Iron clad plants

This past Saturday we went on our annual Christmas tree cutting adventure.
Left the house at 7 am and headed for the mountains, which are only fifteen minutes away from my house.
There was no snow this year but at 7:30 it was FREEZING in the forest!
Forgot my gloves so my hand were frozen with in minutes, tried to climb up the side of a mountain and slipped on some ice and banged up my knee, total road rash. Hasn't looked like that since I fell off a skateboard when I was eleven.

We found the perfect trees within five minutes which never happens, usually we are booney rompin for half the day looking for the perfect tree. We cut them down, loaded them onto the truck and headed back home.
The nice thing about going early in the morning- no idiots in their city cars trying to drive up a mountain that is 4 wheel drive only.
One year we watched the Forestry Department help a city fellow down an iced over, snow packed mountain road in his BMW. He would have been better off going to a tree lot in town.
On the way home we passed at least 20 people in their trucks going up to cut their tree. We got to the first town and I made my brother David stop the truck so I could take a  picture of the Pot Plant growing in front of the Stirling City Hotel.

Time to buy a new car?

Just paid almost 600 bucks to get my car registered & another 3 hundred to the nice mechanic who had the car almost a year now because I'm a flake & didn't save up my money like I should have.
 Drove it home from the shop which is about 6 blocks away, pulled into the driveway & the right front tire area starts smoking like an old lady on oxygen playing the nickel slots in Reno.
 I stood there for about 20 minutes watching it & hoping it did not get worse, holding my cell phone just in case I needed to call the firemen. It finally stopped smoking & now I'm afraid to drive it anywhere.
I just want a new car that will take me places with no worries, I'm not sure mine will even make it to the grocery store now.
Perhaps its about time to look into buying a newer car. I just hate the thought of monthly payments plus full coverage insurance.  If I do that then I wont have any money left to go anywhere in it.
But at least it will run!

SNUB! >=(

Well, they did it again. The Academy snubbed Leo.
I wonder how the Oscars decide their choices. Sometimes it makes no sense to me.
I would like to see Leo win, its on my bucket list. He really is an amazing actor. (Better than some that were nominated in my humble opinion)
Yes, I will be in the theater this April to see the anniversary of the Titanic. I was really surprised to hear how many people plan on going to see it again on the 100th Anniversary of the sinking.
This time I'm not dragging all my friends, instead I'm taking my 16 year old daughter. She was 2 when the movie first came out and is looking forward to finally seeing it on the big screen.
Sorry you weren't nominated this year Leo, you truly did deserve a nod.