Johnny Has His Own Blog

Quite pleased to announce that over the weekend we were able to come to contract terms with Dr. Johnny. His demands regarding travel percs were a little bit outrageous but we finally were able to figure out who would actually accumulate the air miles. He is now doing (mostly photos of himself) a blog. Hope you enjoy it.

This photo is Karen and Gary in Yellowstone in 2006. Old Faithful is in the background.

Memories

I don't know if any of you do this, but Leigh and I try to do this fairly often. As a day comes to a close and we are lying in bed, close to sleep, Leigh and I try to tell each other a memory from sometime earlier in our lives. If you don't ever do this you should try it. You just say, "Hey I have a memory to share." And away you go. Learning something about your partner that you may not have known before.
Well today I was out stacking some wood. I was listening to Vt. Public Radio while "All Things Considered" was on. I can recall, in Virginia, Zack and Jack singing the theme song to that show with just a slight twist on the words. They would sing "all things considered, all things considered, all things considered and some things not". I am not really sure if there are words associated with that theme song. If there were really no words to their theme it is too bad they didn't happen to call us in Hightown and we could have given them those lyrics. I found none at the NPR website. Does the beermaker or anonymous remember that they used to sing that song? Another memory that I had at about the same time was that, (that is while I was stacking wood) about the same time,(that being Zack's age) was of Zack going absolutely WILD when the "Barney Miller" theme song would come on the TV. I am talking WILD. And they say white boys can't dance??? Well they never saw Zack when that song was played. He was possessed by that song. Not the words but the instrumental part. I am fairly sure that the previously mentioned beermaker and anonymous will remember Zack and that particular memory of mine. I would bet that if Jenny were to play that song she might see a side of Zack she didn't know existed!!!

I also happened to think about the beermaker just rocking in the rocking chair at breakneck speed with then baby Cody when he use to cry. It always amazed me at how fast he could get that chair going. Perhaps we should have put him on the grid to power our house.

Hope this entry has prompted the rest of you to think back on some memories of your own.

Vacations

So who is coming East this Summer? Need to make sure I will see whoever ventures this far (or further) East.

Wish

Just wanted to wish Amy a Happy birthday for May 14th. Hope you had a great weekend leading up to your birthday. There are some readers out there that remember when you were born....

One More (or more) Reason To Love Hockey...

I really love hockey. You all know that. I just love hockey. I love to play. I love to watch. Truly a lifelong passion for me. Today I watched the Sabres beat the Rangers. I do enjoy seeing the Rangers lose. Almost as much I enjoy seeing the Red Wings lose. But there were two things that I really liked as the game ended. Well of course actually three. First the Rangers lost!!!!!
The next thing is the handshake after a series ends. I just think that is one of the greatest shows of sportsmanship there is in any sport. I have been on both ends of that handshake. I have been the winner and also the loser. Much more fun to be the winner. The other thing I liked was the Rangers' salute to their fans when the game was over. It is a very European way to end a hockey game.

New Computer

what do I need to do to go about finding out about the Dell college student program?

Tilling

Oh what a great afternoon I had. First my weekly staff meeting was cancelled. One might think that would be enough to create a banner day. But no it got even better when I fired up the Troy-Bilt, on the second pull no less after a Winter of inactivity, and was able to till the smaller of my three veggie garden spaces. I just love the look and smell of a freshly turned over garden. Guess that is why I am Gardenboy!!!
One a sort of negative note. I couldn't get that lazy farm boy Johnny to come and get the stones out of the garden space after I had tilled. No fresh peas for him.