Quiet

hello all, long time no blog, ehh? The readers were going nuts so we have a special Monday post for you all. I feel I always say this, but it has been crazy around here. 2 weeks ago I just wasn't up to blogging, I guess there was a big football game that day or something. Yesterday me & Jerry did a little Sunday boarding, I had to make sure he was ready for our trip. What trip you say? Me & Jerry are going to Colorado to see our little Perry on the 17th. Before that the fam is headed to Nodak this weekend and I head to Cali the next day. Should be a crazy February. Lots of pics for you guys and 1 or 2 rants.

Commercials- I have to admit the Dominos commercials hooked me. I was legitimately intrigued about the new Pizza. We had it last Friday, it was pretty good, nothing great. I hadn't had Dominoes for awhile so it very well could have tasted the same. Bad commercial- AT&T. The ones with Luke Wilson saying how AT&T is better because you can surf the web and talk at the same time, really? That's all you got? Horrible commercial.

Top 5 Vikings Defeats in my life.

1.) 98 - NFC Champ. vs Falcons
2.) 10- NFC Champ vs Saints
3.) 00- NFC Champ vs Giants
4.) 03- Last game of season loss to Cardinals to miss playoffs
5.) 88- NFC Champ vs Redskins - I honestly don't really remember this one but hear about it all the time.



For some reason he loves doing this.

Whos the dude in the sweet beard next to Popeye?
Tired after a long day at MOA.

Still nothing...

Hello all, we have been horrible at taking pics so not too much new to add visually, maybe i'll throw some old ones at ya. Pretty low key weekend. Went to one of our favorite spots on Saturday, the St. Clair Broiler, always tasty. Max enjoyed his first trip. Had Gma Sue's retirement party as well, congrats Sue! Watched the vikes take the whoopin stick out and headed to the Strehlo's for dinner and a small jam session. Me & Jerry learned a song in about 5 min. Once we tighten the screws on it, it should make the tour setlist. I promise we will be better about taking pics, I got a few good ideas in the hopper too.

*** Update *** Sam is promising some new pics as soon as tomorrow!

Baby Otis
Baby Max


The Broiler

We got..... Nothing

Hello Bloggerville,

we were pretty horrible parents this week, no pictures taken at all. Got nothing to post for ya. Got some special stuff for you Northernmost Pilot lovers out there. 2/3 of the band (Me & Jerry) got together Sat. night and hammered out a couple songs, even the one I was supposed to do for Wayne's circle of songs like 2 weeks ago. (Wayne- I wasn't sure about posting on the site, you'll have to give me sign in info and all that good stuff. ) We hammered out 3 tunes for our groupies, all in 1 take. Might have some more tunes for ya next week. The band needs to ramp up it's practice schedule for our big summer tour. Anyway, I'm posting the tunes on Youtube now, hopefully they pop up on the right.

Not too much else happening here, pretty boring weekend, which was nice. Too much running around in December.

** Special thanks to the Cardinals for beating the Pack today. I couldn't have taken a Pack-Vikes game for the NFC Championship. Also, Steve Breaston may be one of the coolest players ever, after he scored his TD he did the Razor Ramone dance. Incredible! *** here's the link if you are interested in seeing the Outsiders do it properly. Ah the golden days of wrasslin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3myFls1fIw&feature=related

** Also, as Sam can attest I am a big Dr. Dog fan, as is the Wayner. I would recommend Hang on if you are a newbie, but The Rabbit, The Bat, and the Reindeer is my fave. ******

Bye Bye Bye

Hola Bloggerville,

another busy week for the Strehlo fam. New Years to celebrate, going to the Schoenrocks to see the northern crew that couldn't make it down for x-mas, painting the bathroom, going to the Zoo, etc. I think we are all starting to come down with a cold too, hopefully that's all it is.

Don't have a ton of pics for ya, but have at what I posted. I promise I will do my best to get some vids on here next week.

** Another new addition here. We were watching our Trueblood DVD, yes Sam has me watching vampire stuff, I guess it's popular now. Anyway, one of the most underrated "character actors" popped up. Stephen Root, AKA Jimmy James! Checked out his IMBD, that guy is in tons of great TV shows, . Newsradio of course, Seinfeld, Northern Exposure, King of the Hill, and Head of the Class! Also a few good movies- No Country for Old Men, Office Space, O Brother Where art Thou. You always hear about William H Macy and Phillip Seymour Hoffman, but Root doesn't get enough credit. Maybe it's because he doesn't use his middle name/initial. Regardless, here's to you Jimmy James. ******

The new bathroom. The 3rd style we went with. Long story.
Max & Sam went to the MN Zoo with Rachel & Joey this week.



Hanging out in Woodbury Central Park
Special Thanks to Gary for helping (basically doing everything) for the Cigar Box bass. He was nice enough to do basically all of the work and even gave me the prototype. Haven't quite mastered it yet, maybe I can post a vid next week.

Creepers

Hello all, I am sure by now you have a little blog withdrawal. It's been a crazy couple weeks. I was in Houston 2 weeks ago, with bad weather it took 12 hours to get down, should have been like 4. Had to stay an extra day, got back Thursday night, then went to Somerset then Alexandria that weekend. Then it was X Mas week. No time for blogging. Special apology to Wayner, who created a circle of songs website, you should all check it out. Anyway, Jerry and I were gonna hammer out a tune X Mas Eve, but we didn't really get around to it. Xmas was good. Max enjoyed himself, getting lots of presents and running around with all of his cousins. I hope to have some songs posted soon, some more vids of max, just a better blog in general. You'll have to wait until things calm down, hopefully in the next couple weeks. Enjoy your week everyone.

*** I had something I was going to write about that I thought would be funny and blogworthy, but I of course forgot. I'll have to start carrying around a tape recorder to get my thoughts down. ***


The Hokenson house, thanks to Gary & Carol for their hospitality. Max had a good time with the puppies and the horses.

Kelli had my old baseball jacket from about 8th grade. Still fit! Also, the annual December beard, gonna try and keep it for the next couple months, sorry Sam!
Holding hands, awwwwwwww!
Playing cars
Our best attempt at a kids pic.

Jackson & Max playing hockey
& wrasslin
Xmas day at the Strehlo house.
Relaxing in his new chair.

Nice face sara!
Lars doing a little hula hooping.

The Larson clan.

I'll make you love the Situation

Hello devoted readers. Not too much crazy happened this weekend with the Strehlo's. Max saw santa this weekend, he kinda froze but didnt cry or fuss. This guy goes to Houston tomorrow. Dont get too jealous, only there until Wednesday and its supposed to rain the next 2 days. Boo! Well, I better get to packing, here's some pics.

*** Also, lots of feedback on the list. Maybe another one coming in the future. I think we left out some good ones and there was some disagreement with the final top ten. There's a surpising amount of solid xmas songs out there. Tough to get it down to just 10 songs. ****

*** Anyone recognizing that title is aware of the greatest trashy tv show ever. Jersey Shore, i'll admit it, I love it. ****



This kid was sitting right behind the car and wouldn't move. Lars tried to get him to move but he was having none of it. No parents in sight of course. He was only trying to make sure the kid didnt get hurt but probably looked like a kidnapper to anyone else watching.



Look at my new slippers!

Tis the Season

Hello All, not too much to report at the Strehlo house. Just watching the vikes game. I have a bad feeling about this, of course we are down 14-7 about 1 min after I said that. Put up the ol' Xmas tree today, getting into the holiday spirit, more on that later. Thanks to all those who voted on the poll, I think Sam is able to sleep now. Not sure why but she is a big beatles fan but hates Paul. Maybe she'll come on an explain her feelings. Kinda got a little writers block here. Anyway, me and Sam were discussing xmas tunes yesterday and we decided to post a top 10 best songs. So without further ado in no particular order:

Bing Crosby and David Bowie-Little Drummer Boy
Tom Petty-Christmas All Over Again
Dean Martin – Baby It’s Cold Outside
Judy Garland- Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Wham-Last Christmas
Little Saint Nick-The Beach Boys
Nat King Cole-The Christmas Song
Mariah Carey-All I want for Christmas
Bruce-Santa Claus is coming to town
U2-Baby please come home

Just Missed:

Bing Crosby – White Christmas 12 Days of Christmas – The Muppets,

Otis Redding-White Christmas, Madonna-Santa Baby, John Lennon-So This is Christmas

Brenda Lee-rockin around the Christmas tree,Bobby Helms-Jingle Bell Rock

Band Aid-Do They Know it’s Christmas, Elvis-blue Christmas

Reading in his chair
Sams musical at the Orpheum, our home away from home.
bundled up for winter. It got cold out quick!
Flock of Seagulls?

Wreaths by Seth. Let me know if you are interested. I could pass his info along. $25. What a deal!