BobBIE-Baby

MY.BRAND.NEW. . . BABY!

2011-10-15T17:30:00.000-07:00

I went to Belen today and brought home . . . Gus! He'll end up with a billion other names!

Meeting Jack:

Ms. A's Favorite Band

2011-09-27T05:53:00.001-07:00

I found this video ...> 5 minutes long...of a guy dancing to a song of Annette's favorite band, Foster the People.

Amazing Dance

35 Years With an Aussie

2011-04-10T10:43:00.000-07:00

Today I let Rowdy "Bubba" Dog go to see Hank, Sally and Pew....

Romp with joy! Rest in peace.

'55 AND STILL ALIVE ! ! !

2010-12-25T13:08:00.000-08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ME!!! LOOK WHAT I GOT BACK TODAY...

Oldies! "Red Green Yellow and Blue" by Dickie Lee

2010-09-29T09:03:00.000-07:00

Holy Moly! I found this song on YouTube. I think it came out in 1968 and I've been looking for it since then. Something about it stuck in my mind all these years. Ain't the internet great?

WHOA ! ! ! NEW PAINT!

2010-08-12T17:09:00.001-07:00

Jack went up to Chimayo to pay the guy for painting this car. Look at how amazing it is! Jack says it looks like glass. They put some of the emblems and trim on after it cured and now it's painted the true two-tone BelAir style. That is... what is above the chrome trim along the side is white and what's below is turquoise. Jack said that half of the car enthusiasts from Northern New Mexico came by the painter's house to take a gander at it.

here's the true trim below the gas tank door it never had but should have:

...AND I get V-8 trim below the taillights since it now has a V-8 engine...

I can't wait to get it back! The guy who's restoring it is taking it back to his house to start putting all the rest of the trim and interior back together. We have the seats in the garage that were upholstered with the original style fabric, so I hope to get it back in another couple of months...but who knows ? ! ? After 7+ years, it's hard to say.

WHAT THE . . . . SNOW ? ! ?

2010-05-02T08:09:00.000-07:00

...Springtime in the Rockies! And on my birthday yet! Bratling remembered a snowstorm on my birthday when she was just a little girl. Here she is a grown up Little girl and it's happening again!

Rowdy and I took a walk when it was snowing the hardest. As I write, the sun it out!
A view from the back porch.

A short video:

A '55 RESTORATION UPDATE

2010-05-01T11:32:00.000-07:00

From November 2009 after the dash was painted and all the new trim and knobs put on:

The trunk with all that primer:

I went up to Chimayo yesterday and he's the inside of the trunk painted the pure bright white it will be:

This is the inside of the trunk lid (if you couldn't figure that out!):

...and yours truly,

I was told that if the weather is calm on Tuesday and Wednesday, the rest will get painted. We are going with the true Bel Air two-tone with white above the trim (trunk and top) and turquoise below. The interior will be turquoise, too. We've gotten the interior already; it's made from the original style fabric, carpet and headliner. I'll post pictures of the seats that have been completed soon.

A NEW 'DO

2010-03-26T16:01:00.000-07:00

YIKES! YIKES! YIKES! All my hair got chopped off today! ...and you can't see the platinum too much...

FORTY-SIX AND ABSOLOUTELY FABULOU*S !

2009-11-15T15:14:00.000-08:00

YIKES! YIKES! YIKES! HEEEEERE'S THE BIRTHDAY GIRL!

"YOU LIE!"

2009-09-15T06:11:00.000-07:00

September 11, 2009

Wilson Shouts ‘You Lie' After Wife Fakes Orgasm

Breach of Congressional Decorum, Experts Say

Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) courted controversy again today as he reportedly shouted "You lie" during a sexual encounter in which his wife pretended to have an orgasm.

While details of Rep. Wilson's latest outburst are sketchy at best, congressional experts say that it is totally against the decorum of the House of Representatives to speak out during a spouse's faked orgasm.

But the South Carolina congressman got a vote of support from a fellow Republican lawmaker, Sen. John Ensign (R-NV), who told reporters, "It's so rare for a Republican politician to have sex with his own wife, we should applaud it when it happens."

In a related story, President Obama said that Rep. Wilson's outburst during his speech Wednesday night was "productive," adding, "Joe Wilson highlighted the need for mental health care."

More Quilts...Thanks to Shelbert

2009-08-09T13:40:00.000-07:00

Thank you, Michele, for bailing me out with your fine photography. My over excited brain caused me to forget to photograph this little girl's quilt. It received a second place ribbon.

...and this stack-n-whack style that used rose fabric earned another second place...
They had the quilts displayed so that it was difficult to shoot straight on...except the girl's quilt that was folded on a table with several others instead of hung up...what's with that !?!?

A Quilt for Mama-Lady, Part Deux

2009-08-08T11:27:00.001-07:00

WooHoo! Another winner!

This one is Reserve Grand Champion (that means the second best quilt entered).

Yippee!

I WAS SO EXCITED, I FORGOT TO TAKE PICTURES OF THE OTHER TWO I ENTERED!

SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKIES

2009-04-17T16:56:00.000-07:00

This is what's happening outside today:

As you can see from my first attempt at movie making...I'm not that great, so here are a couple of stills:

Here's what's happening inside the house.
On Sunday:

...and on Thursday:

I got the bulb several years ago from a friend for Christmas. This is the third time it's bloomed, so I guess I should put it in a bigger pot and give it more attention. Fortunately, it's been thriving on neglect!

SUSAN BOYLE - SCOTTISH SINGER

2009-04-15T17:25:00.000-07:00

I couldn't figure out how to embed a YouTube video, but here's that site to see Susan Boyle on Britain's "You've got Talent":

HERE

US Naval Academy Performance

2009-04-13T10:33:00.000-07:00

This is a pretty amazing demonstration!

Check it out... Here

Cake...High Altitude Style

2009-04-11T16:51:00.000-07:00

Mmmm...homemade yellow cake with chocolate buttercream frosting...mmmmmm!

Spring Snowstorm

2009-03-27T09:27:00.000-07:00

A while back, Izzy posted her story about the Snow Hill. I found it in my back yard being watched over by Cat.

We got about four inches of snow last night and today it is windy and cold (24)! I took Rowdy for a walk and the streets were icy. YIKES! It was wet snow when it started coming down and then got cold. All the streets and highways are icy.

The side yard in back.

The casita and barn.

I was worried about my apricot trees blooming. Now I don't need to worry anymore...

A little fir tree in the dog pen. I should decorate it for Christmas!

Butter Dips

2009-03-26T11:51:00.000-07:00

Since we've been putting a lot of recipes on our blogs, Izzy asked me to provide the recipe for the butter biscuits we made at Mom's one time. Here it is:

BUTTER DIPS

1/4 c. butter
1 1/4 c. flour
2 t. sugar
2 t. baking powder
1 t. salt
2/3 c. milk

Heat oven to 450. In 9x9x2" square pan, melt the butter in the oven. Watch it closely so that it does not burn. Remove the pan from the oven.

Mix the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a bowl, add milk and stir just until dough forms, about 30 strokes.

Turn the dough onto a well floured surface, roll it around to coat with flour. Knead lightly about 10 times. Roll into 8-inch square. With floured knife, cut dough in half, then cut each half into nine 4-inch strips. Dip each strip into the melted butter, coating both sides. Arrange strips close together in 2 rows in the pan. Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown.

ENJOY!

Mmmmmm...Potato Bread

2009-03-22T17:51:00.000-07:00

I have been remiss about blogging, so look for a couple of additional posts after this.

I sent the recipe out, and decided it has been too long since I made potato bread. The recipe is actually for rolls, but I made a loaf. I put in more yeast than the recipe calls for because I like a nice yeasty flavor. It really rose up in the oven, a little uneven, but my stomach doesn't care!

I also made rolls, but they got a little too brown. They taste good, too!

Making Vanilla, Part 3

2009-03-22T17:46:00.001-07:00

When possOut went to the P-Club recently, I asked her to bring me more vanilla beans if they had some. They did, so I put 5 more beans into my bottle yesterday. Today, here's how it looks...

It's smelling pretty yummy, but I want a more intense vanilla flavor, so I'll let it sit for a while longer.

Spring is in the Air

2009-03-22T17:35:00.000-07:00

We, too have been experiencing spring-type weather. As a result, my apricot trees are blooming. I hope they don't get nipped, there's still time for a freeze.

Two different trees:

...and some daffodils

There's a Reason...

2009-02-28T11:19:00.000-08:00

...that Ms. Izzy is so happy to have a KitchenAid stand mixer:

With the bowl:

and freshly made bread:

I boo-booed on the bread. It was supposed to be whole wheat, but when I started making it, I immediately measured out mostly white flour and only about a third was whole wheat. I bet it tastes good. We'll find out when it cools.

Vanilla Update

2009-02-07T11:19:00.000-08:00

Here we go, three weeks into the making of vanilla. It's pretty dark and is beginning to smell really yummy. When I think about it, I take the bottle out of the cabinet and shake it up. I guess I'll leave it in there to age for about 3 months. My kitchen was dark when I took the first picture, so I set the bottle in the window for the other one.

According to a friend at work who makes vanilla and shares with her Mom, 15 beans are better than 10 in a fifth. She gets her beans from...where else...Penzey's spices! I'm hoping mine will come out strong enough with only 10. The more beans, the stronger the vanilla. She also said that some people use Rum, but she doesn't like rum/vanilla flavor so she uses Vodka. She wants hers as strongly vanilla as possible. My beans said Rodelle Vanilla Beans on the package.

A Quilt for Mama-Lady

2009-02-06T11:53:00.001-08:00

You all know that I picked Mom for Christmas this year, so here is the gift I gave. I'm going to go to her house someday and have two people hold this up so you can see the whole thing. Sometimes when I'm quilting, my ideas get away from me...

Making Vanilla

2009-02-05T18:15:00.000-08:00

The day my eye blew up, I was in Albuquerque where I went to Costco and found they had a package of 10 vanilla beans. I purchased those and then went to our Smith's store and bought a cheap bottle of (on sale!) Vodka. I proceeded to make vanilla:

1. Pour out about a cup of the Vodka to make room in the bottle before you start stuffing the bans in:

2. Cut the vanilla beans allong the length and open them up:

3. I cut all ten beans and stuck them in the bottle:

4. Pour the extra Vodka back in the bottle to cover the beans and dump the left over. Et Voila! Vanilla! Or it will be in about 4 months. I've checked it a couple of times and it's starting to smell really goooood!

I'M NOT DRIVING THAT CAR!

2009-02-01T14:57:00.000-08:00

As P-doobie said in her blog, we took pictures of each other through the car window. I was trying to be Jack Classic and look at the scenery without getting out.

We were leaving Bandelier when we saw this small herd of deer:

This one was noshing on the scenery:

I Don't Look Too Good...

2009-01-05T17:38:00.000-08:00

What a day! Long story in a minute, short story: retinal tear.

Read what a retinal tear is HERE!

YIKES! YIKES! YIKES!

It started on Thursday evening when I noticed a black thing streak by. I thought it was a bug, fly or something and I kept swatting at it, as it was near my right eye. I don't know if you get any of those gray floaty things in your vision, I do, but this one was black. Weird. I read up on the internet about floaters,and the article I read said that they could get more noticeable in bright light. I didn't think much about it...until Saturday. I went to Albuquerque to meet Josh and Alison to take them their Christmas gifts. They had been at our house on Christmas, but left the following day to fly to Las Vegas, NV to spend time with Josh's mother. I didn't want them leaving all their gifts in the truck parked at the airport for a week, so I told them I'd meet them when they got back. We met at Olive Garden, I got out of the truck to hug Josh hello and then my eye went berserk. It was as if someone had dribbled black paint on my eyeball. What I was seeing was blood from the tear on my retina. The sunlight aggravated it and made it seem really bad. It didn't hurt and when we went in the restaurant it seemed to clear up. As I was leaving Albuquerque, I noticed my sight was hazy and it seemed like I was looking through a screen or netting. There were billions of gray and black tiny little dots. Only in my right eye. Once I got home, I told Jack about it and then worried that I had a detached retina. Does anyone know the symptoms of a detached retina? I looked on the Eye Associates web page to see if they had something about it. They did, I felt that I had some of the symptoms and I got scared so I called their local number to see what they would say about an emergency. I got in touch with their answering service who notified the Dr. on call, he called me back and we discussed my symptoms. He didn't think it was a detached retina as I did NOT see flashes of light or have the feeling of a curtain in front of my eyes. I asked if one could see through this curtain and he said no. I could see through whatever was happening in my eye. He said I needed to call the local office on Monday and tell them he said I needed to be seen right away.

I called this morning, got an appointment for 11:10...sat in there for 30 minutes...someone took information...I sat longer...they dilated my eye...I sat longer and finally got to see Dr. Bratton, a most wonderful, funny woman! She looked in there and, sure enough, there was a horseshoe shaped tear on my retina. She called the Santa Fe office to see if I could get in to see Dr. Wyant (Mom's usual Dr.) who is a retina specialist. They wanted me down there PRONTO! By now it is 12:40 and they wanted me down there within two hours, so I took off, dropped my moral support friend, Trishie back at work, picked up Jack and away we went. We got there around 2:20...and I waited...someone took information...I sat longer...they dilated my eye...I sat longer and finally got to see Dr. Wyant. He's really great, too. He said he needed to fix the tear with a laser. If I hadn't gone in, he thinks I would have ended up with a detached retina and then it would be surgery. So they numbed my eye, added more dilation drops and shot me with the laser. YIKES! That was very weird! It's more of an ache than pain, but hard for me to stay tuned in on the flashing red light with my left eye. Dr. Wyant said I did good! We finally got out of Santa Fe about 5:30. Now I have to be patient. I cannot do ANY exercise or READ! for a week. The lack of exercise I can deal with...but NO READING?!? That will certainly destroy me! I go back next week for them to check it and make sure the laser fixed the tear. This whole thing is an age (ICK!) related thing that can happen to people over age 55 with nearsightedness. I resemble those comments! I'm OK! I'm OK! I just feel like I'm falling apart. First I have that surgery to remove my stupid tooth, then my bunionectomy and now this! I hope this is it for a while!

Mike Shanahan FIRED ! ? !

2009-01-01T15:44:00.000-08:00

I'm bummed. Pat Bowlen, Denver Broncos owner, fired Mike Shanahan on Tuesday (right after P-doobie gave me an autographed photo of Mike for Christmas!). What a bonehead (Bowlen)!

Read and weep:

FIRED!

Disco Elves

2008-12-31T16:21:00.001-08:00

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Tool Bag Update

2008-12-14T08:02:00.000-08:00

If you haven't checked out the path of the tool bag, the web site has added a new feature called footprint. It shows the area the tool bag can be viewed above the horizon. I wish that I'd had it the other night when it passed by western Oklahoma. I might have been able to see it. I'm going to have to get a telescope...

TOOLBAG

HOT BUTTERED RUM!

2008-12-14T07:33:00.000-08:00

Here's the recipe I got from Gracie for the hot buttered rum served at their caroling parties (no rum required if you don't imbibe):

1 lb. softened butter
1 lb. confectioners sugar
1 lb. brown sugar

Cream above ingredients together then add:

2 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. nutmeg
1 qt. softened vanilla ice cream

Mix well.

Use 2 T. for each cup, hot water and 1 jigger rum, sprinkle with fresh grated nutmeg or cinnamon

Enjoy it with Chuckbert's fruitcake! (BTW, how's the fruitcake coming along?)

Keep the remaining mix in the freezer.

YUM, YUM!

Track the Tool Bag

2008-11-27T07:34:00.000-08:00

Track the tool bag that got away from the astronaut on November 19...as well as satellites!

HERE!

HAY BUDDY!

2008-09-16T16:39:00.000-07:00

I finally got my load of hay in my barn on Sunday. It was quite an ordeal, but now I am set for over a year. WHEW! Here's how my barn looked on Sunday morning:

...and here's how it looked after filling it with hay:

Iris Street Condo

2008-08-29T14:49:00.000-07:00

Let's take a tour of the condo that Mom is planning to buy...

Here is the front door from the parking lot:

This is the designated covered parking spot for her unit:

The view into the living room from the front door.

Looking into the kitchen from the front door (in the front door and looking right).

The view into the kitchen from the living/dining area (west).It has a great view of the underside of the stairs leading to the second floor unit!

The living room looking east to the slider.

The view into the master bedroom. It has a bathroom with a shower and toilet. The sink is separate from the shower room.

The view out the slider to the common area. There is a small enclosed, covered porch with steps down to the common area.

The view to the back of the condo from the common area with Peg and Michele on the porch.

A view of the common area.

The small bedroom...

He's Baaaaack!

2008-08-24T07:51:00.000-07:00

The hawk came back and Jack took these pictures of him...or her... I don't know!

THE EAGLE HAS LANDED!

2008-08-23T12:42:00.001-07:00

...or in this case, it's a Goshawk. I ran out to look at it, since Jack was telling me it landed in the tree near the bird feeder, "waiting for Tweety." I said, "What am I doing!?! I have a brand.new.camera. YIKES! I ran back inside and here's what I shot using my new Sony Cybershot DSCH50 9.1MP 15X optical zoom camera

NEW MEXICO JUNIOR COLLEGE BASEBALL NEWS

2008-08-16T08:30:00.000-07:00

I think it's official. Maybe the board has to convene and vote, but Josh was selected to head the baseball program at New Mexico Junior College. Things are certainly coming together for that young man!

Read all about it!

A WINNER!

2008-08-09T18:52:00.000-07:00

FRESH FROM THE LOS ALAMOS COUNTY FAIR, PRESENTING PAGRS QUILT:

LANL Could Get Job of Dismantling Bombs

2008-07-14T13:14:00.000-07:00

We made the news big today. Read this story that appeared this morning in the Journal North and made it to the blog:

LANL Blog

This is what our group does. If Savannah River Site doesn't get their act together, we'll be doing it all! YIPPIE!!!

Another Quilt for a Baby

2008-07-13T13:44:00.000-07:00

This quilt is for Jack's sister Jill's granddaughter, Montana. She is already a year and a half, but I made it twin size so she can use it forever! She should receive it on Monday, I hope!

A Quilt for PAGRS

2008-07-13T13:31:00.001-07:00

I made this quilt for P-doobie. It was intended for her birthday, but I did not finish it in time. I gave it to her when Chuckbert and JerBear were here, then asked for it back so I can enter it in the County Fair in August. YIKES! Poor Pagrs won't get it till after it wins a ribbon (I'm a little sure of myself, eh?).

Closeup of one of my favorite blocks:

The back...the fabric is called Bookbinder:

Bandelier National Monument Bomb Scare

2008-07-04T10:42:00.001-07:00

We took off this morning to show Alison's parents and brother Bandelier. When we reached the visitor center, they were evacuating buildings due to a bomb scare. We stayed in the shade for about an hour before they sent everyone home: one.car.at.a.time. They were waiting for bomb sniffing dogs to arrive so they completely closed the park. What a bunch of wackos live and survive in this world!

Bandelier

MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENTS

2008-07-04T10:33:00.000-07:00

SIMPSON-BLUE

Josh Simpson and Alison Blue announce weddings plans for July 18, 2009!

Bobbie and the Senator

2008-06-19T07:18:00.000-07:00

I had forgotten that last July 2, Senator Pete Dominici and a whole gaggle of other high level dignitaries toured through PF-4 (commonly known as "the Plant") and I went over with a bunch of workers in there to meet and greet. I got my picture taken. He even pinched my cheek (with his bad hand, yet!) Here it is for all eternity!

To the left of me in the first picture is my friend, Trish.

P.S. The gray haired guy (with gray whiskers on his chin) in the left of each picture is our illustrious Director.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO JOSH'S NUMERO UNO DAD!

2008-06-15T12:46:00.000-07:00

Fire Danger is HIGH!

2008-06-13T14:52:00.000-07:00

Wednesday a fire broke out in a little south and west of White Rock. Jack paged me at work and when I called home, he said, "Can you come home now!?!" I asked what was wrong...I immediately thought, horses! dog! husband! He told me about the fire and wanted me to come home right away. (We are all kinda freaked when we see smoke so close.) I called the police to ask where the fire was because he couldn't really tell. They told me Ancho Canyon (from my house along St. Rd. 4 towards Bandelier, it's where you drop into the canyon before climbing out atop the mesa where the entrance to Bandelier is). I went home and he had the Brand. New. Horse Trailer. hooked up and ready to go.

We listened to KRSN...not much on, but there is a new AM station run by Emergency Management for Los Alamos County. They had snippets of information that were more useful. The fire was contained Wednesday night sometime. It burned about 10 acres. Fire crews from several agencies helped and there were two slurry bombers. One flew right over us really low. I'm standing there looking at it (with my mouth hanging open...) and then thought, "Where is my camera!?!?" Too late! They flew around in circles for a long time.

Apparently, a test was being conducted (after a RED FLAG WARNING was issued due to extremely high winds): Story

I'm so glad they put it out because the winds were blowing from south towards us! Could you imagine another government agency caused fire! YIKES! YIKES! YIKES!

A Famous Couple's Anniversary

2008-06-08T09:39:00.000-07:00

Wow! It's our 12th Anniversary!

MEMORIAL DAY 2008

2008-05-25T09:31:00.001-07:00

EXCELSIOR!

2008-05-23T08:30:00.000-07:00

I was re-reading one of my Mary Stuart stories "Airs Above the Ground" and the heroine said, "Whither thou goest, I will follow. Excelsior." That got me laughing and thinking about P-Doobie with hand puppets quoting Longfellow. I looked up "Excelsior" on Wikipedia and found the poem and thought we should all read it again!

Excelsior!

A. BIG. DAMN. SNAKE ! !

2008-05-21T17:04:00.000-07:00

This evening when I went down to the barn to feed the horses, this is what I saw trying to hide under a hay bale:

After I looked at it...a bull snake (I checked the tail)...I ran to the house to get Jack and show it to him. When we got back down there, there was another one. They were both about the same size...BIG! Maybe four feet long. He (she?)was going across the opening in the front of the barn. Before that, I scared it and it went into the stall where Barney was eating and Barney got scared. He jumped around and so the snake got scared and came out and went into the stall next door. I took three great pictures of it, but had the lens cap on, so they really weren't so great!

I tried to get a close-up, but it moved away too fast.

...and ended up going under a pile of lumber in one of the stalls.

I'm wondering if I interrupted a mating ritual...

Erito Burrito Quilt

2008-04-27T15:55:00.001-07:00

Izzy sent me pix of Erito's quilt. Remember...it was the first one I finished. I still have the first one I started, which will be mine someday! I had planned to hand quilt it, but since it is king sized and I don't have a quilt frame, I was beating up the batting, so I decided to machine quilt it. Sometimes when I have spare time, I get it out and quilt, but I haven't made much progress. So enjoy this one...

Who is this handsome lad...? ! ?

More Quilts!

2008-04-27T09:21:00.000-07:00

Xian's Quilt:

Xin's:

Mei's:

Quilts, Quilts and More Quilts

2008-04-26T19:26:00.001-07:00

Since I've been sewing a lot lately and it's been primarily quilt piecing, I thought I would show some of the quilts I've made for the past few years. I wish I had taken pictures of Erito's quilt. It was the first one I made and I don't have photos. Following is the one I made for Chuck. I plan to do this one again sometime.

Here's Jerry's...

I've made more than my share of baby quilts, so enjoy these!

There are some more, and don't you fret, if you haven't received one from me, you will. It will be a surprise when they come! I'll post more later. It's amazing to me when I start looking at them, how many I've made. I have four going right now, and three are ready to be quilted.

Josh in Coaching Action!

2008-04-25T18:23:00.000-07:00

This is the New Mexico Junior College field in Hobbs, NM where Josh is coaching. It is artificial turf. The baselines are red artificial turf. The only dirt on the whole field is on the pitchers mound. All the baseline marks are permanent. Life in the desert...

This is Josh coaching first base. He trades off 1st base coaching duties with another coach:

Here he is in the team meeting; he's number 44. I could never get him to look at me, and I didn't want to embarrass him by yelling at him to look at me and smile!

Spring Time in the Rockies!

2008-04-25T18:15:00.000-07:00

I took these pictures on April 1 (you see...I'm still not too good at this blogging...). We have daffodils and the tree is my baby apricot (3 years old) in bloom. I think we had hard frost and snow on April 10, so no apricots this year.

The Continuing Saga of the '55 Chevy Restoration

2008-04-25T18:01:00.000-07:00

I went to see my car in progress last weekend. The restoration guy says I should have it back before August. That remains to be seen... Here's the front end. The firewall is painted and the engine has been installed for about 4.5 years! Other pictures I took turned out too dark.

Here's the front "clip" in front of the engine; it's still in primer and that's the steering column in the middle.

Here are the painted hubcaps, the back seat armrests, complete with their little ash trays, and in the background is the back seat with the trunk lid on top of it. Remember how Dad drilled holes to attach that cargo carrier on the back for our trip to Ohio? All those holes are filled and the remaining holes are to attach the trim and emblems on the trunk. Now that I have a V-8 engine, I get the little V trim emblem under the taillights! How cool is that!?!

Grade School Shop Projects

2008-03-14T09:39:00.000-07:00

Chuckie's post on shop projects in grade school made me go look for my pins. I must have been a genius! Maybe I should have pursued a career in jewelry making...

Dangerous Lemon Slices?

2008-03-10T11:39:00.000-07:00

This creeped me right out! It's a wonder we all haven't croaked off because of the stuff that's out there....

TheDay After

2008-03-07T08:34:00.000-08:00

I shot these pictures earlier after the sun came up. They are still a little dark. There's a Thursday and today shot of the horse pen and others around the yard. The one looking back towards the little house from the barn shows the snow hanging off the edge of the roof from yesterday's melting it.

More Pix

2008-03-06T06:34:00.000-08:00

I guess those photos were too small...I'm learning. Here are some more. I'm sorry they are so dark, it's early!

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

2008-03-06T06:26:00.000-08:00

Finally I have something newsworthy to add. A.Brand.New. Snowstorm. It started about 7:00 last night and was still snowing hard at 5:00 this morning. So far, I think it's a foot. The weather man said it would be south of us...I guess he lied. The Lab is on a delay until 10:00 this morning, Jack is shoveling and I took pictures.

Josh the Baseball Coach

2008-02-23T08:56:00.000-08:00

Some of you may (or may not) know that Josh is the hitting coach at New Mexico Junior College in Hobbs, NM. You can read all about the baseball program under Athletics:

http://www.nmjc.edu/athletics/baseball.asp

(you may have to copy and paste...I don't know if the links are automatic).

There are some pictures of him at the web page under Baseball Field Dedication. I was unsure about putting the links to them here...but he's on the fifth page of photos in the third row. You can also see him coaching first base in the background of some of the hitters. So far they are undefeated (8-0) with games today and tomorrow. Check him out! (and tell me how to post those pictures here...)

2008-02-22T16:27:00.000-08:00

Jack is retired, you know, so this is what he looks like most of the time. Just kidding. Everyone asks if I leave him "Honey-Dos" and if he has supper waiting for me when I get home. He knows what to do. He's always been good at laundry, cleaning house, taking care of vehicles and the yard stuff. I guess I can do cooking...

2008-02-22T13:49:00.000-08:00

OK Guys, I'm going to try this blog stuff. I hope that I can find things of interest to put here. Upward and outward...