House Hunting

First of all, lest someone doubt our sanity (even more), we are NOT HOUSE HUNTING ourselves!

On our way back from KC we had the opportunity to stop in Lincoln Nebraska and hook up with Jenn and Ryan while they where there. It was a combination trip for them, a chance for Jenn to do some coordination and bonding with her future colleagues at the university, and do a preliminary survey of the housing situation.

We spent some time house-hunting with them and of course I had to take some pictures:

Here Helen has to admire the fine collection of cowperson boots - esp. those yellow guys. Jenn is imagining what fun it would be to have a pony.


Ryan is concerned that the new 72inch LCD TV won't go around this corner.




Helen's already staking out a place for HER pony.


One of the strong points for this particular house - a separate cottage for the parents when they visit.


Father and steppy had a good time with the kids and breathed a sigh of relief when they did NOT find a house that they couldn't live without. It's always great to have a bit of a cooling off period!

The Hat & Happy Thanksgiving!

As the financial market gets weaker/stronger/weaker (well you get the idea), like most Americans we have begun to get more, shall we say frugal - nay perhaps cheap!

Apparently Jenn and Ryan have noticed this phenomena and have elected to help me out with this wonderful birthday present:





In case you can't read it the hat says: "Don't forget my Senior Discount"

And lastly - Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! And keep a positive attitude as we move into the holiday season and the new year!

MR. BILL

The Case of the Missing Bird Food and Deerly Beloved

One of the watershed events of the last couple of weeks was Helen getting her bird feeders put up in the yard. And since we are not cursed by squirrels in this part of the city, she has started using a seed mix that has peanuts mixed in with it.

There has been some traffic to the feeders, but we noticed that one feeder has emptied out pretty quickly. Since a lot of larger birds have been landing on it we though that maybe the seed was being knocked to the ground - but no sign of that.

The case was solved this morning - Helen looked out the window in time to see a deer feeding at the feeder. The picture was taken through the window so not the greatest but here it is:



Since there was a fairly large group in the yard - I got the video camera but only got a few seconds until the battery died! Click the arrow at the bottom left of the image to run the film.