You thought Jordan was focused on the court look at her!
The little girl playing with her crack aka Airdogs
Over the holidays at the Stecher household our little Bella got what has probably become the greatest present that any dog has ever received. Beth got her these mini tennis balls called Airdogs and for all I can tell they must be filled with crack or something because she goes absolutely nuts with these things.
Toy’s normally had a shelf life of about a month or so before she would be on to the next big thing (well I lie…it was really because I bought her another toy in that time) but with the Airdogs she keeps on going with them. She hauls them to bed with her, out by her bowl to eat, and pretty much anywhere she goes in the house. She also DEMANDS to be played with by us throwing her Airdogs off the walls so that she can do some pretty some powerslides on the tile floor trying to catch them.
Here’s some pictures to how Lindsay and I spent our Friday night partying with the Airdogs and our baby girl. If only I had a video it would be cooler. 
Home Life
Airdogs, Bella, Lindsay
Ya gotta just love weekends. I know everyone loves weekends but what do you really love about them? Is it the time you get to spend just sitting on your ass contemplating how much work you should be getting done all the while knowing your really not going to actually get up and do it until your damn well good and ready. Yep weekends are excellent.
This one was spent sleeping in late on Saturday then Lindsay and I taking Bella to get her hair cut at Petsmart (always a sweet $60 dollar bill) while we then went and walked around Menards to contemplate what the hell we needed to buy to finish the basement over the year here. After that we came home and just hung out…well I hung out while Lindsay cleaned…I think I did something but cant remember. See didn’t I say weekends are awesome!!
Sunday was spent working out (from which I am still sore today) and then watching a badass game between the Cardinal and Eagles in which I was one happy ex-Iowan seeing Curt Warner tearing up the Eagle defense and hopefully playing himself into a well deserved hall of fame slot. After that it was off to Billy’s house to do some work for Trackpedia and check on the little girl after his wisdom teeth removal.
Yep weekends rule…I’ll take another starting tomorrow please.
Home Life
Bella, Billy, Football, Lindsay, Weekends
Today I woke up after the first real good nights sleep in a long time (thank you Bella for actually staying on the bottom of the bed) and headed over to Rob’s house to help him inch his basement closer to completion. Today Rob, EJ, Billy and myself finished up all the wiring for his basement so he’s all ready for his first inspection from the city. It actually went a LOT smoother than I was expecting for some reason and we wrapped up after about 7 hours of work. Pretty cool all around and alway nice to help out Rob after all he’s done for me over the years. Hopefully the rest of his house goes as smooth as this part has so far.
Home Improvement
Bella, Billy, EJ, Home Improvement, Rob
So I complained yesterday about the glorious ice outside and pondering why in the hell people live in Minnesota…someone must have heard me and said screw you I’ll show you bad. Well that’s what they did. Today we must have had a nice amount of freezing rain topped off with a few inches of snow. Which makes it so SO much fun shoveling. Just cleaning off the little path Bella follows to go to the bathroom I ate it twice. However the funniest was Bella rocketing out the door and sliding four feet past her turn all the way to the end of the sidewalk and then sitting down cause she didn’t know what was going on.
Home Life
Bella, Ice, Minnesota, Snow
I ask myself that question every year about this time but yet extol the virtues of living in Minnesota during the summer months while my friends and coworkers in the South bake in the heat…but now its my time to bitch and moan so deal with it. Here is what my walkway has looked like since Saturday…yep full sheet of ice about 1/4 inch thick. Why am I posting this because today I ate it while taking Bella out and it peeved me off. So today I officially give you winter the middle finger. Bring back summer ASAP please.
The usual Minnesota walkway ice over
General
Bella, Minnesota, Winter
So shockingly enough I actually got someone emailed me and asked who I was. Now after having this up for all of two days I was shocked anyone outside of myself actually stumbled upon it so my odds on bet is telling me that it was just a spammer and I’ll be getting a bunch of Viagra emails over the next few days but ah well. So a little about me…not enough to bore you but enough to mildly know me.
My name’s John Joseph Stecher and I was born and raised in Iowa and currently live in the unbelievable cold state of Minnesota (yes I am writing this during the winter and why people like snowmobiling is beyond my small brains comprehension). I am married to probably the greatest person I have ever met in my entire life Lindsay (see picture) who despite her shopping and purse addictions still scores of the charts.
John and Lindsay Stecher in Vienna
No kids to speak of at this time but you’ll hear about them probably as they come over the years and yes they will be exploited on youtube like every other baby in existence today. I have an absolutely awesome dog Bella who I am pretty sure scientifically could be proven to be a human with as much as Lindsay and I baby her. At the same time check out the picture and tell me how you can’t?
Our little Bella
Career wise I currently work for IBM and have my own awesome little company Trackpedia with a few of my best friends and since this is my personal blog I will try to keep posts for cool technology stuff over on middlewareworld and keep all my Trackpedia and racing related stuff over on that blog cause god knows my fans…all 4 of you would have to sift through stuff.
Beyond that I am just a normal guy. I am a Chicago Bears fan (well hold on a sec that actually make me a above normal guy) and a Cubs fan, I absolutely love to race my cars, I do stupid stuff and make mistakes and I probably once and a while do some great stuff.
Lastly your probably asking why in the hell would you spend 5 minutes everyday writing an entry here. I figured writing this blog was a pretty sweet way for folks that I work with in the real world (both customers and in my company) to know who I am personally without having to ask deep probing uncomfortable questions and that someday eons from now when the internet is going the way of the Encyclopedia my kids can look back and actually see that at one time I was just like them.
Home Life
Austria, Bella, Lindsay, Travel