MY NIGHT OUT

My brother and I had a blast Sunday night. We took off for town around a quarter after six after the Daytona 500. On the drive into town, we hit something on the highway that looked like a door to a furnace or the back of a fridge/freezer. It was metal, flat, and had upraised fins on it. Mike pulled over to check his truck and tires. Everything was in good shape so we continued on. When we got into Devils Lake, we went to Holiday and filled up with gas. Coming out of the Holiday parking lot, we were honked at by another car on Highway 2. The Ranch Steakhouse was pretty full, but we were able to get nice little table in a quiet corner. Mik and I ordered our steaks. We talked a lot about several different things over his beer and my merlot. Our steaks arrived quickly. I ordered mine medium but it was still pretty pink on the inside. In fact, if you listened, you could still hear it moo. I sent it back to have it cooked a bit more, and when it came back it was perfect. I was leery about heading out to the casino because of all the “luck” we were having on our night out. Mike persuaded me to go with an argument saying that one of us HAD to win something because of all the bad things happening. We got out to the casino and Mike gave me $20 as a birthday gift to spend while we were out there. I lost 10 right away on one of the machines, so I stopped playing for a little bit and watched Mike for a while. He was doing very well. Eventually we worked our way to the 5 cent Little Green Men machines and I started playing again. We played LGM for a long time until Mike busted. He watched me for a bit. I was up at about $50 and wanted to keep playing. I decided to max bet the machines a few times and then stop. On the second max bet played, I won $95 and stopped playing. When I cashed out I gave Mike his $20 back. I was pretty happy leaving with $75 bucks more then what I went in with…all thanks to Mike.

Last night I finished removing the cabinet frame. The kitchen and living room look just huge now. Since I am not used to the open area, I am not sure if I should have done it or not. I am sure it is okay. I remember the doubts about my gorgeous bedroom when I started that project. Since the cabinets came down nicely, I was able to conserve all the pieces to it. I am going to ask my dad if he wants them for his shop. He is always looking for shelving and cabinet space for all of his stuff. My next projects are going to be painting and putting knotty pine around the living room, updating the kitchen a bit, and work on some things outside. However, I don’t have a lot of money and I need to watch what I spend. All these things will take a while to get done. I am in no hurry. I really want to clean up the yard something fierce this summer. I hate how cluttered the yard looks, especially the back yard, with all the junk laying around. My dad is going to bring his dump truck over sometime this spring so we can get that done. Also, with some money from my income tax return, I need to buy the rest of the siding for the house. We are going to finish that this spring too.

Does anyone know if I will loose all my pics and old posts if I change the template of my blog? I would like to change my blog up a bit, but I am scared too because I like to go back and read some of my old things. Also, I pull old pics off my blog from time to time and I don’t want to loose them.