Apparently the city of Minneapolis has been upset with the state of our house. As I was leaving for work this morning, some workers hired by our landlord stopped by to start on the lawn. They mentioned that our landlord has received four notices from the city.

1) Lawn is over two feet high.
2) Random boat lying in back yard.
3) Big pile of siding lying in back yard.
4) Porch steps and railing are falling apart.

The only one of these that is our fault is #1, but I think it’s safe to say we’d be mowing if someone hadn’t stolen our mower! The boat belongs to the former tenants who keep promising to pick it up. Boy will they be disappointed when it’s gone! So anyway, the house will be under repairs for a day or two. If only they could come inside the house and do our mountain of dishes…

Last night Jason was over to hang out. There was an uncomfortable moment when I got caught signing Nick up for junk e-mail from many MLB teams. There were also some uncomfortable moments when I tried making jokes that didn’t go over well. Overall, it was just a tough crowd to please last night. Lauren was going through dizzy spells all day yesterday and had to go to bed early. I think she’s okay though!

Tonight there won’t be much going on. I would like to tackle Dish Mountain so I can use a fork again. I had considered going to a movie with Lauren. We haven’t seen a movie in the theater since “Forgetting Sarah Marshall.” Some recommendations from friends include “Wall-E” and “Hancock.”

Also, after years of putting punctuation inside quotation marks only to be recently told I was doing it wrong, I have proven I was right all along.