I'm not just dreaming of a white Christmas Eve.

I'm glad I wasn't planning on shopping for Christmas gifts today.

Here's what my front yard looks like.

Home Movies

I watched some home movies with my family today.

Some people don't look very different thirty years ago compared to how they look today. Some people look very different.

I have the same amount of fashion sense now that I did back then.

I've never had so much fun throwing away stuff!

We have a new trash can at our house, and it's so much fun! For a while, I've wanted to have a trash can with a pedal. (I like to be able to throw away trash without touching the trash can with my hands. Yeah, I have a little case of OCD.) Our new trash can has a pedal, and it even "glides" to the closed position after the pedal is released.

I'm so fortunate to have a wife who saw that this trash can was available for much less than I've noticed other trash cans with pedals costing and also let us buy it!

Magnets are always fun!

I like magnets (and I spend a lot of time at a desk during the week), so my wife bought me this cool magnetic stand with metal figures that I can stack in different arrangements. (Since they say that a picture is worth a thousand words, I included a picture.)

Go Gators!

My son would like to congratulate the Florida Gators for winning the BCS football championship.

What is an "Olio Engineer"?

I decided to call my new blog "Olio Engineer".

By Olio, I mean "hodgepodge" or "mixture" (I don't mean any kind of "song/dance" or anything with chick-peas). This blog will likely contain a mix or various topics. I've always had various unrelated hobbies. One post might be about the Bible. The next post might be about politics. The next post might be about my wife and son. Or geography or music.

By Engineer, I don't just refer to my college degree and my profession. Being an engineer is part of who I am. I enjoy optimizing. I like to tinker. I'll take something apart just to see if I can reassemble it. I pay attention to details, and small things sometimes mean much to me. I probably won't write many long post (or post very often) because I try to choose my words carefully.