A month or so ago I mentioned to the ladies I eat lunch with that I had noticed a leak on the floor by my toilet in my bathroom upstairs. It wasn't a big leak, but each time I'd wipe up the little puddle of water, the next time I'd go into the bathroom there would be another small leak. All of them told me I should not ignore this and I probably had a problem with the wax seal in my toilet. Not what I wanted to hear. Then one day - magically - the leak went away! Well.....I'm not usually barefoot in the bathroom - I have at least a pair of socks on - but yesterday I was barefoot by the toilet and the floor was spongy feeling. Not good. I knew that meant I needed to pull up the peel-n-stick tile by the toilet to see what was going on. Tonight while supper was nuking I went down to Mike's work bench to check out his tools to see what would be a good tool to pop up peel- n-stick tiles. I grabbed a couple of screwdrivers.....so after finishing my blog I'll go and literally attack the bathroom floor to see what I'll find.
I found out something today that doesn't make me very happy - for the most part I'm ok with change - but sometimes I think things need to stay the same for tradition. I'm talking about the intersection of 4th and Grand that is a couple of blocks north of the house on my street. Ever since I've lived in WDM (over 25 years) when driving north from my house toward Grand, if you wanted to turn right onto Grand, there was a lane that just curved to the right bypassing the stop light controlled intersection. There was a yield sign at the curve and if no one was coming from the west you could go ahead and merge onto Grand - really nice. Well, they are building a Taco John on the lot where a gas station used to be and the curve lane has been broken up. I was hoping it was something due to pipes running under the street and after those were taken care of, they would make the intersection back the way it was - nope. When the intersection is completed if you want to turn right from 4th going to Grand you will have to actually go to the stop light and there will be a turn lane to turn onto Grand. I liked my curve lane - I want my curve lane. I know Mike would be agreeing with me on this one - but - there's nothing I can do about it - except grumble about it every time I'm at that intersection wanting to turn right onto Grand :)
Enjoy more Branson Christmas photos - and I may throw in a few day photos to show off the pretty fall colors too.
Ok, when I was looking at the Branson Christmas photos after blogging last night I found this one that would have been perfect to go with yesterday's blog. This is Nico, a Percheron that the MC rides in Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede dinner show. During the day all the horses are outside like this for the public to view and I am standing behind the chain, reaching over to pet Nico. He came over, stuck his head clear over so I could reach him so that's all the invite I needed to pet him. You can see he's really enjoying his head and neck rub :)
Another 12 Days of Christmas light display....the Lords a Leaping.
This is the Baldknobber's theater. The Baldknobber's are one of the original family shows that started Branson's entertainment center.
While staying at Big Cedar you could take carriage rides. Mike and I did this one night after dark to ride through the property to look at all the Christmas lights - it was great!
