Fishing

Tanis and I went fishing yesterday. I don't remember the first time we fished, I hope it went better for you than me. He didn't really get the whole hold on to the pole and reel. He set his pole down a lot. Caught several trees and a rock. To be fair we were fishing at the reservoir in Norwalk. The "beach" consisted of a lot of rocks. I found a spot for him to stand at, but he was more interested in playing with the worms, which he started to throw into the water so the fish could have breakfast. I hooked a fish and tried to get him to reel in his pole so the lines wouldn't tangle. I couldn't hand him my pole as it was bent almost double, I had no idea what I had hooked. I figured we would catch small pan fish so I did not buy a net or a hook remover or anything else. We just had 2 cheap poles. So I am holding onto my pole trying to land a fish and also reel his in at the same time. I got his pole done and fought my fish awhile longer, it surfaces and what do you know it is a catfish. A catfish, that is not what I expected. The whole time I am waiting for my line to snap, but it holds. The fish is hooked to good for me to get the hook out, so I broke the line and pushed him back into the water with my foot. He swam away. The catfish was over a foot long, but I figure he weighed less than 10 lbs., as I had 10 lbs. test line. So the chaos is finished, we continued to fish for a while longer and then headed home. I don't know what he will remember of our first fishing trip, hopefully all of it good. Wings lost 1 to Pittsburgh series is 2 to 1 in favor of Detroit. The Pistons have to win tonight and the beat Boston at home to advance. Love ya guy.

Tough Day on the Horizon

Sometimes tough days sneak up unexpected. Yesterday was one of those days. It all happened at Meijers of all places. I saw Schullers chips and couldn't help think of you, it gave me a small twang of sadness. I then went over to another section and had to walk past the fathers day cards. Being a father was one thing we definitely had in common. I even found the card I would have gotten you, it was a picture of a Corvette and it talked about getting you a shiny sports car for fathers day once you opened it the inside had a set of keys you could cut out and talked about paper keys for a paper car. I know you would have liked it. I asked Kellie what she was going to do for her dad for Fathers days, and she almost asked what i was going to do for you. For you I will take some time and reflect on the things I learned from you and all of the time we spent together. I learned to golf from you (hey I have to blame someone). I learned to fish and definitely how to collate. I have learned a lot from you, and I will definitely miss you. The Red Wings won game 1 of the Stanley finals last night. Love ya guy.

Chasing A Dream

This weekend was full of a lot. Saturday was like a day with 36 hours in it. Tanis, Kellie and I headed up to Novi for the convention. We spent time and money. It was fun. We got a new dragon doorbell as the one from last year was stolen. Tanis got a new R2 and a lot of other things. Kellie got to meet Mickey Dolenz and bought an autographed book from him. We met up with James and his friend. We stayed until 6 when it closed. Then the second part of the day started. We headed to meet mom at Frandor where I dropped Kellie and Tanis off, they went to dinner at Emils. James and I went to somewhere on Wise road in Lansing to watch Ron fight. He fought in a sanctioned fight, not an exhibition. We were able to talk to him before the fight and could tell he was ready. He beat the guy in 2 minutes 10 seconds. He actually ended up breaking the guys orbital bone. He was amazing. He has always chased his dream and I saw him achieve it Saturday it was pretty amazing. I wondered if it would of been something I could have talked you into going. I figure probably not. Then I went to pick up my family and got to see the new stairs in the house. It was weird walking into the closet to go to the basement. Mom is pretty excited and it puts the bathroom closer to being finished. I then drove home. I got home around 3 a.m. Sunday Kellie had a bell performance at church it was very good. The new puppy is adapting well and is very friendly with Tanis. She plays a little rough and he is not used to the dog fighting back a little. Cheri got her pop up camper so she has a little dream of camping at the races fulfilled. Red Wings will try to get to their dream by beating the Stars tonight. Cleveland had their dream come to an end yesterday as the Celtics eliminated them. Detroit Boston starts on Wednesday I believe. Love ya guy.

Catching Up

A lot has happened since the last post. Detroit Pistons have made it to the conference finals for a 6th time in a row. The Wings have Dallas on the ropes 3 to 1 headed to the finals, and if it hadn't been for a bad call Detroit probably would have swept Dallas. Saturday is the Motor City Comic Con and we are headed to it. Nobody huge is going to be at it, but Tanis is pretty excited and Kellie wants to see Mickey Dolenz. Cheri turned forty, I got her a card implying she is a lot older than that. Mom is helping her get a pop up camper they are going to pick it up tomorrow. Ron has a fight scheduled and I may go see it. We adopted a new pug today, she is a nine month old fawn girl called Izzy. A little rough getting acclimated so far, but I think it will be fine. Love ya guy.

Playoff Update

The Wings struggled through the first round. here in the second round they beat up the Colorado Avalanche pretty well. On Thursday they completed the sweep 8 to 2. The Pistons wrapped up their first round as well beating the 76ers. Yesterday Tanis and I got some pictures taken for Kellie for mothers day, the reason I am telling you about this is because we gave it to her last night. (Tanis can't really keep a secret.) We went shopping yesterday and he got the complete first and second seasons of Scooby Doo. He has become quite the Scooby Doo fan, I can hear you talking about another young boy you knew how liked Scooby Doo. I will admit I think the DVD collection is pretty cool. I am hoping you will help me out during your golf outing since I will be using your clubs. Love ya guy.