finally some snow

these pitures are from a couple of weeks ago. we currently have no snow on the ground.

Here's your post Paul.

Well, It's been a while. Months have passed, days have passed, and Christmas is less than 2 weeks away. The time has been flying, it seems like just yesterday I was riding to the pool every day for swim practice. and now I still go out and ride my bike every day, but the grass is not as green as it was, The days are not as long as they were, and the thermometer stays below 40 degrees. Now when I go out for a ride it takes me 25 minutes just to get all "suited up."
Riding shorts, riding tights, long sleeve shirt, wool socks, clip shoes, 'booties', Jacket (windbreaker), gloves, hat, neck warmer, helmet, put pocket knife, Zippo, wallet, and phone into my bag, don't forget the water bottle, (it usually freezes around the edges) and then take off. it
lately I have been riding about ten miles around the park. usually I will do a few sprints.
That cold air really takes the breath out of you. I did finally get my cannondale bike. (from the blog before.) and we bought a welder for Christmas. I took a welding class at the Capital Area Career Center. ( part of Lincoln Land..) It was a fast four weeks. The first class was very boring, it was all safety, which is good but not the most fun part of the class. The other 3 classes were lots of fun; there was still teaching but only 1 hour. ( it's a 2 hour class) so anyway I really liked the stick welder. the only wire feed I did was a 1 inch bead that we had to do as a sortof qualifier
that the teacher instructed us on. I had told my Dad I liked the stick and would rather get that than a wire feed, because for 1 it takes more skill and for 2 it's not so pricy then we hit a perverbial 'brick wall' besides the dryer hook up, we don't have a 220 outlet, and no one liked my idea of putting up a clothes line, getting rid of the dryer and running a cord to the garage.
It was kind of a "red green" inspired idea anyways. so we ended up wit a 110 clarke stick welder
"Yess" (Kip Dynamite.)and we bought some rods a dry 'rod keeper' and a few other accessories. the welder has not been opened yet thanks to Daddy Rod. He made me look him in the eyes and say that I would not bug about the welder. So I came up with a solution; He did not say anything to Jude? but that did not work. oh well 13 days and counting right now I am in Mahomet Illinois for the weekend, we are helping my Grandma and Grandpa Kneller decrate for Christmas. and we also have a Birthday party to go to for my cousin Aidan who is getting a surprise bithday present. be back sunday, Good night,

B-McKne

This is the library card catalogue that my great grandmother Bea gave to me.

it has a gross peice of fibre board on the top and it needed replaced with something so i took it off and found this. the picture aboce is right after I took the fibre board off. I had done no work to the catalogue, the picture of me applying linnseed oil is with the top finished. the drawers were showing their age too so I took off all of the handles, sanded the fronts of the cabinets and oiled them. then put it all back together. I am torn on what to do for the top. I am not sure whether to screw down the base peice visible in picture 2. ( which I have sanded and oiled.) or order a peice of 1/4" polished edge glass for $38.00 the glass would be good for inside the house and would show off the wood very nicely while still giving me a durable flat surface. the wood would cover up the top of the "catalogue" and leave marks from spills, cold glasses, etc. but would be cheaper. just another project.

Thanks McPhersons,

B-McKne

BRITTANI ROSE
IS OFF TO HER EUROPEAN ADVENTURES IN FLORENCE ITALY.....

WE SENT HER OFF ON SEPTEMBER 1, FROM THE SPRINGFIELD AIRPORT
SHE WENT W/ HER FRIEND ERIN WHO IS FROM SPRINGFIELD, AND WHO SHE WENT TO COLLEGE WITH.

She is having a great time and loving everything about it, she says she fits right in until she talks and then they know she is a foreigner..... a cute one though!

Here is the farewell crew. We will see you in December, remember Brit, no Christmas presents if you don't show!!!

Rod and Blaine @ 6 am the morning of the century ride the made it 65 miles, great job!

BACK TO SCHOOL AT BRIARCLIFF ACADEMY... LOOK HOW EXCITED THEY ARE EVEN CAMELOT THE CAT!

ROD, THE HEAD OF THE MATH DEPARTMENT, WOODWORKING, MECHANICS, HOME MAINTENANCE, AND MORE ....

JACQUELINE, THE HEAD OF THE LANGUAGE ARTS DEPARTMENT, COOKING ARTS, ARTFUL LIFE STUDIO, SHOPPING SKILLS , UNIT STUDIES AND MORE...

WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO A FUN LEARNING YEAR, EVERY YEAR HOLDS NEW OPPORTUNUTIES AND ADVENTURES.

SPEAKING OF ANNIVERSARIES I FORGOT TO POST JOHN AND JOYCE'S BIG 50 ANNIVERSARY!! CONGRATS ! YOU CAN GO TO THE HOGANLEGACY BLOGSPOT TO SEE MORE OF THE CELEBRATION THAT WE HAD. IT WAS A SPECIAL DAY FOR A SPECIAL COUPLE. There is a logspot link for this in the left colunm at the top.

My Gosh, another one already ! ! !

Yes that's right I'm buying another bike. This bike is needed though, it is a touring bicycle like for when I ride to grandma Kneller's next spring, and things like that. It's a brand new 1996 one they've had lating around the bike shop, I'll be changing things like bare, stem, seat, and brake levers, for a newer look, but besides those It is cool, I need to get to Bed Pray for Grandpa Kneller to find out what to do with his 'lemons' http://skkinterface.bolgspot.com/

Me and my Dad have a 62 mile bike event tomorrow. the color is:

sparkly-brown-black-green-smoke-sparkle-kind-of-color.

BE HAPPY B-McKneller

BYE, BYE BARBIES!!

THIS IS A SURE SIGN MY DAUGHTER IS MOVING OUT OF CHILDHOOD.

IT'S BEEN HARDER FOR ME TO SAY GOODBYE TO THE BARBIE CHAPTER OF LIFE THAN FOR HER. WE DID KEEP SOME OF OUR FAVORITES FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF DAUGHTERS. CELINA HAD GREAT SALES @ THE GARAGE SALE.

WE CELEREATED THE LAST DAYS OF SUMMER @ THE LABOR DAY POOL PARTY.

THE BOYS TOOK ON THE CHALLENGE OF MAKING A BOAT TO FLOAT FOR THE BOAT RACE. THEY QUIKLY FOUND OUT THAT THEY COULD NOT SIT AND ROW THEIR BOATS BUT HAD YO LAY ON THEIR BELLLIES AND PADDLE W/ THEIR HANDS BUT THE BOATS DID FLOAT!!

CELINA MADE BREAKFAST FOR JUDE IN BED THE OTHER DAY HE WON THE SPECIAL TICKET FOR THIS. HE ALSO GOT TO WATCH A MOVIE WHILE EATING IT. THEY BOTH ENJOYED THIS.

WE CELEBRATED MARY SHEILA'S BIRTHDAY AND AWARDED HER A "YOU ARE A WINNER TROPHY" BLAINE SAYS GOLD FOR THE GOLD YEARS! NOT TOO FUNNY FOR MST!

THE BRIARCLIFF SHED IS LOOKING GOOD. ROD AND THE BOYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB. WE NEED A DOOR , STAIN AND SOME FINISHING TOUCHES. WE WILL USE OUR LEFT OVER BRICKS FOR A BRICK PATIO AND WALK AROUND IT.

retired.

I finally retired my old redwings. My dad's friends mom gave these to me 2 years ago because she never wore them, they were as hard as a rock, they had not been boken in but I took care of that they feel like tennis-shoes now, but theyr'e too small after a day of working in these my toes would hurt from being crammed in there, so I had to get some new boots. I wanted some 8 inch boots so I got some 'georgia boot' loggers, and guess what they were as hard as a rock but that's changing slowly, I am still getting used to the high heel. I would have liked to get a pair of redwings but i was not about to spend $250 on a pair of boots I'll be too bigfor in a year so i settled for these they're not too bad.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
GEORGIA SUE, GRANDMA KNELLER!!
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING WITH YOU WHEN WE CAN
LET'S HAVE LOTS OF BIRTHDAY CAKE AND ICECREAM.....
ALL OUR LOVE,
ROD, JACQUELINE, BLAINE, CELINA AND JUDE

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!

STEVE AND GEORGIA...

WE ARE SO THANKFUL THE LORD PUT YOU TOGETHER, IF NOT, NONE OF US WOULD BE KNELLERS.

LOOK HOW CUTE THEY ARE, WHAT A GREAT COUPLE, MAY THE LORD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU, PROSPER YOU AND DEEPEN YOUR LOVE FOR HIM AND EACH OTHER.

WE LOVE YOU AND WE MISS OUR TIME WITH YOU

Happy-days (though the weather may not be)

:-) These days are short and few, the hot days of summer, they consist of swimming, biking,

being with family, and for me working on projects. My longest project this summer was earning money for my bike, which I did finally get yesterday. the guys at the bike shop gave me a different bike to ride while my fork was in connecticut it was a nice bike but the back end was carbon fibre and composite plastic, so it flexed a little, so was afraid to crank it too hard.

I did like the brakes and the shifters, which are the same as on my bike. anyway I rode that bike

the 3.5 miles to R&M while carrying the front tire to my bike in my hand. when I arrived I was like Yes, I completed my challenge, I do that alot make challenges for my self. I got there and with the help of some other "wrenches" we changed the oil in the oil cartridge and put it all back together and voi'la I finally have my bike I rode it home in the rain and to my surprise there were no more bumps on the sidewalk, either that or i could'nt feel them on that bike. Something else I am happy about is that I can do long wheelies on it, (thank goodness)once I got home I detailed the bike and waxed it, ate dinner and then finally watched the olympic BMX racing it was short and sweet. on tuesday night Grandpa kneller picked up me, jude, aidan, and ava and took us east to mahomet where jude stayed at aidans house and Me and grandpa worked on projects. we completed a copper arch consisting of 68 sweated copper joints and and got halfway through a wood side table , for more reference

visit: http://skkinterface.blogspot.com/ cheers. B-McKne :-)

Great Grandma Bea! We are praying for her recovery. This pic was taken the end of May on our visit. We had a great time. We went to visit the grave sites.

SUMMER TIME IS COUSIN TIME!

ERIN AND CELINA

CELINA, AIDAN AND JUDE AT G&G KNELLERS. THEY LOVE TO FISH AND SPEND TIME ON THE WATER

CELINA WITH SOME OF THE HOGAN GIRLS AT UNCLE TIM AND AUNY TINA'S 4TH OF JULY PARTY

SOPHIA KNELLER CAME TO VISIT FOR A WEEK, THIS HAS BEEN HER 6TH YEAR TO DO THIS AND WE ALWAYS LOVE OUR TIME TOGETHER.

SUMMER DINNER ON THE PORCH WITH OLIVIA AND SAVANNAH

SOHPIA AND CELINA, THEY ARE GROWING UP INTO BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMEN

AIDAN AND AVA, THE "A" TEAM, CAME FOR SOME OVERNITES FOR THE FIRST TIME. WE ARE HAVING BLAST WITH THEM. IT'S SUCH A BLESSING TO LIVE CLOSE ENOUGH TO FAMILY TO HAVE TIMES TOGETHER LIKE THIS.

AIDAN FLYING OFF THE SLIDE AND CELINA WATCHING. AIDAN SAYS, "THAT WAS AWESOME!"

LET'S GO SWIMMING

LOOK AT THE INDIANA JONES DUDES

THESE GUYS LOOK TOUGH

AIDAN AND AVA YOU CRACK US UP! WE LOVE YOU! YOU ARE ADORABLE!