PRETTY SNOW

One of our first nice snow falls.

CHRISTMAS 2009

We are at my mom and dad's today for Christmas, something we haven't done for many years. There's a lingering rain/icy dampness here. Will and I went to the only open store this morning, which is the gas station off of I-65-we were looking for ice cream, egg nog, and a white elephant gift. No egg nog, but got the other items. On the way we saw a flock of wild turkey-just wish I had my gun and a permit. Something I hope to do each year from now on is to revisit the book, The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancey. He has a great chapter on the birth of Christ, and helps put things into perspective on this day, and reminds me, what God, through Jesus, has done for me and the world.

INJURY

Well, it was bound to happen at some point...especially after turning 40. Will and I were playing basketball last Friday and I came down wrong or my shoe simply decided to stop, but either way, I heard a crunching sound, looked down to see I was standing on my ankle, then I just dropped. For a moment I thought the worse and figured I'd broken my ankle (I'm a baby, I always think the worse regarding medical things). It nearly took my breath away. Once I recovered, and was able to draw a small crowd to see if I was ok, I hobbled off the court to begin my recovery. I went to see the doctor Saturday morning and he had x-rays taken, from which we have learned there is no great damage-no fracture, no torn tendons...just a high ankle sprain and soft tissue swelling. I'm using an aircast and limp around real good, but other than that, I think I'm ok. It couldn't happen at a better time-while I'm off the road. We'll see how long I can milk this, though I spent Saturday and Sunday doing what I normally do and that is just sit around, so there has been no great change in my lifestyle-phewww!

CHRISTMAS SONG

Thanks to my Facebook friend Jill for putting this on her page. A very unique and entertaining Christmas song combining many favorites. The group is called Straight No Chaser

HOME

I hope to have something new up...but this past week I've been in Chicago for sales conference. The month is flying by...not what I wanted.

WORD OF THE DAY

"Schmee Schmee"
This is Sean's word for marshmallows.

THANKSGIVING

For Thanksgiving, we headed to my sister's in Mt. Airy, MD., where we celebrated Thanskgiving along with attending my niece's wedding. Before the wedding though, dad, Dean, Dawn, myself and the kids headed to downtown Baltimore to see Ft. McHenry, the place in which Francis Scott Key was inspired to write the words of our national anthem. (See link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner ).


Here are a few photos:

Click on the picture below to get a larger view of the fort.

SURF

I thought this was kind of cool.