Jim sent us this little thing. I thought it was worth sending on. (An unmade bed may help you breathe easier. A study suggests that microscopic dust mites_implicated in some respiratory problems_are less likely to survive in unmade beds; exposure to air dehydrates the creatures. But warmth and moisture trapped in smoothed sheets may help dust mites thrive.) Another, my kind of deal.
Glenda may go to town with the girls today. It is so humid and hot that we're staying pretty much in the house. Glenda can't get into the water so that exercise isn't available to us. I guess I could go but the fun wouldn't be there. Fun is a result of sharing an activity with your love.
The word is a cooling down is going to begin this afternoon but words are only words till you see it happen. May get some rain and even some severe storms it is also said. That last couple of sentences caused me to reflect on all the words that I've had to eat over the years. No wonder I'm fat!
Glenda is still holding up really, really well at least outwardly..............While there's life there's hope!
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow." -Anon.
About Me
Thursday, June 30, 2005
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
June 29, 2005
I would say that as our days go Glenda and I are riding them along in a troubled mode. I'm not sure if the word should be troubled or worried because they both seem to be a fit for our days at this time. We're dragging along a whole wagon load of troubled worries but like it has been said, "Don't worry about the mule just load the wagon." The doctor yesterday found at least six pretty good sized polyps hanging around in my gut. He removed them and will send them for tests. The results should be back in five days or so. If there is no concern we'll get it them in the mail otherwise a telephone call will report them. Hey! Just load the wagon!
The procedure yesterday was not a pleasant one as you might expect. A usually 20 minute procedure took a little more than an hour because of all the cutting and removing that was required. On top of that the dope they gave me to let me sleep didn't even make me drowsy. I laid there and watched the whole thing except when the air caused too much distress making my eyes shut for a second or two. I did notice that the canal wasn't near as clean this time as it was when I had the short job done. Now that I think about it that one hurt a little too.
Man you talk about farting, I was told to try to expel the air after the stuff was pulled out and I came up with one of the longest lasting farts in my memory. I bet it lasted for well over a minute. A little relief that one was!
They told me that the sleep deal doesn't work on about one out of every ten. What makes me so lucky?
Well this mule has other things to haul so I'd better get to it.
The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dreams shall never die.~Edward Kennedy
The procedure yesterday was not a pleasant one as you might expect. A usually 20 minute procedure took a little more than an hour because of all the cutting and removing that was required. On top of that the dope they gave me to let me sleep didn't even make me drowsy. I laid there and watched the whole thing except when the air caused too much distress making my eyes shut for a second or two. I did notice that the canal wasn't near as clean this time as it was when I had the short job done. Now that I think about it that one hurt a little too.
Man you talk about farting, I was told to try to expel the air after the stuff was pulled out and I came up with one of the longest lasting farts in my memory. I bet it lasted for well over a minute. A little relief that one was!
They told me that the sleep deal doesn't work on about one out of every ten. What makes me so lucky?
Well this mule has other things to haul so I'd better get to it.
The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dreams shall never die.~Edward Kennedy
June 28, 2005
Spent quite awhile yesterday bending a re-rod to use in our buoy anchor. Now that was a real chore! I was able to satisfy myself tho using a vise, brute strength and a large hammer. The hammer didn't do worth a hoot in helping the bending but it helped me to feel better just beating on something. Got the cement mixed and all of it pored around the re-rod in a five gallon bucket. Now we only need to wait for it to set and measure for the cable. I guess the measurements will be looked at later in the week. We sure would like to have it back into the water before the weekend.
The nice guy that helped me with the sod and gravel came over yesterday morning and apologized for the need to ask but told me he is really strapped right now and was wondering if I would take care of him a little for all the help. We came up with $70 and a bad attitude! I never did ask him to help me and at one place told him I didn't need him to work on the project, that I could and would do some of it a little later but next thing I knew he was down there working. Another time I asked him not to do leveling out the gravel behind the seawall but he did it anyway. He did do a lot of work and I thought he was just being neighborly or maybe he felt guilty because all of the gravel was put on our lot by them in the first place. I'm pretty sure now his plan was to work himself into some pay and I don't appreciate him forcing his labor on us. I guess we'll get over it.
The guys got here around 10:00 yesterday and finished pumping around 11:00. Someone will be back in a day or two to work a bit on the laterals. Anyway it sure is nice to be able to shower and flush the stools. May need to make payments on the repairs, I don't know.
Things worked out really good yesterday and I mean that literally. Started drinking the stuff as prescribed at 6:00 and around 6:40 I made my first of many trips to the meditation room. Not doing any of the visits did I have any time to meditate. The last trip was around 10:45. I'm a little disappointed because after all that I only lost 2 pounds. Interesting stuff isn't it?
Now we're heading out for the big goose err I mean for the poke in the ass. I know you've head this before but a foreign person was saying, "this American talk, it is so complicated, like a sack is a poke, a mule is an ass and a poke in the ass is a goose." ....Well I've always thought it kind of funny.
A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.~Jean Paul Richter
The nice guy that helped me with the sod and gravel came over yesterday morning and apologized for the need to ask but told me he is really strapped right now and was wondering if I would take care of him a little for all the help. We came up with $70 and a bad attitude! I never did ask him to help me and at one place told him I didn't need him to work on the project, that I could and would do some of it a little later but next thing I knew he was down there working. Another time I asked him not to do leveling out the gravel behind the seawall but he did it anyway. He did do a lot of work and I thought he was just being neighborly or maybe he felt guilty because all of the gravel was put on our lot by them in the first place. I'm pretty sure now his plan was to work himself into some pay and I don't appreciate him forcing his labor on us. I guess we'll get over it.
The guys got here around 10:00 yesterday and finished pumping around 11:00. Someone will be back in a day or two to work a bit on the laterals. Anyway it sure is nice to be able to shower and flush the stools. May need to make payments on the repairs, I don't know.
Things worked out really good yesterday and I mean that literally. Started drinking the stuff as prescribed at 6:00 and around 6:40 I made my first of many trips to the meditation room. Not doing any of the visits did I have any time to meditate. The last trip was around 10:45. I'm a little disappointed because after all that I only lost 2 pounds. Interesting stuff isn't it?
Now we're heading out for the big goose err I mean for the poke in the ass. I know you've head this before but a foreign person was saying, "this American talk, it is so complicated, like a sack is a poke, a mule is an ass and a poke in the ass is a goose." ....Well I've always thought it kind of funny.
A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.~Jean Paul Richter
Monday, June 27, 2005
June 27, 2005
So muggy here this morning that the sun can't break through. We're told it's going to be one of those days where a body diaper for any outside activities would be proper wearing apparel because no matter how old you are or what you might be doing it is a sure thing that you will wet yourself.
Today is also a good day for me to possibly lose a few extra pounds. Clear liquids including coffee till 3:00 p.m. then nothing until 6:00. That is when I'm to start drinking the stuff. 4 liters that must be finished off by or before 8:30. After that I can go back to the clear liquid diet. Now tell me, who the heck would want to suck in more liquids after consuming 4 liters in less that 2 1/2 hours?
Oh yeah, the results of all the drinking may pretty well take the meager crap from my mind too, so don't go looking for any emails after 8:30 or there about. I've been told the reason for any success that I might have accomplished over the years was mainly do to the fact I've always been full of it. This is going to be a good test to see if that assumption has been a correct one.
The septic tank pumper has still not made it to this job. We haven't seen hide nor hair of anyone and the main man hasn't replied to any of our mournful pleas left on his answering machine. I can only hope that I begin running clear pretty quickly or at least before the tank runs over. If it should, the clear stuff shouldn't be that harmful to the environment and surly the clear stuff couldn't contain any sort of stink.
We haven't given up hope on the man yet and plan to give him till around 9:30 before we begin searching for a different pumper. I'm sure before I go for the procedure, I'll need to wash the lake bathing water residue from my body as well as any other accumulation that might have been missed or built up since the last dip in the lake.
People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle.~Thich Nhat Hanh
Today is also a good day for me to possibly lose a few extra pounds. Clear liquids including coffee till 3:00 p.m. then nothing until 6:00. That is when I'm to start drinking the stuff. 4 liters that must be finished off by or before 8:30. After that I can go back to the clear liquid diet. Now tell me, who the heck would want to suck in more liquids after consuming 4 liters in less that 2 1/2 hours?
Oh yeah, the results of all the drinking may pretty well take the meager crap from my mind too, so don't go looking for any emails after 8:30 or there about. I've been told the reason for any success that I might have accomplished over the years was mainly do to the fact I've always been full of it. This is going to be a good test to see if that assumption has been a correct one.
The septic tank pumper has still not made it to this job. We haven't seen hide nor hair of anyone and the main man hasn't replied to any of our mournful pleas left on his answering machine. I can only hope that I begin running clear pretty quickly or at least before the tank runs over. If it should, the clear stuff shouldn't be that harmful to the environment and surly the clear stuff couldn't contain any sort of stink.
We haven't given up hope on the man yet and plan to give him till around 9:30 before we begin searching for a different pumper. I'm sure before I go for the procedure, I'll need to wash the lake bathing water residue from my body as well as any other accumulation that might have been missed or built up since the last dip in the lake.
People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle.~Thich Nhat Hanh
Sunday, June 26, 2005
June 26, 2005
Got a hitch in my back this morning. The new neighbor had some grass sod left over and told us we could have it. We decided to use it in the area between their new fence and our lawn. That will have our grass go clear to their fence if the rain runoff doesn't wash it away. Anyhow Rod from next door and I moved several tons of gravel out of that area and then started laying the sod. Can you imagine moving a huge amount of gravel with a rake, shovel and a wheelbarrow? Most of the gravel was just pushed and raked into the lake but I used several wheelbarrow loads up against our seawall on the lawn side. My back isn't very happy with me this morning and I need to go back out and finish it today.
I really did work my butt off and it was just as well. The guy hasn't came to pump our septic tank yet so I don't have any place where I can use it just yet anyway. I guess another way to put it would be the chore worked the piss out of me saving quite a few flushes. The best thing to say probably would have been nothing but I'm not going to take the words out now.
For the last two days I've been taking a towel and a bar of soap to the dock then jumping into the lake to bathe. That is pretty much a hit and miss kind of deal but it still knocks back some of the dirt, sweat and bad odor problems. Doesn't sound right bathing in sewer water does it? Just got to remember not to get any in your mouth.
It's also helpful to realize that this very body that we have, that's sitting right here right now... with its aches and it pleasures... is exactly what we need to be fully human, fully awake, fully alive.~Pema Chodron
I really did work my butt off and it was just as well. The guy hasn't came to pump our septic tank yet so I don't have any place where I can use it just yet anyway. I guess another way to put it would be the chore worked the piss out of me saving quite a few flushes. The best thing to say probably would have been nothing but I'm not going to take the words out now.
For the last two days I've been taking a towel and a bar of soap to the dock then jumping into the lake to bathe. That is pretty much a hit and miss kind of deal but it still knocks back some of the dirt, sweat and bad odor problems. Doesn't sound right bathing in sewer water does it? Just got to remember not to get any in your mouth.
It's also helpful to realize that this very body that we have, that's sitting right here right now... with its aches and it pleasures... is exactly what we need to be fully human, fully awake, fully alive.~Pema Chodron
Saturday, June 25, 2005
July 25, 2005
The doctor's kind voice and word choices seemed to tone down our fears somewhat but we're a long, long way from party time! If this and if that is going to make a good bit of difference but we'll not know for sure any of the if's till around the 12th of July. He suggested reading about the thing on-line wouldn't be very conducive to a more fear free attitude. We did some reading on it before the trip yesterday and it was a terrible read! It makes you want to go put a bag over your head and just go lay down somewhere in a very dark place.
July the 6th Dory goes for a long full day of what they called a pre-op including a cat scan of her lungs. The doctor told us that the lungs were very susceptible to this type cancer. Then of July the 7th they are going to go in and take some more of her leg making sure that none of the cancer is still there. He had a term for the procedure but I don't remember what it was. They are also going to inject a radiation dye into the leg near the cut, that is supposed to drain back to a lymph node in her groin area. They then use a geiger counter like device to pin-point the lymph node. Then the doctor is going to remove it for tests. About five days after the operation we will go back to him where we will learn all the results. Pray! Pray! Pray!
If the lungs are clear and the lymph node is clean a little celebration could happen but the doctor said this type cancer can reoccur, so over the next five years he/we will want to monitor Dory's body very closely.
The poker table didn't make it! When we got home Dory called the trucking company in Saint Louis and was told that it will be in Columbia on Monday.
Monday is a 'no eat' day for me. That is a requirement along with drinking a gallon of stuff, in preparation for a colonoscopy at 9:00 am Tuesday morning. I'm not to start drinking the stuff until 6:00 p.m. and then I must finish it by 8:30. I believe the 'no eat' is to have you hungry enough that you can do the gallon pretty easy. We may not be able to pick the table up Monday or Tuesday. It's been 22 days trying to get here so far so what is a few more.
We have been afraid to take a shower for two days now because of a very full septic tank. I sure hope the guy gets here to pump the damn thing before Monday evening. I don't relish the thought of running off in the woods! I'll go on and say I don't relish the thoughts of running off period, nor any of the rest of the health checking necessities. I fear it's going to be a real pain in the ass.
If you think about disaster, you will get it. Brood about death and you hasten your demise. Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in achievement and experience. -Edward Rickenbacker
July the 6th Dory goes for a long full day of what they called a pre-op including a cat scan of her lungs. The doctor told us that the lungs were very susceptible to this type cancer. Then of July the 7th they are going to go in and take some more of her leg making sure that none of the cancer is still there. He had a term for the procedure but I don't remember what it was. They are also going to inject a radiation dye into the leg near the cut, that is supposed to drain back to a lymph node in her groin area. They then use a geiger counter like device to pin-point the lymph node. Then the doctor is going to remove it for tests. About five days after the operation we will go back to him where we will learn all the results. Pray! Pray! Pray!
If the lungs are clear and the lymph node is clean a little celebration could happen but the doctor said this type cancer can reoccur, so over the next five years he/we will want to monitor Dory's body very closely.
The poker table didn't make it! When we got home Dory called the trucking company in Saint Louis and was told that it will be in Columbia on Monday.
Monday is a 'no eat' day for me. That is a requirement along with drinking a gallon of stuff, in preparation for a colonoscopy at 9:00 am Tuesday morning. I'm not to start drinking the stuff until 6:00 p.m. and then I must finish it by 8:30. I believe the 'no eat' is to have you hungry enough that you can do the gallon pretty easy. We may not be able to pick the table up Monday or Tuesday. It's been 22 days trying to get here so far so what is a few more.
We have been afraid to take a shower for two days now because of a very full septic tank. I sure hope the guy gets here to pump the damn thing before Monday evening. I don't relish the thought of running off in the woods! I'll go on and say I don't relish the thoughts of running off period, nor any of the rest of the health checking necessities. I fear it's going to be a real pain in the ass.
If you think about disaster, you will get it. Brood about death and you hasten your demise. Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in achievement and experience. -Edward Rickenbacker
June 24, 2005
We're leaving here in a little while, heading for the Ellis Fischel Cancer Center. The appointment is at 10:00 but it doesn't hurt to get there a tad early. A person has got to do what a person has got to do.
You know things had been going just great around here. Couldn't hardly ask for it to be any better then BAM! we walked into a trip wire that has pretty well deflated us to put it mildly, but so far Dory is holding up pretty well considering. As is always the case, I'm the weak link.
It is just possible we'll be able to finally pick up the poker table in Columbia while we're there. Not isn't that a deal? 21 days on the road and we're gonna bring it home tonight. ... ... ... ... .Maybe.
Until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words,--'Wait and hope.~Alexandre Dumas
You know things had been going just great around here. Couldn't hardly ask for it to be any better then BAM! we walked into a trip wire that has pretty well deflated us to put it mildly, but so far Dory is holding up pretty well considering. As is always the case, I'm the weak link.
It is just possible we'll be able to finally pick up the poker table in Columbia while we're there. Not isn't that a deal? 21 days on the road and we're gonna bring it home tonight. ... ... ... ... .Maybe.
Until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words,--'Wait and hope.~Alexandre Dumas
Thursday, June 23, 2005
June 23, 2005
As you travel the roads by car, you'll encounter all kinds of conditions. Bumps being pretty common with a few detours thrown in for good measure. We've had a pretty good ride down the highway of life and of course we have bounced over many bumps and a detour now and then along the way but when Dory came back from getting the stitches removed yesterday she brought some information that may have knocked us clear off the road for awhile. The doctor who removed the stitches gave her the results of the test they ran on the lump.
Diagnosis: Skin, right anterior lower leg, excision: Malignant neoplasm consistent with epithelioid/granular cell angiosarcoma.
Comment: Immunohistichemical stains were preformed and the pattern supports the diagnosis of either epithelioid/granular cell angiosarcoma or malignant hemangioepithelioma.
We're going tomorrow for an appointment with a doctor at the Ellis Fischel Cancer Center in Columbia. The doctor said they will probably first, go back into the leg to see if they had gotten all of it, then some form of treatment would probably be necessary not excluding Chemotherapy. I guess we'll find out tomorrow.
Several years ago while in the hospital for another reason they found something on one of her kidneys that they thought looked cancerous and consequently remove the kidney. They discovered later that it wasn't a malignant growth but told us the kidney would have needed to be removed anyway.
A few other minor bumps of yesterday was our no-wake buoy broke loose and had to be saved. I've got to make another anchor and buy some cable for it. I cooled off in the lake and the board holding the ladder broke. My today list is putting a new board down and reinforcing it. Then this morning the septic tank is almost running over and will need to be pumped out immediately. For some reason these minor bumps have hardly caused a bounce. We can take care of each of these pretty easily.
"We can easily become as much slaves to precaution as we can to fear. Although we can never rivet our fortune so tight as to make it impregnable, we may by our excessive prudence squeeze out of the life that we are guarding so anxiously all the adventurous quality that makes it worth living."-Randolph Bourne
Diagnosis: Skin, right anterior lower leg, excision: Malignant neoplasm consistent with epithelioid/granular cell angiosarcoma.
Comment: Immunohistichemical stains were preformed and the pattern supports the diagnosis of either epithelioid/granular cell angiosarcoma or malignant hemangioepithelioma.
We're going tomorrow for an appointment with a doctor at the Ellis Fischel Cancer Center in Columbia. The doctor said they will probably first, go back into the leg to see if they had gotten all of it, then some form of treatment would probably be necessary not excluding Chemotherapy. I guess we'll find out tomorrow.
Several years ago while in the hospital for another reason they found something on one of her kidneys that they thought looked cancerous and consequently remove the kidney. They discovered later that it wasn't a malignant growth but told us the kidney would have needed to be removed anyway.
A few other minor bumps of yesterday was our no-wake buoy broke loose and had to be saved. I've got to make another anchor and buy some cable for it. I cooled off in the lake and the board holding the ladder broke. My today list is putting a new board down and reinforcing it. Then this morning the septic tank is almost running over and will need to be pumped out immediately. For some reason these minor bumps have hardly caused a bounce. We can take care of each of these pretty easily.
"We can easily become as much slaves to precaution as we can to fear. Although we can never rivet our fortune so tight as to make it impregnable, we may by our excessive prudence squeeze out of the life that we are guarding so anxiously all the adventurous quality that makes it worth living."-Randolph Bourne
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
June 22, 2005
My poor old nose and eyes have lost most of the swelling. They've gone back from the sick look to just the plain old everyday ugly. The only thing I did was go back to the nose mask and taping my mouth shut with duct tape. I don't know why the full mask caused a proble. Any way this seems better.
The poker table saga is still in the heavy throes of aggravation and the suspicion that we're going to end up screwed. After many e-mails, on June 18th they finally sent this:
(I apoligize I was just checking there website and they do have a terminal in columbia I will have it sent over there on monday should be able to get it then I am sorry did not realize st. louis was not hte closest., again I do apoligize did not realize till right now).
That created this message from us:
(Could you please give us the address of the terminal in Columbia, Missouri, where we can pick up the table and also the shipping number?)
We had to send that twice but finally got this message this morning.
(i did call and ask for it to be forwarded you have the tracking number on it it may help to call yourself and get the process sped up)
Now tell me, did we get an answer? We have never gotten any information as to the tracking number, tho Dory has asked more than once. I see a little extended delaying tactic. If they can keep it up long enough we'll have no recourse. The aggravation is coming awfully close to pissing Dory off. Some of you may not realize it but pity is a really good word to use for anyone that truly pisses Dory off!
Yesterday, I did finally succumb to the tantalizing brain deadening sounds of the ding-a-ling machines. Watching all the people hurriedly sticking money into the machines along with the sounds and all of the flashing lights conspired to turn me into a ding-a-ling or maybe just brought out the ding-a-ling that was already in me. I found quite a few hungry money receivers to feed. A couple times I was lucky enough to find a gambling machine but not often enough to overcome the feeding of the rotten money receivers. Only one of our four found a gambling machine or two that enabled her to make her way home with a good chunk more than she took in.
I had at least three memorable thrills during the day. One was getting a free buffet, the second was during our wait for the forth party to appear so we could leave, I borrowed a five dollar bill from Dory and took it straight to a dollar machine that had caught my eye as I had passed it on the way out. In less than two minutes I had a $50 credit in the machine. I took the chit pronto to the cashier and cashed out. Even after giving Dory half I was pretty perky for awhile. The third and greatest thrill of all was spotting our garage as we drove down our street to home.
Dory is heading to Jeff for a visit with her mom and getting the stitches taken out of her leg this morning. Me, a few minor jobs around the house in the expected 93 degree weather which is at 95% humidity at this time and then a good book for when lack of desire or the heat runs me into the house.
"How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it."-Marcus Aurelius
The poker table saga is still in the heavy throes of aggravation and the suspicion that we're going to end up screwed. After many e-mails, on June 18th they finally sent this:
(I apoligize I was just checking there website and they do have a terminal in columbia I will have it sent over there on monday should be able to get it then I am sorry did not realize st. louis was not hte closest., again I do apoligize did not realize till right now).
That created this message from us:
(Could you please give us the address of the terminal in Columbia, Missouri, where we can pick up the table and also the shipping number?)
We had to send that twice but finally got this message this morning.
(i did call and ask for it to be forwarded you have the tracking number on it it may help to call yourself and get the process sped up)
Now tell me, did we get an answer? We have never gotten any information as to the tracking number, tho Dory has asked more than once. I see a little extended delaying tactic. If they can keep it up long enough we'll have no recourse. The aggravation is coming awfully close to pissing Dory off. Some of you may not realize it but pity is a really good word to use for anyone that truly pisses Dory off!
Yesterday, I did finally succumb to the tantalizing brain deadening sounds of the ding-a-ling machines. Watching all the people hurriedly sticking money into the machines along with the sounds and all of the flashing lights conspired to turn me into a ding-a-ling or maybe just brought out the ding-a-ling that was already in me. I found quite a few hungry money receivers to feed. A couple times I was lucky enough to find a gambling machine but not often enough to overcome the feeding of the rotten money receivers. Only one of our four found a gambling machine or two that enabled her to make her way home with a good chunk more than she took in.
I had at least three memorable thrills during the day. One was getting a free buffet, the second was during our wait for the forth party to appear so we could leave, I borrowed a five dollar bill from Dory and took it straight to a dollar machine that had caught my eye as I had passed it on the way out. In less than two minutes I had a $50 credit in the machine. I took the chit pronto to the cashier and cashed out. Even after giving Dory half I was pretty perky for awhile. The third and greatest thrill of all was spotting our garage as we drove down our street to home.
Dory is heading to Jeff for a visit with her mom and getting the stitches taken out of her leg this morning. Me, a few minor jobs around the house in the expected 93 degree weather which is at 95% humidity at this time and then a good book for when lack of desire or the heat runs me into the house.
"How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it."-Marcus Aurelius
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
June 21, 2005
I just sat down here to hurry out a few words. I need to hurry them out because I'm being forced to take Dory and two of her friends to the boat at Boonville where the gambling joint is located. I can guarantee you there will not be a single cent put in one of those noisy money receivers! At least none will come out of any of my pocket! I can absolutely guarantee this because nary a machine, including the penny machines, accept the coin. And they refer to putting money into those machines as gambling. Hah! I think gambling infers betting something with a chance to win. As I have come to learn there are very few gambling machines in a casino but a whole heck of a lot of them thar money receivers.
I wonder if being with three women for over six hours could possibly make me feel manly. Nah, it only sounds tough. Actually, I'm really thinking stress, lots of stress. Being close together there in the car for over an hour each way, I imagine I'll better understand why women are sometimes referred to as birds,...... ...........as in Magpies............. How many times do you think I'll need to stop on the way there and then on the way back? Ah, I don't have anything better to do.
Don't pity me. Pity the children out in the cold. Pity the women that are getting old. But don't pity me.~from a Bob Dylan song.(edt)
I wonder if being with three women for over six hours could possibly make me feel manly. Nah, it only sounds tough. Actually, I'm really thinking stress, lots of stress. Being close together there in the car for over an hour each way, I imagine I'll better understand why women are sometimes referred to as birds,...... ...........as in Magpies............. How many times do you think I'll need to stop on the way there and then on the way back? Ah, I don't have anything better to do.
Don't pity me. Pity the children out in the cold. Pity the women that are getting old. But don't pity me.~from a Bob Dylan song.(edt)
Monday, June 20, 2005
June 20, 2005
Here we sit all contented and no job to report for. This does create one little negative, but we've lived without any money for over eight years now. Being without so much and I can't tell that it has lost either of us any weight. I do remember our job days tho and Mondays were never that bad for me. Matter of fact, I mostly enjoyed them. I felt like that lucky attitude gave me a leg up on some of the folks that struggled with their Mondays. With that I'll say that Mondays are one of the nicer days of retirement. Just to set here doing what we want and thinking of all the people who had to rouse themselves early this morning and drag their way to a job makes it ever so sweet. Add to that a very quieted down lake....WHOOPEE!?
Well Tomi did for one. Every morning I get up, start the coffee then go down to feed Tomi and let him out of his room. Of course clean his litter box is a must. It sure is an aggravation but we're don't want to let him outside clawless. The vet told us the best way to keep a cat is never let them out anyway.
I wash my hands then go back to the coffee pot. It doesn't take that long to make, so I pour myself and Dory each a cup then carry them to the bedroom. Dory drinks hers while watching the news as I go about my business of doing the three s's. I can't remember what they stand for anymore but I'm sure one of them was shave. I then take a cup to the computer to read the news and send a message. That is how our day begins. Really interesting wasn't it?
One of the good things about getting older and being retired is you find you're more interesting than most of the people you meet. -Lee Marvin (edt)
Well Tomi did for one. Every morning I get up, start the coffee then go down to feed Tomi and let him out of his room. Of course clean his litter box is a must. It sure is an aggravation but we're don't want to let him outside clawless. The vet told us the best way to keep a cat is never let them out anyway.
I wash my hands then go back to the coffee pot. It doesn't take that long to make, so I pour myself and Dory each a cup then carry them to the bedroom. Dory drinks hers while watching the news as I go about my business of doing the three s's. I can't remember what they stand for anymore but I'm sure one of them was shave. I then take a cup to the computer to read the news and send a message. That is how our day begins. Really interesting wasn't it?
One of the good things about getting older and being retired is you find you're more interesting than most of the people you meet. -Lee Marvin (edt)
Sunday, June 19, 2005
June 19, 2005
This morning, Father's Day, we're going to the yearly, free for dad's, breakfast at the Am-Vets. As I remember, it was a pretty good meal. Of course Dory will be going too which, in the end makes it only a 'two for one'. That is still a very good deal in my book................but, we'll see how much the two for one costs before we rave too much. I think we're taking Russell along too. I'll buy his so he'll owe us one. That would be another two for one. No, if I really had to pay for all three that would make it a three for two when he reciprocated.
This evening Dory is cooking up a mess of fish and asking a couple of neighbors to join us in eating them up. There has always been a few left over so she isn't going to cook as many. Heck! I liked the left-overs spicing up my snacks. I may sneak another package out, she'll never know. Now I ask myself is it worth it? More added calories during the day and if she did notice, there would be several words from her that I would rather not hear. I guess I'll just let it be.
The people finally said that we should be able to pick the poker table up in Columbia on Monday. Did they tell us where? No! Are we going to Columbia Monday? No! We'll wait for a call, if it doesn't come by Wednesday we will begin a little checking around. Don't ever order anything from Global 1 Gaming out of PA!
"We'll eat the dainty food of chef Dory with the same pleasure with which we'd devour gross peasant dishes, mostly composed of garlic and tomatoes, or fisherman's octopus and shrimps, fried in heavily scented olive oil on a little deserted beach."-Luigi Barzini(edt)
This evening Dory is cooking up a mess of fish and asking a couple of neighbors to join us in eating them up. There has always been a few left over so she isn't going to cook as many. Heck! I liked the left-overs spicing up my snacks. I may sneak another package out, she'll never know. Now I ask myself is it worth it? More added calories during the day and if she did notice, there would be several words from her that I would rather not hear. I guess I'll just let it be.
The people finally said that we should be able to pick the poker table up in Columbia on Monday. Did they tell us where? No! Are we going to Columbia Monday? No! We'll wait for a call, if it doesn't come by Wednesday we will begin a little checking around. Don't ever order anything from Global 1 Gaming out of PA!
"We'll eat the dainty food of chef Dory with the same pleasure with which we'd devour gross peasant dishes, mostly composed of garlic and tomatoes, or fisherman's octopus and shrimps, fried in heavily scented olive oil on a little deserted beach."-Luigi Barzini(edt)
June 18, 2005
The lake was pretty well used yesterday and that was only Friday. The lake was so used it's steaming this morning. Looks like some of the water is trying to abandon the ships. I guess folks are trying to make up for a few poor boating weekends and this one looks to be a good one. I can hardly believe that we were out there among them at one time. Being dumb does finally sink in, sinks in clear to the bottom doesn't it? That realization is how the term 'dumb ass' originated. I'm thinking a lot of dumb evaporates with age........Not all of it of course there will always be some residue that can't be washed away.
I was blessed with a tiny bit larger than normal appendage on my body and have had to suffer with it all my life. Unfortunately it's the one hanging below my eyes. It has been like a blinder for the left eye should I roll the eyes to the right and vice versa. I've lived okay with that but this ?CPAP?machine? related swelling spreading my nose out, has began to cause it to become a part of my straight ahead view now. Because of my right eye being the prominent one, the nose looks like a one-sided tree in the middle of everything I look at. Squinting thru swollen eyes compound this problem somewhat too. Did you ever try to type with a one-sided tree between you and the keyboard? It sure puts a capital C on Challenge. Nah, it isn't all that bad.
Now if you've stayed with me this far, you shall be rewarded! I bid you a great day and will type no more to this!
"And remember, also," added the Princess of Sweet Rhyme, "that many places you would like to see are just off the map and many things you want to know are just out of sight or a little beyond your reach. But someday you'll reach them all, for what you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow." -Norton Juster
I was blessed with a tiny bit larger than normal appendage on my body and have had to suffer with it all my life. Unfortunately it's the one hanging below my eyes. It has been like a blinder for the left eye should I roll the eyes to the right and vice versa. I've lived okay with that but this ?CPAP?machine? related swelling spreading my nose out, has began to cause it to become a part of my straight ahead view now. Because of my right eye being the prominent one, the nose looks like a one-sided tree in the middle of everything I look at. Squinting thru swollen eyes compound this problem somewhat too. Did you ever try to type with a one-sided tree between you and the keyboard? It sure puts a capital C on Challenge. Nah, it isn't all that bad.
Now if you've stayed with me this far, you shall be rewarded! I bid you a great day and will type no more to this!
"And remember, also," added the Princess of Sweet Rhyme, "that many places you would like to see are just off the map and many things you want to know are just out of sight or a little beyond your reach. But someday you'll reach them all, for what you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow." -Norton Juster
Friday, June 17, 2005
June 17, 2005
The bridge of my nose is swollen along with my eyes. Damn aggravating! I haven't been using the CPAP machine for the sleep apnea but because the doctor thinks I still should I started using it again. After the first night there was some swelling but it seemed to go away as the day progressed. The second morning it was a little worse and didn't recede quite as fast so I didn't use it last night. This morning it was worse that ever. Only thing I can think of is the machine must not have been clean and sent some wrong stuff up my nose. I'll wait a few days and if it continues, I guess a trip to the doctor would be in order. I wonder if it could have something to do with the new prescription the doctor prescribed to lower the cholesterol (VYTORIN). I'm going to look it up after while.
Subjects and the total lack of thought is again a little on the, shouldn't even try it, side but what the hell?..............Rather than bother you with nothing here is an educational link. The Truth About Hell It may be a little scary for those that truly believe. I found the site to be pretty discomforting myself.
The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven.~John Milton
Subjects and the total lack of thought is again a little on the, shouldn't even try it, side but what the hell?..............Rather than bother you with nothing here is an educational link. The Truth About Hell It may be a little scary for those that truly believe. I found the site to be pretty discomforting myself.
The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven.~John Milton
Thursday, June 16, 2005
June 16. 2005
Yep, Dory ordered a Texas Holdem poker table thru eBay on June 1st. We still don't have it and the people we bought it from are hard to contact. We had agreed to pick it up at a trucking terminal in Jeff City saving $20 but..............Well just read the last few answered messages.
we wrote: I am still awaiting your answer in regard to shipping of, Texas Holdem Poker Table. Please advise when this will be shipping and where in Jefferson City, Missouri, we can pick it up.
Answer: should be there at the laterst friday
we wrote: Should be where by Friday?
Answer: at the terminal for pick up
we wrote: At what terminal? Please, this is really getting kind of stupid! Even in a small town there are several trucking terminals.
Answer: it is coming usf holland The address is 7411 hall st, ST. Louis, MO 63147 I sent an email yesterday I am guessing you never got this info
we wrote: You've got to be shitting me! It was supposed to come to Jefferson City, Missouri!
So far we've heard nothing else so beware ordering anything from on-line. These folks were a four star outfit too. Woe is us!
Here is a card I finally made yesterday for nothing to type times. It may take awhile to load then you may need to play it more than once to get the music in place. Hope you can open it! It's not all that great so if you can't you won't be missing much. I couldn't understand all the words in the song but I don't believe them to be nasty. We went to a pig roast once in Hawaii and they had hula dancers.
Click or double click on this http://webpages.charter.net/wymers2/greeting/
Beware of the young doctor and the old barber. ~Benjamin Franklin ...and...and internet crooks!
we wrote: I am still awaiting your answer in regard to shipping of, Texas Holdem Poker Table. Please advise when this will be shipping and where in Jefferson City, Missouri, we can pick it up.
Answer: should be there at the laterst friday
we wrote: Should be where by Friday?
Answer: at the terminal for pick up
we wrote: At what terminal? Please, this is really getting kind of stupid! Even in a small town there are several trucking terminals.
Answer: it is coming usf holland The address is 7411 hall st, ST. Louis, MO 63147 I sent an email yesterday I am guessing you never got this info
we wrote: You've got to be shitting me! It was supposed to come to Jefferson City, Missouri!
So far we've heard nothing else so beware ordering anything from on-line. These folks were a four star outfit too. Woe is us!
Here is a card I finally made yesterday for nothing to type times. It may take awhile to load then you may need to play it more than once to get the music in place. Hope you can open it! It's not all that great so if you can't you won't be missing much. I couldn't understand all the words in the song but I don't believe them to be nasty. We went to a pig roast once in Hawaii and they had hula dancers.
Click or double click on this http://webpages.charter.net/wymers2/greeting/
Beware of the young doctor and the old barber. ~Benjamin Franklin ...and...and internet crooks!
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
June 15, 2005
Gonna be hard put to put anything on this page today. My interest here-in is not. Unfortunately I've hardly ever let that stop me from stumbling along in the past and so far I'm doing the job okay this time too. I don't mean the job is okay, just that I've stumbled clear down to here okay. Okay?
I like to make e-cards and have just got back from trying to make one to add to this thing today but the inspiration just isn't there either. So still stumbling..................
Some people don't believe in ghosts but what is a breeze but a ghost of a wind. Well you can't see a wind either so that must be just a larger ghost. Yeah, that's what it is a weather ghost. You can't ever see it but you can feel it as it passes and you can see the leaves, bushes, flags and everything else responding. Sometimes a breeze is a joy but I've never seen a wind bring happiness. Tho it wouldn't be possible for some plants to procreate if it wasn't for the wind. I think that might be why it is sometimes referred to as a fu**ing wind. I've heard it called that many, many times, especially around the golf courses in Boulder City where it seems to never stop. Funny thing, there are not as many trees and plants there as there is in Missouri. I guess that must be why it blows full time. It has got to blow the seeds and pollen a long way to find a receptive recipient.
I may have gone a little overboard this morning and for those of you who think so I apologize. I just did as well as I could. But we do wish all of you a nice day anyway!
Blow, blow, thou nasty wind. Thou art not so unkind, as man's ingratitude.William Shakespeare (edt)
I like to make e-cards and have just got back from trying to make one to add to this thing today but the inspiration just isn't there either. So still stumbling..................
Some people don't believe in ghosts but what is a breeze but a ghost of a wind. Well you can't see a wind either so that must be just a larger ghost. Yeah, that's what it is a weather ghost. You can't ever see it but you can feel it as it passes and you can see the leaves, bushes, flags and everything else responding. Sometimes a breeze is a joy but I've never seen a wind bring happiness. Tho it wouldn't be possible for some plants to procreate if it wasn't for the wind. I think that might be why it is sometimes referred to as a fu**ing wind. I've heard it called that many, many times, especially around the golf courses in Boulder City where it seems to never stop. Funny thing, there are not as many trees and plants there as there is in Missouri. I guess that must be why it blows full time. It has got to blow the seeds and pollen a long way to find a receptive recipient.
I may have gone a little overboard this morning and for those of you who think so I apologize. I just did as well as I could. But we do wish all of you a nice day anyway!
Blow, blow, thou nasty wind. Thou art not so unkind, as man's ingratitude.William Shakespeare (edt)
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
June 14, 2005
Whoa! Dory beat the nearly insurmountable odds at the gambling boat yesterday and came out with around $68 more than she went in with. Counting on her to put that away for the next trip and sharing a little of it, I'm thinking I may go with her the next time. I don't believe that I've ever failed to enjoy gambling when I've gambled using someone else's money.
They left in the rain but I'm told it wasn't that bad and didn't deter the trip's enjoyment. I can't visualize the enjoyment possibilities of three women and a man all in close proximity for over an hour. All I can see is at least three people talking at the same time and usually in reference to completely different topics. I do see lots of grinning tho because that's what a lot of folks do when they can't hear or don't understand what is being said. Dory say's it was a good trip and added, "fortunately very few people see things the way you do!" Is that a way to talk to the dumb-ass pulling the wagon?
Here, it wasn't all that hot even after the sun came out in full force. At one time it was only 77 degrees but while standing outside without moving nary a muscle, the humidity seemed to activate many of the 2.6 million Eccrine and Apocrine glands that are buried in the dermis layer of skin causing some wetness to appear in various areas of your clothing. Since it wasn't all that hot I'm wondering if the wetness might have been only the humidity collecting in those areas? I've about discounted that because that couldn't have been selective.
Thank goodness for the delete button, it allows you to be selective too, about reading this or not. The choice is yours.
Any change, any loss, does not make us victims. Others can shake you, surprise you, disappoint you, but they can't prevent you from acting, from taking the situation you're presented with and moving on. No matter where you are in life, no matter what your situation, you can always do something. You always have a choice and the choice can be power. -Blaine Lee
They left in the rain but I'm told it wasn't that bad and didn't deter the trip's enjoyment. I can't visualize the enjoyment possibilities of three women and a man all in close proximity for over an hour. All I can see is at least three people talking at the same time and usually in reference to completely different topics. I do see lots of grinning tho because that's what a lot of folks do when they can't hear or don't understand what is being said. Dory say's it was a good trip and added, "fortunately very few people see things the way you do!" Is that a way to talk to the dumb-ass pulling the wagon?
Here, it wasn't all that hot even after the sun came out in full force. At one time it was only 77 degrees but while standing outside without moving nary a muscle, the humidity seemed to activate many of the 2.6 million Eccrine and Apocrine glands that are buried in the dermis layer of skin causing some wetness to appear in various areas of your clothing. Since it wasn't all that hot I'm wondering if the wetness might have been only the humidity collecting in those areas? I've about discounted that because that couldn't have been selective.
Thank goodness for the delete button, it allows you to be selective too, about reading this or not. The choice is yours.
Any change, any loss, does not make us victims. Others can shake you, surprise you, disappoint you, but they can't prevent you from acting, from taking the situation you're presented with and moving on. No matter where you are in life, no matter what your situation, you can always do something. You always have a choice and the choice can be power. -Blaine Lee
Monday, June 13, 2005
June 13, 2005
I'm sure somewhere it's fair and sunny but our fare here so far has been rainy and cloudy. Yep, I've always believed the weather was a neutral subject but ours is really in gear. There are possible windows of sunshine but almost as possible are severe storms. Sure makes the thoughts of rearing back in the old recliner, downstairs in the safer part of the house with a good book really sound good.
Of course Dory will be giving me a few things to fraught my contentment of the day. She/they have succumbed to the temptations of the gambling boat and about five of them will be heading out for Boonville in spite of the monstrous predicted weather possibilities. That and the knowing she is taking real money with her are both items of concern. There surly are more reasons than the weather, the fact the odds are about 97% the casino will end up with all the money and we'll never see it again, but I don't want to work my mind right now for anymore negatives. I've enough to worry about!
Right now it is, 'unplug the computer', time!
If you can solve your problem, then what is the need of worrying? If you cannot solve it, then what is the use of worrying?~Shantideva
"Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed."~Michael Pritchard
Of course Dory will be giving me a few things to fraught my contentment of the day. She/they have succumbed to the temptations of the gambling boat and about five of them will be heading out for Boonville in spite of the monstrous predicted weather possibilities. That and the knowing she is taking real money with her are both items of concern. There surly are more reasons than the weather, the fact the odds are about 97% the casino will end up with all the money and we'll never see it again, but I don't want to work my mind right now for anymore negatives. I've enough to worry about!
Right now it is, 'unplug the computer', time!
If you can solve your problem, then what is the need of worrying? If you cannot solve it, then what is the use of worrying?~Shantideva
"Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed."~Michael Pritchard
Sunday, June 12, 2005
June 12, 2005
A good rain threatening sky has our hopes of a boat-less cool day pumped right up to the top. I know the boat wish will never come to pass but the cool might. Speaking of boats, did you know that during the early spring, when every boat owner puts their boat in for the summer, it raises the lake level by an average of some 9.4 inches. A million boats displace a lot of water!
More on boats! Ruthie and Dory are planning a trip to the boat at Boonville. It may be today, tomorrow or next week but it'll happen. I really thought that Dory had whipped the addiction but I see now I was in error. I believe I've beat it myself so I'll just stay home and hold down the fort. I had a little help in overcoming it but when you worry how you're going to pay for the gas to get to town and back you have no business in a gambling parlor. Dory has a, "Don't worry about the mule just load the wagon" attitude. I guess that's okay but I can't help but think I'm the ass/mule.
Across the cove we have a new gas dock. I haven't noticed much action over there yet but they still haven't got a building up. I understand they also rent boats and waverunners. Gas sales will probably pick up as more people become aware of the place. It's just another plank for my building desire to get off the lake.
Say, I just made that spring 9.4 rise in the lake level up but it sounds reasonable to me. Sorry about that.
The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.~Edith Sitwell
More on boats! Ruthie and Dory are planning a trip to the boat at Boonville. It may be today, tomorrow or next week but it'll happen. I really thought that Dory had whipped the addiction but I see now I was in error. I believe I've beat it myself so I'll just stay home and hold down the fort. I had a little help in overcoming it but when you worry how you're going to pay for the gas to get to town and back you have no business in a gambling parlor. Dory has a, "Don't worry about the mule just load the wagon" attitude. I guess that's okay but I can't help but think I'm the ass/mule.
Across the cove we have a new gas dock. I haven't noticed much action over there yet but they still haven't got a building up. I understand they also rent boats and waverunners. Gas sales will probably pick up as more people become aware of the place. It's just another plank for my building desire to get off the lake.
Say, I just made that spring 9.4 rise in the lake level up but it sounds reasonable to me. Sorry about that.
The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.~Edith Sitwell
Saturday, June 11, 2005
June 11, 2005
Yes I did! I mowed the lawn yesterday. Because it really didn't need mowing I mowed a lot of it more than once. When you are mowing and can't tell where the last pass was you tend to mow it again. I'm positive I mowed most of the lawn at least twice and some of it three times.
Hot was the condition and so was I. I once would wear clothes two days before changing them but that hasn't been an option for the past week and with my poor memory considered it may have been longer. Not the clothes but the weeks. Well I guess you could include the clothes.........
Everyday past is nothing but a memory as this day will be tomorrow. We're given this day and it is our obligation to make it as memorable as possible. If not for us, for the good folks that we have surrounded ourselves with. I've learned to never mess with Dory's plans but I can and do add a little spice to it once in awhile. Yeah, I put a little garlic powder on her eggs when she isn't looking.
Rattle: To talk or type, usually without much thought: rattled on about this and that.
There you go! Guilty I am, but I can stop!
All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire.~Aristotle
Hot was the condition and so was I. I once would wear clothes two days before changing them but that hasn't been an option for the past week and with my poor memory considered it may have been longer. Not the clothes but the weeks. Well I guess you could include the clothes.........
Everyday past is nothing but a memory as this day will be tomorrow. We're given this day and it is our obligation to make it as memorable as possible. If not for us, for the good folks that we have surrounded ourselves with. I've learned to never mess with Dory's plans but I can and do add a little spice to it once in awhile. Yeah, I put a little garlic powder on her eggs when she isn't looking.
Rattle: To talk or type, usually without much thought: rattled on about this and that.
There you go! Guilty I am, but I can stop!
All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire.~Aristotle
Friday, June 10, 2005
June 10, 2005
I think Dory is going to the bowling alley in Eldon this afternoon leaving me here with the animals. Myself is trying to figure out whether to mow the lawn or not. It could use a mow job but only in some places. I'm thinking I could use the weed-eater and knock the tops off the weeds, a few of which are more than 10 inches high. I don't know, maybe I ought to mow.
Yesterday I trimmed all the bushes and the ivy. Not hardly any work to it but with the 90 degree temperature and the 90% humidity it was a sweat soaking time. Not like a baby but I did wet myself. The wet shirt clung to my body like a second skin highlighting every hideous fat roll on me. I even came away from that little job about half sick but that could have been the results of a quick flash of me that I caught while passing a mirror downstairs. The normal look in the mirror each morning while shaving is about as much of a view as I can stand. Hey, do you ever look yourself in the eye/eyes? I do believe that is the only real way one can see oneself and sometimes that isn't very pretty, at least for me there have been times when I was sorry I looked.
In attempts to improve your character, know what is in your power and what is beyond it.~Francis Thompson
It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.~George Bernard Shaw
Yesterday I trimmed all the bushes and the ivy. Not hardly any work to it but with the 90 degree temperature and the 90% humidity it was a sweat soaking time. Not like a baby but I did wet myself. The wet shirt clung to my body like a second skin highlighting every hideous fat roll on me. I even came away from that little job about half sick but that could have been the results of a quick flash of me that I caught while passing a mirror downstairs. The normal look in the mirror each morning while shaving is about as much of a view as I can stand. Hey, do you ever look yourself in the eye/eyes? I do believe that is the only real way one can see oneself and sometimes that isn't very pretty, at least for me there have been times when I was sorry I looked.
In attempts to improve your character, know what is in your power and what is beyond it.~Francis Thompson
It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.~George Bernard Shaw
Thursday, June 09, 2005
June 9, 2005
Dory made the rounds yesterday just fine. She wasn't particularly found of the cutting tho as the cutter kept trying to cut before the area was numb. When Dory's screams advised her of her error she would do the needle bit again shooting more number around the site. This must have happened several times and caused Dory some un-needed grief so I'm told. At one time she was on the verge of passing out but the nurse started fanning her. Going in Dory's biggest concern was the needle and she got it many times. The first bandage that they applied didn't work very well when she stood up. She said blood began running down her leg and onto the floor. She said she had blood everywhere and on everyone near before they got it stopped and a bigger bandage put on. Mikey and I waited for her in the car and she wasn't in there very long at all when she came out walking pretty fast, looking over her shoulder and without a limp. We won't know what the removed growth was for about two weeks. They think it was just a fatty mass except it was hard which caused the doctor to muse that made it very interesting. He even thanked Dory for contributing such a thing of interest into their day. It really must have been a harrowing experience for Dory because she never ever walks fast!
I thank Dory for her contribution for the inspiration for this typing too.......Well, it may be of interest to some.
Best of days to you, Hunky and Dory
Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time... The wait is simply too long. ~Leonard Bernstein
I thank Dory for her contribution for the inspiration for this typing too.......Well, it may be of interest to some.
Best of days to you, Hunky and Dory
Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time... The wait is simply too long. ~Leonard Bernstein
Wednesday, June 08, 2005
June 8, 2005
Today we're heading for Columbia first thing for a stop, back to Jeff City for another stop then rolling it right on home. Dory will have a northern body part pressed and pictured in Columbia then a southern part cut in Jeff City. I know that doesn't sound very nice but it is what will be. It's a good thing I didn't mention the southern part was between her legs, that would have really made it sound nasty..............The cut will actually be on the inside of her right knee.
Our good friend and neighbor hasn't been himself for several days now. We would classify him as unreliable at this time. He is an alcoholic that has been dry for many, many years but he slipped pretty hard and hasn't been able to right himself. He says he has a plan but from here it doesn't seem to be working even a little bit. He has had a male friend from Kansas City visiting him for a week but that guy is going home today. If the neighbor runs out of drink he surely won't be driving for more so he may straighten out a little. Because we can't trust him to let Mikey out during our absence we'll need to take Mikey with us. It will be a hot time for the little dog and for me too because I'll need to stay in the car with him trying to keep him cool.
We're hoping that you can stay cool today too!
Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with, that it's compounding a felony.~Robert Benchley
Our good friend and neighbor hasn't been himself for several days now. We would classify him as unreliable at this time. He is an alcoholic that has been dry for many, many years but he slipped pretty hard and hasn't been able to right himself. He says he has a plan but from here it doesn't seem to be working even a little bit. He has had a male friend from Kansas City visiting him for a week but that guy is going home today. If the neighbor runs out of drink he surely won't be driving for more so he may straighten out a little. Because we can't trust him to let Mikey out during our absence we'll need to take Mikey with us. It will be a hot time for the little dog and for me too because I'll need to stay in the car with him trying to keep him cool.
We're hoping that you can stay cool today too!
Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with, that it's compounding a felony.~Robert Benchley
Tuesday, June 07, 2005
June 7, 2005
Maybe I can think of something to say. I reckon maybe it doesn't need to be all that important or interesting.
Tomorrow Dory is going in as an out patient to have a growth (lump) taken off the inside of her right knee. The doctor doesn't know what it is but will send it off to have it checked. He did say that it was not a cyst.
Me, if health was measured in pounds I would be quite over-healthy. I do plan on getting some of the health off me in the next several months. The latter part of the month I go in for a colonoscopy and I'm not looking forward to that! There have been no problems, it's just a regular scheduled pain in the rear.
Good things do abound so why have I gone into negative sounding things I'll never know. Even saying that I'm going to turn 64 this year sounds a bit negative to me on one hand then on the other I'm tickled pink to be given another year no matter what number is used to represent it.
Dory and I both have been very blessed in so many ways. We both are fairly able to do as we please, at least physically. There are times when our meager stack of funds limit fulfilling some of our desires but we try to make do and enjoy our life as it is.
We hope that you can find a little enjoyment too.
Hunky and Dory
I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy!~Louise Bogan
Tomorrow Dory is going in as an out patient to have a growth (lump) taken off the inside of her right knee. The doctor doesn't know what it is but will send it off to have it checked. He did say that it was not a cyst.
Me, if health was measured in pounds I would be quite over-healthy. I do plan on getting some of the health off me in the next several months. The latter part of the month I go in for a colonoscopy and I'm not looking forward to that! There have been no problems, it's just a regular scheduled pain in the rear.
Good things do abound so why have I gone into negative sounding things I'll never know. Even saying that I'm going to turn 64 this year sounds a bit negative to me on one hand then on the other I'm tickled pink to be given another year no matter what number is used to represent it.
Dory and I both have been very blessed in so many ways. We both are fairly able to do as we please, at least physically. There are times when our meager stack of funds limit fulfilling some of our desires but we try to make do and enjoy our life as it is.
We hope that you can find a little enjoyment too.
Hunky and Dory
I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy!~Louise Bogan
Monday, June 06, 2005
June 6, 2005
A bit of thunder and some clouds make me believe that a storm may be on it's way to our little nook of the world. I may not finish this because of the lightning but I haven't seen any yet. My fear will be your gain.
I think I'm about to quit these daily things. I never have anything worthwhile to say anymore. As far as that goes I probably never did and I'm only begining to realize it now.
Anyway, they were mostly intended to let you know daily, that you were in our thoughts. You'll still be there but I'm just not going to remind you of it everyday anymore. I don't want to waste more any of your time............Bye.
Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.~Carl Sandburg
I think I'm about to quit these daily things. I never have anything worthwhile to say anymore. As far as that goes I probably never did and I'm only begining to realize it now.
Anyway, they were mostly intended to let you know daily, that you were in our thoughts. You'll still be there but I'm just not going to remind you of it everyday anymore. I don't want to waste more any of your time............Bye.
Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.~Carl Sandburg
Sunday, June 05, 2005
June 5, 2005
Our company drove off just awhile ago. We sure did enjoy the visit. It had been over 20 months since we last saw them. Hopefully it won't be that long till the next time. The brother-in-law isn't in the best of health and he said that this trip was the last trip that he was ever going to take. If we ever want to see them/him again it will need to be us going there. I think we can handle that.
Tho we have a lot of things waiting to be done I think today is going to be a laze around day and I have Dory's permission to make it so. She is even planning on joining me. We'll watch the race and read a little. I suspect Dory will slip in a short nap or two also.
I've got to quit this now and get started on my lazin! Bye.
There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it.~Mary Wilson Little
Tho we have a lot of things waiting to be done I think today is going to be a laze around day and I have Dory's permission to make it so. She is even planning on joining me. We'll watch the race and read a little. I suspect Dory will slip in a short nap or two also.
I've got to quit this now and get started on my lazin! Bye.
There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it.~Mary Wilson Little
Saturday, June 04, 2005
June 4, 2005
We had a little rain last night and the possibility of more looms over us today. I understand we need it pretty bad. As far as our lawn goes the nice subtle tan isn't that offensive to me considering the work involved when the color is green.
We've had some nice visits the last couple of days, even took a boat ride yesterday. That wasn't all that bad either. There was a pretty good breeze but not many boats to create lots of waves were about. That contributed greatly to raise the level of pleasure. I just don't too fired up anymore about boat riding.
Hey! It just came a quick rain shower. More are expected during the day. Right now I expect I need to move on to more visiting.....Bye
"Expectations is the place you must always go to before you get to where you're going. Of course, some people never go beyond Expectations, but my job is to hurry them along whether they like it or not." -Norton Juster
We've had some nice visits the last couple of days, even took a boat ride yesterday. That wasn't all that bad either. There was a pretty good breeze but not many boats to create lots of waves were about. That contributed greatly to raise the level of pleasure. I just don't too fired up anymore about boat riding.
Hey! It just came a quick rain shower. More are expected during the day. Right now I expect I need to move on to more visiting.....Bye
"Expectations is the place you must always go to before you get to where you're going. Of course, some people never go beyond Expectations, but my job is to hurry them along whether they like it or not." -Norton Juster
Friday, June 03, 2005
June 3, 2005
We've got a few things going on this morning with my sister and her husband here and his brother and wife coming so I'll not feed much this morning.
I did go to the dock and caught one crappie while they watched from the upper deck. I just wanted to show them how easy it was. Sure did think I was going to fail there for awhile but my skill pulled me through. Truthfully, I think it was a lost fish that I was lucky enough to find and snag because there was only one. Only one thing in my head left to say too............Bye
"Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be fish." -Ovid
I did go to the dock and caught one crappie while they watched from the upper deck. I just wanted to show them how easy it was. Sure did think I was going to fail there for awhile but my skill pulled me through. Truthfully, I think it was a lost fish that I was lucky enough to find and snag because there was only one. Only one thing in my head left to say too............Bye
"Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be fish." -Ovid
Thursday, June 02, 2005
June 2, 2005
I finally made a ten minute try for Crappie yesterday and the day before. Caught two both days but it was necessary to make many casts per. I released them of course. Now I would say for sure, if you want to catch Crappie you need to hunt them first. Unfortunately I didn't get a hunting license this year. Well, I don't want to start the boat!
The game I've made, be it Hillbilly Golf, Snakes, Ladder Golf or Bolo is a pretty neat game. We've take an hour or so each day since I finished them and the winning isn't all that regular. Makes for a better game when the winners change around so often. Out of five games yesterday I did win 3 of them to Glenda's 2 but it could just as easily gone the other way.
To play you set these three tiered racks 35 feet apart and toss the short rope with a golf ball attached at each end at the rack. The idea is to wrap that snake around one of the tiers. The top one scores 3, the middle 2, and the bottom one 1. The first player throws all three of his snakes and then the second player throws his. If you have four playing, its like horseshoes, the team members toss them back. The first team to reach 21 wins. There is more to the scoring but I'll not go into it here. If you want to know ask me.
Today my sister and her husband is supposed to be dropping by for a short visit that may be as long as two nights. One full day but we're not sure how much of the other two days will be spent in the coming and going. The last time I saw my sister was at 9:07 am Tuesday, September 16, 2003. It will be good to see them!
In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.~Alex Haley
The game I've made, be it Hillbilly Golf, Snakes, Ladder Golf or Bolo is a pretty neat game. We've take an hour or so each day since I finished them and the winning isn't all that regular. Makes for a better game when the winners change around so often. Out of five games yesterday I did win 3 of them to Glenda's 2 but it could just as easily gone the other way.
To play you set these three tiered racks 35 feet apart and toss the short rope with a golf ball attached at each end at the rack. The idea is to wrap that snake around one of the tiers. The top one scores 3, the middle 2, and the bottom one 1. The first player throws all three of his snakes and then the second player throws his. If you have four playing, its like horseshoes, the team members toss them back. The first team to reach 21 wins. There is more to the scoring but I'll not go into it here. If you want to know ask me.
Today my sister and her husband is supposed to be dropping by for a short visit that may be as long as two nights. One full day but we're not sure how much of the other two days will be spent in the coming and going. The last time I saw my sister was at 9:07 am Tuesday, September 16, 2003. It will be good to see them!
In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.~Alex Haley
Wednesday, June 01, 2005
June 1, 2005
"Time flies when you're having fun" and we must be having the funniest times of our lives now. Geez, Friday seems like yesterday and here it is according to the calendar five days past. I wouldn't want to "stop the world and let me off" but in able to fully enjoy all the time we have left we're going to be forced to get grumpy and not enjoy it so. I'm in no great hurry to get old and decrepit. Fun is stealing many minutes a day from us giving us less time to savor the life. Where in the world does all the time go?
I've got to gas up the tritoon before the visit of my sister, her husband and three others. They have already requested a ride about the lake. No step for a stepper.
Speaking of the lake........Going out on the lake is not something you would want to do alone if you've not been there before. Everything looks alike and there are so many coves, nooks and crannies that lost is a given near certainty. Unbelievably, from the first time out, Dory has been able to take the boat anywhere, all of the time knowing where she is and can always find her way back home without a struggle, or tell me where to go if I'm running the boat. Believe me that is unbelievable!
In the Casinos she never knows where the door is that we came in nor where the car is parked. Some of the lost car could be because I let her out at the door then park but not every time. She and Ruthie went to the grocery store the other day that only has two doors and a parking lot for only about thirty cars. They lost the car and spent several minutes finding it. Is that just a womanly trait?
The latest incident was a capper! It had been noticed that her Ladies Speed Stick had been failing her for some time but she had quit taking a medicine and consequently hot periods dot her days and nights pretty regularly so not much thought was given to the problem. She finally discovered the cause of the problem a couple days ago. Would you believe, when she is readying herself for the day she seldom wears her glasses but she did the other day and discovered the Speed Stick was completely and totally gone and must have been gone for some time leaving only the plastic holder. The bare plastic just wasn't doing the job. I guess you could say that for underarm protection a placebo won't work, at least for her.
Time is a cruel thief to rob us of our former selves. We lose as much to life as we do to death.~Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey
I've got to gas up the tritoon before the visit of my sister, her husband and three others. They have already requested a ride about the lake. No step for a stepper.
Speaking of the lake........Going out on the lake is not something you would want to do alone if you've not been there before. Everything looks alike and there are so many coves, nooks and crannies that lost is a given near certainty. Unbelievably, from the first time out, Dory has been able to take the boat anywhere, all of the time knowing where she is and can always find her way back home without a struggle, or tell me where to go if I'm running the boat. Believe me that is unbelievable!
In the Casinos she never knows where the door is that we came in nor where the car is parked. Some of the lost car could be because I let her out at the door then park but not every time. She and Ruthie went to the grocery store the other day that only has two doors and a parking lot for only about thirty cars. They lost the car and spent several minutes finding it. Is that just a womanly trait?
The latest incident was a capper! It had been noticed that her Ladies Speed Stick had been failing her for some time but she had quit taking a medicine and consequently hot periods dot her days and nights pretty regularly so not much thought was given to the problem. She finally discovered the cause of the problem a couple days ago. Would you believe, when she is readying herself for the day she seldom wears her glasses but she did the other day and discovered the Speed Stick was completely and totally gone and must have been gone for some time leaving only the plastic holder. The bare plastic just wasn't doing the job. I guess you could say that for underarm protection a placebo won't work, at least for her.
Time is a cruel thief to rob us of our former selves. We lose as much to life as we do to death.~Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey
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