Is today over yet??

So far, today has sucked. First off, I woke up a little late. Let me start before that.

Thursdays I work from home, and yesterday I had a dentist appointment for a cleaning. Andy and I had discussed pressure washing the driveway/sidewalk, or reinstalling my storm windows. Once I got home from the dentist, I decided I would start washing, until Andy got there. So I get the pressure washer started, but it doesn't sound right. It is a fancy gas powered expensive washer I borrowed from my Dad. After about 2 minutes, it dies. I couldn't get it to restart. So I decide I'll start cleaning the storm windows. A few minutes later Andy shows up, and guess what. The washer still won't start. My neighbor had just gotten home as well, the neighbor I like. He is currently taking apart a friends motorcycle, I guess for parts. So he walks over, and figures out somehow the air filter was soaked with oil. I have no clue how that happened. He tells us I will need to replace it, (strike 1) but we can run the washer for awhile with it off. So we get it started, and Andy begins washing the driveway. I went into the backyard to continue cleaning the windows. On the very last window, I break these small plastic things that hold the sliding window part of the storm window off (strike 2). I grabbed some super glue, to try and fix them, so we'll see when I get home.

Talk about a dirty job, I finished the windows, and came out front to help Andy. I pretty much moved the hoses around as he washed And when he did the side where my neighbor was working in his driveway, I stood with a flat board as a shield. I was covered in dirt from that. When we were all done it looked good, I was excited to see it after it dried out. Andy and I decided to do the windows tomorrow, and possibly get breakfast, see a movie, and even go bowl a few games. I'll talk about bowling in a sec though.

So we finished around 7pm, and I had forgotten to start marinating my garlic and soy chicken. It has to marinate for at least 4 hours, so right after I showered I prep'd that. I knew I wasn't going to grill these up at 11pm, so they will get to marinate until I get home today. For dinner I had some chicken pot stickers, the frozen entree variety. I also threw together a sandwich. I sat down finally and went back to watching The Shield dvd's. I am on the last disc for season 4.

While I was watching TV, I was also installing Photoshop CS3 on a thumb flash drive. I'll talk about it more maybe Monday, but I found a program you can install on an external storage drive (usb/ipod/flash drive) and run programs from.

Now to this morning....
I woke up late, let the dogs out, and started getting ready for work. When I checked on the dogs, they were nowhere to be found. I freaked out, and noticed I had left the fence gate open. I rushed into the garage, and jumped in my car. I was wearing my pajama's and driving around almost in a state of hear attack. About 2 blocks away I spot them together (Thank the powers that be) and walking out of the back alley. By alley I mean the breezeway behind my house and the houses behind me. I jumped out of my car, and practically tackled Barkley. JayJay actually listens and followed me to the car as I carried Barkley. Of course their legs were soaked from the dew. I was an hour late coming in today, and of course walked in with boss who normally arrives around 8:30. (strike 3 and 4!)

The plan this weekend is to put the storm windows up, try and squeeze in a movie (Step Brothers, Tropic Thunder, or Pineapple Express), bowl a few more games, and try and relax for awhile, after the last few busy days.

Let me break down the bowling ball controversy. The two pictures I pasted Wednesday, are plastic balls. These are used by regular bowlers only to pick up the 10 pin spare (or 7 if you are a leftie). Your strike ball needs to be a resin ball, with a special core material to create a hook. Now there are all kinds of different core's to create different hooks, and you can also drill the finger holes in a certain way to create a hook as well. The plastic balls roll straight (unless of course you force a hook). In the past, I never had a ball specifically for spares, I was about 70/30 on picking up the ten pin spare.


Here is the ball I ended up with. The Hammer Black Widow. There were a couple other balls in the pro shop I liked, but this one was the best price for me, and per the pro shop owner, who I trust, the best ball for what I wanted to do. I explained I wanted the ball to 'break late' which means it rolls straight and right before the pins, it hooks. My old ball I had to put a little wrist twist on my release to get a hook. This time around I wanted the ball to do the work. So Wednesday night, after our league meeting a few of us bowled a game. Andy, my Mom, and a guy who works with Andy (Jerry). My first roll with the new ball my eyes almost popped out of the socket. It rolled straight sure enough, and at the last second it hooked all the way left almost to the gutter. I adjusted every frame to try and get used to it, and managed to end with three strikes in a row. I told Andy I really wanted to bowl a few more games so I won't embarrass myself this Wednesday when the league officially starts. I also might need to buy that 10 pin spare plastic ball.

Ok, I rambled enough this morning. I hope everyone has a better day then I'm having so far.

ciao!
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