Chicago Trip!!

So we just returned from our annual trip to Chicago. It was a great time. We ate mucho pizza, had all kinds of great food and had Christie's favorite cake. We hit up the Sears Tower.....now called the Willis Tower (lame) and were able to go out on the new glass boxes at the top of the tower, where you look straight down!! It was awesome!! We also attended the Harry Potter exhibit that was in town and man the amount of work that goes into making the costumes and backgrounds and stuff is amazing. So needless to say we had a grrrrreat time!! If you want to see photos of some of the stuff we did go to http://www.madsenfam03.blogspot.com/ Christie will be posting pics tomorrow! I thought I would save the pics for her, since more people visit our family blog than mine......teardrop!

PEACE OUT

Tune Me Up!!!!

As some of you know, I have been waiting and waiting to have my ride "tuned." Well that day came just the other day, and it was a beautiful thing to behold for sure. The stock Mini Cooper S comes with the stats of 172 hp and 177 ft/lbs of torque. Now as most of us know the numbers that you get from the manufacturer are never quite what they say they are. So I'd say that my car actually started probably with something like 160-165 hp. So here is what all of my mods and the "tune" have gained me. My numbers are up to 226 hp and 256 ft/lbs of torque.
So needless to say I am freakin excited. The car is a whole new animal, and it totally rips now. Thanks to my new buddy Jan, you are the man!!

U.S. Open!!!

I have been way into tennis lately. Some of my neighbors and I have been getting up at 6 am to play doubles and sometimes we just play singles. It is extremely fun, and a great workout. Not only that, but it is US Open time. And even when I wasn't playing, I always watched the "Open." So now that my boy Roddick is out, here are the two players that I am cheering for.

Rafa Nadal, I want him to make it to the finals and take it to Federer!!
Melanie Oudin, she's 17 and has taken out 3 upper tier players. Today at 5pm Mountain Time she battles again and I will be watching!