But I can't write about stuff I didn't see.

OK, so Melinda and I were taking Emma for a Golf Cart ride last night when Melinda tells me that I should blog about the dog that got his head caught under our shed last week. I tell her that I can't do that because I did not even see it happen. She doesn't think that it matters, so I am now writing this entry.

Now, before I go on, you must know a little more about this dog. Last fall, Melinda listened to this dog cry all day. Then, when the kids got home from school, Mat thought that the crying was coming from our back yard. After a few minutes of searching, they found the dog crying in the brush behind our house. Now, this is where I can tell this part of the story first hand. So, I get home and see everyone in the backyard, so I walk out there and find this dog. It looked like he broke loose from wherever he was tied up and now his rope was tangled in the brush. Mat and I untangled the dog and gave him some food and water. I know that everyone reading this knows what is coming next. You guessed it, the kids wanted to keep the dog. Yeah, right, as if we don't have enough animals in our house. One dog and 5 kids was enough. Yeah, yeah, I know. We are definately stopping at 6 kids, a rat, rabbit and a dog. For the record, the rat and rabbit stay in the garage. Anyhoo, long story short, we let the dog go and Melinda followed it back to what we thought was his house and let the dog in because the door was open. Did we take a chance with letting a dog into a strange house? Yes, but the owner later called to confirm that our guess was correct.

Jump forward 1 year and Melinda hears a dog crying again. When the kids and her walk out into the yard, they find an old dog standing next to another dog that has his head stuck under our shed. The dog stuck under the shed is none other than the tangled up runaway from last year. After Melinda and Mat used a 4x4 to prop up the shed just enough to get the dog's head out, they took the dog back home.

When Melinda told me this story, I asked her if she took a picture. Her answer was no. At least if she took a picture, I would have the proof that this actually happened. I do not know if this actually ever happened since I didn't see it. I just need to believe that the hole in front of the shed was because the dog dug it and not Mitchell and Christian looking for gold.

Google Earth

If you haven't done so already, download Google Earth. It is by far the coolest way to look at the planet. You can type in your address and it will zoom right in. They have a nifty function that lets you zoom in and fly through a city. The only downfall is that the buildings are grey. I guess that they don't want terrorists looking at the buildings. Who knows. Anyway, download and install it, you won't be sorry.

Emma's favorite place

I'll give you three guesses and no, it is not the zoo. I'll give you a hint, she is my daughter. You guessed it, Best Buy! She could spend house in the place and never get bored. All you have to do is stop by the DVD section, let her pick out a movie and she is set. Well, she is set until she eyes something else that suits her fancy.

So, we stopped at Best Buy tonight after hitting the O.G. (Olive Garden) and I walked Emma through the DVD section. She chose Weekend at Bernies. Then we strolled over to the cordless phone section. Melinda and I were looking at phones since the kids lost one. We cannot find it anywhere. Anyway, while Melinda and I were selecting a phone. Emma selected a phone also. She tried it out and it seemed to fit well, so she called someone and carried on a conversation the whole rest of the way through the store. When it was time to pay, she hung up and tried to sign the credit card pad. We gave back the phone she was using and went our merry way. Actually, I took Emma on a walk while Melinda finished our transaction. When I loaded the phone bag in the car, I was very surprised to see that Melinda had actually bought Weekend at Bernies! The one thing I always do is give back anything Emma picks up. Melinda actually thought I had put it in the cart to buy it. Oh well, I haven't seen it in a long time.

Work, work and more work

Some say that Chrysler's PC Global project will be done in December. I am not one of those people. We are half way through August and we only have about 5000 out of 40000 PCs migrated and no infrastructure at most sites outside of the Tech Center. That being said, one would think that I would not have to work too long or hard, but one would be thinking wrong.

If anyone wonders why I haven't blogged lately, I would point to my work schedule. I have been working until 6 or 7pm every night. Even when I decide to work from home, I still end up putting in extra time. Please do not take this as complaining as I do like the overtime and I know others work longer and crazier hours, but this wasn't in the job description. What was in the job description was working hard, but no overtime. Oh well, things could be much worse.

Tonight we had another Boston Blvd. wing night. We had 3 flavors in attendance tonight: hot, teryaki, and BBQ. Boy of boy were they good. Not the best that Jayson and I have made, but good. The whole street was in the house, but the Knodels. Maybe they think they are too good for us and our wing nights. They always want to be invited, but maybe that is just so they can turn us down. Their loss I guess. More wings for me. After all was said and done, we had to run a covert operation on McKeachie to dispose of the oil. I won't go into much detail, but lets just say, it included 2 golf carts, 1 3millon lumen light, 1 regular flashlight and 4 brother in laws. Use your imagination and I am sure you won't be too far off.

So, it is 1:26am on Sunday morning and I cannot go to sleep, so that is why you get this entry. Anyway, I am getting tired now, so I will stop rambling on and end this post. Stay tuned as I will post again in another month and a half. Just kidding, we shall try to be more dedicated.

John goes to MIS

I got to drive a NASCAR!!!