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Yesterday I took The Butt out to make number 2, like she likes to do from time to time. We went out the front door and down the steps of the front porch. We started to cross the front yard when out of nowhere something fell from the sky with a loud thud as it hit the ground. Whatever it was, it landed about 4 feet from us. It startled both of us.

We looked over and there was a squirrel lying on the ground. It got up, a little dazed, and dashed back to the “safety” of the nearest tree. We have giant old oak trees in our front yard, and the lowest branch on the tree it fell from is easily 30 feet in the air. I’m not exaggerating either. Our house has to be at least 15 feet tall, and it’s at least twice as high as the peak of our house. See look, I made a drawing on a photo:

After Molly realized what had happened, she lost it — barking, pulling, etc. This is probably the closest she has been to a real live squirrel without a window between them. She has this desire to eat squirrels. We think she might think they are mini-cats or something.

And, I don’t feel bad for the squirrel either, because:

1. Either this squirrel or one of his buddies throws spiny seed pod things at me when I walk under this tree sometimes. It would really hurt if I got hit by one.
2. The squirrels in our yard keep digging up our veggie garden. Assholes.

Anyway, it was crazy. I’ve never seen anything like it.

Tags: 9.8 m/s/s, fall, falling, fell, gravity, molly, not flying, oak, squirrel, tree

Yesterday, I bought this. Tomorrow, I’ll be cleaning up some of this. Should be a good time.

Tags: troy-bilt, weekend, yard work

1. We looked at a couple wedding ceremony/reception places. So far we’ve seen 2 winners out of 2 visits. 100%. Lori is doing an awesome job at planning stuff. I’m not. But, we’ll soon have the best wedding website ever, so that’ll be awesome.
2. I failed at doing roof things again. I just feel like I’m going to fall the whole time I’m up there. I think we’ve decided that I’m not going to attempt it too much more in the future. We also did some raking and filled up 17 of those giant 30 gallon leaf bags from Home Depot/Lowes. And that was just from the front yard. I don’t want to think about the backyard.
3. Did anyone else notice how biased Joe Buck and Troy Aikman were during the Giants/Cowboys game today? I’m sure it bothers me more because I’m a Giants fan, but it was pretty annoying. Aikman sucks, btw.
4. 3 words: Monster Truck Jam. This will be a separate post. Stay tuned.

Done.

Tags: engagement, falling, football, leaves, monster truck jam, roof, wedding planning, weekend

Stuff:

• Adam visited from Chicago last weekend. We enjoyed food and drinks and bowled and went to the Georgia Aquarium. It was fun. He should move back here.
• Today is day 37 of Whiskerino. I haven’t shaved in 37 days. The moustache is starting to become annoying.
• We decorated the house with lights and junk for Christmas. I was successful in not falling off the ladder or roof. Also, didn’t get electrocuted. I’d like to also mention that I have a minor fear of heights and even though our house isn’t very tall, I was mildly freaked out.
• SDXE launched our first game: Violent Night. It’s fun. I can’t beat level 3. I suck. But, I do get invited to meetings called “Game Meeting” now, so that’s cool.

Another home-filled work weekend for us.

Saturday I spent a few hours under the house putting down a vapor barrier. In case you were wondering, it’s very dirty and spider-webby down there. I should have taken photos. On a tip from my mom, I picked up a disposable coverall, which was a great idea. As you can see here, I got very dirty. This process completely sucked and I’m bruised and sore today as a result. Plus, I hit my head so hard on a floor joist, Lori heard it in the house. The opening to the crawlspace is pretty high, around 3 feet, but further in it gets down to about a foot. It was especially tight around the A/C ductwork. Shit, I’m a homeowner.

We closed out the evening with dinner with my parents at Steinbeck’s Oyster Bar. The Bluepoint oysters are awesome and the blackened grouper sandwich is insanely good. I’ll eat both again. My dad also helped us install a new bathroom light, which was awesome. After we dropped off the old timers, we headed over to Marcos‘ house for an end of summer party. This portion of the day was great.

Even though Sunday was originally scheduled to be a no-work day, we managed to wake up and get to Costco to buy a new mattress/box spring set and rent a truck from Home Depot to get it home. Then Lori took the lead on the completion of the master bathroom hangy-thing installation project. The woman will have photos later.

I’m going to have a rum and coke, enjoy macaroni Sunday and watch a horror movie.

We’ve got the Internet. Rejoice.