The Bird

There is the charbroiled bird.

This bird lasted us 3 days.

We may have to give half of the other one away.

A tomato still trying to ripen.

More optimistic tomatoes.

Tomatillos still proliferating on the vines.

They are used in salsa verde and other dishes.

You take the chinese-lantern skin off and you have something that looks like a green tomato.

Two sisters

I thought this foto was fascinating showing the juxta position of faces 

and attitudes.  

Sienna wasn't happy with more fotos being taken.

This (in my opinion) is the best smile of the day from Grace.

Kind of a Mona Lisa thing ...

Birthday Party in St. Louis

This young lady had 5 grandmas and 3 grandpas in attendance at her birthday party and subsequent baptism.

The birthday cake.

You notice the obvious "fairy" theme ...

This is grandma Dorothy Kingsley.

Current wife of Dan ... and a very lovely lady,

in all aspects.

The gray clouds rolled in on Sunday afternoon.

After the baptism and reception, 3 pairs of grand parents raced away from St Louis ... heading homeward. We officially departed the area at 5:33 p.m. ... and stopped for the night at 12:06 a.m.  Got up at 6:10 a.m. and made it home by 12:15 p.m.  But there was paperwork (reports) to do and get sent in.  Now I can officially collapse and get some rest for a few hours.  :-p

Update on Wednesday

We took a bus trip to the temple.

Kind of an all day event.

      

not quite a roadkill hat ... but working on it.

A Viability of Marriage Poll

The Pew study was based on interviews with 2,691 adults by cell phone or landline from Oct. 1-21. The survey has a total margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 percentage points, larger for subgroups. Pew also analyzed 2008 census data, and used surveys conducted by Time magazine to identify trends from earlier decades.

Still, the study indicates that marriage isn't going to disappear anytime soon. Despite a growing view that marriage may not be necessary, 67 percent of Americans were upbeat about the future of marriage and family. That's higher than their optimism for the nation's educational system (50 percent), economy (46 percent) or its morals and ethics (41 percent).

And about half of all currently unmarried adults, 46 percent, say they want to get married. Among those unmarried who are living with a partner, the share rises to 64 percent (who say they want to get married).

Honey-Do Day

It was one of those honey-do kind of days.

I helped my neighbor Daniel move 8 ft light bulbs, trucks parts, and other "valuable" items from the shop area and store them in a trailer.

My wife wanted the front porch storage area cleaned out and everything moved to the trailer.

I visited some kids ... Then it started seriously raining.

I plunked down in my chair for the evening and watched movie previews via the Flixster app on my iPod.  I want to see "Red" and "Salt" when they come out on DVD.

 

Cleanup - 1

This is the way it looked when I walked in this morning.

All that stuff I removed, needed to be moved to storage.

Much cleaner!

The rest of the day was spent working.,

Veterans Day

This used to be a set of bunk beds, fresh water tank, and a propane fired heater ... all gone now.

And I also had to spend 4-1/2 hours in a meeting about the finer points 

of filling out forms for Medicaid payment.

The wife and I went to Applebee's for the free veterans meal.  She ate the Fiesta Lime Chicken.  And I had the Double Crunch Shrimp.  We really enjoyed our meals, tipped the waitress, and were on our way.  :)

Another Sweaty Day

There is the tiny tub that someone had to pry me out of.

Just not big enough for me.

After several hours using a manual screwdriver, with a square tip insert (not enough room to get the drill in there), I removed cabinets from the bathroom, the tub, and both bunks.  My clothes were dripping wet again.  

Getting closer to done with the interior.  

Then on the roof for the air conditioner.

Internet Problem

We lost internet today.  Seems there was a problem with a leaky water line.  And in the process of digging up the water line ... they tore the cable and internet lines in half.  It didn't take long to fix the water line.  BUT, they are still working on the repair for the cable and internet lines.  :-p

This is the pile of pipe and tubing that they pulled out of the ground

and replaced.

UPDATE: the internet is back up.  Yay!  :-))

Breakfast of Champions

This and a banana were breakfast today.

I was on the road early seeing kids at schools.