Holiday Eating Guide

HOLIDAY EATING TIPS
1. Avoid carrot sticks. Anyone who puts carrots on a holiday buffet tableknows nothing of the Christmas spirit. In fact, if you see carrots, leave immediately. Go next door, where they're serving rum balls.
2. Drink as much eggnog as you can. And quickly. It's rare.. You cannotfind it any other time of year but now. So drink up! Who cares that it has10,000 calories in every sip? It's not as if you're going to turn into aneggnog-alcoholic or something. It's a treat. Enjoy it. Have one for me.Have two. It's later than you think. It's Christmas!
3. if something comes with gravy, use it. That's the whole point of gravy.Gravy does not stand alone. Pour it on. Make a volcano out of your mashedpotatoes. Fill it with gravy. Eat the volcano. Repeat.
4. as for mashed potatoes, always ask if they're made with skim milk orwhole milk. If it's skim, pass. Why bother? It's like buying a sports carwith an automatic transmission.
5. Do not have a snack before going to a party in an effort to control youreating. The whole point of going to a Christmas party is to eat otherpeople's food for free. Lots of it. Hello?
6. Under no circumstances should you exercise between now and New Year's.You can do that in January when you have nothing else to do. This is thetime for long naps, which you'll need after circling the buffet table whilecarrying a 10-pound plate of food and that vat of eggnog.
7. If you come across something really good at a buffet table, like frostedChristmas cookies in the shape and size of Santa, position yourself nearthem and don't budge. Have as many as you can before becoming the center ofattention. They're like a beautiful pair of shoes. If you leave them behind,you're never going to see them again.
8. Same for pies. Apple, Pumpkin, Mincemeat. Have a slice of each. Or ifyou don't like mincemeat, have two apples and one pumpkin. Always havethree. When else do you get to have more than one dessert? Labor Day?
9. Did someone mention fruitcake? Granted, it's loaded with the mandatorycelebratory calories, but avoid it at all cost. I mean, come on, have some standards.
10. One final tip: If you don't feel terrible when you leave the party orget up from the table, you haven't been paying attention. Re-read tips;start over, but hurry, January is just around the corner.
Remember thismotto to live by:"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arrivingsafely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid insideways, chocolate in one hand, body thoroughly used up, totally worn outand screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"Have a great holiday season

Old Picture

I Found this picture and had to post it

Pictured is, Neil Newell, Owen Mortenson,

Grant Newell, Myself , and Ruthann Mortenson.

I don't remember what the function was, except that it was at the old 3rd ward building in Tacoma. It may have been for scouts or something. Mom, do you remember? anyway I had to post this, pretty funny.

Where I Work

For all you who Might be interested,

Here is where I work, and the View

of the Tetons outside my office door,

I do like this valley. The View is alot

better in person, So...... If you would

like to see it, Come on down, I'ld be

happy to show you some of the sights.

Gingers New Digs

Here it is.............. Gingers New Digs.........TaDuh!!! Well there you have it.

She Loves her new house, and lays in it whenever she has to be in her kennel.Until there is something to bark at of coarse, but she loves to lay around in her new house.

It is full 2x4 framing, insulated, with plywood inside and out,

the outside walls are basecoat, finish coat stucco , and the roof is also insulated with a metal roof.

it should do her good. Maybe she could sleep outside??!!?!?! Probably not though.

Our 18th Anniversary

So, I'm Getting a little flack for not Blogging the important stuff,, Like say MaryLyns Birthday, and our Anniversary, Well we kinda did something for both. We went for a long drive through the hills to Soda Springs, Id. It was alot of fun, Ginger went with us too, she was in heaven, after she realized she wasn't going to a kennel. This Picture was taken at Hooper Springs State Park just outside of Soda. There is a Spring that is "Soda Water", It's cool to bring a drink powder with you and mix it with the soda water from the spring. It's not too bad.

Here's another shot of us and Ginger, We did have alot of fun that day, it was a good Anniversary.

We had lunch in Soda, at the Arctic Circle, and ate it in the

city Park, They have an old Railroad Bus , plus some old mining equipment. there is a couple of mines , and a fertilizer plant, (not the poop kind), Kinda neat to watch the slag from the process being dumped, it pours down a hill like molten lava, happened too fast to get the camera out. So That was Our Anniversary , We did have dinner at home, Steak and Mushrooms, with a bottle of Bubbly.

This is the last picture taken before it was traded. the car it was traded for sold for $65,000.00, so my hard work paid off for my boss. I hated to see it go but I knew I couln't buy it, so I had to just wave goodbye.

UPDATE!!!

O.K. So here goes the Update.................

Oh Shoot, Now I can't remember what I was thinking about.
Wait, wait for it.... It's coming back to me..........Dang it's gone.

Now what I wasn't thinking about. The Summer was not long enough, It is starting to S--- again,(thats still a bad word for another month) and I have too many things going on.
Chris and I are in the middle of building Ginger a new house for her Kennel, It's almost 4 feet square and 30 inches high(inside),Competely insulated with a metal roof, and no windows, however, the siding will be stucco. MaryLyn says we should put carpet inside too, maybe.......
Ginger seems to be very happy about her new diggs, she keeps going in and laying down, even when we were still nailing it together, Crazy Dog.
Christopher loves school, the charter school was the best thing for him. He wouldn't go back to the public school for anything. He is in 9th grade, keeps a B+ average, all the staff
think the world of him, and he's got some good friends to boot. The Permanent building is almost done, we'll move into it during Christmas break, Wahoo!
Marylyn is the best E.A.(thats Educational Assistant) in the school, thats not a bias opinion,just fact. She has been named head E.A. and is in charge of training.

We went to Grant & Rhonda's wedding. It was good to see everyone,and visit with Grant and Rhonda, We enjoyed the visit. we had to go home too early,and didn't get to spend alot of time up there, but had a good time with what we were able to do.

Well, I'm going to blog more later, My creativity has escaped me,and I'm too fat to catch it,so there you go............... For Now.