We finally got the furnace fixed. I know its an old one and all but I don't thing we can afford to replace anytime soon. Hopefully (crosses fingers), we can eek out a bit more time with this one.

The weekend wasn't too bad. We did get out and buy some firewood Saturday so we could have fires over the weekend. I got some virus thing Saturday and I've haven't been feeling so well the past couple days. At first I thought I had the flu, but I don't think so. It could have been something I ate, but not sure.

Went to the dentist appointment which lasted a little longer then expected. And then came back to a cold house. The blower on the furnace went out, the burners still work so we get a tiny bit of heat just because heat rises.

The guy from the third company we called said he couldn't fix it until Monday. So its going to be a long cold weekend.

Mom took yesterday off, so we got a few things done while we had the time.

Wednesday we got to see a bit of the lunar eclipse, then the clouds moved in. But what we did see was great. The next one isn't for another two years.

There is another threat of winter weather for Thursday and Friday. And I dont think anyone is looking forward to it. Sunday I woke up to snow, this is after the rain we got Saturday afternoon. It got warm enough to melt much of the wet snow off. But we had already gone out in the wretched stuff to get things at the store.

I am already sick of the political stuff. Wish it didnt go on nearly as long as it does. None of the canidates are really worth a dime, but I will need to vote for someone. And I dont think I can vote for Peter Griffith or Homer Simpson.

We came tight home after Mom's appointment and the mail hadnt arrived, thankfully. Instead of going out and doing the errands we had, she worked on her taxes. She got the bulk of the work done. All she needs to do is just put it in pen and send it off.

The photos did come in the mail yesterday and they look wonderful. We got enlargements of some of our Paris pics and some prints of things we didnt already have. They all look very nice.

My dentist appointmen, to take care of a couple cavities, is on Saturday. We will do some errnads after we get done.

I am not usually the one to complain to much about winter and the weather we have with it. But I am so sick of winter now. I am not looking forward to summer, but I am tired of dealiwng with the ice, rain, snow and nasty crap. Hope I remember how I feel when the temps are in the nineties. I probably wont, but its the thought that counts.

Mom has a dentist appointment Saturday. We are still waiting for some photos we ordered over the weekend to arrive. I just hope the mail doesnt arrive while we are out and we have to go to the post office to pick them up.

Took the dogs to the vet today. It was its usual fun and games. The vet didnt call us like she said she might if thy dogs heartworm test turned up. So the dogs are healthy and have all the required tests. Dont have to do this whole thing again until next year, thank God.

Havent had a desire to go to a movie yet. Not sure when or if there will be a movie interesting enough to actually make a trip to the theaters worth it.

It got warm enough for me to do a load of laundry. The threat of snow we were supposed to have last night, didnt appear until now. I hope it doesnt amount to much. Dont mind the cold but I am now sick of snow and the threat of snow.

This morning I pre-ordered the movie "Giant Gila Monster" on the Rhino.com site. Also ordered another movie "Orgy Of The Dead", which is a Ed Wood film. Thought for shits and giggles I'd get it. Have American Dad Volume 3 and Mystery Science Theater 3000:The Movie pre-ordered via Amazon.com. Going to have some fun wathcing the dvds when I get them.

Due to some colder weather, I have had to put off doing some laundry. Thankfully I am not backed up.

Saturday wasnt as fun as we would have liked. Dentist appointment went fine, have to go back in a couple weeks to get cavaties filled though. But Mom didnt feel well, so we didnt stay long at the Nelson and the rest of the day sort of feel apart after that.

I have a dentist appointment on Saturday. After the appointment, we are going to have some fun. First ,we will go to the Nelson and then finish up with lunch there. Secondly, a movie (Meet The Spartans is the front runner), then maybe some shopping and lastly dinner. We haven't had much fun lately so this should be a nice change. And we ha vent been to a movie in ages.

It is very cold now, but it looks like the weather will warm up a bit. I wonder how long this warm turn will last. Regardless, the dogs love the snow we still have on the ground and the snow. And a happy snow dog is a great thing.

Had a dream last night that I was traveling with some gal from southern Texas to some place north of me. I don't know how I know her or why I was travelling with her, but I seemed comfortable with her. I do remember being in a restaurant with her and her mentioning that we didn't have a lot of money to spend on breakfast. As we were at the counter we couldn't read the menu very well or figure if they had anything we wanted. We ended up leaving without breakfast. The dream went on for a bit longer but I don't remember anything about it. It seemed to launch into me working in some sort of odd museum zoo combo. I was in a uniform and was in one of the rooms closing the drapes (or whatever they actually were) in each of the enclosures. I was interacting with some of the animals and was frightened by a few. There were lots of people in the room I was in. That's pretty much all I remember.

Managed to do some laundry today. With the cold weather and the snow, I haven't had the opportunity to do much laundry and I need to get caught up. Thankfully we aren't so behind that we need to go to the laundromat. Hope to get a couple more loads done this week.

The family room looks wonderful now. I am glad I pushed to go back and get a darker color. Its closer to the color Mom has always wanted in the living room. We have rearranged some of the things we had on the walls and it looks great. Now we wont have to paint again for some years.

We started painting with the color we had purchased last Saturday and found we didn't much like it. I think Mom got spooked by the gal helping us with the paint and went for a lighter color then she wanted. Going back to the hardware store and going to get a darker shade.

It took Mom over an hour to get home Wednesday, all due to the darned snow. And her cell phone went dead to boot. But the dogs are loving the weather so I guess someone gets something out of this.

We have snow!!! And it's not so nice. Mom has an event that she needs to attend tonight with her boss and a fellow co-worker. Guess it'll take her awhile to get there from work and then home.

Might be painting the family room this weekend. We have been wanting to do this for months. It seems a wee bit odd to do it in the middle of winter, but we're used to being odd.

Did some laundry earlier this afternoon despite not feeling well. I don't think I'm coming down with anything.

What snow we got yesterday no longer exists. The weather has been weird lately. IT bounces from winter to spring and then back again. I didn't mind getting the rain yesterday, as we need it and at least it wasn't freezing rain.

I have a dentist appointment in a couple weeks and I wish I didn't. But maybe I will feel differently then. My teeth are important, but its such a hassle and a drag to get to the office.

We got some rain this morning, followed by snow which pretty much melted as soon as it hit the ground. Although is some areas, it does look like it is sticking. Looks like it's going to snow off and on the rest of the day.

Have nothing planned for the weekend. Will probably just do some cleaning and see if there is anything else we can junk.

The Kansas Jayhawks won the Orange Bowl!!! The Missouri Tigers won their bowl appearance. Sometimes its good to be a Big 12 fan.

Rock, Chalk, Jayhawk.

New Years Day!

Have no resolutions, because I know I will break them.

Supposed to get down to single digits temperatures tonight as a arctic blast moves in for a few days.

There is still some snow on the ground from the last storm.

The tree is down and out. The ornaments have been put away until they're needed again.

Dogs are loving this weather, but I'm not. Might have a fire tonight and maybe tomorrow.

Finished Splinter Cell Double agent a couple days ago. Am replaying it again to see if I can do a few things different.

Had three strange dreams last night.

One I remember more detail about it then I do the other two. In the first, I was with a group of people in a hotel. We were packing our things up to leave. At some point I mentioned to someone in the dream that we sure did have a lot of things to take back with us and wasn't sure how we could do it. He seemed uncertain about it too. There were three rooms that out stuff was in I remember one of the rooms was "419" and it was down the hall from the other two rooms. That's all I remember about it.

In dream two, it was in black and white. Which is unusual for me, because I almost always dream in color. I do remember there were others involved, but not much more.

The third dream was preview for some movie I had never heard of and have no idea if it is even real. The dream was also in black and white. What I remember is mostly seeing this actor with sort of bushy hair, who was playing an actor in a stage play. At some point he has a light or a lighting effect blow up near him and it causes a part of his makeup to adhere to his face . He is devastated by this and that's all I remember.

Had a nice Christmas. With the weather we've had recently, coupled with the year we've had has left us not really in the Christmas mood. It wasn't a complete downer or anything, we still had a nice day, we just weren't aglow in the festive mood.

We technically had a white Christmas. The snow that had fallen last week was still on the ground, even if the temperature on Tuesday was in the lower fifties. Yesterday it started to snow again. Apparently we got more snow in our area than around the area Mom works. She said it was a little tricky get home, but she made it home safe.

Mom is working late tonight. Because of when Christmas fell, she will have to go in on Monday and run payroll. Hopefully It wont take her to long. To help out a bit, she's working late tonight.

Have been playing Splinter Cell Double Agent and I like it. Because I have played Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow and Splinter Cell Chaos Theory ( particularly this one) a lot, I am finding it fairly easy to get around the game. I ran into a brick wall with one thing and was able to find help online to get me past it. So far I am liking the game.

I am a bit depressed. The weather hitting the area on or near the weekends is putting a damper on the holiday mood. I do want to get out and go to Crown Center tomorrow, even though there is a snow storm ready to bear down on us as I type. Although the thought of going over there and fighting the crowds is unappealing, we have done very little festive type things this holiday season. The one thing I hate about some holidays, is that "everyone" seems like they have plans that involve doing big things and or visiting family. I know not everyone is big on Christmas, but the idea that if you don't have friends or family to party with and you're not spending a fortune on gifts that there is something wrong with you. The whole thing seems thrust upon us, that if you want to be alone or don't care to do it up big you're a loser. It's no wonder a lot of people kill themselves around this time of year.

Besides, I think Santa is a pervert anyway. Think about it! HE sees you when you're awake, he sees you when you're sleeping, he knows if you've been bad or good. What else is he gazing upon? Does he look at you in the shower, or as you're pleasuring yourself or someone else, does he have a lot of elf on elf action up north or something? And just what is Mrs Clause into? The whole thing sounds fishy to me.