Some People Like Winter

I’m not saying I hate winter, it’s just not my favorite.  Winter is just more work than summer.  Given my preference:

• I would rather jump on my motorcycle than dig out the car.
• I prefer slipping into a pair of sandals to lacing/unlacing boots.
• Khaki shorts are easier to put on than long johns.
• Sunburn and frostbite are a toss up, but tan looks better than pale.
• Mowing the grass is more rewarding than shoveling the driveway. 

Uncle Jay Explains: Dec 7, 2009

Let It Snow

We don’t always get snow this early in KY. This is only about an inch and a half to two inches or so tops. The sun came up, the snow stop falling, and all of this was gone by afternoon. Still, makes a great picture.

Uncle Jay Explains: Nov. 30, 2009

We Have Internet!

We’re in the process of moving, and had a wait a few days for the telephone & Internet to catch up to us.  It’s a mixed blessing; we did without for about a week, but it turns out we were still subscribing to an old package.  We now have unlimited long distance and twice the Internet speed for less than we were paying before.  Sweet!

BTW, Thanksgiving was great, looking forward to Christmas.  We are richly blessed with way too much.

Ready for Turkey Day?

Turkey remains the hands down holiday tradition for Thanksgiving Day.  Did you know that Ben Franklin thought the turkey should be our national symbol?  Cooking a turkey can be tricky.  You want the bird thoroughly cooked for safety’s sake, but not dried out.  Here’s a recipe I discovered last year about this time, and it’s fool proof.

Delicious Turkey Recipe

8-15 pound turkey
1 cup melted butter
1 cup stuffing (Pepperidge Farm is good.)
1 cup uncooked popcorn (Orville Redenbacker’s Low Fat)
salt/pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Brush turkey well with melted butter, salt and pepper. Fill cavity with stuffing and uncooked popcorn.

Place in baking pan with the neck end toward the back of the oven.

Listen for the popping sounds. When the turkey’s butt blows the oven door open and the bird flies across the room, it’s done.

And you thought I didn’t cook.

Uncle Jay Explains: Nov 16, 2009

Uncle Jay is a rerun this week, but: it’s from January 19th, the day before Obama was inaugurated president.  I looked back in the archives, and it turns out I wasn’t posting Uncle Jay at that time.  As a matter of fact, the inauguration took place about one week before the advent of My Other Blog.  On January 19th, it was still Clark Bunch’s Weblog.  Sad, huh?  So, here is today’s Uncle Jay (from last January). 

Christmas Lights, Really?

I have already seen them: Christmas lights on people’s houses.  The City of Manchester, KY has already turned on their lights, and I imagine other cities have done the same.  I saw on Facebook just a few minutes ago that a good friend in GA is decorating right now.  It’s the 14th of November, and you’re turning on the Christmas lights.  Really? 

I’m not anti-Christmas.  I believe it should be the most wonderful time of year; but it’s not time yet.  If we start now with the decorating and holiday shopping, we will burn out before Christmas Day.  I would like to wake up on the morning of December 25th still looking forward to Christmas, not thankful that the “holiday season” will finally be over.  By the time Christmas actually gets here, will we even still bother turn on the lights? 

Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving on the same day we have Columbus Day, but ours is still the fourth Thursday in November.  Let’s have Thanksgiving, then start in with Christmas.  Both holidays will mean more that way.  Waiting makes it more special.  Come on guys, turn the lights back off.

Uncle Jay Explains: Nov 9, 2009

I Hope This Is Photoshopped

But I’m afraid it’s not.  Dang.

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