santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Good Morning All. Clear and 67° this morning. High today in the upper-80's. Same forecast for the next 10 days with no rain in sight; at least according to the NWS. The La Niña effect is here already controlling our weather, meaning a mild and dry winter ahead.
Nothing different about yesterday, or the upcoming day today. Another laundry load yesterday to get the stuff that didn't fit in Sunday's load; meaning mostly my stuff. But I have more than enough to keep me in clean clothes for 2-3 weeks. This is the result of the kids giving me/us stuff at Christmas/birthdays/etc., that we don't need or have room for any more. In the kitchen it's Tupperware containers! But I digress.
Grilled those 1.5" thick pork chops last night, extra delicious with some green beans that I canned last spring and some yummy blueberries from the organic section of the store. Tonight, it's Taco Tuesday; either home here or at the local Mexican place where all draft beer, taco platters and Margaritas are $2 off.
Looking ahead about a week and a half from now, when we leave for our annual vacation trip to Gulf Shores AL. We've got the condo booked and my wife made the hotel reservations both going and coming home about 3 weeks ago. The cost for the room in Baton Rouge on the way there, went up in price $20 over the weekend...not to us since we've already paid. Car was serviced last Friday and it's ready to go. Years ago, we made the 11 hour journey in one day, but not any more.
So Tom O isn't the only one who has a disreputable neighbor. I've posted before about our guy, who has never been a problem with me or one other neighboring family, but has been a bad neighbor to 3 other families for many years...except the 7 years that he was locked up for shooting up one of those neighbor's RV. I hadn't seen him recently, and discovered yesterday that he's been locked up in the county jail since 9/12. Violated a restraining order that neighbor Bubba has on him. His wife is refusing to bail him out right now. It's not the first time that this has happened.
Nothing special to report from out in the train shed yesterday. I ran trains and cleaned the workbench area.
Patrick - Regarding the roads, I basically use the same widths in both rural and urban settings. There's very few people who could tell the difference anyway, and I don't get many visitors...just selective compression at work.
Michael - Lucky you on the mowing. I have to mow 11 months a year most years, but on the bright side, I never have to shovel snow.
Singer/guitarist John Mellencamp is 74 today. And if you care, Joy Behar is 83.
Everyone have a great Tuesday. I'd love to see the stock market repeat yesterday's performance...I own a few shares of AMD which went up almost $40 per share.
Nothing different about yesterday, or the upcoming day today. Another laundry load yesterday to get the stuff that didn't fit in Sunday's load; meaning mostly my stuff. But I have more than enough to keep me in clean clothes for 2-3 weeks. This is the result of the kids giving me/us stuff at Christmas/birthdays/etc., that we don't need or have room for any more. In the kitchen it's Tupperware containers! But I digress.
Grilled those 1.5" thick pork chops last night, extra delicious with some green beans that I canned last spring and some yummy blueberries from the organic section of the store. Tonight, it's Taco Tuesday; either home here or at the local Mexican place where all draft beer, taco platters and Margaritas are $2 off.
Looking ahead about a week and a half from now, when we leave for our annual vacation trip to Gulf Shores AL. We've got the condo booked and my wife made the hotel reservations both going and coming home about 3 weeks ago. The cost for the room in Baton Rouge on the way there, went up in price $20 over the weekend...not to us since we've already paid. Car was serviced last Friday and it's ready to go. Years ago, we made the 11 hour journey in one day, but not any more.
So Tom O isn't the only one who has a disreputable neighbor. I've posted before about our guy, who has never been a problem with me or one other neighboring family, but has been a bad neighbor to 3 other families for many years...except the 7 years that he was locked up for shooting up one of those neighbor's RV. I hadn't seen him recently, and discovered yesterday that he's been locked up in the county jail since 9/12. Violated a restraining order that neighbor Bubba has on him. His wife is refusing to bail him out right now. It's not the first time that this has happened.
Nothing special to report from out in the train shed yesterday. I ran trains and cleaned the workbench area.
Patrick - Regarding the roads, I basically use the same widths in both rural and urban settings. There's very few people who could tell the difference anyway, and I don't get many visitors...just selective compression at work.
Michael - Lucky you on the mowing. I have to mow 11 months a year most years, but on the bright side, I never have to shovel snow.
Singer/guitarist John Mellencamp is 74 today. And if you care, Joy Behar is 83.
Everyone have a great Tuesday. I'd love to see the stock market repeat yesterday's performance...I own a few shares of AMD which went up almost $40 per share.
