Mmm Bop: Did I mention

Mmm Bop:
Did I mention that the missus tuned into that CBS "Master Spy: The Hanssen Story" the other night and was shocked and disappointed to discover that it was not a show about her favorite band? Screams of "Where's my Tay?!?" could be heard throughout the neighborhood.

Yes, she's a Hansen fan folks. Even joined the online fan club. She'd bat for the other team if Tay (short for Taylor) would have her. But alas, he's married now and has a kid. Good home schooled christian boy knocks up teenage fan - shotgun celebrity wedding follows. Ah, american values. My good friend Sabrina said it best when she quipped "That Zac, he's no stranger to the bong." And that Ike? Someone got smacked with the ugly stick - and hard.

So there she is, my XXsomething* wife. Cavorting with screaming teenage girls swooning over Ike, Tay and Zac. Sometimes it's best not to question.

*missuses age not disclosed to protect my head from being whacked sharply when I'm not looking.

I've just been duly informed that it's spelled HANSON, with an O. We apologize for any inconvenience this error may have caused. I just can't wait for all the teeny bopper google searches sure to come.

Home Improvement Progress Report:
Roof: 3/4 done. Ran out of roofing material Sunday and must make the required 3rd visit to Lowes.
Rule #347: any home improvement job, no matter the size, requires a minimum of 3 visits to the Homo Depot-Lowes-DYI Superstore of your choice.

Pool: Pretty much what you see below. They haven't been back since Thursday. Today is Tuesday. It's supposed to be done Friday. I'm nervous. I just hope they didn't end up in jail after a two day drinking binge like our painter did. Ahem.

Fence: "What fence MJ? I didn't know you were replacing a fence too?!" Yeah, me neither. This was a job we hadn't anticipated but when our neighbor offered to pay 2/3 of the cost we said sure! And par for the course it involved another $700 in addition to remove the trees that were causing the damage to the last fence so what was supposed to be a $600 job is now a $1300 job. There go my kitchen counters. But now here we have progress. We have trees gone. We have large posts. Yeah! Fingers crossed that the guy shows up (sober) tomorrow, but I'm not holding my breath.

In other news:
The Leonids were a bit of a disappointment here this morning. Yes that time stamp is correct. I crawled out of bed at 2:30 and stumbled outside. I was wrapped in a blanket on the lawn staring at - nothing really. A few bright stars, Mars was bright and red. Every now and then the occasional **zoom**... I blame it on that 'ol devil moon. It was so full our usually star carpeted sky was totally washed out and I saw maybe 12 good meteors at best. Nothing like last years downpour, still, it's always impressive.