Daily Archives: December 23, 2005

Down the road from us is a house that looks like it could be straight out of rural West Virginia. Chickens in the yard, junk strewn about, little shacks, a chicken coop, etc. In true houseblinger style, the residents there have decked out their property with all sorts of christmas lights and ornaments. Kathryn spotted lit snowman figures there mounted in a circle on top of what looked like a partially above-ground septic tank. So, naturally, we’ve now coined the term “Septic Snowmen”. If I ever started a band, that would be the name!

Incidentally, it was Frank that reminded me about this story, since his screen name is “septicfields”.

To do some Christmas shopping, I went to the ghetto-licious Toys-R-Us here in Roanoke recently (you know, the one where the shelves never have anything on them, and you feel like you’re walking through an abandoned hospital instead of a toy store). On the way to the store, I walked through the parking lot for David’s Bridal. I looked up and saw their brightly lit sign. I looked through the windows and saw the immaculately presented wedding gowns. And, I looked down and spied a soiled diaper right in front of the store.

Perhaps it is there as an omen to keep your wedding dreams grounded in harsh reality.