I Love You Spelled Backwards

Nathan has been playing game of spelling words backwards lately. We were playing on the way home from dinner tonight and I suggested something that I thought would be a challenge. I asked if he could spell "I Love You" backwards. Maddie quickly chimed in and said I can, "U heart I"

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29 Forever

Maddie: Mommy, how can you be 29 Forever?
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Montana Bear

The photo captures a disturbing trend that is beginning to affect US wildlife.

Animals that were formerly self-sufficient are now showing signs of belonging to the Democratic Party... as they have apparently learned to just sit and wait for the government to step in and provide for their care and sustenance. This photo is of a Democrat black bear in Montana nicknamed Bearack Obearma

Barefoot'n

Maddie decided to skip the skiing last summer... she didn't like the ski's attached to her feet so she opted to try barefooting first. She is our little dare devil.

Water Rocket

This is a video of our water rocket. we saw this on "This Old House" and built one to play with. The bottle goes about 50' high and you can see how far Nathan had to go to retrieve it.

Macon Museum Valentine Dance

This is a short clip of Maddie Dancing at the Valentine Dance.

Teenagers aren't the only ones who know everything

Nathan: "I don't want to go to school".
Me: "You're learning so much, Nathan".
Nathan: "I already know everything"
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Nathan's First Crush

This is Nathan and Terry. She's a waitress at Carrabba's that Nathan has had a crush on for a year or longer.

What's wrong with this picture?

There's no smoke/steam coming from those paper mill stacks. The graveyard in the foreground has consumed the paper mill. This particular mill may rise from the dead but it was struggling to survive before the economy tanked.

Unfortunately, this is a common story these days. In my short career (16 years), I've seen the industry go through several market cycles but with each down turn more capacity has been moth balled.

Market conditions can change quickly too. I've seen a huge recycle plant closed that was about 10 years old and I've seen a paper machine closed that probably had less than 700 days on it. Both were economically viable when built but rapid changes in energy costs, taxes and market demand changed that.