Name that tool?

Ever watched the show 'This Old House'? They have a segment where one person brings in a tool and the other four guys try to guess what it is actually used for. Lets play.

I have put a picture below of an empty bag. We had someone bring his 'work truck' to pick up a piece of furniture that we sold him. Well, this bag fell out and after reading the name, I snickerd and put it in my pocket so I could Blog about it. (you would have done it too!) Go ahead and let em rip...what are these used for??? (Bob thinks that a certian cabinet maker in Kentucky knows the correct answer. Everyone else remember this is a family freindly blog :>)



(Yes, I said 'let em rip' on purpose...)


Here is a hint...This is what the back of the bag says. I need to look next time I am at lowes and see if I can find them. (Yes...I know I could google it and find out, but that is not as much fun)

Tom Sawyer?

Anyone want to paint a fence??





Actually, he was just using water and a scrub brush......Santa didn't bring him a power washer this year. He is working on a new karate move from our neighbor Mr. Miagie called 'Clean-da-fence'

I was right!!!!

On the news today they said that 'the worlds Scientist' (Who ever they are..) are going to add 1 second to the clock on December 31st. They said that all the solar winds, and icecaps, and other things have slowed things down and they need to match the clock up to the earths turning.

Now, I have been saying for the past few years that we need a leap month...I think the time is off a whole month, not just a second. If you notice how things are colder sooner and warmer sooner than we are used too.....We need to add more than a second to the calendar. I think that we will see more of this 'time adding' in the coming years...they are just warming us up to the idea...if they came out and said 'we are going to add a hole day to the calendar' people would freak out.....they just need to add small bits at a time.

I didn't know

I like tacos!! My mom will testify to that. When growing up, Taco night at our house meant I would eat 4 or 5 of them. My sister and I discovered that we really liked to slice green olives and put them on the tacos too. But the reason I am blogging is because of my new fiesta bargain find. I usually get those little pre-measure packets of seasoning every time we have tacos. Look what I found last week...



Those little seasoning packets are about $0.47 per unit, this pretty little bottle-o-spices was $0.20 per unit. And I can add a little less than recommended to make it last longer! I had no idea that they made this, I just always looked for the packets and would use them. If you come visit us.....We'll have tacos, but I wont make you eat green olives unless you want them.

Peacan update

I went to the store and saw a bag of peacans about the same size as what I collected. It was $11!! I need to go golfing more often. Or, as a commenter said, I could chop down our pine trees in the backyard and plant peacan trees instead.

Day after Christmas

We ate dinner on our porch the day after Christmas. The dog got into a little bit of trouble.....


Joe, Look familiar???

Brown Grass

Looking in our back yard, I thought my lawn was brown.



Then I realized it was pine needles...and lot's of them.



This must be the equivalent of 'Fall'. All the needles fall and the trees are bare....



Nope, still green. I guess it's not like fall....I am going to have to rake year round...bummer...Good thing we didn't get rid of the rakes with the snow shovels.