Hi Everyone!
Well happy New Years to everyone on DA! With a bit of luck, 2011 might be a kickass year!
There's an old saying that what ever you do just after midnight on Dec. 31st is the thing you will do most during the next year. This leaves me a bit of a quandary, do I go get my camera and shoot a few shots just so I set things for the new year.... or do I go get
LadyAliceofOz away from her sewing machine and have some WMS???
?
If you've read my journals at all, especially the last, here's the final update.
The furnace is installed and working correctly! 
It took me 2 days from when the unit was hauled in to the time I was able to actually fire it off. The old unit was removed on the first day. The entire install is legal to all building codes, which the old one was not! (and it was installed by a heating and cooling company!) At times like this I like to pass along helpful information. I'm one of those folks who check out a purchase before I make it and I learned quite a bit about how the newer furnaces work. The one I installed is a multi-stage 95 AFUE model. This means that 95 cents of every dollar spent on the energy used, goes to heating your home! This is about as efficient as it gets! This is also how we can all reduce gas emissions, by reducing energy use....
besides, it saves 
.
My point is, if you own a home, and you need to purchase a new system in the future, always try to afford the highest effeciency system you can. It will save you dollars, and help the environment.
Reflecting back....Like most, I tend to reflect on the past year when New Years rolls around.
Most recently, I celebrated my 4th year on DA. It went by pretty unheralded, which is perfectly fine with me!
Thanks again
Wyrdhaven!
I haven't been around as much as I'd like... but it's like that in a recession. You have to work harder and longer to make the same money (or less) than you did prior to the recession.
This past years trip to the Gulf Coast wasn't as fruitful as far as sundowns, in October, as it was earlier in the year. As I expected, there weren't dead fish and greasey birds all over the shores of Florida. It was a good time however. We're thinking on changing locations next year to somewhere farther down the Florida coast... Stay tuned for further developments. We had the bizarre and unusual problems with the motorhome. Before anyone new gets any ideas, this is my work vehicle folks... it gets us to shows. I should probably replace it, but the
just isn't there to be able to.
I really feel like
and I are blessed though, sure we have our money problems, like everyone else does. However, we have a nice small home, a vehicle to drive, food on the table. We have our own computers and cameras. Our daughter is married to a really wonderful guy...
And we still love each other as much as I think any two people can! 
Most importantly, besides each other... we have our friends here on DA.
Thank you all again from the bottom of our hearts for all the support and kindness you have given to us! Winter Fun Packages As I've mentioned before, these are little packages of joy we like to send out to our friends here on DA who have become close to us, or maybe need encouragement, or we just "Want to".
LadyAliceofOz is sewing up some cute stuff and we've collected little knick knacks throughout the year to spread around. They will probably be a little bit later going out this year, since we're short funds right now for postage. We have no fear though, they will go out eventually!
I just wanted folks to know what Alice has been doing and why she hasn't been able to answer comments and such as regularly as she would like.
This journals features....This one is going to be fun, because it's very random, I'm going to go out on DA and get stuff from my watchers, those who
ed my stuff, and those who don't have a clue that I even exist on here!
No
"In Case You Missed It" feature this time as I really don't have that much that I figured you would want to look at again anyway!
The
Just For Laughs are back! No chillin's they ain't clean jokes so if you don't like mildly dirty ones, then just go on to something else after the feature.
A police officer pulls a man over for speeding. As the officer approaches the car he can see that the man is very anxious about something.
"Good afternoon Sir. Do you know why I stopped you?"
"Yes, officer... I know I was speeding -- but it is a matter of life or death."
"Oh, really? How's that?"
"There's a naked woman waiting for me at home."
"I don't see how that is a matter of life or death."
"If I don't get home before my wife does, I'm a dead man."
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An old Indian was asked the name of his wife.
He replied, "Wife Name - Three Horse."
"That's an unusual name for your wife, Three Horse. What does it mean?"
"It's an old Indian name. Means Nag, Nag, Nag."
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When her husband passed away, the wife put the usual death notice in the newspaper, but added that he had died of gonorrhea. Once the daily newspapers had been delivered, a good friend of the family phoned and complained bitterly, "You know very well that he died of diarrhea, not gonorrhea." Replied the widow, "Yes, I know that he died of diarrhea, but I thought it would be better for posterity to remember him as a great lover rather than the big shit that he really was."
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A guy walks into a bar with his midget wife and takes a stool, with his wife standing next to him. The bartender was busy at the other end and didn't see them when they walked in. When he got done serving the customers there, he walked down the bar and asks the new customer what he would like. He asks for two glasses of beer, which the barman brings. After leaving him, the bartender goes about serving other patrons, when he notices the man has finished his beers. He asks if he would like a refill, and the man says, "Yes. I'll have a couple more. "The barman gets two more beers and sets them in front of the man. Never having seen anyone with the guy, his curiosity is piqued, and he asks him, "Why, do you order two drinks at a time?"
The man replies, "Oh, one is for me, and the other for my wife."
Astounded, having not seen the midget wife, the bartender says, "Your wife? Where is she?"
"She's standing here next to me."
The bartender, standing on his toes, leaning forward looking over the edge of the bar, utters, "Well, I'll be God damned, she ain't any bigger than your fist!"
The man replies, "No, but she's a lot better!"
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A man from Texas buys a round of drinks for everyone in the bar as he announces his wife has just produced "A typical Texas baby boy weighing twenty pounds." Congratulations shower all around, and many exclamations of 'wow!' are heard. Two weeks later he returns to the bar. The bartender says, 'Say, you're the father of the typical Texas baby that weighed twenty pounds at birth, aren't you? How much does the baby weigh now?' The proud father answers, 'fifteen pounds.' The bartender is puzzled. 'Why? What happened? He already weighed twenty pounds at birth.' The Texas father takes a slow sip from his beer, wipes his lips on his shirt sleeve, leans over to the bartender and proudly announces, 'Had him circumcised.'
Just in case anybody wants to know. I'm 54 years old. I have no illusions regarding photography as a career. I was a professional wedding and portrait shooter many many years ago. I was trained by a PPAA award winning Professional Photographer. I now shoot primarily for fun, and enjoy helping others as I can. To dispel any misunderstandings, I've never referred to myself as an "artist".
To me, that is a professional designation.
I am a shooter, that's what I am.
I
am a professional craftsperson, and so is my wife. My wife and I have run our own business for the past 31 years, and we manage to keep our heads afloat.
I also do not discuss what I do for a living on DA, as this is my pleasure, and I prefer not to mix my profession with my pleasure.
My wife is:
LadyAliceofOzMy daughter is
Wyrdhaven 
She's doing some kickass artisan craft work there, check it out!My son, (my daughter's husband) is
FlipWardDragon 
Anyone who has ed my works...
By the way, if I'm watching you, and you're watching me, I probably won't thank you for any 's.
I'll spend more time going through your gallery, or viewing your deviations, and talking with you via comments because I'm not spending time thanking for 's!
Also, I don't accept "tags".... If you want to know something about me, ask, if you need to know it I will tell you.
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Also, this is a Politics, Religion, and Hate free zone. I have friends from all walks of life, all religious denominations, sects, you name it.
In my journal features you're likely to find a Jew's deviation next to an Arabs, Black next to White and any combination in between.
One other note. I am a former Marine. It was an honor to serve my country.
I am proud of all service people around the world, who choose to serve their countries, past and present.
I have close friends who were Army Pathfinders, My Brother was Special Forces in Viet-Nam. My Mother was a WAVE (Navy WWII), My Father was also a Marine during WWII.
My son, (Wyrdhaven's husband) was Army Airborne during Desert Storm.
A particular deviant here that I watch is former Air Force, another is in the Navy. A close young friend of mine just joined the Coast Guard.
I entered the service in 1974 when the Navy & Marines no longer accepted would be young felons,and trouble makers and the Army no longer accepted losers and conscripts. Since that time in military history the services have learned that we're all pulling on the same rope. There's no room on my page for badmouthing any branch of the service. I refuse to engage in berating any branch of the United States Armed forces. We all served under the same flag 
. If anyone chooses to berate any service, they will be blocked from my page. If you don't like what the U.S. Government does all the time.... tough!
At one point in history or another The United States and it's people have come to the aid in one fashion or another of your government, or peoples, don't bitch about mine, as I don't bitch about yours.
There's nothing we can really do about those who hate. So don't spread it around here please! 
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