Happy New Year! Cold and Snow

I didn't get on here all week. We had really bad weather yesterday. It started out a nice day, sun shine and a little chilly. By 2 in the afternoon it was snowing. By 3 there where dozens of streets closed do to accidents. Many 20 car or more pile ups. There was an 8 minute video posted on Facebook.com taken at about 3pm on Carefree and Powers. It was a great video of a 20+ car pile up while it happened. Nanci just told me it made CNN! I left work at 3 and got home at 5. It's normally about a 20 minute drive. I had to detour several times. When I was done I probably went 12 miles to get home. It's only about a 4 mile trip. The worst part was I was driving my 93 benz. It had new tires! But, the fan for the heater/AC quit working end of last winter. The temp was 12 degrees! The windows where pretty fogged over and I froze my ass off. But, unlike many people, I made it home!

Luckily, Nanci and I both had the day off today. We had planned to take Kairi to Boulder to go shopping. Instead we took her to Costco. She had fun and got some stuff too.

I received a letter from an attorney in Lincoln yesterday. It was just a copy of the announcement in the legal paper in Lincoln. Basically it stated that anyone that wanted to make a claim on any of mom's stuff need to present it to the court by February 22, I think. Dick is suck an ass! So, I'm thinking of asking for mom's recipes, any photos and the malt machine. Who knows what is left in the house. Patty tried calling me this week. I am just not comfortable talking to her yet.

Chris's dad, Henry England had a stroke today. They flew him to Denver for surgery. Chris's mom and Chris are going to Denver tomorrow to see him. Sounds like it was pretty mild. Hope he is doing OK.

I need to start spending some scheduled time on my photography. It is so enjoyable and I love doing it. I just have not spent the time I want to with it. I would love to buy some new equipment. I need to schedule a couple of hours a week min. to spend on it. I also need to spend some time upgrading my ham license. The study guide I have for the current exam will expire in a few months. Again, I just need to schedule some time to study. I really enjoyed volunteering for ham events. It is very rewarding, and a hell of a lot of fun!

We got Tina's car back this week. The water pump, serpentine belt and heater core ran us $1120. But, it's a great car for Nanci to use to drive to and from Castle Rock in the winter.

Merry Christmas

Christmas was a great day. Had a great time with the kids! Anthony and Sara stopped by for a few hours. It was nice to see them, it's been several months I think. I was hoping Rocky and Jerry would have stopped by, we haven't seen them in months either.

Nanci made a very nice buffet. We had a fire in the fire pit all day long. Nanci bought some cigars! We sat by the fire, drank cocktails and smoke cigars! Good times! The weather was 60 and sunny.

I talked to my dad on the phone for about an hour or so. He was doing well.

Dick didn't even call. No gifts for the grand kids, no cards, no phone call, no email, no txt messages... Nothing! He makes a great grandpa! For several months before mom died he txt me and said they are coming for Christmas and wanted hotel info. He even mentioned it about 3 days before she died.

Never the less, we had a great time, good food and awesome weather!

Oh the Fog! Are you a virgin?

Wow foggy all day today! The fog did not burn off at all today, it was cold foggy and frozen mist. We did get a little shopping done today. Almost ready for Christmas.

Matthew is attending a parochial grade school and is learning about Angles and the Virgin Marry. So today he was asking people if they are Angles. Then he started asking people if they where Virgins! This kids just cracks me up! A couple of years ago he was pronouncing "corn" as "porn". So, we are at a restaurant and Matthew is telling the waitress that his daddy likes porn and his papa likes porn and he likes porn too. He even told the Pastor at church that he liked porn! Pastor still talks about it.

The tenant at work that called the police on me the other day filed a counter suit in court yesterday. After she was late for court. She is claiming it was my fault she didn't pay her rent. I didn't return her calls and work with her on a payment plan. Also, I harassed her mentally and emotionally. So, I have to go to court on Monday. Got to love it!

Just another day...

Work today was filled with people asking stupid questions, yelling, lying, calling me names and wishing me a Merry Christmas! Yesterday one tenant called the police on me for harassment! She was upset that I would knock on her door to see if she still lived there. She was scheduled for court today and I was hoping she was smart and moved. The cop got a kick out of it.

I went and deposited mom's check today. I wanted to just cash it, so it was not in my checking account. But, being a cashiers check from out of state, they had do hold it to make sure it clears. I also got a safe deposit box today too. I get one free with my account. I have been wanting one to put DVD's with my photos on.

Home alone and quiet tonight. Nanci had to work until 9pm and Tina went to have dinner with a friend (Cortney). Nanci just called and was stopping at Walmart to pick up some flour so I can bake some more bread. I have been baking bread since I was unemployed a couple of years ago. We rarely buy bread anymore.

Lunar eclipse last night! We stayed up until about 12:30 am. We got to see it get to about 90 percent. The dark part of the moon was nice and orange. They said the last one we had on the winter solstices was 372 years ago.

Hutch Called about Tina's car last night. Said the water pump froze up and that broke the serpentine belt. He ordered parts (from CA) and should get them on Wednesday and if he doesn't find anything else wrong we should get it back Wednesday or Thursday ($420).

Nanci, Tina and I went to Pat Carter's last night. Nanci and Tina wrapped his presents for him. He is heading back to NE for Christmas on Friday after work. We had a virtual fire place on the TV and ordered pizza.

Kairi goes to the mall and Tina's Car Dies

Last night Nanci had to work. So, Tina, Kairi and I went to the Park Meadows Mall. Kairi had a blast in the Apple Store playing with the ipad and playing games on the Mac station for kids. She looked at kitchens for kids in the Pottery Barn for Kids store. The highlight of the evening was when we ran into Pat Carter in the food court at the Outlet Mall in Castle Rock. Kairi in her cute and very loud little 3 year old voice looks at Pat and says: "Merry Flippin' Christmas, You Jack Wagon!" Everyone in the food court was looking right at her. We went outside and laughed so hard I all most cried.

This morning Nanci was heading to work on I-25 in Tina's car when she heard a loud whistling noise then a boom! The car filled with steam from the heater vents. She had to roll down the windows to be able to see. She pulled over and called me. She was on the off ramp to Monument. I picked her up and took her to work and called Klaus Towing to pick it up and take it to Hutch's shop. Looks like the serpentine belt came off and the water pump stopped, it over heated and blew a hose. I hope it's going to be a cheep and easy fix.

I received the check from mom's bank in Lincoln today. Still, I have not heard from anyone. I'm going to wait until after the first of the year to divide up the coins and will just mail them.

Cold today!

The temp dropped today. I think the high was only 28. Real slow day at work. Mostly just residents coming in to talk. Kairi is spending the night again tonight. She is just so cute!!! We had the Grandma Ann special for dinner; Chili and Pizza. OK, well grandma Ann's was usually just soup and pizza. We have a Christmas pot luck at work tomorrow at 12 then we get off early. Tina and Nanci are going to make a desert for me to take.

I called the mom's bank in Lincoln today to make sure they had everything they needed to close her accounts. They said the mailed the check today.

I've having a hard time focusing, meditating, self-hypnosis, my eye has been twitching and I've been gaining weight. Need to get back to the gym and mellow out. Not really sure what is bothering me.

Lemon Head's 6th Birthday

Today is Lemon Head's (Matthew) 6th Birthday! He is attending Salem Lutheran School. Tina also went there from 2nd grade through 8th. The school is small, really small. The school only has about 10 students currently. So, the parents volunteer to serve lunch once in a while. Today we served lunch. Matthew picked the menu. We had backed mac & cheese, dinosaur shaped peanut butter sandwiches and carrots. And there was reindeer cookies for desert.

We went to Lori's for dinner, a movie, Birthday Caked and gift opening! Kairi is spending the night at our house. That is always fun.

We had another nice warm day today. They are saying snow tonight and tomorrow. That would be OK except for the fact that Nanci has to drive to Castle Rock for work in the morning. Hard to write right now, Kairi is wanting me to play. So, I got to go.