SWAGGER WAGON

One of the benefits of my job is being provided a company car. At this point I'm driving a Toyota Sienna (my third one), and am waiting to turn this one in and get a new one. Having said that, I love the new commercial for the Sienna; and Dawn and I got a big laugh at the extended commercial posted on Youtube...seeing ourselves being portrayed brilliantly.
http://www.youtube.com/sienna
(click here)

OLD IS NEW

A few months ago on PBS I saw a show featuring a 'flea market' of sorts in New York City, where people hunt through bins of old photos to add to their collection. Some look for specific types of old photos. For example, people whose faces are in shadows, or, photos are from the WWII era. Some photos, like this one from my own family has a mystery man in it.Who is that man? Why is he in the photo? Is he related? Questions that will forever be unanswered.
People finding value in things deemed old seems to be the trend lately with shows like Pawn Stars and American Pickers on the History Channel being very popular. However, I wonder if most people think they have treasure when in fact they just have a lot of junk.

(By the way, the young boy on the far left is my grandpa Kelch).

SNOW DAY PART 2

You don't have to watch part one to watch part two, but you might as well.

SNOW DAY PART 1

"Dad and Mom, see what you're missing!"

SICKNESS

No new blogs since sickness has reigned in our house this week...well sort of. I've had a cold that keeps me at about 60%, but had to deal with it while on the road all week. I got home and Dawn's cold kicked in worse than mine. We were able to pull ourselves together to go and watch Will's basketball tournament.

SNOW STORM

I thought the storm would skirt by us, but no chance. Driving to and from the airport usually takes me 50 minutes at the most. Last night it was at least 1 1/2 hours. Slow going. As of Saturday afternoon, we're still waiting for the snow removal folks to come plow out our drive (association fees at work), though you can see by the photo below, they did plow the small street in front of the house.

LAMBEAU FIELD

While in Green Bay, I had some time before my appointment, so I stopped by Lambeau field-home of the Packers. I asked my customer later about the feelings the locals have for Brett Favre. 70% hate him, 30% are die hard fans who'll stick with him. Apparently the stadium has it's own Hall of Fame, which Brett is not a part of. But once he retires (anyone's guess), people will probably be more forgiving and let him in. We'll see.