This is not my beautiful wife….
No, it’s my beautiful house under construction, circa 1908.
The woman we bought it from sent us this and a few others.
The second photo here is from 1912. Notice the little sapling tied to the stake in the front yard? It’s now the 60 foot pecan tree that shades us from the afternoon sun.
Smashmouth ain’t nothin
This is in response to Gary’s Smashmouth posting. I couldn’t post a picture as a comment so I had to start a new entry.
I’ve posted a picture here of our friend Mel’s snowblower. Many of you know Mel. He owns his own auto repair shop and I get out there every once in a while because I help him with his computers. I was actually just there this morning and had his partner send me this picture of the snowblower Mel created. It’s got a V8 engine and dual exhaust stacks. He said he managed to clear his entire lot of 6 inches of snow in about 15 minutes after last week’s storm.
As Mel said, Gary, “Don’t try to compete with professionals.”
Resuming Normal Activities
Following my doctor’s advice to resume normal activities, I went forward with the 2nd Annual State College Santa Crawl on Saturday night. In the initial event last December we had five participants, this year we tripled that number. I do believe that the event now has enough inertia that it will probably double in size next year. That should allow it to take on a life of its own similar to the way the A-Z bar tour that I created in Philadelphia went on for at over 10 years after I left town (for all I know the A-Z tour is still going on).
For more photos of our event, click here.
Smashmouth Redux
I know some of you have seen this picture before, but I wanted to get it on here for posterity. We had our first substantial snowstorm overnight, and Smashmouth and I were out at 6am clearing the driveway and sidewalks.
Speaking of posterity, I’m archiving the blog on a regular basis and will occasionally distribute CDs to family members. So, if you want some mundane event or milestone or whatever recorded, put it up here. Our great-grandkids will be able to check it out someday.
Remember, “We are the mundane!”
Eat, Drink, and be Merry
Just got back from my checkup following surgery. The doctor has given me a clean bill of health and says I can resume normal activities with no restrictions. My stomach still looks like I’ve been in a knife fight but other than that I’m fine. I even dropped about 10 lbs (206 on the bathroom scale this AM) and I’m going to try to keep it off.
Rock On
I know this stuff isn’t new for most of you, but I get a big kick out of watching my kids do new things. This was actually Charlotte’s 2nd time on a rock wall, but this one was much more substantial.
And she rocked. 
The Good Wife’s Guide
I thought we would all get a kick out of this. Seems to be a real article from Housekeeping Monthly, 1955.
Click on photo to see fullsize and read.