Toosdee

Cold morning.

Met Neil for lunch at Panera Bread in Midwest City. Tried to get Debbie to go but couldn't contact her by phone. Turns out she was at Carinos with some coworkers. mmmhmmm.

Deb and I called Evie and sang Happy Birthday to her. Maggie said she wanted to talk to Opie, but couldn't hear me yelling over the speaker phone in Deb's car. Funny kid.

Deb and I went to Irma's for dinner. Had some sauteed jalapenos with my burger. Some really hot jalapenos. Not often I get something so hot it makes my eyebrows sweat. hee hee.

See yuns.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EVIE!!

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR EVIE, happy birthday to you!!! Five years old today.

Love you sweetie!

Opie and Nana.

Monday, Monday

Got up this morning and went outside to look for some meteors. Saw a few. Standing out there wearing shorts and a t-shirt. In December. Weather was pretty mild in the mid-50's and almost no wind. Ninety minutes later, Deb and I head out the door to go to work. The temperature must have been 15 degrees colder and the wind was howling out of the north. A perfect example of "if you don't like the weather, wait a few minutes."

Debbie made Evie and Maggie some Christmas dresses. I boxed them up and on the way to the UPS store, a condor crapped on the windshield right in my field of vision. I assume it was a condor by the size of the mess. Didn't even know we had condors in Oklahoma. Must have been a migratory condor.

Debbie and Megan got a bunch of Christmas cards ready to be mailed out. I told Debbie I'd stop for stamps and mail them. Nice of them to put the cards in the envelopes but NOT SEAL THE ENVELOPES. Man, that glue leaves a nasty taste in your mouth after licking almost 40 envelopes. I gotta find a bull's butt to lick to get the taste out of my mouth. dang.

See ya.

Boxing Day?

Just saw on the calendar that Canada has "Boxing Day" on Dec. 26. Interesting. "Wrasslin' Day" must be earlier in the year...

Geminids Meteor Shower

The Geminids meteor shower will be putting on a show Sunday nite. Hope the weather is clear! If you miss it on Sunday, you should be able to see meteors until around Dec. 18, but not at the expected quantity of meteors on Sunday. 120 to 160 meteors per hour. Should be able to see a bunch at that rate. Go outside around 11 pm Central Time. Look anywhere in the sky. The constellation Gemini should be almost straight overhead. The meteors appear to come from that constellation. If you know where the constellation Orion is located, look for Gemini slightly north and east of the Orion.

Geminids meteor shower Dec. 13

Geminids viewing guide

Should be fun!

Toys R Us ripped off

On Wednesday evening, I went to pick up Debbie at her office, which is next door to Toys R Us. I was double parked next to the door. A car drove up and parked in a slot behind me. Shortly after it parked, the car pulled out of the parking spot and then the driver backed into the spot. Two women got out of the car and went into the Toys R Us. As the women were backing into the parking spot, Debbie came out and got into the car. We left as the women were approaching the store.

When Debbie went to work on Thursday, she learned that those women took off with a trunkload of toys they stole from the store. Apparently a Toys R Us worker got the tag number. Whooda thunk we saw those women just before they robbed the store? wow.

Cool Stuff in Night Sky

On the way to work this morning before sunrise, I saw a huge meteor burnout as it entered the earth's atmosphere. It went west to east across the southern sky and lasted several seconds. It was really cool to see and I was sad that Debbie did not go to work today so she could see it, too.

Did anyone see the video of the swirling UFO observed the other day in Norway? The Russians are saying it was one of their missile tests gone bad. Whatever it was, it was cool too. Swirling UFO