Prices as of Nov. 30 in the Iron Mountain/Kingsford/Norway, MI area:

Gas: $2.07-2.15/gallon ($0.64-0.66/L including currency conversion)
Fresh cut Christmas trees: $10
White corn tortilla chips from Wal-mart: $1
16 oz. mug of draft beer: $1.50
12 oz. of same: $1.25
Glass of same: $0.75
Mixed cocktails: $2.25-2.75

Well it appears I've forgotten about this for awhile. As of last Saturday (Nov. 19), I'm in Michigan until Dec. 23. The border crossing was a joke. "Homeland Security" apparently thought I had nothing to go back for even though there's a car, my cat, my house, and all my belongings inside the house. I guess I shouldn't group the entire border patrol into the same group as the bitch that I had to deal with. I'm sure that lady had to have been a Nazi in a past life. I had to pull my car into one of their little garage things there and talk with some people inside. Had I dealt with one of the guys that questioned me when I first got inside, I'm sure I would've been there for 10 minutes but after they questioned me, this psycho pipes and wants to question me some more. All said and done, I had to pay $6 for piece of paper that says I have to be out of the country by Dec. 25 and I was there for at least an hour total. Yes, you read that correctly. I had to pay the border $6 for them to give me a paper that says when I have to be out of the country.

Anyway, enough of that. On Thursday, I celebrated Thanksgiving with Teresa's family. Wasn't a real big gathering, just her immediate family. It was fun and there was lots of food consumed. On Friday, we went to some of the big "After Thanksgiving Sales", which are the equivalent of Canada's Boxing Day sales. Teresa and I picked up a George Foreman jumbo grill and griddle combo for $60 (half price). I bought a pair of jeans and Teresa bought a shirt for half price with the purchase of my jeans. I also bought a 10-piece set of Gearwrenches for $30. Saturday afternoon we went to Green Bay to do some shopping but technically didn't spend any money. We used a $50 gift card my dad gave me years ago to buy some DVD's and a CD.

The weather here has been real nice. Yesterday it started raining and melted some of the snow. Today it's still raining and it's 48°F (~9°C) out and still raining. Pretty much all the snow is gone except for what was piled up from the heavy snowfall before I arrived.

That's it for now. I'll try and update some more with anything exciting that happens.

Not much new to post about. No lookers on the house yet. My realtor called yesterday and told me that since my house was listed, there has only been one sold in my price range and area. In all of October, only 5. Oh well. It'll sell eventually.

Less than 2 weeks until I head to the US again. Should be a lot of fun like usual. Teresa and I plan on heading down to Chicago on the weekend of Dec. 10th. Plans of heading to Navy Pier, other downtown attractions (Ed Debevic's, Marshall Field's Window Display, Zoo Lights and ice skating to name a few)and an evening with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Then there's all the wedding planning we have to do. That should be fun as well. After all of that, we're coming back here for Christmas with my family and wait for Teresa's sister to pop out her little one to go back and have Christmas with her family.

Shane's Mistake

Whoops. Shane didn't know what "send a team invite" for blogger meant. Now he knows. It means I can post on his blog, say whatever I like. But, I'm not an administrator, so he can delete whatever I say, or delete me as a team member. Isn't that just fascinating?

I thought so.

I see it's been awhile since I've updated this. Kinda forgot about it. Anyway, the Neon still can't be sold. Looks like I'll be keeping it so the winter tires will likely be going on as soon as I get my jack and stands back from my brother. I'll also be putting the stereo back in this weekend and buying a deck next week. I was finally able to get rid of my Mirada for $300. $140 of it went to buying the ultimate destruction tool: a reciprocating saw (or sawzall). My girlfriend and I also decided that June 10th will be our wedding date. Now we're really rolling on figuring stuff out for that as she went to a bridal show last weekend and got lots of good ideas from that.