It’s been a while without some Bela Pics!

In other news, We have withdrawn our offer from the house that we were looking at.  It is just taking too long and brings too many questions into play.

So, we move on!  We are still looking around, but we trust that God will send the right property.

We heard back from our Realtor that the bank has said that it will be ANOTHER 4-6 weeks before they can respond to our offer.  We aren’t removing our offer yet, but we are still shopping around

We will let you guys know what develops!

For the 4th day in the row, it has been failed to get above zero in Minnesota… Something that hasn’t happened since 1996.

This morning, it was -36º F at home…  There has been a mad rush in auto stores for batteries, and block heaters.  My work also had 8 people call in late because of car trouble…

Global warming would sure be nice right about now.

Hey Everyone!

Kirstie had her 20 week ultrasound today, and we are the proud parents of a (extremly) bouncing baby boy!  Kirstie is happy to be over the hill on the pregnancy.

Time for the good stuff (The Pics):  Let us know if you think he looks more like me or Kirstie…

One of my all-time favorite Christmas specials is “A Charlie Brown Christmas”. The family cuddled up to watch it on ABC last night.

Charles Schultz holds a special place here in Minnesotan culture, obvious by the plethora of “Peanuts” character statues located all over the Metro area.

There seemed to be even more commercials this year, but then again, that seems to happen every year.  Something that disappointed us all very deeply happened at the end of the show.  Or I guess I should say, didn’t happen.

My favorite part of the whole show is when Charlie Brown cries out, “Can anybody tell me what Christmas is all about?1?”  Linus comes up and tells the Christmas Story.
How disappointed I was when ABC omits this pinnacle of the entire special.   Here is the correct ending to “A Charlie Brown Christmas”

It saddens me that ABC has taken their effort at political correctness by diminishing the beliefs of Charles Schultz, and his works.  Christmas is about JESUS!  Whether or not you believe in it, it is the Christmas story, and deserves to be told.  I personally would rather them show the special in it’s entirety, or not at all.