It Could Happen to You

I was reminded today of a story of my early years that was a learning experience never forgotten. At the age of 20 I left home for independence and to find my path of life. I moved in with a guy I knew from Friday's an had to learn how to take care of myself. Other than doing laundry I generally didn't go home much. One thing my dad told me was to stay out of debt and to be smart with my money. That didn't last very long. I was independent and knew what I was doing. Uh..What an idiot. Not even a week or two after I had moved out I was headed to work and wrecked and totaled my '79 Toyota corolla. Urg. So I had no choice but to venture out wet behind the ears and purchase the maroon 1992 Chevy Cavalier. For those wondering the year this took place was 1994. Anyway, to my parents dislike I was able to purchase the car on my own with no cosigner because my parents pretty much told me there was no way in hell they would cosign for me. I was independent you know, I had all the answers. Months went on and I enjoyed my independence. Then the real world came crashing down on me when the worst thing could happen to a newly independent 20 year old, identity theft.


Much to my unknowing my roommate had secretly been going through my personal information while I was away from the apartment. This first red flag came when a cell phone bill came in my name and I didn't own a cell phone. I approached him about it and he said it was merely a mistake he made when entering names of references. What the hell? Okay, so me being young and ignorant I went along with it. The second red flag was when I received a phone call from a leasing agency asking me questions about my newly purchased kayak. Okay, hang on a minute. I knew I didn't own a kayak, however my roommate was driving around with one on his car. Holy fiddle sticks. I could not believe it. This guy who was supposed to be my roommate tried to screw me royally. I got back all my info, he went to jail, and I learned a huge lesson. Protect your stuff. Because if you don't, you could be next.

Anniversary and House Guest

As most of you know Beth and I celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary this past Sunday. It was a wonderul day besides being a little grouchy from waking up to early. Beth was nice enough to put our anthemn up on her blog on a song that says it all. Dear sweetie thank you for all the misery we share with one another. I love you to pieces.

We have a new house guest outside on our frontporch. It is better known as the banana spider. I took a picture to share with all of you. Warning, it is not for the fant at heart. It scared the hell out of me when I first saw it. So now we just live it alone and try not to bother the spider. My only concern it the spider having babies and that is when I would have to break out the spray. Anyway, take care to all of you and enjoy the picture of this giant spider.

The One That Got Away

Saturday afternoon I met Daryl for a afternoon and evening of fishing. We got together around 2pm and got things together and away we went. We were greeted by a very quick, strong thunderstorm. We found shelter on the Penny Road bridge. After that we set out to a point we had fished a couple of weeks before and I caught a small white bass.

Then we spent the next couple of hours searching for the right spot. We had no results. It wasn't until around 6:30pm Daryl caught a 1pd largemouth bass. About 7pm we tried a more shaded area and struck gold or I should say Daryl did. He realed in a 2.2pd largemouth bass with using a lure he had purchased earlier in the week. And let me tell you, that was the biggest bass I had ever seen in person. Then not even 30min. later he landed a whopper that he reeled in all the way to the boat and got of the hook. Now folks I am not lying when I tell you the head on this thing was freakin huge. It had to have been atleast over 5pds. That is a big fish folks. We had a great time with a few "hang ups". It was a great of fishing.

Guys Night Out

An extrodinary evening it was the past Friday evening. Christian and I set up Camp Helderman in the back yard. The weather was dry and hot. And the mood just right for our first ever camping adventure. We built a pretty good fire. No one called and complained so I think we kept the fire as low key as you can on a city block surrounded by houses. We cooked hot dogs and smores and retired the evening with a couple of books and two rounds of Uno. Christian fell asleep very quickly around 10pm. I tossed and turned for a couple of hours trying to weed out all the noises of loud radios and a great deal of noise from the Main Street cruisers. About 2:30pm Christian woke up and started looking around. I could tell he was not comfortable due to the lack of breeze and the heat. So we decided to come in and spend the rest of the night in the house. It was a great time. I know Beth put up a few pictures I put some up myself. We had a great time and hope to do it again soon.

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Tuesday 8-16-05

I thought I was doing so great as a plumber but found I must have not done something right. I successfully installed a new faucet on Saturday and found out Sunday that it was leaking like a mofo. I called my brother in law Tim several times attempting to fix the problem but found it may take a little more elbow grease to get it done. At work in WS right now taking my lunch break. So thats all for now.

Night Time

Things are well. Another night at Starbucks has come and gone. Not much happening here. Just working and trying not to make Beth pull her hair out. I caught my first fish using crank bait last Sunday with Red. I caught a white bass. I wast pretty excited. Cant wait to go again. We are enjoying the new funiture we received from Bran. He rocks. I am taking Christian camping next week and I am excited. It will be his first time so I hope he does okay. Anyway, thats whats going on here take care.

Short

Such a dramatic week I dont know where to end or begin. Lots of crazy things happening. I thought those of you who may be interested in the next generation of blogging may want to check out new way of blogging by Steve. Its really cool. I really do not have much else to ponder or write about this evening so good night to all and take care.