Frozen waterfall

A little over a half mile hike through the woods from our house gets you to a little waterfall.  The stream usually is not that large, but after wet weather and then a hard freeze it looks pretty neat.  It was 9 deg F today when we walked to the falls.

Will really enjoys hiking in the woods and this is the first time he's made it to the falls.  I think winter hiking is easier for him because all the padding softens all the falls and thorny vines.

He wanted to bring the ice home.  I told him we had plenty at home.  His sandbox cover has turned into a tiny skating rink .

Christmas in TEXAS

How many of you went out to dinner the night after Christmas and saw a cowboy and his son at the table next to you wearing spurs?   

We had a great Christmas in the Lone Star State where temperatures on one day are around freezing and the next in the 70's.  I thought this was really Texan until I went to South Bend, Indiana and found they had almost the same thing!

We had great Mexican food in Texas.  Then I went to Lansing, Michigan and had a great dinner at a Mexican restaurant.  

I was beginning to wonder what was so special about Texas and I remembered... The Spurs!  

Go! Spurs! Go!

Sorry Fans

I got this email today.  Problem solved.

Dennis,
 
I got a little sad this morning when I was checking your DenVent blog and found no new entries since November 29!
 
You know, I'm one of your big fans. I check your blog regularly. It's one of my only sources for news and information in the world that I live in -- you just can't trust the left wing media you know and other blog sites are so twisted that they're agendas rule the blogospherre.  Your blog is always accurate, so it's all I read.
 
Andy
 
PS Happy New Year.

Peanut Butter Suckers

Will was eating Thanksgiving Dinner at church when he decided the peanut butter in the celery was best accessed with a mostly eaten sucker (coconut, I think) that fit perfectly in the channel.

Will's Christmas Disco

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Family Christmas Dance

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Last week I noticed the stereo in my truck had a loud static "pop" when I ran over a small bump in the road.  Later it changed stations when I went around a corner.  It continued to act more and more freaky as the week went on.  It randomly ran to full volume or ran to no volume.  It even started turning itself on and off.  Finally it just quit working.  Not even the backlighting would come on.

I pulled the stereo to see if I could repair a simple shorted wire or something.  When I got the unit out I could hear something rattling around inside.  I turned the thing upside down and a penny fell out of the CD slot.  But there were still more rattling around in there.  I opened up the radio and removed two more pennies from the circuit board.  

Reinstalling the stereo confirmed my suspicion that the thing was toast.  I questioned a potential suspect for the penny insertion.  There is a certain amount of communication difficulty, but I'm confident I've identified the culprit and corrective action has been taken to ensure no repeated offenses of this nature.