Five good years with my flip flops.  I bought these five years ago this summer.  These could have been the last flip flops I would have ever bought.  They were comfortable enough for long walks and so lightweight.  Of course Diesel doesn’t make these anymore.  Trends have moved onto new designs.  Why can’t things last?  [...]

Kids litterally make me sick.  Just got back from a week in Philly where I stayed with Carin’s sister and brother-in-law and their 1ish year old daughter.  It started hitting me last night.  Dead tired.  Disinterested in the world around me.  Here comes the virus.  The same thing happened after Alaska.  This does not bode [...]

I got my rebate from Sears today for the free delivery of the dishwasher we had to return.  Though instead of a rebate it was a notice that the rebate had not been issued because I returned the product.  Which is exactly what I told the sales associate when we did the return.  He insisted [...]

Before we left for Alaska we tried, unsuccessfully at first, to purchase a new dishwasher.  The one we had was here when I got here.  Like everything else in our place, some did a half-assed job installing it.  It was not flush with the cabinets.  There was space around it and I could easily slide [...]

Home today.  We left early for our 7:40am flight out of Juneau.  Everything packed up.  The beer made it home ok, not a busted bottle.  Now I gotta figure out what to do with it all.  I’ve got six bombers of the Smoked porter.  Maybe I’ll age one.
 I’m sad coming home.  That means I enjoyed [...]