Been a nice weekend. Spent Friday visiting dog groomers and vets in the area to tell them about the business I'm trying to get off the ground - dog waste removal service. Did a lot of research and found that it is one of the fastest growing home businesses out there and continues to grow. Am hoping that I can get it going and going well enough for the Hut to be in the rear view. Start up costs are minimal, just need a couple actual customers that I can do a great job for so they tell their friends who tell their friends, who tell their friends... I can only remember one time when Dad advertised the painting business - everything was word of mouth and people seeing us working and stopping. We'll see how/if things go.

Also got to spend part of Friday watching the Cubs opener. Was sad seeing the tributes to Ron Santo. Would have been nice to see the Cubbies win an opener for once, but it was not to be. Don't like that they dropped the season opening series to the Pirates. The team will get better as the season goes along. Already think Castro is going to be an All-Star.

Got SD plates for the truck and got it out for the spring on Sunday. Was running a little rough, but that may be some stale gas working through the system. Might have to take it with me on a Hut night soon - probably Fri. or Sat.

Am starting to look at what needs to go out for junk day this year. Have some old coloring books that are going out, branches from the willow tree, a broken bike trailer, some old toys, and some clothes. I need to check on all the sprinklers as I know one or two leak a bunch and need to be tossed. Also have a ton of beer bottles to toss. We thought there was some glass recycling nearby but there isn't. We used to take bottles to Lake Wilson and/or Mankato when we'd visit, but it would not be cool to take 5-10 grocery sacks of empties. Wow, that makes it sound like we are lushes or something.