I'm having a heck of a time trying to keep ahead of the leaves this year! It's slowing down a little bit now but the battle won't be over for a long time. With gas at $1.939 a gallon we may be forced to abandon the fight.
Out of my address book another staunch Democrat couldn't take it any more and has come out of hiding. She is from Saint Louis so I'm not surprised. She has been sending me a few pro-Kerry things that like everything else, has nothing substantial that a person could hang their hat on. Mostly anti-Bush stuff. You know, nothing said about what Kerry will do or how he plans on doing it. Too bad so many people don't want to think for themselves, instead they would rather just follow a Judas Goat like the stockyards use. Kerry being the goat worries me plenty!
I sure hope the last little paragraph doesn't make anyone else angry, tho the lady in Saint Louis still hasn't gotten so angry as to tell me not to send her anything else, I'm thinking I won't send her this.
On the off chance that I did anger someone else, I'm sorry and I'll attempt to refrain from sending anymore emails for several days, tho I do think my worry is stronger than my sorrow.
"As if the conflicting polls of 'registered voters,' 'likely voters' and 'national adults' weren't confusing enough, now we have a pair of surveys of American children that show contradictory results: 'Senator John Kerry has been declared the winner of Nickelodeon's "Kids' Vote" according to kids nationwide who exercised their voting power in the network's presidential poll held online Oct. 19.... In this year's vote, Sen. John Kerry received 57% of the vote, and President George W. Bush received 43%.' But Scholastic, a children's publishing company, gives victory to Bush: In the 2004 Scholastic Election Poll, George W. Bush received 52 percent of the votes and the Democrat contender, John F. Kerry, received 47 percent.' Apparently kids who read favor Bush, while those who watch TV prefer Kerry. Hmm, whose parents are more likely to vote?" --James Taranto
About Me
Sunday, October 31, 2004
Friday, October 29, 2004
October 29
Oh, what a beautiful morning, oh, what a beautiful day. Actually it is a nasty looking rainy beginning and rain is in the forcast for the rest of the day, but we're just so proud to be here!
A couple of friends over the hill from here were planning to travel to Egypt, leaving here on the 8th of November. They travel a lot every year and have been most everywhere but this years trip may be in jeopardy. We're told he, Ron, had some chest pains yesterday so his wife took him to the emergency room where they discovered he was in an immediate need of a bypass operation. If this is so I'm thinking their trip will probably need to be rescheduled. I believe too, it would certainly be time to sit down and thank God that this problem didn't wait to come up while they were on their trip, out in the middle of nowhere.
Also one of our son-in-laws, Mike, had some chest pains this week. He was taken to the hospital where they run some tests including the, from the groin area look. They saw no problems and surmised it to be a stress related problem. I talked to him just now and he sounds good but is going to work from home because of the soreness and need to be very careful of the incision at the groin.
At our house we just keep pidy padin along, blowing leaves, watching them fall, blowing leaves then watching them fall. The gas bill for the blower is really mounting up but you can't let the leaves get too far ahead of you because larger mounds are much harder to move. I did catch a nice Crappie yesterday. He must have been playing hooky. He was the only catch so the school must have been elsewhere.
Hey! As I look out the window now I'm thinking we may get a little sunshine before the rain.
"Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine."-- William Feather, Author and Publisher
You get the sense that if George W. Bush said it was sunny, John Kerry would rise in indignation to speak about how a 10 percent possibility of light rain proves that George W. Bush has not been honest with the American people." --John Podhoretz
A couple of friends over the hill from here were planning to travel to Egypt, leaving here on the 8th of November. They travel a lot every year and have been most everywhere but this years trip may be in jeopardy. We're told he, Ron, had some chest pains yesterday so his wife took him to the emergency room where they discovered he was in an immediate need of a bypass operation. If this is so I'm thinking their trip will probably need to be rescheduled. I believe too, it would certainly be time to sit down and thank God that this problem didn't wait to come up while they were on their trip, out in the middle of nowhere.
Also one of our son-in-laws, Mike, had some chest pains this week. He was taken to the hospital where they run some tests including the, from the groin area look. They saw no problems and surmised it to be a stress related problem. I talked to him just now and he sounds good but is going to work from home because of the soreness and need to be very careful of the incision at the groin.
At our house we just keep pidy padin along, blowing leaves, watching them fall, blowing leaves then watching them fall. The gas bill for the blower is really mounting up but you can't let the leaves get too far ahead of you because larger mounds are much harder to move. I did catch a nice Crappie yesterday. He must have been playing hooky. He was the only catch so the school must have been elsewhere.
Hey! As I look out the window now I'm thinking we may get a little sunshine before the rain.
"Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine."-- William Feather, Author and Publisher
You get the sense that if George W. Bush said it was sunny, John Kerry would rise in indignation to speak about how a 10 percent possibility of light rain proves that George W. Bush has not been honest with the American people." --John Podhoretz
Thursday, October 28, 2004
October 28
Very foggy here at this time but the temp is good at 64. I don't know what the forecast is but I do know that we'll enjoy the day as best we can no matter the weather.
Glenda and Ruthie will be doing the cooking of the meal that they will sell and serve at Lion Club's bingo tonight. If I play my cards right I might get a free meal out of it before they haul it out.
It is hard to believe that the world series is over! Losing four could be played games surely cost someone a lot of money! We only had two winners in the neighborhood baseball pot last night. Keith Truesdell won $5.00 with his Sox 1 Cards 0 square and Joe Thomas won the rest, $20, with his Sox 3 Cards 0 square. We had a sold out pool for the next game, that will not be, so I've got to chase around giving everyone their money back.
I've got to get scraping things together that I want to take to Boulder City and I might as well start some of that now........Bye
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him. ~Leo Aikman
Glenda and Ruthie will be doing the cooking of the meal that they will sell and serve at Lion Club's bingo tonight. If I play my cards right I might get a free meal out of it before they haul it out.
It is hard to believe that the world series is over! Losing four could be played games surely cost someone a lot of money! We only had two winners in the neighborhood baseball pot last night. Keith Truesdell won $5.00 with his Sox 1 Cards 0 square and Joe Thomas won the rest, $20, with his Sox 3 Cards 0 square. We had a sold out pool for the next game, that will not be, so I've got to chase around giving everyone their money back.
I've got to get scraping things together that I want to take to Boulder City and I might as well start some of that now........Bye
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him. ~Leo Aikman
October 27
Another great day here! The weather is really lousy and it's supposed to be that way all day but who can complain about being given another day, no matter what the weather. Don't allow yourself to start down that wrong road again. It is a dead end! (I just was thing about the song, here I go down that wrong road again.) I'm not a preacher.
Lets walk thisaway, not thataway, thisaway it can be so good. Lets take our throw and our chance to a good way, thataway only leads to gloom.
The song: (Lets walk thisaway, not thataway, thisaway we can be alone. Lets take our throw and our chance to kiss away, thataway only leads to home.) I may not have it right but it's close and it is taking up space on another one of those days, I have nothing to say.
Neither Glenda nor I won any money in the neighborhood pool last night but Dale did, Randy did, Keith did as well as did Doris. Maybe we can make a come back tonight or tomorrow night if there should happen to be that many games.
This day is looking like another real nice reading day. I suspect that is what I'll spend most of my time doing. Glenda and Ruthie have plans to hit the big city of Eldon for one of their most pleasurable past times.........spending money. This is the kind you spend without guilt because, 'it's for food'. Some of their food shopping won't be with their money tho, because they are doing the meal at Bingo tomorrow night and the Lion's auxiliary pays for what they need to prepare the meal.
To you or not to you, that is the question. The decision is yours. Simply click delete or read no big deal.
One is taught by experience to put a premium on those few people who can appreciate you for what you are. ~Gail Godwin
Lets walk thisaway, not thataway, thisaway it can be so good. Lets take our throw and our chance to a good way, thataway only leads to gloom.
The song: (Lets walk thisaway, not thataway, thisaway we can be alone. Lets take our throw and our chance to kiss away, thataway only leads to home.) I may not have it right but it's close and it is taking up space on another one of those days, I have nothing to say.
Neither Glenda nor I won any money in the neighborhood pool last night but Dale did, Randy did, Keith did as well as did Doris. Maybe we can make a come back tonight or tomorrow night if there should happen to be that many games.
This day is looking like another real nice reading day. I suspect that is what I'll spend most of my time doing. Glenda and Ruthie have plans to hit the big city of Eldon for one of their most pleasurable past times.........spending money. This is the kind you spend without guilt because, 'it's for food'. Some of their food shopping won't be with their money tho, because they are doing the meal at Bingo tomorrow night and the Lion's auxiliary pays for what they need to prepare the meal.
To you or not to you, that is the question. The decision is yours. Simply click delete or read no big deal.
One is taught by experience to put a premium on those few people who can appreciate you for what you are. ~Gail Godwin
Tuesday, October 26, 2004
October 26
Another grand day in the Lake of the Ozarks Nation yesterday, at least at our little chunk in the Lick Branch Cove. A pretty nice day weather wise too. Got the lawn mowed for the last time and the gutters cleaned once more. I imagine the gutters are a long ways from being cleaned for the last time. I would bet when we leave here for Boulder City they will still be in need of a cleaning.
Mid morning yesterday, Glenda got a call to help her mother who was ill. So Glenda cancelled her part in the card game at the Country Club then left to take care of her mother. Her mother seemed to be better later in the day so Glenda came home getting here around 4:00. The friends from Saint Louis got here not long afterwards. We had a really nice and enjoyable visit.
Sure we didn't get any supper but we had all kinds of snacks which was more than enough to get us by. Problem with that is the pound I gained eating snacks! We're lined up now to get back on the proper eating track so it should melt away in a couple of days.
Regretfully we said goodbye to the Struebbe's. They had winterized their lake home and didn't think they'd be back any more this year. Told us the next time we saw them would probably be at their place in Yuma but I suspect it will be Boulder City. No dogs allowed in their park and Glenda has me and Mikey.
I'm through with this rambling!~
"Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless."-- Mother Teresa
Mid morning yesterday, Glenda got a call to help her mother who was ill. So Glenda cancelled her part in the card game at the Country Club then left to take care of her mother. Her mother seemed to be better later in the day so Glenda came home getting here around 4:00. The friends from Saint Louis got here not long afterwards. We had a really nice and enjoyable visit.
Sure we didn't get any supper but we had all kinds of snacks which was more than enough to get us by. Problem with that is the pound I gained eating snacks! We're lined up now to get back on the proper eating track so it should melt away in a couple of days.
Regretfully we said goodbye to the Struebbe's. They had winterized their lake home and didn't think they'd be back any more this year. Told us the next time we saw them would probably be at their place in Yuma but I suspect it will be Boulder City. No dogs allowed in their park and Glenda has me and Mikey.
I'm through with this rambling!~
"Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless."-- Mother Teresa
Monday, October 25, 2004
October 25
We went to Ruthie's for a scrumptious supper last night. It was very very good and I ate too much! Another pound or two that needs to come off, what the heck, you can't take it with you........or can you? If they aren't making caskets with an extended rail on each side for a couple of extra pall bearers they should be. Maybe, with all the overweight people that is coming to be, we should get a patent?
It appears to me that the folks that can least afford the everyday costs of living are the ones that are the most heavy, weight wise. I am an example of that fact. In Eldon we see all of these heavy, evidently poor people, on their cell phones sitting in McDonalds and other places as they puff on a 11 cent cigarette with four toddlers at the table taking in the second hand smoke and all of them are eating Big Macs and fries. They throw away more than they eat. How can they afford all of that?
We weren't able to stay up for the whole ballgame last night so I don't know the winners are in our pool. I'm hoping to find the inning by inning results somewhere on the internet. Keeping track of all this stuff is a pain in the rear and I would quit but the Truesdell's paid for five games so I guess I'll keep on with the struggle.
I went ahead and looked it up. It appears that Joyce won $5.00, Mary Jo won $7.50, and the big winner, Doris, who won $12.50. We are already prepared for tomorrows game. I'm hoping I can post my name as a winner next time.
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow." -Anon
It appears to me that the folks that can least afford the everyday costs of living are the ones that are the most heavy, weight wise. I am an example of that fact. In Eldon we see all of these heavy, evidently poor people, on their cell phones sitting in McDonalds and other places as they puff on a 11 cent cigarette with four toddlers at the table taking in the second hand smoke and all of them are eating Big Macs and fries. They throw away more than they eat. How can they afford all of that?
We weren't able to stay up for the whole ballgame last night so I don't know the winners are in our pool. I'm hoping to find the inning by inning results somewhere on the internet. Keeping track of all this stuff is a pain in the rear and I would quit but the Truesdell's paid for five games so I guess I'll keep on with the struggle.
I went ahead and looked it up. It appears that Joyce won $5.00, Mary Jo won $7.50, and the big winner, Doris, who won $12.50. We are already prepared for tomorrows game. I'm hoping I can post my name as a winner next time.
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow." -Anon
Sunday, October 24, 2004
October 24
A lazy start to a lazy day. Looks like the water is reaching out to the sun as the fog raises from the water toward the big bright beautiful thing. It's only fifty right now but the talk is for it to get into the mid seventies today. Sounds good to me!
We started a small neighborhood baseball pool yesterday. It pays out only $25.00 but it makes the game a little more interesting. A sheet of paper with 100 squares, 25 cents per square and so everyone can play, 8 squares per person max. Across the top is Cardinals and along the side is Red Sox. After the squares are all sold we draw numbers from 0 to nine and put them across the top of the ten squares. Then we draw numbers to put along side the ten squares. Your squares will then take on meaning as from the left, a number, then to your square, then from your square to the top number. For example if the number on the left is a 1 and the number at the top is a 2, then if and when the an inning ends with the score of Red Sox 1, Cards 2 you'll win $2.50. You will continue to win every time an inning ends with your numbers. We set it up to pay $2.50 per inning up to the ninth inning with the last $2.50 going to the one holding the correct score at the end of the game.
Last nights game produced six winners with the biggest winner, Keith Truesdell, raking in $7.50. Joe Thomas won $2.50, Glenda won $2.50, Mary Jo won $2.50 Ruthie won $5.00 and I won $5.00. Well after you deduct the cost to play nobody won very much but Keith didn't do bad. So far for today's game we still have 12 empty squares. If you want a few of them at 25 cents each, let me know. Your credit is good here.
There are three roads to ruin: by gambling, which is the quickest; through women, which is the most pleasurable; and through taking the advice of experts, which is the most certain.
We started a small neighborhood baseball pool yesterday. It pays out only $25.00 but it makes the game a little more interesting. A sheet of paper with 100 squares, 25 cents per square and so everyone can play, 8 squares per person max. Across the top is Cardinals and along the side is Red Sox. After the squares are all sold we draw numbers from 0 to nine and put them across the top of the ten squares. Then we draw numbers to put along side the ten squares. Your squares will then take on meaning as from the left, a number, then to your square, then from your square to the top number. For example if the number on the left is a 1 and the number at the top is a 2, then if and when the an inning ends with the score of Red Sox 1, Cards 2 you'll win $2.50. You will continue to win every time an inning ends with your numbers. We set it up to pay $2.50 per inning up to the ninth inning with the last $2.50 going to the one holding the correct score at the end of the game.
Last nights game produced six winners with the biggest winner, Keith Truesdell, raking in $7.50. Joe Thomas won $2.50, Glenda won $2.50, Mary Jo won $2.50 Ruthie won $5.00 and I won $5.00. Well after you deduct the cost to play nobody won very much but Keith didn't do bad. So far for today's game we still have 12 empty squares. If you want a few of them at 25 cents each, let me know. Your credit is good here.
There are three roads to ruin: by gambling, which is the quickest; through women, which is the most pleasurable; and through taking the advice of experts, which is the most certain.
Saturday, October 23, 2004
October 23
"Healthy wealthy and wise." One out of three isn't too bad is it? The doctor is proud of my weight loss, my blood pressure and that I hadn't had another chest pain. He deemed me healthy.
Stop at Sam's always seems so expensive and it was yesterday. Our Norton virus protection will be out in the middle of next month so there was a $49.87 chunk out of our savings for Norton System Works. That price has been the lowest I've found but I'll keep looking. If I find a better deal we'll take this one back.
The full face mask for the CPAP machine works like a charm! No more taping my mouth shut with duct tape. I had some problems going to sleep with it on due to the severe constricting of my sphincter muscles. This came to pass when we picked the mask up and I saw the price! Along with the constricting, a big worry began about how much of the price our insurance would cover. The face mask was $210 and the straps that hold it on was $97. No way in the world could the cost to manufacture both these items be over $25, and if it is, they need to shop around for a different manufacturer.
I did get a prescription from the doctor for a muscle relaxant for my back. We had it filled at the Wal-Mart store in Eldon and I took one before we left for home. The paper that accompanied the pills stated some side effects. Some of what it said was that they might make one drowsy and mentioned some other drugs that if you're taking you should not take these. It also stated that alcohol might increase the effects. A while after we got home, this being Friday, Glenda decided to have a beer so I went and got her one. Shoot, while I was there I decided to get one for myself too. Bad decision unless you want to go to bed early! I went to bed very early but I slept well. After only one beer, I'm telling you I could hardly hold my eyes open long enough to get upstairs to the bed. The sleep was good but I don't believe I'll ever do that again anyway.
So long as I'm down this far on the page, so long.
"Capitalism is the unequal distribution of wealth. Socialism is the equal distribution of poverty."
Stop at Sam's always seems so expensive and it was yesterday. Our Norton virus protection will be out in the middle of next month so there was a $49.87 chunk out of our savings for Norton System Works. That price has been the lowest I've found but I'll keep looking. If I find a better deal we'll take this one back.
The full face mask for the CPAP machine works like a charm! No more taping my mouth shut with duct tape. I had some problems going to sleep with it on due to the severe constricting of my sphincter muscles. This came to pass when we picked the mask up and I saw the price! Along with the constricting, a big worry began about how much of the price our insurance would cover. The face mask was $210 and the straps that hold it on was $97. No way in the world could the cost to manufacture both these items be over $25, and if it is, they need to shop around for a different manufacturer.
I did get a prescription from the doctor for a muscle relaxant for my back. We had it filled at the Wal-Mart store in Eldon and I took one before we left for home. The paper that accompanied the pills stated some side effects. Some of what it said was that they might make one drowsy and mentioned some other drugs that if you're taking you should not take these. It also stated that alcohol might increase the effects. A while after we got home, this being Friday, Glenda decided to have a beer so I went and got her one. Shoot, while I was there I decided to get one for myself too. Bad decision unless you want to go to bed early! I went to bed very early but I slept well. After only one beer, I'm telling you I could hardly hold my eyes open long enough to get upstairs to the bed. The sleep was good but I don't believe I'll ever do that again anyway.
So long as I'm down this far on the page, so long.
"Capitalism is the unequal distribution of wealth. Socialism is the equal distribution of poverty."
Thursday, October 21, 2004
October 22
I don't know where my memory is but I think it's missing! I've never had a happy time at a barber shop in my life so what made me type that yesterday. Matter of fact getting a haircut is one of my three hated needs. The other two are left over from my working days and I'm getting their aggravation reduced a little more every day. One of them was the act of filling the car with gas which I had to do almost everyday and the other was, I hated to take the time to....well, to do what a lot of folks do every morning, sit on the throne. The not taking time for that one sure cost me a lot of pain over the years.
I go to the barber shop to get a hair cut! I don't go there for lengthy talks about every subject under the sun and I hate it when it happens. It usually involves the barber who stops cutting hair to talk thereby extending my wait period. You know it doesn't take long to read everything that is interesting in the Kansas City Star and who wants to read eight month old magazines? Today the postman came in talking about the ball game, he took at least ten minutes away from the hair cutting. The sports world doesn't know how many of the worlds greatest coaches are just wasting away in barber shops. I tried not to listen but what I did hear convinced me that everyone in the conversation could do a hell of a lot better job than any of the managers/coaches in the major leages today.
For the talk, getting a haircut and bowling is a comparable thing but I do believe the barber shop is the largest pain!
Today is Columbia day. Going to Columbia for a couple of doctor appointments. The first one is a regular thing th the M.D. and the other is to have a skin tag removed. After that a stop at the CPAP machine place for a different mask, a quick stop at Sam's Club then home.
To the question of your life you are the answer, and to the problems of your life you are the solution. ~ Joe Cordare
I go to the barber shop to get a hair cut! I don't go there for lengthy talks about every subject under the sun and I hate it when it happens. It usually involves the barber who stops cutting hair to talk thereby extending my wait period. You know it doesn't take long to read everything that is interesting in the Kansas City Star and who wants to read eight month old magazines? Today the postman came in talking about the ball game, he took at least ten minutes away from the hair cutting. The sports world doesn't know how many of the worlds greatest coaches are just wasting away in barber shops. I tried not to listen but what I did hear convinced me that everyone in the conversation could do a hell of a lot better job than any of the managers/coaches in the major leages today.
For the talk, getting a haircut and bowling is a comparable thing but I do believe the barber shop is the largest pain!
Today is Columbia day. Going to Columbia for a couple of doctor appointments. The first one is a regular thing th the M.D. and the other is to have a skin tag removed. After that a stop at the CPAP machine place for a different mask, a quick stop at Sam's Club then home.
To the question of your life you are the answer, and to the problems of your life you are the solution. ~ Joe Cordare
October 21
'Another day another dollop'.....well so far no rain but it's another misty morning. At our age we've learned to take whatever we get and to get whatever we can take. Opportunities are like the leaves blowing in the fall and you're standing in the middle of a forest. They're flying by right and left but people notice very few of them if any at all. When you're blowing them off the road there is always a few that hang and need special attention. So is life and it's opportunities.
We've got an exciting day planned. Yep, we're going to Eldon. The visit there will include a happy time at the barber shop, reading a couple of newspapers while I wait, then the downer after the haircut when I've got to shell out eight bucks.
While I'm in the barber shop Glenda will go the grocery store for a few staples. She likes to shop but alas, it hurts her at the checkout. The paying puts her down, sometimes a little and sometimes a lot.
Two downers doesn't make an up, so to find one we'll try the library. It won't be written in the books, but to pick a few good books and then check them out without paying is a nice way to recover some of the up.
Big hopes and wishes have a way of providing some up too so we may even buy a lottery ticket to give our today's wishing and hoping a little kick in the ass. A thirteen million dollar hope and wish can certainly be invigorating for a little while.
A nice up for you is always down here I'm sure. You know? Where the end is.
"I figure you have about the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not." - Fran Lebowitz
We've got an exciting day planned. Yep, we're going to Eldon. The visit there will include a happy time at the barber shop, reading a couple of newspapers while I wait, then the downer after the haircut when I've got to shell out eight bucks.
While I'm in the barber shop Glenda will go the grocery store for a few staples. She likes to shop but alas, it hurts her at the checkout. The paying puts her down, sometimes a little and sometimes a lot.
Two downers doesn't make an up, so to find one we'll try the library. It won't be written in the books, but to pick a few good books and then check them out without paying is a nice way to recover some of the up.
Big hopes and wishes have a way of providing some up too so we may even buy a lottery ticket to give our today's wishing and hoping a little kick in the ass. A thirteen million dollar hope and wish can certainly be invigorating for a little while.
A nice up for you is always down here I'm sure. You know? Where the end is.
"I figure you have about the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not." - Fran Lebowitz
Wednesday, October 20, 2004
October 20
It stayed nasty all day yesterday and it appears that another round of the same is in the offering for today. It doesn't make any difference to us, we're just pleased as punch to still be. Ah, you know we might be a little more tickled if the sun came out and hung around with us for a while but we're not going to complain if that doesn't happen.
The temperature as provided by Struebbe Farms Inc. was 51 degrees @ 5:07 am. A fine mist or what might have been a very think fog was present at that time and still remains so.
Tomi usually leaves a reason in his litter box for to me to actually go out and check the weather first thing every morning. I use a scoop putting the reasons in a dust pan then go out on the porch and fling them into the lake kind of toward the dock. We may have just stumbled across a reason for the, 'no fish syndrome', around our dock. One would think we would have catfish galore, sniffing around looking for the intruder.
We got a good word on Glenda's ear. It is just fine. A downside to the visit was if the insurance pays, we still will be called upon for $20 just to have heard a doctor say, what was already pretty evident. If the insurance doesn't pay..........................
Yesterday I was able to fix the constant drip at the kitchen sink faucets for Lena. Gees! $22 worth of parts just to stop a tiny drip! Also got an under the counter radio hung in the kitchen and reprogrammed her VCR. Well yes, of course she fed us! I would say we had a good trip yesterday.
Today should be a good trip too, if you like reading..........I do!
"It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept." -- Calvin in "Calvin & Hobbes"
The temperature as provided by Struebbe Farms Inc. was 51 degrees @ 5:07 am. A fine mist or what might have been a very think fog was present at that time and still remains so.
Tomi usually leaves a reason in his litter box for to me to actually go out and check the weather first thing every morning. I use a scoop putting the reasons in a dust pan then go out on the porch and fling them into the lake kind of toward the dock. We may have just stumbled across a reason for the, 'no fish syndrome', around our dock. One would think we would have catfish galore, sniffing around looking for the intruder.
We got a good word on Glenda's ear. It is just fine. A downside to the visit was if the insurance pays, we still will be called upon for $20 just to have heard a doctor say, what was already pretty evident. If the insurance doesn't pay..........................
Yesterday I was able to fix the constant drip at the kitchen sink faucets for Lena. Gees! $22 worth of parts just to stop a tiny drip! Also got an under the counter radio hung in the kitchen and reprogrammed her VCR. Well yes, of course she fed us! I would say we had a good trip yesterday.
Today should be a good trip too, if you like reading..........I do!
"It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept." -- Calvin in "Calvin & Hobbes"
Tuesday, October 19, 2004
October 19
Yesterday turned out to be a very hot one. Then in the afternoon during a nice bright sunny day we were put under a tornado watch. Nothing happened, it just stayed hot and humid. One of those Missouri days where you can get wet just standing around outside. I, of course, chose to do a little work and really got wet. I even caught a Crappie believe it or not. One Crappie doesn't go very far in making a meal so I ended up releasing it.
Sunday we removed some excess dirt away from in front of the new wall by shoveling it into five gallon buckets and carrying it away. As I made my second trip carrying a full five gallon bucket in each hand, I started to step over the rocks that line the walkway at the side of the house when my eyes spied a snake laying exactly where my foot was proceeding to step. You might not believe how quick my mind responded to the sight and told my foot no. Imagine a five gallon pail of heavy dirt and rocks in each hand and the left leg/foot being swiftly reprogrammed and an order being sent instantaneously, out of turn, to the other leg/foot. A little off balance, was I, but thanks to the walking I've done the right leg was strong enough to propel me backwards all by it's lonesome and without dropping a pail. I'm not sure, but I think the snake was only a water snake. Was is correct. I thought he was too far from the water to be a water snake with good intentions and they do look a lot like a copper head so he/she is a was.
For some reason I was reminded of Mikey. Going down steps he almost always carries his left rear leg tucked up high. I suppose trying to find a place to put four down in the proper place and in the proper order gets too complicated when you can't see the rear two as you're facing forward.
Going to Jeff today to do some things for Lena and allow Glenda to keep a doctor's appointment on her ear. The ear seems well now but I think he must have bought a condo in Florida and needed some extra income. I guess it could be he only needs extra money to pay for gasoline. It has been many years since I've hitchhiked but I may once again take it up as a means of transportation.
So goes our rainy looking day...................
"Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use."-- Emily Post
Sunday we removed some excess dirt away from in front of the new wall by shoveling it into five gallon buckets and carrying it away. As I made my second trip carrying a full five gallon bucket in each hand, I started to step over the rocks that line the walkway at the side of the house when my eyes spied a snake laying exactly where my foot was proceeding to step. You might not believe how quick my mind responded to the sight and told my foot no. Imagine a five gallon pail of heavy dirt and rocks in each hand and the left leg/foot being swiftly reprogrammed and an order being sent instantaneously, out of turn, to the other leg/foot. A little off balance, was I, but thanks to the walking I've done the right leg was strong enough to propel me backwards all by it's lonesome and without dropping a pail. I'm not sure, but I think the snake was only a water snake. Was is correct. I thought he was too far from the water to be a water snake with good intentions and they do look a lot like a copper head so he/she is a was.
For some reason I was reminded of Mikey. Going down steps he almost always carries his left rear leg tucked up high. I suppose trying to find a place to put four down in the proper place and in the proper order gets too complicated when you can't see the rear two as you're facing forward.
Going to Jeff today to do some things for Lena and allow Glenda to keep a doctor's appointment on her ear. The ear seems well now but I think he must have bought a condo in Florida and needed some extra income. I guess it could be he only needs extra money to pay for gasoline. It has been many years since I've hitchhiked but I may once again take it up as a means of transportation.
So goes our rainy looking day...................
"Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use."-- Emily Post
Monday, October 18, 2004
October 18
Mother was angry last night! Mother Nature that is. At least I was convinced she was. Big peals of thunder with a trillion bolts of light flashing in concert. What a performance and with very little rain as an accompaniment. I would think something around here close had to have been struck. I mean struck with more than the awe that I was struck with. A scary night and it isn't Halloween yet. But it did provide a subject for a few words.
Now where to. Kindness! That will work. I'll do the kind thing and leave this note short.
I need to work on a birthday card or two anyway.
"Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind." -- Eric Hoffer
Now where to. Kindness! That will work. I'll do the kind thing and leave this note short.
I need to work on a birthday card or two anyway.
"Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind." -- Eric Hoffer
Sunday, October 17, 2004
October 17
Kind of red sky, a stiff breeze, 43 degrees and the lake is raining up a pretty thick form of moisture called fog. It looks cold outside and I don't plan on verifying that anytime soon. Well I do need to take out the scooped up glories that I retrieved from Tomi's litter box. One quick throw and zap, I'm back in the house! I'm telling you, around here you never run out of stuff to do and neither does Tomi.
Three cups of coffee and all of them missed kicking me in the rear. I guess they didn't make it that far as I can hear them sloshing around in my gut as I walk. Pretty quick I'll be eliminating them via the normal manner that bypasses my rear, no more slosh slosh.
I know you find all of this interesting! I'm sorry about that! I really do like the life we lead but it certainly supplies very little fodder for an interesting subject.
To make the tic tac toe games, I bought a board, some green felt and some golf tees. I cut the board to the desired length with a cut-off saw, then on the table saw I cut four lines that define the squares. I then get the router out, bolted it to the router table, stuck a bit in and set it to the desired size cut. After routing the outsides of the squares I measure and mark for all the necessary holes and drill them. Then I sand the things. After sanding I apply some stain. After that dries I put some finish on. When that dries I glue felt to the bottom. While that is drying I cut golf tees to the proper length and add the X's to half of them with a hammer and small nail. After screwing up several I started pre-drilling a small hole for the nail. I trim the felt and use steel wool on the finish. I thought they could use another dose of finish but decided all the games were just fine the way they were. I had to enlarge (re-drill) all the holes, then I stuck in the golf tees and was finished. I made six of the mothers and it took quite awhile.
Now you see the only kind of uninteresting things that I have to talk about, yet I enjoy doing them all.
You wake up in the morning, and your purse is magically filled with twenty-four hours of unmanufactured tissue of the universe of your life! It is yours. It is the most precious of possessions. No one can take it from you. And no one receives either more or less than you receive. ~Dr. Thomas Arnold Bennett
Three cups of coffee and all of them missed kicking me in the rear. I guess they didn't make it that far as I can hear them sloshing around in my gut as I walk. Pretty quick I'll be eliminating them via the normal manner that bypasses my rear, no more slosh slosh.
I know you find all of this interesting! I'm sorry about that! I really do like the life we lead but it certainly supplies very little fodder for an interesting subject.
To make the tic tac toe games, I bought a board, some green felt and some golf tees. I cut the board to the desired length with a cut-off saw, then on the table saw I cut four lines that define the squares. I then get the router out, bolted it to the router table, stuck a bit in and set it to the desired size cut. After routing the outsides of the squares I measure and mark for all the necessary holes and drill them. Then I sand the things. After sanding I apply some stain. After that dries I put some finish on. When that dries I glue felt to the bottom. While that is drying I cut golf tees to the proper length and add the X's to half of them with a hammer and small nail. After screwing up several I started pre-drilling a small hole for the nail. I trim the felt and use steel wool on the finish. I thought they could use another dose of finish but decided all the games were just fine the way they were. I had to enlarge (re-drill) all the holes, then I stuck in the golf tees and was finished. I made six of the mothers and it took quite awhile.
Now you see the only kind of uninteresting things that I have to talk about, yet I enjoy doing them all.
You wake up in the morning, and your purse is magically filled with twenty-four hours of unmanufactured tissue of the universe of your life! It is yours. It is the most precious of possessions. No one can take it from you. And no one receives either more or less than you receive. ~Dr. Thomas Arnold Bennett
Saturday, October 16, 2004
October 16
The day didn't start out looking too bad but the 44 degrees is a mite chilly.
Glenda did well at bowling yesterday and I did well working around in the garage. I've got six of the new old games almost completed but not far enough along for a picture yet. Somewhere along the way I seemed to have lost interest in them so the quality that should have been isn't. I suppose that is a probable standard for most of the things I do......And I'm not feeling sorry for myself either.
I saw a Bald Eagle flying over our house the other day and this morning there are a couple of Gulls flying about. What other signs does one need to know that winter is marching our way. Leaves galore flying about. I was told there are approximately 55,000 leaves to a tree. The guy was probably jerking me but I believed him anyway. Do you know how many trees we have?
I'll quit now for I need to conserve as much blowing as I can for the leaves.
"Marriage is a three ring circus: engagement ring, wedding ring, and suffering."- Anonymous
Glenda did well at bowling yesterday and I did well working around in the garage. I've got six of the new old games almost completed but not far enough along for a picture yet. Somewhere along the way I seemed to have lost interest in them so the quality that should have been isn't. I suppose that is a probable standard for most of the things I do......And I'm not feeling sorry for myself either.
I saw a Bald Eagle flying over our house the other day and this morning there are a couple of Gulls flying about. What other signs does one need to know that winter is marching our way. Leaves galore flying about. I was told there are approximately 55,000 leaves to a tree. The guy was probably jerking me but I believed him anyway. Do you know how many trees we have?
I'll quit now for I need to conserve as much blowing as I can for the leaves.
"Marriage is a three ring circus: engagement ring, wedding ring, and suffering."- Anonymous
Friday, October 15, 2004
October 15
Pretty cool at 43 degrees here. I hear Boulder City calling. I also hear that it has been pretty cool there too. Some gamblers we talked to said they were downright cold at the tables and slot machines.
Given the way we spent money on this old house this year I doubt that we'll feel too much cold at the machines! We're just hoping we can come up with enough money to buy the gas needed to get there. I'd better get to crushing cans! Only 29 days to our most probable leave date.
Glenda did call the automobile insurance carrier and we can get a cut rate while the pickup sits in the garage. She also contacted our server, Charter. We get to keep our email address and can access any emails and all for a really cut rate while we're gone. We will still be forced to get another email address while we're out there. I'm not sure if we're going with the Sprint DSL or get it from Cox, the cable people. I like the cable but it may be too high out there. We checked into it last year and figured it was then. I doubt that it has changed much.
Tis' sad indeed! A mind filled with 63 years of living and I can't pull anything of interest out of it at this time. Now that I think about it, that is a pretty common occurrence.
We probably wouldn't worry about what people think of us if we could know how seldom they do. ~Olin Miller
Given the way we spent money on this old house this year I doubt that we'll feel too much cold at the machines! We're just hoping we can come up with enough money to buy the gas needed to get there. I'd better get to crushing cans! Only 29 days to our most probable leave date.
Glenda did call the automobile insurance carrier and we can get a cut rate while the pickup sits in the garage. She also contacted our server, Charter. We get to keep our email address and can access any emails and all for a really cut rate while we're gone. We will still be forced to get another email address while we're out there. I'm not sure if we're going with the Sprint DSL or get it from Cox, the cable people. I like the cable but it may be too high out there. We checked into it last year and figured it was then. I doubt that it has changed much.
Tis' sad indeed! A mind filled with 63 years of living and I can't pull anything of interest out of it at this time. Now that I think about it, that is a pretty common occurrence.
We probably wouldn't worry about what people think of us if we could know how seldom they do. ~Olin Miller
Thursday, October 14, 2004
October 14
Rain is here to greet us again this morning. It is here along with the a wind. They're doing a duo producing very chilly weather. Long sleeves and long pants are good choices for wear. Mine shrunk quite a bit while hanging around all summer and fit me pretty snugly. Snug isn't as good as a hug but it does hold you pretty close and gives you the warm feeling.
Went to Osage Beach yesterday for a few boards. Two for the hand rails that I wanted to replace on the new steps and one for the manufacture of a few new games. I got the hand rails changed out and roughed out another of the new but old game. I may finish one today.
I ordered and received a 256 of memory card. My hopes are to install in the computer today. That will give us 512 of RAM which may speed things up a bit. This computer is causing me some concern by it's actions. I've cleaned it up, ran spyware checks and scanned it for viruses. Nothing is shown being present but the thing takes a long time to do some of my requested chores.
Chores? I wish I hadn't brought that word up! I've got some I need to do. Bye.
"The Columbus Day Parade was held [Monday] in New York. [Columbus] was the world's first Democrat. He left not knowing where he was going, arrived not knowing where he was, went home not knowing where he had been, and he did it all on government money." --Argus Hamilton
Went to Osage Beach yesterday for a few boards. Two for the hand rails that I wanted to replace on the new steps and one for the manufacture of a few new games. I got the hand rails changed out and roughed out another of the new but old game. I may finish one today.
I ordered and received a 256 of memory card. My hopes are to install in the computer today. That will give us 512 of RAM which may speed things up a bit. This computer is causing me some concern by it's actions. I've cleaned it up, ran spyware checks and scanned it for viruses. Nothing is shown being present but the thing takes a long time to do some of my requested chores.
Chores? I wish I hadn't brought that word up! I've got some I need to do. Bye.
"The Columbus Day Parade was held [Monday] in New York. [Columbus] was the world's first Democrat. He left not knowing where he was going, arrived not knowing where he was, went home not knowing where he had been, and he did it all on government money." --Argus Hamilton
Wednesday, October 13, 2004
October 13
Yesterday just went fine. It rained most of the day but we kept busy at one thing or another and before we knew it the day had went. As best I remember it took me almost forever to make it to sixteen. Then another huge chunk of my life was used trying to get to the twenty one mark. After I made that grade I coasted or something had me blinded because all of a sudden I was fifty. Now looky here, only a very few years later, faster than a speeding train, WHAM! I'm sixty three and flying! One of my positive thoughts about my too much body bulk is the hope the larger size might offer enough wind resistance to slow me down. Whoa! No! Wait! I don't want to come to a complete stop! I'm thinking I'll continue trying to get some weight off. Flying is better than dying!
I did finished one book yesterday and got a second one into the last half. I took the time to make a rough draft of a new but old and simple game. I'll make a good one in a few days and show it to you............Maybe. Glenda did a lot of house work, which included washing and ironing. She also took some time out of her busy work schedule to play some poker games on the computer.
This morning the sun is smacking us hard thru the door and window and I'm lovin it! According to the guy on TV it wasn't supposed to show until quite a bit later, then it is said, that around three it will disappear again as it bows to the covering power of another ridge of low pressure escorting a cold front that is dragging clouds and rain along with it. We're just glad to be alive and still able to see it all! If it wasn't for the brightness of the sun, Glenda's wouldn't know a cloudy day from any other due to her poor eye. She does have a prescription for glasses but hasn't gotten around to getting them yet. Maybe today she will do that.
Ima done now. In an attempt to extend the life of our septic tank I try to spread it out via the internet. (PS: your delete button will serve as a flusher there.)
I did finished one book yesterday and got a second one into the last half. I took the time to make a rough draft of a new but old and simple game. I'll make a good one in a few days and show it to you............Maybe. Glenda did a lot of house work, which included washing and ironing. She also took some time out of her busy work schedule to play some poker games on the computer.
This morning the sun is smacking us hard thru the door and window and I'm lovin it! According to the guy on TV it wasn't supposed to show until quite a bit later, then it is said, that around three it will disappear again as it bows to the covering power of another ridge of low pressure escorting a cold front that is dragging clouds and rain along with it. We're just glad to be alive and still able to see it all! If it wasn't for the brightness of the sun, Glenda's wouldn't know a cloudy day from any other due to her poor eye. She does have a prescription for glasses but hasn't gotten around to getting them yet. Maybe today she will do that.
Ima done now. In an attempt to extend the life of our septic tank I try to spread it out via the internet. (PS: your delete button will serve as a flusher there.)
Tuesday, October 12, 2004
October 12
2nd day of kind of nasty here. Along with the nasty is some unusually cool weather. We've even used the fireplace and turned on the furnace. Tho, we both are blessed with warm hearts the external areas get cold. I'm the carrier of some excessive external areas and that doesn't include any protrusions. You know like my arms, legs,ears, nose and my pointy little head, the holder for my nose and ears. I can stand about three times the cold that Glenda can because of my built on heater, fat. Fat generates heat. Sometimes just hearing another mention that I might be carrying more than my share heats me instantly. Say, I may be a sensitive person after all.
52 degrees most of the day yesterday, tho it did start out at 54. It's 54 again this morning too. Only time will tell if does a Kerry or not, "It was up before it went down." The cycle of many things in life share some commonalities.
I'm onto my third cup of coffee and it is failing me. My eyes are darting around pretty quickly but the lubricant hasn't been enough for my mind, it still can't seem to shift out of four wheel low. I'd better just be thankful for any forward direction and it has helped me see what it's like to be nothing but a big lug.
I had a quickened heart just while ago! I looked out and for an instant thought the fogged mind was affecting my vision. I grabbed a sheet of paper with writing on it, could read fine. I can see now, the problem was another very foggy start of the day.
Well that does it for me anyway! I'll use that sheet of paper to cleans things up. I'd recommend the delete button for there.
Happy sails to you! Just don't allow a fickle wind determine your happy!
52 degrees most of the day yesterday, tho it did start out at 54. It's 54 again this morning too. Only time will tell if does a Kerry or not, "It was up before it went down." The cycle of many things in life share some commonalities.
I'm onto my third cup of coffee and it is failing me. My eyes are darting around pretty quickly but the lubricant hasn't been enough for my mind, it still can't seem to shift out of four wheel low. I'd better just be thankful for any forward direction and it has helped me see what it's like to be nothing but a big lug.
I had a quickened heart just while ago! I looked out and for an instant thought the fogged mind was affecting my vision. I grabbed a sheet of paper with writing on it, could read fine. I can see now, the problem was another very foggy start of the day.
Well that does it for me anyway! I'll use that sheet of paper to cleans things up. I'd recommend the delete button for there.
Happy sails to you! Just don't allow a fickle wind determine your happy!
Monday, October 11, 2004
October 11
Not a lot new going on around here. Well, I guess we do have quite a bit of new carbon dioxide hanging around. Now, as well as while I slept, my body continues to suck in oxygen and blow out new, to the environment, carbon dioxide. In every twenty four hour period of regular living, a person sucks and blows, on an average, over 28,800 times. Most without any effort or thought. Amazing isn't it. I'm thinking about it now and I'm just as thankful as I can be for all the friends and relatives out there who are still sucking and blowing.
We're all still taking it in and blowing it out, doing our part in helping the trees grow. To show us their thankfulness they return the favor by kicking back to us new oxygen. It seems everything runs in a cycle of some sort.
The average adult at rest inhales and exhales something like about one-fourth of a cubic foot of air per minute. That totals something like 2,800 cubic feet in a day.
The air that is inhaled is about 20-percent oxygen, unless you're in or near a nasty city, and the air that is exhaled is about 15-percent oxygen, so about 5-percent of the volume of air is consumed in each breath and converted to carbon dioxide. Therefore, a human being uses about 150 cubic feet of pure oxygen per day.
It’s a simple and indisputable Fact that Oxygen is necessary to sustain a Healthy life! Clinical studies show that a human being can live for days without water, and weeks without food but without Oxygen biological death begins to occur within three minutes. Oxygen is the miraculous element that permits life to exist and flourish on earth!
You do know that trees grow twice as fast in or very near a nasty city? I guess there is a lot more people sucking and blowing there. Lots of automobiles and the like contribute too, I suspect.
Nope, nothing to say again this morning.
I am always doing things I can't do, that's how I get to do them.~~Pablo Picasso
We're all still taking it in and blowing it out, doing our part in helping the trees grow. To show us their thankfulness they return the favor by kicking back to us new oxygen. It seems everything runs in a cycle of some sort.
The average adult at rest inhales and exhales something like about one-fourth of a cubic foot of air per minute. That totals something like 2,800 cubic feet in a day.
The air that is inhaled is about 20-percent oxygen, unless you're in or near a nasty city, and the air that is exhaled is about 15-percent oxygen, so about 5-percent of the volume of air is consumed in each breath and converted to carbon dioxide. Therefore, a human being uses about 150 cubic feet of pure oxygen per day.
It’s a simple and indisputable Fact that Oxygen is necessary to sustain a Healthy life! Clinical studies show that a human being can live for days without water, and weeks without food but without Oxygen biological death begins to occur within three minutes. Oxygen is the miraculous element that permits life to exist and flourish on earth!
You do know that trees grow twice as fast in or very near a nasty city? I guess there is a lot more people sucking and blowing there. Lots of automobiles and the like contribute too, I suspect.
Nope, nothing to say again this morning.
I am always doing things I can't do, that's how I get to do them.~~Pablo Picasso
Sunday, October 10, 2004
October 10
Today may be a rest day but how can I tell? Glenda hasn't come downstairs yet. Yesterday, while she was gone, I tried to read and lounge around but I got to working on lights along the wall. Should have been an easy job but do to complications, it was a long drawn out affair. I had many pieces of wire that I had to string together so things would reach. No big problem but I failed to keep the two wires separated in one place causing the lights not to work but for a flash. I fixed that, but the lights wouldn't come on again. I checked the breaker box and none was kicked, I plugged an electric sander into the outlet and it worked so I double knew we had electricity. Still no lights. I exchanged the transformer with another one that was working on a different set of lights. Still nothing but lots of cuss words. After hours of searching, I finally traced the problem to a simple wire not being connected. Because I thought changing the transformers was going to be a temporary thing, I didn't firm up the connections. Later I couldn't figure out any reason to change them back since they were Identical. Anyway when I hung it on the side of the house, I guess was when the wire slipped off from the screw. If I had changed them back, I would have seen the problem a lot sooner! What a DUMB ASS! I'm telling you it was a several hour job that needn't have been.
I looked out and admired them last night then this morning from a different view, I again admired them, but from the different view I was able to see..........................The damn lights on the other side of the drive aren't working. I'll check that out today before my rest/race watching time.
Ain't no gray days, if you have sunshine in your heart...and something enjoyable to do.~J. Cottengim
I looked out and admired them last night then this morning from a different view, I again admired them, but from the different view I was able to see..........................The damn lights on the other side of the drive aren't working. I'll check that out today before my rest/race watching time.
Ain't no gray days, if you have sunshine in your heart...and something enjoyable to do.~J. Cottengim
Saturday, October 09, 2004
October 9
Got a huge surprise this morning! Woke up and discovered that it was Saturday already. Now where did all of the week days go? Well anyway you can imagine the surprise wasn't a very pleasant one. Damn, I'm getting older faster than I can keep track of it.
The old Turkey Festival in Eldon is on the ladies list for the day. I think about four of them have planned to go. It will be impossible for four regular people, let alone ladies, to stay anywhere near together in a crowd like they have there. Steel toed shoes are a recommended apparel. A very large crowd like this one is a real good place to get any desired feelings and not get into trouble. Whoopee!
It is supposed to be a nice day today but if that included any sunshine Mr. Sun is going to be late. I can see a couple of lighter places in the cloud cover but it doesn't look too promising to me.
Flipping thru my mind I failed to find anything promising there either. I would say I'm quitting now, going to shut my mind down but I'm of the opinion I never really got it open this morning.
Do unto others and have a great weekend!
The old Turkey Festival in Eldon is on the ladies list for the day. I think about four of them have planned to go. It will be impossible for four regular people, let alone ladies, to stay anywhere near together in a crowd like they have there. Steel toed shoes are a recommended apparel. A very large crowd like this one is a real good place to get any desired feelings and not get into trouble. Whoopee!
It is supposed to be a nice day today but if that included any sunshine Mr. Sun is going to be late. I can see a couple of lighter places in the cloud cover but it doesn't look too promising to me.
Flipping thru my mind I failed to find anything promising there either. I would say I'm quitting now, going to shut my mind down but I'm of the opinion I never really got it open this morning.
Do unto others and have a great weekend!
Friday, October 08, 2004
October 8
Some rain yesterday and last night with more in the forecast for today. Into each life a little rain must fall...or is that onto? I made a visit to the Library in Eldon yesterday, picked up a couple of books, and now I'm ready for a few rainy days.
We have the new steps finished with the exception of one 2x4 that will be put on sometime this morning. I'm not at all happy with the amateurish look of the steps and now believe that Dale and I could have done a job that would have looked 200% or more, better. The steps do provide a way up to the drive so I guess if you don't spend too much time looking at them they'll work. When the weather dries a bit I'll take a saw to them. Not to cut them down but to smooth out the step sides and the lower stoop sides a little bit. I'll get a picture later.
It sounds like Glenda and the girls will hide from some of the expected rain in the bowling alley at Eldon. I'm sure in some of the gossipy conversations they will each learn something new about a person, some people or a happening in not only our area but worldwide too. I'm sorry I'm going to miss that. I'll not learn much about the news from Glenda when she gets home either since she tends to forget most of it, if not immediately she does shortly thereafter. I think their bowling scores are greatly influenced by the depth of the gossip.
So there you go for this day.
"To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea." -Henry David Thoreau
We have the new steps finished with the exception of one 2x4 that will be put on sometime this morning. I'm not at all happy with the amateurish look of the steps and now believe that Dale and I could have done a job that would have looked 200% or more, better. The steps do provide a way up to the drive so I guess if you don't spend too much time looking at them they'll work. When the weather dries a bit I'll take a saw to them. Not to cut them down but to smooth out the step sides and the lower stoop sides a little bit. I'll get a picture later.
It sounds like Glenda and the girls will hide from some of the expected rain in the bowling alley at Eldon. I'm sure in some of the gossipy conversations they will each learn something new about a person, some people or a happening in not only our area but worldwide too. I'm sorry I'm going to miss that. I'll not learn much about the news from Glenda when she gets home either since she tends to forget most of it, if not immediately she does shortly thereafter. I think their bowling scores are greatly influenced by the depth of the gossip.
So there you go for this day.
"To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea." -Henry David Thoreau
Thursday, October 07, 2004
October 7
We have some steps up the wall now but they're not finished. I think that means, 'we can walk the walk but we can't talk the talk.' So far I'm not the happiest about them but I suppose I'll haft to make do. It has and is supposed to rain today so I doubt we get them finished for a few days.
Other than that, things are just about as well as can be expected in a neighborhood of three retired families, and several weekenders that includes a homebuilder, two doctors, a tool and die shop owner, a sheet rock supplier and sheet rocker, a used car dealer, a plumber and one empty house. Always something going on around here. As far as I know there is only one work addict in the bunch. That would be our neighbor Dale. He is always doing something that either I help him with or feel guilty as all get out that I don't have the get up that he does. Hey! He's older than me too. If I could just get him interested in reading..................
Speaking of which I may read today while Glenda is at the dentist in Jeff City. The dentist found a problem of some kind when she was there last week and scheduled her to have it repaired today. Why didn't he repair it when he had her in the chair last week? Money! That's what I think. Two visit's pay him twice as much as one. The only guy I know who gets into your billfold via your mouth.
THE FOUR STAGES OF LIFE:
(1) You believe in Santa Claus. (2) You don't believe in Santa Claus. (3) You ARE Santa Claus. (4) You look like Santa Claus.
Other than that, things are just about as well as can be expected in a neighborhood of three retired families, and several weekenders that includes a homebuilder, two doctors, a tool and die shop owner, a sheet rock supplier and sheet rocker, a used car dealer, a plumber and one empty house. Always something going on around here. As far as I know there is only one work addict in the bunch. That would be our neighbor Dale. He is always doing something that either I help him with or feel guilty as all get out that I don't have the get up that he does. Hey! He's older than me too. If I could just get him interested in reading..................
Speaking of which I may read today while Glenda is at the dentist in Jeff City. The dentist found a problem of some kind when she was there last week and scheduled her to have it repaired today. Why didn't he repair it when he had her in the chair last week? Money! That's what I think. Two visit's pay him twice as much as one. The only guy I know who gets into your billfold via your mouth.
THE FOUR STAGES OF LIFE:
(1) You believe in Santa Claus. (2) You don't believe in Santa Claus. (3) You ARE Santa Claus. (4) You look like Santa Claus.
Wednesday, October 06, 2004
October 6
What a difference a day makes. Now who ever said that? Today has started out just like yesterday and the day before that and quite a few before those. A day older and deeper in debt could make the days a little different but that is the same everyday too. A very limited income makes for a pretty hard way to get along. The only good thing about being old is the Social Security check every month. It's a good thing they send it direct to the bank because it isn't large enough to stand in line for. I don't mean to complain! It does help us a whole bunch. Every little bit counts. I've learned over the years that when you get a little, enjoy it to the fullest, because it might be some time before any comes around again.
According to Benjamin Franklin we can still be happy and might even be happier because we get so very little. He said, "Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. There is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of its filling a vacuum, it makes one. If it satisfies one want, it doubles and trebles that want another way." This quote is another that we'll never be able to disprove so we just accept it and happily go on down the road of our lives, hoping that the price for crushed aluminum cans increases before we get another bag ready to sell.
Since Tomi was de-clawed we have kept him inside. He seemed to have not missed the outdoors and never tried to get out until yesterday. I opened the door and called for Mikey who was stalled with Tomi in front of him. I guess Tomi thought I was calling him so he came on out. I tried to get him back inside but he ignored me. Worried me somewhat but about an hour and a half later he came trotting to be let inside.
Worry is just about one of the most senseless things that a person can do. I believe in thinking about things but it has got to be in a realistic manner and with an accepting attitude. When you think about it adding negative thoughts, it is called worry. What the hell am I talking about? I'm beginning to worry me!
A couple is lying in bed. The man says, "I am going to make you the happiest woman in the world." The woman says..... "I'll miss you."
According to Benjamin Franklin we can still be happy and might even be happier because we get so very little. He said, "Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. There is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of its filling a vacuum, it makes one. If it satisfies one want, it doubles and trebles that want another way." This quote is another that we'll never be able to disprove so we just accept it and happily go on down the road of our lives, hoping that the price for crushed aluminum cans increases before we get another bag ready to sell.
Since Tomi was de-clawed we have kept him inside. He seemed to have not missed the outdoors and never tried to get out until yesterday. I opened the door and called for Mikey who was stalled with Tomi in front of him. I guess Tomi thought I was calling him so he came on out. I tried to get him back inside but he ignored me. Worried me somewhat but about an hour and a half later he came trotting to be let inside.
Worry is just about one of the most senseless things that a person can do. I believe in thinking about things but it has got to be in a realistic manner and with an accepting attitude. When you think about it adding negative thoughts, it is called worry. What the hell am I talking about? I'm beginning to worry me!
A couple is lying in bed. The man says, "I am going to make you the happiest woman in the world." The woman says..... "I'll miss you."
Tuesday, October 05, 2004
October 5
Here it started out at 44 degrees shortly after five but now it is down to 42. It is a mite cool in the house too at 66 in this room. A heat source of some kind may not be many days from being turned on.
At this time dawn is preparing the sky for the grand entrance of the sun by tainting the whole eastern skyline a dull orange kind of color. A color that won't distract, but will amplify the natural beauty of the sunrise. There is a slight breeze out of the north which with the low temperature, makes for an uncomfortable sitting and adds another big reason to wish for the sunrise bringing the warmth the sunrays. The sunrise usually shuts up the hoot owls too.
Nope! Nothing to say again. I guess I could tell you that the step builder said he would be here tomorrow morning. That may not do much for you but believe me it will be a great time for us. Right now if we go anywhere, even just to the drive, we've got to go out the backdoor downstairs, up to the backdoor of the garage then through the garage. If you forget and go out our front door you'll need to walk between the house and garage to the garage backdoor and through the garage. It really isn't that bad but that course hasn't been our habit for the past twelve years so it doesn't seem right.
But where there is life there is hope and we got up this morning full of it. Three cups of coffee has certainly intensified it! Life is grand!
"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."
At this time dawn is preparing the sky for the grand entrance of the sun by tainting the whole eastern skyline a dull orange kind of color. A color that won't distract, but will amplify the natural beauty of the sunrise. There is a slight breeze out of the north which with the low temperature, makes for an uncomfortable sitting and adds another big reason to wish for the sunrise bringing the warmth the sunrays. The sunrise usually shuts up the hoot owls too.
Nope! Nothing to say again. I guess I could tell you that the step builder said he would be here tomorrow morning. That may not do much for you but believe me it will be a great time for us. Right now if we go anywhere, even just to the drive, we've got to go out the backdoor downstairs, up to the backdoor of the garage then through the garage. If you forget and go out our front door you'll need to walk between the house and garage to the garage backdoor and through the garage. It really isn't that bad but that course hasn't been our habit for the past twelve years so it doesn't seem right.
But where there is life there is hope and we got up this morning full of it. Three cups of coffee has certainly intensified it! Life is grand!
"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, October 04, 2004
October 4
A nice 56* to begin our Monday. I always liked Mondays and still do. Felt like because of it I always had a leg up on most other folks, even if it was just for one day.
This morning is an exception. I'm not starting too well because of our neighbors. They invited us down to their house for supper last night and served us such a fantastic meal that I couldn't stop at full, so I consequently ran way over. I gained three pounds and feel very full and sluggish at this time. A huge grilled steak that was twice what I should have but I didn't cut and run. I tackled the whole thing adding a helping from two delicious vegetable dishes and the real wronger, a helping and a half of potatoes. A man has got to be one strong willed person to avoid eating potatoes that Mary Jo fixes. She has fixed them several different ways but it doesn't matter, they always seem to challenge your resolve. I lost again but enjoyed every bite!
Today is a mosey to the garage and finish two dice games that I've started. I may not get to completely finish them because a coat of varnish will need to dry but we'll be on the downhill side of the construction.
We're hoping beyond hope that the step builder will make it to our little project this morning. I must have made him mad someway the last time we talked on the phone. hope not!
A day dawns, quite like other days; in it, a single hour comes, quite like other hours; but in that day and in that hour the chance of a lifetime faces us.- Maltbie Babcock
This morning is an exception. I'm not starting too well because of our neighbors. They invited us down to their house for supper last night and served us such a fantastic meal that I couldn't stop at full, so I consequently ran way over. I gained three pounds and feel very full and sluggish at this time. A huge grilled steak that was twice what I should have but I didn't cut and run. I tackled the whole thing adding a helping from two delicious vegetable dishes and the real wronger, a helping and a half of potatoes. A man has got to be one strong willed person to avoid eating potatoes that Mary Jo fixes. She has fixed them several different ways but it doesn't matter, they always seem to challenge your resolve. I lost again but enjoyed every bite!
Today is a mosey to the garage and finish two dice games that I've started. I may not get to completely finish them because a coat of varnish will need to dry but we'll be on the downhill side of the construction.
We're hoping beyond hope that the step builder will make it to our little project this morning. I must have made him mad someway the last time we talked on the phone. hope not!
A day dawns, quite like other days; in it, a single hour comes, quite like other hours; but in that day and in that hour the chance of a lifetime faces us.- Maltbie Babcock
October 3
A rather cool day starting out at 46 degrees but that is warmer than the upper 30's that was forecasted. When you're in Missouri you take what you get. I guess one pretty much does that no matter where he is. The fog coming off the lake and drifting this way has totally grabbed Tomi's attention. He is sitting in the window instead of laying, watching it.
A slow day is what I plan for this one but even the best laid plans can go awry went you're married. I'll just go with the flow.
I'm flowing on out of here right now.
Love and time-those are the only two things in all the world and all of life that cannot be bought, but only spent.....Gary Jennings
A slow day is what I plan for this one but even the best laid plans can go awry went you're married. I'll just go with the flow.
I'm flowing on out of here right now.
Love and time-those are the only two things in all the world and all of life that cannot be bought, but only spent.....Gary Jennings
October 2
A visit at the youngest daughter's home is on our list for the day. The annual Hatton Craft Show is today and Debi invited us up. She lives right next to all the action. Chili, stew and a bunch of other things will be in the offering. I'm hungry!
43* here at this time and the lake is mostly covered with a thin fog. I took a picture. If it looks like anything I'll send it later. If I can think of anything to say I'll send it later also.
Love may be blind but marriage is a real eye-opener~unknown
43* here at this time and the lake is mostly covered with a thin fog. I took a picture. If it looks like anything I'll send it later. If I can think of anything to say I'll send it later also.
Love may be blind but marriage is a real eye-opener~unknown
Friday, October 01, 2004
October 1
We've been blessed again! Woke up this morning, a strong indication that we're still alive. What a blessing! The old sun finally got close enough to the top of yon hill to turn the complete sky an off red orange color. It is reflected in the water making the lake appear as of the same color. Red in the morning sailors take warning, makes me wonder what is in store for us. The weathermen hasn't said much more than it would be colder starting tomorrow. I can't believe I've thought this correctly, 'colder than a gnat's ass'. Surely I've got that wrong.
Glenda's ear drum wasn't ruptured. The doctor cleaned it out and gave her a prescription, the same medicine our neighbor doctor had prescribed. Our neighbor doctor had suggested the possibility that Glenda might need to go have it cleaned out. He was right! Too bad his practice is in the Kansas City area. He would be the one we would prefer going to.
Today is a bowling day for the old folks and the ladies. Some of us men have more important things to do than throw a ball down an alley in between gossip sessions. I guess us not being there gives the ladies someone to talk about too.
Talk about? I've managed to again type a note with nothing to talk about. Seems kinda sad doesn't it?
"Unless each day can be looked back upon by an individual as one in which he has had some fun, some joy, some real satisfaction, that day is a loss."-- Dwight David Eisenhower
Glenda's ear drum wasn't ruptured. The doctor cleaned it out and gave her a prescription, the same medicine our neighbor doctor had prescribed. Our neighbor doctor had suggested the possibility that Glenda might need to go have it cleaned out. He was right! Too bad his practice is in the Kansas City area. He would be the one we would prefer going to.
Today is a bowling day for the old folks and the ladies. Some of us men have more important things to do than throw a ball down an alley in between gossip sessions. I guess us not being there gives the ladies someone to talk about too.
Talk about? I've managed to again type a note with nothing to talk about. Seems kinda sad doesn't it?
"Unless each day can be looked back upon by an individual as one in which he has had some fun, some joy, some real satisfaction, that day is a loss."-- Dwight David Eisenhower
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)