Weekend Boy!

We have a joke here at Nutwood regarding when we have time off from the daily grind.  I am Weekend Boy this weekend, unfortunately, Beth has to work. 

However, I have lots to keep me busy.  We are taking care of cousin Shane's cats, I need to get several hairs cut, need new tires on the truck in preparation for SNOW (yuk!), packaging up the recycling, getting in a couple of workouts, cleaning the old garage (move things to the new garage), and some AEP work to do.  Helps keep the time moving until my "bride" gets home from work.

One of the things that we are most proud of, after six years of marriage, is that we still have not had an argument or a fight.  I think that is something to be quite proud of.  Being "Bucko", I have to admit that I have hurt her feelings with my joking, but it is easily identified, and then we talk it out.  How wonderful to have a true life partner.

Also, a very happy birthday to my daughter, she is 14 today. 

Tags: daughter, birthday, bride

Groundwater

Interesting Facts:

Groundwater - water beneath Earth's surface between saturated soil and rock that supplies wells and springs. 

The thing that I did not know that I found fascinating is, "At any one time, the Mississippi River carries just 1 percent of its waters to the Gulf of Mexico.  The other 99 percent lies beneath the river's bottom, saturated in rock and dirt." [Source: Nature Conservancy/Winter 2007 Edition].  I never realized the true linkage between our rivers, our watersheds, and our groundwater. 

Living in the country, we are on well water, and understanding these types of facts are important.  We have a small pond in the back yard, and we can gauge the water table based on how dry our pond is.

 

Tags: Groundwater, Nature Conservancy, Wells

Who Would You Vote For?

We took the opportunity last night to watch the Republican U-Tube debate.  Have to admit, as Republicans, we were disappointed.  I heard on NPR on the way home tonight that Thompson and Huckabee lost ground, Romney held his, and McCain gained in the eyes of the New Hampshire voters.  We did love the Huckabee line "Jesus was too smart to run for office".  That cracked us up (WWJVF).

On the Democratic side, Iowa still remains very undecided.  Some recent reading I have done indicates that Iowa is very pragmatic in their voting, and if the trend and press indicates that you are not electable, then you will not get their caucus vote.  Based on that, my prediction is that Hillary will continue to lose ground, Obama will continue to gain (have to admit that I will consider voting for him if he is the candidate, most likely to be non-partisan and invoke change, even if he is anti-nuke and more liberal than my tastes condone), and Richardson has a good chance of doing well.