Beau Wann, Jr.
Good Morrow mine fine Waltripines...
Monday morn...Forgot what I did Saturday, oh yeah, just cleaned house BY MYSELF, as my beloved went to her Beta Eta meeting/luncheon...she was even awarded a certificate for being a true blue member in good stead for 20 years...THEN she picked up our grandaughter Haley and of course they went shopping...a rite of passage for grandmoms and grandaughters, one I find so delightful...when they get home, they share with me, all the treasures they bought, including modeling dresses pants shirts bathing suits etc...(Haleys bathing suit seemed to be missing some material, if you axe me) ...brought smiles and chuckles to DW and Haley as I "diverted" my eyes from viewing MY GRANDAUGHTER IN HER ALMOST BIRTHDAY SUIT...I told her she wasnt going out in that..."oh beaupa," she says and kisses me on the cheek, "this is perfectly acceptable"...I look to DW for support, and she just says, "it's allright"...
They generally model what they bought, and tell me how much each thing was and how much they saved etc...both are very "sale" conscious...as most folks generally are..
I dont care what they spend, as long as they are happy...and they do seem so...I do so enjoy watching the bond between Diane and Haley...so, any of youse youtes have extra grandaughters, bring em over, and they can swim and eat hotdogs and play with the dogs and cats, and we can play dominos and cards...
The lunch Sunday with one of my "band O Bros" did not go as well as I wished...I dont know who picked the eatery, but it was a poor choice...one of Austins "trendy" places. Service was ok to good, but food was...TOO CUTESY AND NOT VERY GOOD AT ALL..."LUCY'S FRIED CHICKEN" is the name of the place,and they do not know how to fry chicken or cook potatoes or anything else for that matter, off of south congress on College st...to start, they have only 9 parking spots, and one of those is handicaped and two are in front of the dumpsters...you must find a place on the street, which is a very short street...I got lucky and found one almost out front...
Whoever picked Lucy's didnt take into account that there were several of us that are almost deaf, so eating outside in the wind, and crackling birds, loud music, loud talkers, traffic, was not a good idear...dont know sign language, yet...guess I'm going to have to learn it, or be a hermit...a deaf hermit...deaf lonely hermit...
I dont know how anyone could ruin boiled potatoes or however they cooked em, but they were awful...Diane says they cooked em in pepper...I like pepper, and these clearly didnt taste like any pepper I've ever cooked with...they even have FRIED DEVILED EGGS...what a terrible thing to do to a deviled egg...it could have been good, but was toooooo salty, and tooooo not good...the chicken in some pieces was underdone, and the breading and seasoning was...puzzeling at best...the two bites of the potato just ruined my taste buds for the entire day, so nothing tasted good after that...oh, thats it, cayenne pepper...wasnt spicy hot, just tasted like burnt rubber...I'm not the only one that didnt like the fare...Diane and Haley and Dan thought it was terrible also...didnt canvass anyone elses opinion as I didnt want to hurt any feelings...
Alison Cook, the Chronicle food critic would have loved this place...I find that if she likes it, I wont...
Dan and I did get to visit some...but both being hearing impaired, found us saying "what"? more than anything else...but I enjoyed being with Dan and Mauli just the same...Oh, I said that Dan was Swedish, but he corrected me and said he was Norwegian and Blackfoot indian...yeah yeah yeah, all those people look alike anyway...He has lived in Hawaii for over 40 years, and talks like a Hawaiian now...His wife Mauli, is Hawaiian, and is just as beautiful now as she was 40 plus years ago...they have umpteen chirren...I cant keep up with them, because they all have Hawaiian names, as do their grandchirren...plus you have to have GOOD HEARING to know who and or what...I keep mentioning hearing, because the lack of it has now become very important in my life...the frequency range of a childs voice is harder to understand than anything...no wonder people with hearing problems retreat into their own silent whirld...I am tempted...
To say the least, it is a struggle, but loving people and life, I try so hard to keep up with conversations, and mostly fail at it, hearing aids and all... I try to compensate by enjoying looking at laughing eyes and smiling faces...and saying "yes, no, maybe, all of the above" ...just one of the many passages we must all go through...IT CAN ALWAYS BE WORSE...
Diane and I havent been to Austin since 1990 methinks...we had our corvette last time we went, and traded it in in 91, so yeah, 1990 was it...I remember Austin and surrounding area as it was in the 70s and 80s...easy to get around...you could go from one side of Austin to the other in 15 minutes or less...then in the late 90s and turn of the century I had heard about the TERRIBLE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS that are austins...after Sunday, now I know why...they have not advanced their freeway system, or the major roads surrounding Austin to accomodate the influx of people that have flooded the place...
Youre driving along on what you think of as a freeway, like Ben White, or hwy71, or 183 or whichever one, and WHAMO, there is a traffic light right in the middle of the freeway...and they are numerous...what a horrid place to drive...never thought I'd say this, but the traffic in Austin is MUCH worse than in Houston...I couldnt see how that was possible, but it is...Back in the 70s, traffic on Sunday, was almost non existent, and certainly not the problem that it is now...
Ok, I'm ramblin...just a ramblin man...got to get ready for Coopers visit to Lamkin Elem...Oh, any of youse youtes ever heard of Dr Ben Carson???? I read his story some 20 years ago methinks, or round abouts therof, called "GIFTED HANDS" ...the man is unrivaled as the preeminent neurosurgeion in the whirld...
Anyway, he is involved with, and or came up with a reading program in one of Dianes schools in HISD...
She got to meet him and was asked if Cooper could visit and participate...duh OF COURSE HE CAN...I hope Dr Carson will be there, I would love to shake the hand that has saved many a child and adult alike with his "gifted hands"...what an honor that would be...
Ok, long winded as usual...duh...I guess since I cant hear, I still can see, so I like to read any responses to what I write, and anything else about everyones life and their families in our class and surrounding classes...I JUST LOVE THE PICTURES OF THE GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN youse youtes have posted...KEEP IT UP...
OH, on no, not more stuff....yeah, but just a small tidbit...My grandson Taylor, asked a young lady to the prom, which she accepted....he accompianied her on guitar as she and another young lady sang in one of the senior programs we attended...she is absolutely stunning, of course, I say that about all the ladies dont I...well it's true anyhow...a grandson going to the prom...soon to graduate...off to college...amazing isnt it...time sure does fly...I wore a blue brocade tux jacket and froo froo frilly shirt to our prom...(at least I think it was blue brocade) ...I think it was from ALs formal wear....cost 10 dollars methinks, and the corsage cost 4 or 5 or 8 dollars...I think we got the ladies orchids...didnt we??? Now, for the life of me I cant remember who I took to the prom...and really dont remember where it was or what we did other than dance...and I'm assuming we danced, since thats what folks do at dances...hmmm....there are no pictures that I know of, so if anyone knows, let me know will ya...
your friend and longwinded bro...Harold Longfellow Beaupa
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