Monday, October 26, 2009
Disturbing.
On October 14, Lord Christopher Monckton, a noted climate change expert, gave a presentation at Bethel College in St. Paul, MN in which he issued a dire warning regarding the United Nations Climate Change Treaty which is scheduled to be signed in Copenhagen in December 2009. Below is the video.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Random Dancing!
Okay not really random dancing, that's from a kids show that I watch; but random pictures! Deanna figured out how to get the pictures off our very new (and yet, very cheap -cuz-we-ain't-rich) phones. Which means you get 'em. Be Thankful you aren't getting all of them! There are a lot and they don't all make sense. Below (hopefully, if I upload them correctly) You'll find pics of Jessalyn and her cousin Jessica doing the Cranberry Princess Runner-up "thing". Pics of the family playing football Donaldson style Fall pics and a pic of yours truly with Jessica's dad Darin. Enjoy! (or just suffer through it...it's not a full bore slide show after all)
Saturday, October 10, 2009
It's starting to look a lot like....
Winter!!!
Arrrghhhhh!!
I'm praying that this is will be just a couple of days of the nasty weather stuff and then will return to fall weather so we can appreciate it. That's what I'm praying for. That, and that it will be a LONG Autumn followed by a short Winter, a damp spring (notice I said "damp" and not "Wet") and then another mild summer like we had this year. That's my Prayer and I'm sticking with it til God tells me otherwise. I sure hope He doesn't.
Having said all the above, I will say Yesterday was Gorgeous. The peak of Fall colors. Yellows bright enough to be electric. Oranges as warm as a hug. Reds that strive to prove that there indeed is over a hundred shades of that color; and trees that proudly try to have as many shades on one tree as possible.
The Temp would have been warm, with a clear sunny sky kept company by small white fluffy clouds, but the wind had a small bite to it. By late afternoon it was cold.
This morning, was the definitive of "crisp". I had a truckload of wet cardboard in the back of my truck that needed to be put on the "burn pile", so I could use the truck to haul the weekly trash away to the dump. Sam, our black lab was very happy to help. You could almost see his excitement at the day and the weather. The wind was bringing him all kinds of new smells. His face was the eyes-glazed-over-head-bobbing-with-interest over whatever information was on the wind; kind of like my kids when they're watching T.V.
Poor me. I would have enjoyed it more like Sam except I know what he doesn't: Snow is expected today. Less than an inch accumulation expected but the warning is implied: Wisconsin's Winter approaches. Yuck.
Both Deanna and I have cousins that live in Alaska. That happy reminder tells me it could be worse except we both have relatives in Florida who quite happily remind us it doesn't have to be this bad...Nice to have relatives isn't it? ;-)
I now leave you with this old tired joke that I used on Facebook with some of my Southern friends and family:
Wisconsin actually has four seasons while Florida only has three: "Green", "Brown" and "Spring Break!"
Wisconsin has "Almost Winter", "Winter", "Winters almost over" and "road construction".
May the Lord Bless You with the sense and senses to appreciate the wonders of His Creation.
Will.
Arrrghhhhh!!
I'm praying that this is will be just a couple of days of the nasty weather stuff and then will return to fall weather so we can appreciate it. That's what I'm praying for. That, and that it will be a LONG Autumn followed by a short Winter, a damp spring (notice I said "damp" and not "Wet") and then another mild summer like we had this year. That's my Prayer and I'm sticking with it til God tells me otherwise. I sure hope He doesn't.
Having said all the above, I will say Yesterday was Gorgeous. The peak of Fall colors. Yellows bright enough to be electric. Oranges as warm as a hug. Reds that strive to prove that there indeed is over a hundred shades of that color; and trees that proudly try to have as many shades on one tree as possible.
The Temp would have been warm, with a clear sunny sky kept company by small white fluffy clouds, but the wind had a small bite to it. By late afternoon it was cold.
This morning, was the definitive of "crisp". I had a truckload of wet cardboard in the back of my truck that needed to be put on the "burn pile", so I could use the truck to haul the weekly trash away to the dump. Sam, our black lab was very happy to help. You could almost see his excitement at the day and the weather. The wind was bringing him all kinds of new smells. His face was the eyes-glazed-over-head-bobbing-with-interest over whatever information was on the wind; kind of like my kids when they're watching T.V.
Poor me. I would have enjoyed it more like Sam except I know what he doesn't: Snow is expected today. Less than an inch accumulation expected but the warning is implied: Wisconsin's Winter approaches. Yuck.
Both Deanna and I have cousins that live in Alaska. That happy reminder tells me it could be worse except we both have relatives in Florida who quite happily remind us it doesn't have to be this bad...Nice to have relatives isn't it? ;-)
I now leave you with this old tired joke that I used on Facebook with some of my Southern friends and family:
Wisconsin actually has four seasons while Florida only has three: "Green", "Brown" and "Spring Break!"
Wisconsin has "Almost Winter", "Winter", "Winters almost over" and "road construction".
May the Lord Bless You with the sense and senses to appreciate the wonders of His Creation.
Will.
Thursday, October 01, 2009
And So on and so forth etc. etc.
From Will:
Well, I guess I need to be the one to post the "post Cranfest" post! So this is my Post:
It is finished.
Not enough? Oh okay, Cranfest was very good. I really hadn't planned to be that much a part of it this year. The more Deanna has to do with it the more I need to be home keeping things going. It just so happened that Jessalyn had so much going on that involved the CranFest.
First, Jessalyn and her cousin Jessica were both "runners-up" for Cranberry Princess. Even though they didn't win (Yes there are pictures! They both were beautiful but I haven't figured out how to upload them yet. Patience.) they both still had obligations to fulfill for Cranfest such as stirring a giant pan of cooking cranberries for cranberry jubilee ice cream. This obligation became a scheduling conflict for Jessalyn.
It was no big deal really, but Jessalyn and Jessica are both in "show-choir" at their school. Both were scheduled to perform several shows during the same time as the pan-stirring thing. It was my job to get Jessalyn to the stage Friday morning and then they agreed to let her miss a show so I could pick her up and cart her to the frying pan across town in a golf cart. Walking and golf carts are the only way to get around Cranfest. Walking is faster and less stressful.
I figured that if I had to be at Cranfest in the morning and then again a couple of hours later I might as well stay and drive courtesy cart. The idea is that some people just don't realize how much walking is involved and some just can't make it. Courtesy cart drivers "cruise around" looking for these and offer a free trip to their cars or buses whichever the case may be. Sometimes they buy things before realizing how far they would have to carry say a...bed or a dresser etc. No kidding. People really go to a Cranberry Festival to buy bedroom furniture. Who'd have thought?
Originally, the plan was the Jessalyn would connect up with my wife after she was done "stirring the pot" and would spend the rest of the day with her mom. No plan lasts past the first engagement with the enemy. Deanna was SO busy. She'd given up her cart; lost her cell phone and really didn't have a way of looking after Jessalyn too. So, I stayed and Jessa and I ran courtesy cart in a Golf limo. That's right; Limo. It had three separate seats that would hold as many as nine people if they really, really liked each other. Six fit perfect. The weather was nice and we had a great time Father and Daughter.
Out of the mouths of babes: While driving courtesy cart we wound up driving these two ladies around the parking area looking for their car. They were sure that it was with-in three or four rows of where we were. They had been looking for quite some time before we found them and finally as we were nearing the end of the area where it "should" be my 13 year old daughter asks "do you have a panic button?" The woman had no idea what one was. I think she thought Jessa was joking I was too busy wondering why I didn't think of that ( Really! Why didn't I think of that???) Sure enough there on her key ring was the panic button. She pushed it and we could hear the car honking way out side where they were "sure" it would be. Points for Jessalyn.
Okay, I'm really taking too long and this is just Friday! As a treat I took her to get a "fry bread pizza" They're awesome but not as good as what we had for dessert: Chocolate-dipped-Frozen-Cheesecake-on-a-stick! (no relation to Jose' Jalapeno on a stick). One bite of that creamy frozen dessert and I knew it was SO Wrong and Yet SO RIGHT! Oh! it's Bad and it's wonderful!! It's so rich that the one I had on Friday and the one I had on Saturday will hold me till next year but every Cranfest I know I have to buy CashewCrunch (like peanut brittle with cashews) and that chocolate dipped (insert your favorite hyperbole here).
Okay, I'm out of room. Perhaps Deanna can fill you in on the other two days of Cranfest!
God Bless
Will.
Well, I guess I need to be the one to post the "post Cranfest" post! So this is my Post:
It is finished.
Not enough? Oh okay, Cranfest was very good. I really hadn't planned to be that much a part of it this year. The more Deanna has to do with it the more I need to be home keeping things going. It just so happened that Jessalyn had so much going on that involved the CranFest.
First, Jessalyn and her cousin Jessica were both "runners-up" for Cranberry Princess. Even though they didn't win (Yes there are pictures! They both were beautiful but I haven't figured out how to upload them yet. Patience.) they both still had obligations to fulfill for Cranfest such as stirring a giant pan of cooking cranberries for cranberry jubilee ice cream. This obligation became a scheduling conflict for Jessalyn.
It was no big deal really, but Jessalyn and Jessica are both in "show-choir" at their school. Both were scheduled to perform several shows during the same time as the pan-stirring thing. It was my job to get Jessalyn to the stage Friday morning and then they agreed to let her miss a show so I could pick her up and cart her to the frying pan across town in a golf cart. Walking and golf carts are the only way to get around Cranfest. Walking is faster and less stressful.
I figured that if I had to be at Cranfest in the morning and then again a couple of hours later I might as well stay and drive courtesy cart. The idea is that some people just don't realize how much walking is involved and some just can't make it. Courtesy cart drivers "cruise around" looking for these and offer a free trip to their cars or buses whichever the case may be. Sometimes they buy things before realizing how far they would have to carry say a...bed or a dresser etc. No kidding. People really go to a Cranberry Festival to buy bedroom furniture. Who'd have thought?
Originally, the plan was the Jessalyn would connect up with my wife after she was done "stirring the pot" and would spend the rest of the day with her mom. No plan lasts past the first engagement with the enemy. Deanna was SO busy. She'd given up her cart; lost her cell phone and really didn't have a way of looking after Jessalyn too. So, I stayed and Jessa and I ran courtesy cart in a Golf limo. That's right; Limo. It had three separate seats that would hold as many as nine people if they really, really liked each other. Six fit perfect. The weather was nice and we had a great time Father and Daughter.
Out of the mouths of babes: While driving courtesy cart we wound up driving these two ladies around the parking area looking for their car. They were sure that it was with-in three or four rows of where we were. They had been looking for quite some time before we found them and finally as we were nearing the end of the area where it "should" be my 13 year old daughter asks "do you have a panic button?" The woman had no idea what one was. I think she thought Jessa was joking I was too busy wondering why I didn't think of that ( Really! Why didn't I think of that???) Sure enough there on her key ring was the panic button. She pushed it and we could hear the car honking way out side where they were "sure" it would be. Points for Jessalyn.
Okay, I'm really taking too long and this is just Friday! As a treat I took her to get a "fry bread pizza" They're awesome but not as good as what we had for dessert: Chocolate-dipped-Frozen-Cheesecake-on-a-stick! (no relation to Jose' Jalapeno on a stick). One bite of that creamy frozen dessert and I knew it was SO Wrong and Yet SO RIGHT! Oh! it's Bad and it's wonderful!! It's so rich that the one I had on Friday and the one I had on Saturday will hold me till next year but every Cranfest I know I have to buy CashewCrunch (like peanut brittle with cashews) and that chocolate dipped (insert your favorite hyperbole here).
Okay, I'm out of room. Perhaps Deanna can fill you in on the other two days of Cranfest!
God Bless
Will.
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