First Snow

Woke up this morning to a wet snow, it's pretty, but I wish it was a dry snow. There's nothing worse than muddy paws.

I Hate Trees

Worked on cleaning up the leaves from my pecan tree.  lots and lots of leaves (i hate trees).  I basically mulched them up with my mower.  I ran out of gas before I was finished so I went out and bought a quarter gallon.  I even mulched the leaves up on my Deck with the mower.

Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving day I spent most of the morning lounging around watching the roommate run around trying to be at the parent’s house by 8:00. Did not even come close.

Next I balanced my checkbook with Quicken and for a brief moment I though I might have met my budget for the month till I remembered I started having an extra $25 per paycheck go to my savings account starting tomorrow.

Next was a walk to Creve Coeur Park with the pups.  It could have been a nice peaceful walk around the lake except that I kept getting phone calls from my dad needing tech support on ordering gifts for my brothers kids on Amazon. Its really hard to hold onto two dogs and talk with the brick that is my cell phone.

This guy was out fishing on Creve Coeur Lake for Thanksgiving

I had Thanksgiving dinner at the Feasting Fox with my parents, my aunt & uncle, and Steve. It’s a nice germen restaurant. Though for Thanksgiving they only serve one germen dish, the sauerbraten. In addition they had Turkey with the fixings, roasted pork loin dish, salmon, and a surf n turf dish. I had the turkey. The most interesting topic of conversation I thought was that my ten year old nephew was given $30 to rake the leaves around the house. He contracted out the work to a few of the neighbor kids for $1.50 a piece. I hope he’s willing to take care of my finances in my old age.

Steve found a date at the Feasting Fox!

That night Steve came over and we watched Chuck, Big Bang Theory, and Surviverman. Steve also helped me update flash my Linksys router with the newest version of dd-wrt.

One thought for the day. I noticed that Wal-Mart was open in addition to Walgreens. In addition the news said that Bass Pro stayed open. Though I like the convenience and it dose give people who need the money an opportunity to earn some, I still wish more stores would shut down for the holiday.

Hawthorn Trail

Today I took the dogs on a 1.25 mile hike in Babler State park on the Hawthorn Trail.  It was a little chilly but nice.  I let Corbie walk without a  leash for part of the time and I have never seen him so happy.  I wish I could trust Katy off leash.

Quantum of Solace

Saw the new James Bond movie Quantum of Solace on the mega screen at the Wehrenberg Galaxy 14 theater at 1:00 on Saturday. 

1. The movie was hard to follow
2. I wish I had watched Casino Royal again before going to Quantum
3. Worst of all, they didn't show the Star Trek trailer, which was the reason I paid a $2 premium for the Maga screen!
   

Winter is here

Cold Cold Cold... and its only going to get colder.  I think my warm weather cloths are going to get stored away today.  I just wish that if it's going to be cold that we at least could get nice snow to cover everyting.

Spencer's Grill

Had breakfast today with Steve at Spencer's Grill in Kirkwood.  It's a small greasy spoon place that's been around forever and one that I've always intended to visit.  Its a nice little place, and I do mean little, 5 booths, about ten stools at the bar, and three, three chair tables in the back.  If you live in St. Louis county I would definitely recommend stopping by at least once.

When we got there all the booths were full so we sat at the bar right behind the cook at the grill.  I have to say it was fun to watch and it almost tempts me to replace my stove at home with a grill.  I had county fried steak, scrambled eggs, hash browns, OJ and a cup of coffee.  Steve had a pork chop, eggs over easy, hash browns, a side order of biscuits & gravy and a soda. Both meals together totaled $20.  I was really happy with everything I got though I prefer my hash browns more crispy on the outside than they serve them and Steve thought his chop was the saltiest piece of pork he'd eaten.

I will defiantly be back for breakfast.

Flu Shot

Got my flu shot today, Have you gotten yours?