Snow at last....

This was our first real snow of the season so far. We got about 8" and looks like it will be here for a while.

Drew Drew at His BEST

A Few Great Quotes

"Ideas are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of the waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny." Carl Schurz (1829-1906)


"When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package."
John Ruskin (1819-1900)

"Better to light a candle than curse the darkness." Chinese Proverb


"The greatest strength is gentleness." Iroquois Proverb


"If you lose youor temper, you've lost the argument." Proverb

Totally Disturbing....

This is so bizarro I had to share. Can you guess who??? Tom Cruise (Looney Tunes) and Katie (or should I say KATE) Holmes. EEK!!!

Angels & Airwaves 2.15.08 NYC

Back in August of '07 I was introduced to this band called Angels & Airwaves. I had never heard of them before. It is led by ex Blink 182(er) Thomas DeLonge. Anyway, my sister Tina had the cd in her car for the cross country drive from Ca to NJ. I borrowed the cd burnt a copy and have listened to it almost daily ever since. These guys are amazing. I ran to Best Buy to purchase their new cd back in Nov/Dec '07. It is just as good, but I am partial to the first as it was how I was introduced. I joined a website back in Dec to get tour/concert info for NYC and low and behold....Angels & Airwaves. I literally ran to get my credit card and bought tickets within minutes. They had 5 opening bands. I liked all but one. This was a standing only area. We were center stage less than 10 feet from stage. Couldn't have been better, although could have done without all the crowd surfers coming overhead and a few on my head, not to mention a few feet to the head, but it was so worth it being that close to TOM. The mosh pits are still alive and well. We got beat up for 3solid hours. It was insanity but a blast.

Marilyn Manson in NYC Jan 29th

Yes, I am a Manson fan!!! I have always wanted to see him live. I heard his shows are out of this world KRAZY insane, so I wanted to see for myself. While surfing the net one day I came across something manson-esgue (his art)and saw a link for tour dates in NYC. I almost died. I snatched up two tickets within 6 minutes and was good to go. He played @ Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC. The Ours opened and were very good as well. The show was spectacular; loud as all get out, lights, smoke, lazer light show, amazing back screen graphics, etc. He ended with an amazing military get-up a usual for his shows, and it blew my mind. I've seen this particular song played at concerts on DVD's I own, but to see it live was fantastic, chance of a lifetime. I was deaf for 24 hours, but it was so worth it. Thanks for going with CHICA!!!! :)

Flooding in NJ

Well, we have had some interesting weather the last few days. Our river (Raritan) is up over 6 feet from where it shouuld be. Roads are closed everywhere. Neighborhoods are flooded, parks adjacent to river are under 2-3 feet of water. These are photos I took at a local park adjacent to the river right by our house. The green bridge is a road. This is the river I take Drew to when he wants to throw rocks. We stand under this bridge and have about another 6' clearance above us. As you can see, there is less than 2' now. Pretty scary. The telephone pole is also about to fall down in the 2nd shot. The power outage did not effect us thank goodness. The trees in the photos are on the river bank on a grassy area. This grass is about 30-40' from river bank to parking lot. You can see they are in 2' of water now, with huge chucks of ice floating by. The 3rd photo is of the farthest end of the parking lot. I pulled in the lot to get a good shot and rolled down windows to look at water level, and my 17" tires were nearly completely under water. Drew was scared so we high tailed it out of there. It was very weird looking out window and seeing the river running past us from the parking lot. Rain has stopped today TG and levels are dropping slowly.