The "Crawl" Jaxon Style!

Rocky Mountain High

We are here in beautiful Aspen, Colorado! Yesterday we drove thru Independence Pass on to Leadville for some sightseeing.....and sightseeing is exactly what we got. Last night Brooke's wedding was amazing! Here are just a few pics to get started.

Me before the wedding ....beautiful Aspen tree!

My dear friend, Pam Pruitt and me after the wedding...

"Sunshine on his shoulder...makes him happy".......we thought of John Denver.

Not open for the season yet....

I'm talking to Will in front of beautiful "Twin Lakes".

Today..we are leaving here.....going to explore Vail before heading to Denver....and to Dallas!

Look out Jaxon....here we come!

Happy Birthday Mr. H

OK.....What a goofball am I.


I made Paul a German Chocolate Cake for his birthday with the number candles on it - fixed him his favorite dinner (pinto beans, cornbread, corn, slaw, potatoes...sweet tea.


Bought him a mini fridge for his office upstairs - and a nice ceramic heater...it's always cold in there...a "vote for curly" t-shirt and a light up cap!


But I messed up on one major thing!


HE IS NOT 58 TODAY.......HE'S 57! Seriously!!!!!


Talking to Will....Michael called this morning.

Not a bad choice! Actually, I rather vote for him than Obama!

Yep...it has headlights!

Fall Leaf-Peepin...upstate NY and Pennsylvania - October 11 & 12, 2008

Some of the most beautiful waxed begonias where we ate breakfast in Niagara, Canada

No editing on these pics - this is actually the colors!






Driving up I-80 in New York State



Northern Pennsylvania

Leaf Peepin in upstate New York...and Niagara Falls

Beautiful place

More Rainbows

People walking down the Canadian side

Walking Dozier along the Niagara River

Driving down the beautiful boulevard next to the falls in Canada.
Those are mums.

American Falls...to the right is Bridal Veil Falls..looking from Canada.

Horseshoe Falls....amazing.

Smaller one is Bridal Veil Falls

Mr. H is loving it.

Stopping for Dozier's potty break!

Standing on the U.S. side of the falls - this is the American Falls behind us.

The river going back over Rainbow Bridge - looking at U.S.


Park in front of falls

Dozier and me in front of American Falls on U.S. side

Just amazing, too.

Got someone to take our picture.

Going across the border...what a HEADACHE!

It's cold outside...and deer do eat pumpkin!

Here is proof! Pennsylvania deer do eat pumpkin! I know they eat chrysanthemums...see below..and now they are EATING MY PUMPKINS! I have sprayed them (the mums and pumpkins) with a disgusting mixture of rotten egg, garlic and capsaicin (chili peppers). Wal-Mart actually sells this concoction...a pricey $14.00 for a spray bottle....to keep "pests" away from shrubbery, etc. IT WORKS! I bought new mums and a couple more pumpkins and NO DEER! I am thrilled! Dozier isn't sure about the smell....it makes him sneeze!
The fall colors are really beautiful up here and will probably peak in a week or so. It's cold..50 degrees today...feels colder. Come on up to the beautiful northeast for some....."leaf peepin". We're going next weekend.

It's Mallomar Season!

I have found the most wonderful cookie! Nabisco makes this delicious little gem and you can only buy them from October thru April or so.

Since 1913 Mallomars have been a hit with the public when they appeared in a small grocery store in Hoboken N.J. for the first time. From then on the popularity grew, until they became the number one cookie sold in New York City...To this day they are still leading the pack with the most sales to all its fans...more then 70% of all sales are made in New York.

According to the box's nutritional facts and using my advance mathematics, since it doesn't say 2 cookies, but just that there are 9 servings, I figured out that since there are 18 cookies in a box and that there are 2 cookies in a serving, they weigh in at only 110 calories a serving, 5 grams of fat and 12 grams of sugar….no trans fats or cholesterol...Therefore, Mallomars are not really too bad on weight meter scale, as long as you don't sit down and eat a whole box!

The cookies have become somewhat of an icon in the entertainment industry: featured in the movie "When Harry Met Sally" and played an important scene in The Sopranos when Tony Soprano accused his friend Paulie of taking his box of Mallomars…they've were mentioned often on the Seinfeld show, the Simpsons and Rosanne, even the Golden Girls were into Mallomars....and, not too long ago, Stephen Colbert, caused a stir when he compared Washington D.C. and it's racial/cultural makeup to a Mallomar during the Correspondents dinner when he appeared last year. All this over a cookie!

If you haven 't tried them......please - you must! I have a secret....put them in the microwave for just about 4 seconds........OMG! Please excuse me while I go get another two!!