Well, this is a big day for lots of folks. In our family, it's big cuz Willie's covering the Humanitarian Bowl in Boise, so we might check in and try to see him along the sidelines. I did see him on TV at a BSU game this year when he was coming through Boise on his way from a high school championship game in Pocatello, bound for his office in Nampa to start his day's at the paper.
He called me from that game and told me to look for him near the 5-yard line. He was dressed in black. Well, I spotted him once, and that was kind of fun. So, it would be great to see him again today. Then, again, maybe he's been elevated in stature and will be sitting in a real live press box. I'm not sure if he's flying to Seattle after the game, but I know his wife Debbie will be there for our daughter Annie's New Year's Eve party.
It's party day and not just for New Year's. We have two family birthdays. My sister-in-law has joined the BIG SIX-O club today. So, we're hoping she has a happy celebration. And, I'll be joining my sister Laurie and my mother in taking our sister/daughter Barbara to lunch for her birthday. She's got a long ways to go before joining our club though.
It seems like someone else---maybe an in-law or outlaw---in our extended family also has a birthday today. So, if I have that right, and you're out there reading this blog, have a happy one. Tomorrow, one of the younger generation of family members turns 10.
Speaking of the BIG SIX-O, I must publicly welcome my friend Edna to the ranks. And, with that, I'd say we 1947-ers have now done our thing; it's time for the '48s to spend the year acting like they're the only ones who ever turned 60. Why is it that we make such a big fuss out of these things? I can remember similar rantings half a life ago when 30 spelled the fabled end of youth.
I've found many times since that the myth is not true cuz I act just as childish as an old fogey as I ever did while teeny bopping. Just a little smarter and more selective in my impish performances these days.
Onward----I want to extend a late but sincere congratulations to my friend Jeanne (yes, she's 60 also) who celebrated her retirement a few days ago. I had mentioned to her the possibility of attending the farewell party, but it just didn't work out. Jeanne retired from the Spokesman-Review, along with another friend Donna. I'm sure it's the paper's loss but the beginning of a whole new, wonderful era for both of them. Have fun, ladies!
It's also another ZAGS day. Let's hope our team ends the 2007 year on a higher note than their recent game at the Battle in Seattle. The prevailing consensus is that when they get the team machine oiled, they're going to be hard to beat, and that it may take a few more games. We love 'em, win or lose, because we've vested ourselves in knowing all the trivia about all the players. So, today at 5 p.m. on KHQ----GO ZAGS!
One last thing on this last day of 2007: don't leave your driveway snow berms out on the road, especially tonight. If people have trouble fording those berms on Christmas Eve, imagine what will happen on New Year's Eve. This could lead to some major tragedies in the area and cause the sheriff to bring on extra patrols just to go cite the guilty folks who are out plowing their driveway and waiting in their driveway for cars to pass by rather than sitting out there in the middle of the road with their tractors blocking the traffic.
So, if you're going to plow your driveway, remember the New Year's Eve revelers and get it done early or they're gonna call the sheriff on you and then you're gonna have to change your name to protect your innocence when it makes you so damn mad that people don't have anything more to do than call the sheriff about snow berms which are about to be plowed away once folks pass by with their cars.
I wish I'd had known I could call the sheriff when I drove through the neighbor's snow berms out there on South Center Valley Road, just two days ago. I'll keep that neighbor's name to myself, just in case the snow-berm gestapos are reading this today and call in a post de facto complaint.
Word on the street is that some people have already learned the snow-berm lesson, and their personal berms are gonna stay put, inside their driveway, especially tonight!
Happy Birthday, New Year, ZAGS victory, and Safe Plowing to All!
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