Baby it's cold outside!!!!!

Well, winter has hit in Texas. 25 degrees and sleeting...crap...how in the world am I going to drive 40 miles on the frozen tundra??? Answer...hotel room, Lewisville, Texas.

Yep, I'm hunkered down for the blizzard 5 miles away from work. I checked in around noon, no big problems yet, but man, by morning it is going to be nasty. My corporal who lives in Sanger (7 miles North of Denton) is staying in the room right next door too.

If I had my trailer by now, this would all be a mute point. Christine and I would be out at the lake with the kittens I am sure. But hopefully it will not be too much longer until I get the vacation house on wheels.

Banana pancakes for breakfast and fajitas for dinner...you know, camping food.

So, nobody worry, I'm safe and sound right here in Lewisville and I'll make it to work in the morning for sure.

Got to go, we are going to Cracker Barrel for dinner...yummy, yummy

-g-

A review of past days...

• This pic has nothing to do with this post, other than I had a viewfinder when I was a kid, and I loved it.
• We have new President...not only is this blog fun to read...it is very informative.
• I had potato soup tonight...yummy...yummy
• Yesterday 78 degrees...today....37 degrees and and wind blew like all get out all day long.
• My lunch was free today...(see previous post)
• Christine and I watched Grey's Anatomy last night that we recorded on Thursday...best episode yet. (I love this show, and I am not gay)
• I think this year's American Idol is going to be the best yet....same with Biggest Loser, I hope the really fat 17 year old guy wins.
• I saw a lady buy perfume and a Corney dog from a convenience store in Azle the week...
• I bought gas for $1.65. this week, crap, its going back up.
• Chris and I went and ate at Dos Chilies Grande...we haven't been there in forever...I love that place.
• My grandson got a haircut...he will be 1-year old next month. Im so proud of him and his mother.
• As I type this sentence, I have been brought a bowl of ice cream and a home made brownie...good God...my life is soooooo perfect.
• Evidently, my cats like my bowl of ice cream and brownie too.
• My wife and I have really been working on cleaning out the barn this past week...more my wife than I.
• I put something for sale on craigslist. com this week....did you know there are more people who want to buy my 16000 lbs. storm cellar and ship it to Canada for their daughter's graduation present than I ever thought there would be. I wish I had fifty of them.........
• I fixed my weed eater this week...now when the weeds begin to grow in a couple of months...I will be ready.
• I worked an off-duty job last Saturday....great money...good gig...doing it again next weekend.
• I ate breakfast at Whataburger with a great friend this week...it is good to see him and spend some time together...before I left Azle, we pretty much ate everyday together.
• Be careful, talk soon, and hope you have a great day.

-g-

Very cool web site

gigapan.org....trust me...very very very very cool. Donnie, Bob, Don, make sure you guys check this one out. Later -g-

Drive Thru Happiness

Today for lunch I pull into the local fast food restaurant's drive thru window. I order my lunch and the guy tells me how much it is and to pull forward.

I sit in line behind a gold colored BMW waiting. The BMW pulls away and I go to the window with my money in hand. The guys at the windows says" no charge, the guy in the BMW paid for it"...no way....for real??? I am again told, for real, no charge.

I look in my rear view mirror and see a car behind me, I paid for their lunch and got my order and then left and pulled down into the parking lot across the street from the restaurant.

The lady in the car behind me pulls up next to me and says thanks and tells me she paid for the car behind her.

I sit there for awhile and eat my lunch and then drive away. I come back through the area about an hour later and as I drive through the parking area of the restaurant the manager comes out and flags me down. He asked if I was the officer that came through the drive thru about an hour ago that had someone pay for me and that I paid for the next guy. I say yes, he smiles and said that a total of 17 vehicles did that after the guy in the BMW started it.

No matter how bad a day I'm going to have in the future, I will always remember this day...as it will always bring a smile to my face.

Drive Thru Happiness...

You ought to try it sometime...

-g-

Hump Day Thoughts

• First and foremost, Happy New Year.
• Alot of good shows are starting this month, Grey's Anatomy, Lost, Life on Mars, Biggest Loser...my DVR will be on overload.
• Podcasting...Rocks.
• I will not list my new year resolutions...there is no way I can compete with my Brother-in-Law's post...
• When my cat sneezes, I laugh.
• I really like the commercial where the guy hits the nun's van...I think it is for Nationwide Insurance.
• We went to 12-hours shifts at work...love it...love it...love it.
• I'm not even going to try to explain my schedule but every other Friday, Saturday and Sunday I get off.
• Christine and I saw "7 Pounds" with Will Smith...unsure of what to say.
• It drains me down when I walk into a store or any place in uniform and someone says..."I didn't do it" or "there he is officer...he did it" and points to one of his friends and laughs.
• Carrie Underwood was on the People Choice Awards tonight....stunning...absolutly stunning.
• I think Rascal Flatts sound better on CD than live.
• I really felt sorry for Dallas Police Chief Kunkle during last night's press conference concerning the death of one of his officers.
• I hate wearing a black band across my badge...I just hate it.
• Due to all the problems with people shooting their guns into the air on New Year's Eve...I am thinking about making an umbrella made out of Kevlar.
• I remember living on the Northside of Ft. Worth and having to leave on New Year's eve night because of all the gunfire.
• It sleeted on Monday and Tuesday I wore short sleeves, today, I wore shorts.
• I saw gas for $1.55 today and thought...Man, gas is getting expensive again.
• My best friend's son leaves for San Diego next week...Marine Corp. boot camp, it seems like yesterday he was just a little kid. We all went to lunch today, he gave me a hug goodbye and got in his truck and drove away...I cried as he pulled out of the driveway.
• I have got to say that I am living in one of the very best times of my life right now...I am so blessed, it is truly amazing.

Later my friends.

"CITY PRIDE"

Pride:

1: the quality or state of being proud: as a: inordinate self-esteem : conceit b: a reasonable or justifiable self-respect Okay?????

Get 'em while they're Hot!!!!

While driving through beautiful downtown Azle, Texas yesterday, Christine and I stumbled upon this sign. We were both so excited, finally, we now know where to get this service. We have been looking and looking all over to find a place like this, and now...look at the sign...it gives us all the information we need to get all the service we want from this place.

All we have to do now is call...and set up an appointment...and the number is right there on the sign.

Sometimes, when you are least expected...things just fall right into your lap.

"Azle, Texas...We've got it all"