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Still Testing

I lost my preferred way of posting pictures, so now I have to try something new.


I just posted four pictures of Kelson, but I don't see them anywhere.


Let's see if three of them go through.

Test

Testing. Please forgive.
 

Michelle's Birthday!

Holy cow, look at all those presents! As it got close to Michelle's birthday, she made an off-hand remark about getting X presents (since she was turning X years old). Well, I took the challenge, and the kids and I got X presents for her. We kind of cheated, and counted envelopes as presents, but still, can you blame us? I mean, X is a lot of presents!

And here is the birthday girl surrounded by the four greatest gifts of all - her children.

Hey, I almost typed that with a straight face!

WARNING! This post is not for children or those who are easily offended!

OK, you've been warned, so don't blame me.

Well, we got our butcher block today. Finally! And it's, well, um ... it's f**ktastically craptastic! It's a brilliant work of craptitude! OK, let me be fair - it is a beautiful piece of wood. A lovely Brazillian Cherry to match our floors. However...

... something doesn't look right, does it? Are we supposed to see an inch of the cut edge of our countertop? My guess is that we're not. And no, I'm not a countertop engineer, a countertop installer, or a countertop guru, I'm just a guy with a kitchen. A guy with a very nice kitchen, who has been waiting for TWO MONTHS for a butcher block that was supposed to take three weeks, in order to complete the kitchen. A pissed off guy, with a ticked off wife, and four little grumpy children, all of whom wanted a butcher block, but not one that was left in the dryer too long.

How the h**l can you mess up like that? We didn't have the block when the countertop was installed because they wanted to wait until the top was in, so they could measure the block exactly. We thought that made sense, so we waited. They came the day after the countertop was installed, with their little tape measure, and their little notepad, and their little brains, and they measured the spot.

Doesn't look like they did that great a job measuring, does it?

And then, when I called to ask the status of the butcher block in late November, I mentioned that we were having people over for Christmas, and wanted to make sure it was in by then. She scoffed - scoffed! - at the very thought that I would consider contemplating that it wouldn't be in by Christmas. Well, I sure hope to h**l we get a butcher block that fits by next Christmas.

Look at this! It's not even a near f***ing miss!

Sorry.

Snow? In Minnesota?

Apparently it's not just a legend. We finally got some of that white stuff.

The good news was that my dad was here to help shovel. The better news was that he was helping Michelle, and not me. The bad news was that I had to drive home from the Cities through the blechy snow. The worse news was that I was at the Vikings game.

Koleman takes a relaxing break.

Eli holds up the basketball pole.

Milena tries to see.

Kelson helps shovel the driveway. (Note that all these pictures are copyright Michelle. I was miles away.)