Spring Here?

Wow...no posts for 10 days a none for 18 days before that-now 2 posts in one day. We need to get more consistent with this blog thing.

The nice weather has finally arrived-still a bit cold (high of 8 degrees today) but the sunny skies more than makes up for the lack of temperature. Things are just rolling along fine here in the Hils-McCrea-Alexander household. We haven't had to worry about open houses and things like moldy attics.

I went to the doctors for my 3 month check up and all is well with my levels and QPCR tests. The doctor says I just need to worry about dying from old age.

Been out in the garage the past few nights and getting it all cleaned up after a winter of just throwing crap inside since its not heated. Soon it will be time to work on the car again and I vow this year to be driving it some cruise nights. My trusty best friend and mechanic Zolt, went and broke his leg 3 weeks ago so it looks like I'll have to go it alone. Not much left to do really. Run all the plug wires, assemble the exhaust and a few other minor tasks and we are ready for combustion. Looking forward to it.

All for now.....gotta go finish up cleaning the garage.

Paul

Bomb Scare

That's right, just when you thought you were safe at work...

Yesterday, a pipe bomb was discovered at the container station at our Landfill Site, where my wonderful office is located. The container station is where residents go to drop off household garbage and recycling and is located about 2 football fields away from my office. Unfortunately some boneheads are unaware that pipe bombs are not recyclable and dumped the bomb in one of the containers! The bomb did not go off at that time, instead one of our staff noticed it in the bin and called 911. We had the EMS, Fire department and the bomb sqaud on site all afternoon (nice eye candy ladies!) while they decided how to save us all. They actually used a robot (chickenshits) to relocate the bomb to a "safe" area, then burried the bomb and KABOOM detonated it with a loud BANG! I've attached some pics of the excitement and we were on the 6 o'clock news last night (not that anyone noticed and called to see if I was alive)! I really should be demanding danger pay!

Avoiding Work

Guess it's been a while since we posted and I know that you're all desparate to know what's happening in our very exciting lives! The biggest news, our dog tried to off herself with a tin can last night. She has this odd obsession with garbage and recycling (kind of like me, I guess) and is often found rummaging through our blue boxes. Last night while Paul and I were trying to off ourselves at the gym, Brad hears Maggie (the Environmentally friendly dog) crying in the kitchen, when he gets downstairs he sees blood coming from Maggies mouth and her tongue and mouth caught on the sharp edges of a tin can. Brad bravely removes the can from poor Maggie's mouth and gave her some water. After it had stopped bleeding, she went around the house licking everything for the rest of the night! Although recycling is good for the environment, not so much for curious dogs.

Pics of Stuff

The pics are our new hutch and table and chairs for our dining room. Also a picture of sexy Brenda with her 'hot new ride'. And finally the picture of Commander Cody dressed in his new pirate garb.