She told me it was the greatest supermarket EVER!

Yesterday we had a team of roofers here working on a couple of things on our roof. It was expensive. Not bank breaking by any stretch, but expensive.

We have two more things that the roofers may be coming back to take care of, and my feelings today on the expense can be summed up in one word:

Bonus.

Even better: Bonus (two days early)

Thanks, work! Woohoo!

With all the sad reminiscing about the Challenger disaster let’s not forget that humans in space is still the coolest thing ever.

Our roof is snow and ice free!

I was in 9th grade. In between periods I had to go to my locker to switch out my books. A friend was standing in front of a nearby locker and he asked if I’d heard. About what, I asked. The Space Shuttle blew up. No it didn’t, I replied. Yes it did, he stood firm. No it didn’t, I replied again.

This was NASA. This was the smartest people in the world. These were the same people who put humans on the moon for christ’s sake. Space shuttles don’t blow up, that’s absurd.

It’s hard to imagine that it was 25 years ago today. Partly because it’s hard to imagine that I’m old enough to remember something that happened 25 years ago, but that’s my own personal hang up. Mostly its because I can still remember it so vividly. It’s really like it happened yesterday.

Why does something that may result in roof leaks have to look so pretty?

I expect to be taking a shovel to these suckers some time tomorrow morning.

2011 is the year of the macro. You heard it here first.

The setting sun, as seen from my desk at work.

I had pretty much just finished the driveway this morning when the plows finally came.

I still had to shovel up the snow I had just brushed off of the cars, but the snow blower had done it’s thing (sorry for the noise, neighbors) and even the fire hydrant was sort of dug out.

The second plow was the one that buried the end of our driveway. The driver said something to me that sounded a lot like, “I’ll be back in a sec.”

Was he taunting me? The jerk!

Then as I was picking up the snow removal stuff something amazing happened.

The plow returned…

And cleared the end of the driveway.

I don’t think the driver saw that I was still there, but I waved to him in hopes that he’d see that his compassionate gesture was appreciated.

Wow. I never… Wow!

We got to see the kids’ report cards tonight. Neither of them were perfect. They both have a couple of things to work on for the next term. Very important things that I know they can handle.

Still though…

Damn those report cards were awesome.

I have two super smart step kids.

Who’s the luckiest step dad ever?

ME!