Two Snowmen

Hi there,
This is a pic of our house about a month ago with two snowmen in the front yard. It still looks the same except there are long icicles hanging from the roof now.

As you can see, the space available from the driveway to the large pile of snow left by the snow plows leaves the mail nazi very little room to manuever, and since he will not get out of his truck for any reason, it's "no mail for you, no mail for you!"

A few years back, boy #3 launched a barrage of snowballs at the mailman from behind the house. The mailman thought it was boy #2 and company, because he was outside in the neighbors yard behind the camera view. The nazi gave boy #2 and company a rip snortin' lecture and drove off. Boy #3 was laughing himself silly since he managed to double his delight by having pelted the mailman repeatedly, and then watched his brother get blamed for it.

Speaking of boy #2, we FINALLY got 2 letters from him yesterday. It looks like one of them was lost for a while because it was postmarked Jan 2. It's a good thing, because I was mapping out my trip to Brooklyn to smack him up side the head. "Don't you neglect yo mamma, Elder!"

Dan made the pronouncement yesterday, "The dog needs a bath!" So he grabbed a towel, doggie shampoo and rounded up the mutt. He stuck him in the kitchen sink, and breathed out threats if Benny even thought about trying to escape, or shake off in the process. I retreated into another room. There were only a few outbursts of "No!" "Don't even think about it!" before it was over and the dog was sparkling clean and shivering all over. -That reminds me. The last time Dan decided to bathe the dog, he spaced out a meeting at the church that he planned and he was in charge of and reminded all the leaders to not forget... I was the one who picked up the phone when his secretary called to ask where he was. There was a moment of silence after I told him what he was doing and then uproarious laughter. I still don't think he's lived that down yet.

Today, Benny was outside digging a tunnel through the snow until he hit "paydirt" and then continuing digging until he could place his entire head inside the hole. When boy #4 called to him, he lifted up his head and was covered in dirt...

Whatever you do, don't tell Dan!