BAD ASS BIKERS

Got our taxes done and decided on an impulse buy (friend was selling it) to get a scooter. Rode it across the street to our neighbors to show it to him (he's got a Harley). We're not sure if he knew how to take us. He did lend us the nice chrome "skid lid" to wear until we find helmets of our own. It tops out at about 40 mph (going downhill!) You may be laughing but it gets around 80 -100 miles per gallon! Gotta love that. It reminds me of Uncle Bud's "goat" he used to ride us around on in his back yard. It will be good going back and forth to work - when the weather gets better. Karl took a spin to the grocery store to get hotdog buns and almost had to kick some guys butt. It brings out the beast in him - Ggrrrrr! Next week's blog - TATOOS!!!

Getting on the mat is half the battle!

Well, Jax competed in her 1st Karate Tournament today and we couldn't be prouder. She competed in traditional forms with the Tsunami form and in sparring. Her sparring field was all boys (9 yr. olds) and she towered over all of them. She fought 3 bouts and brought home a 4th place trophy (10 competitors in all.) In forms she received honorable mention (she got a medal for that.) She is ready for the next one now. We weren't sure if she would want to proceed but she is gung ho. She carried that trophy around with a grip that could advertise for Super Glue with! I managed to get all (but the end) of her form and the first few points of her 1st round of sparring before I lost battery in the camcorder. Yes I did plan ahead but we had power outage as the camcorder was charging this morning. But you can get the jest of it from this. Although we are proud of her trophies from soccer and softball, every kid got one of those for showing up and playing. This one she earned on her own and I think she sees the significance in that. Anyhow, enough from me about that. Enjoy your week. Hopefully no more power outages when it's below zero - kind of a bummer that way. See ya!

Wednesday - 2/15/06

All well in Arvada. Jackie's 1st tourney is this weekend, so she's busy preparing for that. And by preparing I mean kicking nearly everything she can, but mainly the dog, and kee-i-ing (hooked on phonics works for me) at the top of her lungs. It has distracted her from practicing her recorder as much though. Jackie and Karl have completed the building of their rockets that they are just waiting to shoot into space. They need a good weather day but they will have to wait as the first of several arctic blasts from the Great White North has just arrived today. Not going to complain about the cold though - Pat might want to reach out and slap me. Will try and take some shots of Jax kicking and fighting Saturday to post. I have nothing righteous or political to say right now, but Greg's got that covered so I don't feel too bad. I would like to acknowledge the fact that I could give a crap that Cheney had a hunting accident and that he didn't tell us for a day. Aren't we getting petty. That's all I have to say about that. Until next time, good night and good luck.