Deer update

Nothing to update.  No deer spotted in the front yard since we seeded the front yard with corn.  But it has been pretty hectic the last few nites about the time of evening the deer were grazing previously.  Last nite, I checked to see if the corn was still there.  It is.  There was a piece of shingle laying in the front yard under the tree where the deer had been milling around.  I picked up the shingle and something mushy stuck to my finger.  I briefly saw something about the size of a grape on my finger as I flung the whatever-it-was across the yard.  I did not investigate to determine if it was a deer turd.  I just threw the shingle in the trashcan and washed my hands.  LOL

Happy Birthday, Evie!

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Evie, happy birthday to you!!

Love you bunches.

Nana, Opie, Megan and Kelsey.

Deer in the front yard

One evening last week after we got home from work, I am sitting in the living room surfing the www while Debbie is in the bedroom doing something or other.  Suddenly, she yells at me to hurry back there.  She's kinda frantic sounding and the first thing I thought of was another garter snake had found its way into the house.  Nope.  Debbie was standing in the hallway looking into Megan's bedroom.  As I approached her, she said, "Look through the window.  Two deer are in the front yard."  Sure enough, there were two deer in the front yard grazing.  The streetlight behind the deer allowed us to see their silhouettes.  Our bedroom light was behind us, so the deer could see silhouettes through the window.  One of the deer was looking toward us with its ears sticking out.  Kinda funny looking.  Anyway, they stayed there for several minutes before a car came down the street and the deer ran across the road into a small stand of trees. 

Sunday night after we got home from Tara's, Debbie was in the bedroom.  She said the deer were back in the front yard again.  Sure enough, they were back eating grass or something.  We have a large bradford pear tree, so I'm wondering if they were eating the berries off of it.  Dunno.  But, they stayed around for quite a while eating.

Last nite, Debbie went to the grocery store.  She came back home with a 5 lbs back of corn to put in the front yard for the deer.  A couple of years ago, she adopted a large black bunny rabbit around Easter that showed up at the house.  Now, it is deer.  The next few days will be interesting if a bunch of deer start hanging out at the house.  We know there are three for sure.  Wonder how many friends they have?

Have a good day.

Angel on the Christmas tree

Always wondered how the custom began.  Now I know.

A little Christmas story


When four of Santa's elves got sick, the trainee elves did not produce toys as fast as the regular ones, and Santa began to feel the Pre-Christmas pressure.

Then Mrs. Claus told Santa her Mother was coming to visit, which stressed Santa even more.

When he went to harness the reindeer, he found that three of them were about to give birth and two others had jumped the fence and were out, Heaven knows where.

Then when he began to load the sleigh, one of the floorboards cracked, the toy bag fell to the ground and all the toys were scattered.

Frustrated, Santa went in the house for a cup of apple cider and a shot of rum. When he went to the cupboard, he discovered the elves had drunk all the cider and hidden the liquor. In his frustration, he accidentally dropped the cider jug, and it broke into hundreds of little glass pieces all over the kitchen floor. He went to get the broom and found the mice had eaten all the straw off the end of the broom.

Just then the doorbell rang, and an irritated Santa marched to the door, yanked it open, and there stood a little angel with a great big Christmas tree.

The angel said very cheerfully, 'Merry Christmas, Santa. Isn't this a lovely day? I have a beautiful tree for you. Where would you like me to stick it?'

And so began the tradition of the little angel on top of the Christmas tree.

Not a lot of people know this.

Carol of the Bells

Well, it is the same song.  Just different, um, instrumentation.  The link takes you to a different video.  If you scroll down a bit, you will see several videos.  Click on the video labeled "Here Come the Mummies- Bells" 

Bob and Tom Show: Here Come the Mummies performing "Carol of the Bells"

P.S.  If you scroll down and look at some of the other videos in the playlist, there are some other Here Come the Mummies videos.  Pretty funny stuff.

If you don't like that one, try this:  Claymations Christmas: Carol of the Bells

Visitors?

Anybody checking out this blog?  Hello?  I'm hearing crickets...

Cool pics

Found several cool photos surfing the www during lunch. 

For Kelsey:

Is this John during their trip to San Francisco this summer?

I believe this has been in a few commercials and movies.  Is this the road Forrest Gump was running on when he decided he had ran enough?

Man, I feel like yodeling.

If this guy didn't poop, I did for him.

 Just cool.

Just cute.

This is what Debbie and I saw on the way to work this morning.