Hey where is the pictures?

Umm. Right here. ( Waving chip in his left hand as he types ) I'll be putting the pictures on the photo album the second I get home.   Couple of picture points . I had to get a sensor loupe and dust swabs to clean my camera. I really had to do this as I took a picture of Marilyn's Mom and there was a big speck of dust on her nose! Visible Dust makes a great sensor loupe.  Marilyn got a digital for Christmas so her pictures will be up on the album when we get back.

Christmas!

Christmas here in the Midwest is great. We had Christmas morning at Jay and Stacy's. She made a great brunch and a lot of super finger food. The house was packed with wrapped gifts and Evan the littlest was shaking with excitement.  We all sat around and unwrapped presents one at a time. This lasted a long time which kept the excitement of Christmas going till way into the afternoon.  The family got a Wii and the kids are playing games thru the day. Adrik is rocking to guitar hero. Emily who got all things High School Musical is singing duets with Marilyn to the High School Musical game. And Evan wants to do any Wii game but by himself! There was lots of gifts but the best gift was being here with everyone! 

Boy are arms tired!

Just got in for the holidays. We got the last spot at the airport parking. The TSA line was mercifuly short. The flight out of Philly was not too bad. It left almost on time and got in at a resonable time. So the getting there is done.

Now we are rushing around trying to get everything set for Christmas. It will be here if we are ready or not!

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

Is that you Santa Claus?

I was out an about last night catching up on my Christmas shopping along with many other would be Santas. I spent about 45 minutes in the local Target locating gifts that will end up in stockings. After choosing some pens in the stationary section I turned to find some Grinch made off with my shopping cart! After an other 45 minutes of trying to find the culprit that made off with my goodies ( and some extra large socks! ) I gave up.

To the cart napper, I hope you know there is a seasick crocodile waiting for you somewhere!

Doh!

I went on the website http://simpsonizeme.com/ It allow you to enter in you picture and creates a Simpsons character that is mostly like you. Here is what we look like if we were on the Simpsons.

Tin Man

We are watching the Sci Fi channel series Tin Man. I recorded it on the DVR that came with our new FIOS TV set up. It records onto a hard drive that is inside the cable box. Anyway I recorded all three part of the series and we watched the first part tonight. It is nothing like the classic movie but if the The Wizard were made today with all the computer effects available it would look a lot like this series. The story is gripping and the wicked witch and flying monkeys are scary. So part one is great. We are looking forward to part two tomorrow.

In the dark!

We went out to the Red Lion Diner. Just as our food came out the power went out. The owner did a nice recovery as he put candles on all the tables. It was quite nice. But this is the second time we were there and the power went out. ( Same table too! ) And the pwer has gone out on us twice across the street in the movie theater.

Lights are on at home for now. Windy and cold tonight.

Fresh Bread

Yesterday we made some fresh bread. One loaf was a whole wheat and the other was pumpernickel. Mmmm fresh bread right out of the oven! It is just the best for breakfast with a butter and honey on it.

Can You Hear Me Now?

Mike called me. His WiFi stopped working. Turned out the wireless radio died and we had to set up a new unit. Got it a Staples on Germantown ave. Put it in place and set up the system again and all was good as new.

Mike came over to our house for lunch as I just baked bread this morning. Fresh bread cheese tomato and cold cuts were on the menu.

Got Junk?

Used 1-800-Got-Junk to clean out Mom's house. A bunch of hard working guys worked to clear the house out. Jack Brady, the owner, did a excellent job coordinating. It took about 8 truck load of stuff to donate and to the dump. It was a real dirty job!

The house is FINALLY cleared out. Now I can work on selling it.

Milk and Bread Alert!

Yesterday was a full on milk and bread alert brought to us by the local media. There was to be a "Winter Storm Warning" Stay at home! Sleet, Freezing rain like in the midwest! Be Prepared! Salt trucks on the road now!

Well we got some light rain. ( And we bought a bunch of milk and bread from the store. Bread pudding anyone! )

All we are saying is give cheese some pants.....

Last night Marilyn, Meg and I went out to dinner and a show. We stopped at Nodding Head Brewery for dinner. I had the 60 shilling, a malty Scottish ale and Marilyn had the Sled Wrecker a spicy holiday brew. Both beers were great. The food there was super I had the Monk's mussels in Fra Diavolo sauce. Good beer and good food.

Anyway we then went to the 1812 production of This is the Week that Is. It's great political satire and it's a hoot when local polititicans get into the act. They had a long mocking medley of old protest songs that was a scream. So if you are on the left or right or if you don't know your left from your right it's still a good show.

Testing.....1... 2... 3...

I am testing software for a release. I really hate this portion of the software development cycle. One day I think I'll program again... I'm not sure.

Home Improvement Edition

Well the sawdust is just beginning to clear this morning. We had new windows installed, gutters capped, and wood replaced. It was a messy dirty job and I was running around tyring to clean up after the contractors.

Then this weekend, I fixed the ceiling in the family room. That job has been hanging around for a few years because I thought that it would be a dirty rotten job, and I was right. We knocked holes in the ceiling to put n the insulation and there was dust everywhere.

But it's just about done but the painting so we are just sitting here enjoying the snow which is falling outside. ( not inside ! )