Sometimes you just get lucky. Emily just came running to me saying "Daaaad.. the dog just puked!" The cool part is that he is outside for once. Gotta love that.

It is the first true sign that the end of summer is getting very close. Lisa started to drain the kid’s pool tonight. I’m not quite sure how that works. You get two weeks of having several days in the 100s and all of a sudden all the pools are closing down for the year. Seems like they would vary that with the current weather conditions. Schools have started back up too though so that’s probably the main reason. I certainly know that I’m ready for some cooler temps even if it does mean the end of summer. Doesn’t really matter to me any more since I got out of school. It’s all the same.

Well, we're back from vacation. Actually we have been for a few days and I just have not gotten around to posting anything. Go figure. Maybe over the next few days I can get more up but for now, it's off to work.

Looks like we're off to the State Fair today. I'm sure Lisa will have pictures to post if we go. Should be a decent day for it. We'll see I guess.

We’re on vacation for a few days so I thought I’d post a vacation related picture. It’s fitting because like always, it isn’t going to go like I had hoped I’m sure. Every time we try to plan a vacation it gets messed up it seems. Oh well….. I’ll be able to take some time off again next year I hope.

So last night the kids are all hungry. Lisa gets the idea that I should build a fire in the back so that they can cook up some dogs on a stick. They love this idea so we’re off with a plan. First: Get some wood. We have none so I call around. Crap, nobody home that has any so I end up driving 10 miles to get some. Second: Get some dogs. Crap, we have none. Off to the store.

Finally back home and I start a fire to which the kids agree (with themselves) that it’s too small. I assure them it’s fine. Anyway, they had 2 packages of jumbo dogs and loved every minute of it.

So today they want Brats on the grill. Great, I love those. I take a survey and get the actual number required and decide it’s 10. That works out well cause there’s 5 to a package so I make both. It comes time to eat and guess what: They don’t like Brats now. Now I happen to love those things but I planned on having 3. Not 6 which is what I had and there’s 2 left that I will probably have tonight. If you hear an explosion, it’s probably me.