Had the lawn aerated, mowed the lawn, turned on the sprinkler system, and have tickets for the Rockies-Pittsburgh baseball game Saturday night. The weather forecast for the weekend-SNOW.

Great news. Neighbor Dave and Neighbor Brad are coming to Denver from Casper for a Rockies baseball game on May 17th and I'm going to meet them there. Dave is a die heart Red Sox fan and Brad is equally so a Yankee fan. When we all lived on Horizon Dr., it made for some interesting talks. I am a Twins fan so it didn't matter that much to me. I haven't seen either of them in a year and am excited to catch up on things.

Today is the grandtwins first birthday. Aunt, uncle, and cousin flew in from Ohio. The other uncle flew in from Minneapolis. I'm sure the little guys will enjoy their presents-at least the paper and boxes they came in.
Congratulations Aiden and Reid.

Today, April 20th, is the 12th anniversary of the shootings at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. The school is closed and there will be a memorial service later today at a park north of the high school.

When the birth day of the twins was approaching we were all hoping that it wouldn't be on April 20th. Fortunately they held out for three more days.

Ironically today is my brother's birthday.

I was visiting with one of my neighbors this afternoon. He works in the distribution division of a large local brewery (guess which one. It's located in Golden, Colorado). On this panel wagon is a sticker which states neither the driver nor the vehicle carries any cash. I asked him why that bumper sticker. He said he's worked for them for six years and has been robbed three times. After the first one -losing cash and six cases of beer-he reported it but nothing was done. After the second time, they installed a safe under the seat. The third attempt they (?) stole six cases and the safe. He said they did get the cash back on that one. Now I understand the bumper sticker. Still there are people who rob the van just for the beer.

I had an old truck go sailing by me today. How old was it? It had a Ronald Reagan for President sticker on it.

This may a guy thing but some of the great moments in life are when the lawn mower starts for the first time in the spring and the snow blower starts for the first time in the winter. Today my lawn mower started after about fifteen pulls. Life is good.