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Something new...

and today on the news....

Out on the river...

There was this dog...and he LOVED fetching a tennis ball out of the water...

I'm pretty sure he'd do it all day if you'd keep throwing the ball...

Lots of pictures I've been meaning to post...but I haven't...

We have been doing a little landscaping at the house...and a recent trip to the nursery presented us with some MAMMOTH hibiscus flowers...

We didn't buy...but we may go back.

My Latest Video - Dean's Baseball Season

Check out this little girl...

Congrats to all the High School Seniors out there...

I'm sure all none of them that read my blog are very excited to read this new post.

Another LSU Tiger wins big in Orlando!

Another funny Youtube video

Fast forward to 2:15 to see what happens when a 'fan' jumps onstage...and scares Britney...She screams so loud you can't hear her...

The weather was equally as miserable this morning... but cleared up a bit after lunch...I headed to the Mall of America... which is just Ri-donk-ulous...I found this little octopus lamp at a Tchotchky store...lots of cool stuff...but...mostly overpriced...Walked the entire mall...all 3 floors...Then got back on the train and went to the Metrodome to catch a Twins vs. Rays game...I 'overpaid' for some scalped tickets on the street...but I was 4 rows off of the 3rd base dugout...

oh...and the Twins stink.

Another Rainy Dreary Minnesota Day

Seriously...

I know it rains alot in Louisiana....and we have all those hurricanes and stuff...

but, come on...Minnesota...

This is the best you can do...

It's the end of April, it's 45 degrees and rainy...again...supposed to be the same tomorrow...

Definitely not the type of weather to draw new residents in...

Last one's for the day...

This is in the lobby of the hotel / block where I'm staying...

Essentially, it's a 5 story raining fountain...

Pretty nifty...

Some sights while walking to the Convention Center...The interior shot is a 2 story Target in downtown...

and the SheetMusic is a wall mural...

Light Rail in Minnesota

I'm doing these in separate posts....because I like the way it looks better...than if I try to cram all the pictures into one long post....you'll have to deal...

After arriving at the airport...and navigating my way through the concourse with some pretty good signage...I found the light rail station...

It really is a baffling thing when you think about the benefit of a transit system like this...and how much the communitys fight it....the whole way...

For $1.75 I rode the rails from the airport to downtown Minneapolis...in about 20 minutes...

Traveling to Minnesota for the APA conference

That's the American Planning Association for all you 'non-planner' blog readers...

So, I get to the New Orleans airport early...because there is NO traffic...after waiting for almost 2 hours to board the vessel...We waited another hour and a half inside this cramped craft to take off...

I hate the whole process of traveling to another place...while I usually enjoy the spending of time in that location...

I forgot my brush and my headache medicine...so I had to perform my bald-spot-comb-over with my lady-like hands this morning...

We're officially a Baseball family...

It's funny... how un-interested we are in watching baseball on TV...but when it involves your children... it's a completely different experience...

We are still undefeated...but, We've had two great games recently...very stressful...

Dean has been playing at the pitcher position...which provides for lots of ACTION...as most of the kids don't really hit it that hard...

I'm done counting days....More pool nonsense...

So...We got our gutters installed on our home and garage...and we finally bought a new fridge...so We'll get our garage fridge out of the house and back to where it belongs...

Next up...the pool...
As you can see....it is still mostly empty...we got an estimate to repair...but, it isn't sounding very promising...as the 'experts' tell us that the pool is actually constructed out of cinderblocks...and there is no guarantee that what they repair will actually stay that way...

Ayways...we are inside on Saturday...and Daniel comes running in..."THERE'S A RAT IN THE POOL!!!"
We all mosey out there....cause....this wouldn't be the first rat we had found in the pool...(It would actually be the 3rd)
lo and behold...there's this little hairy thing walking around the step of the pool...I suited up in my work gloves and picked the little thing up...

We are no biologists....but, Janet and I have come to believe that it was a baby mole...That's it on the tip of my thumb...

So...we fried it up and ate it...(Not really...)