Rehcreation
Favorite Christmas Specials
I know that they get played every year at this time and they might seem to get old; but I still look forward to watching Christmas specials. Obviously the one’s that I remember as a child are the best. So if I had to list my three favorite specials they would be:
By far and away: #1) A [...]
Griswalds? Not even close.
We enjoy decorating for Christmas every year. I do admit, it does take awhile. But we do it in little bits at a time. Last year we had honorable mention in our neighborhood for the outdoor lighting contest. I do take care of all the outside lighting and every year it seems to take a [...]
UNC State Frozen Football
Saturday at noon will be a cold at Kenan stadium when the Tar Heels kickoff against the Wolfpack. OK it might not be freezing, but it will be in the low 40s. At least there will be sun.
Our seats are on the north side, which is the sun side this time of year. There will be a huge difference from [...]
No Mountain Peak For Ann Curry
Unfortunately I saw today that Ann Curry who was trying to get to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro, had to descend and give up their quest.
Here is her report from this morning. (It takes a few seconds to load.)
I was really hoping she could make it to the top. As I mentioned in a previous [...]
Mountain Climbing
Watching the Today show and following Ann Curry up Mount Kilimanjaro has been fascinating. See is really struggling with the altitude. She is at 15,ooo feet and still has a few thousand feet higher up to go.
When I was a teenager, I camped on the side of Pike’s Peak in Colorado. We camped at about [...]
Fall Color
Fall colors are peaking here in central North Carolina. I have always loved the colors of fall. Where I grew up, we had a sugar maple in our front yard and it would always change to a pretty golden yellow.
I bought a sugar maple 13 years ago to have a tree that reminded me of [...]
Early World Series Memory
Watched the World Series last night; it was great that the game didn’t end late at night. Baseball puts their games on too late at night. Games ending after midnight aren’t going to attract kids to baseball when they can’t watch.
I remember watching the World Series as a kid, after all it was on during the [...]
NC Skiing Already?
I got notification from the Southeast Ski Association that a ski area is going to try to open today.
Cataloochee, near the Smoky Mountains, was able to fire up its snow making machines. Here is a picture from yesterday.
You need 30 degree or colder air to make snow in these machines. The closer to 30 you [...]
Cubs Collapse…Again
I don’t think there is anyone alive who remembers the last time the Cubs won a World Series.
Being a die-hard Cub fan all my life, I have lived through the 1969 collapse, the 1984 NL Championship game 5 meltdown, the 2003 NL Championship game 6, Steve Bartman ball meltdown and now this!
I think last night [...]
How To Calm Down
I am getting ready to watch the Cubs in the playoffs next month but I am worried.
Last night the Cubs were playing the Mets in a game that didn’t mean anything to the Cubs. After watching the game, I needed to get to sleep for my 2:30am wake up call for work. I was [...]
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