Chad and Paige Are Here!

Tina and I met Chad and Paige at Johnny Rockets lastnight and had a nice visit. They both look good and it was great to see them both. It sounds like other than their obnoxiously noisy neighbor ( see Paiges blog ;0) ) things are going well for them. We laughed a bit about how blogging is becoming our family's primary source of communication. Tina pretty much just shook her head because her family uses something called a telephone. Have you heard of it? It sounds oddly familiar to me, but I just can't quite put my finger on it. Great concept though!
Anyway, it was great to see them both and I am glad things are going well for them. I would have liked to have spent a little more time with them, but I know how it is to come back for a visit after moving away, it's a challenge to get everyone in. Good luck with that guys!

Our Photo Album

I have set up a photo album which I will be adding to from time to time. If you would like to visit this Album, just click here....

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Tina in our driveway - Jan. 2005 

Blowin Snow! 

Let It Snow ! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Enough Already!!!!!

Holy Crap!! "WILL IT NEVER END!" I have been shoveling snow everyday for 2 weeks now. The first storm dumped around 2 to 3 feet of snow which started Dec. 30. On Friday, Jan. 7 round two hit us all weekend with another 18 inches. Today is Monday and the National weather service is calling for another 12" tonight. Tina has worked two days since Christmas break due to School closures which actually is kind of nice for me because when she gets bored, she cooks.
Sunday I shoveled snow in the morning for about an hour and a half then came inside to watch the playoffs. Tina cooked stuffed mushrooms, coconut shrimp, garlic shrimp, mini meatball subs, some sort of bread thing with shrimp on it, some cheese thingys, pickled asparagus, olives, & cookies. I'll never lose weight! This morning I broke our snow shovel in two, "No, I wasn't leaning on it!" Hopefully I will find a snow shovel somewhere. They are not easily obtained these days in the Washoe Valley areas. I read that the Vegas folks think its snowing there, that's not snow people, that's dust. You want snow? Come to Reno!

New Years Eve ( Not for the timid!)

New Years Eve was celebrated with Tina and I having a nice dinner at home. Around 7:30pm Tina took her Chocolate Santa and headed for the bedroom to read and watch some TiVo, she was out by 9:00pm. I on the other hand, Wild Man that I am, hit the streets of San Andreas, gunned down a few thugs, stole and wrecked countless sports cars, beat up and robbed a few old ladies. When I got bored with that I golfed a round with Tiger woods. PS2 you gotta love it!!
I knew it was midnight when Max hopped up on the couch and sat there quivering. He hates the sound of fire works!! I pondered the thought of going upstairs to watch the fireworks and maybe taking a couple of pictures but it was third and goal on the 8th yardline and I was about to take the lead!! Hey, the Raiders can't seem to win a game by themselves, so I thought what the hell, "Put me in coach!"

Happy New Year!

Well, I hope all is well with everyone and you all had a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Fa la la la la, la la la la.... Tina and I had a very nice visit in Winnemucca. It was nice to see everyone. We spent Christmas Eve eating and opening gifts at the Millers. Christmas morning we had breakfast at Dad and Bettes and had a very nice visit. We drove to Paradise Valley in the afternoon for Christmas dinner at her Uncle Garys ranch. Our visit was filled with way too much food, great people and more food. We did have one near tragedy when Mom took a header and fell down on Christmas eve-eve, Mom scraped up her knee and has a hairline fracture on her left wrist. The fact that I was walking her out when she fell has formed a pretty huge cloud of guilt over my head. I feel pretty fornunate that she was not hurt any worse. Tina went home Monday because Max the dog was scheduled to have a tumor removed from his leg. The surgery went well and the Dr. feels that he removed all of it. It was malignant, so we will just have to keep an eye on it. I stayed in Winnemucca until Wednesday to get more time in with Mom, Dad and Bette and to Visit more with Russ, Kyle and Yvette. Monday I went to see how Mom was doing, she is an amazingly tough hombre, but pretty sore. I spent Monday night watching football with Russ at the Red Lion. We had a few beers, ate bar munchies and watched football. Three of my favorite things to do.
Tuesday afternoon I had lunch with Mom and that evening Dad, Bette and I had a nice dinner at the Martin Hotel. I left for home Wednesday, got lazy and decided not to take the outside Christmas decorations down until later and woke up to three feet of snow the following day. Needless to say, I spent Thursday shoveling out Santa and his Reindeer. I can't remember the last time I've seen this much snow. It was fun the first day, now its getting old! I have a lot of pictures of the holiday and the snow, I just haven't figured out how to post pics on blog yet. Anyway, we had a great holiday, save not seeing Chad and Paige and my second cloud of guilt for not calling Troy, Lori and the Kids!! That's all for now!!
I hope 2005 brings all of you much Joy and Happiness!