Just Because It's True

This picture was on "I Can Has Cheezburger?" (the link is here on the blog).

Sometimes, they are just so true, they deserve to be posted all over the internet....bwahahahaha! If you've ever been owned by a cat, you know how true this is...

Happy Sunday! Aloha

M&G

The View from the Room

We have a lovely condo here in Ka'anapali. Staying in a new place where all the condos are ocean front. And the big picture window in the living room is the perfect place to sit and watch the waves and the tourists and the boats and the whales this time of year.

The condo is awesome, the internet access - not so much. We probably won't be posting as often as usual because of that.

New Year's Eve here in Hawaii is a big deal. Fireworks are everywhere. They sell them at Costco, and Longs and the grocery store. You have to get a permit to light them off though, and the police ride up and down the beaches on 4 wheelers looking for violators. It's funny to watch. They come storming up to where they've seen something lighting up the beach, and break out the search light looking for people that run just outside the reach of their beams.

Haha...Good times.

Have a great day!

M&G

Happy New Year!

YAY! 2009 has arrived. Can you believe it?

We've been crazy-busy here. Just doing nothing, really, but working really hard at it!

The first day or so was a little cloudy and rainy - which is good for the islands, but not so fun for us. We made due, though, by shopping.

HA! That'll show 'em. LOL.

Today the sun is shining and the whales are mellow. Just chugging through at the surface so we can spot them easily in the the calmer seas. Nothing to complain about at all.

It's about 70 degrees at 8am and we are thinking of which beach we will go hang out at today...I know! You are saying to yourself...

Beaches!

Haha.

Well, on that note, I'll post this and head out to the beach...

Happy New Year, Y'all!

Magic & Goofy

Some More Photos of the Christmas Snow

We went out to the barn to get the snow shovel in case the power goes out later.

You might wonder at the logic behind that, but there is some. Really.

I figured that if the power goes out, I'll need to fire up the generator (magic cannot be without heat, internet or tv, and thanks to the generator and a well thought out gentron, I don't have to be. We also had a few other circuits on the gentron - things like lights and refridgerators...but whatever. heat. internet. tv. happiness.)

I digressed a bit there.

So...fire up the generator. Yeah. That means I'll need to put it outside the garage so we don't succumb to fumes, which means I'll need a place to put the generator, which means I need the snow shovel to clear a space.

See? It makes sense (in a roundabout way, LOL).

So, we hiked out to the barn. The snow was DEEP. Up past my knees (which isn't saying much, lol), Here's Goofy standing in the snow up past her knees too.



On the way out there, we noticed that the iccky tree that hangs over the fence from the neighbors' yard snapped in half. Ooooh...toooooo bad. NOT! lol. It doesn't appear to have done much damage, but it will take some effort to clean up.

And a chain saw! Yay!



While we were out, Goofy went ahead and banged on trees and bushes to get the heavy snow off...we were too late to save the maple in the front. It split overnight with the new wetter snow.





Meanwhile, I shoveled the walk way into the house. I don't know why, I just know I was told to do it. Mine is not to reason why...mine is but to do (or die. lol). I am good at doing what Goofy tells me (well, ok...most of the time. I do have a mind of my own on occasion. I also like to mess with Goofy's mind from time to time, but that's a different story ;)). If Goofy ain't happy, ain't nobody happy, so you see the logic...LOL.



There's about 20+ inches of snow there on either side of the shoveled part. More where I tossed the snow I was moving. Amazing!

And finally, here's a pic for my friends J&D. We are happily giving their mustang some space in the garage...here's a pic that shows it's all tucked in and happy while the snow is raging outside.



That'll be it for today I think...y'all stay happy and warm and dry!

And For Those of You That Care...

FedEx never did deliver the overnight package.

It went on tour of Bothell for a few more days before I called and had them hold it for me to drive and get it.

Amazing how I can drive to them, but they couldn't get to me...

Makes you wonder....

This Is WAY Beyond White Christmas

We have 19" of snow and counting out here in the northern reaches of Seattle.

Crazy day!

It's coming down hard, and doesn't seem to want to let up for more than a minute or two...then it ramps back up. We got two inches in less than two hours.

WOW!

Dunno what it's doing where you are, but...stay warm and dry!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

White Christmas in Seattle...Yeah, Who Woulda Thought?

Here is a little video of the snow coming down out here in South Canada at about 2:30pm, Wednesday, December 24th.




It'll give you an idea of what's going on out here...in the land of the endless snow. LOL!

Hope you all are happy and warm tonight!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Merry Christmas Song...

Just a little change of pace...funny (and more true than we'd like to think I guess).

Enjoy!



AND...MERRY CHRISTMAS! None of that "Happy Holidays" PC stuff here. Goofy and I wish you all a happy season whatever you call it.

Snow Update: Tuesday in the Snow with Goofy...

A view down the driveway. Doesn't look much different than other days...

Yesterday, Goofy and I went out to knock the snow off the laurels and such. This heavy snow can really wreak havoc on them, and we'd end up having to see the neighbors if they came down...which wouldn't be fun.

Although it's about 31 degrees at the moment, we've not lost too much of the snow to melt at all. And what did melt a bit is now slippery ice. YAY!

I went out this morning to check the place, and basically, other than a bit of snow falling off the trees (both of it's own accord and due to Goofy beating the heck out of it with a stick, lol), not much has changed.

No mail for days, no newspaper...no one coming or going much on the road. They keep closing the hill - because, mostly it's one big slippery, icy ski jump. It'd be fun if no one else (read "chuckleheads") were out on it...but I digress.

Lots of snow and ice...and small snow flakes beginning to fall again.

Even Goofy has stopped doing the Snow Dance of Joy! LOL. I didn't think I'd ever see that!

I'll post more pics later on...the blog host seems to be having trouble getting them at the moment...

Until then...keep warm and safe.