Thanks Broox!

I have been crazy busy lately and I will not be updating the site until I have the motivation for it again, and the time. Be well.

I am in the process of buying a house in Cordova. I close on November 16th, maybe a week earlier.

25322 178th Ave. N.
Cordova, IL 61242

The house sits on two acres with no neighbors to speak of. There are mature Pine trees that block out most of the road, a neighboring field, and part of the field in the back. There is a 27 ft dia. above ground pool in the backyard, it is no “Flamingo,” but it will do for now. As you walk in the front door, on your left is a closet, and on your right is the 19X14 Living Room with the current owners’ furniture in it. To the left of the Living Room, is a 12X10 Dining Room. To the left from there is an entrance to the 18X11.5 Kitchen that can also be accessed from the main entrance by going straight instead of going through the Living Room. From the Kitchen, you can see the sliding glass doors that go to the backyard, and you can see down into the lower level 13X22 Family Room where there is a wood burning fireplace. You would take a left down the stairs after coming in the main entrance to get to the lower level Family Room. There is also a set of stairs that leads to the upper level of the house. The first door on the left is the 10X7 Main Bath. It is the only “Full Bath” in the house. I didn’t take a pic of the shower/bath tub. The blue sink is my favorite. The first door on the right is a 10X10 Bedroom, and the next door on the right is a 10.5X11 Bedroom. The last door on the left is the 12.5X13.5 Master Bedroom. The Master Bedroom has three closets and a 7X5 3/4 Bath Master Bathroom with another blue sink. Back down the stairs, to the main level, and down some more to the lower level. If you keep left at the bottom of the stairs, you will make your way into the 15X11 Laundry/Utility Room, and behind that is another 3/4 Bath. If you head back to the lower level family room, you will see another set of stairs leading to the basement. The first door on the left is a 7.5X8 partially finished Office. The door on the right is another 9.5X11 Office/Bedroom. If you go straight through the hall from the stairs, it opens up to an 18X25 Rec. Room where I plan to support it differently to move those posts out, and put in a Pool Table. I will have a Ping Pong Table down there for now. That’s about it for the house. They are leaving the Dishwasher, Refrigerator, Washer, and Dryer with the house so that’s nice too. The thing I like most is the yard, and the fact that my neighbors are fields. If you look right out of the driveway you see this. If you look left you see this. I hate the majority of people so this is perfect.

Here are the pics.
I do not remember all of the particulars, so feel free to comment on anything.

So Saturday The Broox’s and the Kevi’s went to Zach’s wedding in Galesburg, and due to an alcohol free reception, broke out to the Flamingo. They got there around 9:30, and went swimming in the rain with Amanda and I. Sean showed up with a Shaw Umbrella, and stayed dry for most of the evening until Kari wanted to try and stand in it in the pool. Other than that, Derek tried to show me his balls underwater and barefoot soaped into the pool, Kevi rocked underwater, Amanda watched, Kari was all up ons, Derek flipped some birdage, and i dove in and drank.

The end.

I took a couple awesome bumper sticker pics the other day, “Don’t Burn My Flag” w/ shaking fist, and a great color matching “I Heart Clay Aiken.”

The rest of the pics.

I’m 26 now, I had an awesome birthday, I am tired.

Here are the pics.

On Sunday, June 4th, Amanda, Phil, and myself attended the QC Air Show. We got there around 12:30 and had some lunch at the Exelon chalet. After a quick bite we grabbed a couple seats and started watching the air show. Hey Mitch, Mad-Towne 4 life, for awhile. The first plane we saw was the Red Bull stunt plane which was cool, then the Bulldog Bi-Plane took the stage. After about 15 minutes of the Bi-Plane, they had a glider fly around for a bit of “Silent Flight.” Amanda got up at this point to grab a beverage from the tent, and left a small pond of leg sweat on the chair. There was an F-16 demo which led into a three plane, three generation fighter plane demo which included a P-51D, the F-16, and an F-15. They flew around in formation “for awhile,” then the T-28 took off. The T-28 was releasing a new type of smoke that breaks off and attaches to the parallel stream to create a smoke rings. After a brief up skirt intermission thanks to Amanda, Shockwave took the runway. There were a couple of games of Chicken played with the Bulldog Bi-Plane, and then it was time for the F-18 Blue Angels. They started with a Demo of the C-130T “Fat Albert,” and then flew the F-18s in. They flew around in a few different formations. There were a couple fast passes, and a couple slow passes, but the best was the F-18 oral sex demo. You can see number 6 lining up for dinner, and if you look closely, you can see the number 5 plane tilting its nose back a little, and grinning ever so slightly. I managed to get a pic of my nemesis photographer at the show and apparently undercover police work requires fat teenagers these days. They ended the show with this formation, and then they broke apart as you can see in this video co-starring Phillip. We then spent a half hour trying to leave. We were at the air show for four hours, I took 741 pictures. I had to test out the new Canon S3 IS. That’s 3 pics/min.

Here are the rest of the pics.

Here are some pics that Jeremy Ludin took also.

Amanda and I went up to Dekalb on Saturday, May 27th to meet up with Mitch and Kirstin, and to see MC Chris. Amanda and I got there early to find a spot to eat. We ate at O’Leary’s Irish Pub Grill across the street from the venue. Calling it a venue is being a little generous. The show was held at The House Café, a coffee shop. While Amanda and I were waiting for doors, she saw a drunken guy park his car up on the curb and snapped a pic of it. While we were waiting I called Buddha to see if he wanted to go too. We went and picked him up and were back in time for some local hack group who did more talking then performing. After about 15 minutes of listening to that garbage Mitch and Kirstin showed up and we went across the street to wait for MC Chris. Hey Derek, 3 3ast 3 3urious! Anyways, MC Chris came on, his knuckles went SNICKT, and the show was neat to the max. There was even a member of the rebel alliance in attendance. After the show, Amanda and myself got our pics taken with MC Chris and I got something signed. We departed from Dekalb after that. On the way back home I dropped Amanda off because she didn’t feel well, and I went to the Rent’s where Mitch and Girl met up with me. That’s hot. Sunday was BriA’s Grad Party so we started swimming early. I got to use my underwater case for the first time and I love it. Fun was had by all. Mom and Dad finally got the long awaited “Poolside Flamingo” written on the fence with rope light. The Flamingo is now complete.

Here are the rest of the pics.

Pepper Warden, age 10, of East Moline, died Thursday, May 11, 2006 around 9:00 a.m. at the vet’s office.
She was born in January of 1996.
She is survived by her friend and owner Ray Warden.

She will be missed.

Here are a few pics of the new work.