Ganamos

One picture. A thousand words.

The Summer Series of Euchre with Joe and Pete was more fun than pigs in mud, and included a trip to the beach.
We plan to return to the beach during the Winter '08 series, see a hockey game, and continue the euchre tournament.

Vencemos,

P. "Doble Euchre" Suave

Pete & Joe

The semi-annual Pete & Joe Euchre And A Game tour of Pepinoville is being held this weekend. This summer's event has been modified to Euchre And A Trip To The Beach, as the boys arrived late and P. Suave altered the agenda several times, leaving all parties baffled as to what, where, and how.
Last night's first round of the summer euchre series found Joe and Peppy on top, 3 games to 2. Pepina and Pete have no comment.
More to follow. We're off to the beach...

Barajando,

P. "What's Trump?" Suave

Ya

We finished. That's right, Dear Pepina and I transformed our neo-Eisenhower era den into a neo-Home Depot era den. And we're still talking! In fact, as we held each other, gazing at our freshly completed paint job, we planned our (seperate) vacations next year. Then Pepina released me from the head-lock, I untwisted her arm, and we went about cleaning up the brushes.

Here are pictures of our obra maestra, as it dries. Stay tuned for the "after" pix - with furniture in place and a roaring mid-august fire in the hearth.

Afanado,

Pintor Suave

El Gallo Pinto No Pinta

We've impulsively decided to paint the den, a room that hasn't been updated since the early sixties. Pepina primed the fireplace while I prepped the chocolate brown paneled walls and the wall-papered ceiling (we've decided to take down the faux wood Styrofoam beams - I carried them out to the trash looking much stronger than a wiry middle aged pepino should).
As of this morning, our marriage is intact and we continue to communicate civilly.
Stay tuned for the next step of the project: The First Coat or The Friday Fiasco

El que pinta es el pintor,

Pepino Pintor

Hay Pero Que Calor

Top 10 Summer '07 Things:
1. Hot, Hot, Hot
2. Corn on the cob
3. Peaches
4. YMCA Pool
5. Sprinklers
6. Lot's of Li'l Pepinita time
7. One-a-day icecream, with a Lipitor chaser
8. Air conditioned libraries
9. Aimless escapes (favorite so far: tubing the Muskeegon river. 4.5 hours of wet idleness)
10. Rinse, then repeat #'s 1-9

Calorifico,

P. Cogiendolo Suave