End of the Year metal detecting

A little more metal detecting near the Butterfly Garden at the Louisville Zoo. 
I found a baby's pacifier.  After I dug it up I looked it over to see what was metal that detected it.  The only think metal on it is the spring on the clip.
I found a heart.  Dooney loves who?  Looks to me like Bour???
I found a total of $2.65.  I think the 1967 Kennedy Half Dollar is a Silver clad.  I may be wrong, but I think the 1965-69 were silver clad.
Not a bad haul for about and hour of digging.  Not quite minimum wage.

No, they're not professional models, just my granddaughters!

We had Erin and Jill for a sleepover last night.  Of course, they didn't change out of their pajamas until 3:00 pm.  But, after they changed I thought I'd get a picture.  You know Uncle Brian or Uncle Kevin didn't get this shirt for Erin.  Erin has gone to see the Lady Cardinals play basketball several times and really likes to watch them. Therefore, UL has become her favorite!
It's not hard to get Erin to pose for a picture.  Get the camera out, and she's already in a pose.

Now, with Jillian, that's a different story.  Get the camera out and She runs and hides, makes a face, or covers or closes her eyes until the camera is put away.  But today, she decided to pose for me.  I think it was because she wanted to show off her new outfit.  It does look nice, doesn't it? 

As always, it was fun having the girls for a sleepover, even though they make Grampy sleep upstairs while they sleep in the basement with Mimi!

Probably The Last Round of the Year, #64

We played Iroquois GC today in what will in all probability be my last round for 2011.  The weather wasn't bad but the course was really sloppy.  Almost every hole you had to slosh up part of the fairway.  I played with Brian today, with my usual Thursday group.  Our foursome finished with and average net score of 72.  I don't know how we did, team wise.  But our average score was pretty easy to compute.  We ALL shot a 72!  Brian, zero handicap, shot a 72.  My 83 less 11 was 72.  JR had a 87 less 15, 72, and Buddy shot a 78, less his 6 handicap, 72.  I'd love to see that be the low score and all of us split the money plus win the team money.  I don't think that will happen. 
The course played a little tough today, with the wind blowing pretty good and the fairways pretty wet.  We do play from the forward tees, but this time of year, with the wind, cold air, and wet fairways, we need to.  The greens must have been really tough today because we had a whole lot of 3-putts. I know I had my share.  They were a lot faster than we gave them credit for, and those downhill putts really rolled well past the hole.  I 3-putted the last 2 holes plus a penalty stroke dropping out from against a tree on 17.  3 strokes wasted on the last 2 holes.  My 83 should easily have been below 80.  But, this time of year I'm always glad to just get in a round of golf and I have to be happy with whatever score I shoot.  So, I'm happy.  I did find out that I won $4 from the last round I played at Shawnee GC several weeks ago.  We tied low team.

Christmas Breakfast with Beth and Joel

We met Beth and Joel for Breakfast at Frisch's this morning.  Mark, Kim, Erin, Jill, Mary Lynn, Brian, Mark W., Brent, Matt, and Jessica joined them.  Because I never get in the picture, I drew myself in, between Mark and Beth.  I'm actually a little taller, but I didn't want to cut off Beth!
It was a rainy morning, but it didn't dampen our good time.  Beth and Joel were heading to see Uncle George before heading back to Columbus.  Getting together with family members is what the Holidays are all about!

A little more metal detecting

I went back over to the Zoo again today.  This time I detected in the field on the other side of the parking lot, just behind the Butterfly Garden. 
It was also a very clean field, not much buried trash.  So, when you got a hit, you dug it up.  I found a couple of different 'spills', one with 7 or 8 quarters in it.  I just made one pass about halfway up the middle of the field, then back again.  So, there's still a large area that needs to be covered.
I didn't find anything worth talking about, except a larger amount of money than you would normally find, due to the amount of quarters.
You sure can tell the pennies that are 1983 or newer just by looking at what they look like after being in the ground a short while.

Christmas Day 2011

As we've done for the past 8 years, Christmas Day was spent out at the East End Tabler's.  It's always fun to have the family together, opening gifts, and seeing what Santa brought Erin and Jillian.

Of course, Mimi couldn't stop playing with Skittles and Lego, the two rats Erin is keeping for her School Class while on Christmas Break.  I think this one is Lego.  He was a little less skittish than Skittles.

Of course, Jillian didn't stay in her pajamas. She changed to her new nightgown she got for Christmas, then changed to other clothes.  Here, she's playing with her new Strawberry Shortcake dolls.  Changing clothes.  That's what Jillian's all about.  She's playing with her new Strawberry Shortcake dolls here and stayed busy changing their clothes.

Erin got a stuffed giraffe from Grandpa Len, plus a new hat.  I had two pictures, she was smiling in the other one.  I like this one better.  Of course, Erin wore her pajamas all day.

Relaxing and using Jillian for a footstool.  I had a video of Mark, Kevin, and Brian juggling all at the same time, but I can't get it to play on the computer.  And, downloading a video on my blog would probably take about 4 hours, so I can't post the video. 

The day was fun, another Christmas in the books.  Erin and Jill will have another week off school to try out all their new toys and games.  They'll have fun doing that.  They've got a lot of sit at the table and play games, and a lot of games that require a lot of activity.   Plus, another week of playing with the rats.

Blast from the 30 years ago past....

I like to post something on a regular basis, that way my readers will continue to check out my blog.  Unlike some of my fellow bloggers who seem to post every month or so.

It took a long time to break Brian from the "I love UL" habit, but a week in his room with no dinner finally did it.

I taught Mark all I know about fishing.

I know Mark enjoyed the Scouts, but I think Kevin may have only stayed in the Scouts one year.  I think this is the only picture of both of them in their scout uniforms.

And I had to include this.  Probably the best action shot I ever took.  Kevin, with his perfect form, shooting over the other teams star player.  I'm sure the basket was good.  I'm not sure what age group this is, but you'll notice at the other end of the floor the special baskets that sit a little lower than normal.