Pilots Reunion

Hello devoted readers,

Greeting from good ol' MN. I spent Mon-Thurs. in Cali. but you'll be glad to hear I made it back safely. Even got to roam around Santa Monica for a couple hours and relax, no pics you'll have to take my word. Pretty uneventful weekend, although the Northernmost Pilots got together a great jam session, about 3-4 hours I think. Only managed to get 1 vid from the gig, we need to tighten up the screws on a few songs before we unleash them to the public. Got some vids of Max for you too, I just noticed we didn't take 1 pic of him this week, we are horrible parents!

Off to the weekly awards

The "I don't get it" Award. Me & Sam were both sick and have you ever noticed when you get stuffed up in one nostril and breathing in the other one can sometimes get too intense, like it's too much air to handle, I don't get it.

The "Nice Try" Award- To the girl who tried to sit in my window seat and weasel her way out of the middle cuz she thought it would be easier for me to get in while boarding. Nice Try!

The "Kids are Dangerous" Award - To Max for getting Sam & I sick. We should be over it shortly but i'm not looking forward to catching his flu's, cold's, etc. for the next 15 or so years.

The "Looking Like a Rockstar" Award - To the wern, looking sharp buddy, looking sharp!

Jerry!Wern! Wait that's not wern!
Better, much better.


The vid's should be on Youtube - and here is my link of the week. I think everyone will enjoy this but most of you hip kids have probably already seen it. I updated the songs of the week for you too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w&feature=channel

Springgggg!

Hello readers,

Didn't you enjoy the great weather today? Still pretty wet out though, #1 reason why March may be the worst MN weather month if you ask me. Don't really have any good material for a blog this week, just not feeling it. I did manage to hammer out a couple new tunes for all of you, hopefully they are loading as we speak. I think we were pretty bad at taking pics again this week. Here is what we got, hopefully next week i'll be a little more up to the challenge.

On the wings of Loooooooove!

Hello devoted readers,

Pretty nice little weekend for the Strehlo fam, got some cleaning done, got some shopping done, even got to have a late celebration of my b day. Got some good reviews of the thumbs up/ thumbs down last week. Let's try a version of the Pioneer Press and Strehlo family favorite Sainted & Tainted!!! People always love more tainted, so here you go!

Tainted- To the lady texting away on her cellphone in downtown St. Paul while her 3 & 5 yr old were playing 2 ft from the street. Your really not that important and your text was probably lame.

Tainted- To the car with the prime spot in front of Pop! that refused to get their butts in gear. After about 4-5 min of waiting they mouthed, "We're Leaving", you were leaving, I got one word for you, Moooooooove!

Tainted- To Pop!, who has delicious food but was somehow out of Root-beer & Cream Soda, who let's this happen?

Sainted- For the Strehlo fam for a nice night out in good old St. Paul, the very underrated brother of Minneap.

Sainted- To Supertarget, we made a family trip out there this morning and I got the grocery shopping done and Sam got the household items taken care of. We killed 2 birds with 1 stone.

Tainted- To whoever came up with killing 2 birds with 1 stone. Who was the person that needed to kill all these birds that they needed a more efficient way of doing it?

Sainted- To the Northernmost Pilots, for finally setting up some practice time. Summer is rolling around and it's time to get ready for our big tour! May be big band news, keep posted!!!

Sainted- To, "On the wings of Love" making a comeback. Such a ridiculous song, and it's so amazing at the same time!




Enjoying his first PBJ, went to the doc Friday and he was cleared to eat creamy peanut butter. He loved it.

2 Niner

hello readers,

Pretty uneventful week for the Strehlo fam. I celebrated the big 2-9 on Tuesday. Didn't really do too much. We went out for brunch Sunday in celebration. The breakfast/brunch buffet dining is very underrated in my opinion. Really, not much else happened. Let's try a brand new installment of thumbs up/thumbs down. Actually before we start that, let's have a restaurant review. We tried Smashburger this weekend. Pretty tasty burger, wasn't blown away by it though.

Thumbs Up- The Winter Olympics. Very Enjoyable 2 week run, liked the snowboarding, the biathlon was strangely enjoyable, the hockey game was excellent, although not the result.

Thumbs Down- The person who decided Ice Dancing should be in prime time. Really? Does anyone like Ice Dancing?

Thumbs Up- (Nerd Alert!) For 23 for finally showing some good old Next Generation episodes. You have been playing the same ones over and over again but are mixing it up, Kudos. They just showed the one where they have to travel back to 1800's San Fran. Classic Episode.

Thumps Down- For the Enterprise sending back a blind guy with a "visor" and an albino robot and no one in San Fran bats an eyelash. Really? That doesn't seem weird to any of you?

Thumbs Up- I said it before, but the brunch buffet. Where else can you get scrambled eggs, tortellini, cheesecake, and a salad on one plate?

Thumbs Up- For Sam getting me a clock that displays the time on the ceiling. Its lovely to just look up at night and be able to see the time.

Thumbs Down- For me for being to lazy to move my head 10 inches to see the time and for me for getting way too much enjoyment out of a clock.

Finally, In honor of the Olympics ending here's an amazing patriotic song to keep the USA! chants going.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2OR6Kjo5m4&feature=related


Good Ol' Fort Time!


Max went to town at the buffet, he made them pay for the "Kids under 4 eat free"
Testing out his new hat.

Man, them eggs are soooo cold!

Hello Readers,

Fresh off coming back from my trip from Colorado so this trip will be mainly about me since I had the camera with me. Max did go to the children's museum this weekend and had a blast so we'll have to go back and get pics of that. Back to me though, had a great time in CO visiting the Strehlo's good buddy Perry. He was an excellent host and hooked us up with some great deals. We will definitely be going back. We had great weather out there, it snowed every single day, like 4-7 inches each day = Fresh Pow and buttering the gnar! I'll post some pics and some comments, enjoy!Me & Perry at the top of Breckenridge, unless you wanted to climb up further. Lots of snow falling so not a lot of visibility up at the top.
Jerry throwing it down at Keystone. I'd say my favorites went Keystone, Breckenridge, Vail. All were excellent though.

The T bar to get to the top of Breckenridge. If you ask Jerry nice he might tell you about his experience with it. Good times.
Was trying to get a shot of my frozen beard, doesn't really show it on the pic though.
View from Perry's condo in Dillon about 15 min. from Keystone.
Packing up and getting ready to AM some fools.
#1 reason why Vail wasn't my favorite, long lines. The morning was really bad but it opened up after lunch.
I did like that vail had grills open so you could bring food and grill out. We brought some brats to eat. Here's Jerry demolishing one then spending the next hour complaining that he was full and gonna ralph. Unfortunately he didn't, that would've been hilarious.
Bowling shot. Team MN pulled out a victory over Team SD, which was all started over debating famous people from the respective states, long story short MN is way sweeter than SD.
Photo hunt- I am 90% sure this is a pic of the Hamline Pipers. Andy Seliga, is that you on the left? I'm gonna have to do research on this. That would simply be amazing if the Pipers were on a photo hunt in Colorado. **** After further research I think I may be wrong, ill keep you updated. *******
Enjoying some free hot apple cider. This was at Keystone and after 2 full days of boarding everyone was a little tired, but once we downed some hot cider, we were ready to go to work. It saved the day.

one man traveling band

Greeting readers,

I feel like i say this a lot, but sorry for the lack of a post last weekend, just too busy. Spent last weekend in Nodak, North Dakota for you unhip folks, then I was in California all week. Weather wasn't horrible but I guess it was better than MN. Had my 4th reality tv celeb citing in the airport. Diem of RW/RR challenge fame. She was with a new man, not CT, can you believe it? I probably just lost about 80% of you. Anyway here are some pics, I thought I had something I wanted to talk about but forgot. O well, maybe next time.

*** congrats to Maggie & Bryan as well, they found out they are having a baby boy, lots of boys getting born lately. *****


Little man was a little sick this week. He is almost back to full strength.
downing a b day cupcake at Ella's party at Space Aliens
The lights on the machine lit up and you had to jump over it, Max loved it, even though he does more of a squat than a jump.
Playing a little Skeeball.
Cousins!
Talent portion of the night.
Hanging out under the sink.
Everyone tired after a long week. I kinda look like i am smothering max.
Tuckered out after a long V Day at the Larsons.

I tried to find a good Diem or CT clip but couldnt find anything great. Here's something just as good, one of the most underrated wrasslers of all time- the Hotrod.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW-TU3wcoG8&feature=related

If anyone hasn't seen They Live yet, I don't know what to tell ya. It's the best movie to star a pro grappler other than maybe Suburban Commando.

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.