The Life and Times of The Partially-genius...

Last weekend Becca and I went camping. Well, we didn’t actually camp. The Young Adults group went up to St Croix State Park on Friday and stayed until Sunday. I was one of the groomsmen in Nathan and Emie Buege’s wedding on Friday evening, so Becca and I decided we were going to head up to the campsite on Saturday morning.

The wedding was very well done. Becca got some ideas because the ceremony was held in the same facility that ours will be. Johnny gave me some pictures that he took of me in my Tux.

Saturday morning did not come as early as I had planned. I was up at 9:00 or so, rather than 7AM. We decided that we weren’t going to stay that night at the campground, so we grabbed the last puppy remaining and brought her up with us. There were some interested people, but it wasn’t the right time. We know all about timing in regards to the puppies, because we are planning on taking two from the next litter. It wasn’t the right time for us to have them now.

On the drive home Becca and I were talking about how we hope that the puppy gets a wonderful home, one that won’t be abusive and she will be taken care of. While we were talking, Becca had a revelation; this must be what God feels like each time a baby is born. He would like each of his children to have a wonderful home too.

It doesn’t appear that I have to plan for a forced vacation (government shutdown) like I did two years ago.  But, as part of the final minutes ran past, there were all kinds of crazy bills that got passed.  WCCO has a Reality Check that lists the following:

• $75,000 for a fish cleaning house in Warroad.
• $50,000 for an Iron Range Dog Club.
• $75,000 to improve the Chisholm city baseball field.
• $150,000 for the now-closed Hockey Hall of Fame in Eveleth.

There are a couple others that are a bit “iffy”.  You will have to read them to see what I mean.

Our power went out last night for a little over an hour.  Right around 10:15PM, everything died.  We walked outside and the whole block was down.  Frank was visiting some of his friends a few blocks away and they were down too.   It was crazy.

Sweet! We may start seeing some cicadas soon!  I don’t have a recollection of seeing any before.  They can be the size of shrimp, they fly, and they can be really loud…

Gov. Pawlenty signed the statewide smoking ban into law this morning outside an Eagan restaurant. Minnesota will outlaw smoking in bars, restaurants and other establishments starting Oct. 1.

Yeah!  This is awesome for people like me that are adversely affected by cigarette smoke.