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Landlord vs Tenant
Being a landlord has its ups and downs. One of the big ups is being able to write into a lease the things you want in there. In the lease we use one of the stipulations is that the tenant cannot put signs up in the yard. Not a big deal until it is an election year and the new tenant loves Palin while we, the landlord, support Obama.
Of course we have our Obama sign posted proudly in the front yard. 
When Jennifer stuck this sign up, our tenant wanted to show her support with a McCain/Palin sign. Unfortunately for her, she did not read the fine print of her lease and we had to tell her, "no." However, since I am a kind, understanding landlord I made an exception and allowed her one yard sign. The only stipulation, it could not be larger than two inches by two inches. "Ha, ha! Take that you tenant."
Of course she did and I almost fell off the sidewalk when I saw her response.
But then she takes it a step further.
I need to update the lease to somehow keep unsightly pumpkins from taking over my front porch. The only upside is the squirrels have now destroyed most all of the pumpkins.
Don’t forget to vote!
UPDATE: The dissenting opinion can be found on Fighting Gravity.
It has been forever…
Wow, I have not posted an update since I was in Loveland almost two months ago. A lot has happened in those two months, I have over 4,300 photographs to prove it. What in the hell am I going to do with that many photos in two months? To be honest, most are not really for me. I have a ton from WUSTL soccer, two weddings, photos of each family at UCCC and ones from JP Golf team.
I guess it is time to get caught up and start adding posts.
To start I am gong to add a link to photos from our trip to Loveland. They are up on Flickr.com and can be found in this set.
Of course being on the lake gives us lots of photos of water…..
…but we also got up into the mountains one day for a little horseback riding.
Truth be told, we also spent a lot of time just hanging out and playing on our computers.
Morning in Loveland
It is day five of our vacation to Loveland, Colorado to visit family and help clean up my grandparents’ home. It is a great place, a little unique in many ways but the absolute best thing about the hose is that it sits on the West side of Lake Loveland. Because of this, I have great memories of opening the curtains in the basement before I would go to sleep at night, just so I would not miss the sunrise the next morning. While I have been getting up early each morning so far this week, today was the first day that I was actually up before the sun peeked up over the horizon.
Fueling Up
Posted by mobile phone:
Getting ready for the drive to Colorado. I just fueled up the beast and wanted to try a new method for posting to my blog from my BlackBerry. We shall see.
Rynders Reunion
Day two of Jennifer’s family reunions. Jennifer was able to attend today, so that was a little nicer. This reunion was for all of the children and families of Jennifer’s maternal grandmother. Jennifer is one of 27 grandchildren, so the Rynders can be a fairly big reunion. It was not too big today, I guess not everyone could make it. None the less, it was a nice time.
To see the rest a couple more shots of the entire family, look at my Smugmug site under the Family section.
Of course I took a couple photos of my girls. Not many, just a few while they were playing the game Pretty Princes. I am not sure what brought it on, but at one point Mia wanted to make sure that her cousin Katie knew exactly what she wanted.
Olivia was a little more loving when she posed with Katie.
For the rest of the photos from the day (as well as the previous day), look at my Flickr page and look at the Reunion Weekend set.