDAY DEREK VENCKUS, of the Nash Vegas Venckus'. Not sure exactly how old he is but I am sure he is pretty old. Derek is the man who dubbed me 'Sign Boy'. At Gambler games back in God's country, I used to have a new sign at every game. Derek would send the camera to take a pic of me with said sign for the highlights on the news. During one sportscast he dubbed me 'Sign Boy' and the legend was born.
That is Derek on the right with Craig Newsome doing a live after a Packer football game. Live from Lambeau Field. Nice. That is how Venckus rolls. Venckus is also the man who hosted the Gamblers highlight reel and did the infamous story on Sign Boy driving the Zamboni. Happy birthday my friend. So, the Killers show. I bought these duckets months ago. I was actually kinda pumped to see them. I like all of the stuff I heard on the radio. McKenna even sings along to them in the car. Earlier in the week they had cancelled three shows due to the singers voice going south, so there was a few rumors that the show would be cancelled. Nope, went on without a hitch.
A few things happened last night that were firsts. One, about half way through some a-hole in a skybox thought it would be funny to throw a full bucket of ice on our section. Needless to say there were several people, me included, that were a bit peeved. Some rich kids in their daddy's box being a-holes. I was not sure which guy did it otherwise he would have recieved a bit of a tounge lashing. I was ready to go. Anyway, not in about 25 years of concert going have I had something like this happen. Oh well, as the show went on, all of a sudden these girls who were sitting next to me, who I thought were about 14 tops, started toking up. Normally I am not offended when someone wants to burn one, but when they are that young the only thing I can think of is I have two girls in my house. How would I feel if that was McKenna. Not happy. Gonna have to keep an eye on that.
So the show was good. His vocals were buried in the mix quite a bit, probably because he had a sore voice, but I enjoyed it. All the things that I have done was a great tune and of course their encore. I also saw something that I saw a few years back during that song. Moshing. That's right there was a mosh pit on the floor during that song. Not sure what inspires a dude to start moshing during the Killers, oh wait I do, Beer. Back in about 93 Donna and I went to Freedom Fest in Detroit Lakes to see Soul Asylum. While Soul Asylum was singing Runaway Train, these idiots were moshing. Yeah, I used the word idiot lightly on that one. Man I hate stupid people.
So we had a good time at the show, other than that cocktail thrown on us and would recommend seeing the Killers if they come through your town.
Okay, the finals are ready to rock and I went o-fer in the last round on my picks. I feel like I won on the east side because as I said, I could go either way. In fact I had Ottowa picked then I picked Buffalo, then Ottowa, and then finally settled on Buffalo. I am happy that Tom Preissing will be playing in the final. Last two Stanley Cup Finals there have been three former Gamblers playing in them. Nice.
Mitch Davis, of the Regina Davis', sent me a link for a story that will make you want to root for the Senators also. CLICK HEREto read the story. I dare you not to cry. I dare you.
So without further ado, I will make my picks...
Ottowa Senators(4) vs Anaheim Ducks(2)
Well we all know how I feel about the Ducks. Plus since the Ducks have made it to the final, the Oilers get another first rounder in 2008 draft. That was part of the Chris Pronger trade. Which I might add, Kevin Lowe needs to think about. He can basically be credited with putting a dumb hockey team, that no one in California cares about, in the Stanley Cup Final. Not to mention that the Ducks are in the Oilers division. Congrats Kevin. You made another team in your division better. If it were me, I would have traded him to somewhere like Florida or Columbus. Teams that suck and will always suck. Make him pay for being a big baby. This is three years in a row that a team from the south has made it to the final. Teams that really should not even be in those markets. Bettman is a loser. Oh and thanks for waiting to start the final until Monday. Just so you can put your games on NBC. NBC also does not care about hockey because they dumped the sudden death OT game between Ottowa and Buffalo for the Preakness pre race show. NHL got bumped so NBC could show horses walking around in their barns. Nice. NBC and Bettman Sucks. Sorry Marty, I calls 'em as I sees 'em.
Anyway, I digress. I pick Ottowa to win this in 6. I really want to see a Gambler with his name on the cup. Plus how can you not root for this team after reading the story above?
NEXT: I got some more Trailer Park Boys videos for you to watch. First the TPB talk about their book. Ricky is hilarious in this one...
Second is a piece from the Rick Mercer show. Bubbles goes up in a fighter jet. Brilliant...
Here it is. The video of Cory and Jamie on Jay Leno. Plus the story behind the day. Jamie Thomas takes us on the roller coaster ride that was their day in Hollywood at the Leno show.
Take it away Jamie...
Alright...
We roll into NBC at about 2 pm and take our NEW boy Marty out for lunch, not knowing just how close he had us sitting for the Jay Leno show. After lunch at a restaurant that had valet parking (never had someone park my vehicle at a stinking place to eat, or maybe I could never afford to eat a place like that when I worked for A-Channel).
Marty then takes us for a tour of the studios where they film "the worst tv show in the history of the world", Days of our Lives. It was cool to see all the props for the shows and to see the size of the studios....
Then we roll past all the people that waited in line all day and get first in line so the usher can take us to the second row ON THE FLOOR right in front where Jay does his monologue. When Jay comes out to do his monologue Cory and I are there to shake his hand along with 50 other people....of course, Blashill the camera guy gets up closest and on camera in front of millions.
Great show with Jimmy Fallon and Jamie Foxx...after it was all said and done, Marty again took us out back to wait in the parking lot for photos.
First, Leno comes out and takes a photo with us seperately. He's telling me about some story about Canada, but I wasn't listening because I was standing beside Jay friggin Leno. I see NHL players everyday and they dont impress me, but the odd occasional celebrity does, I hate to admit it.
Then it gets even better. Jamie Foxx comes out and is heading to his limo, but stops to get a photo with us. Actually, thats a lie. There was this reallly impressive looking woman there as well, so I am sure he wanted the photo with her and then felt bad for us. Regardless, Cory and I got the photo with steamin' Willie Beaman and no he didnt barf.
Next we are heading to Hungtington Beach to watch the Ducks game on Sunday at a Bloody Mary bar where they just give you a jug full of vodka and you make your own drink. We will watch the game and I will try and remember what happened when I question the players...on Monday.
Thanks to Marty for coming up huge in our time in need. Peterson, you call me ThomASS all the time, but you are a genius.
Jamie is out.
Nice story Jamie. Too bad I could not see your ass on TV. They probably edited you out. I would.
Okay, I have been sitting on some video for you guys for a while. The first one is a clip from the Ellen Show. Donna watches it every day and I usually tune it out or watch it a bit. I heard Cheri Oteri the other day talking about Regina. That's right Regina, Sask. Have a look...
Next I have some video from the new season of the Trailer Park Boys. This season is getting really go0d. Bascically the boys are in a scheme to ship pot accross the US border to Sebastian Bach, of Skid Row, on a model train. Not only is it a madel train, but it is Patrick Swayze's personal train. Funny as hell. This is a scene from a couple of weeks ago. I just about died laughing at this scene. Bubbles is hilarious. Ricky of course is just plain stupid funny. Have a look.
Speaking of Patrick Swayze. He is here in Edmonton shooting a movie. I saw him the other day in a mini van that was on a flatbed trailer, with no wheels, shooting a scene. Very cool. Not seeing Patrick Swayze, but the rig that they were using to shoot in a car. Had about 5 cameras going at once. Very cool.
Last but not least, I was watching Brian Williams the other night and I saw this live hit that they did about the fires that are raging. This is soooo bad, it is so obvious that she is not on the scene of the fire. Look at the lighting in the shot. Almost perfect. No shadows on her face but look at all the smoke in the background. Dark in the back light on her face. I can't believe that they did this on national TV. NBC, Marty, you better make a call. Or I will.
So Marty, after seeing his birthday noticed on TundraTalk, sent me a short note...Here is how that went...
Awesome!
Funny - I don't remember that picture with the "Lite girls" being taken.. I'm going to have to go back to the PB mansion to remind myself of my life goals..
Marty Really, Marty, you do not remember that? Well, what the hell is wrong with you. Maybe when you drunkenly uttered those infamous words "I ain't no queer or nothin'" you were mistaken? How do you not remember taking your picture in the arms of five topless women? Dee Snider is rolling over in his grave.
I guess it must be because it happens so often that it all kind of runs together...
Dee is cool with it.. Marty
Uh, yeah, okay. James Williams, of the Regina Williams', sent me a note reminding me that I missed his birthday...
I’m proud to share a birthday with Marty. I don’t have a picture of me with bunnies wearing nothing but paint, though, sorry. Maybe I could get Tracy to let me paint her up…
James
Good luck with that.
To explain the picture of Jamie Thomas, of the Edmtonton ThomASSES, and Cory Blashill, of the Edmonton Blashill's, brush with Jamie Foxx, of the Oscar Winner for Best Actor Foxx's, I know you would all like to hear about the boys jumping the barbed wire fence, eluding NBC security, snapping the pic, stealing Jay Leno's car and then leading LAPD on a high speed chase through Burbank, only to be arrested and locked in the slam to be BUBBA's Bitch. Well, not exactly.
That story above would be good but, Marty, in his busiest week of the year (Upfront Week fall Launch), AND on his birthday, took time out of his day to plan for Cory and Jamie to go see Jay Leno last night. Yup, took care of my boys. Took care of them soo much that they got parking, sat front row, shook Jays hand when he came out, got to look around NBC lot, AND got a pic with Jay Leno and Jaime Foxx. How sweet is that? Pretty Sweeet.
Yeah, that is Jay's car over Cory's right shoulder (not the limo). Marty told me he drives a different one every day. Oh, one more thing, it was nice of Cory and Jamie to wear the same shirt for the picture. Marty has major pull at NBC but apparently can't get one of those clowns a different shirt. Of course, Cory and Jamie took care of Marty after the show. For those of you who need to know, when buying Marty a gift for any reason, just remember, he is a size BEER. That is all you need to know.
I have the show PVR'd and I will put the video of Cory and Jamie up as soon as I can. I also hope to have some stories from the men themselves.
So I get up and read the paper today and read a nice article on former Green Bay Gambler Tom Preissing (#42). He led the league this year in plus minus, tied with Holmstrom of Detroit, with a plus 40. Nice to see a Gambler get his. CLICK HERE to read the article in the Edmonton Journal. I am begining to think that he read my predicitons for the finals and got a bit pissed because the Sens are now up 2-0 going home. I said that this one was a tough one to call. I could go either way. Oh well, good to see Tommy getting some more pub for is solid play.
Okay, it is time for the conference finals in the NHL and I, of course, will give you my picks. BUT FIRST I have a few things to show you...
If you are in the market for a television station, that's right, a full blown TV station. There is one up for bids on eBay. CLICK HEREto see what you could have. Man, if I was to own a station I would do kinda what Weird Al did in UHF. Just put on as much local programming as I could afford. Stuff like sports talk, local politics, some crazy kids show, Green Bay Packers highlights, a Packer talk show, a Packer bar show, an entertainment show, lots and lots of old wrasslin' matches, how to build a playhouse show, more wrasslin'.
Now that I think about it I would ask Vince McMahon if he wanted to just run old stuff 24/7 on my network. Just start from 1980 and run all the shows back to back over and over again. That would be awesome. I would also make sure that no one would have to go on strike. Make the working environment as pleasant as possible.
I would call Garner up and see if he wanted to do a show about Napping. Just a information show on Naps and how to make your nap time work. I personally can nap, anywhere, anytime. Just sit down, close my eyes, lower my heart rate, deep breathing, and gonzo. I once fell asleep in the dentist chair as the dentist was drilling away. No lie. Just concentrate hard enough and it can happen. The show about Napping would analyze peoples different ways they nap, secrets on how to nap, things like that. Garner has it all worked out.
Maybe also a show about Man Caves. Go out and videotape guys Man Rooms. That way if there was a young up and comer that was thinking of building a Man Cave he could watch our show and get some tips from the guys who have already done it. A way to not make the same mistakes we did when we built ours.
Speaking of man caves..Have a look at this video of a TV in some dudes bedroom. Has to be a dude, no chick would want this in their room.
I would also have a show about team locker rooms. Kinda like Cribs, except pro, or college, teams locker rooms. Have one of the players from said team give a tour of their locker room. Most people do not get to see the rooms for some of their favorite teams. There is a lot of history in some of these rooms and this show would bring it to the fans. It would be called 'Rooms'. That would be cool.
Anyway, if you are interested just click on over to eBay and bid away...
NEXT:
Got some good viqueen jokes off of PackerPalace dot com. That dude over there has some great sources for anti domequeen material. Oh and he has some pics of Number 4's house in Mississippi. Incredible. It is like a small city. This from the guy who used to say when he retired he would just buy a double wide and go fishing everyday. This house is a little bigger than a double wide. Enjoy...
Q: How many Vikings does it take to win a Superbowl? A: No one knows, and we may never find out!
Q: Where do you go in MN in case of a tornado? A: To the Metrodome - they'll never have a touchdown there.
Q: What's the difference between the MN Vikings and the Taliban? A: The Taliban has a running game.
Q: Do you know why the Minnesota Vikings play in a dome? A: Because God doesn't want to watch them play either.
NEXT: Okay now to my picks for the finals. I have been doing pretty good so far. Last round I was two and two. Round one I was five and three. So that makes me so far, seven and five. Damn Anaheim. Okay, here goes...
EASTERN CONFERENCE FINAL
Ottowa Senators(4) vs. Buffalo Sabres (1)
Okay we all know where I stand on these two teams. Both have former Green Bay Gamblers on them, Ty Conklin and Tom Preissing. The city of Buffalo has been a second place team for sooooo long that I kinda want them to finally get over and take a trophy home but I think that Ottowa has had such good quality teams over the past few years that they also are due. This is tough... What do I do? Pick it to go seven, that is a no brainer. Damn, this is not easy. Buffalo in Seven.
WESTERN CONFERENCE FINAL
Detroit Red Wings(1) vs Anaheim Ducks(2)
This one is equally a crap shoot. Crap, since that is what I think of both teams. Anaheim blows because they have Pronger and their fans do not give a crap about the team and the Red Wings suck because they are the Red Wings. Both teams as far as I am concered can just go get bent. I am hoping again for as many injuries as possibly can happen and them to just get tired of the travel between Detroit and Anaheim. I am picking, crap I hate these teams, Detroit in seven.
There you have it, my picks for the NHL conference finals. Good luck and may the force not be with Anaheim or Detroit.
I am sorry that I have been neglecting the blog a bit as of late, but I had a party to prepare and organize for a 5 year old and it took some time. Not only did Donna and I have a big party planned but as a gift to my VERY active 5 year old I built her a play house. Whaaaaa? Did I just say build. Yup. This coming from the guy who barely made it thru Vo Ag in high school. Building that stupd little box was just too much for me. Which I still have that box. McKenna uses it to store her girl stuff in. Good thing they had us build that box, it would have been tragic for McKenna not to have a box to put her fake princess jewelry in. Those guys teaching Vo Ag really knew what we needed.
So last year I added a room in the basement. Not only did I add a room, I added a Green Bay Packer Room. That's right, painted Packer green, with a great Packer border (picked up from the holy land and sent to me by the Nordic Man), and the bed has official Green Bay Packer sheets. As Bubbles would say, deeeeee heeee eeeecent. Notice the Ross Verba jersey and photo of the renovated Lambeau on opening day in 2003. I really outdid myself. Oh, and as I have said before all of you, the TundraTalk Nation, are welcome anytime to stay in the Packer room. Especially all of you viqueen fans. Especially you queen fans.
Now to bring us up to date I got a bit cocky and one day spewed out to McKenna that I thought I would make her a play house for her birthday. Well, if you have a 4 year old you know, that if you say it, there is no way to take it back. I was stuck. But I felt confident that if I just put my little mind to it, I could make it happen. I am the awesome creator of the Peterson Family Packer Room so I can do it.
So since here in Edmonton the snow doesn't officially go away until May, I had to start building in the garage. I scoured the internet for play house plans and all I found was eleborate designs for play houses nicer than my House. So I was on my own. I sat down and planned out the size and shape. Blair Stefishin, of the Edmonton Stefishin's, looked at it and told me how much wood I would need and I went to Rona and loaded up.
After I brought it home I went to the Used Architecture Warehouse and bought a coulple of windows. Then I started to build. I got really cocky and built all the walls in the garage. Thinking that when the weather cleared I could just go and put it up, in theory. Notice the purple door. McKenna picked the color of the door and I let her paint it. It is going to be a very effeminante shed when she is done with it.
A week or so later the snow cleared and then I could start my build. I put down some gravel and started to lay out the floor and the front patio. So far so good. It was all coming together. My vision was starting to take shape. As the late great George Peppard said on the classic show the A-Team, "I love it when a plan comes together!" I loved that show. Notice I had to cut a tree back to make room for the house. I got to rent a chain saw. I love man tools. After the saw I went and rented a wood chipper. Oh yeah, I am a man. A man who loves power tools. I kept thinking of Steve Buciemi in Fargo as I was stuffing wood into the chipper. Loved that movie.
Anyway, I was nervous and excited as I started to frame the walls. Of course it was a hard hat area so I wore my hard hat with pride. If McKenna was not careful she may have a Packer themed play house. They all fit together perfectly suprisingly enough. Of course after I had it all framed and was getting ready to go and buy some plywood to put the walls up a neighbor came over and pointed out that my house was not up to code. Well, duh. I built it. He said that it has to be at least 3 feet from an existing fence. Wha? Who the hell would put a shed that far away from the fence. That is stupid. Who cares, the city can take their thee feet and tell the story walking. Too late to move it now.
I managed to get the plywood up on the walls then right on cue, the weather takes a turn on me. Rain for about 5 days straight, AND two nights befor the party, you guessed it, SNOW. May 4th and we get snow. Only in Alberta.
Of course I did all the easy stuff up until now. The roof is the hard part. I tried to do one rafter after another but it just did not work. I did not want a 6 foot roof but I wanted it too look okay. Cory Blashil, of the Edmonton Blashil's, came over and power builded a roof for me in about three hours. That guy can build like no one I have ever seen. He measures then cuts. I have to measure about three times, sit and think about it, measure again, then cut. Anyway, the roof went up and then I could finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. Rain kept us from painting for several days so we would run out and paint whenever there was an opening in the weather for a few hours. We were running out of time but we got a break on the Saturday before the party and we had about 6 hours of no rain and we painted as much as we could. We got the walls and deck painted and put up tarps to keep it somewhat dry. It worked and on the Sunday of the party we put the final touches on it and it was ready. I put up the window shelf, put in some carpet (that was donated by Jordi Weidman), Donna painted the window frames, I put up the deck rail, and Donna painted it. Done.
Party time came and McKenna had about 15-20 friends over and it was a huge hit. Garner, of the Radio Sonic Garner's, brought his kids Dora Bouncy House over and it was all good. Plenty of fun, sugar, more fun and more sugar. So that is why I have been away from the blog lately. I will leave you with this video that I saw again last night on a SNL show. Funniest TV moment EVER. Chris Farley, dude, I miss you.
