Sorry to hear that, Snuffy. Get well soon.

Dragged myself out of bed at noon after having gotten to sleep at 9:30am because mom said I had to be home by 12:30 to bring groceries in from the car. She arrived home at 2:45.

Called the boy at 3:00 to make sure he was up, then picked him up at 3:30 and ran a whole pile of errands. Dropped him off at his "office" Christmas party (sounds like it's a good one...he works at a local nightclub), then came home and made dinner, marinated cheese (trust me, it's excellent) for Saturday, bread, and two kinds of cookies. Now about to round up a variety platter of baked goods and head to the bar to meet the boy.

Thanks Burner!


Pink eye spread to the left eye, but not bad. No pain anymore and it not contagious, i just looked stoned!!

Sorry Snuffy, but the last time I heard Pink Eye is highly contagious unless it is past that stage, according to the Doctor. Please check, brother.

Baking: gingerbread, two more kinds of cookies, and two pies.
Finally warmed up enough to get the last bit of ice off the porch with a lot of determination and icemelt stuff.
Dishes several times, as I have limited mixing bowls and measuring cups.
Hauled all the empty christmas boxes to the basement.
Cleaned the house, then put all the presents mom's giving to people under the tree for her (she's walking great with a cane now, but still needs my help for some stuff).

Christmas is at our house tomorrow. With any luck at all, I won't spend most of the day in tears.

Picked up my ambulance pager. Now I have 2 pages, 1 portable radio and 1 mobile radio.

Worked then went to a funeral for a friends wife. Made my troubles seem pretty small after attending that.

half-day of school today,
played some football at the park then parkoured a bit
Came home, and hung around in some trees

a day well spent to me...

Helped set-up an outside light-replaced switch-found that outside light sensor was not working properly-took it off, now a manual task - until, perhaps a timer-or, another sensor! Was a go-for for a friend that is into do juice .... did it in the past-prefer, another on the latter now!

T'was christmas at my house today. Food, kids running all over the place, presents, family...not a bad day, all things considered. I am now more than ready to head to the show with the boy and drink myself silly.

Got up early for a 9:00AM rehearsal for the Annual Tuba Christmas concert. It was on the steps of San Angelo City Hall, and it was a total blast. It's Tubas and Euphoniums only, and we play a bunch of Christmas tunes arranged for our low-brass instruments. The last time I played the Tuba Christmas gig was while I was in high school at Crossroads Mall in SLC. It was the coolest thing in the world to me back then, and today was a close second.

The Euphoniums were actually outnumbered by Tubas today, by more than 2 to 1. 17 Tuba players showed up along with 7 Euphoniums... which is just about right, if you ask me.

I didn't get to play last year, because I was on my way back from D.C., and missed the gig by about 2 hours. Bummer. But, I'm hooked once again, and will be playing this gig every chance I get in the future.

http://www.tubachristmas.com Check the dates for your local performances (if you're interested in that sort of thing).

Just finished packing for the cruise i'm taking. Man a 7 day fun in the sun vacation........... AWESOME!!!!!!!

Anyways, i want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and hope is a good one!! I know mine will be!

Got up, had breakfast with the Grandkids after a sleep over...good stuff. Were going to just have a do what ever we want day today lol.

Not today but yesterday:

Ended the hold-out and gave HK her "big" Christmas present - the iPhone.

She counter-attacked and gave me my "big" present - the iPod Touch 16GB model.

Of course, she's had time to use HER present.

Have a great few days off all - Snuffy have a nice cruise, MBF a good day with the grandchildren-
have fun, nice move Demon with the IPhone-nice machine. I'm off to store checking out some
back-up solar lights for a few areas that need it, and difficult to run wires to these places. Have a
nice Christmas and New Year! Df.

was plannin on going to play paintball on me birthday, and just hangout
and everyone backed out...
oh well...screw them...I'll find somthing to do.

spending my days on the sofa with my foot proped up , xmas will be the same

Helped HK clean the house from top to bottom for the Holidays.

Finally got a PM from the n00b above me. I forgive him. I always will. He's my brother.

Restless night, shower, help make a few thing in the kitchen with my wife. Then over to my Sister in Laws for lunch....

Got a particle of cactus in hand working outside ... did get some out-will let it cool off a bit, before
attempting another go around-Ouch!

Slept like shite...the cleaning firestorm left me in a foul mood. Had "angry" dreams all night. Went shopping for a "short list" this AM and spent another $100 in the grocery store. Now am waiting for my parents to show up for Christmas stay-over.

Have successfully relegated MOST thought about work to a background sub-routine.

Worked about the house .... all well so far! But, just going to the store is to test your belief
in a higher being, that is, with all the cars jammed together! It certainly does not look like a
gas problem with out of sight higher gas prices in these parts.Did escape with a few presents
for Ms. Df. ... a little better than going tonight-help!

Family gathering at cousin's and her boyfriend's home. I survived and that is a challenge, believe me.

Laundry, laundry, and more laundry! What the heck, at least now it's done and we both have enough clean clothes to last about three weeks. Now I'm putting together a coupon book for mom for under the tree in the morning (stuff like washing dishes, cleaning the bathroom, etc.). Gotta come up with something for her, can't afford an actual present.

Christmas at my Uncle's. Good food and good time. The kids loved all the gifts we got them and all is happy here.

Then I got to go back to work.

Hauled out a ton of trash! Will move some solar lights to other areas of the yard. Need to wait for some repair guys to service some equipment.

Since it is boxing day, it is NOT snowing and I have no social obligations 'til later, I have made time to play with Shady. She is such a joy and who says pets/animals don't have a sense of humour? They choose to hang with us humans. That has to display to any rational entity a sense of love, empathy and humour. My sisters, my cousins, my aunt's and uncle all saw pictures of Shady for the first time (my Mom is the only family member other than me that has seen Shady "in person") and they all cooed, oohed and aahed over her picture. She is that sweet looking. Of course she is a real rascal in real life, however she is a wonderful companion and friend and I am very lucky and blessed to share my home with her.

Christmas was really nice but our ISP had technical problems so we had no service for two days.

spent xmas at the house, and EVERYONE came over and believe it or not...no1 complained a bit...
not a bad at all...

now is another day...and it's back to business as usual.

spent xmas on the couch with my foot on pillows , watched james bond all day and today is the same

Got up at 9am today, couldn't tell you WTF for. Did another load of laundry (new xmas clothes), did a sinkful of dishes, shoveled the walks AGAIN, dug out the mailbox from where the plow came through and buried it AGAIN. Now I'm ready for a nap.

How is the foot coming along?

another week or two i can take the cast off , maby
very , very painfull

I'll bet it is. Hoping for good results from the recovery though.

Sorry to hear that Pappy but I did suggest to you to lay off the tap dancing while under the influence.

Saw my parents off...it was nice to have them here but nicer to see them go after 4 days.

That's why I never have people over. Too hard to get rid of them. I like to visit and am a good guest: I don't drink all the hosts booze, pinch his wife's arse, eat all the food or pass wind. I even can take a hint and bugger off early.

You do remember that you have an open invitation...right?

Worked 12 hours on less than an hour's sleep...we REALLY need to get our sleep schedules back on track!!! Watched the Red Wings kill the Avalanche...now the boy owes me five bucks!

Playing with solar lights-more of the adjustment stage-did some working out in the gym-ouch and pain(light weights, legs on cycle machine, and pounded heavy bag a bit)-want to start before New Year resolution day!

You do remember that you didn't give me your new address, right?
Bwahahahahahaha. Sorry, W. Couldn't resist. All y'all: I do "supposedly" have his new address and phone number but why I would go there when he doesn't answer the phone ever, is beyond me.

I tain't ever HOME!!!!!!

all sorts of stuff of late. Nice christmas, kiddo now has a Bionicle army (and I'm NOT exagerating- ok, maybe a little bit-- but he's literally got at least a platoon of the buggers now.....)

worked Yule eve and day, 12's both days. 8-10 hour days since, got tomorrow off and then 0800-2000 Sunday and back at it at 0600 Monday. Teh suck!!

Bought a rifle today. 1941 vintage Lee-Enfield sniper rifle which seems to have seen service in at least WW2. Good condition, decent scope on it-- will suit my purposes just fine.

(no, I'm NOT looking for a book repository, or a belltower. I'm gonna thin the deer population a bit in the coming year, with any luck).

For $300, I could NOT pass it up. The .303 British round is about the same size as a 7.62NATO and only gives up a little bit to the 308. Lee-Enfields have seen much hunting service in the world, both of people when absolutely necessary and large animals. I'll be using it for the latter- it'll put down any large lump of protein in North America at upwards of 300 yards, given the right (soft-nosed) round.

Looking at reloading gear now. The Lee Hand Reloading Press for $30 new +25 per set of dies is looking awful hard to beat. I could get into reloading for about $60 startup cost for a basic setup (no tumbler, clean and inspect pick-ups and the brass I've gathered, buy powder and ball locally). I've gone through that much in ammo just in the last 3 trips to the range at factory prices.....

Played some hardcore laser-tag
went to Hooters for a good time to celebrate afterwards
got a Happy Birthday dance and sing from the Hooter's Girls....
came home...

not an all bad time...

Not a damn thing. I didn't even get dressed (well...I was wearing the sweats I slept in), just put on a pair of boots to wander out to the mailbox. The snow storm hit about 20 minutes after I got up, and it got way ugly way fast.

Finally got in touch with my younger brother in Pennsylvania. It was really good to speak with him. I just wish there had been time to speak with his lovely wife and kids. Next time. I miss the whole famn damily.

Worked out a bit on the heavy bag ... off to store for a few provisions-then, whatever turns up about here! Need to contact a sister-playing phone tag with her.

Spoke to a crazy Canuck...I think I'm being stalked!

All things considered, I've begun to feel like myself again. I missed me...even if a am a sarcastic prick at times. Now if I can hold on to this when I return to work, things will be good.

We had a birthday party for our younger daughter (middle child) - 6 girls, lots of screeching. I survived to tell the tale. Must get the boy to grow faster so we can visit the local slot car race track for future screech invasions.

You aren't sarcastic, just stressed and letting off steam. We all have been there and done that. Well, most of us have, including me. There are the rare few that seem to have an anti-bullshit repellent shield/aura that propels them above the crap by sheer centeredness. Wish I could be more like that but I'm not, so I get upset, blow off steam, forget about it and move on. <Best case scenario.>