Saturday night I went to the worst concert ever. Slaughter (awful) and Quiet Riot. It was at the Northern Lights Casino (great acoustics....NOT). I had a stabbing pain in my right eyebrow for the next 30 hours. I was the driver so I couldn't even drink myself into pretending it was okay. If you want a sample of the music (music...that's a stretch) go to kevindubrow.com (at your own risk). And if you think that's bad try playing some Slaughter. I think I'll stick to my country. 
It's hard to tell, but I'm holding three of the five pups here. Frank, the chocolate, is hiding. Frank actually isn't Frank anymore. A nice family, the Ryans, have spoken for Frank and have renamed him Lewie. So from now on that's what it'll be...Lewie. These little fellows have more than doubled in weight in 10 days. Next week their eyes should be open and they'll be causing all kinds of havoc. Maggie is already showing signs that she'd like to get her old life back.
Ellie sent an updated photo of Maggie and all five pups. The first two yellows on the right are Brutus and Kimmy Kay (I'm not exactly sure which one is which unless you flip them over). The two on the right are Jim and Greenie and of course the chocolate is Frank. After they were weighed this morning it ends up that Kimmy Kay is actually slightly bigger than Brutus. Jim comes in at 1.15, Greenie at 1.16, Frank at 1.24, Brutus at 1.38 and Kimmy Kay at 1.39.
Maggie waited for me to get home from Wyoming before she had her puppies. I got home last night and this morning somewhere around 3 am she had the first one (the Chocolate male, Frank) and by the time I got there at 4:15 am she had had another (a Yellow male, Jim). Between then and 6 am she had two more (large Yellow female, Kimmy Kay and a smaller darker Yellow, Kimmy Kay II, aka: Greenie). Welcome little doggies.
We (Mike, Jessi, Makita and Myself) drove all night Thursday night from Brainerd Minnesota to Casper Wyoming to surprise my sister Lorrie for her 40th birthday party. I think she was surprised when she realized the party was for her but I think she was really surprised to see us!
Doing shots of Pucker.
Here is a shot of a helmet my son Mike just painted. Not my kind of design but then it wasn't for me. Not sure what's with the skulls and crosses. Needless to say he's pretty darn good with the air brush!
What a blast. Yesterday I put on a pair of snowshoes for the first time in my life. It was a great time. Ellie and Dave invited me and Makita up for some snowshoeing and a winter picnic. They only had three pair of snowshoes so Dave so generously went without. He seemed to fair pretty good because the snow isn't that deep and it's pretty hard. I'm seriously considering buying a pair for myself now. I may wait until next fall or I may checkout the Close Out Sales on snowshoes this spring.
Next week will be puppy week. We expect Maggie to have her litter anytime starting on Wednesday. I'm going to bet on Thursday. It will be interesting to see how many she has and what color they turn out to be (the dad is black). All the girls will be named Kimmy Kay. I'll keep you posted on what happens.
Nome, Alaska, Mar. 15, 2006, 2:00 a.m. – After the 12-dog team trotted smartly under the burled arch, Jeff King set his snowhook, hopped atop the seat on his taildragger sled and raised both fists, setting off a roar from a crowd huddled around the finish line.
My cousin Jodi hosted a Woo-woo party this past Saturday night. Woo-woo ends up to be a drunken slumber party. As you can see here we're in our pj's partaking in bloody mary's with beer chasers. Pictured here are my cousins Jodi, Shelly and Cindy. It was a good time. And I won $33 playing dice.
Getting ready for the jump.
Here I am live'n it up at El Squid Roe.
Gotta love two for one's!
Me and Jimmy Hendrick at the Hard Rock Cafe.
Yep...Sammy's bar, Cabo Wabo.
Dave takes a shot, hanging upside down, at the Giggling Marlin. Mas Tequilla Por Favor!
Here is a photo of the Hotel we stayed at in Cabo.
It had an infinity pool (it flows over the edge).
This view is off our balcony.
Holy cow there's a lot of birthdays that have either just pasted or are upcoming. I will mention some February birthdays that have passed: 6th was Jerry Katz's bday. The 19th was Bill Bruers bday. And just last week was my sister-in-law Joy's bday. She celebrated it as she was recovering from a surgery she had earlier in the week. I wish her well!
As promised to some of the gang, I'm posting my pictures I took at the Miami Ink Studio. It was two blocks from my hotel I stayed in last week in Miami. 
It was a lot smaller than I thought it would be. It looks a lot bigger on tv. I didn't see any of they guys from the show. But the place was packed with people and artists.
You can catch Miami Ink on TLC Tuesdays at 9 central.
Today I had the privilege of seeing Andy and Eleanor Perry in the Minneapolis Airport. You may remember them from my trip to Connecticut this past summer. They are Ellie's parents and very fine hosts.