day 35

School is almost out, we're down to one last soccer game and the dance recital is on the horizon, then I'm in full bore summer trouble!  I gotta keep the monkeys occupied and myself sane at the same time, I guess it's gonna be a lottsa' trips to the YMCA pool!  We got the new volleyball/badminton set out the other day and it took me an hour to set up by  ( with their help,,,3 hrs!).  The kids are a tad challenged with the games to say the least but they are catch on, myself, I would be happy with a beer and the Bocce set!



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day 31

Well, I did it, I made a month!!! This daily cartooning is harder than I thought it would be, but overall, I am happy with some of the work coming out. It has been an education to say the least. We went to the ballpark last night and saw the local minor league team, the Sounds beat Portland. It was fun and the weather held until we left, then the bottom fell out! The boy wanted a foul ball soooo bad, but we had good seats behind home plate and none came our way. Tomorrow, Bruce goes to get fixed, film at eleven!



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day 30

We won today big time, 7-1! Had team pictures the other day and not all the guys made it, so, I thought I would do a team caricature instead! Bad weather tonight, might not make the Sounds game, which would blow! Fingers crossed!



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day 25

What a morning already, woke up, went into the kitchen and noticed water on the floor, never a good sign.  Ruled out the dogs, who were looking very innocent by the way in a nonchalant manner, then noticed that it was coming from the freezer section of the fridge!  The damn thing is only 7 yrs old and had already been fixed once before, the original warranty and the extension we got with the last repair were both expired explained the Sears girl on the phone ( after a 20 min wait!).   And they can be out bright and early on Thursday!,,,Thursday?  screw that, I'm off fridge hunting this morning and whoever get on here the fastest makes the sale.  Other than that, Mother's Day was a big success!  She liked her stuff and the kids were not total monsters.  Well, off to mop the floor, again!

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day 16

More horrible weather today, Andrew's 3rd game in a row was canceled due to rain and heavy storms! He's a little bummed, Mom is home today and freakin' out pretty bad! The kids have already been stashed in the under-stairs closet twice and the potential for them to go back in there is high! We just heard that the interstate is closing due to flooding! And I thought Louisiana had bad weather till we moved here! Least we low on the "skeeter" scale!!


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day 12

We have a friend who is riding some ridiculously long charity bike ride and she needs a training buddy. So my wife volunteered me. This is totally cool, I gotta' bike and God knows I need the exercise. Got the bike out, literally dusted it off, pumped up the tires and road it for a while Sunday. I forgot all about those muscle groups and exactly how much they can hurt. I'll stick with riding a while but due to my inability to draw a decent bike this may be the last cartoon on this subject!

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day 5

I grew up in New Orleans in the 60's so of course my new favorite show these days is "Treme" on HBO. The first episode has Steve Zhan's character going on about how New Orleans and Louisiana in general were better off when the Mafia ran things and how flooding after Katrina never would have happened with Carlos still at the helm. I remembered living down there during that period and one of my funniest memories was of my football coach, a huge Italian in a neck brace, who also was in a certain organization. I remember him yelling all the time in that New Orleans/Brooklyn accent that they alway get wrong in the movies. No wonder "The Sopranos" always seemed more like a documentary to me!


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Day 3

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Ok, it's really not quite this bad, but close, we won by the way 6-1 yesterday. The kids did great!