When the cold hits Grand Prairie

Well, we have definitely dipped the mercury to a new yearly low as of today, and it looks to be getting colder. What better opportunity to prepare cold weather comfort fare for serving inside the new ice shanty we've installed on the pool surface.

At first, Libby wasn't too thrilled with the view, but once we sampled some of the fresh fish dishes prepared in the shanty's saloon dining area, everything was just dandy. Avery's taken to playing the pie-ah-nee (as he likes to call it) in the saloon, working for tips and sarsaparillas, and Meredith is now going by the name of Miss Lilly, and keeping the peace by luring the rowdies outside so Cam can wallop em with a chair.

Never quite thought the whole SJ clan could pull off such an enterprise, but I guess cold weather brings out the adventure in us all. Cheers to SJ Nation, hook em horns, and Happy 2010!

Would you take a leg of ham as a down payment??

This article made me think how great it would be to be in the banking business in Italy. They'll have to develop a whole new set of currency exchange rates based on cheese, wine and legs of ham. Oh, and what about the little symbols we use for types of currency??

At this rate of exchange, the United States of America's debt is 27,332,875,638 wheels of Parmesan Cheese. Guess we'll have to adjust Fort Knox a bit so it's better temperature/humidity controlled.

Here's the article: How to get a leg up on the banking business.