Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Hello on Tuesday Morning

Dear Friends,

We supposedly picked up 20 inches of snow in Pittsfield from the Sunday storm. It is 12 degrees out right now on the North side of our house. It is difficult to believe that we will be in the 40ties by the weekend with the possibility of rain falling instead of snow.

Our plow guy did our driveway, and I snow blowed the sidewalks in front of our house, and made paths to my bird feeders. The snow blower turned over quickly. I went 15 feet and the engine died. I forgot to fill up the gas tank when I moved the snow blower from the storage shed to the garage this past fall. I am pretty good about things like that because I always go by the Boy Scout motto: “Be Prepared!”

As I was dealing with the snow, I was thinking about our grandchild who will be with us toward the end of the week. Some of the drifts around here are so huge that he could fall down and never be able to get up. Frankie Beans, the long haired Daschund, couldn’t go dashing through any snow because he is so low to the ground. Even Billy, the border collie, would struggle chasing the squirrels at my birdfeeders.

I did leave the house for my noon time physical therapy appointment. He had me do some exercises for the leg which has the torn meniscus. He said that he would work with me to see if the physical therapy could help, but he sort of implied that a scope job is the best was to go if I want the pain to go away. Oh Joy!

When I left the house for my noon time appointment, the roads in Pittsfield were not plowed well. I just locked in the four wheel drive in Linda’s Kia Sportage, and I went dashing through the snow. I really love this vehicle. I could see this car loaded up with my ice-fishing gear, but it is not going to happen according to Linda.

Our friends did fly out of Logan for the 6 PM flight back to Atlanta. Boston got about 19 inches of snow. Most of Boston was shut down for the day.

Our crock pot soup was fabulous. My neighbor, who is on my daily blog, decided to brew one too since him and his wife didn’t have to go to work because of the snow. Since we had started our crock pot on Sunday night, we were able to have the beef stew for lunch and supper. We never got tired of such good comfort food.

Yesterday was our first full day of using the Keurig Coffee machine. So far we absolutely love it.

I did watch some sports last evening. The first contest was the Air Force vs Georgia Tech game. Air Force won the game. During the game I saw these guys from the Air Force Academy named Service catch the ball from the quarterback named Freedom. It took me a while to realize that half the team had the name Service on the back of their jerseys, and the other half had the name of Freedom on their Jerseys.

I did watch the Bruins win; the men’s U-Conn basketball team lose, and part of the Monday night football game before I went to bed.

Observation – How about Hugh Hefner getting ready to marry a woman 60 years younger than himself. He is 84 years old and she is 24 years old. I was trying to visualize what that would be like as they went out in public, and what it would be like in their love nest. In my mind, it is against the laws of nature. Hugh is old enough to be the girls’ grandparent, or even great grandparent. I was wondering what was going on in this woman’s mind. It was probably financially motivated. Do you think that she is thinking that she should sign a pre nuptial agreement for a reasonable sum of money first, and go from there? I am guessing that she is also thinking that she could make this old guy happy for a few short years until he croaks, and then she will be set for the rest of her young life. Why couldn’t Hugh be happy with his life style of being surrounded by young and vibrant women, and having sex with them for most of his adult life? Do you think that he might want to have a child? Do you think that he wants someone to grow old with? Do you think Hugh uses or needs Viagra? He would be a great person to have for those Viagra commercials on television or in the magazines.

Social Engagements – Linda has her Tuesday Mah Jongg session today from 11:30 AM to 4 PM. She then has her Golf group gathering at a local restaurant at the supper time hour. Since I didn’t have a chicken Novena the last time that I was home alone, I might have one for supper this evening. Simple things make us men happy.
I do have to prep the house for Max and the two dogs. My Man Cave has some remnants of wrapping paper, and wrapping supplies. I have to dig out some toys for Max. We put back some decorations on coffee tables which have to be removed too. Hopefully we will be able to tire him by getting him outdoors in the fresh air by doing a little sliding, and dashing in the snow. Maybe, I will make him a snow fort too. I hope his Mom packs his snow pants, and snow boots.

Have a great day at work or play.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad

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