StraightAhead

Happy New Year, I’m at home enjoying my family. My son and his wife are here putting together her new computer. she is swithching to a pc a windows operating system in a family that has always been apple people. i guess we’ll keep her anyway. Mainly it is a lot cheaper since she is [...]

Happy snow person
Originally uploaded by rhyax.
I like this one that my son took. That’s how we felt, like little kids.

Car from the back
Originally uploaded by rhyax.
This is just a shot to give an idea of the snow we got here in Houston. It made really good snowballs.

After the shaking
Originally uploaded by rhyax.
sorriest christmas tree i ever had. i think it had the blight or something. Maybe Dutch spruce disease or something :O) small artificial tree next year for sure.

Started my fourth day here at the firestation. I had two calls yesterday, one actual fire and an auto motor scooter wreck. The fire was caused by a candle in the living room but didn’t spread too far. Last night was uneventful so I got to sleep all night. That’s always a plus. I’ve had [...]

tomorrow should be fun and interesting. A couple of sisters that i went to high school with and were in the band with , are coming to visit me at work. They are going to treat me to lunch, too, which is always a good thing. Anytime i don’t have to cook is a good [...]

Fire place
Originally uploaded by Memphis Joe.
The kids are over for Christmas. My oldest will be staying thru Sunday with us. Good times and a warm fire. It is cold here , for this part of the country , anyway. My son brought his Computer since he is going to be here for a while and [...]

Me Mammy
Originally uploaded by Memphis Joe.
This was the day that we had Christmas with my wife’s side of the family. We had a lot of good snacks and had a lot of fun. My mom enjoyed herself. we went to the doctor this morning to talk to her about the results of mom’s blood work [...]

This guy may have a point in that Creationism is watered down so much that it is meaningless as to God’s authority in the universe, the God of the Bible that is. I definitely believe that the “intelligent design” people have gone to far because they are excluding the fact that the God of the [...]

My last day at the fire station. That’s not accurate really. I’ll have two days off after today and then be back for four, then four off, then two on , then surgery and many, many days off. I should be able to grow a rather nice santa claus beard in 6 to 10 weeks. [...]