Pretty foggy this morning. So soupy can't see very far at all. You know, the kind you don't mind running into in Kansas. While driving through this kind of fog there, it gives you something interesting to look at. Fairly cool here this morning at 63 degrees. Yesterday was a long pants day as it appears today might be also.
We're planning a big trip this morning. Going to pick up the neighbors and go clear down to Camdenton. Gee, I don't remember the last time I strayed that far from home. I'm just hoping that I can remember how to act, out in a big city like that. I don't remember when but I do remember the last time we were on that road an old Volvo tried to run me off the road. If the fog lifts I'm going to be looking for that boy!
After we got a quote on a concrete wall of $3395 that constipated me for several days, we're off to shop for some stone blocks to build the retaining wall ourselves. Thanks to Dr. Dale, who saw my stove up condition and realizing the reason, suggested we might be able to do the job.
He has the expertise and I have, I have, well, we'll need to furnish the materials and a lot of the brawn.
Inquiring by phone we found blocks that would only cost $685 to do the job. We'll look at these today and some at a couple of other places as well.
Next I'll need to find a tiny hydraulic excavator or something to use for a couple of days. Hardly any digging to do but quite a bit past what one would want to do with a shovel.
Wow! It all sounded good enough to turn me loose! Thanks to Dale, at least what I'm full of now is different.........hope is a very happy fulfillment.
Unfortunately or fortunately due to my usual bodily content being displaced with so much hope, I lack the words to carry on with this.
Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk......Doug Larson
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Monday, August 30, 2004
August 30
Pretty foggy this morning. So soupy can't see very far at all. You know, the kind you don't mind running into in Kansas. While driving through this kind of fog there, it gives you something interesting to look at. Fairly cool here this morning at 63 degrees. Yesterday was a long pants day as it appears today might be also.
We're planning a big trip this morning. Going to pick up the neighbors and go clear down to Camdenton. Gee, I don't remember the last time I strayed that far from home. I'm just hoping that I can remember how to act, out in a big city like that. I don't remember when but I do remember the last time we were on that road an old Volvo tried to run me off the road. If the fog lifts I'm going to be looking for that boy!
After we got a quote on a concrete wall of $3395 that constipated me for several days, we're off to shop for some stone blocks to build the retaining wall ourselves. Thanks to Dr. Dale, who saw my stove up condition and realizing the reason, suggested we might be able to do the job.
He has the expertise and I have, I have, well, we'll need to furnish the materials and a lot of the brawn.
Inquiring by phone we found blocks that would only cost $685 to do the job. We'll look at these today and some at a couple of other places as well.
Next I'll need to find a tiny hydraulic excavator or something to use for a couple of days. Hardly any digging to do but quite a bit past what one would want to do with a shovel.
Wow! It all sounded good enough to turn me loose! Thanks to Dale, at least what I'm full of now is different.........hope is a very happy fulfillment.
Unfortunately or fortunately due to my usual bodily content being displaced with so much hope, I lack the words to carry on with this.
Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk......Doug Larson
We're planning a big trip this morning. Going to pick up the neighbors and go clear down to Camdenton. Gee, I don't remember the last time I strayed that far from home. I'm just hoping that I can remember how to act, out in a big city like that. I don't remember when but I do remember the last time we were on that road an old Volvo tried to run me off the road. If the fog lifts I'm going to be looking for that boy!
After we got a quote on a concrete wall of $3395 that constipated me for several days, we're off to shop for some stone blocks to build the retaining wall ourselves. Thanks to Dr. Dale, who saw my stove up condition and realizing the reason, suggested we might be able to do the job.
He has the expertise and I have, I have, well, we'll need to furnish the materials and a lot of the brawn.
Inquiring by phone we found blocks that would only cost $685 to do the job. We'll look at these today and some at a couple of other places as well.
Next I'll need to find a tiny hydraulic excavator or something to use for a couple of days. Hardly any digging to do but quite a bit past what one would want to do with a shovel.
Wow! It all sounded good enough to turn me loose! Thanks to Dale, at least what I'm full of now is different.........hope is a very happy fulfillment.
Unfortunately or fortunately due to my usual bodily content being displaced with so much hope, I lack the words to carry on with this.
Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk......Doug Larson
Sunday, August 29, 2004
August 29
Breezy, partly cloudy with a neat temperature of only 60 degrees. Probably a little discouraging for all but the most avid boats, skiers and PWC riders. Don't worry there are plenty of those, although all I've seen so far this morning has been a couple of bass boats containing fishermen. One boat had three fishermen aboard which means to me that they aren't really serious fishermen. Three in a boat designed for two makes too many complications for good fishing. We're back to more socializing than fishing. By the way, do you ever see three people in a golf cart?
I heard there was a swarm of killer bees discovered in Oklahoma recently. The most northern the bees have been discovered. I'm trying to suppress the opinion that the bees were probably imported. Yep, I'm on the verge of believing that a bunch of hospitals have joined together with a group of funeral directors and they're bringing the bees in to increase their emergency room revenues and burial quantities. Geez! Our bill for the one little tiny bee sting was $682. Can you imagine if the person should live or die what the cost would be if they could get a person stung twenty to a hundred times..........After a futile attempt in some cases, with the heirs paying the huge bill for the lost cause, it's the funeral homes turn to recoup some of their importation expenses along with a huge profit. Damn, this should be looked into!
I've heard people say about others that they are 'fat and sassy' which I always took to mean something like contented and maybe a mite overly proud about it. Well, I've got half that feeling this morning. I feel awfully fat this morning but I'm not proud at all about eating like a pig last night, but it really wasn't my fault. Our neighbors invited us to supper. They served us a perfect and tender huge grilled steak along with neat salad and green beans prepared in a little different way that has caused the taste memory to linger, still causing me hunger pangs this morning. Let me just say this..........One other dish was Zucchini. Who likes Zucchini? Maybe fried it would be edible but receive no stars. The cooking abilities and how really good it was can be imagined when I tell you this! The Zucchini dish was baked and believe it or not, it was very delicious and was a two helper! I'm afraid the memories that I just awakened typing this, added to the green bean memory already bugging me, is about to cause another overeating binge at breakfast.
Just to let you know, fat doesn't follow me around. Hell, now it beats me everywhere I go. I remember back when in a lot of cases my nose was usually the first to arrive. Well, many years ago that wasn't always the case but now............my stomach always arrives first no matter what the circumstances. I guess I could back in......Nah, you're right, that sounds queer to me too. Old is sure a trying condition!
Two men were talking. "So, how's your sex life?" "Oh, nothing special. I'm having Social Security sex." "Social Security sex?" "Yeah, you know: I get a little each month, but not enough to live on!"
I heard there was a swarm of killer bees discovered in Oklahoma recently. The most northern the bees have been discovered. I'm trying to suppress the opinion that the bees were probably imported. Yep, I'm on the verge of believing that a bunch of hospitals have joined together with a group of funeral directors and they're bringing the bees in to increase their emergency room revenues and burial quantities. Geez! Our bill for the one little tiny bee sting was $682. Can you imagine if the person should live or die what the cost would be if they could get a person stung twenty to a hundred times..........After a futile attempt in some cases, with the heirs paying the huge bill for the lost cause, it's the funeral homes turn to recoup some of their importation expenses along with a huge profit. Damn, this should be looked into!
I've heard people say about others that they are 'fat and sassy' which I always took to mean something like contented and maybe a mite overly proud about it. Well, I've got half that feeling this morning. I feel awfully fat this morning but I'm not proud at all about eating like a pig last night, but it really wasn't my fault. Our neighbors invited us to supper. They served us a perfect and tender huge grilled steak along with neat salad and green beans prepared in a little different way that has caused the taste memory to linger, still causing me hunger pangs this morning. Let me just say this..........One other dish was Zucchini. Who likes Zucchini? Maybe fried it would be edible but receive no stars. The cooking abilities and how really good it was can be imagined when I tell you this! The Zucchini dish was baked and believe it or not, it was very delicious and was a two helper! I'm afraid the memories that I just awakened typing this, added to the green bean memory already bugging me, is about to cause another overeating binge at breakfast.
Just to let you know, fat doesn't follow me around. Hell, now it beats me everywhere I go. I remember back when in a lot of cases my nose was usually the first to arrive. Well, many years ago that wasn't always the case but now............my stomach always arrives first no matter what the circumstances. I guess I could back in......Nah, you're right, that sounds queer to me too. Old is sure a trying condition!
Two men were talking. "So, how's your sex life?" "Oh, nothing special. I'm having Social Security sex." "Social Security sex?" "Yeah, you know: I get a little each month, but not enough to live on!"
Saturday, August 28, 2004
August 28
Yesterday here went well as all of our days do. I can't imagine what it would have been like had we lived anywhere else. My lack of imagination is calling me to move on. Are you sure you don't know someone who would like to live on the lake enough to give us $300,000 to live out their desires here? Heck, we might include the boats and a few pieces of furniture.
Three bedroom, three bath and two car garage. 2800 square feet of home with a very good view of the large cove, sixteen steps from the water, blacktop to the door and 155 feet of lake frontage.
Early this morning we had a little bit of rain again but it looks like it's clearing up now. It can just as quickly cloud over again too. For the past two days while looking out at a bright sunny day we've heard lots of thunder. Why thunder on a sunny day? Then wham bam over the hill come the clouds. Several times we didn't even get the clouds just thunder.
At this time there is a pretty stiff breeze blowing out of the south that is helping oxygenate the lake waters. It looks like it's keeping a few boaters off the water as well. So far this morning I've only seen one boat and it only contained a fisherman. Sure, they all stop and give MY fishing hole a bit of their time. No wonder I can't catch anything. I rarely see any of them catch anything either.
I rarely about everything! I rarely have anything to type anymore too.
Thought for this day: When you see "smothered chicken" on a menu, do you get a mental picture of a chef suffocating a chicken with a tiny pillow back in the kitchen, or is it just me?............TomG
Three bedroom, three bath and two car garage. 2800 square feet of home with a very good view of the large cove, sixteen steps from the water, blacktop to the door and 155 feet of lake frontage.
Early this morning we had a little bit of rain again but it looks like it's clearing up now. It can just as quickly cloud over again too. For the past two days while looking out at a bright sunny day we've heard lots of thunder. Why thunder on a sunny day? Then wham bam over the hill come the clouds. Several times we didn't even get the clouds just thunder.
At this time there is a pretty stiff breeze blowing out of the south that is helping oxygenate the lake waters. It looks like it's keeping a few boaters off the water as well. So far this morning I've only seen one boat and it only contained a fisherman. Sure, they all stop and give MY fishing hole a bit of their time. No wonder I can't catch anything. I rarely see any of them catch anything either.
I rarely about everything! I rarely have anything to type anymore too.
Thought for this day: When you see "smothered chicken" on a menu, do you get a mental picture of a chef suffocating a chicken with a tiny pillow back in the kitchen, or is it just me?............TomG
Friday, August 27, 2004
August 27
I was thinking that clouds were obscuring our view of the grand old sun this morning but further observation brought the conclusion that the sun has not yet risen, rose or come over the hill. It looks like nature only needs a couple more pushes to birth another new day for us to enjoy. That is if one can enjoy a 94 degree day with a humidity of 86 or more. Thankfully we're able to enjoy in some fashion, each and every day we're blessed with.
Last night Glenda along with Ruthie and Mary Jo went to play bingo. They were all put down somewhat when none won but the joy was there during the play as the anticipation of winning filled their hearts for awhile during each game. That taste of joy coupled with the social aspect of the outing totally eliminated the chance of any lingering despair from their loosing evening. At least that is what I'm led to believe.
Today is 'older folks' bowling day in Eldon. The cost of bowling is sliced a bit and cookies or cake are furnished free. Socializing seems to be the main objective of most and with the problems of the old bowling machines there is plenty of time for it. Of course breakdowns aren't really necessary for full conversations as several of the bowlers hardly ever know when it's their time to bowl. Altogether it makes for a very slow game.
Glenda says that I'm usually not very social and maybe she is correct but when I go, I go to bowl. Since bowling seems to be only a happenstance of the social gathering I don't go very often. That plus the fact I can't bowl worth a hoot at that bowling alley. Okay! Maybe it isn't because of the bowling alley. I just can't bowl anymore!
Can't type or think either but I keep trying because it doesn't cost anything. At the cut prices you still can't bowl for free.
Thought for the day: Over the weekend, my computer was infected by a virus -- the one where, when you open it, it drinks all the beer in your fridge and gets all sleazy with your woman. No, wait... never mind. That was me...........(TomG.)
Last night Glenda along with Ruthie and Mary Jo went to play bingo. They were all put down somewhat when none won but the joy was there during the play as the anticipation of winning filled their hearts for awhile during each game. That taste of joy coupled with the social aspect of the outing totally eliminated the chance of any lingering despair from their loosing evening. At least that is what I'm led to believe.
Today is 'older folks' bowling day in Eldon. The cost of bowling is sliced a bit and cookies or cake are furnished free. Socializing seems to be the main objective of most and with the problems of the old bowling machines there is plenty of time for it. Of course breakdowns aren't really necessary for full conversations as several of the bowlers hardly ever know when it's their time to bowl. Altogether it makes for a very slow game.
Glenda says that I'm usually not very social and maybe she is correct but when I go, I go to bowl. Since bowling seems to be only a happenstance of the social gathering I don't go very often. That plus the fact I can't bowl worth a hoot at that bowling alley. Okay! Maybe it isn't because of the bowling alley. I just can't bowl anymore!
Can't type or think either but I keep trying because it doesn't cost anything. At the cut prices you still can't bowl for free.
Thought for the day: Over the weekend, my computer was infected by a virus -- the one where, when you open it, it drinks all the beer in your fridge and gets all sleazy with your woman. No, wait... never mind. That was me...........(TomG.)
Thursday, August 26, 2004
Today sounds like it is going to be a lot like yesterday but probably worst. A really wet day. Nope, we didn't get any rain here but with the heat and high humidity, just being outside for a few minutes would make you completely wet. Today the heat index will be in the triple digits. I'm not sure that a jogger couldn't come down with pneumonia sucking in all that moisture laden air. What do I know? I know I'll probably not be jogging for one thing.
Speaking of wet. We took the animals to the vet yesterday for a couple yearly shots each. When we let Tomi out of the crate at the vets, I notices his paws were leaving wet prints on the table. I mentioned it thinking he might have wet the crate on the trip. Not so. We weren't aware that when cats get nervous they sweat through their paws. Did you know that? Tomi came home acting sick and is still a long way from normal this morning. Hope that passes pretty quick.
"A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history - with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila." - Mitch Ratliffe
Speaking of wet. We took the animals to the vet yesterday for a couple yearly shots each. When we let Tomi out of the crate at the vets, I notices his paws were leaving wet prints on the table. I mentioned it thinking he might have wet the crate on the trip. Not so. We weren't aware that when cats get nervous they sweat through their paws. Did you know that? Tomi came home acting sick and is still a long way from normal this morning. Hope that passes pretty quick.
"A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history - with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila." - Mitch Ratliffe
Wednesday, August 25, 2004
August 25
Yesterday ended very happily! Me sitting in the recliner with a full stomach, having a spot of tea and reading a good book. What a relief to get home after spending almost two hours in a movie theater watching a really stupid low quality movie. The sound was so bad that even with my hearing aids I couldn't understand 85% of what was said.
We went to see Collateral. Here is a cut about the movie: Max (Foxx) is a failed comedy writer living in Los Angeles who makes a living as a cab driver. This movie focuses on one very tumultuous day for Max, as he figures out that the fare (Tom Cruise) he's been driving around all day is a contract killer, committing a series of hits. Now, it's up to him to somehow stop the killer from executing the last witness... as well as himself. MPAA Rating: R for violence and language.
We enjoyed the stop at Riskey's where we put six bucks with the ten dollar certificate that Glenda had won for a 12" pizza. It was pretty good. We couldn't eat it all so we boxed the leftover for later. After the stupid movie Glenda wanted to make a stop at Wal-Mart. I sat in the car and waited for her......the box with the pizza was right there beside me so.........I had a couple small pieces. When we got home I had another with my tea then another, leaving one piece for Glenda. I gained almost two pounds yesterday!
Now the movie was the free thing that Glenda also won but after sitting through it I believe she was cheated big time. They should have paid us to be there. I rarely see a movie that I like and watch very few of them! That could mean my sights are set too high but whatever the reason I don't believe this movie was entertaining at all! I would not recommend it to anyone!
Enough...........We ended yesterday with a one inch total of rain. Add the four inch total of day before, and a forecast for more rain today, tonight and in the morning. It all adds up to flood warnings galore. Too bad we can't send some of this to Boulder City.
"An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows"----------------Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ha! I think I might be one!
We went to see Collateral. Here is a cut about the movie: Max (Foxx) is a failed comedy writer living in Los Angeles who makes a living as a cab driver. This movie focuses on one very tumultuous day for Max, as he figures out that the fare (Tom Cruise) he's been driving around all day is a contract killer, committing a series of hits. Now, it's up to him to somehow stop the killer from executing the last witness... as well as himself. MPAA Rating: R for violence and language.
We enjoyed the stop at Riskey's where we put six bucks with the ten dollar certificate that Glenda had won for a 12" pizza. It was pretty good. We couldn't eat it all so we boxed the leftover for later. After the stupid movie Glenda wanted to make a stop at Wal-Mart. I sat in the car and waited for her......the box with the pizza was right there beside me so.........I had a couple small pieces. When we got home I had another with my tea then another, leaving one piece for Glenda. I gained almost two pounds yesterday!
Now the movie was the free thing that Glenda also won but after sitting through it I believe she was cheated big time. They should have paid us to be there. I rarely see a movie that I like and watch very few of them! That could mean my sights are set too high but whatever the reason I don't believe this movie was entertaining at all! I would not recommend it to anyone!
Enough...........We ended yesterday with a one inch total of rain. Add the four inch total of day before, and a forecast for more rain today, tonight and in the morning. It all adds up to flood warnings galore. Too bad we can't send some of this to Boulder City.
"An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows"----------------Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ha! I think I might be one!
August 24
Had to shut down yesterday around 9:00 because of a super storm. Lighting, thunder and rain came for a visit and we thought it would never leave. When it did it left behind a full cloud cover, a disabled computer/TV cable and four inches of rain. The cable company finally got the juice back into the cable so we're at it again. Probably not for long tho, as another storm is on the way here following the one that hit this morning around 3:00 am. That one left another half inch of rain. Flood warnings abound for Morgan and Camdenton counties. Another good day to spend reading seems to be in the making.
I sowed some grass seed about a week ago and the first bit of moisture it received was the four inch rain. I imagine that hard rain thwarted my plans for grass where I intended it and moved it to somewhere else. At least the bare spots are still bare. Might be I'm looking and hoping too soon.
I'm looking and hoping to end this soon too! I'm positive no one will call it too soon. 'Too soon' sounds a little oriental doesn't it.
"Somebody has well said there are only two kinds of people in the world. There are those who wake up in the morning and say, "Good morning, Lord," and there are those who wake up in the morning and say, "Good Lord, it's morning."
I sowed some grass seed about a week ago and the first bit of moisture it received was the four inch rain. I imagine that hard rain thwarted my plans for grass where I intended it and moved it to somewhere else. At least the bare spots are still bare. Might be I'm looking and hoping too soon.
I'm looking and hoping to end this soon too! I'm positive no one will call it too soon. 'Too soon' sounds a little oriental doesn't it.
"Somebody has well said there are only two kinds of people in the world. There are those who wake up in the morning and say, "Good morning, Lord," and there are those who wake up in the morning and say, "Good Lord, it's morning."
Monday, August 23, 2004
August 23
This day has stumbled into being. The sun came out strong as could be then the clouds ran across the sky and shielded us from the glare. Every little bit the clouds move just enough for the sun to take a peek then it quickly gets hidden again. Storms are in the forecast, starting around noon and staying possible for a couple more days. 71 degrees here this morning and only 69 in Boulder City. It is a wonder there aren't more humped-back people here as often as we're forced to hunker down by the Missouri weather.
I'm having my usual problems this morning with the struggle for an interesting subject or any subject for that matter. I Guess I'll just go find something that I can copy and paste. I found an old one titled 'Thinking' and I mean nothing personal to anyone by adding it on here.
Thinking
It started out innocently enough.
I began to think at parties now and then to loosen up. Inevitably though, one thought led to another, and soon I was more than just a "social thinker". I began to think alone ---- "to relax," I told myself ---- but I knew it wasn't true.
Thinking became more and more important to me, and finally I was thinking all the time.
I began to think on the job. I knew that thinking and employment don't mix, but I couldn't stop myself. One day the boss called me in. He said, "Skippy, I like you, and it hurts me to say this, but your thinking has become a real problem. If you don't stop thinking on the job, you'll have to find another job."
This gave me a lot to think about. I came home early after my conversation with the boss.
"Honey," I confessed, "I've been thinking..."
"I know you've been thinking," she said, "and I want a divorce! You think as much as college professors, and college professors don't make any money, so if you keep on thinking we won't have any money!"
"That's a faulty syllogism," I said impatiently, and she began to cry.
I'd had enough. "I'm going to the library," I snarled as I stomped out the door. I roared into the parking lot and ran up to the big glass doors.......they didn't open. The library was closed.
To this day, I believe that a Higher Power was looking out for me that night. As I sank to the ground clawing at the unfeeling glass, a poster caught my eye. "Friend, is heavy thinking ruining your life?" it asked.
You probably recognize that line. It comes from the standard Thinker's Anonymous poster. Which is why I am what I am today: a recovering thinker.
I never miss a TA meeting. At each meeting we watch a non-educational video; last week it was "Porky's." Then we share experiences about how we avoided thinking since the last meeting. I still have my job, and things are a lot better at home.
Life just seemed.........easier...... somehow, as soon as I stopped thinking.
Soon, I will be able to vote Democrat.
I'm having my usual problems this morning with the struggle for an interesting subject or any subject for that matter. I Guess I'll just go find something that I can copy and paste. I found an old one titled 'Thinking' and I mean nothing personal to anyone by adding it on here.
Thinking
It started out innocently enough.
I began to think at parties now and then to loosen up. Inevitably though, one thought led to another, and soon I was more than just a "social thinker". I began to think alone ---- "to relax," I told myself ---- but I knew it wasn't true.
Thinking became more and more important to me, and finally I was thinking all the time.
I began to think on the job. I knew that thinking and employment don't mix, but I couldn't stop myself. One day the boss called me in. He said, "Skippy, I like you, and it hurts me to say this, but your thinking has become a real problem. If you don't stop thinking on the job, you'll have to find another job."
This gave me a lot to think about. I came home early after my conversation with the boss.
"Honey," I confessed, "I've been thinking..."
"I know you've been thinking," she said, "and I want a divorce! You think as much as college professors, and college professors don't make any money, so if you keep on thinking we won't have any money!"
"That's a faulty syllogism," I said impatiently, and she began to cry.
I'd had enough. "I'm going to the library," I snarled as I stomped out the door. I roared into the parking lot and ran up to the big glass doors.......they didn't open. The library was closed.
To this day, I believe that a Higher Power was looking out for me that night. As I sank to the ground clawing at the unfeeling glass, a poster caught my eye. "Friend, is heavy thinking ruining your life?" it asked.
You probably recognize that line. It comes from the standard Thinker's Anonymous poster. Which is why I am what I am today: a recovering thinker.
I never miss a TA meeting. At each meeting we watch a non-educational video; last week it was "Porky's." Then we share experiences about how we avoided thinking since the last meeting. I still have my job, and things are a lot better at home.
Life just seemed.........easier...... somehow, as soon as I stopped thinking.
Soon, I will be able to vote Democrat.
August 22
Not a whole lot of shaking going on so far this morning but I have already seen three boats pulling skiers and two bass boats. It will get going here in a bit. Yesterday we did take the boat out but it wasn't a very pleasurable outing due to the terribly rough water. One wave came over the front of the boat, over the railing, soaked the kids and left standing water on the carpet clear to the back. I think Mikey and I might have been the only two out of the bunch that didn't enjoy it. Weekends are not conducive to pleasure boating!
Today looks like one of turning up the sound on the TV and closing the blinds. We'll watch the NASCAR race and read in an attempt to erase the worry of the pounding that the boat dock will be subjected to. You know how nutty other automobile drivers are when most of them are sober, think about the same people, many about half soused, in big boats speeding around on a course without any yellow lines and the only barriers being the shore lines and your dock. Ugly picture isn't it?
Yes! We would sell this place in a heart beat! We just need to find a real wanting newbe lake person. If you see any send them over.
A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking and I've concluded that I'm done.
Today looks like one of turning up the sound on the TV and closing the blinds. We'll watch the NASCAR race and read in an attempt to erase the worry of the pounding that the boat dock will be subjected to. You know how nutty other automobile drivers are when most of them are sober, think about the same people, many about half soused, in big boats speeding around on a course without any yellow lines and the only barriers being the shore lines and your dock. Ugly picture isn't it?
Yes! We would sell this place in a heart beat! We just need to find a real wanting newbe lake person. If you see any send them over.
A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking and I've concluded that I'm done.
August 21
Another day just slipped up and enveloped us with sunshine! Yep, nary a cloud to be seen. The temp is only 64 right now but that will change to a higher number as the day progresses. A perfect day to have company! Well, there is a stiff breeze that does reduce the high marks of perfect somewhat but I'm sure it will still be tolerable by all.
Old age has been stealing some of the wind for my sails lately. I've tried to counter this by getting a mite heavy so as I walk up the hill to the mailbox the old lungs start huffing big time in an effort to replace the stolen wind enabling me to sail right on up the hill. You would be surprised to see how much help that the wind from the wings of a horsefly is for you to speedily take the hill. Damn! When they bite they draw blood!
My daughter and her husband gave us each a walking stick which I carry to keep the flees off. I've made the walk enough times now that the legs hardly protest anymore but my back is usually pretty badly bruised from the beatings of the walking stick.
Now I'm told there are several things needing my attention before the company arrives........
Condoms should be used on every conceivable occasion...............DB
Old age has been stealing some of the wind for my sails lately. I've tried to counter this by getting a mite heavy so as I walk up the hill to the mailbox the old lungs start huffing big time in an effort to replace the stolen wind enabling me to sail right on up the hill. You would be surprised to see how much help that the wind from the wings of a horsefly is for you to speedily take the hill. Damn! When they bite they draw blood!
My daughter and her husband gave us each a walking stick which I carry to keep the flees off. I've made the walk enough times now that the legs hardly protest anymore but my back is usually pretty badly bruised from the beatings of the walking stick.
Now I'm told there are several things needing my attention before the company arrives........
Condoms should be used on every conceivable occasion...............DB
August 20
It never did get around to raining here yesterday but it did creep in during the darkness of night and hasn't quit yet. The word is that it will all be gone by noon and a wonderful weekend will result. Wonderful being weather wise, means it won't be so great for all the cove dwelling dock owning idiots..........Unless they have company then it won't be so bad. They will take their company and play in front of someone else's dock maybe in another cove while those people take their play to in front of the other guys dock. It would be a big sin to cause damage to your own dock so with this method any damage is always someone else's fault.
Glenda and Ruthie went to play bingo last night and Glenda finally won a pot. The $50 pot made her just a little ahead for two of her four weeks of play. Overall she is still behind but not as bad as Ruthie who has yet to win. I don't play bingo much. When I was young we had a dog named Bingo. About the best dog there ever was! Playing the game and having someone taint the memory of my best dog ever by screaming out her name as they take the money that I should have won, just pains me too much to enjoy the game.
We're looking forward to tomorrow! Debi and her crew are going to bless us with a visit. The good weather might even allow us to take the boat out to another cove and play for awhile. Probably not, but we may ride around some. One grandson, Lucas, is going to bring his girlfriend. How in the world did he get that old so fast? When I had a job I drove fast and hurried everywhere and was kept very busy and some of the days seemed very long but it wasn't till after we retired that we got into the fast lane somehow. The days and the time are still going faster than I can keep up but they're dragging me along at faster rate than I would prefer. Man! I can't figure out how did we ever have time to work!
The sooner you fall behind the more time you'll have to catch up-----Bs
Glenda and Ruthie went to play bingo last night and Glenda finally won a pot. The $50 pot made her just a little ahead for two of her four weeks of play. Overall she is still behind but not as bad as Ruthie who has yet to win. I don't play bingo much. When I was young we had a dog named Bingo. About the best dog there ever was! Playing the game and having someone taint the memory of my best dog ever by screaming out her name as they take the money that I should have won, just pains me too much to enjoy the game.
We're looking forward to tomorrow! Debi and her crew are going to bless us with a visit. The good weather might even allow us to take the boat out to another cove and play for awhile. Probably not, but we may ride around some. One grandson, Lucas, is going to bring his girlfriend. How in the world did he get that old so fast? When I had a job I drove fast and hurried everywhere and was kept very busy and some of the days seemed very long but it wasn't till after we retired that we got into the fast lane somehow. The days and the time are still going faster than I can keep up but they're dragging me along at faster rate than I would prefer. Man! I can't figure out how did we ever have time to work!
The sooner you fall behind the more time you'll have to catch up-----Bs
August 19
As I look out the window and past little lazy Tomi, I see a dark world. Tho it should be bright by now the rainy looking clouds have a huge influence and are using it to keep the bright at bay. I didn't think it was supposed to rain until tomorrow but I'm thinking I must have heard this yesterday which would have made today tomorrow at that time. I know that tomorrow never comes and the yesterdays as well as all of the today's are constantly changing but.............now where was I? Heck, 'right now' keeps changing too! I guess it's true that the only constant in the world is change. That is unless you knew my all time idol, Bert Constant. He was our manager at one time and had it not been for him I doubt that I would be able to sit here at this time doing nothing. All who know him are blessed, those who don't sure missed out. Of course he used to jump my case about trying to pass credit off to someone else so I guess I got here all by myself....Ha!
Sometimes more than none is good which could lead us to sometimes more than one could be better. I made an error yesterday and somehow sent yesterdays note four times. After reading it I see that the forth one wasn't any better than the first one and in truth probably wasn't any better than none. Everyone knows how sorry a person I am so I don't think there is any need to apologize so I won't.
I think most would find a little note a relief from all of the daily received jokes that constitutes most of the bulk of everyone's in-box. At least I know I appreciate getting notes instead of jokes. Most of the time any joke someone receives, he'll/she'll get it four or five times then a couple of months later here it comes again.
Now that I think about it, I see that these notes could qualify as a joke and everyone did get yesterdays at least four times............I give up!
I'm just like half the people you know???? Remember, half the people you know are below average......Bs
Sometimes more than none is good which could lead us to sometimes more than one could be better. I made an error yesterday and somehow sent yesterdays note four times. After reading it I see that the forth one wasn't any better than the first one and in truth probably wasn't any better than none. Everyone knows how sorry a person I am so I don't think there is any need to apologize so I won't.
I think most would find a little note a relief from all of the daily received jokes that constitutes most of the bulk of everyone's in-box. At least I know I appreciate getting notes instead of jokes. Most of the time any joke someone receives, he'll/she'll get it four or five times then a couple of months later here it comes again.
Now that I think about it, I see that these notes could qualify as a joke and everyone did get yesterdays at least four times............I give up!
I'm just like half the people you know???? Remember, half the people you know are below average......Bs
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
August 18
Wowee! You may not believe it but I had a good time yesterday! I'm told by everyone else that they enjoyed it too. I didn't realize how busy we were at it until on the way home it was remembered that we had failed all day, to stop at a beer garden for a glass of beer. We did however, find time to try a couple samples of some Missouri wine. Hot was there along with humidity but they were largely not that noticeable. Rain wasn't even in the picture after we left the house. A really nice outing!
Either my age or the lack of importance we put on regular everyday happenings has caused me to really appreciate keeping the calendar in Microsoft Works. Without it I wouldn't know what we did, day before yesterday. Yesterday is usually about as far as my mind can pull up and it misses a few things. I may need to do the calendar at the end of the day instead of at the beginning of the next day.
We had a computer crash a couple years ago so my memory is limited. On this day last year it was a Monday and it was very very hot. It had started out at 5:15 at 76 degrees. I didn't keep the high for the day. Anyhow the Struebbe's took us and Ruthie via tritoon to the Time Out restaurant where we all took advantage of their Monday taco special. I wouldn't have known that! On this day in 2002 the empty calendar says it was a Sunday.
Today a trip to the dentist in Jeff City is Scheduled. The trip will also include a visit with Lena. Leaving here will cause me to miss the tree cutters removing two trees at Russell's house and I'll miss the guy carving a bear out of a tree stump down the road again. Makes me wonder if I'm still a mister or if I'm now just a miss.
I'm father down the road of life than I've ever been before and I need to see what is here. New territory, new findings.
A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity..........Yiddish Proverb
Either my age or the lack of importance we put on regular everyday happenings has caused me to really appreciate keeping the calendar in Microsoft Works. Without it I wouldn't know what we did, day before yesterday. Yesterday is usually about as far as my mind can pull up and it misses a few things. I may need to do the calendar at the end of the day instead of at the beginning of the next day.
We had a computer crash a couple years ago so my memory is limited. On this day last year it was a Monday and it was very very hot. It had started out at 5:15 at 76 degrees. I didn't keep the high for the day. Anyhow the Struebbe's took us and Ruthie via tritoon to the Time Out restaurant where we all took advantage of their Monday taco special. I wouldn't have known that! On this day in 2002 the empty calendar says it was a Sunday.
Today a trip to the dentist in Jeff City is Scheduled. The trip will also include a visit with Lena. Leaving here will cause me to miss the tree cutters removing two trees at Russell's house and I'll miss the guy carving a bear out of a tree stump down the road again. Makes me wonder if I'm still a mister or if I'm now just a miss.
I'm father down the road of life than I've ever been before and I need to see what is here. New territory, new findings.
A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity..........Yiddish Proverb
Tuesday, August 17, 2004
August 17
You know you're going to have a good say when........You wake up and mentally realize that you still are and it makes you happy. Happy is a very good way to start every day! Happiness begets happiness! A lot of folks have problems realizing they have been blessed and just take another new day for granted. That attitude seems to skip happy somewhere along the way and an ugly grump can result. Count your blessings!
Sorry, my mind has too many chores this morning and consequently gave me the false impression that today was Sunday and the keyboard and chair set at it's highest position was a pulpit. I believe I have it back under control now.
SOMEONE decided that today would be a good day to visit the Missouri State Fair. Good choice! Chance of rain, very humid and with a high forecasted for around 90 degrees ought to prove to be one of an easily remembered occasion. Memories are a necessity of life and for older folks easy ones are about all that's there. Our neighbors, Dale and Mary Jo must realize this too because they have consented to ride along. One memory times four sounds like we'll all be getting a 75% discount. In this day and age that kind of deal is hard to beat.
Sure we'll incur a cost for the day but it could save us a little money on our clothing costs. I just sold a bag of crushed cans last week and that $7.42 is burning a hole in my pocket. Even if it costs a little more than that, have you bought a pair of pants lately?
Stumbling around here for words to type, then stumbling around for the proper keys to type the stumbled up words has created a conspiracy between my meager mind and the three typing fingers. It seems they're about to shut down on me. I was able to get their consent to finish if I do it now.
"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today."---- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sorry, my mind has too many chores this morning and consequently gave me the false impression that today was Sunday and the keyboard and chair set at it's highest position was a pulpit. I believe I have it back under control now.
SOMEONE decided that today would be a good day to visit the Missouri State Fair. Good choice! Chance of rain, very humid and with a high forecasted for around 90 degrees ought to prove to be one of an easily remembered occasion. Memories are a necessity of life and for older folks easy ones are about all that's there. Our neighbors, Dale and Mary Jo must realize this too because they have consented to ride along. One memory times four sounds like we'll all be getting a 75% discount. In this day and age that kind of deal is hard to beat.
Sure we'll incur a cost for the day but it could save us a little money on our clothing costs. I just sold a bag of crushed cans last week and that $7.42 is burning a hole in my pocket. Even if it costs a little more than that, have you bought a pair of pants lately?
Stumbling around here for words to type, then stumbling around for the proper keys to type the stumbled up words has created a conspiracy between my meager mind and the three typing fingers. It seems they're about to shut down on me. I was able to get their consent to finish if I do it now.
"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today."---- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Monday, August 16, 2004
August 16
The old dock seemed to make it through another rough weekend without any visible structural failures. They do add up I'm sure. We've had this dock for over twelve years with at least eleven of them being out here where it's pretty rough. Man, that's over 572 weekends with probably at least half of them that could be classified as rough. Pretty tough dock when you get to thinking about it.
Good old Missouri weather is calling for a chance of rain almost everyday this week. A fresh Missouri morning has started here with the sun out and most of the early clouds having dissipated but Missouri weather can change faster than a third look out the window. When you live in the country and seldom go anywhere, about the only variable you can get is the weather.
"Variety is the spice of life" but in Boulder City, variety in the weather isn't an option. Once in awhile you have a rare day or two but if variety is wanted it comes down to choosing from a multitude of gambling joints. Usually the choice is based upon the daily food specials or a so called freebie that never is.
Outside it is always hot and windy. Leaving a casino, scooting to your air-conditioned car through all the heat and the constant blowing wind tends to mess your mind into putting the blowing of your money somewhere way down on the list as not to be that noticed. That is until the end of the day. While relaxing from the enjoyable day you discover that the enjoyment came with a fair sized price tag. Unfortunately or fortunately, a good nights sleep dilutes that devastating realization and you eagerly pick your spice for the new day.
I'm not saying that all the visitors to the casinos, including us, are always losers, everyone has some winning moments or days but rarely does the winning moments of any given week exceed the money invested. It can happen but I wouldn't want to buy something on time and expect to pay it off out of my winnings.
Despite the cost of living and gambling, have you noticed how popular it remains?..........BS
Good old Missouri weather is calling for a chance of rain almost everyday this week. A fresh Missouri morning has started here with the sun out and most of the early clouds having dissipated but Missouri weather can change faster than a third look out the window. When you live in the country and seldom go anywhere, about the only variable you can get is the weather.
"Variety is the spice of life" but in Boulder City, variety in the weather isn't an option. Once in awhile you have a rare day or two but if variety is wanted it comes down to choosing from a multitude of gambling joints. Usually the choice is based upon the daily food specials or a so called freebie that never is.
Outside it is always hot and windy. Leaving a casino, scooting to your air-conditioned car through all the heat and the constant blowing wind tends to mess your mind into putting the blowing of your money somewhere way down on the list as not to be that noticed. That is until the end of the day. While relaxing from the enjoyable day you discover that the enjoyment came with a fair sized price tag. Unfortunately or fortunately, a good nights sleep dilutes that devastating realization and you eagerly pick your spice for the new day.
I'm not saying that all the visitors to the casinos, including us, are always losers, everyone has some winning moments or days but rarely does the winning moments of any given week exceed the money invested. It can happen but I wouldn't want to buy something on time and expect to pay it off out of my winnings.
Despite the cost of living and gambling, have you noticed how popular it remains?..........BS
Sunday, August 15, 2004
August 15
It slipped a tad past cool down into chilly here this morning. It was at 57 which isn't bad but you need to be immersed in it for awhile before it becomes good. Just about the time it begins to feel good we'll get our real weather back. Maybe we can use our memories of today to cool us some.
I checked our Lotto and Powerball numbers....................Just like millions of other people we didn't win anything. However, some poor soul is going to be paying a lot of taxes! It appears the ninety seven million dollars was won. Not so, the measly 1.7 million of the Missouri Lottery. It is now up to 1.8 million.
Other than that I know nothing and so far it hasn't seemed to have made me any less than what I've nearly always been.
It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. Jerome K. Jerome
I checked our Lotto and Powerball numbers....................Just like millions of other people we didn't win anything. However, some poor soul is going to be paying a lot of taxes! It appears the ninety seven million dollars was won. Not so, the measly 1.7 million of the Missouri Lottery. It is now up to 1.8 million.
Other than that I know nothing and so far it hasn't seemed to have made me any less than what I've nearly always been.
It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. Jerome K. Jerome
August 14
A few sprinkles have dropped from the sky here this morning but not enough to do any more than mess up the windows. It is cloudy but not the kind of clouds you would expect to see rain out of. I suspect we won't get much rain today. The 63 degrees so far isn't too bad.
I'm glad the girls went bowling yesterday instead of going to the gambling boat. The results were about the same as I was told that all did terrible. Just about the same words one usually hears after they return home from a gambling boat trip.
I'm glad I was able to tell you all of this but I don't want to overload you on a Saturday so I'll quit here.
I'm glad the girls went bowling yesterday instead of going to the gambling boat. The results were about the same as I was told that all did terrible. Just about the same words one usually hears after they return home from a gambling boat trip.
I'm glad I was able to tell you all of this but I don't want to overload you on a Saturday so I'll quit here.
August 13
The guy on TV said the lake temperature is 46 but on our thermometer it says 55. Either way it's pretty darn chilly. He also said the high yesterday was 72 but I didn't see anything warmer than 68 here. I can't believe this kind of weather in August. It is nice and refreshing. Wearing long pants is not all that happy but heat rises so get the legs warm and the rest will follow. Sounds reasonable to me.
It is pretty foggy right now. I mean very foggy. It's so foggy that the ducks can't fly. They seem to be doing okay tho, I just saw two of them swim past the window. A couple of quackers that close made me yearn for a big chunk of cheese.
Glenda and Mary Jo very enthusiastically left here around six last night to play bingo, they were already counting their winnings. They came dragging home around 9:40 wondering what happened. Neither won a dime. I think they are going to Eldon this afternoon to bowl with all the old folks.
My soap box must be in the garage or somewhere and I'm too lazy to find it so even tho I don't want to be short but..........
A midget fortuneteller who escapes from prison is a small medium at large...........DB
It is pretty foggy right now. I mean very foggy. It's so foggy that the ducks can't fly. They seem to be doing okay tho, I just saw two of them swim past the window. A couple of quackers that close made me yearn for a big chunk of cheese.
Glenda and Mary Jo very enthusiastically left here around six last night to play bingo, they were already counting their winnings. They came dragging home around 9:40 wondering what happened. Neither won a dime. I think they are going to Eldon this afternoon to bowl with all the old folks.
My soap box must be in the garage or somewhere and I'm too lazy to find it so even tho I don't want to be short but..........
A midget fortuneteller who escapes from prison is a small medium at large...........DB
August 12
Late today! We had computer problems! First it didn't start up all the way and made a bad continuous noise and I couldn't shut down with the button so I turned the power off then restarted it. Same thing. I shut it off and re-started it the third time and a blue screen came up saying it was checking one of our disks for consistency then it didn't fully open again. I tried again and got a thing that said it was unable to initialize error 0x20000017. I shut it off again and went to the other computer to see if I might have something on it to tell me how to start windows XP in the safe mode. It didn't and I can't get on-line with it. I tried for the safe mode by holding the ctrl key as I started up the computer one more time. I didn't get the safe mode but believe it or not it all loaded okay and here we are.
Unfortunately reading the incoming, with the problems encountered and the attempts to fix them has caused all of my morning allocated computer time to run it's gauntlet. I am stealing from my, do something else, time to send this. I still don't know how to start the thing in safe mode but the search for that will need to wait until this evening.
A truly sparing message this day!
A little too late, is much too late. ------ German Proverb
Unfortunately reading the incoming, with the problems encountered and the attempts to fix them has caused all of my morning allocated computer time to run it's gauntlet. I am stealing from my, do something else, time to send this. I still don't know how to start the thing in safe mode but the search for that will need to wait until this evening.
A truly sparing message this day!
A little too late, is much too late. ------ German Proverb
August 11
Let me see............The last time we went to a movie was about three years ago when Glenda won two free tickets by being the first to call in an answer to a question asked on the radio. We may go to another movie in a few days. Yep! She did it again. This time they threw in a meal at the restaurant "Risky's". I'm not much on movies but when you throw a meal in I think I can sit through one.
As always, Glenda needs to prepare for the night out. Today we travel to Eldon so she can get her hair cut. Heck, you can't go out to a movie and a meal looking like you need a hair cut. Are new clothes on her list too? I'd almost bet a shoe store will be visited. She'll surely need a new pair of shoes to go stepping out in. Free just costs too much!
Like we got a new tiny floor cover in the wet bar area downstairs. Then we had to buy paint to trim around the windows in the room. Looked pretty good but the appearance could be improved if we got new blinds. (that was an ordeal!) Don't ask me how, but the new blinds led to the replacement of the faucet in the sink. During all this we had to change around the furniture in the room, (more than once). It was decided the TV would be better on the other side of the room, away from the cable connection. This required an extensive job of moving some of the surround sound components and a trip to town in search of a covering for the cables and wires running across the room.
In the end things look pretty good and works fine but the surround sound isn't very surround anymore. We don't use it that much anyway. I can hardly bear the bass. With my hearing loss being mostly with the higher sounds I tend to turn things up kind of high to hear them. Bass sounds, that I can hear real well, come up too. They soon get way too loud and overwhelms any high pitched sounds that I'm trying to hear. Turn the bass off and turn the treble up.
You've got to be careful around here. Awhile back we stumbled across a recliner that I thought I just had to have. It replaced one that we had been using for almost ten years. Geez! It was still in pretty good shape and I wished I was still sitting in it. That new recliner caused the replacement of another perfectly good recliner with a love seat which caused the replacement of a perfectly good couch with a new one which caused............well, I can't remember. I tend to forget negative things pretty quickly. I haven't forgotten about the kitchen yet but I'll not start on that here at this time.
I do not know where or how, but it seems to me that things got a little out of hand, resulting in the outside of the house getting painted, all the decks and dock getting stained and out there now are some folks preparing a quote on a new retaining wall that will enlarge our parking area and ease gaining entrance to the garage.
Can't really afford to but gotta go to Eldon...........Once you've seen one shopping center, you've seen a mall.
As always, Glenda needs to prepare for the night out. Today we travel to Eldon so she can get her hair cut. Heck, you can't go out to a movie and a meal looking like you need a hair cut. Are new clothes on her list too? I'd almost bet a shoe store will be visited. She'll surely need a new pair of shoes to go stepping out in. Free just costs too much!
Like we got a new tiny floor cover in the wet bar area downstairs. Then we had to buy paint to trim around the windows in the room. Looked pretty good but the appearance could be improved if we got new blinds. (that was an ordeal!) Don't ask me how, but the new blinds led to the replacement of the faucet in the sink. During all this we had to change around the furniture in the room, (more than once). It was decided the TV would be better on the other side of the room, away from the cable connection. This required an extensive job of moving some of the surround sound components and a trip to town in search of a covering for the cables and wires running across the room.
In the end things look pretty good and works fine but the surround sound isn't very surround anymore. We don't use it that much anyway. I can hardly bear the bass. With my hearing loss being mostly with the higher sounds I tend to turn things up kind of high to hear them. Bass sounds, that I can hear real well, come up too. They soon get way too loud and overwhelms any high pitched sounds that I'm trying to hear. Turn the bass off and turn the treble up.
You've got to be careful around here. Awhile back we stumbled across a recliner that I thought I just had to have. It replaced one that we had been using for almost ten years. Geez! It was still in pretty good shape and I wished I was still sitting in it. That new recliner caused the replacement of another perfectly good recliner with a love seat which caused the replacement of a perfectly good couch with a new one which caused............well, I can't remember. I tend to forget negative things pretty quickly. I haven't forgotten about the kitchen yet but I'll not start on that here at this time.
I do not know where or how, but it seems to me that things got a little out of hand, resulting in the outside of the house getting painted, all the decks and dock getting stained and out there now are some folks preparing a quote on a new retaining wall that will enlarge our parking area and ease gaining entrance to the garage.
Can't really afford to but gotta go to Eldon...........Once you've seen one shopping center, you've seen a mall.
Wednesday, August 11, 2004
August 10
Well, one of today's studies says if you didn't use it you're more apt to lose it. It says, people doing manual labor are more likely for Altzimers than people who have more mental jobs. I guess people doing mostly manual labor doesn't need to think much or at least not to the degree that folks working in a office or working with figures or words do. I always thought they would equally spend most of their time actively working their minds on a way to fluff off or for a way to make their job easier. I've worked both sides and it worked for me that way but guess I was in a minority and didn't realize it.
It's sad to say but now when some poor soul comes up with the gradual memory loss, decline in the ability to perform routine tasks, disorientation, difficulty in learning, loss of language skills, impairment of judgment and planning and personality changes, everyone will know he/she wasn't much on thinking in his earlier years. Only positive I can see there is he/she probably won't care too much. How does that go, "mind over matter, if you don't have a mind nothing matters"?
I think they said they are still working on this study, trying to find out if the effects are the same with the various races. I'm not sure how they'll do this with any accuracy because as I understand it from one of my neighbors, there are some minority groups that won't have enough folks in either group for a legitimate study.
I'm not too sure that I used my mind enough in my earlier years and I'm worried about it. That could explain why there isn't much there for me to use now. This worry encourages me to frantically continue with the computer! Sitting here I really have to use my mind! I know the words don't show this but I do need to locate the proper keys to push. And spelling! I can't spell worth a hoot! That causes many extra keys to be struck with a kind of try and try until it works method. Most of the time I'm too far off for the spell check to help. Heck, just for this little nothing message I'd say I needed to locate over 2,800 keys. Right, most all of them more than once but each time any letter or number comes up it is the same as new to me.
I have a feeling this isn't a message I should send so I'm apologizing now. I don't mean to make light of a grave and serious situation nor of any race, creed or color. I was just trying to poke at another one of those truly dumb studies. Not that some of them can't be a blessing but most only seem to further cloud the issues.
He had a photographic memory that was never developed.
It's sad to say but now when some poor soul comes up with the gradual memory loss, decline in the ability to perform routine tasks, disorientation, difficulty in learning, loss of language skills, impairment of judgment and planning and personality changes, everyone will know he/she wasn't much on thinking in his earlier years. Only positive I can see there is he/she probably won't care too much. How does that go, "mind over matter, if you don't have a mind nothing matters"?
I think they said they are still working on this study, trying to find out if the effects are the same with the various races. I'm not sure how they'll do this with any accuracy because as I understand it from one of my neighbors, there are some minority groups that won't have enough folks in either group for a legitimate study.
I'm not too sure that I used my mind enough in my earlier years and I'm worried about it. That could explain why there isn't much there for me to use now. This worry encourages me to frantically continue with the computer! Sitting here I really have to use my mind! I know the words don't show this but I do need to locate the proper keys to push. And spelling! I can't spell worth a hoot! That causes many extra keys to be struck with a kind of try and try until it works method. Most of the time I'm too far off for the spell check to help. Heck, just for this little nothing message I'd say I needed to locate over 2,800 keys. Right, most all of them more than once but each time any letter or number comes up it is the same as new to me.
I have a feeling this isn't a message I should send so I'm apologizing now. I don't mean to make light of a grave and serious situation nor of any race, creed or color. I was just trying to poke at another one of those truly dumb studies. Not that some of them can't be a blessing but most only seem to further cloud the issues.
He had a photographic memory that was never developed.
Monday, August 09, 2004
August 9
Study shows that Multiple Sclerosis can cause sexual problems.
Study shows that fear of terriosts increases the chance of heart disease.
Study shows supplements like ginseng and St. John's from natural food stores without a prescription, may not be harmless, but they're not necessarily harmful, either.
According to doctors, to age gracefully and maintain a healthy body, discipline is key and avoiding risky behaviors is essential.
Study shows breast feeding lessens the chance of breast cancer.
I wonder how one goes about getting a grant for a study of some kind. I think with a two or three hundred thousand dollar grant I could study something as earth shattering and accurate as the above. I'd like to be paid to do a study on why people gamble. I'm positive I've been beat to that one but a more current study might be in order. It seems that a lot of money is wasted on some of these studies and there might as well be a little wasted in my direction.
I know where I went wrong but alas, it is another one of those 'too late' moments. When I was in high school my general business teacher held me up for a few minutes after class one day and told me that if I would go home at night and quit sleeping in class, I could be a straight E student. I mentioned that each night on the way home, I walked past her house and from all the lights that were on, she evidently didn't go to bed very early either. I was really stupid! I might have learned a lot more in that class. I might have learned how to do a study. I might have been rich today.
As you read this you can see that I'm still pretty stupid but I'm sending it anyway. You can't be any more dumb than stupid so sending it can cause me no harm as I see it.
What's the definition of a will? (It's a dead giveaway.)
Study shows that fear of terriosts increases the chance of heart disease.
Study shows supplements like ginseng and St. John's from natural food stores without a prescription, may not be harmless, but they're not necessarily harmful, either.
According to doctors, to age gracefully and maintain a healthy body, discipline is key and avoiding risky behaviors is essential.
Study shows breast feeding lessens the chance of breast cancer.
I wonder how one goes about getting a grant for a study of some kind. I think with a two or three hundred thousand dollar grant I could study something as earth shattering and accurate as the above. I'd like to be paid to do a study on why people gamble. I'm positive I've been beat to that one but a more current study might be in order. It seems that a lot of money is wasted on some of these studies and there might as well be a little wasted in my direction.
I know where I went wrong but alas, it is another one of those 'too late' moments. When I was in high school my general business teacher held me up for a few minutes after class one day and told me that if I would go home at night and quit sleeping in class, I could be a straight E student. I mentioned that each night on the way home, I walked past her house and from all the lights that were on, she evidently didn't go to bed very early either. I was really stupid! I might have learned a lot more in that class. I might have learned how to do a study. I might have been rich today.
As you read this you can see that I'm still pretty stupid but I'm sending it anyway. You can't be any more dumb than stupid so sending it can cause me no harm as I see it.
What's the definition of a will? (It's a dead giveaway.)
Sunday, August 08, 2004
August 8
Clouds are hiding the sun from us this morning but they don't look like the kind that will hang around very long. Kind of cottony looking. The kind that would make you dread a flight in a small airplane. As soft as they look they sure make for a bumpy ride. I never did care much about flying anyway but it was a nice and quick way to get where you want to go.
I remember one charted flight out of Columbia. We always flew in twin engine planes but this time my manager was playing asshole and forced us to go in a single engine plane. Of course he wasn't going along. The fight was to O'Hare in Chicago where we would rent a car and look at some equipment. The pilot was a young boy with a pimpled face and he wasn't very talkative, matter of fact he slept most of the way. I guess he had a good auto-pilot. Anyway to land at O'Hare you call and they give you a small window for a time in and another for time out. We just barely made it there on time. A few minutes later and we would not have been able to land. We had to hurry our look at the equipment but we made it back with time to spare. While waiting on a taxi way where they had us parked and seemed to be ignoring us, a large private jet taxied a turn in front of us and came within a very few inches of smacking us with his wing. It was not a fun trip at all and the customer said he would never go with me again if a single engine plane is all we could haul him in.
Boring.....................I know, I know.
I'm lazy this morning. I have two good books that I think I'll spend some time with as well as watch the NASCAR race at 1:30.
Reading while sunbathing can make you well red.
I remember one charted flight out of Columbia. We always flew in twin engine planes but this time my manager was playing asshole and forced us to go in a single engine plane. Of course he wasn't going along. The fight was to O'Hare in Chicago where we would rent a car and look at some equipment. The pilot was a young boy with a pimpled face and he wasn't very talkative, matter of fact he slept most of the way. I guess he had a good auto-pilot. Anyway to land at O'Hare you call and they give you a small window for a time in and another for time out. We just barely made it there on time. A few minutes later and we would not have been able to land. We had to hurry our look at the equipment but we made it back with time to spare. While waiting on a taxi way where they had us parked and seemed to be ignoring us, a large private jet taxied a turn in front of us and came within a very few inches of smacking us with his wing. It was not a fun trip at all and the customer said he would never go with me again if a single engine plane is all we could haul him in.
Boring.....................I know, I know.
I'm lazy this morning. I have two good books that I think I'll spend some time with as well as watch the NASCAR race at 1:30.
Reading while sunbathing can make you well red.
Saturday, August 07, 2004
August 7
A tad uncomfortable sitting here this morning. I spent quite awhile yesterday watching some guys cut down and remove four trees down the road and almost froze my butt off. The wind was pretty stiff and the temperature was low. I don't see how the tree climbing guy could hang on like he did. I was warmed several times as fear for the guy enveloped me. That is a dangerous job but he was good at it. They left one stump about twelve feet high. They told me that the owner was going to have a standing bear carved out of it.
Glenda did go bowling yesterday and bowled a game of 212. Not too bad for an old person. However, it just barely topped her mothers game of a few weeks ago of 211. Her mother is all of 86. Age is not the decider of success, desire is the main factor.
Desire, faith along with some hope make living a life worth all of the, 'trip you's', along the way. Lena win's because she believes she will win, She bowls good because she knows she will bowl good. She went to the boat at Boonville Tuesday and came home a $600 winner. She went back Wednesday and won $900. Her lady friend Pat hit a Royal for $4,000.00. I know a positive attitude does wonders, but such a hard nosed Democrat that she is, she has got to have doubts about the Kerry/Edwards ticket. We do worry some about the intensity of her affections for that side. It will all work out in the end! She is a delightful lady!
Hope is on the way, is the words of the Kerry/Edwards bunch. Can you figure out why we need them in office to begin hope? What do they mean? If they get elected does that mean we'll begin hoping for their four years to be up so we can replace them. What kind of hope are they going to give us? The only people that I know without any hope are sadly, only those of whom I knew. I believe once you're placed into a casket you're pretty devoid of any hope.
I'll bet you've been hoping this last line would have come sooner.
A man needs a mistress just to break the monogamy..........DB
Glenda did go bowling yesterday and bowled a game of 212. Not too bad for an old person. However, it just barely topped her mothers game of a few weeks ago of 211. Her mother is all of 86. Age is not the decider of success, desire is the main factor.
Desire, faith along with some hope make living a life worth all of the, 'trip you's', along the way. Lena win's because she believes she will win, She bowls good because she knows she will bowl good. She went to the boat at Boonville Tuesday and came home a $600 winner. She went back Wednesday and won $900. Her lady friend Pat hit a Royal for $4,000.00. I know a positive attitude does wonders, but such a hard nosed Democrat that she is, she has got to have doubts about the Kerry/Edwards ticket. We do worry some about the intensity of her affections for that side. It will all work out in the end! She is a delightful lady!
Hope is on the way, is the words of the Kerry/Edwards bunch. Can you figure out why we need them in office to begin hope? What do they mean? If they get elected does that mean we'll begin hoping for their four years to be up so we can replace them. What kind of hope are they going to give us? The only people that I know without any hope are sadly, only those of whom I knew. I believe once you're placed into a casket you're pretty devoid of any hope.
I'll bet you've been hoping this last line would have come sooner.
A man needs a mistress just to break the monogamy..........DB
August 6
Slow down world! It seems like yesterday was Monday, how did Friday get ahead of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday? I'm enjoying retirement but it may be we're enjoying it too much. That is if time flies where you're having fun. I'm at the age where I'd like to savor each precious day but for some reason we just don't have the time. Of course to fully appreciate things you must use all your resources and mine are somewhat stunted. Can't see very well so I miss a lot of the flowers that I should have stopped and tried to smell. A large portion of my sense of smell has wandered off too. The birds singing might lead me to some flowers but I can't hear well enough to know if a bird is singing or not.
It isn't funny but it is like a lot of folks, including me, kind of ease out of this life a little bit at a time. As I've walked down the road of life, with little bits and pieces falling away, it was just too subtle to notice at the time. Now, enough has left me to slap me across the face with awareness and it's too late. I should have taken a little better care of the carrier. Unfortunately, I imagine if I had it all to do over, (what a scary thought), I would probably do it all the very same way. I'm pretty happy and thankful for the life we've got.
Boy, talk about wandering off! How did I get started on this stuff?
The sky is an unsightly orange as the sun makes its way up. So far it hasn't peaked over the yon trees but it's due any minute. Just like everything else, one minute you can't see it then quick as a flash it is hanging up there full, staring down at you. Nary a boat nor PWC on the lake at this time. What a nice looking lake.
Shotgun wedding: a case of wife or death.
It isn't funny but it is like a lot of folks, including me, kind of ease out of this life a little bit at a time. As I've walked down the road of life, with little bits and pieces falling away, it was just too subtle to notice at the time. Now, enough has left me to slap me across the face with awareness and it's too late. I should have taken a little better care of the carrier. Unfortunately, I imagine if I had it all to do over, (what a scary thought), I would probably do it all the very same way. I'm pretty happy and thankful for the life we've got.
Boy, talk about wandering off! How did I get started on this stuff?
The sky is an unsightly orange as the sun makes its way up. So far it hasn't peaked over the yon trees but it's due any minute. Just like everything else, one minute you can't see it then quick as a flash it is hanging up there full, staring down at you. Nary a boat nor PWC on the lake at this time. What a nice looking lake.
Shotgun wedding: a case of wife or death.
Friday, August 06, 2004
August 6
Slow down world! It seems like yesterday was Monday, how did Friday get ahead of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday? I'm enjoying retirement but it may be we're enjoying it too much. That is if time flies where you're having fun. I'm at the age where I'd like to savor each precious day but for some reason we just don't have the time. Of course to fully appreciate things you must use all your resources and mine are somewhat stunted. Can't see very well so I miss a lot of the flowers that I should have stopped and tried to smell. A large portion of my sense of smell has wandered off too. The birds singing might lead me to some flowers but I can't hear well enough to know if a bird is singing or not.
It isn't funny but it is like a lot of folks, including me, kind of ease out of this life a little bit at a time. As I've walked down the road of life, with little bits and pieces falling away, it was just too subtle to notice at the time. Now, enough has left me to slap me across the face with awareness and it's too late. I should have taken a little better care of the carrier. Unfortunately, I imagine if I had it all to do over, (what a scary thought), I would probably do it all the very same way. I'm pretty happy and thankful for the life we've got.
Boy, talk about wandering off! How did I get started on this stuff?
The sky is an unsightly orange as the sun makes its way up. So far it hasn't peaked over the yon trees but it's due any minute. Just like everything else, one minute you can't see it then quick as a flash it is hanging up there full, staring down at you. Nary a boat nor PWC on the lake at this time. What a nice looking lake.
Shotgun wedding: a case of wife or death.
I hope you can hear the tiny bit of music that is with this. The singer is Claude King.
It isn't funny but it is like a lot of folks, including me, kind of ease out of this life a little bit at a time. As I've walked down the road of life, with little bits and pieces falling away, it was just too subtle to notice at the time. Now, enough has left me to slap me across the face with awareness and it's too late. I should have taken a little better care of the carrier. Unfortunately, I imagine if I had it all to do over, (what a scary thought), I would probably do it all the very same way. I'm pretty happy and thankful for the life we've got.
Boy, talk about wandering off! How did I get started on this stuff?
The sky is an unsightly orange as the sun makes its way up. So far it hasn't peaked over the yon trees but it's due any minute. Just like everything else, one minute you can't see it then quick as a flash it is hanging up there full, staring down at you. Nary a boat nor PWC on the lake at this time. What a nice looking lake.
Shotgun wedding: a case of wife or death.
I hope you can hear the tiny bit of music that is with this. The singer is Claude King.
Thursday, August 05, 2004
August 5
Last night we missed the 63 million power ball lottery as did everyone else. Our one out of six isn't close enough for anything but who knows what Saturday might bring. It will be up to 76 Million over 20 years or 39.9 million cash. I'm hoping we'll get around to somewhere that sells tickets. Buying one ticket only gives us a 1 in 120,526,770 chance of winning but without a ticket the odds are even worse. The least winner is $3 for only the power ball and the odds of doing that are 1 in 70. Do you think if I bought 70 tickets I could win $3.00?
Jeff City is going to get a tainting this afternoon when the two Johns arrive by train for a rally at the capital. The plans are for them to arrive around four and leave around seven. The train has two Amtrak locomotives to haul 14 private rail cars rented from the St. Louis Car Co. It doesn't say but I suspect the locomotives are joined to the rail cars, one at each end, in case Kerry should change his mind about going to Kansas City next.
Thank goodness the sewage treatment plant is just across the river and just recently had some upgrades so that should lessen any chance of an overflow while treating some of Kerry's stuff.
It is kinda cool here this morning at only 68 degrees and with a good breeze blowing out of the north. The talk on TV said the high today would be only around 80.
Now yesterday was hot and very humid. I couldn't do the walk because of the horse flies. They're everywhere and their bite brings blood. Anyone walking would look nuts as he must continually swing his arms and hands about his body as he walks along in a mostly unsuccessful attempt to keep the flies away. I did the tread mill instead and even that in an air-conditioned room had me sopping wet at the end.....well not just at the end but all over. But since the end subject came up I'll go with it.
Dijon vu: the same mustard as before....DB
Jeff City is going to get a tainting this afternoon when the two Johns arrive by train for a rally at the capital. The plans are for them to arrive around four and leave around seven. The train has two Amtrak locomotives to haul 14 private rail cars rented from the St. Louis Car Co. It doesn't say but I suspect the locomotives are joined to the rail cars, one at each end, in case Kerry should change his mind about going to Kansas City next.
Thank goodness the sewage treatment plant is just across the river and just recently had some upgrades so that should lessen any chance of an overflow while treating some of Kerry's stuff.
It is kinda cool here this morning at only 68 degrees and with a good breeze blowing out of the north. The talk on TV said the high today would be only around 80.
Now yesterday was hot and very humid. I couldn't do the walk because of the horse flies. They're everywhere and their bite brings blood. Anyone walking would look nuts as he must continually swing his arms and hands about his body as he walks along in a mostly unsuccessful attempt to keep the flies away. I did the tread mill instead and even that in an air-conditioned room had me sopping wet at the end.....well not just at the end but all over. But since the end subject came up I'll go with it.
Dijon vu: the same mustard as before....DB
Wednesday, August 04, 2004
August 4
My goodness! Yesterday was almost my lucky day. I got around to checking my numbers. the Missouri lotto was a bust with no numbers out of the six selected but the Power Ball was only a few numbers away from the 54 million dollar pot. The first number was correct and we only needed six more to clean house. We were just a few digits off on every one.
Glenda left with the girls around 10:30 but she came back. The 49 cents per pound, second's, at the tomato place had a big selection but all except five were not worthy. I took the five. One yellow and four red, $1.27. I ate every one of them. I think they were worth their price!
I try to take a long walk most every day. I think the tomatoes will speed me up as I understand lots of tomatoes can give you the runs. It hasn't happened yet but I have my running shoes on in hopes.
I'm not kidding about the heat and humidity of yesterday. I walked up the hill and came slipping and sliding home. Unless you've been here you cannot believe the water your body can produce without you becoming very hot. I wasn't hot but I was completely wet. Some have said that I'm always wet or in over my head.
Yesterday the heat index was between 102 and 110. This morning you would get wet too, with the rain that's coming down. I may need to shut down and unplug in a little bit. We just had a lighting bolt that seemed to be pretty close.
I've already said more than I know to say anyway so I think I'll shut down and unplug.
A man's home is his castle, in a manor of speaking.
Glenda left with the girls around 10:30 but she came back. The 49 cents per pound, second's, at the tomato place had a big selection but all except five were not worthy. I took the five. One yellow and four red, $1.27. I ate every one of them. I think they were worth their price!
I try to take a long walk most every day. I think the tomatoes will speed me up as I understand lots of tomatoes can give you the runs. It hasn't happened yet but I have my running shoes on in hopes.
I'm not kidding about the heat and humidity of yesterday. I walked up the hill and came slipping and sliding home. Unless you've been here you cannot believe the water your body can produce without you becoming very hot. I wasn't hot but I was completely wet. Some have said that I'm always wet or in over my head.
Yesterday the heat index was between 102 and 110. This morning you would get wet too, with the rain that's coming down. I may need to shut down and unplug in a little bit. We just had a lighting bolt that seemed to be pretty close.
I've already said more than I know to say anyway so I think I'll shut down and unplug.
A man's home is his castle, in a manor of speaking.
Tuesday, August 03, 2004
August 3
Isn't it a wonder how a person can take a brimming cup of coffee in each hand and walk clear through a room without looking at either cup and not spill a drop? That has got to be a complicated body function by that we are hardly aware of and hardly ever give it a second thought. However, if you should stray a little too far left or right as you enter a room there is an increased possibility of trouble. The possibility caught me this morning and as my elbow hit the door jam, several drops of coffee escaped from one of the cups. There is only one person in this household that can clean to Glenda's satisfaction.
When she had to get up to clean the tiny spill I saw the points that I had accumulated over the months bringing her coffee and the many other nice things I do, dwindle down to almost nothing. How can one tiny mistake erase months of good? I've given it some thought and finally came to the realization, that happens everyday out in the world of real life. No matter how long you've driven accident free, one small mistake at the wrong time can erase a life or at least change one forever. The thing is, it could be another's tiny mistake in the other car that does it. Be wary always!
From carrying coffee to driving cars, I think everything we know runs parallel in some fashion. All in cycles. "What goes around come around" is not just a stupid saying.
Glenda is releasing her hold on the rope tied to the ring in my nose for most of the day today. She is heading out for a day with the girls. My chin has already come up two inches and she hasn't even left yet.
I've got to vote and then I'm going to shop for a tomato! Oh, to find one that is firm yet juicy, one that will make my heart speed up in anticipation. She buys them three of four at a time and won't use but one per meal which means we each only get a few bites. I want a whole one by myself! The last time she left me home alone I ate two complete large tomatoes and loved them. I also fried a couple of pork steaks, planning to eat one for lunch and the other for supper. When supper time rolled around I wasn't all that hungry and the only thing left to eat was a piece of deli ham rolled in a leaf of lettuce but that worked for me.
Stupid is as stupid does, might work for me too. I looked out the window a little after dawn this morning and the view made me think of a notebook. Many fish created spirals were visible, as the fish fed on insects or whatever. Now is that stupid?
Stupid to sent this too but dumbed if I won't.
Dancing cheek to cheek is really a form of floor play.....DB
When she had to get up to clean the tiny spill I saw the points that I had accumulated over the months bringing her coffee and the many other nice things I do, dwindle down to almost nothing. How can one tiny mistake erase months of good? I've given it some thought and finally came to the realization, that happens everyday out in the world of real life. No matter how long you've driven accident free, one small mistake at the wrong time can erase a life or at least change one forever. The thing is, it could be another's tiny mistake in the other car that does it. Be wary always!
From carrying coffee to driving cars, I think everything we know runs parallel in some fashion. All in cycles. "What goes around come around" is not just a stupid saying.
Glenda is releasing her hold on the rope tied to the ring in my nose for most of the day today. She is heading out for a day with the girls. My chin has already come up two inches and she hasn't even left yet.
I've got to vote and then I'm going to shop for a tomato! Oh, to find one that is firm yet juicy, one that will make my heart speed up in anticipation. She buys them three of four at a time and won't use but one per meal which means we each only get a few bites. I want a whole one by myself! The last time she left me home alone I ate two complete large tomatoes and loved them. I also fried a couple of pork steaks, planning to eat one for lunch and the other for supper. When supper time rolled around I wasn't all that hungry and the only thing left to eat was a piece of deli ham rolled in a leaf of lettuce but that worked for me.
Stupid is as stupid does, might work for me too. I looked out the window a little after dawn this morning and the view made me think of a notebook. Many fish created spirals were visible, as the fish fed on insects or whatever. Now is that stupid?
Stupid to sent this too but dumbed if I won't.
Dancing cheek to cheek is really a form of floor play.....DB
August 2
Temperature? Supposed to get into the 90's today. Humidity? Well, it did turn into droplets of water last night and early this morning but the sun is shinning now. I would say it's tolerable ..... especially if you stay inside with the air-conditioning going. They do mention possible showers off and on all day.
For some, another work week has began. Here we don't have work weeks or week-ends either. All our days are do it if you must or do it if you want to. Yesterday Glenda wanted to paint the big window over the front door. We've lived here over eleven years and I thought the unpainted look was fine but 'I thought' is never very meaningful around here. I brought a ladder in, took the blinds down then had to paint the top part of the window because Glenda said she couldn't reach it. That was with Kilz, when it was time to put the paint on it seems she couldn't reach anything and conned me into painting the whole thing. One of those do it if you must deals.
Joke: Monday Morning Call in Sick
A woman calls her boss one morning and tells him that she is staying home because she's not feeling well."What's the matter?", he asks."I have a case of anal glaucoma," she says in a weak voice."What in the hell is anal glaucoma?""Well, I just can't see my ass coming to work today. "
Again I'm struggling which means the end of this is near. I'm not about to work at it! I'm not interested in a job at this time.
Those who jump off a bridge in Paris are in Seine.....DB
For some, another work week has began. Here we don't have work weeks or week-ends either. All our days are do it if you must or do it if you want to. Yesterday Glenda wanted to paint the big window over the front door. We've lived here over eleven years and I thought the unpainted look was fine but 'I thought' is never very meaningful around here. I brought a ladder in, took the blinds down then had to paint the top part of the window because Glenda said she couldn't reach it. That was with Kilz, when it was time to put the paint on it seems she couldn't reach anything and conned me into painting the whole thing. One of those do it if you must deals.
Joke: Monday Morning Call in Sick
A woman calls her boss one morning and tells him that she is staying home because she's not feeling well."What's the matter?", he asks."I have a case of anal glaucoma," she says in a weak voice."What in the hell is anal glaucoma?""Well, I just can't see my ass coming to work today. "
Again I'm struggling which means the end of this is near. I'm not about to work at it! I'm not interested in a job at this time.
Those who jump off a bridge in Paris are in Seine.....DB
Sunday, August 01, 2004
August 1
Whada ya know? If you're reading this we all made it to another day of life. It's time to be thankful and count your blessings! When you're picking blessings out to be thankful for don't get hung up on anything that might not qualify in your mind. I've been told there is always some good in the bad and I believe it is so. Most would try to stretch a near good into being a real good because it is quicker and easier sometimes than finding the, for a fact real good. What do I know about this? Ha! After 63 years I've seen bushels of both bad and good. I've had my parade rained on so many times that the rawhide on my drum will never be taut again. Now when I strike my drum I only get a 'glug' instead of a 'bong' or 'clackety clack'. I think that might be why some think I march to a different drummer sometimes.
You might be able to tell already that I have nothing on my mind this morning which works out pretty good since I don't have much of a place to store it anyway.
Glug, glug, glug, I marchin outa here! May this day give you many more blessing to add to your count.
You might be able to tell already that I have nothing on my mind this morning which works out pretty good since I don't have much of a place to store it anyway.
Glug, glug, glug, I marchin outa here! May this day give you many more blessing to add to your count.
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