History

This is how we used to listen to music.

Climate Change

oh-oh

Microsoft - 31
Apple - 02

A Good Cause to Get Excited About Bejing 2008!

Looks like an Olympic effort! Check it out:

http://www.greatwalktobeijing.com/index.html

Let's Get Political

Thanks to Bob for sending me this link.

I am closest to Dennis Kucinich in my positions. I am not supporting him at this point, but you never know.

Civility, please.

For Lara

I am Beowulf!

We saw Beowulf today. Sort of fascinating...live or memorex?

Got Water?

Well it is the day after Thanksgiving, and we are drying out - literally and figuratively. We had a wonderful gathering, and our friends Annie and Steve from Kansas City are here through Saturday morning. We had to show them the local sites, so we drove over to Lake Allatoona to "see the drought." It has become quite the tourist attraction. Here are some photos I took today. It is getting scary around Atlanta!

Bill

Happy Turkey Day!

Happy Thanksgiving

There will be 10 of at our house for Thanksgiving today. Annie and Steve from Kansas City, MO. Steve and Amado from Blue Ridge, GA. Matt and George from Atlanta. Slyvie and her daughter, Mia, also from Atlanta. It's our annual hosting of friends for what, I think, is the best holiday of the year. Feasting with loved ones and giving some thanks to the universe for what we have.

We woke up this morning to thunder and rain. A great Thanksgiving indeed.

Love and peace to all!

Jim

Thanks be to the Internets

What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving eve?

Thanks to everyone who blogged with me this past year. It has been a wonderful way to stay connected. The first warroadroots blogaversary is approaching. Look for new and exciting features - or maybe not. Just more memories recorded.

I look forward to seeing my new grand niece in about a month.

Without the internet we wouldn't have easy access to wonderful moments like this. Now I am all choked up.

Innovation (and Creativity)

I was reading this as part of a discussion at work, and thought many Warroadroots readers might also be interested -- especially you Bill and Jim.

http://thinksimplenow.com/creativity/7-habits-of-highly-innovative-people/

The Omdahl's got elf'd

check it out!!

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=9550908181

Fall Color In Motion

I took the one photo Jim posted with my iPhone. Here is a slide show of photos I took today with my digital camera. The photos do not do the leaves justice. We really had no fall color up until a few days ago. It got cooler, and we did get almost a half inch of rain at our house. Afterwards, the color just popped! Hopefully, the leaves will hang around until Thanksgiving. We are having some friends over for dinner, and our dear friend Annie and her fiancé Steve are flying in from Kansas City! Jim worked in the garden today while I went to Harry's market to get the supplies. He does not like to go there with me because I get all OCD picking out only the perfect potatoes, limes, lemons, etc. Shape and color are very important you know! Anyway, hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving. Until then, enjoy the Fall color at One Britt!

Bill

Fall Color

The fall colors are great right now. Here's a picture of our woods. Bill took the pictures.

Sunday Morning Easy Listening

Let's go now!

Seems Simple Enough

“A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful implanted in the human soul.” --Johann Wolfgang Goethe

Cut and Curl

So, the elephant ears froze. I cut the leaves off and left the stalks. This is what happened when the weather got cold again. It's wild. There are more pictures on the garden blog.



So, the elephant ears froze. I cut the leaves off and left the stalks. This is what happened when the weather got cold again. It's wild.

Happy Birthday Jon-Erik Storm

Where is Fall?

Ginger lily blooming November 11, 2007.

Jim and the Mayor Elect

Here is a photo of Jim and Canton's mayor elect, Gene Hobgood. It was taken at the Historic Canton Homeowners Association's "Mint Juleps on the Porch" party. We got the idea from our nemesis, Tammy Perkins, who wrote the following letter-to-the-editor last year:

DEAR EDITOR:

Want to know the real issue regarding East Main Street? Main Street east of Crisler Street is inside the Central Business District. This designation permits numerous uses including office professional and medical. However, when a medical office aspired to open, the neighbors on the block beyond the CBD protested in hopes that a buffer be created between themselves and commercial growth. The property owners on the "contested block" are trying to keep their CBD status and prevent the next block from making them their "buffer." I own property on the contested block, and I don't want to be anyone's "buffer."

Property owners on this block welcome medical and office professional, largely because there are nine small vacant homes inside this block. We would like to see them occupied by professionals or homeowners that will keep the property in good repair (slumlords no longer welcome). But, if a business tries to renovate one of these homes, the next block protests (they want a buffer).

Here is what we want: We want to stay CBD, be no one's buffer, and welcome new neighbors (doctor or otherwise) without the next block putting up a fuss. We won't stand for folks sitting on their porches, sipping mint juleps and enjoying the "buffer" that they have created by scaring away potential professionals from our block; while we live next door to vacant homes that encourage slumlords, drug activity, and varmints? This is the Main Street issue.

Tammy Perkins

Canton

What a Week

Well, it's been quite a week. A new generation was started with the arrival of Tatum Elise Randall. I can hardly wait to meet her. Check out her blog. She has to be the cutest baby EVER!

The City of Canton elections were held on the 6th and our candidates won. Controversy stills swirls around city hall as planning and zoning staff are fired and a $125 an hour consultant takes over the reigns. You can read all about it here if you care to. Small town politics.

Yesterday afternoon we celebrated the victory with a mint julep party at one of our neighbors. The mayor-elect was on hand. Picture later.

Fall has finally arrived. The leaves are turning color and it got cold enough to freeze the elephant ears.

Good Curling!

Big excitement in Fargo. Bob and I went down to the curling club tonight for the first time this season. We didn't get on the ice yet...but will start league next week. No Fargotinis being served yet, but hopefully it won't be too long.

Wonder Woman

GoodWins!

The votes are in and our candidates for Mayor and City Council won. With a whopping 5.35% voter turnout, our candidate, Jack Goodwin, won 66 percent of the vote - 288 to 143. The turnout was higher than the expected 3%. The Mayor elect, Gene Hobgood, ran unopposed.

One of the main goals of the Historic Canton Homeowners Association was to change the political control of city hall. Both Goodwin and Hobgood are members of the association. A great start.

Tatum's First Day

The Princess Tatum



Grandma Monna and Tatum

Tatum's Picture

Here is the first picture I received of Tatum. If the link doesn't work. Go to:

viewmymessage.com

msg id - d1m0porm
password - eras2bun

Sorry

Welcome Tatum Elise Randall

Tatum was born November 5, 2007 around 4am. Mother, daughter and father are all doing well. 6lb 4oz. Congratulations!

Baby Today?

I got a text message from Jill about midnight last night saying her water broke and the contractions were 6 min apart. That was 8 hours ago. No word since then.

Inspiration for Posting

Everyone gets a block

A Little Sunday Culture

Vent It

Here's a link to the AJC vent. There is a little controversy on the City Attorney's Bentley. You can vote the vent up or down. One of them has 31 votes.

Wheels

Baby Update

Not yet

It's not a baby...

but it's a new road! If any of you have been to our house you know what the back road was like. Here is old, in process and new. Yeah!

Tonya, He Did. Last April.

See Tonya's comment on my Bentley post. It's a very nice ride and a vast improvement over the last one he had. However, no trees were taken down in order to get this one.

November Birthdays

November Birthdays

* Nov 5 - Tatum Elise Randall
* Nov 12 - Morgan Christian
* Nov 14 - Jon-Erik Storm
* Nov 21 - Gordon Christian
* Nov 30 - Tim Randall

IT'S BABY DAY

Jill sent me a text message that the baby is coming today. That's all I know except I think I am going to cry. I am so vaklempt!

More later.