After Bryson’s bath tonight, I was holding him up in front of the mirror and waving to him while I said, “Hi Bryson”. After some smiles of amusement, he responded back, perfectly clear while waving back at me, “Hi DaDa“. Very cool!
Here are a few pictures Amber took of him checking out the snow, or what was left of the snow that is.
Amber learned early on in our marriage that subtle hints really don’t work with me… clear, concise direction is the only way to be sure you are not going to wind up with a crappy gift. She thoughtfully made a list for me so I can choose the best items. I like the last few.
This is why you don’t screw with toner cartridges.
This pickup was in the garage after lunch…
This guy seems to “hit the nail on the head”
Naturally, I gravitated to using the tractor.
Mike tried to keep us all productive.
Allen was very cheerful and joyous.
Jim is down to 4 packs a day.
The vine thought Ron’s camelbak tube was a fellow vine and hung on to it, almost hanging and killing Ron.
And there was fire.
And eating
And cooking
Dave and Drake showed up at around lunch time, but I didn’t take any pictures. Drake was pretty funny, he pushed his Tonka truck around the whole place. Dave has some sort of genetic mutation that lets him use two chainsaws at once. He’s a tree cutting machine.
Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not.” ~ Thomas Jefferson
1. An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.
2. A gun in the hand is better than a cop on the phone.
3. Colt: The original point and click interface.
4. Gun control is not about guns; it’s about control.
5. If guns are outlawed, can we use swords?
6. If guns cause crime, then pencils cause misspelled words.
7. Free men do not ask permission to bear arms.
8. If you don’t know your rights, you don’t have any.
9. Those who trade liberty for security have neither.
10. The United States Constitution (c)1791. All Rights Reserved.
11. What part of “shall not be infringed” do you not understand?
12. The Second Amendment is in place in case the politicians ignore the others.
13. 64,999,987 firearms owners killed no one yesterday.
14. Guns only have two enemies; rust and politicians.
15. Know guns, know peace, know safety. No guns, no peace, no safety.
16. You don’t shoot to kill; you shoot to stay alive.
17. 911: Government sponsored Dial-a-Prayer.
18. Assault is a behavior, not a device.
19. Criminals love gun control; it makes their jobs safer.
20. If guns cause crime, then matches cause arson.
21. Only a government that is afraid of its citizens tries to control them.
22. You have only the rights you are willing to fight for.
23. Enforce the gun control laws we ALREADY have; don’t make more.
24. When you remove the people’s right to bear arms, you create slaves.
25. The American Revolution would never have happened with gun control.
Once upon a time in a village, a man appeared and announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10 each.
The villagers seeing that there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest, and started catching them. The man bought thousands at $10 and as supply started to diminish, the villagers stopped their effort.
He further announced that he would now buy at $20. This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again.
Soon the supply diminished even further and people started going back to their farms. The offer increased to $25 each and the supply of monkeys became so little that it was an effort to even see a monkey, let alone catch it!
The man now announced that he would buy monkeys at $50! However, since he had to go to the city on some business, his assistant would now buy on behalf of him.
In the absence of the man, the assistant told the villagers. “Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that the man has collected. I will sell them to you at $35 and when the man returns from the city, you can sell them to him for $50 each.”
The villagers rounded up with all their savings and bought all the monkeys. Then they never saw the man nor his assistant, only monkeys everywhere!
Now you have a better understanding of how the stock market works.
Here he is walking around with a block in his mouth. I figure he does this to maximize his payload capacity. You know, kinda the same reason my pickup has a roofrack.
Bryson’s cousin, John Marshall, came over for a visit.
After he left, Bryson started getting really cranky and acting like his ear hurt. Amber knew exactly what was happening. He has had a drippy nose, and now he had an ear infection. We went to the all-day kiddy hospital and had him looked over and brought home some antibiotics.
Adding to the nose-drip is the massive drool issue. Turns out he is also cutting a new tooth. He walked around all day with this toy in his mouth.
