If I use the snowblower to help the neighbors clear their sidewalks does it count as more "days of snow" ? A couple of years ago I bought a decent snowblower which does a pretty good job on regular snow up to about 8" but it isn't self-propelled (big jump in price). The Mrs chuckled about only being able to use it 1-2 times a year so I chimed in ( Read more... )

Okay, as promised I've got the pics from this past Sunday online. I'm still getting the hang of PBase so bear with me... Oh, the URL is http://www.pbase.com/meadmkr/longwood

Yesterday I went to the Epson Print Academy over in Crystal City.... Not a bad way to spend the day and even learned a few things in between the Photoshop 'lessons' and salesly pitches/plugs. On the way home via Route 7 I passed Colvin Mill and realized I hadn't been there in a while and it'd be a good chance to get out and take some photos. ( Read more... )

Kiddo (aka Katie aka Katt) has an assignment for her photography class to 'shoot landscapes' so we went up to check out Arlington National Cemetary this morning and headed up to the arboretum afterwards. Despite the traffic headed northbound it only took about 20 minutes drive time considering I've never been there ( Read more... )

Anybody else get very, very grumpy when they are sick? Started coming down with what I thought was 'just a head cold' Monday but Tuesday it hit hard. Temp was only 97.1 and yes, I took it twice (my normal is 99.1). To make matters worse instead of staying in bed resting had to drive the Mrs back up to Thurmont. It turns out her wallet fell out ( Read more... )

The annual Holiday Baking Marathon that is.... Once again wifey decided to give cookie/goodie boxes to her crew at work this year; so far I count about 55 boxes for her and about 10 for my office. Add a few extra trays and 'dats a bunch o'cookies ( Read more... )

Now I know how Seymour in the "Little Shop of Horrors" must have felt ( Read more... )

Not sure how I did it but screwed up my DVD database when I upgraded DVDProfiler a while back. Finally getting off my arse and getting things back in. For those movie buffs out there check out DVDProfiler from InterVocative.com which makes keeping track of the evergrowing collection. The free version is okay but has small adverts like Eudora but ( Read more... )

Weeks and weeks of no/zilch/nada rain and now we get almost 2 straight weeks of this! Six more days until Halloween and the graveyard for Ox Bow Manor still isn't all set up thanks to the weather.
Well, looks like a the gravedigger will be working the midnight shift this week....