critter

something is living in my garage. it comes in the middle of the night and leaves gifts all over the garage floor. it eats food and hides from the daylight and any removal attempts. it has found a home. and i am not fond of this critter. today i left the door open and a trail of food to the outside world. i hope it will escape. the folks are in the sunny place... and i long for warmth. today is 62 degrees. i guess i got it. i had a great weekend. i am learning how to be better at things. i'm gonna buy a salt block to attract deer to the yard. and i hope my attempts to feed the birds here recently keep them in my yard this spring. i'd love another lovely jeep ride in the snow... but look forward to warm summer nights in the country. my wallet is hurting my bum today and so it sits on my desk right now. it's light. nothing much in it. the president spoke last night... and it felt like we should all be scared. like there is a critter in our garage.

three thirty

the steelers win the superbowl. company's spent ridiculous amounts of money in a horrible economy to sell me potato chips i don't care to eat and grown men wear tight pants and shove each other to the ground. i only saw a few commercials which is usually the highlight of the event, and wasn't all that impressed with most. it seems like a lot of bells and whistles and very little substance. i hope i'm seen as someone with substance. bells and whistles optional. yesterday i turned 33 years of age and celebrated by playing football with friends and family. today i feel 73. a bit sore. it was a great time. the weather was warm for february... and the sun showed its face most the day. fires burned and chili was gobbled up. hot chocolate with marshmallows was sipped and snowballs were thrown. the red team versus the blue team. i was on the blue team... and dad was the referee. whistle and all. the 'flag football' game quickly turned into a game of tackle as the snow served as a cool cushion to soften the opponents attacks. the kids rolled monuments of snow over the hill. the adults talked about grown up stuff. the smell of wood poured out of the chimney... and we enjoyed that moment. all of us did. blue went up and red came back. to tell the truth, i'm not sure who won the game yesterday or if we tied. it doesn't really matter. it was just good to be with the ones i love... and act younger than i am.