Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

The forecast was for the chance of snow showers I have about four inches of chance on my driveway and it is coming down hard. The bride and I have the day off from work and she is setting in front of the fire watching Price is Right. I am thinking of heading to the desert in the morning, I will have to see about the weather. I my younger day I would have gone without a second thought. But now, I do think before I act (sometimes). I have invited three others to come with me. Mile my next door neighbor, Jim my youngest son's father in law, and Nate from Wasted Electrons fame ( http://wasted_electrons.blogspot.com/). Three of us have new guns that need to be shot. I did shoot my new gun the other day but it was 19 degrees and the wind was blowing. So it was not as enjoyable as I would have hoped. I will check with my buddies and see if they are willing to go. If we do I am sure that it will be an adventutre and I will post about it.

The babies

I bought a new gun on Friday, Marlin lever action, .357 Mag/38 Spl. It shoots very well, and I hit most of the stuff I pointed it at.

I made the trek to Idaho Falls on Saturday, got the dog. With everything we had to do it took about 8 hours. We also had a birthday party for the bride (53) that evening so I was a busy boy.

Now let me lay a little background for you. We had a dog for thirteen years. I had to put her down eleven years back. I swore that I would never have another pet of any kind and I stood my ground for many years. My youngest son and his wife were in the middle of moving to Colorado and we kept the granddogs for about three months. Well this gave to bride the bug to have a dog again. I fought the fight. I fought a good fight, I ran the race. I stood my ground and I said NO. She asked if we could foster dogs. That is taking them from the kennels until they get adopted. I said this would work. I figured I was home free and life was good. My oldest son called and asked the bride if we were still looking for a dog. She explained about us fostering the dogs and that was what we were going to do. He went on the explain how he found this dog wandering the streets in the bitter cold, frost bite on her nose.. Fliers were put up, lost and found ads were ran, the dog was scanned for a micro chip, and contact with Corgi breeders were made. He could not find the owners. The dog is a pure bred Corgi, about two years old. She was wearing a collar but no tags. We figure somebody dumped her. Now my son already has two dogs and six cats. This little corgi was causing havoc in his home, she loves to chase the cats, and worst the kids had grown attached to it. At the request of the bride the dog was brought over to the house to see if we wanted it. Again I was standing my ground. Then I was told about the grandkids and how they were told that if grandma and grandpa kept the dog that they could still see it. How can a man stand his ground when grandkids are brought into the equation? I lost the fight, I went down in flames, and I had a dog. It was decided after a few weeks that Foxy (dog’s name) needed a friend to play with while we are at work all day. So the search was on. The bride (I love her very much) could not seem find any dogs on line in our area code. I mean I am putting on miles to find a dog. I am called into the computer room all the time to look at the little bundles of joy. After a long search one is found in Idaho Falls. Saturday was the day (her birthday) and off we went, it was snowing, it was early and we had a long drive ahead. The roads were pretty good until we hit the Malad pass. Ugly is the best description. Snow pack, down to one lane eighteen wheelers throwing snow, sand, and mud on the windshield, there was much crying and whimpering, but the bride told me to shut up at would be alright. Somewhere north of Pocatello the weather and roads cleared up. It was a good drive the rest of the way up. We took the Arco exit like we were told, not realizing that there are two Arco exits twenty mile apart. We should have taken the second. But we drove and drove, and for you who live in the west know it can get lonely in a hurry out here. We stopped on a hill and we could see thirty miles ahead and there was nothing but nothing out there. Not a building, not another car, nothing but open land. The bride made a call and we figured out that we were in the wrong place so back we went (this added about an hour to the trip). We finally made it and we adopted another dog (Dusty) a corgi mix about four months old. We placed the dogs in the back seat together and it was on. Foxy (she is a strong willed child) did not take well to this intruder. I was placed in the back seat to referee the fight. Three hours in the back seat of a Toyota with a four month old dog hiding behind my head and a two year old brat of a dog trying to get to him. We got home in time to have the party and introduce the new dog to friends and family. Foxy is still not happy with Dusty but I am sure that it will work out some day. Foxy has to realize that we got this dog to kept her company and that they will be best friends someday, but for right now I am a bodyguard. I am sure that there is more I will blog about these two in the coming months, so stay tuned.

Happy Birthday to you , happy birthday to you , Happy birthday dear The Bride . Happy birthday to you. Yes the bride turns 53 today. We are having freinds and family over this everning for a small party. This morning we are headed for Idaho to adopt a dog. Why Idaho, well this is a long story and I will blog on it soon. But for now I am going on a 6 hour round trip to get a dog someone did not want. But the bride is happy and that is all I want.

It is funny how we fall into ruts/routines. The bride and I watch the Orielly Factor every night at 6:00 and as soon as the Wheel Of Fortune comes on I am in here surfing the web or Bloging. Soon Jepordy will be on and the bride well say come on and get smart with me, off I'll go to continue my evening with the one I love.

Yesterday was a busy one. I headed off to a gun show first thing in the morning. It was a very small gun show and I was done within an hour. I was just getting ready to leave when I ran into my buddy Nate. (http://wasted_electrons.blogspot.com). He was walking in as I was walking out. I talked him into going to a storage facility auction. What these auctions are all about is people abandon their belonging in the storage facility and don’t pay the rent. The owners of the facility have the right to auction off the contents to the highest bidder. Now the deal is you stand outside the shed and look in, you can not look through the contents. So you really don’t know what you are buying. Boxes and torn up furniture, T.V.s that may or may not work. I saw one shed go for $350. I kid you not; $350 and you have no idea what you are buying. I may have taken a gamble of up to a $100 on the stuff in hopes to make some money by putting the stuff in a garage sell. But I could see that this was way to rich for my blood buying a bunch of stuff sight unseen that did not have enough value for the owners to come back and get. . I was told that they hold these sales about every month, Makes you wonder why so many folks walk away from theirs belongings.

Anyway after the auction Nate and I went back to the gun show, and were putting finger prints on many guns. I got a call from the bride, she and a girl friend were out getting facials and doing other girl stuff and were not going to be home in time to put the prime rib in the oven for a dinner party we were having. I said I would take care of it. I came home got the meat in the oven and did some house cleaning. The prime rib turn out perfect (the bride has a no fail receipt for prime rib) and we had a great time with some friends.

I was going to head back to the gun show after church but a winter storm has moved in and driving is hazards at best. Too bad there is a 9mm carbine that I know I need. I do have two empty spots in my gun safe.

I got back from Texas last night, and it is good to be home. I like Texas, the folks are friendly, the food is good and the weather was close to perfect. But they have something down there that does not like me. By the second day my sinuses were shutting down, my eyes were watering and the headache was kicking in. It happens only certain times of the year. The wind was blowing pretty well and what ever it is was getting around. If I stayed indoors it was not too bad, but step out side and all heck breaks loose. Anyway I am back home and feeling much better. I am not due to go back to Texas until the end of March, I hope what ever it is is gone by then.

It has been a good weekend so far. I spent yesterday in the desert with a buddy and a whole lot of guns and ammo. The lead content of my favorite spot has increase. Today was spent just across the border in Nevada( many slot machine). The bride and I were down $120 and just as we were getting ready to leave I won $120 on a penny slot machine. I am getting ready for bed. I leave Monday morning for Texas. I'll be there until Thursday. I'll go to church in the morning and spend a relaxing day with the bride.

I was listening to the news this morning; they were saying how the “experts” claim with all the baby boomers retiring that we won’t have enough workers in the future. It is estimated that the United Stated will be up 70 million workers short. Now my questions is how many abortions have we had since Roe vs. Wade. It is a little hard back fill workers when you continue to kill your replacements.

It has been a two day work week so far and it is kicking my butt. But lucky for me I made a mistake in my leave calculations and I still have 9 hours I have to use by the end of the week or lose it. So I will take off 1 hour early tomorrow and the entire day Friday. I am here to tell you it is tough being me.

Tomorrow is going to be a tough one. I have been on vacation for the past eleven days and I have to go back to the office in the morning. My friend and co worker of the past eight years will retire tomorrow so it will be a sad day but I wish him well. I don’t know who I will sneak out to Krispy Kream with now. Just so you know that I don’t go to Krispy Kream for the doughnuts or the coffee, I do it to stimulate the local economy. Only noble causes here.