Just finished printing the set list for tonight’s gig. Hoping for a lot of people. It’s a small venue, so even 30 people makes the place look fairly packed. I’ve already started packing the car with my musical equipment. I’ll leave for the gig in another hour. ■ Holly got me a camera for my pc. I’m going to have to try Skype and see how it works. ■ Got to run.
I love this photo of our neighborhood. Actually it’s 5 photos stitched together – that’s why you get the bending of the roads. I’m tempted to try and draw it. We’ll see. ■ Just got a phone call from my boss – I don’t have to go in today. That’s nice as I can use the time for drawing. ■ More later . . . . . . . . .
It is the end of the weekend. Since, and before, we’ve been busy. But that’s what the holidays are for . . . . . ■ We did have snow. Too much snow . . . but, I guess, that’s what winters are for. ■ I took Aaron to the airport this morning; then we had band practice; then Holly and I went to Sam’s Club to pick up a few things; and then we smoked ribs and chicken and watched football. I must say that the ribs and chicken were delicious. I love cooking on the grill. ■ What’s ahead this week? A gig; smoking more food; and more friends . .. oh, and a new year’s day brunch! . . . . time for bed . . . . . . .
We’ve had snow – too much of it today. I did get out and tried to shovel – until I slipped and fell on my face. Actually my right shoulder took the brunt of the fall. It’s the same shoulder that has 
. . . and it’s snowing. The weather site I looked at this morning said we are/were supposed to get 2 – 4 inches. I think we surpassed that long ago. Our plans for hitting a number of stores for grocery items has fizzled – I think we’re down to just Jewel in Cary. ■ My next door neighbor shoveled for me this morning. I need to get out there and do it again. It’s just not stopping. ■ I think I’d better get outside and start shoveling!
It’s an overcast day. Even had a few snowflakes, but it’s too warm for the snow to stick. ■ Went to see the movie “Avatar” last night. The theatre offered drinks and dinner and lounge chairs for seating. I had a couple of Guinness beers and a burger – actually 2 small burgers. They were very good. And the movie was fun and in 3D! Really cool. I think the 3D thing is the future for movies. It adds quite a bit. ■ The four pen and ink drawings of houses above you were all done for Christmas gifts. It was fun drawing all of them. Two of them had to be started over from scratch as I’d made mistakes – and that ol’ ink is totally unforgiving. ■ We’re off to our friend’s home for some holiday celebration and food. Maybe a post, or two from the festivities laster via my iphone. ■
So many photo opportunities . . . . The first one is our Bear. I know it’s hard to tell that it’s a bear, but trust me on this one. The Bear is decorated with lights. It’ our Christmas Bear. I know that you’re supposed to have a pine tree, but we’ve replace the tree with a bear. I think we’re the only people in the world with a Christmas Bear and not a tree. ■ I told you that I’d post a picture of my new guitar (thanks to having GAS). Not a great picture, but it’ll have to do for now. I think that I have to take a picture of all of my guitars – with better lighting, of course. ■ Tomorrow I work from 1:00 pm ‘till 4:00 pm. I sure hope I can sell some guitars. Wish me selling power! ■ And, yes, it’s time for bed. ‘Night.
I occasionally check my web stats just to see where my blog visitors reside. It’s interesting to see what states they’re in and what countries are represented. We’ve got people from Brazil, Canada, Turkey, Spain, Germany, Australia, France, Argentina, Guam, Dubai, Portugal, England, Israel, Malaysia, . . . . and on and on. . . . ■ I have to wrap some gifts before I go to work. ■ More later on . . . .
That’s our Mollie – half husky and half golden retriever – taking her rawhide treat out in the comfortable snow to eat. She does love the cold and snow. In the daytime she’ll look for a shady place in which to lie. ■ Watched “Home Alone” tonight. It is one of the classics. Love the scene where the kid uses the BB gun to disable the burglar. ■ Brought home the guitar I bought yesterday. It needs a little work – nut lowered just a little bit; a little fret work; and the intonation set correctly. For $199 it’s a great guitar. ■ I’ve got to matte and frame one of my Christmas gifts tomorrow. I can’t wait until the last minute. ■ Time for bed. Picture of the new guitar tomorrow.
This is the view from Holly’s office window. (Click on the picture for a larger image) And it’s snowing again. Or, perhaps it never stopped from last night. Looking at the amount of snow on my grill, it looks like we’ve received a couple of inches so far. ■ I’m working on, I think, my last pen and ink before Christmas. I’ve done two in the last couple of days. I’ll post them here later so you can see what they look like. ■ Back to work. . . . . .
Before I went upstairs for the night I turned off all the lights and happened to look out our kitchen window - a little more snow on the ground. I hadn’t realized that it was snowing. At least I got home before it started. ■ Bought a guitar today. Yeah, I know, it’s not like I needed another guitar . . . but I do have G.A.S. What’s G.A.S. (or GAS for short)? It stands for Guitar/Gear Acquisition Syndrome. It’s an illness that strikes almost every dedicated guitar player – especially those who work in guitar stores. We all have many guitars – never too many – just many. There are a plethora of sayings: “Too many guitars, too little time”, or “Too many guitars, too little money”, or “He who dies with the most toys wins.” And while I do have a few guitars, I have very few compared with others with GAS. ■
Sunday night. It’s been a quiet weekend. Picked up Aaron at O’Hare airport on Friday night. It sure is good to see him again. Saturday was quiet. I don’t think I even left the house – except to do a turkey breast on the grill. Do I even have to say it? Delicious. Today, Sunday, was a nice quiet day. I started and mostly finished a drawing – that’s the start of it in the bottom right corner of the “bevy of photos!” (click on the photo in the post and it’ll be displayed as a larger version.) ■ This afternoon Aaron, Holly and I went to our friend’s home for a little seasonal party. Lots of goooood food and friends. ■ We’re back home now. Holly and Aaron are watching Sunday night football. Work tomorrow. I’m ready for bed.
It snowed yesterday. Kind of a bad drive to O’Hare to pickup Aaron, but then again, not too bad. ■ Did a turkey breast on the grill tonight. Delicious. Holly’s going to make soup out of it and, I think, turkey enchiladas. Both will be great! ■ Took the picture above of part of our neighborhood. It’s actually 4 pictures stitched together. Tomorrow I think I’m going to try a 360ยบ picture. I wonder how it’ll turn out. ■ I checked out one of my Teles today. The neck needs a little adjustment. I think I’ll check all my guitars before the next gig on new year’s eve. ■ More pictures tomorrow. It’ll be a picture fest! ■
