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We actually got some snow!!!
While there are those that live with it and those who will say “what’s the big deal” and those who will say “that’s not as rare as snow in Florida”, getting snow around here is rare and fun.

It wasn’t much of a snow, though.
Things were white in the morning but my 9am, the roads were just wet. When it froze last night, the streets were pretty much dry so ice wasn’t a problem.
But still, snow!!

This holiday week lead to an unexpectedly large “miscellaneous” section in our local police blotter but most of them were DUI’s and MIP’s (a lot of alcohol was misused this week).
There were a few notible entries
(and, as I’ve
said
before
, this is exactly as it appears in the paper):

• It seemed a perfect plan: Set up barricades in the road near West Waluga Park, then, when people get out of their car to move them, jump up and pelt them with eggs.
  But, alas, police located the four juveniles responible and turned them over to their respective parents.
• A suspicious vehicle seen driving in circles at the High School was determined to be a father teaching his son to drive a stick shift.
• A man wo bought copper kettles in Jordan called police wen something fell off them — drugs, he suspected.
  Police tested the mystery crud fr opiates and THC, and still don’t know what it is.
• When he ran a stop sign, she threw her gloves at him.
  When he stopped to confront her, he threw her hand truck over an embankment, climbed back in his truck and left.
• A woman said her night vision glasses enabled her to spot her ex-boyfriend walking around her home.
• Two neighbors can’t agree where a fence between their properties ought to go, and what’s more, the one who’s not building the fence suspects the fence-builder is drunk.
• Cape-draped, sword carrying juveniles were reported standing in the traffic lanes in front of the Lake Theatre.
  Police found the group waiting to see “The Lord or the Rings” and told them to stay out of the street.

Merry Christmas to everyone all over the world!!

We’ve just finished opening presents this Christmas morning and people are assembling toys — radio controlled cars and power tools.
Toys for all ages. We’ll start cooking breakfast soon.

Santa also gave all the kids
Airzooka’s
so there are battles ensuing around the house.
You just don’t know when a blast of air might hit you.

A few people have joined us in our
Christmas morning chat room
and you can see the mess on
ChristmasCam
.
Merry Christmas!!

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The Christmas presents are starting to pile up.

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We spent yesterday and today cooking.
We have a Polish style
Wagilia
dinner on Christmas Eve.
This means
cooking perogies
as well as the other filling and wonderful traditional polish dishes.

The plan is to stuff ourselves at sundown,
then go over the grandma’s for unwrapping inter-family presents
the returning home for sleep.
We’ll open presents at home at Christmas morning.
Come and join us.

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Sushi at
Sushiland
with the family two nights in a row.
The proper way to get ready for Christmas.

Catching up on my blogging found me these fun links:

• Chris Pirillo
  points to a funny (and family viewable) video of a
  unique musician
  .
• What do you expect to find at
  UglyChristmasLights.com
  ?
• Boing Boing
  points to some unbelievable
  
  snow sculptures
  
• And
  Boing Boing
  points to body painting in
  China
  and
  Germany
  .
  Amzing artwork — amazing in several dimensions.

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The Christmas tree is up at
Christmas Cam.
Be sure to visit us for Christmas.
Merry Christmas.

Never said being a policeman was easy. This weeks local reports include the following sure-to-be-on “Cops” items:

• A dead squirrel was found in the roadway near the intersection of Knaus Road and Timberline Drive.
• A resident received a suspicious piece of mail.
• A McVey/South Shore area resident says someone cut a coupon out of the coupons she received in the mail.
• A resident of the Springbrook Park neighborhood called police to report that
  her ex-husband was at her house, intoxicated, and planning to
  eat a live lobster as part of some kind of satanic ritual.
  Police were unable to contact the woman, but met with the ex-husband
  in question.
  No word on the lobster.

I’ve been lazy with the computer jobs but I finally got the pictures up.
There are pictures of the
Turkey Trot
(a run on Thanksgiving morning to run off what we will eat later)
and
Thanksgiving at Grandma’s
.

Now I’d better get back to cleaning the house.
I need to get the livingroom together so we can have
ChristmasCam
again.