H1N1 Link

After reading this I am not so sure that people should be running out and getting this shot unles there is a really good reason for having it. I however will probably have to have the shot. They are already talking about it here at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. The shots will be out in October. They will not have had time to test them on humans before mass immunizations.

The Last Day Of November

We did not go out today even though the weather was nice. We were pretty much cornered in our apartment due to the Seattle Marathon. Traffic down Mercer Street was backed up. It would have been almost impossible to get out of the garage. I went and watched on the roof. I timed it just right and saw the leader fly by. He was lapping these guys. Did he ever move. he was way ahead of everybody else.


John went for a walk and decided to try the pizza place down the street. I will let him post about that. It wasn't at all what you would expect it to be. Check The John Braun Page. He may take a little while to get around to it.

I went up on the roof this evening. It is so foggy that I couldn't see any of the sky scrappers. The sound of the I - 5 is muted. Fog can be nice.

I started a new knitting project. We are watching the Lord Of The Rings marathon.

It really is hard to come up with anything when you just sit around the apartment. This is getting painful. I just can't think of any thing to write except that I made it. I posted every day in November. Now I will return to my regular habit of posting only when I think of something to post.

Rats! Double Rats!

I can't get the memory stick to download pictures off of my camera. It seems that when David downloaded pictures that it was a fluke. Angela is going to have to mail the cord for my camera. John took some video of the construction site for the boys. I can't figure out how to play the video on the camera. I have lost my manual. I wonder if I can find the instructions online. I have spent the last hour trying to figure things out. I am totally frustrated and now I give up.

We had a couple of hours to kill between tests so we walked down to Lake Union and looked at the boats. They have a bunch of old boats and we did take some pictures that I wanted to show you. I guess that you will have to settle for these that I took a couple of days ago. This fellow was inside the cafe. Nobody seemed to mind. Everybody went about their business and so did the bird. He seemed to be waiting for his order.

I Can't Think Of A Title!

Does anybody know what kind of flowers these are? They remind me of cabbages.

This building is downtown near Macy's. I think we should get one like it in Saskatoon. All big classy cities seem to have one. I found a streetcar route map. All I have to do is walk 5 blocks to catch a ride to downtown. I have barely began to explore.

I took this picture in Hope. This is the mountain behind our motel. What a beautiful view to wake up to.

Very beautiful. I love this sleepy little town.

I just got back from my nightly routine of going up to the roof to see the night lights. A lady in the hall asked me if I saw somebody orange go walking by. Oh Oh...I thought. Another strange Seattle person! Ha ha...I was relieved when I poked my head around the corner and saw a very large orange cat sitting there. I think most of the people who live here have pets.

I don't have much to write about today. The day was spent going to appointments. I will write about them over on The John Braun Page.

Man Stabbed, Beaten in Saskatoon's West Side

Allegedly Attempted to Confront Other Driver After Being Cut Off

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Reported By Geoff Smith
Posted October 5, 2008 - 8:17am

A driver in Saskatoon is recovering from some serious injuries in what appears to be a road-rage-related incident.

Police say Saturday morning a driver followed another vehicle that had allegedly cut him off on 33rd street in Saskatoon's west side. They stopped on Avenue B. But when the man got out, he was confronted by as many as five people from the other vehicle.

Police say he was stabbed and apparently beaten with a tire iron, suffering trauma to the head and several stab wounds.

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The above story had me upset when I read it this morning. We have had far to many random acts of meaningless violence that usually ends up being perpetrated by gangs. I think that this was more than road rage.

It turns out the victim of this incident is the brother-in-law of Dennly. My son went to school with Dennly. The above story is not entirely correct. The young man was taking his pregnant sister to work. He was chased by the other vehicle. He made the mistake of turning down a side street and was cornered. He got out of the vehicle to take attention away from his pregnant sister. They pounded him with a tire iron and stabbed him multiple times. He has head injuries but is expected to be alright. He is a very lucky man. I don't know if they have caught the culprits. I don't understand this type of violence. I do know that he should have stayed on the main thoroughfare and tried to drive to the police station. Never get out of the car.

I can imangine the horror of this because we almost witnessed a tire iron beating when we were in Vancouver. Thank goodness at the time the fellows who had the tire iron thought better of their plan and left. Maybe all the witnesses scared them off. Maybe that is why the story upset me so much when I read it plus things like that did not used to happen here. I drive down that street all the time. I never thought twice about it. I will now.

My Dog Is An Idiot

I am so glad that I did not sign up for blog 365! I am having trouble to come up with a post a couple of times a week! My posting idea for today got kiboshed! Angela was going to run a half marathon and I was going to take pictures and was going to get some blogging material from that. Big sigh! Not that I blame her...training has been a hard go for her this winter and 20 kilometers is a long, long way to run. I can't even run half a block. John got me out of bed early so we would make it to the starting line on time. I now have some spare time on my hands. He is snoozing on the couch. We are going to the western development museum this afternoon. Perhaps that will give me some material instead.

We need to go and refill our ink for the printer. I wanted to scan a picture last night and I could not get that to work. I wonder if this has to do with the cartridge being out of the printer? I hope that is the problem because that would be easy to fix. I hope there is not a problem with the scanner. Every time I tried to scan something a window would pop up spouting some rubbish that I can not understand. I read it twice to myself and once to John. He just gave me a blank stare! After asking him three time "What does that mean? What is this window meaning? What is the problem?" I try to reword my questions hoping for a response! He finally answers "I don' know!" That was spoken with a gruff, can't you bother somebody else voice.

Let us now proceed to the pictorial part of my post . I have choose this sequence of pictures to demonstrate the fact that: My dog is an idiot!


The above picture clearly demonstrates this. It does not require any explanation. The picture speaks for itself. The following pictures demonstrate what he does when he afraid of something. What is he afraid of? Tools! Yes any kind of a tool. We will exclude the human kind. He loves everybody even fools. All you have to do is show him a hammer or a clamp or a drill or a stapler and he goes for the high ground. In this case the high ground happened to be my lap. On Wednesday John was trying to repair some wood trim by gluing and clamping it. This time the dog tried to get in between him the clamp and the wood. He was sitting on the floor at Roscoe's mercy. He finally managed to complete the job by hiding the dogs head under his armpit. That must have been awkward.

What Should I Call This Post?

John got to get out of the hospital early. Man...you couldn't see him go because of the trail smoke he left behind him. I was right behind him so I could see the smile on his face. Please pray that the rest of his recuperation is uneventful. Thank-you all for your well wishes. It helps keep both of us going.

It is freezing cold here again. This winter seems to go on and on and on! I hope not to have to leave the house until I go to work and Thursday. I am training my replacement at work at the end of the month. It turns out that I know her. I worked with her for three years on Psychiatry a number of years ago. She is an excellent worker and a very nice person. She deserves this nice job. I still feel somewhat depressed about it not being my job anymore. The transition into retirement has been going somewhat bumpy for me. Twenty Nine years of my life was invested in that place. It is hard to let go and yet if you told me tomorrow that I had to go back and work there full time I would hit you with something! My emotions do not make any sense. When I go to work everybody smiles at me and asks "How do you like your retirement?" I want to answer with "GRRR!" but I say "Just lovely!" Smile Chris and try not to cry. Time to put on your big girl panties. I think other people go through this. I keep telling myself that this is normal.

I haven't posted for a few days. I have been feeling very tired and just plain bone weary. I went out to the Red Hat pot luck supper last night. I came home from that and rolled into bed and slept for 10 hours. I had a nap this afternoon. I hope that I can sleep tonight and that I am back to feeling more energetic tomorrow. My house hopes so too! I told John "Sorry for the mess" He said " It looks wonderful! Let it be messy!"


The Red Hat pot luck was interesting. I am the youngest one there. The group consists of a dozen cute elderly ladies. They did try to ply me with wine. Because of my olfactory dysfunction, wine has lot its appeal. They offered to go and get me some whiskey! Hahaha! I assured them that I would be just fine with coffee. Oh, my! They showed me pictures of last years pajama party. I do hope they do that this year. I have to see that! I think that it would be a lot of fun. This year they are going to Moose Jaw for the pajama party and hoopla. Our Queen gave each of us one of these lovely purple purses along with a lucky penny. My red hat is pathetic along side some of the hats those ladies have. I am going to have to work on getting a much fancier hat! I am sorry I don't have any pictures. I forgot my camera. Next time I go I will get John to take a picture of me in my Red Hat regalia.

How fast can you type?

31 words

free Touch typing

O.K. that was fun. I picked this up at Sweetisu's site. Of course, I did not beat her. She types 78 words per minute! Do you think you can beat me? Hahahaha!

Yesterday morning

Boots on and ready for the winter walk

We head out to the edge of town. You can't see it but it is snowing.

I let the dog loose to run free. It doesn't take long and he looses a boot.

We make our way back home and this is what I see from my front door.

Hang up the winter wear and thaw out myself.

Spring Flowers

I received these beautiful virtual flowers from Jientje. I love flowers in any shape or form. These have pink lilies just like the ones laying dormant in my garden. They are out in the back yard, my sleeping beauties, just waiting for the kiss of spring. Oh my, I am so poetic today. I bet you all have goosey bumps now. I was tempted to buy a bundle of flowers at the grocery store today. They were there just begging me to pick them up. Their sunny faces were smiling up at me. They were clapping their leaves to get my attention. "Oh dear flowers" I said. "You don't understand. If I take you...you will die before we get to the car! I think you should stay here where it is safe."


I picked this up in the mail. It is the promise of Spring. I have made myself a nice cup of Chai tea, grabbed my fuzzy blanket and I plan to browse through this tonight and do some mental gardening. The guy on the front page says "We want you to have fun in the gardeni so come on in and let's get started." I said: "O.K."




I think that I shall order some Hostas. They are "easy to grow." I need easy to grow! I particularly like this new shade: Jaune de Joucas. I think that they should be a nice contrast with the darker greens in my garden. Everybody who is in a winter funk...please feel free to pick some flowers from here. Take a whole bouquet! You are all good blogging friends!

Todays News In Review

Too much sanity is madness, but the maddest of all is to see life as it is and not as it should be. With that said here is todays news in review:

Man posed as nurse for two years: From Winnipeg! The man used forged documents to get his nursing position at Seven Oaks Hospital...evaded detection for two years and was only discovered when they did this years check to see if their nurses are registered with the college of nursing. He has not been charged with anything! Questions: What happened to last years check? How did he manage to do his job without somebody catching on? Is it legal to pose as a nurse..secure a job...work at it and collect a wage?

'Pet' girl kicked off bus for wearing a leash: From London. Pet girl and her boyfriend were thrown off the bus and told that "We don't let freaks and dogs like you on!" The girl describes herself as a human pet...wears a leash and a collar...dresses goth...lives on state benefits...acts animal like...doesn't cook or clean and does not go out without her owner/boyfriend. This all makes her very happy. Sounds like a dogs life to me!

Holy healer sought in scam: From Toronto. This guy has bilked more than 40 people out of approximately $1.2 dollars. How did he accomplish this? By ridding people of curses and by persuading people he has the mental powers to cause them to win the lottery. Fee for his service? Oh...anywhere from $2,000 to $160,000! Come on people...grab your socks and pull up your jocks and give your head a shake!

Hospital anxious to fix parking loophole: From Saskatoon. For the last six weeks the parking system at the hospital has been down and they have been busy installing the new system. Quoted from the paper: "Although commissioners have been collecting fees at one exit, some feisty drivers have been sneaking out a second entrance So not true! It is an exit!...to avoid paying." Way to go! Now all the university's students will know they can get free parking for a whole week yet. They will be coming in droves and fill the whole parking lot. Feisty drivers! I am rolling on the floor and laughing. They also say they have no idea of how much revenue they have lost. Question: Are they stupid?

Phone scam causes frantic moments: From Saskatoon. While Darryl and Tammy were vacationing in Mexico their parents back at home had received a phone call by someone they believed was a Mexican police officer who told them that their loved ones were involved in a fatal car crash and had died. They were told to phone a long distance number starting with *72 for more information. Anyway after calling that number and not getting anything there they proceeded to call all the appropriate consulates and such. End of story? Darryl and Tammy were fine. The scammers will tell you anything to get you to call the *72 number. This way they can bill you with any long distance charges they want to bill you with. Question: How low can you go?

Truth is stranger than fiction!

This That and Other Things

If this post comes out even a little coherent I will be happy. My eyes are crossed . Why? Because I had to unknit my Sweater For My Sweetheart back to row 24. I worked all day to get back to row 68. If you go back and look at the picture carefully, you will see that I made a mistake in the cabling. I can't believe that I didn't see that! I took a picture and everything! My brain focus is probably minus whatever and then whatever was left I destroyed when I banged my head on the wall out of frustration! So Jientje, if I took a picture of the sweater, it would appear to have shrunk.

I learned a new medical word today. Rigors (pronounced ryegors) This term is used for sudden chills and shivering. More details are posted on: The John Braun Page

I was going to post a rant about dogs on chains and beware of dog signs not being enough precaution or protection for children in the neighborhood but I am running out of steam and really need to get to sleep. Yes...another child (5 yr. old) got mauled by a rottie! Arrgh! After 29 stitches she will be O.K. Why...oh why do people not build child proof dog runs if they insist on keeping animals like this.

I have to try to get to the grocery store sometime today. I took inventory of my fridge. I have milk...cheese cake...cheese...a roast (frozen and which I don't have time to cook) raw broccoli and cauliflower and two bags of frozen corn. My options for food today consist of condiments and the above. Hospital food...I just can't go there...is expensive and gross for the most part. I think that I will go and get some take out on the way to the hospital today. I wonder what is open this early in the morning. I need to stop of at the post office as well. Sorry...I am just trying to organize my brain.

To cold for a walk!

The Wier

The river is very high. Usually you can see a much steeper drop and the water churning. This part of the river does not freeze over in the winter. It was minus 37 C. with the wind chill this morning when I took these pictures. I snapped them as fast as I could go!

The Train Bridge
There is a pedestrian walkway under the rails. I have not walked across but plan to in the summer sometime. The river steams when it so cold out.

City Skyline
View from the parking lot at the hospital. John gets the same view from his hospital room. Saskatoon is known as the city of bridges. This is the South Saskatchewan River.

Random Bits

The Stem Cell Transplant was very uneventful. That is exactly what we wanted! Yeah! I was a the hospital at 8:00 a.m. and arrived home at 8:00 p.m. I was feeling a bit hyper, wired or pumped. I am not sure which adjective applies best so I shall use all three.

As a result of my restless, energetic mood I decided to take on the fridge. I threw out bags of stuff from both the fridge and freezer. Probably the funniest item I disposed of was lard. Yes ...lard! I had four boxes of the stuff. I have no idea how many years the lard has been living in my freezer. "Why were there four boxes of lard in your freezer?" you may ask. "Were you planning to make an extreme amount of pie?"I am one of those people who forget what they have already stocked, don't bother with a shopping list preferring to keep everything filed in the brain. As I walk up and down the aisles of the grocery store I will randomly toss items into the cart that I think I really need. Doing the math, I apparently decided I needed lard three extra times. This in itself is very bizarre behavior because I usually am too busy to make my pastry from scratch. I have not done this for years and years! Adding to my bizarre behavior, I am one of those people who does not like to waste anything! I am also a person who would never use a product if I thought it had become too old, unsafe or unstable. The funny thing about this was the fact that I had to talk myself into throwing out the lard!

I cannot believe how much room in the fridge I have now! All that is left of this chore is to give it a really good washing. I did some quick spot cleaning. I no longer have stray blueberries partying in the freezer when the door is closed.

After yesterday and in spite of having a not to bad of a sleep, I am tired, listless, lazy and am having trouble getting myself in the shower to get going. I want to just sit here and have another cup of coffee. "Come on Chris...one- two-three...up you go...come on...uuuup!

After the one-two-three up, I noticed as I passed by the window that it is now storming. After checking with the weather network...further scrutinizing the situation via visual exam of how far I can see ( visibility check) and phoning John...we decided that I should stay put until the weather calms down somewhat. I have to make sure that I can get home tonight as Mike has gone to Regina and the dog's bladder capacity is about nine hours... otherwise I could have just stayed in Saskatoon for the night. I think I shall go back to bed and have a little extra snooze.

Serenity Now

Ahhh...Peace and Quiet

Tubby...Fizzy...Flea-bee

I think I shall go have a nap.
All the energetic ones have gone tobogganing.
You know what I think of that. Haha!
I have the sniffles.
Excuse enough!

Oh No! The Swedes just beat our Canadian Junior hockey team.
Yes.. a nap shall make it all better.

Last Day of Novemember

Today is the last official day of NaBloPoMo. I started this journey, late I may add, so I haven't come quite as far as most of you. At first I always had to check to see how NaBloPoMo was spelled. Now I casually type it out...NaBloPoMo...NaBloPoMo...so easy! I did gain from this experience. I gained friends, some new computer skills and got down to writing again. I had been having trouble posting anything. I would sit in front of the computer...eyes glazing over....mind blank... a little drool starting to run down my chin. I had had fun doing this and look forward to next year.

I joined a really neat site called IowaAvenue. It is all about healthy living. It has motivated me to get back into my groove as far as weight control and exercise go...baby steps...baby steps...I will be posting there with the posts that fit into that category. I am kinda jazzed about that.

I still have a ways to go...lots to learn...skills to hone. Hopefully by the time I come back next year, I will return with new and fantastic computer skills...brilliant ideas for my posts. Everybody will flock to come and admire. LOL My mom always said that I had a good imagination. HaHaHa.

I hope you come and visit me at the Coop.

Random Humor vs. Random Pets

HUMOR

I have always been jealous of Becky's tag for humor. My tag for humor is humor. Her tag for humor is, achickenwalksintoabar. Try to type that without using the space bar. Ha! Anyway...that would so work on over at the coop. Sigh...sigh... This is what my jealousy has reduced me to:

A chicken walks into a bar
The bartender says "We don't serve poultry here!"
The chicken says "Thats O.K., I only want a beer."

Ha!

That is how Sammy laughs...Ha...a little later you may get another...Ha...

PETS

For todays pet menu I will serve you up a little Libby Brown Beans, also known as the "spawn of the devil". She has probably been the most favorite cat I have ever known. She was another rescued cat. As a kitten she had ADHD. She was so bad my daughter would beg me to take her for the weekend. She wore Shyla cat out. She would hang from Shyla's tail. Maybe that is why poor Shyla always tucks her tail and her feet in. She got into everything and wore me out like no toddler could. In the car to my house she borrowed into the sleeve of my coat. She went into the fireplace ashes...into the fish tank...sink...tub...cupboards...and up into the ceiling tiles of the basement. This cat has attitude. She stalks the people she hates. She purrs so hard that she chokes herself! She does not have the name "Brown Beans" for nothing. She loves me.

As Good As It Gets vs Better And Better

I made my page yellow! That is much better than boring white.(that is, my page at NaBloPoMo) That is about all that I know how to do as far as page design goes. Do I want to know how to do more? Probably not, or I would go and work at it. Maybe later. I think I will be happy just to change the color of the page when I get bored. Right now it is as good as it gets...

I am sad that our time here is soon to be finished. I have made some nice friends here at NaBloPoMo. I did not know anything about blog surfing or that people made blogging friends. Now that I have retired I have been somewhat isolated. So much of my time was at work! I have joined the Red Hat society and am going to make some more friends. Tomorrow I am going to meet the group for the first time. Our outing involves bake sales...craft sales...tea...wine tasting (I will pass)...lunch...and ending up a Wilson's Greenhouse to see their Christmas stuff. I have been named Baroness Beasely...has a good ring to it. Making friends...I will work at it... Some thongs can get better and better! LOL That should read THINGS... A thong cannot get better! They cannot be good at all! LOL

In answer to Margaret: I will not have the cat scan results until I see the ENT doctor Dec.4. He already warned me that they probably can't do anything about the smell disorder. I am starting to think that I may have done the damage when I fell down the stairs and clunked my head. He said that the most common cause of this type of disorder (when odors are altered) comes from head injury. You know, after a while anything can come to seem normal. You get used to it. Sorta. It is probably going to be as good as it gets...

Jonathan, Melissa and Noah came over this evening. Everybody is finally healthy. We were not able to see them for about a whole month. When that little guy walked in the door (sorry Noah's mom and dad, your competition is pretty tough...you just can't measure up to Noah's standard of cuteness!) my heart just melted. Sigh...better and better? Nothing can be any better than when one of my grandkids show up!

Change of plans...John feeling pretty bad today and I am low on energy so I am going to stay home and keep at least one eye on him...I wouldn't enjoy myself at all...maybe I will go over to the church and see how the ladies art projects are going ... go to the post office and mail a couple of parcels ... clean the basement ... maybe ...

Come And Let Me Bore You

I think I will Make this a newsy kind of a post. This post will probably have the least potential to bore the people who know and put up with me on a regular basis.

Two chickens

Today I went for my C.T Scan. I am pleased to inform you that they did not kill me. I am alive...Woo Hoo! Before the scan they bring you a questionnaire to fill out and sign. They also explain that you have a one and 200,000 chance of having a life threatening reaction to the iodine media that they are going to inject into you to enhance the scan. They try to calm your fears by informing you that they have all the necessary equipment close at hand to revive you if this should happen! Then they tell you that you will feel very weird when they inject you...you will feel a warm flush and may even feel like you wet your pants!! I kid you not! LOL Lets say I was glad for the heads up!

Five large chickens and two tiny chickens

After the scan John and were off to Rotten Ronnie's for coffee and an Egg McMuffin (I was not allowed to eat or drink prior to the scan)...then away to the Cancer Center for Monday morning blood work. NEWS FLASH...NEWS FLASH...John just informed me that someone has to cut his fingernails and that he needs to shave...LOL! Oh...how exciting our lives are! Anyway...He can cut his own fingernails.From there we went to Crappy Tire...but a bunch of good junk...lights for the tree (I spent a couple of hours yesterday trying to make the old lights work)...candy cane lights for the yard...and I don't remember but my purchases brought this response from John: "YOU BOUGHT ALL THAT?" I said "YA" Are you bored yet? Hmm?

One chicken and a cow and four chicken burner covers

From Crappy Tire ...Wal Mart...form Wal Mart...Liquidation World...now we are really living! Bought some more Pick-Up-And-Reach-Tools. I bought some wrapping paper.

One more chicken

After Liquidation World we went to the grocery store. I will spare you the grocery list. Did I hear you say "thank-you?"...Well...you are very welcome!

Four more chickens

We left the house at 7:00 a.m.and got home at 2:00 p.m...got everything sorted out 3:00 p.m...let the dog out...LOL...are you sleeping? WAKE UP ...I am not quite finished yet!

One chicken and a chicken hiding over on the light switch plate and two more down the hall I forgot about

Angela has come over for supper and is going to help me decorate the tree. I bet you are wondering "Why all the stupid chicken pictures?" Well I was wondering "Do you think that I need anymore chickens? Like for Christmas? Do you think that would be O.K.? Dare I ask?" I am not going to check for spelling and punctuation. I am tired, bored and falling asleep...zzzzzz

Random Questions and a Rant

Random Question: Why are the cows around my town mooing day and night? I have never noticed this phenomenon before. I kid you not. For the last three days, every time I went outside I could hear them... quite loudly... and I wonder when they sleep. Are they sick? Are they sad? Are they hungry? This has been driving me crazy...and then...this morning I could no longer hear them! Why the sudden quiet? Are they dead? Have they been put into the barn? I have been tempted to go and see if I could find them. Is this normal?

Random Question: Why am I eating Cheetos for breakfast? Why am I eating Cheetos while typing? This doesn't work well. I am getting cheese all over the keys!

Random Question: Why did I not scoop up the dogs logs before it snowed? No further comment.

Random Question: Is the printer out of ink or is it broken?

Random Rant: This rant is regarding Face Book and I will try to keep it short. Hang on for a second while I try to properly work myself into rant mode. It takes a moment to transfer myself from question mode into rant mode. I am one of those people who get on a roll and have trouble stopping. My problem is not with Face Book itself but with the fact that once people get on there they seem to stop blogging. When you visit their Face Book page they don't usually write much there. Yes...I know I can check their status but all I can tell from that is that they are alive or at least almost alive. Yes...I can look at the pictures that are posted and we can write funny stories about each other. We can see if we are alike or not. This is all well and fine but NOBODY IS WRITING anything anymore! I have been as bewitched as everybody else. That must therefore be the root of the problem. Face Book is bewitching! Beware! That said I have a game of Scrabulous waiting...

Still Thinking Of Summer

If it was summer I would be:

Sitting on the beach soaking up the sun with my favorite people,
Eat sunflower seeds and Popsicles and share ice cream cones with Roscoe.




Because it is winter:

I whine and complain with all my favorite people.
I shovel and shovel and while I'm waiting for the
next storm to come along..... We all freeze. (Kind of like
Popsicles but not quite the same)




By the way I want you all to know I put all these pictures here by myself. I also downloaded
all the pictures from my new digital camera onto the computer all by myself. Also I have
taught myself how to make columns instead of my old method of cut and paste witch involved
a pair of scissors and a photocopy machine by myself. whooo Hooo!!!