August 29

I read three papers on-line and once in a while I read a couple more. After that daily bout I'm usually confused with all the crap I've read and pretty sick of the computer. Laid back in the recliner with the computer on my lap does not remedy the sick situation. I'm telling you this so you might better understand why these notes tend to be a little on the sick side and not very informative or interesting. My heart, not being in it, creates an extra hardship for my mind to overcome and as you know it almost always fails.

I hope you can contain your glee knowing that this once near daily note isn't anymore. Seems I can't completely overcome the sadistic pleasure that sending these notes provide but I've been doing pretty good stalling the desire for a day or two or five in between.

Killing time sitting here staring out at the lake just doesn't get it when I could be reading a book or fighting with Glenda.

I'm told we have a trip to Jeff City on the today's to do list. Ha, no step for a stepper.

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Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them.~ Dion Boucicault a

August 25

You know you're going to have a good day when........You wake up and mentally realize that you still are and it makes you happy. Happy is a very good way to start every day! Happiness begets happiness! A lot of folks have problems realizing they have been blessed and just take another new day for granted. That attitude seems to skip happy somewhere along the way and an ugly grump can result. Count your blessings!

Sorry, my mind has too many chores this morning and consequently gave me the false impression that today was Sunday and the keyboard and chair set at it's highest position was a pulpit. I believe I have it back under control now.

Old age has been stealing some of the wind from my sails lately. Also I keep getting a mite heavier so as I walk up the hill to the mailbox the old lungs start huffing and puffing big time in an effort to replace the stolen wind enabling me to sail err... navigate right on up the hill. You would be surprised to see how much the wind from the wings of a tiny little horsefly can bellow your sails and increase the speed of which you top the hill. Damn! When they bite they draw blood!

Oh well, so much for nothing.
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The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.~Publilius Syrus

August 21

Lost seems like a good word to describe my mental capabilities this morning as well as most other mornings but it is a little bit worse right now. When I try to think, think is the only word I see. If you can't get past think, Katy bar the door and look for the straitjacket. You Can If You Think You Can~Dr. Norman Vincent Peale. I think I can, I think I can. I don't believe this is working. Always been told that crap just flowed out of this mouth like a calf with scours but the problem this morning is leaving me with the thought that I'm suffering from some sort of oral constipation.

Guess I'll quit while the quitting is good. Would have been more good sooner but I missed the mark due to being so engrossed in my think thought.
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Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touch.~H. Ross Perot

August 20

Little big, and tall ain't all, Glenda had an appointment with the dentist Wednesday so she picked Ruthie up and to Jeff City they a go go. Luckily, with the size of her mouth, they won't be needing to stretch it any to clean her teeth. I'm sitting here now trying to figure out if that was a joke or not. She did get a lot of praise from the dentist about her teeth. Guess he could see all of them pretty well.

Yep, that is why she is about three inches taller than most women, God had to add that to have enough room to put her mouth. Ah, she has heard this old joke enough times you don't need to be telling her.
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Anyway thought I would send a pictures this morning. Probably should have decided that sooner which might have eliminated the last two sentences up there ^.

August 19

"Great day in the morning"! Now if we can keep it that way all day we're in for another good time. You know good times aren't just handed out to folks? Nope, you've got to make it so. Cleanse your mind of all that ails you, hang on to a few positives and BAM, there you are. (Keep away from small people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. ~Mark Twain) The same can be said about good times. There are many unhappy souls that would prefer you join them rather than they join you. Beware of the dragards!

Damn! Again I ran out of anything to say before I said anything! For me a pretty comon thing as you well know.

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We have an opportunity to live in joy. Do not postpone happiness until the debts are settled and relationships rearranged. Joy doesn't exist out in the world somewhere; we find it inside. - Rev. Mary Manin Morrissey

August 16

I've read all the mail this morning including several sites that we subscribe to searching for a topic to carry up here onto my soapbox. Something must not be clicking in my head because if I found a topic my quick as a snake mind must have ran past without taking the time to recognize it. That or because of my down in the dirt crawly snaky mind, it passed so far over my head that I missed it. All this means is the same old challenge to type anything worthwhile is still as strong as ever.

Aw, don't let me bug you!



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"Forget where you have been earlier. What matters is where you go now."Unknown