STILL MORE SNOW

Beginning of Winter '08-'09

The boss called today at 5:45 A.M. and told me not to try to get to work today. It looks like winter has finally arrived in full force. So I went out to the garage to get the snow blower cranked up. Wow! I was greeted by a lot more snow than I was expecting. I thought, big deal, I'll plow the driveway and go to work. Even with the snow blower, it took over 3 hours just to clear the driveway. I'm not sure why I bothered because I'm not going anywhere till the snow in the street is cleared. It's drifted as much as 3 feet in places.

Mother & Child are Fine

YAHOO! Looks like I'm going to have to build a new fly rod. I have a little time though. On this day; Dec. 10, 2008, our grand daughter Heather and husband Chris presented us with a new Great Grand Daughter. At 10:49 A.M. this morning, 7 pound 1 ounce, 20", Porscia Marie, by the grace of God, was presented to the world. Mother & Child are both fine and all the right number of fingers and toes are there. I found myself asking about the baby first and our grand daughter Heather second. There was too much to think about all at once, and as a new Great Grand Father I was accordingly perplexed and befuddled. Just too happy to make much sense one way or the other. Linda made the trip from Liberty Lake to Lewiston this morning and as luck would have it, gas was only $1.549 a gallon. That was a small blessing and I'm sure if gas was $30 a gallon she would have made the trip. We are both looking forward to totally spoiling this child.