Project B part 1:

Project B part 3:

You might be wondering what happened to Project B part 2. Well, the seat of the second patio chair was the wrong part for the set we bought and the pieces don’t line up at all. Maybe Home Depot will send the right one? I still have part 4 to take care of. It’s a little coffee table. After that, UPS just delivered Patio Project C which is another couple of chairs. I hope to get through all of that, but frankly it is so hot out that I feel a little bit like a slab of bacon that’s been on the frying pan all day. Burned. To a crisp.

Today is my step daughter’s 16th birthday!  Happy Birthday!

She was six years old when I met her.  She had just started first grade.  The time has flown by for me.  I can’t even imagine how it feels for her mother who was there on day one.  Sometimes I think like that and I get sad because I missed out on those first six years.  Most times though I just feel lucky to have been around for what time I’ve had.  Today is a little of both.

She woke up at our house today so we got to say happy birthday in person.  She’s at school now, and after school she’s going on a weekend get away trip with her dad.  That’s awesome for her, but it sucks for us.  Sometimes joint custody really blows.  If I feel like this, just imagine how her mother must feel.  There I go, getting all sad on what is a very happy day.

I took the day off today to do some yard work and start putting together the new patio furniture.  One little flaw in the plan.  Mosquitoes.  When I came inside after dropping the kids off at school, the 20 step walk from the car to the house included at least seven mosquito bites.  It’s going to suck (blood) out there, I tells ya.

I won’t be deterred though.  At some point this weekend, we will have patio furniture.  May we also have impeachment proceedings.  That’s too much to hope for short term, but I am still hoping for it.

Down with fascist pigs!  Up with patio furniture and sweet 16 birthdays for step daughters!

The programs say this is a winter concert, but it’s 93 degrees out.

Andrew Wood

Curt Cobain

Layne Staley

Chris Cornell

We need to surround Eddie Vedder with armed guards and 24/7 medical care right now.  Right effing Now!

What a sad thing to wake up to.  What a talented guy.  What a loss.  My sentiments to his family.  Rest In Peace, Sir.

10 years before Kirk.  So…. nothing we haven’t seen before?  Okay.  Can’t wait to see it, either way.

Okay, so the Justice Department has appointed a “Special Counsel” to investigate the fascist piece of shit’s ties to Russia.

Special Counsel.  Okay.  I guess.  I would have preferred jailer, torturer, Iron Maiden driver.  You know, something with a little more teeth… literally.

Four months.  It’s only been four months and I really want that fascist piece of shit gone.

I just unlocked my MacBook Pro with my Apple Watch.  All I had to do was be near it.

It’s like magic and it’s awesome.

It’s mother’s day.  The kids and I partook in the traditional mother’s day experience of making breakfast for mom.  Bacon, eggs, and toast.  I think it was my first attempt at cooking bacon.  The first few pieces were burnt beyond recognition.  After that it was okay.  I started the eggs, but my step daughter finished them.  My step son took care of the toast.  I had nothing to do with that.  That’s why it was the best part of the meal.

Everyone said the bacon and eggs were good.  It’s been an hour and no one has complained of any kind of food poisoning symptoms.  I’m thinking we’re in the clear.

Are you a mother?  If so then Happy Mother’s Day!

My favorite moms are my mom, my sister, my sister in law, my mother in law, and most important of all, the love of my life, the girl of my dreams, the mother of the two greatest step kids who’ve ever lived.  Yes, they are the two best kids that ever lived, but they are my step kids so I call them the two best step kids, my beloved wife Jen.

Happy mother’s day, Jen!  We love you!

The kids both went on school trips over the last few weeks.  My step daughter went to Europe and hit various places in four countries.  My step son went to Washington, DC for a week.

Today is the first day that all four of us have been in the house at the same time with no pressing engagements for any of us since the middle of last month.  We took the time to have each kid show us a slideshow of pictures from their trip.

Jealousy is running wild.  They both saw a mountain of awesome things.  It makes me want to go on a trip somewhere, anywhere, right now!