My stance on.........

Yeah, for a minute there I was fired up to write something political, my views about the SD abortion ban, Hurricane Katrina relief efforts or some other hot-button topic, but I'm over it now. Rest assured, I will have my say on all these and more, just not today. It's a beautiful day here in SD, the sun is shining, the wind isn't blowing (? how is that possible?) and some snow is melting. Things have been going as well as possible here. We are both staying busy, with work and things at home, so that makes the days go by. I have all these projects going at home, nothing huge, just home-owner stuff. By far the most fun project this winter has been redecorating the bar/pool room area. It is really coming around nicely, haven't spent a lot of money. A lot of the stuff I have had for years, waiting for the right place to hang it all. I have been totally remiss at not doing this when we first moved to this house. I was so pumped when we moved, I finally had my own space. Then I proceed to do nothing. I am the king of procrastination. But it looks cool now. Biker/cowboy trashy chic. My old Pioneer receiver circa 1976, is back, pumpin' 75 watts per channel through the Infinity speakers. Some neon, mirrors & assorted junk. Feels really good down there now. I like to do it a little bit at a time, then sit there and look at everything. I guess I'm probably pretty old to be doing some of this stuff, but I never had the time, place or money to do it when I was young, and I do think I appreciate it more now that I had to wait for it. If I could just afford a pin-ball machine for Jeannie, we'd be complete. She does love to play pin-ball!

Giveaway: one cocker spaniel

So last night I laid my new $300 glasses on the coffee table while I was watching TV. This morning they were a mangled piece of plastic with one lens missing. Sugar, the 1/8 wit, partially house-broken cocker spaniel, is living on borrowed time.

Ishmael

I remember last year Wyatt telling me to read the book Ishmael. I never got around to getting it. When I read Wyatt's journal from Zambia, he talks about the way he saw the human race headed. He acknowledged that it was a ripoff of Ishmael, but seeing that even the primitive tribes in Africa were becoming dependent on our western way of living made him think that there really was no return for us. So I took a Barnes and Noble gift card that Wyatt had in his wallet and bought the book. The gift card had just enough to cover the cost of the book, so in essence Wyatt bought it for me. It was very thought provoking. It breaks down all people into two categories, the takers and the leavers. It gives a whole new perspective on the genesis account of creation and the fall of man. I thoroughly enjoyed. Daneil Quinn has written several books which illuminate his philosophy. I plan to read more of them. If anyone has read any of his books please comment here on my blog your reactions to them.

We won!

Congratulations to the Dell Rapids Lady Quarriers, 2006 State A Champs! After a close call with Vermillion on Thursday afternoon, they settled down and played great basketball the rest of the tournament. It was a great weekend, I think the whole town of Dell Rapids was in Mitchell. I had a very relaxing time with my parents, going to the games and just hanging out at their house. I stayed just a little too long there yesterday though, and got caught in a nasty blizzard on the way home. The last hour of the trip was 40 mph, a single file conga line that stretched for miles on I-90. The passing lane was just too snowpacked to pass and visibility was horrible. There is no school in Dells today because of the blizzard and I just spent the whole morning blowing snow so I could get the car out of the garage. Kyla called and she couldn't make it to work either, the blizzard that was here yesterday is in MN today. I talked to Ginger on IM this morning and it's supposed to be 83F in DC today. Not fair!!!!

State A Tournament, here we come!

The Dell Rapids girls basketball team, has had an amazing year. The Lady Quarriers are 23-0 and ranked #1 in the state. After mowing down the competition in the districts and region, the team left this morning for the State A Girls Basketball Tournament in Mitchell. We play in the first round tomorrow afternoon at 1 pm in the world famous Corn Palace. I'll be there, dressed in orange and black. It's so much fun, having your hometown team going to State. Not as much fun as when my own kids were still in school, but still. Grandpa and I will be cheering the Lady Q's to victory. Jeannie has plans already (her loss). Go here www.argusleader.com on Sunday morning to see our victory headline in the sports section. Go Big Orange!

You can't put a price on fun.....

Well, it's the first of the month and the bills are rolling in. I'm going over the Discover card bill and there are lots of charges from our trip to DC the end of Jan. Each one brings back a different memory but the one that brought an actual smile to my face was- "Jan. 25 Hard Times Cafe Arlington VA $138.84". I never actually counted how many people we had crammed in that booth, but that was a lot of wings, beer and commeraderie for $138.84. A fitting Wing Night tribute to Wyatt. I know he was pleased. Whoever said it costs a lot to live on the East Coast? Why that's just crazy talk! I hope everyone had as much fun as I did.