Cheap First Aid Kit.

There's something to be said about being prepared.
Having that little "something," that can make things better.
I used to carry a little first aid kit.
It consisted mainly of a Ziploc bag with a couple of band aids and some other minor things.
They were items that we're needed occasionally and it was good to have them.
Anyone who has kids, knows the value of a Sesame Street band aid.
(or insert kid's favorite cartoon character )
Slap a goofy band aid on a skinned knee and life can resume.
With the crisis over, you can get back to whatever...
When I was at the store over the weekend, my girlfriend cut her finger and I thought about that First Aid kit.
I didn't have one, or anything for that matter.Why didn't I have it?
My guess is, that since my kids are older, I stopped carrying the first aid kit.
That shouldn't really have been a factor, having older kids.
My state of preparedness has obviously lowered over time.
I don't even carry a pocket knife half the time anymore.
What kind of man doesn't carry a knife, or pocket knife or pen knife?
An unprepared man, evidently.
My Dad always carries his, and he uses it too.
I made a decision.
It wouldn't hurt to go back to the some of the ways I used to do things.
Some of the things I used to do was stupid, so I'll leave those ways alone.
I picked up some stuff at the good Ole Dollar Tree.
I needed to make a Cheap First Aid kit.
I needed to customize it with the things I need.
Here's a slideshow to make things easier-

I'll make a list of the contents, uses, and why I carry what I carry..later

Hitopbus.com

I'm going to start updating Hitopbus.com.
It's about a VW Hitop Bus I'm working on...
I put a couple of pictures up.
Theres some older entries relating to my other bus.
I have two, and eventually I should have one for camping and one for not camping.
I have a bunch of posts, I've been working on to document the process. (hitop bus)
It'll improve over time. Check it out. If you want...
HitopBus.com

Stormageddon is done...

So it's over.
The snow is starting to melt.
The schools are closed for today. They should be open the next day.
Big snow over the weekend and gone by Monday. Not bad....
Sadly, it's back to work....
I took some pictures of stuff with snow on it.

Stormageddon! Big snow, in Tidewater, Virginia.

We rarely get any real snow here in Tidewater, Virginia.
Here it is Jan 30, 2010 and I have about 7-8 inches of snow in my yard.
Crazy. Everyone seemed pretty sure that we would have some accumulation of snow.
I had doubts, usually I'm disappointed with our snow forecasts.
Our usual would be around 0-2 inches. 3 inches we shut everything down..
Which was exactly what happened. It's been kind of nice.
My dog got to play in real snow. We took a drive and I haven't forgotten my snow driving skills.
I used to travel, so snow was something I would encounter periodically.
We filmed some of the past two days..Here's a little video-
(YouTube quality is no good..)

Fortune Cookies

Here's some Fortune Cookies..
Theses are from real fortune cookies, that came with real Chinese food, that was eaten by real people at work.