Tuesday, December 25, 2007

White Christmas

It started snowing around 9 a.m. this morning to give us a fresh white Christmas. We still had some snow on the ground from a couple of weeks ago, but it was beginning to look a little dirty. By noon we had an inch of fresh snow to cover the old and make for a beautiful white Christmas.

As I write this I'm getting a back massage ... Nancy gave me a Shiatsu Massaging Cushion with Heat for Christmas. Ahhhh. Feels good after shoveling the driveway and walk. It has quit snowing so I decided to work off a few Christmas cookies by scooping snow. We only had a couple of inches but the Denver area and south got quite a lot more. Hope the roads are clear by tomorrow when Jessie and Katie are on the road home from New Mexico.

I have a short schedule driving for SAINT tomorrow. Will work on finishing the new directory for our congregation so I can take some draft copies to church Sunday for editing and any additional input before we go to press.

Hope you all had a good Christmas day!

Saturday, December 8, 2007

Winter Wonderland

Well the weather outside is frightful .... let it snow ... let it snow. It is snowing tonight (has been off and on all day) and it puts one in the mood for Christmas. After shoveling the driveway this morning I started working on Christmas cards. Ran a few errands and back to Christmas cards. Nancy needed some exercise so she shoveled the driveway again around 3 pm. I shoveled again at 8 pm since it stopped snowing temporarily. Now I'm in for the night.

We got an elf card today and decided to do one ourselves. I thought it was pretty cute ... Nancy isn't so sure. Anyway you can see it by clicking here. I know .... it's kind of childish, but it's Christmas time!

When we got up this morning there were tire tracks across the lower part of our driveway - into the lawn - the neighbors lawn and ended at his large locust tree. The tree has a fairly bad scar but not too much the worse for wear. I am amazed we didn't hear it happen! Apparently the vehicle backed out about the same way it came in and luckily it missed our plants along the sidewalk. Don't know if someone was drunk or just lost control on the slick roads?

Tonight after supper, while it was snowing pretty good, I went out and took some pictures of some homes in our area. I experimented with using the night settings and just using automatic The automatic setting did the best job. One of my better ones is shown here..

Till next time ... Happy Holidays. Stay safe.

Jon 9 pm

Saturday, December 1, 2007

For The Bible Tells Me So - Trailer

This is the "trailer" for a movie we saw today. I would recomend this documentary film to everyone. It will only play in theaters that show independent films so it may be hard to find. The DVD will be available in February. I challenge you to watch it without getting a lump in your throat - it will touch your heart.