Early this evening, got it firmed up with my wife’s son that we will go down March 10th to take care of our two grandchildren while he and his lovely wife go to Hawaii. We may stay for a week instead of coming back as soon as they get back the 15th. We really do not go down there enough, though it is only about 160 miles from here to there. And yes, we will be taking our dog Coco, been some time since she has been there to play around with their 3 dogs. Of course, the grandkids are excited about us coming to take care of them because that means Dairy Queen every evening for ice cream. I will enjoy it because it will take me off the internet for quite a bit. Though I can and will get on off and on while I am there.

Today, we got unofficially over 7 inches of snow. I went out and measured about 5-9 spots after dinner while Coco was romping around in the snow. And earlier, our granddaughter (did I tell you we have 10 grandchildren?) called from school to have me pick her up and take her home as she had a project she did not want to get wet. So there I go, clear off the van of snow and warm it up a bit. And of course, the city has yet to plow all the streets here. Wonder why as they are usually quick about it. Only the main road was plowed, though it was hard to tell, as it is a county road. Slow driving to the school, actually only a few blocks up the road. Then drop off a friend of hers home and then the granddaughter home.

And then, the other daughter called and wanted to know if we would drive up to Des Moines to pick her up and then drop by and pick up her 3 at their dads place. Wife said are you nuts? Have you even looked outside? So we did not go. Usually our daughter who lives up the street from us picks up her sister on the way home from work, then goes into Indianola to pick up the 3 kids. But her husband could not even get out of the parking lot where he works, so she dropped by and picked him up. Leaving no room for picking up 4 more passengers, as her car can only take 5 total people. She has to go to work tomorrow, so her husband may go with her and see if he can get his car out of the parking lot. If not, it will stay there until Sunday or Monday.

The below is something I remember my grandfather and then my dad always did, a little shot in their coffee or hot chocolate. Myself, I go for a shot into the coffee, but not the hot chocolate.

Now this is an idea!

Earlier I had to go to the school and pick up our granddaughter. She is sick, with a nice high temperature and coughing. She is here with us. In fact, in this room laying on the bed watching her television programs (grandpa has to put up with Hannah Montana and a few other little girl programs). Wife gave her some liquid medicines for her temperature and coughing. She will be okay, lots of loving attention from her grandma and grandpa for the day.

Before I went and picked her up at school, finally removed the air conditioner from the window and put it in the van. Will bring it over to our married granddaughter’s house later and store it in their garage. Even cleaned the windows outside of all the spider webs and other small stuff like leaves and dirt and grass that were covering everything. Later we will have to go and get new blinds or curtains for the windows in here.

Last night watched the New York Jets get schooled in the art of football by the San Diego Chargers. It was a terrible game for the Jets, and not even Brett Favre could pull it out. Their defense in a word just plain sucked bad! And the Chargers played like they should of been playing in their prior games. Unless the Jets get their act together, they probably can forget about any chance of making the playoffs, while the Chargers if they can play at the level they did in this game should reach the playoffs.

Last night, after spending a couple of days looking at this system, took the plunge and now have a nice digital products store. About 100 products so far, with more to be added every month. And each one of the products is priced at $5.00 per product! First, check out my new store: http://tinyurl.com/4udsq4 

If you want your own store like this, where everything is set up for you and ready to go, visit this site: http://tinyurl.com/4v87g7