Leaving on a...

REALLY EARLY jet plane (tomorrow). Are we there yet?

Gotta blog

What to say... what to think... what to do...
Blogging is a serious and strenuous business... sometimes the blog just doesn't flow.
I guess I'll just pack. Look at this random pic for now.... it has to do with water.

Harbinger of spring?

Today while waiting in the Henry Ford clinic (for about 3 hours) I got to watch a flock of robins in the trees outside. More robins than anyone can imagine. The trees still had some berries on them that the robins were having for brunch. Are these the first robins of spring? Or just a bunch of lazy robins that didn't leave this frozen never land and head south?
(Come to find out after a quick google search: Although the appearance of a robin is considered a harbinger of spring, the American Robin actually spends the winter in much of its breeding range. However, because they spend less time in yards and congregate in large flocks during winter, you're much less likely to see them.)
Of course I didn't take my camera with me... I mean who would need a camera on a trip to the clinic... so here's an internet pic...

How big is your stone?

Today's biblical lesson: when David went forward to fight Goliath, he was armed with little besides a sling and his wit. I have been told he did NOT have any anti anxiety medication with him. What do YOU see in his eyes?

Sunday's proverb

A Sunday well-spent

brings a week of content.

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Today was the day of the pre-vacation gathering. Kind of an acclimation of sorts. And then the nap brought on by too much breakfast. Nonetheless a Sunday well-spent.

And then you wonder what kind of wine goes with a Sunday well-spent. Perhaps pinot noir?

Dinner time

...and my zucchini is soggy. Don't you just hate a soggy zucchini? My zucchini wasn't quite as fresh as the ones pictured here. My zucchini wasn't fresh at all. It was pretty much sliced and then fresh frozen and packaged for sale with a stamp "BEST BY 07/2010". Another year and a half and my zucchini will be as fresh (frozen) as it is tonight. After that it starts being not so good. Maybe even soggier? Satisfaction guaranteed or double your purchase price refunded. I wouldn't feel right requesting double my purchase price due to soggy. I assume the soggy was a result of my microwaving abilities. I'll try the stove top method tomorrow night.
Yum-O!

What am I doing?

Thinking of what to write, what to say, what to blog.

(You probably don't care what I'm doing but twitter seems to...)

How about a St. Croix sunrise... maybe I'll blog that.

With each sunrise, we start anew.

Touching, isn't it.

Home business

I'm growing an avocado tree.

Avocados to be available to purchase in the future.

Check back regularly for availability.

Change, where is it?

Hey, it all still feels the same. Where is this change? How long is it going to take for this change? I'm ready and waiting for change!!! What do I have to do to make change happen? So what kind of wine goes with change? I'm not sure yet... but chardonnay goes well with waiting for change.... and boy am I waiting.

New days begin

Change has come... but will we remain the same?

Food of the day

Avocado.
Goes good on a tuna melt.

Snow day Sunday again

See last Sunday.
Same thing this Sunday.

Frosty face

Warrior Saint

uncertain about

his snowy face.

Feels like

Old and cold

Spending time at the university this week has made me feel old. One thing I did discover is they have a need for valet parking. It was such a long walk in the sub-zero windchill. Maybe preferred parking for over 40?

9 daisies

Countdown to zero degrees

What kind of wine goes well with wind chill?

Perhaps a zinfandel?

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What about a zinfandel snow cone?

Now THERE'S an idea!

Haiku Monday

water wants to flow
slowly reaching for the ground
too cold, cannot move

Snow day Sunday

20 days

Is it
too soon
to pack ?

Cheesy goodness

Is the spinach in a bowl of Spinach con Queso really necessary when all we want is the cheese and the fried tortilla chips? Would you like another pound of fried chips? Well yes please and HURRY! All I can think of at the moment is how the french fries would have tasted with the cheese dip poured all over them. Oh and a stomach pump. How much is a personal stomach pump?

(Since my posting I have been informed via email that the spinach is the fiber to counter the effects of the binding cheese... thank you very much. Oh, and being as it is now the next morning I have proof the spinach was in fact useful.)

Iced lake

Here at the far east end of South River Road

the Clinton River meets Lake St. Clair.

Ice fishing anyone?

Lapsang Souchong

After a long 30 to 35 minutes in the unemployment office it is relaxing to enjoy a hot cup of a distinctive tea with an exotic smoky flavor.

Double ouch!

My angel must have been on break.

Does anyone know how to get in touch with Saint Cathal?

An enlightening Monday

I was told of the energies better known as angels.

Is a certain one watching over me?

(This picture for illustration purposes only. Not necessarily "my angel")

Back to ?

Tomorrow the world (as I have known it) goes back to work. The holidays are over. I guess it's time to start thinking about a job. I just might have to get up early to think about it. Let me think about that first.

Winter sunshine

Headstones
shadows
snow
all in a row.

Resolutions begin here.

Look forward to the new year for a new start on old habits. (unknown)

2009

A new year begins.

(The base of "The Star Dream" by Marshall M. Fredericks)

The last day of 2008

The year in review:

1. No tropical vacation.
2. 1 new shrub, 10 perennials and 1 herb (and the death of 4 shrubs... sad).
3. A 40% reduction in my retirement funds.
4. 4 different supervisors, 2 organization changes (one that removed me from Jeep and put me on a car platform), 1 round of layoffs, and finally a company wide buyout offer. Goodbye Chrysler.
5. Had 3 different Jeeps: Green 2008 Liberty, Orange 2009 Liberty, and now the black 2009 Patriot.
6. Joined Facebook and took up playing scrabble online.
7. Got a hernia.
8. Began a blog. Why? To spread the word!

New Years Eve Day

I seem to be a master baker all of a sudden...

Can you say sweet??? If not, the cream cheese, butter, chocolate chips and cup of sugar will say it for you.

Pre-eve day

What to do today? Shop, clean, surf, nap, oh... and party.
What to do tomorrow? Probably the same thing.

Monday Monday

The final week of 08

Quick... say something witty...

Peniaphobia - Fear of poverty.
Not to be confused with Peladophobia - Fear of bald people.

The thaw

Anonymous wrote
"where's the snow?"

well this pic is actually from Dec 26th of last year... very similar to today's hazy-fog... but looks like last year there was no snow on the ground.

Foiled!

Santa's gone for another year

He brought me a used 12 year old snow blower. Gotta love extra-loud power tools. Now I need an amplifier for my iPod.

xmas

(click on the pic to light up the tree)

Xeve day

Unimportant information time:
1. just made the final switch from Yahoo to Google home page
2. have all my gifts to wrap still
3. am sitting in my thermals drinking coffee
4. listening to Christmas music on Yahoo LaunchCast music (which is being sold to CBS in February and will not have a commercial-free option. Wonderful... where's my refund?)
5. wondering where Google Radio is
6. looking online for Jeep Patriot accessories


2b. gifts are wrapped (buy less gifts.... wrap less gifts. I like it.)
7. checked in on the McNair kitties (they were unimpressed as usual)
8. bought the Xmas bottle of scotch
9. lunch... need some lunch I think
10. Christmas Eve festivities soon

Deeper and deeper.

As

the

fountain

of

snow

vanishes...

Gotta make the rugelach.

Hey! I'm not Jewish...

Winter begins...

The winter solstice is at 7:04 a.m. today.

This means only 40 days until:(St. John)

Another season ends.

Out with the fall and in with the winter. Where is spring? HELLO spring.....

Snow day Friday.

Too bad I'm an unemployed non-student or I COULD HAVE had some kind of snow day too. But no. Not for me. I got to dash through the snow in my 4 cylinder Jeep Patriot all the way to Troy and there wasn't any laughing (right away).

Tomorrow is Friday.

A sunny Thursday afternoon but still the snow doesn't melt. Drifting about, waiting for its brothers that will be coming in the night. The area is already on alert. Take cover warn the media!

Fountains of snow

Not

much

to

say

today.

At all...