Go Seahawks or Broncos!

At the time of this writing, I only know that the Broncos are ahead of the Patriots 10-0.  Based on the few minutes I saw, the Broncos are the better team.  May the better team win.

Before the football season began I told Sandi I was turning my football allegiance to the Denver Broncos.  This means very little because if I could monetize my football allegiance, or allegiance to any sports team, it would amount to only $0.0001.  But still it was big news that I even chose a team to root for. 

My reason for choosing the Broncos had nothing to do with their athletic prowess or clever marketing schemes.  I've only spent time in Denver once for a few days.  Ever since I came to Portland and traveled with the festival team, I've always wanted a festival in Denver.  The Broncos play in Denver, I want a festival in Denver: Go Broncos!

Throughout the season I would occasionally glance at the scores and notice that 'my boys' are doing well.  Wait, what's this?  The Seahawks are doing well too?  I can spend my allegiance in two places.  After all, they are the Seattle Seahawks.  Go Broncos and Go Seahawks!

This afternoon as I watch the Seattle vs SF game, I hope 'my boys' win.  I hope 'my boys' won against the Patriots earlier.  That way, come Super Bowl, 'my boys' will win, which ever one that happens to be.

Winter planting

Friends of ours thinned out their landscaping and had a bunch of plant cuttings with nothing to do and nowhere to go.  They thought of us and offered to give us the cuttings.  With nothing to loose and much to gain, we took them and planted them in the front yard.  Come spring, our yard might be transformed.

new grassy plant in front of the small guest room

new grassy plant in front of the large guest room

daisy along side of the fence

 

very tired plant defending the open space between us and our neighbors

grassy plant at the corner

grassy plant at the corner

grassy plant at the corner

 

I had to displace a dozen tulips that we planted last month.  Hopefully they won't mind too much.  Their new home is in front of the maple tree.

 

Finally finished!

Sometime in late 2012, I installed a new glass sliding door.  It turned out very well, but I didn't have the tools to finished the bull-nose trim.  I even purchased and stained the trim in anticipation of someday finishing it.

For Christmas/birthday, Mom and Dad gave me an air compressor with a little trim nail gun.  In an effort to check off one more item on my 2013 to-do list, I worked on it last night.

Before: it doesn't look too bad without trim

After: but it does look better with trim.

Mom's Table

This fall, Mom asked me to build her a oak little phone table.  She gave me the dimensions and described a table with a drawer and bottom shelf.  Beyond that, I was able to design it. As we talked, my mind's eye came up with table closely resembling the this.

I was a little intimidated by the drawer, but after taking pencil to paper I talked myself down.

Here is how it turned out: