WELL, WE SPENT THE WEEKEND AT MY DAUGHTER'S. YESTERDAY WE WENT HOUSE HUNTING AND FOUND ABSOLUTLEY NOTHING. HAD A WONDERFUL HOMECOOKED DINNER LAST NIGHT, AND SLEPT WITH 2 CATS AND A COCKER SPANIEL. OH, AND MY WIFE WAS SOMEWHERE IN THE BED ALSO. SHE WAS NOT THE COCKER SPANIEL.

MY 7 YEAR OLD GRANDSON (BEN), IS A CUB SCOUT AND TODAY HIS SCHOOL HELD THE PINEWOOD DERBY. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT A PINEWOOD DERBY IS, A QUICK EXPLANATION. EACH KID IS GIVE A BLOCK OF WOOD, AND WITH HELP, MUST DESIGN AND CARVE A RACECAR. THE CAR CAN WEIGH NO MORE THAN 5 OZ., SO WEIGHTS CAN BE GLUED ON TO MAKE IT GO FASTER.

THERE WERE 86 CARS AND THEY MUST RACE IN 8 RACES IN EACH OF THE 8 POSITIONS ON THE TRACK, WHICH IS A SLOPED PIECE OF WOOD. THE WHOLE RACE TAKES LESS THAN 3 SECONDS. MY SON-IN LAW WAS ON THE COMMITTEE, AND THEY RIGGED UP A COMPUTER AT THE FINISH LINE TO RECORD THE TIMES OF EACH CAR. VERY WELL DONE. THERE'S NOTHING LIKE SITTING ON A METAL CHAIR, EATING COLD PIZZA, WITH OVER 100 NOT SO WELL BEHAVED KIDS FOR 3 HOURS. BEN GOT A TROPHY FOR 7TH PLACE, AND KALEB, HIS 3 YEAR OLD BROTHER, WON FIRST PLACE IN THE SIBLING CATAGORY. TWO TROPHIES, PRIZES, PLUS A RAFFLE WINNING. WHO NEEDS MORE?

THE PEACE AND QUIET IN THIS APARTMENT IS DEAFENING. BUT WHAT GREAT WAY TO SPEND A WEEKEND.

007 AKA MARTY