Christmas List

Boy was it cold this morning when I went to the shop to exercise. It is going to be colder tomorrow, so I may take a day off. I decided to clean my electronics bench today, it turned in to a little (maybe a lot) bigger job than I expected. Once when I made a trip into the house I heard a helicopter coming so I went out on the back deck to take a picture.

The Chinook was level with me out over the valley and I could just catch glimpses of it through the trees. I thought I got it, but it was nowhere to be found in the picture. They were flying pretty low today as we are 340 feet and it was at the same height.

It may not look like it, but this is a vast improvement on my work bench. I couldn't see the top this morning. I threw away lots of stuff out of the drawers that I will never use again. Some of the parts were for 35 year old radio gear that doesn't work anymore. Mik and Michelle had to come to Castle Rock this evening so they took us to dinner at the 49'er. Afterwards we watched the finish of the Oregon USC game. It was a nice relaxing evening. After they left I came in and started on my Christmas list, it is getting to be that time of year.

Hope you stay warm the next couple of days.