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Jumping Jesus on a pogo stick, it’s windy!

Went out for a little while today. It is the first time in memory the wind/cold actually took my breath away. In the 100 feet from the car to the store entrance, we were literally out of breath!
Wind chill wise, it must be -10F or worse out there.
But, it all turned out ok. The mall was very busy, but it really didn’t bother us. The more people, the more Glenn is distracted. All of our Christmas shopping has been done for a while. Glenn was a pretty good boy. We discovered he likes lemonade! Tiff gave him some in Panera and he seemed to like it.
While Tiff was looking at some jewelery, I was looking at some watches. Very few Automatics out there now. All quartz. It’s a shame, really. Quartz watches have close to zero collectors’ value. Saw a bass ackwards Automatic ‘divers’ watch today. It was a Rado, 300m, but it did not have a rotating bezel, had a small, hard to read face, yet had a helium release valve. Just to let you know, helium release valves are only used for truly hard core diving, where you breath a helium/oxygen mix. The watch was $1150 and ugly as sin.  I think it was this model:

Being a first time Dad, I am surprised how much I really love the little guy. It is hard to describe how you feel about Glenn. Lately, has has been wanting hugs while on his changing table. He hugs me close and whispers cute baby sweet nothings in my ear. Make me want to hug him for hours.

 

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Ahh, the Orange Bullet is on my wrist.

Went to the Mother In Law’s today and got my Christmas gift from her, a Seiko “Orange Bullet” Diver’s watch.
It’s a real beauty. Even though it is 42mm in diameter, the lug to lug
distance is about 43mm, so no annoying overhang on my dainty wrists.

You can see it changing the date in this photo.  It changes between
10:30 and midnight.  I did take it out of the box a few weeks ago to
resize the band, but now I can really wear it. I did miss wearing it. I
did get the perfect accessory from Tiffany, a valet with a watch drawer
to hold my slowly growing collection. I’ll take a photo of it when I
get a chance.

 

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