I was able to go outside in my shorts and t-shirt today... and boots!!
We had like 45 degrees here.... SPRING! Bout time! Now all I gots to do is clean up all the Fin shit.... fun times....
So this last week I took Wednesday, Thursday and Friday off of work for the HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY TOURNAMENT... a tradition since about 7th grade.
I need a liver transplant due to all the booze I consumed sitting around watching hockey... cripes, if you think about it, DellMarie and I did about 20 hours of hockey watching, most of which included drinking and eating pizza... so we'll have to dry out and take the dogs for extra walks I guess.
We also run our annual HS Hockey Board, of which I came in 4th place... one out of the money! DellMarie had a potential run going when she picked the upsets of Moorhead and Cretin Durham Hall but picked CDH to beat Moorhead - which didn't happen.... so alas, her points were squandered.....
Carrie finished up in third place and won a big $11.50!
We had 23 entrants this year and a pot of $115....

For puppy cuteness... here's a couple pictures of Poppy....

Fin gets his staples taken out tomorrow... not sure how that will go.... we'll let you know...
Hope ya'll have a good week!

Our Big Excitement of the Week

On Tuesday we brought our boy Fin in to get neutered... poor boy...
so as we leave the office the vet tech says to us - we won't call unless something isn't going well.
We get home and about 20 minutes later the phone rings.... its the vet....

"nothing is wrong, Fin is doing fine, we were just wondering if you would like him to have gastroplexy surgery while we do his neuter," she says.

Gastroplexy is where they go in and tack the stomach to the abdominal wall to prevent it from twisting or flipping, which deep chested dogs like Fin have a propensity of doing. If the stomach flips, blood supply is cut of to it and other organs and its cash in the chips time.... so after a short conversation about growing a money tree or laundering the money we have, we agree to have it done.

Everything went fine and he came home the same afternoon pretty doped up... we were feeling the same way after paying the $800+ bill.... but he's way worth it! Here he is that evening in bed totally zonked.... (he always sleeps under the covers... no lie!)
It took about a half of the next day to get him back to totally normal. He is doing great... maybe to well... the vet said to keep him "quiet" for two weeks.... and DellMarie says, "can he come live with you for two weeks then?" HA.

So, just for sake of saying you saw the resulting 17 staples from a gastroplexy on a great dane the other day,.... here is a pic....


Good day all!

Sorry...one more name generator....

last but certainly not least.... the porn star name generator - there are tons out there but this one seemed to be the best....
http://gangstaname.com/porn_name.php

So, if I were to enter the glamorous world of porn I would be....

Maxx Deep

and DellMarie would be none other than.....

Jizzy Slamm

We also typed in the Pirate Name on the same site...and DellMarie came back as....

Xena, the Staggering Drunk.... wow, fitting!

I'll stop with the name generators now. Good day.

Now... your WRESTLER name!

Give this one a try...... (there are male and female versions)
http://www.wrestlingname.com


I'm "Napalm Basher"!


Oh yeeaaahhhhh!!

On the heels of the big announcement.....

of Tomten '09 I found this nifty little band name generator
So if any of the cats out there who are coming to play don't have a "stage name" yet,... here is your ticket....
Here's the link....
http://www.bandnamemaker.com/

So you can punch in an "optional word" and I picked, what else, Wayne.

This is a little sample of what I got in return....

Wayne Camp
Dilemma of the Wayne Discharge
Wayne Channel and the Drug
Natural Wayne and the Neat Junk
Wayne Hormone & the Insight
Mystic Cuban (not sure why??)
Habitual Wayne
Wayne Cramp
Funky Wayne of the Mythical Bacon
Wayne Ass and the Gory Hamburger
Edition of the Wayne Fuse
Vicious Wayne and the Identity

Okay, I could go on and on.... but check it out...even if you will never form a band....you could still see what you might have named yourself.
Just keep hitting the "generate again" tab to get more names.
Enjoy.

Music....now beer!!!!

It will be a
50 liter (13.2 gallon) keg of Newcastle Brown Ale
at
Tomten '09.....

No suckin' Busch Light here....Newcastle is a bit on the dark side but not too heavy..... go get a sixer and check it out.

Just so ya know!

Tomten '09

It's semi-official... Tomten '09 is going down on Saturday, July 25th!!!

What the hell is Tomten '09 you ask??? Only our first annual backyard music/party/beer drinking/food eatin'/northwoods dingwop!

And what the hell does "Tomten" mean and why would you name your big backyard party after it? Tomten is a mythical creature of Scandinavian folklore originating from Norse paganism. Tomten were believed to take care of a farmer's home and children and protect them from misfortune, in particular at night, when the housefolk were asleep. Tomten are short (three feet or so) elderly and of unpredictable disposition. He is attired in grey woolen clothes and wears a red cap.

If you have 7 or 8 minutes to burn you can watch a little youtube vid on the tomten legend... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnKtAbNqElU

So we figured we'd honor the little dude while eating, drinking and playing music.... I'm superfantastically excited about this whole deal.... hope all you that peek in on this dingwop here will be able to make it....we'll have early invites out by May or so..... food, drink and music are ALL on us.... Carrie and my bud Mitch "Knasty" Knase are the others that will be putting this whole deal on....

I've been working on the lineup and so far have secured 4 acts... with a 5th and 6th being a good 80 to 90% lock in. And for the fam folks out there... Chad Strehlo is penciled in to throw down a set of music so think 'bout that!

The other exciting piece of news is that everybody that shows up will get themselves a SWEET! Tomten '09 t-shirt.... I've been working up a logo and this is what we will most likely be going with.....

So in the outer depths of winter you can look forward to the heat of July.... a bunch of cold brews and hot barbque and think............

TOMTEN!