{"id":14937,"date":"2017-05-17T21:22:38","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T02:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/?p=14937"},"modified":"2017-05-17T21:22:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T02:22:38","slug":"boat-launch-plus-more-from-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/uncategorized\/boat-launch-plus-more-from-april\/","title":{"rendered":"boat launch!  plus more from april&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>we launched the pontoon boat on april 15th, which might be the earliest we&#8217;ve ever done that, although i can&#8217;t possibly remember yesterday much less last year. \u00a0even if we might have launched it earlier one year, it always broke down.<\/p>\n<p>kevin did all the hooking up and then unhooking and i was in charge of sitting in the captain&#8217;s seat.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14938\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a14.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a14-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/42JsmA37Rp0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>he got the boat into the water and it started right up and off i went. \u00a0whoo hoo!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14939\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a15.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a15-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G5BfOssqxkA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>we didn&#8217;t take it out much for the rest of april because of the huge amount of rain. \u00a0but so far the motor continues to run, which is refreshing and i have high hopes for many boat rides this summer.<\/p>\n<p>les just wants to catch stuff outside.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14940\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a16.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a16-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>we had a visit from the easter bunny!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14941\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a17.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a17-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>when i went to schnuck&#8217;s before easter this giant basket was overflowing with these delicious cholate eggs from pease&#8217;s. \u00a0mmm, i could eat one right now. \u00a0luckily i only went to schnuck&#8217;s in the morning, when my resistance to chocolate is much higher than right now at eight o&#8217;clock at night.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14942\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a18.jpg 400w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a18-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>is it a heron, or a heron statue?<\/p>\n<p>a heron, of course. \u00a0taken from the boat.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14943\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a19.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a19.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a19-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>it seems like there are more geese and goslings than ever this year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14944\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a20.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a20-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>this bush looked so spectacular &#8211; and then the rains came. \u00a0it rained. \u00a0and rained. \u00a0and rained some more.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14945\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a21.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a21-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i wish i&#8217;d taken a picture when the rain loaded down the blossoms and the branches were touching the ground. \u00a0i kept going outside and shaking them. \u00a0a big branch had snapped so i cut all the blossoms off.<\/p>\n<p>it was a lot of blossoms.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14946\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a22.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a22.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a22-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14947\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a23.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a23.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a23-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>a whole lot of blossoms, and \u00a0they stayed fresh for longer than i thought they would. \u00a0lovely.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14948\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a24.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a24.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a24-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and then there&#8217;s chester&#8230;one night kevin was sitting in the living room talking on the phone to his friend garrick. \u00a0chester appeared at the back window and i let him in and then realized he had something in his mouth. \u00a0GET OFF THE PHONE CHESTER HAS SOMETHING! \u00a0I said. \u00a0kevin quickly hung up and got the flashlight out to look at chester under the dining room table.<\/p>\n<p>it wasn&#8217;t a bird, it wasn&#8217;t a chipmunk, not a snake.<\/p>\n<p>it was a t-bone steak bone.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14949\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a25.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a25-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>poor hungry little kitty. \u00a0i&#8217;ve never known of a cat eating steak bones. \u00a0 he&#8217;s very, very hungry most of the time, and we hope that taking insulin will get his diabetes under control. \u00a0but he still might want steak bones.<\/p>\n<p>here&#8217;s randy&#8217;s darling kitty pee wee, looking forlornly at the empty cereal bowl. \u00a0many cats are very hungry.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14950\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a26.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a26.jpg 400w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a26-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and one final thing &#8211; we went to a trivia night which verified that i do, indeed, know just about nothing about almost every trivia question that&#8217;s ever asked. \u00a0but it was at Ace Sign company, and there were wonderful signs all over the walls.<\/p>\n<p>i&#8217;d like to have all of them here in the house. \u00a0i know i have no wall space at all, but i&#8217;d make room somehow.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14951\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a27.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a27.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a27-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>this light used to be at the bel air motel which was torn down &#8211; the light looked so huge, hanging there in the building. \u00a0i want it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14952\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a28.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a28.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a28-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and also these great old steak n shake signs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14953\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a29.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a29.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a29-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>i remember this one from the steak n shake that used to be on south grand when i was a kid. \u00a0i have a feeling that his eyes lit up, which now seems like it&#8217;d be a litle creepy, but i loved that sign.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14954\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a30.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a30.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/a30-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and that&#8217;s the end of our exciting april.<\/p>\n<p>soon, vegas baby, vegas.<\/p>\n<p>ok then,<\/p>\n<p>mrs. wednesday night but it feels like it should be friday hughes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>we launched the pontoon boat on april 15th, which might be the earliest we&#8217;ve ever done that, although i can&#8217;t possibly remember yesterday much less last year. \u00a0even if we might have launched it earlier one year, it always broke down. 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