Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!

So all the local news stations were crying "Snow!" for the past few days because of a storm in North Texas. I figured that the storm was too far away to say whether or not it is going to hit us, well apparently that is not the case.


I woke up to this on Saturday morning. It is still snowing as I am posting and I am not looking forward to driving to work tonight. Hopefully, the restaurant will be closed or the staff downsized for the night.




It was pretty sweet to watch it snow in the backyard as I was sipping my coffee. It actually got a little higher as the day goes on. I would consider shoveling the snow, but it will probably be gone in the next couple days. It will be enough just to dig the car out.
In the past couple of weeks I have not done much else except work. I will try to take pictures of work in the next couple of days. I actually worked 51 hours last week, so I have been a little busy. I did manage to make a gift for my Dad's birthday. He likes to watch football, and he has a habit of yelling at the tv. But he is not rooting for any particular team, he is calling penalties. So, naturally, I made him some penalty flags for his birthday.
Apparently you can not buy penalty flags for football. I guess they do not want fans bringing in their own flags to the game. So I made these with yellow nylon fabric, pinto beans, string and glue. Three came out good, one did not make the cut, it had too many pinto beans in it and looked more like a weapon. The gift went over well, it was not a gag gift because it took too long to make. But it wasn't a very serious gift either. Anyway, I liked 'em.

Well take care you guys, we should Skype this week :)
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this and that....

So not too much going on here, Shyama is looking forward to getting outta town next week for Justin's bachelor party and i am looking forward to watching girly movies w/o listening to him sigh endlessly, starting my garden and going dancin with the girls! Here are some photos from this and that....

this is a black necked stilt, they are water birds that visit our detention pond on base over winter. they are real pretty and i like the reflection i got of this one:) and the other bird is a logger-head shrike, they catch lizards and before eating them they kill them by impailing them on cactus needles...i really hope to witness this!

I went to my girlfriend's house last weekend and taught her and another one of my friends the fabulous life skill of knitting! It is the wierdest thing thinking about what we did in our spare time 6 years ago compared to now:)

And here he is with his bike and gear!

Here we are on the bike together!! Shyam insisted on having me wear his gear..I'm so happy and he's so hardcore!

we drove out to this community that had a man made pond for its residents sure seemed like a lot of wasted water but the coots and the wigeons enjoyed it:)

This is a picture of park out front of our house after the storm. The rains that we got last week were intense. i thought our roof was gonna blow right off! Monsoon season isn't even thatbad. two of our work trucks back window got blown out w/ wind gusts in Gila Bend at 85 mph and the roads on the range actually got washed out so we could not monitor last friday-it was pretty crazy! take care and just let us know when you wanna skype again:)

Hola!

Hi Shyama! Hi Amanda! I hope Arizona is treating you well. Amanda, do you still have to get up at the ridiculous crack of dawn five days a week? I still think I am getting up earlier then you, I have been setting the alarm for 7am so that would be 4am your time. I win, right?

My new part-time job has started off a bit slower then I wished. They want me to learn the menu and everything from serving on the floor. So, due to my natural tendency to please, I offered to work whenever they need me. Now I am on the early morning Sunday serving shift. Boooo. First, I think I miss football, and second, I have to wait on a bunch of blue hairs who donated all their money to god at church so they can't leave a good tip. Oh well, its a part-time gig. The restaurant itself is nice, it is a 1930's to 1940's Americana style with country cookin'. Anyway, the place is called Cagney's and it is in Norfolk, VA.

So, that is the little logo of the restaurant. Right now the business is going through a bit of a lull, hopefully people will start going out again, after they pay off their x-mas visa bills. It actually works better for me because it is easier to learn the business when it is not thrown at you all at once.

Well, I don't have any new pics, I tried to take a snapshot of a redneck for you guys the other day. Except my camera makes that stupid camera sound when I take a picture, I could not bear to do it. I just thought it would be too embarrassing for the unfortunate redneck if he knew I was going to take a picture of him. Now I feel like an asshole. But it's not my fault, he was wearing the mc hammer, weight lifters pants with a zebra pattern and to top it off, a well-groomed mullet.

Well guys, take care, mad love from east to west.
Steve

New Years 2009-Viva La Mexico!!

Hola, mi espanol is muy bueno con todos los practicos!! I wanted to post a picture of my homemade xmas present from my fave guy! I keep telling him to let me take pimp pictures of him with his new motorcycle jacket, helmet, goggles and oh-wait he still needs gloves-then we will take pics!! of him on his bike!


My bestest xmas present ever!!!!! It is my garden/planter box!! It is just the beginning....


Shyam doing his part giving back to the earth:) He dislikes it when i take these...he dislikes it even more when i post them publicly!..If he didnt give me the opportunity than maybe i wouldn't take them




Talk about a room with a view:)


Booze cruise went out every night...sounded like a party but we had our own in the room!


The mustache bar..well that is what i have been calling it for 6 years..never eaten drank or gotten the name of it though...now on my list of things to do:)


Hmmmm, Can we enter Rye? :)


Blue Moon even shown in Mexico!! Although it was much more dificil to get a shot of it than we anticipated:(

Happy New Year's Eve, that's me admiring the man i am so grateful to be spending another year with;)

Shyam on the beach..kickin around a dead sea cucumber...ewww



Seagulls and Sandpipers taking in dinner while the tide goes in and that is Baja in the background.






egret fishing with the boooze cruise in the sunset


YAY, for a beach day..it was actually colder than we anticipated but i won't even go there:)

Hope your new year is starting off to a great start! Made a whole crockpot full of turkey chili but instead of using stewed italian tomatoes i used rotel with green chiles, mmm, mmm, good! We are gonna freeze some.....when you plan on visiting AZ? or do you think your next trip will be to OR in June? Keep us posted:) and take care of yoself!

X-mas, Windows, Doors & Chimichanga's?

My Grandma and I. We had a real nice Christmas Dinner (at noon) at my Grandma's place. I tried not to eat too much food because I was going to another dinner later on, but the food was really good. They had this smoked salmon appetizer thing that I had way too much of. Anyway, it was really nice to spend it with me Grandma.

There is me with my gift of cologne. I was very happy to get some new smells to cover up the old smells, which I don't mean to say that I smell, just that I need something to cover them...I'm going to stop. I liked my Christmas present. Polo smells good, now I smell good. Whatever.

The picture didn't come out that good, but the food did. It is a baked chicken chimichanga with refried beans. Hell yeah it was good, and except for the beans, good for ya.



It does not look like much, but this is the culmination of days of work on the window. There were three or four sets of curtains, drapes, and a shade on the window. All the holes that they made were just the tip of the iceberg, the drapes held in moisture that condensed on the bottom of the window and seeped into the frame. It also took off some paint revealing a not so pleasant alabaster color underneath. I still have another round of caulking and sanding to do before I prime and paint the walls. Not looking forward to the painting, but I can't wait for afterward.

This is a very simple cover to a very annoying problem I had. The original set up for the front door had a real puffy, very girly, cover over the window in the door. I took down the puffy cover but you could see right through the house with the window uncovered. Plus there are 12 holes in the door holding up the bars going across the top and bottom. So I went to a fabric store and picked up the tan material, but I didn't know how to put it up.

So...
No laughing, but I sat down and learned how to use my Grandmothers 1950 Singer sewing machine so I could put up that door cover thing. It took almost three hours of messing around with this well-kept sewing machine. I made a mess, but I did it. Not sure if it was worth it, or worth admitting it. :)