Holy Crap - this is amazing.

We have Ass...ter

Thanks to a good friend (John O.) I have now planted New England Aster aster novae-angliae (Asteraceae). The first step in the Native Illinois plant program. We'll see how far we get. As most people know - I have no idea what I am doing. Surprise. The way I see it, this is one big experiment. Meanwhile, ran a 5K without causing myself too much pain and almost saw a Fire game on Saturday. Spent some money on house stuff and started getting ready for the cruise. Talked to the P's before they left on their cruise to Alaska - so cool.

Swing Baby!

Some crazy sounds coming from Naperville. Katie and I sat on our front porch and took in the sounds of Jazz Fest which featured Big Bad VooDoo Daddy. This of course brought back of all the fun days when Tom, Mike, Al, Eds and I would put on our Zoot Suits and hit the clubs to swing dance. Yeah right.

Anyhow, that beat working all day at Sam's club - yup, you read it right. Sam's club - just another notch on the ol' job belt. Long story and I am not writing about it now.

Bring on the house work!