Skate park

After Nick's soccer game this morning we had some cheap Mc Donalds and headed for the skate park. It's under the Burnside bridge in SE Portland. This is a destination park for touring pro's and hardcore boarders. Not usually any younger kids here unless they can hold their own.

I'm sitting in the car next to the park. The lot belongs to a produce company. There is a loading dock and three truck trailers and a few cabs parked there. I'm on the phone chatting away. Out of the side mirror on my right I see a truck pull up. It kind of looks like a Honey Bucket Truck. They park no where near the H.B.'s to my left next to the skate park. I didn't think anything of it until I hear a power washer start up. I turn to see two guys with long power washer wands and long hoses spraying down the trucks. It's interesting enough I shift in my seat to watch. They stop and one of the guys hops up on the back of his truck and stirs something in a oil drum size bucket. They both start up and now they are soaping the trucks! After awhile they switch again and rinse. I gotta say it was strangely interesting to watch. I thought to myself "I'll be really impressed if they use the an air compresser setting to dry the trucks then spray a wax coating on!"

I kept updating the person on the phone like it was an event. I am simple.

I did watch the boarders too. No great talent (except you Nick:}) so the washer dudes held my attention. Their actions NOT the dudes themselves. ;)

For those of you on the edge of your seats waiting for the answer. No, they didn't dry or wax. After the last rinse they coiled up the hoses and left. I thought that was the end of the story but no! I pulled to the other side of the park to get Nick. Those same guys were starting on a lot full of the same company's trucks! We are talking twenty five to thirty more to go. Now I'm thinking that is a cold, wet, boring, LONG days work. I hope they get paid loads to do it. .Not one I'll be applying for!

Looking forward to PNPW action tonight. Have a good Sunday all! Complement someone and make their day.

Silly? Maybe - but fun.

Nick had a soccer game today. It was breezy, being down on the river, but sunny. When we got there it was nice but as the game progressed it clouded up. Just before the second half began it started raining. Now, I gotta say I do own two umbrellas but know better than to use them in the wind. I was lucky enough to get a parking space next to and facing the field. I was getting cold anyway even while wearing my quilted Carhartt jacket. Once the rain hit I headed for the car. I watched the remainder of the game from the comfort of my car. It reminded me of being at the drive in.

Call me a sissy but I found it smart since I still have the lovely hang on forever ( or four weeks) cold. Besides the comfort temperature range in Marta's world is narrow.

We went to the grocery store after the game. I seem to do that a lot more than I like. My space is limited where I am. We wanted lasagna for dinner but after seeing the size and it was lunch time decided it would be lunch with plenty left for dinner. Salad and garlic bread would round it out. We even got those Halloween sugar cookies for desert. Seemed like the right thing to do on a rainy day.

The last couple of days I have spent a lot of time driving for the boys. It's safe to say I put over a hundred miles on my car. I don't mind so much but just wish I had a wireless Internet laptop. I haven't had the time to post or answer e-mails. When I was home it was late.

Anyway, looking forward to the PNPW taping at the Elks lodge on Sunday. Sorry farm team but I gotta go watch some local wrestling! :~}

Lucha

Woodburn Luche wrestling. This looked really painful in person. Very cool pic that R P Strickland took. All these wrestling pics he took.

In case you didn't know

I really like wrestling! From the time I started watching it in February I have really come to appreciate it. I hate to miss even one night! Now that I don't have cable I'm scurrying to find a place to watch it on Monday nights. With Monday night football I will be hard pressed to find a sports bar to tune in WWE RAW for me! Somebody save me!

It started when I began playing CSz in Eugene. Most of the players are WWE fans and they talk about it a lot. I decided to watch it and try to understand what they saw. The first couple of times watching was okay but as I really began to follow the wrestler I was hooked. I had lots of questions and could hardly wait for the next night of WWE.

I've even taken in some of the local talent. I've been to the Milwaulkie Elks Lodge to see PNPW tapings. That was pretty fun. I've also gone to a PNPW taping in Eugene at a high school. I usually see CC Poison, Thunder and the Blanchard Brothers. I think of the Blanchards as the cousins to the Dudley Brothers on RAW. I have yet to make a Portland Wrestling Show though I watch it on 14 when I can.

it all lead up to last night and my first PPV live taping. I was sooo excited from the time Joseph told me about Unforgiven being added at the Rose Garden. He wanted to take Cohen and asked if me and my boys would be interested in going. YES!

I had watched a couple of PPV's up to that point. I enjoyed the drama that would lead to who was in matches but this time was different. this was my PPV and there were people I wanted to see. I got most of the matches I wanted and even the outcomes.

I was at Jenny's Birthday party tonight. Happy birthday again Jenny! I had a lot of fun just hanging and laughing LOTS. I still say we should have gone to Nobby's for 50 cent taco night. It's really good but they watch football not WWE. nite!

I love to BBQ

This weekend we BBQ'd our dinners. I didn't realize how much I missed doing that. Nick was in charge Friday night when we had hamburgers. He did all the work. Adding onion soup to the meat and formed the patties for the first time ever. He lit the coals and cooked by himself. He did a great job.

Saturday was Wil's turn. He chose a menu of marinated steak, steak fries and Dr. Pepper. He picked it out at the store and with a few tips did all the work. It was almost better than a steak from Acropolis! (home of the $4.00 steak.) :) JER wanted to take us out for ice cream but we were all too full.

It was a bit stressful on the start of our weekend. Nick had too much energy and was " bored" there is some getting used to the new digs. My room seems really small with all of us in it. The DVD player is too modern compared to my old TV, the big beautiful one is elsewhere til I move again. It was too big to get up the stairs and in my room. :( it's hard to watch a 19 inch when you are used to a 32 inch surround sound. I know, get over it.

I still have lots to do but it is coming along nicely. I haven't done much since getting home from my "vacation". Thank you for letting me visit and "be" Joseph. On my drive home I noted that I felt stronger and not in pain as I did driving there. I didn't have a choice about the timing of everything. I vow my next move will be good. It will be celebrated and a step closer to the mountain top.

post note
"Unforgiven" was awesome! I so enjoyed myself. Both my sons were very surprised at how exciting it really was..None of us (Wil, Nick and I) were looking forward to the triple HHH Randy Horton match since we didn't like either but WOW!!! I did not want it to end! I'm SSSOOO hooked and have no where to watch WWE tomorrow night! AAAHHHH!!!