Art Work

Many people have been asking me if I am still drawing. Well, up until a couple months ago I hadn't done too much. But a friend of Rob's asked if I could draw a picture of him and his girlfriend ...He wanted to give it to her for her 21st birthday. So, I said I'd give it a shot. no guarantee's and he better have another gift ready just in case. Anyway, he took a look at it when it was nearing completion and seemed to like it. I guess his girl friend did too. The cool thing is he gave me 65.00 and a six pack ....So now, I'm a professional artist.... My price just went up.. Oh,By the way, the picture on the blog is not his girlfriend just something I'm messing around with.....

Final Preparations

Its 1:00 and house is clean,the snacks and treats are done, the new shower head installed. I think its time to relax. Hopefully it won't snow as the snowblower will not run in either the off or the on position. I wonder if this is another frozen version of the Water Curse

The Water Curse

Maybe none of you have heard of the Family Water Curse. It seems like every year when we plan a party or get together, something involving Plumbing seems to go haywire. Last year, the sink clogged up and we had to call a plumber the day after our Christmas Party to fix the mess. When our friends from Kawkawlin came to visit last summer it rained so hard the sump pump couldn't keep up, and we spent most the night monitoring the sump hole. Finally adding a second pump to help move the water out quickly.The worst year was when we lived in Kawkawlin, We had a New Years Party and the pipe running from the well to our house broke. Needless to say on Jan 1st I was out digging in the front yard looking for the broken pipe located 6 foot underground. In those days I had more time than money so I dug it myself. Hmmm, I guess nothings really changed'
This morning the Shower head broke...So I'm off to buy and replace it. I'm also praying this is our only Water curse this year..............

Snowblower Blues

Yeah.......Well we got our first big blast of snow this week. I dutifully headed out to get the gas and the 2 cycle oil. I mixed the two up and began the process of snowblowing. Halfway down the drive the snowblower stalled out. After pulling on the cord to restart it for about twenty minutes I gave up. Thinking, with the Christmas party Saturday I need to get this fixed and fast. But as anyone knows this is the worst time of year to get a snowblower fixed .....What to do ????. Well I turned the ignition key to off and tried one more tug.. Low and behold it started up in the off position and I was able to complete the drive. Who'd have thunk it...........

The Other Uncle Jim

While Having dinner and drinks with some friends the other night. Uncle Jim came in and sat at the bar........But wait this couldn't be Uncle Jim. He lives in Bay City....... After further investigation, we found out This was Phillipe, from France. It turns out he will soon be deported. So that should end the confusion for all of us and we can continue to drink to excess without worrying we have exceeded our limits. They say that everyone has a twin....It looks like Uncle Jim's will live in Leone, France.

SOLD

My Hero's................

While surfing the NET the other night I ran across this photo. I remember going to the Old Saginaw Auditorium back in the sixties........Actually I only remember going once.... But anyone who lived in Saginaw during that time should remember Leaping Larry Chene, The Sheik, Dick the Bruiser and Bobo Brazil. The people that attended these events were the strangest I ever encountered...Probably why I only went once.