The charismatic Swedish career criminal, Jan-Erik Olsson, 64 (whose 1973 bank robbery, and accompanying devotion by his hostages, originally inspired the term "Stockholm Syndrome"), tried to turn himself in to police in Helsenborg in May, but one officer apparently found him too likable and encouraged him to stay on the run.
My knees are most excellent today, thank you very much. Those are my new running shoes by the way. Bought 7 weeks ago and worn for the first time yesterday. Pretty, aren't they?
move Joe into his new house in Topeka tomorrow. I propose a car-or-truck-packing event in the Straubathlon. Stevo will win all the booze. Grace called me yesterday from Zane's baseball game, laughing. Zane had thrown 8 outs so far from shortstop. On the 7th, he did a cartwheel and got some reaction from the crowd, so after the 8th, he did a back flip. One time while I was talking to her, she said he was doing handstand pushups in the living room.
I said this before, but it didn't post. I think the blog parties all weekend and then can hardly drag its sorry ass in to work on Monday and is useless until late in the day. I keep getting error messages and have to type stuff in 2 or 3 times (I'm copying this onoe just in case). This happened last week too.
Our new deck is complete! Double the size...two levels...and...bee-u-ti-ful! Lots-o-room for all of you Straubs! The deck builder did repairs on the outside of the house and the untility company came and took care of the myriad of wires that were wrapped all around! In September, Jack McGuire is gonna give it a fresh new paint job and look! Can't wait for all to see! :-)
That day that Zane did backflips in his baseball game... later that afternoon we went to a birthday party and Zane got wacked square on the ear with an aluminum bat. After 15 minutes he was back to himself, doing flips on the trampoline. We gave him Tylenol and an ice-pack when we got home. Sunday, the side of his head turned colors, but he was still fine, not even a headache. So I kept him home from swim lessons this morning and called the pediatrician, who told me to take him to the ER in case he needs a CT scan. Ryan's mom wants to know why the hell didn't we take him to the ER Saturday or Sunday. The Doc at the ER examined him carefully and asked me lots of questions, then said he did not need a CT scan because there was nothing to indicate a broken bone. Was I wrong? He was doing his regular flying Zane stuff all weekend after he got hit, I figured the pediatrician could check him out on Monday, just to be safe. My mother in law will probably send DCFS to my house over this. Well, not really, but she'll never stop talking about it. Which might be worse. Nance, is there a railing around your new deck to prevent accident prone kids from leaping off it like ninjas?
Cathy, we took 4 loads of a 14ft Uhaul truck over to our new house this weekend. We are the worst packers ever (of course we had kids helping to load). We still have half the house to move.
Grace~ Yes, we have railings on the top deck to the left and the right. The front is open with three steps running the width of the deck and railing going down to rhe lower level which sits about 20 inches off the ground. There is one more step that, also, runs the width of the deck straight out in the front. The sides are open, on the lower, and someone could fall off. However, I figure adults have it comin' if they stumble and children would never be injured...seriously. :-)
Of course, it doesn't prevent children from jumping off the railing like a Ninja...Zane...Liam! :-<>
Monica, no they were not pricey. THey were $70 something. I mean, they weren't cheap but for running shoes that's low end.
The deck sounds amazing.
We received an inch of rain last night, and oh boy was it necessary - everything is brown. Today, hopefully, our diseased trees come down. Good bye thousands of dollars....oh the fun we could have had together.
I tried on my last pair of running shoes next to Jeff Tweedy from Wilco. This was a hardcore running store (not that I'm hardcore...it's just close to my place) and it was surprising to see him there considering I saw him finish an entire pack of American Spirits at his last concert. I guess he was turning over a new leaf. He told the salesperson that he wanted to start running trails. It made me wonder where in the hell did he find trails in Chicago. He also laid down his card and asked the sales person what else he needed to start running. Her eyes glimmered.
I like the Straub Cup. Can we find an actual cup that's huge and the winner has to chug Straub beer from it. And then we'll take it to the little bar in Decatur so all the patrons there can kiss it. Not unlike the Stanley cup. Ed, you're good at finding random things (i.e. Elvis bust). If not, I can go rummaging around Phelan's apartment and find something.
I hope to be done with this house by the end of next week. We have to be done by Aug. 10 as we go to Joe's brothers wedding the 12th and leave for vacation on the 13th and return the 18th. We then close on this house the 21st. I an sooooooo ready for that vaction. I have to get all school supplies and paraphenelia( spelling?) some time in there also.
IT sounds like the neverending move. Except it will end the end of this week. Are you hiring someone to clean it after you leave? I would. I'm just that lazy.
If we're going to have t-shirts and, per Tom, we want to be able to wear them in public and have them look semi-legit and cool, the thing to do is call it something familiar sounding (a credible sounding event) yet obscure enough to avoid overt and instant suspicion. Something like "North Central Regional Ironman Contest" or "Region IX Games" or "Border State Shootout Triathalon" or "Mid-States Ironman Qualifier". Another way is to do a bogus adjunct to a legit sounding event. Garfield County Sun Days Ironman Contest, or Tri-state River Festival Triathalon. Or make up a disease and make it sound like a fund raiser-"Barnes-Schofield Syndrome Games, so Children Can Talk Better" or "We do what we can for those who can't-2006 Annual Degraded Foramina Fundraiser Ironman Contest". Someone asks you what the disease is and you say "Hell I dunno. I just entered a race" or you can make up the most gruesome symptoms ("Yer eyeballs just end up explodin!!!") and say your Siamese twin cousins died from it.
I can't believe no one jumped at my offer to allow anyone willing to participate in Gridiron Gold, the Garrigan fundraiser as detailed earlier in a posting. A one time $20 and every one of the 17 NFL weeks you can win up to $225. Some of you were cheerleaders or in sports or band or drama or something. Good ole GHS! May our hearts be always pure, the way we learned for sure, at Dear old Garrigan. Your alma mater needs your help or we're gonna have to put her into the old schools home. come on! Cathy is participating, and she's the oldest and so by default the leader of the kids. Be like Cathy! Apply directly to forehead! Apply directly to forehead!
Thanks for the plug, joe3. How about the Grand River Games? or "I survived the Grand River Decathlon" or the Leon Rodeo Sideshow or the Decatur Decathlon (Faster - Higher - Smarter - More Accurate) or the Duel to the Death at Decatur? Or the King's Cup Relays or the Who Played Booze Memorial Games or the Decatur County Labor Day Ironman Heptathlon.
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Good for you Pat. Here is some news from Sweden:
The charismatic Swedish career criminal, Jan-Erik Olsson, 64 (whose 1973 bank robbery, and accompanying devotion by his hostages, originally inspired the term "Stockholm Syndrome"), tried to turn himself in to police in Helsenborg in May, but one officer apparently found him too likable and encouraged him to stay on the run.
How are your knees today doing Pat?
My knees are most excellent today, thank you very much.
Those are my new running shoes by the way. Bought 7 weeks ago and worn for the first time yesterday. Pretty, aren't they?
Those are swell.
Nice wheels. Don't run too much too soon.
move Joe into his new house in Topeka tomorrow. I propose a car-or-truck-packing event in the Straubathlon. Stevo will win all the booze.
Grace called me yesterday from Zane's baseball game, laughing. Zane had thrown 8 outs so far from shortstop. On the 7th, he did a cartwheel and got some reaction from the crowd, so after the 8th, he did a back flip. One time while I was talking to her, she said he was doing handstand pushups in the living room.
I said this before, but it didn't post. I think the blog parties all weekend and then can hardly drag its sorry ass in to work on Monday and is useless until late in the day. I keep getting error messages and have to type stuff in 2 or 3 times (I'm copying this onoe just in case). This happened last week too.
Lazy blog
it's still hungover on monday morning. give it a break.
I saw the blog doing upsidedown margaritas this weekend.
Our new deck is complete! Double the size...two levels...and...bee-u-ti-ful! Lots-o-room for all of you Straubs! The deck builder did repairs on the outside of the house and the untility company came and took care of the myriad of wires that were wrapped all around! In September, Jack McGuire is gonna give it a fresh new paint job and look! Can't wait for all to see! :-)
That day that Zane did backflips in his baseball game... later that afternoon we went to a birthday party and Zane got wacked square on the ear with an aluminum bat. After 15 minutes he was back to himself, doing flips on the trampoline. We gave him Tylenol and an ice-pack when we got home. Sunday, the side of his head turned colors, but he was still fine, not even a headache. So I kept him home from swim lessons this morning and called the pediatrician, who told me to take him to the ER in case he needs a CT scan. Ryan's mom wants to know why the hell didn't we take him to the ER Saturday or Sunday. The Doc at the ER examined him carefully and asked me lots of questions, then said he did not need a CT scan because there was nothing to indicate a broken bone. Was I wrong? He was doing his regular flying Zane stuff all weekend after he got hit, I figured the pediatrician could check him out on Monday, just to be safe. My mother in law will probably send DCFS to my house over this. Well, not really, but she'll never stop talking about it. Which might be worse.
Nance, is there a railing around your new deck to prevent accident prone kids from leaping off it like ninjas?
Hey Pat, I got new running shoes too. Don't kill yourself the first few times out. Pretty shoes.
Pat, how do they feel? I need new ones. WEre they pricey? Just wondering. They don't make the ones I love anymore.
Monica
Cathy, we took 4 loads of a 14ft Uhaul truck over to our new house this weekend. We are the worst packers ever (of course we had kids helping to load). We still have half the house to move.
Monica
For the straubolympices: which straub moves the most? or the least?
Grace, that's why they call it mother's intuition, not MOTHER-IN-LAW intuition (intrusion).
Grace~
Yes, we have railings on the top deck to the left and the right. The front is open with three steps running the width of the deck and railing going down to rhe lower level which sits about 20 inches off the ground. There is one more step that, also, runs the width of the deck straight out in the front. The sides are open, on the lower, and someone could fall off. However, I figure adults have it comin' if they stumble and children would never be injured...seriously. :-)
Of course, it doesn't prevent children from jumping off the railing like a Ninja...Zane...Liam! :-<>
Monica, no they were not pricey. THey were $70 something. I mean, they weren't cheap but for running shoes that's low end.
The deck sounds amazing.
We received an inch of rain last night, and oh boy was it necessary - everything is brown. Today, hopefully, our diseased trees come down. Good bye thousands of dollars....oh the fun we could have had together.
P
Monica - when you get finished moving?
IDEAS:
Straubolympics
Straubathalon
Strauborama
Straubathon
Oh Mama, I'm in fear for my life from the long arm of the law.
Law man has put an end from my running and I'm so far from home.
Oh Mama, I can hear you a crying, you're so scared and all alone.
Hangman is comin' down from teh gallows and I don't have very long.
That was directed at everyone, not just my Mama.
Straub Ironman/Woman - A competition of endurance, accuracy, wit and cunning.
Die Strauben Spiele
That's my entry. German for the straub games.
I tried on my last pair of running shoes next to Jeff Tweedy from Wilco. This was a hardcore running store (not that I'm hardcore...it's just close to my place) and it was surprising to see him there considering I saw him finish an entire pack of American Spirits at his last concert. I guess he was turning over a new leaf. He told the salesperson that he wanted to start running trails. It made me wonder where in the hell did he find trails in Chicago. He also laid down his card and asked the sales person what else he needed to start running. Her eyes glimmered.
Jeff Tweedy is awesome, but I bet he wouldn't place in the straubamatatholon.
IDEA: Ironstraub
Hey...if the event says, "straub," does that mean that outlaws with another name cannot participate? Hmm.
Yah know...if we are really, "on the ball," my Dad could have tees made up for cost! Just an idea. Simple tees...yah think?
Ironperson
the decatur open?
the straub cup?
That's a cool idea, Ellen! :-)
I like the Straub Cup. Can we find an actual cup that's huge and the winner has to chug Straub beer from it. And then we'll take it to the little bar in Decatur so all the patrons there can kiss it. Not unlike the Stanley cup. Ed, you're good at finding random things (i.e. Elvis bust). If not, I can go rummaging around Phelan's apartment and find something.
http://www.icedoutgear.com/pimp-cups-ss2.php
I hope to be done with this house by the end of next week. We have to be done by Aug. 10 as we go to Joe's brothers wedding the 12th and leave for vacation on the 13th and return the 18th. We then close on this house the 21st.
I an sooooooo ready for that vaction. I have to get all school supplies and paraphenelia( spelling?) some time in there also.
Monica
Monica
See, I'm going crazy. I wrote my name twice.
IT sounds like the neverending move. Except it will end the end of this week.
Are you hiring someone to clean it after you leave? I would. I'm just that lazy.
I say - why clean it at all?
We could send Eli, Liam and Don over to clean!?!
***Oh! Don Senior told me a joke yesterday.
D: "Did you know that there was a big robbery in Mankato Last week?"
N: "No...what happened?"
D: "Some people stole a whole case of Viagara from the Walmart!"
N; "No way...you're kidding?!"
D; "Yah, the Police are looking for hardened criminals!"
~Ha, ha, ha. :-) He said that he's been bored and makin' up jokes and then, said, "bye."
If we're going to have t-shirts and, per Tom, we want to be able to wear them in public and have them look semi-legit and cool, the thing to do is call it something familiar sounding (a credible sounding event) yet obscure enough to avoid overt and instant suspicion. Something like "North Central Regional Ironman Contest" or "Region IX Games" or "Border State Shootout Triathalon" or "Mid-States Ironman Qualifier".
Another way is to do a bogus adjunct to a legit sounding event. Garfield County Sun Days Ironman Contest, or Tri-state River Festival Triathalon. Or make up a disease and make it sound like a fund raiser-"Barnes-Schofield Syndrome Games, so Children Can Talk Better" or "We do what we can for those who can't-2006 Annual Degraded Foramina Fundraiser Ironman Contest". Someone asks you what the disease is and you say "Hell I dunno. I just entered a race" or you can make up the most gruesome symptoms ("Yer eyeballs just end up explodin!!!") and say your Siamese twin cousins died from it.
I can't believe no one jumped at my offer to allow anyone willing to participate in Gridiron Gold, the Garrigan fundraiser as detailed earlier in a posting. A one time $20 and every one of the 17 NFL weeks you can win up to $225. Some of you were cheerleaders or in sports or band or drama or something. Good ole GHS! May our hearts be always pure, the way we learned for sure, at Dear old Garrigan. Your alma mater needs your help or we're gonna have to put her into the old schools home. come on! Cathy is participating, and she's the oldest and so by default the leader of the kids. Be like Cathy! Apply directly to forehead! Apply directly to forehead!
I'm not sure solicitation is allowed on, "the blog."
If so..."Remember someone you love with a SISTER SARAH'S Gift Certificate! Buy one today!" :-)
Thanks for the plug, joe3.
How about the Grand River Games? or "I survived the Grand River Decathlon" or the Leon Rodeo Sideshow or the Decatur Decathlon (Faster - Higher - Smarter - More Accurate) or the Duel to the Death at Decatur? Or the King's Cup Relays or the Who Played Booze Memorial Games or the Decatur County Labor Day Ironman Heptathlon.
This is fun.
How about
2006 Cash Cemetary Games
I CROSSED THE LINE
Monica said
2006 Cash Cemetery Games
You'll wish you were there.
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