Monte Holm

There was a man in Moses Lake when I was young by the name of Monte Holm. He owned the local scrapyard and steel company. I remember my dad taking us to sell some scrap metal, he gave me a Magnet and a Werther's candy.

In high school I needed some money for basketball camp and went around and gathered up old aluminum siphon tubes and sprinkler pipes. I took them into the salvage yard and Monte Holm gave me money for the aluminum. He pulled me aside and said, "It is easier to get money off of pipes than the siphon tubes." He was right, I think he was telling me to focus on larger items to make smaller loads.

I Probably shouldn't admit to this, but I know my dad doesn't read Blogs. I poked a couple of holes in some sprinkler pipe so that I could have a little more money..... I kind of feel bad about it now, but we switched from handlines to circle sprinklers soon anyway.

I just read Mr. Holm's autobiography. It is titled "Once a Hobo." It is found on amazon for about $17 and well worth the read, you will want to live more conservatively and be more generous to the homeless. What the book doesn't mention is that Mr Holm always gave candy to kids, and I think he was the richest man in Moses Lake when I was growing up.

Anyone can borrow my copy if they promise to return it.

Bakers go to Bandon

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Girl Names

For whatever reason people have been giving us Flack for naming our daughter Emerald. Some people think it is a boy name like Herald. First of all, Emerald is a gem. All gems are girls. Stones on the other hand could be boy names... Granite, river, igneous, basalt... never mind boys should not be named after rocks at all, or stones, or gems.

I have always gotten a lot of flack for my name. True, you meet more women than men with my name. In fact, I have never met someone of the same gender with my name, and yet so so so very many girls in college were named Whitney. I met a man named Allison at the gym. It reminded me of a Johnny Cash song "a boy named Sue"

Allison should be a boys name... Son of Alli!

Here are a list of man names women have taken:

Alex

Riley

Leslie

Jesse

Julian (Jules Verne was a man)

Madison (son of Madi)

Dylan,

Shawn,

Shane

Sheri (sheridan)

There are a few things about this that Irk Me:

First of all, If you have a name like Allison, Leslie, or Whitney, and you are a dude, you have to own it, No nick names, no second names. Own it like that Julian I met, He was one tough Dude! No question about it.

Secondly, (and this is the big one) They now call a lot of these names "Unisex." What that junk does that mean? Your parents couldn't decide if you would be a boy or girl or they could only find one neutral name? It isn't like a baby gift where a green blanket covers both genders. No name should ever be Unisex. Declare dang it! I would rather have a girls name and be tough than a Uni name and, well, be Uni.

Thirdly, My name was a Man's name in the last century and a Girls name in this one, I am not sure what happened, I blame the democrats. All of my childhood grief could have been avoided if born 15 years earlier. Parents should plan ahead, unless you are naming your son "SUE" for a reason, try to make his childhood easier.

ice cream cones on Saturday

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Eli Sayings

I use this Blog as a type of Journal. In December of every year we print it in book form, it is easier than a journal.

Anyway, Eli is Hilarious. Recently he has said the following:

ME: Eli when you get this big (hand gesture) we can go camping!

ELI: AH! Really!

ME: When you get this big (hand Higher) we can go Fishing!

ELI: YEAH!

ME: When you get this big (Hand A LOT Higher) we can go Hunting!

ELI: For Easter Eggs?! Yippee!

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ELI: Dadda, Can I brush my teeth?

ME: Sure

(he comes back)

ELI: Do I still have Halitosis?

(I thought it was funny to teach him that word, now he brushes his teeth 5 times per day!)

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(I over heard his prayers this morning at the breakfast table while I was feeding the baby)

ELI: Dear heavenly father, thank you for this food, thank you for my baby sister, thank you that I Jesus was a good man to teach us things, thank you that I had dreams about Spider man, name of Jesus Christ Amen.

(He was the only one downstairs, after his prayer, he yells up to me)

ELI: Dad, I blessed the food so you can eat too!

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ELI: Dadda, do you not have a headache anymore?

ME: Nope, not today.

ELI: Then that means we can go to the gym!

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ELI: Dada, I don't want a Yarnale to steal my toys!

ME: What?

ELI: I don't want a YarnALE to come steal my toys?

ME (not understanding): What is that?

ELI: A Yarnale is when a thing comes around and takes all the toys and sells them to people and then they have your old toys, I don't want that!

ME: OH, you mean a Yard Sale.

ELI: Yeah, don't let one come into our house please!

ME: I will see what I can do.

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(at the gokart track)

ELI: Wow dada that GOKART was faster than an ASTON MARTIN!

(his hot wheels, the aston is the fastest)

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He has said some hilarious things recently about breast pumping, but I think it best to not repeat them!

Emerald is doing well, Dora is doing well. Surprisingly Dora and Eli are excited to help out. Dora always asks if she can "Hold it" to the baby and the bottle... I will try to write some of Dora's funny later.

Tuesday fun

We got up this morning and went mini golfing. In the way Dora saw a deer, I missed it until she screamed "baby deer!"

Here is the baby Deer. (and baby dear below!)

Dora's way of getting out of a sand trap.

Eli's way of getting out of a sand trap.

Both of my kids cheating... Mulligan!

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crap happens...

I was changing Emerald and I heard a grumble just to look down and see an explosion of yellow stool hit me in the chest. Grossest thing yet. It felt like the Matrix, but I couldn't dodge it.

Explosion.

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hiccups and belches

53 hrs old

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more baby pics

So cute

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Lerdlah and kids

Carla and kids

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new parenting

Having a kid is like having a car.
Keep it topped off and you will be happier.
If it makes noise, check the fluids, change as needed.
Keep it clean for best performance.
Check under the hood frequently.
If it is making screaching noises, stop what you are doing and look under the hood.
If noises persist take it to someone.
If it gets overheated, take it to someone.
Always keep it topped off.
Keep am older person around, they love to help, and have money, experience, and time.
Always keep it topped off.
They are a lot more expensive than you think. Rarely will you recoop your investment.
Check under the hood if you smell something unnatural.
Never compare yours to the neighbours, they got a model from a different manufacturer.
Keep the owners manual..
Never put sugar in the gas tank!
Keep it topped off.
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