Seven

Madeline turned 7 this past week. Between school, family, and her friends, she had several parties. She was out of gas this evening. Turning 7 is hard work.

We're having a taste of fall weather here lately. My favorite.

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Matt

Bluegill

Madeline asked me to take her fishing earlier this week. We went today. We stopped at the new Bass Pro Shop first, which is pretty impressive. After that, we went to the pond behind my office and wet our lines. Madeline picked it up fast and ended up catching a bunch of tiny bluegills. I got to fish myself for a few minutes. I caught one small bass. We both had a lot of fun.

Angie lost her job yesterday. They cut four people loose. Seems to be a common thing these days.

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Matt

Naptime

The kids are in Florida with their grandparents. They flew out last night (boy are their arms tired). I took them to the airport. We got there two hours early, just in case there were any issues with three minors flying alone. No issues. I waited with them until they boarded. I kissed them goodbye then went down to the bar and had an $8 beer while I waited for the plane to leave. It's a weird feeling watching the kids leave alone. When I talked to Madeline on the phone this morning, she told me she cried on the plane for two hours. Poor Alex & Abby.

It's a good feeling having no commitments for the entire weekend. Maybe I should take a nap now?

Yesterday at work, I bid the largest job I've ever bid. Over $12 million. I took some well deserved time off today. It will be a while before I found out how that one turned out.

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Matt

Sweet Corn

It sure seems like there have been a lot of deaths lately. Not just the ones that make the national or world news either. Lots of locals. It's been strange. Death seems to be on the rise around here. Either that, or I'm just paying more attention.

Madeline got her cast off today. Took ten minutes.

We had some sweet corn tonight, for the first time this summer. I think we all ate three pieces each. Good stuff.

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Matt

One Bird

The gutters finally got fixed this past weekend. I rented a http://genielift.com/sb-series/index.asp and cleaned them out and put screens on them. Hopefully I won't have to get up there for several years now.

Last weekend Angie and I joined a bunch of our local Cambridge friends on a float trip. We floated in tubes for about 4 hours and had a lot of fun. We've been on these float trips a few times. We are usually among the oldest group on the river. Mostly it's a younger party crowd out there, which are fun to watch. Lots of drunk girls flashing their chests for beads and such. You know, good clean American fun. It was much different this time however. Right before our group put in the river, a couple of busses pulled up with a large group of gays and lesbians. Instead of the ususal female chest flashing, there was a disturbing amount of gay male dong dangling.

Madeline will get her cast off on Monday. Good thing too, it's getting pretty dirty looking and she's so ready to swim.

I still haven't been doing much shooting. Just not seeing much. Hope that changes soon.

School starts in 30 days.

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Matt

Fourth

We had a great camping trip. It rained most of the day on Saturday, but cleared off for a boat ride and fireworks. The weather was perfect the rest of the time.

I'll let the photos tell the stories, in no particular order.

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Matt