President's Day

Ok, last post for today. I had the day off so I'm catching up. Anyway, Heidi is off to Boise and Elise and I are fending for ourselves. We spent most of the morning outside. It was a beautiful day. We played in the snow and hopped on the new snow plow and cruised down to the lake for some 'ice skating'. Pretty good day to be outside.

Ultrasound Pics

Heidi had her Doctor appointment for the ultrasound on Valentines Day. Everything looked real good and we were informed that the baby is progressing well. We celebrated with lunch at Beverly's! Heidi is feeling good and is due in June. The date that everyone seems to agree on is June 29th. Just in time for summer. We decided not to find out what the sex is and are anticipating the surprise. We are very happy that the baby's development is progressing well and that it is healthy. Look forward to some belly pics in the near future!

Welcome to SETI

We have decided to begin our own independent search for extraterrestrial intellegence here in Fernan. We have the hardware mounted on the eve of the house and we have been listening intently for sounds of life out there. So far, we have only been able to get a little tv reception and some internet signals. The tv is coming through in Hi-Def though so that's nice. Check out the SETI Alien Telescopic Array. I think that we are pretty close to the same setup minus just a couple of dishes.

Here is our internal set-up. Elise is doing some hard scientific work here sifting through the miscellaneous television signals looking intently for signs of intelligence in our universe. She's prepared to put some long hours in.

The mouse is toast

We got em. It took three nights and some different trap arrangements but we finally got our mouse. The bucket trap ended up not working quite as well as I would have liked. There was evidence that the mouse had nabbed some of the peanut butter on the can and that the can had failed to spin. I had to try a traditional mouse trap after that. I used peanut butter and that didn't work because the mouse just licked it off. I went with the old cheese standby after that and that finally did the trick. One down, who knows how many more to go. I decided not to post a pic because it was a particularly gruesome death for that rodent. Maybe next time.

Mouse Trap

Elise and I found that we have some meece living with us in our new house and decided that we need to get rid of them. I have sprung my trap. If you have never tried a bucket trap before, check this out. It's a mouse slayer. Basically, the mouse walks up the ramp, reaches for some peanut butter spread out on a can that is on a dowel centered over the bucket. When weight is applied to the can, it spins, the mouse loses balance and falls into the bucket. Sweet ehh. I'll keep you posted of the mouse progress.

Folks, we are in and we have the net

Hey all family and friends out there. We have been disconnected from the world for some time out here. We are in our new home! We moved in on Janurary 18th. We had a great crew! Thanks to all that helped out! We had family and friends in abundance and it made it such a great move if moves can be termed great. Anyway, much has happened since but I won't bore you with a great amount of detail. Instead, I'll give you the condensed version of the update. We moved in, it began snowing, we got our certificate of occupancy, it snowed some more, I bought a four-wheeler with a snow plow, it continued to snow, Heidi left me to go to San Diego and sunshine for a week, now it's raining and slushy. That pretty much brings us up to date. Oh, yeah! For all who don't know by now, we are expecting! Heidi is about 5 months and showing nicely. Doc appointment is Thursday this week for an ultrasound. Don't get too exited though. We have elected not to be informed of the sex. We'll keep you guessing for another 4 months. Good to be back in the blogosphere. Expect more from the Days of Frazier in the near future. Check out the latest pics of our goings on below.