Snow Snow Go Away.

Today my Rudy and Brando packed up the kids and headed South with a generator and gasoline on a rescue mission to my parents house. I wish my family would have just packed up and headed North to us but they think they will ride it out. This afternoon I walked out the back porch and noticed that we have some damage from the snow. The metal awning over the back patio is bent and bowed down. The water is dripping through the split metal covering. I had plans to redo the area in the spring so I guess this will give me a reason to really go ahead with it.

myFarm picture

This is a picture of myFarm on Facebook. Click on the picture to enlarge. It is Barack Obama with the words CHANGE and HOPE. It was inspired by this picture.

It took a little time to move well over one thousand trees to create this.

Happy Birthday Brandy...Here's a Winter Storm.

Here are a few pics I took while driving around the country after work. I couldn't resist.

Hope everyone made it home safe and sound today.

PS. Happy B'day Brando.

Here it comes!

This is a picture off the front porch of the snow coming down. It begins...

Blind Sided...

This evening I got the latest installment of SMP films on You tube. This is a video maker that I subscribed to several months ago with his most famous video Mean Little Kitty. The video is so very cute and the song that plays is very catchy and sticks with you. I watched the latest video by SMP films and found out that Sparta the kitty in the video has feline leukemia. I hope that things go well for this mean little kitty and that he has a long healthy life.

A Night Out With My Darling.

Last night Needles and I went out to celebrate our anniversary. We will be together 12 years tomorrow. After a long interesting day of work I left to meet Needles at her work. We were a bit early so we went to Big Lots to spend a couple of Needles gift cards she had been holding on to for a couple years. We picked up some exciting items with it being our anniversary and all. We got floor mats for the bathroom since we have needed some for a few months now. We also picked up a dish dryer mat. Yep some exciting stuff. To kill time we wandered around the furniture and we both plopped down in a chair and a half. It was quit comfy until time to get up. It was a bit of a struggle to get out of the thing. We arrived at the Fine Dining Friday put on by the Culinary Arts students at Needles work. We were seated at a small table tucked away in the corner which was nice for us to have a bit of privacy from the rest of the people in the room. The room was nicely lite with small shelves which reminded me of sea shells inset into the walls with white orchids in vases. Our table just large enough for 2 with a white table cloth. Silverware was in place with a large green napkin shaped like a tee pee at each setting. The centerpiece was a white vase and a single plastic rose. On our table was a Johnny cake with butter already served. I'm from the South and it looked like fritter bread to me. Our first course was New England clam chowder with a large crouton and sprinkles of shredded beacon. It was very good and the clams and potatoes were diced so there wasn't large chunks. The second course was a salad of sweet baby lettuce with carrot, sliced nuts, dried cranberries topped with a apple cider vinaigrette and sliced pear on the side. The salad had a very interesting flavor which cleansed the pallet from the chowder in preparation of the main course. We had a choice of prime rib or salmon fillet. I chose the prime rib. The steak had a bowl type pastry set atop of it with a creamy horseradish sauce. On the side was Col cannon potatoes which is mashed potatoes with steamed sweet cabbage mixed in. also on the side was steamed green beans. After the main course came the desert. It was peach/blackberry crumble Ala mode served in a ramekins. It was very good reminding me of my mothers peach and blackberry cobbler mixed together. I think we were the first ones to finish so we returned home to change into our lounge clothes and digest our wonderful meal. Thank you Needles for our anniversary dinner. It was a very nice evening out.

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My friends cat Lilly.

Funny But Naughty Commercial

This is a commercial that is hilarious. WARNING if you are not over 18 or if you don't have a since of humor NO NOT watch. You have been warned. You can't unwatch it.

Weekend

This weekend we had visitors. Cynical and Ragged came up to spend the weekend with us. Since we were having cold temps we decided to just stick around the house, eat and drink coffee all weekend. They arrived Friday afternoon around 6pm. We also had Jenny from the Blog show up to and stay with us until late into the night. It was nice to have everyone here and visiting with each other. We enjoyed Needles homemade spaghetti and meatballs with garlic bread and salad. I was very good and of course I ate too much. Saturday morning started off with bagels and cream cheese with a side of fruit. The day moved along with the ladies knitting and Cynical and I keeping watch on our crops. For lunch we enjoyed hamburgers with a side of fries, onion rings and salad. After we got our bellies full we ventured over to Rudy's place to visit and for Cynical and Ragged to meet the new member of the bunch. Moecefus the kitty. We also played with the Wii fit and did some of the balance exercises. When we returned home we had what was left of the spaghetti and watched Wanted. The movie was pretty good and very reminiscent of The Matrix. When the movie was over it was time to retire for the night. This morning we awoke to a blanket of snow covering everything and warm cinnamon rolls. Cynical was hoping to see some snow during his visit and I was glad we didn't have to disappoint him. We chatted as the snow melted and time for them to go raced all too quickly toward us. We couldn't sent our visiting travelers away with empty stomachs so homemade pizza would be something to warm them before their trip. We enjoyed the visit with Cynical and Ragged and hated to see them go. Now the house it too quiet and I have already started to dread going to work tomorrow. Hope everyone had a good weekend, I know I did.

Farewell to Fantasy Island.

Ricardo Montalban dead at 88

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KAHN!

RIP

Work was a bear. We got very busy around 9:30 and they kept coming until I left at 4:30pm. I was supposed to leave at 3 but I hated to leave my co worker short handed and swamped. After work I did get to stop and visit a friend. When I started home I noticed it seemed colder. When I made it home I checked the thermometer on the porch and it said 20 but I think it was colder. I check online and it says 12 degrees and from the forecast its only going to get colder folks. Thursday the temp is going to be a whopping 5. Yep 5. I guess we have had it some what mild this winter but I am tired of the cold temps and ready for spring. I think we have chances for snow tonight and tomorrow but I am not sure if we are to get any accumulation. They have been saying little to no accum. or 1 to 3 inches depending on who you check. Who knows. I guess we will see in the next several hours. Ragged and Cynical get ready for lots of coffee and warm food cuz I don' t think we are going to poke our head outside all weekend. Maybe a visit with Rudy and the funky bunch but that maybe it. This week is never ever going to end.

This ones for you Buck.

My Picture 4/4

This is a pic taken during Xmas 2008 at Needles Mom's house. The TV was showing an old Leave It To Beaver and Mel jumped up on the TV and gave Mr. Cleaver a bad comeover.

P.S. This is my 666th post.

Mucks Are Here!

As I wrote several posts ago I ordered a pair of Muck boots with my Gander Mountain gift card from Cynical. They were scheduled to arrive on Tuesday the 6th. I checked the tracking number that night when they weren't on the front porch when I got home. When I checked the website, it said that they were delivered at 5:53pm that day. I went out to check the porch and no boots. When I looked into the tracking information it said that they were delivered to Fairfield, IL. Hmm I don't live in Fairfield... Needles called UPS to find out what the deal was and yep they confirmed that the boots were misdelivered. Yesterday I checked the website and it said that the boots were a Return to Sender Pending. I thought great I am going to have to wait another week to 10 days to get my boots. It's not like I needed them right away but if I had them, that would be one less thing to worry about. Today when I got home, my boots were on the porch. I was so excited I put them on immediately and commenced farmin on my facebook...... You can't farm without boots..duh! Anyway I am glad that is all straightened out and it was somewhat painless for me...Needles was the one that called and sat on hold for several minutes and almost got into a fight with the automated phone attendant that I think needs a hearing aid.

Insurance inspires new music

If you have seen the new animated commercial with esurance.com with Cloud Cult singing Lucky Day. After doing some searching on other songs by the same artist I found this little number that I like. It is unual that I like this song because it is alittle slow and mellow for my taste but for some reason the song has an interesting sound. Enjoy.

Pretty Voice

Safe and Secure.

The holidays have come and gone and Needles and I for the first year hasn't exchanged gifts. We thought we would wait until after the holidays and maybe the stores woundn't be so crazy and their might be some good buys. Needles and I are very practical people and try not to buy nick knack and other items that would otherwise set on a shelf and gather dust. We usually buy what we need instead of what we want, with the occasional spurge on an item. This year our thoughts turned to items that we have needed for a while but just couldn't seem to follow through. Today I thought I would stop off by the store and pick up our Xmas gift to each other. And here it is.

I know all of you lady's reading this hearts just skipped a beat and I am sorry that Needles has my heart and there can be no other. She is a luck girl. Nothing says I love you like a fire proof and water proof safe. Merry Xmas Needles.

PS. The problem is we got so much crap ie. tax papers, ins. papers, birth certificates, important papers and photo Cd's to put into it we might have to get a second one.

Not A Feel-Good Movie.

I watched this movie at a friends house last night. It was very good but make sure you have a box of tissues with you. I didn't need any since I am so tough. snicker* A very touching story about a man who loses everything that has meaning in his life, has nothing to really live for and another who seems lost in his own life and with each others help one finds the strength to live while the other learns to appreciate the life he has.

VACATION...All I EVER WANTED.

I was uploading several pics from our 2008 Vacation to Springfield, Mo. and now its got me thinking. Where are we going to go this year? I am pretty much up for anything but I know the gals and I have some days that are already scheduled. I will be turkey hunting and Needles and Ragged are heading North to Green Castle. Maybe some discussion on it when Cynical and Ragged visit in a couple of weeks. Fingers crossed.

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Braden & Baylee

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Happy New Year!

Here is a picture to ring in the new year.