Senior Olympian Sprinter

If anyone has every listened to the Jim Rome radio show, you know what "The Chise" is all about.  Those people can skip the rest of the paragraph.  The Chise is the most important player on your team or league, the one that gets it done regardless.  Scores the big goal, scares the competition, you know the drill.  Well, "The Chise" that lives in this house--Linda--finally got some recognition from her company.  Even though she only worked 10 months last year, the knee recovery eliminated January and February, she was the top Lab Specialists in the US.  Not in the top group, the top, the pinnacle, numero uno.... The LS's are measured on the amount of new start ups and the amount of money that those new installations earn, pretty simple math.  Worked 10 months and took the money!!  That is pretty cool.   She would of had it last year too, but the knee work eliminated 2 1/2 months from her year.  The award winners get a 5 day--all expense paid trip-- to Cabo  in 

It is winter.  I need not tell almost anyone in the US, but it is cold, frozen, windy and for anyone North of the Ohio River-white.    Even us fair folk her in Tennessee have been tolerating the cold.  I have had long johns for days, whether I am outside or sitting on the couch.  But, and this is a giant but, the sun does come out during the day and helps wash a lot of the depression off my body.  The sun has been a real blessing and has made the cold sustainable, but I am impatient to say the least.   Sprinter like the warmer weather. Phase I of the kitchen remodel is basically completed.  The result looks pretty good.   Now we need to find the money to do Phase II, which will require a new stove (and we really like one of the pricey ones) and a dishwasher and a lot of cabinets.   I will not be getting any bonus this year, so Phase II may be put out a little longer than we would like.   But, it will happen...     We are pretty happy with what we have created thus far.  Not b

This winter season  I attempted to keep some veggies going through the cold season  to see what happened.   During the summer, the carrots were not what you would call-nice.   They seemed to be stubby and malformed little creatures more suited for the movies, than the dinner table.   I also did not have much luck with spinach, it would really not respond, even though I did make sure plenty of water was available.   This fall I tilled the garden up and mounded up some rows and planted several rows of carrots, some spinach and kale.  Kale has a horrible reputation for flavor, but it has many claims of a hardy winter plant- why not give it a shot.   Let's fast forward to November, where it was bitter cold here in the Nashville area,  and everything lived through that cold snap.  I have been picking some kale and spinach for salads and an occasional omelet in November and December.    Today the weather was warm and I did some tree work around the yard, although it was quite muddy