Let the Good Times Flow

This summer Josh has been going potty. He is getting the hang of it and there have been a few accidents.

Due to the downturn in the economy his reward program has been candy... Free candy that he received from the Chanhassen Fourth of July Parade. Remeber Free is Free.

He’ll have rotten teeth, but at least he’ll be able to go potty on his own. :)

I Fought The Law...

... And Got A Discount (a.k.a the law won)

Yeah, I decided to contest my expired license tabs. So I go down to Minneapolis District Court – what a treat. By the way it looks nothing like downtown Chanhassen. Let’s just say I’m glad there were dozen of police officers around at all times. And I just scream out “cracker- boy” from the suburbs. I tried not to make eye contact or overhear why some guys got a ticket… As one guy yells, “All I was doin’ was drinking a 40 in the park!” “ Holla at ya, and I feel your pain, straight up.” And how come everyone knows each other down there? Maybe they all have been there a few times.

I’m contending a ticket because I never received our renewal notice in the mail… we moved (twice), had a baby, work crazy hours and have a 3 ring circus going on at home. I’m supposed to check that postage stamp size sticker on my license plate, every once in while. Please, that is not going to get me much street cred. I need a life-coach to remind me of these things.

In addition, I believe I’m a victim of racial profiling. That’s right. The Plymouth Police like to hang around businesses looking for speeders, seat belt violators, expired tabs etc. and avoiding the real issues. Really, I no longer feel safe in Plymouth and it is not even a top place to live anymore (replaced by Chanhassen – see previous blog entry). Where are their priorities? It is an easy revenue source to pick off the “Suburb Boys” for this and that.

Anyways, I’m waiting over an hour for them to call my name. By the way it really smells down there in the waiting room…

By the time I'm called to discuss my case, I’m so glad to be out of the waiting room, I’m ready to pay them more. What will it take to get me out of here? Long story short, they take $20 off the ticket. By the way my tabs were due in Jan. What’s the crime in that?

After paying $16 for parking, I’m ahead $4. Take that Plymouth PD…

Favre Joins Vikings

Chris Mortensen tells Colin Cowherd that Brett Favre is headed to Minnesota today and will sign with the Vikings pending a physical.

Favre, a longtime star in Green Bay, came out of retirement last season to play for the Jets. He retired again, only to then entertain the idea of joining the Vikings. Last month, Childress said the quarterback would stay retired.
The pronouncement now appears to be premature.
According to Mortensen, the Vikings had sent their private plane to Hattiesburg, Miss., and left with Favre on it at 10 a.m. ET. The plane is expected to land in Minneapolis at about noon ET; Favre is expected to take a physical later Tuesday.
Two television stations reported that Favre was seen boarding a plane Tuesday morning that was headed to Minneapolis.
Sources told WDAM in Hattiesburg that Favre had said: "We may know something by dinner."
According to Minneapolis television station WCCO, a high-level source also said that Favre is expected to sign a deal with the Vikings on Tuesday.
On Monday, Vikings quarterback Tarvaris Jackson, responding to the day's scuttlebutt that Favre was predicted to play in Minnesota this season, said he was not paying attention to any of the talk.
"I pretty much have said [Favre] probably will follow me even when I retire. I'll probably have to hear about it. I'm just trying to take care of my business, and I can't worry about that stuff," Jackson said, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune. "If I let that stuff get to me, ain't no telling where I'd be right now. I just let it roll off my shoulder and just keep going. Just keep trying to get better."

Trip To Dumont Aug 2009

Sixty degrees, cold, cloudy, windy and at the farm...
hey, let's go on the slip on slide!
I'm there dude. Splash!!! Josh















Drew is one and done... brrrr cold!

















Boys in the barn. Drew & Grant
"Hey, move this and we'll have so much
more room for activities."















15 Great Grandchildren (ages 7 and under)
Only 2 kids are having a melt down at
the moment... can you find them?
















Ryan is ready for the birthday parties
for Julia & Grant
















Julia cries for the very first time and it is
caught on camera for all to see. I wouldn't
believe she could cry, unless I saw it myself.
I guess she is not a fan of cake.
















Joel is relaxing.
















1:33 pm Sunday afternoon 8-9-09, driving
back to MN and Josh is out.