Get 'em While Their Cold

Because of the recent warm up in temperature, Nana and Jonesie have been fortunate enough to have a nice crop of icicle's. They are for sale to the ighest bidder but you better hurry and "Get 'em While Their Cold".

It Dosen't Give Up

Just when you thought that in Wisconsin you could go from wearing 6 layers to wearing 5 layers - WHAM - the bottom falls out from under you.

It has been unusually warm for February, like last week when it got up to 40 degrees and all of or most of the snow melted. People started driving around with their windows rolled down, people were out trying to get rid of the ice that was hidden under the many layers of snow since November, most of the birds did not seem to need out sunflower seeds anymore.

Then WHAM, the temperature this morning was 1 and this was
after a 4 inch snow fall on Tuesday night. The high today is suppose to be 18. Such is life in Wisconsin

Evanston Countryside

Here are some photos of the scenery on my way to work and back.
As you can see there is snow on the ground but it is not very deep. The temperature has been great, around 50.









On a different note, pdxkatie has suggested giving up processed sugar. It took me a bit to process that undertaking but I think I am up for the challenge. So this week I have been trying to figure out what I can eat and what I couldn't eat. The couldn't eat list is a hell of a lot longer than the eat list. That is according to what I eat now.
You can only image how much "Jonesie medicine" I have in the Jonesie digs.

Room For All

Well, I haven't blogged for awhile because of how busy we are right now.
They have had me in El Segundo, CA, Iraan, TX, and now I am in Evanston, WY.

So anyway, I have been traveling for my job for over 20 years now and have stayed in some odd and crazy places.

But I have never had a room like the one I am in tonight. It has a king size bed, which is what I asked for, and a small room that was added or walled off with bunk beds in it.


I was quite surprised to see the bunk beds but was really surprised when I turned on the light and discovered the Sponge Bob sheets. I, along with the grand kids, think Sponge Bob is the greatest. The only one to ever get a voluntary kiss from Emme is Sponge Bob himself.

Hard Water Fishing 2009

The Saturday started out as a COLD, but sunny day in the Valley. To get things started out right I had to make a trip to metropolitan Spring Valley for some essentials for a day of sitting on the ice.
The first stop was at the local gas co-op for a St. Paul, Wisconsin Edition, Pioneer Press and a Eau Claire Ledger newspapers. You can only stare at the tip-ups so long without passing out. While there the candy shelf called my out my name so I had to go see what was up. Well, the Giant Snickers were on sale, 2 for 2 bucks, a bargain in any one's book.
Next stop was at Gale's Bakery, a staple in Spring Valley for, as you can see, a raised glazed and a jelly filled bismark. My snacks had enough calories for breakfast, mid morning snack and lunch.
This photo shows that I was not the only one who thought the fish would bite. There were several cars and trucks on the ice and even one new fish shack was pulled out while I was there.
In the back ground is The Midwest's Largest Earthen Dam. It is quite large and was built by the Corps of Engineers in the early 60's after a flood nearly wiped Spring Valley off the map. The metropolis of Spring Valley is just on the other side of the dam.
Oh by the way, one flag and no fish. It was just as well I didn't catch any fish as it was 7 degrees out and was to cold to try and land anything.

2009

I have been very lazy when it comes to blogging lately because of the holidays and the bad cold I got as soon as I got off the plane from Portland.

Yesterday was a significant day for me because as of 4 pm in the afternoon it was the start of my second year of being smoke free. I didn't think it could be done, but as my brother in law told me once, "you can get use to anything".

Christmas was fun as usual being with the grand kids and all in Portland. We even had the chance to make a snow fort and snow woman.

So today we are awaiting a snow storm that is suppose to leave another 4 inches of snow this afternoon.

Thanksgiving Day

During Thanksgiving Day, out behind the garage, E was practicing with his bow as the turkey was being deep fried.
As you can see, he was very successful in hitting the target - a bulls eye.



While E was practicing with his bow, the rest of us had a Leinie in our hand while keeping an eye on the Turkey.
After the turkey was done we deep fried some venison. I had never tried it before and as it turned out, the boys were asking for more after the first batch was done.