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Good eenin myne fyne waltripynes....guess what? IT'S SNOWING ! ! ! ! Yup, right here in river city, and that starts with P and rhymes with T and that spells trouble....Lynn Berry from College station sent a picture of the snow there, it's really piling up there. Kevin says it's snowing in Katy. It's sticking some here, not enough to make a snowman. Maybe by morning it'll be a white wonderland.

Diane is missing it, because she is in houston helping her mom and dad and sister. Her mom had a stroke a month ago, and was doing really great, almost back to normal. Sunday, that came to an end, she fell! Broke an arm and other bones, plus lots of bruises and contusions. Looks lijkeshe got hit bey a train. Feel so bad for her, because she was making amazing strides.

Hopefully she'll get this behind her. She just turned 89 !

Yall take care, and watch your step, DONT FALL DOWN ! ! !

12/08/17 08:49 AM

#8940

Yuppy! We got snow, I've walked around outside to the gate and back to take in all the beauty, twice now. The pond, barn, fences, trees, bushes, house, all gloriously covered in white.....for the next two hours that is! Should be better tonight? Dogs loved it too, prancing and playing together.

That Cooper and Jack......they have certainly given you their best! and Harvard graduated too....You know, I have never actually been in Harvard Elem., all my visits w/ Auntie were at her home on 1038 Columbia, and of course, the farm here in Anderson. We really loved the Heights, made friends there as well. My fav. family was a wonderful Italian family, the Martino family. Mr. Martino worked in landscaping at Rice University all his life. Sweetest people in the world and always loved to see Sue and I. Joe was my sweetie, Mary, Mark and Steve, happy sweet people also. Good memories.

Please let Diane know my prayers are with her and her family. ( An unfortunate fall is so easy to do as we get older. I keep telling myself this as I ramble around out here as well.) One of my ladies I assisted is having her funeral here today, Mrs Victoria (Mack) Schroeder, lived most of her life in Cypress, TX and her husband built homes for a living.. Broke my heart, and the other is in the hospital, Connie was our tax lady here in Grimes county for 30-40 yrs , but she is improving...Going to take a break on caring for others for awhile, takes a lot out of ya.

12/09/17 11:04 AM

#8941

Jackie Crowe (Finch)

Oh, BroBeau and Diane, much love and prayers for Mrs. Cunningham. She was doing so well after her stroke and now this unfortunate fall; we all know how fast that can happen. Prayers and fast recovery for her, if I can help Diane, please let me know.

I assume Diane didn't miss the snow since most of Houston was blanketed with a white wonderland. Here are a few pics I took at 5:00 a.m.yesterday morning. Hugs

12/15/17 10:27 PM

#8942

Hello myne fyne molecular structures ! Finally got our WI-FI back and internet service. What a mess! I have always been loyal to AT&T, but their customer services could use some improvement. Cant tell you how many times I talked to their "cyborg bully robot", but I think we are on first name bases. Bob, could be a tad more helpful by paying better attention to what the customer is saying..."I'm sorry, did I hear you correctly, I thought you said my firetrucking business, is that correct"? NO YOU F.................... CYBORG MORON IDIOT. " I'm having trouble determining what you need, I'll connect you to a service dept person, please hold"..

WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK I'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST ZILLION HOURS AND DAYS??????AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG....Then they tell you that the call may be monitored for quality purposes. I rather doubt it, because that would require A LIVE PERSON!!!!!!!!

It all started because we ordered NETFLIX, big mistake. We like watching the BBC shows, like Midsommer Mysteries, Father Brown, Ms Fishers murders, Murder in Paradise etc. Soooo, Diane being out of town, hmm, Chappell Hill cant really be considered a town. Not much here, cept us! Yeaaaa! Anyway, since Diane is in H town most of the time helping out with her mom, I spend most days and nights of the week with just the dogs and cats up here on blueberry hill. So we ordered Netflix for my viewing entertainment!

Did I forget to mention it was a big mistake? We, or I had only been watching it for a couple of weeks, when we got slammed by good ol AT&T for more than $500.00 dollars for "streaming charges". How swell! They already own Direct TV, and everything else, and nobody told us there were going to be "streaming charges", in addition to monthly fees. They ought to be called "SCREAMING CHARGES". OMG, what a freakin nightmare.

In addition to trying to talk to "Bob", I talked to numerous non english speaking people, persons! Either vietmaneese or east indian or Transylvanians, my people! All that produced was cutting our service off, when they told us "everything was ok" we was fine! ! ! ! ! Only we was NOT fine, we was without internet service. Dont know how, but ol Bob connected me to a swell old english speakin dude, Michael in Kentucky, and, voila, he fixed the problem no muss no fuss. THANK YOU MICHAEL OF KENTUCKY ! ! !

That 5 hundred dollar surprise bill from the grinch of ATT would have made for some really great presents for the grandkids this year. Now they will have to settle for an apple and an orange in their stocking, maybe an egg. Do you think I should boil the eggs first, or let them decide what to do with the egg? I know, chunk it at AT&T, the buttheads! I sent a scathing email to one of their depts, but they probably just chunked it away, or hit delete.

Sorry I been gone so long, but I'm letting you know, "I'm back, and I can really shake em down..." oh, that's another song isnt it! I really wanted to talk about the snow we had here at the Wanndarosa, so I think I will close this letter out and then start another directly. Yall take care, give my best to aunt Addie and yall write when you find work.

Your frien and certified nutjob, CephusSanta E Lee esq.

12/15/17 11:13 PM

#8943

Hey, I'm baaaack! ! ! Now, about that snow....OH YEAH, it was a winter wonderland up here in the high country! Diane was, unfortunatly, in the big city and not here to enjoy the blessed event. Just me and two dogs and two cats, and of course the cows next door and the coyotes in the deep woods. The cats stayed on the screened in porch whilst me and Dixie Belle and good ol pal one eyed Jack just ran and played in the snow and had snowball fights, well, I threw snow at them and they couldnt retaliate since they dont have opposing thumbs. My thumbs are opposing alright, opposing everything I try to pick up. Seems I got bricks for hands lately.

Had to let the cats in the house, they were raising hell and meowing all to hell and gone to get back to the warmth of the big house. As they were cussing me out in cateese, I turned the electric blanket on our bed for them. They were still cussing me as they disappeared under the comforter. So, back outside I run and rejoin the crowd of pups gone amok in the glorious snow. Good think I remembered not "to eat the deadly yellow snow", the pups were busy woiking on marking their territory.

Ok, this photo is from the last snow in H town, but Cooper was there with us and his buddy Jack.

This is the Wannderosa after the big snow, I loved walking around hearing and feeling the crunch under foot. Not a sound or a feeling like it anywhere. Of course you folks that have moved to MINNESOTA or elsewhere noth of the mason dixon line, dont really get to enjoy it as much as we do seeing as how you have way yonder much more than we all get down heayah!

See, had my sled ready to go, along with an old plow and some far wood.

Would you believe that these little doey eyed deah were in downtown Chappell Hill, rat across from the CHVFD (Chappell Hill volunteer fire dept) for those acquainted with our fair burg.

of course you know who these fine huntin dogs are! Look at the smile on dixie belles face., Ol one eyed Jack doing his best to keep up, him being one eyed and with a game leg. Ok, guess I'd better sing off for now, I could put a gazillion pictures on here for your viewing pleasure, but might get another slaming bill from att and t,

Keep the sun behind the clouds and play in the snow
your frien and certified "snowman" Cephus Claus E Lee esq

12/16/17 09:14 AM

#8944

Snow pics are priceless, Beau.....I wish we had gotten a little bit more snow, Channel 13 is saying could be a possiblity around Christmas....this time I will have my camera ready. I could tell, Beau, the snowman pic is your old home in Houston? You acturally had a neighbor to your right or left, ha. How are you tolerating the change in landscape out there in Chappel Hill, sans neighbors? Peaceful albeit, sometimes lonely? One must be a lover of nature and hard work to enjoy this style of living, correct? One of my grandsons has asked to live with me come late January and help around so I agreed, As I grow older, my bod is reverting back to it's gentler, girly side....lol. I've had the back and similar injuries this year, as well as being told to stay out of the sun, which I can't believe I can do, but it makes for more house sitting. I have so enjoyed the mild winter, o.k. with me if it stays this way.

I was a bit annoyed when I got a notice from Social Security that says 2018 I can work without them deducting $1 out of every 2, I made. WORK?? Why, why would I go backwards to that?

It looks as though we are going to have to accept the fact that we are getting the "Bullet Train" A lot of my Lutheran friends have had to sell their homesteads, their faimlies have held onto since they migrated here. They are in agreement that they are of the age that they may not live to see this horrid development. Already, the most beautiful picturesque newly built brick home, fences, and all has been disasembled ....gone,and last night on the news confimed that the mid-point stop for the train will be located in Roans Prairie (where my son and his wife live very close by;. and on the other end of the county of Grimes, comes the Super 249 highway from Magnolia.

I watch "Lucky Dog" show every Sat. morn and continue with Cesar Milan on dog training. Dogs watch it too, from their perches in the living room, but they still haven't mastered ...go, sit, stay, come and no, yet, and STOP DIGGIN (moles). Darn the luck. I sure hope everyone is faring better after Hurricane Harvey and so thankful that people are choosing to adopt kennel dogs, rather than the puppy mills.

I just lost this and now editing how does this happen?

Beau, I had my own experience after Harvey. My electric meter pole had rotted and blown down to the ground, still working however. I couldn't get anyone out here so I called the local water co, bad mistake as they are speculative characters. They gave me a name & no. which I called and along came an old toot of a huge bearded guy, who made me a deal that he would have enjoyed at $800. Since I had already been quoted 300, 500, etc. I knew he was of the "cheating the little woman" variety. I then proceeded to holler that he was a cheat of women and running him out of my yard, I, yelling all the way and him backing up in his truck as fast as he could, and I chasing him all the way down the road to the gate. It must have been Pres. Trump's language or these women fighting back their abusers, that made me do it. But I felt extremely better and less of a victim, when he left and I called the water co. about him and they said they wouldn't recommend him. Well, my wonderful neighbors came around and put up a beautiful new pole for $300, and we all had a good laugh on that guy. Which I could have used for kids, or taxes, but so happy for the assistance. So all is good around the Greene acres.

12/16/17 02:44 PM

#8945

William Donald Ansley

Wishing each and everyone a Merry Christmas!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onGs1BaA7co

12/17/17 10:24 AM

#8946

Jan Barnes '65 (Nimtz)

To Beau and others who posted pictures from the recent snow, I just have to show off the magnificent snowfall from atop my Magic Mountain (aka Boerne, hill country, TX). It was quite remarkable what we got at this altitude in south central Texas; half a foot, easy!

12/17/17 01:20 PM

#8947

Jan, the winner so far, those pic just do not do justice for that gorgeous snow and mountainview

12/17/17 09:33 PM

#8948

WOW JAN, NOW THAT'S A REAL SNOW. Thank you so much for sharing those pics. Give us some more please.

12/20/17 09:14 AM

#8949

Scotty Croom

well,i guess i got up too lste for snow in katy..it fell nall around us,...beau,passed by duson twice last week,going to baton rougr,...my mother sold her condo last week,don'y know where she is going next..docs thought she had enlarged heart,but that was wrong.fluids elsewhere...my sister and bil joined us and sons family last sun. for dinner....have seen her more than past 15-20 yrs,,,,oldest grand daughter asked who they were and told her to say hello to her aunt and uncle......best wishes for happy holidays and new year....

12/21/17 08:28 AM

#8950

Well, thar she is folks, sunup today, shortest day of the yeuh, foist day of winter. Of course, just after I took this picture at 7:20AM, (official sunup was at 7:17) 4 really long necked gooses, (any language for geese) crossed right in front of me. "WOW" I thought, that would make a really good picture! Well, I had a camera, and except for being brain dead, it sure would have been a great picture. I have missed a lot of good pics just standing there admiring what I was seeing. Now you know why I'm not Ansel Adams, or even a distant cousin.

Hey Scotty, you remember my story on Duson, La.? What a phenomenal recollector you is are is. Was the Four Roses Cafe, store, car wash still there? Man, that was almost half century ago when I went through that small burg. Wonderful French lady chef there. What she could do to shrimp should have won her the pulitzer prize for cooking, and I dont even like shripm. She was the Ms Kahla, Ms Blount, Ms Simpson of the culinary woild.

Welcome back Scotty, glad you are safe in Katy. I saved a snowball for you and for all the folks that didnt get to see the snow, like Diane, who was in working with her mom. I have the snowball in the freezer! WHAT? It's perfectly normal to save the first snowball of the first snowfall of the yeuh in ones freezer...what's a freezer for anyhoo? Come on folks, where have you been hiding, in the snow?

here it is, the infamous snowball, tucked in there with the Blue Bell ahscream.

That's another thing, you can go to any "snowbank" and check out all the snow that has fallen for a millenia or 3. Me, myself and ah, have been looking for the so called "snowbanks", and so far havent been able to locate one, but I know they exist because I've hoid it on the gnus, "some lady skidded into a snowbank"....see, so ahm not looney....ok, maybe I am!

"Help me Rhonda, hep hep me Rhonda, hep me Rhonda, Hep hep me Rhonda...." oh lawd, someone shoot me! My little pea brain has been singing that song for a week now, night and day, and I havent even heard it in a blue moon or two. I dont even know anyone neamed Rhonda...I know Ronna, a fine lady, and Tonda, another fine lady, but never not a Rhonda no how! I have had Christmas music on now since before Thanksgiving, and yet "Hep me Rhonda" is still bangink arouhd in my punkin haid.

"On the 13th day of Christmas, I gave myself to me, "13 Rhondas a surfin"...dont think that's quite right, but what the hey!

I really got on here just to say hi, you know, a short message, like I allus do! Oh well, "id est quo id est".
Guess I'll resign for now, go outside with tthe pups and see if I can find the elusive "Rhonda" so she can Hep me of course. Oh, here's an aside, (I just wont get off here will I) do you know who wrote the song "What a wonderful world"? Nope, wrong, not Mozart, or Beethoven, or John, Paul, George and Ringo, but close, very close.

Given a guess or two, I would have thought it would have been Carol King, who wrote just about every song out there, her and Paul Anka, but no, it was, DRUM ROLL PLEASE.....BILLY PRESTON and DENNIS WILSON of the Beach Boys. Well, Billy Preston was not a beach boy, but he and Dennis collaborated and came up with an iconic song. Cool huh! Yeah, I thought yould think it was.

Ok, I believe I was singing off wasnt I. Keep the sun at your six and your snowballs in the freezer...
Your frien and walking encyclopedia and bibliophile....Sir Cephus T. Magillicutty esq

12/23/17 08:21 PM

#8951

Pat Brantley (Ross)

This has been a strange Christmas season for us. Our new grandchildren are not acclimated yet. They have been through a great deal. We lost our sweet dog three weeks ago. For the first time since 1970 we don’t have Even one dog. I have contacted several rescue sites. The cat has started hiding and jumping out when I walk by because she doesn’t have Allie. I am sorry that you got ripped off by the cable company, Beau. That sounds like such a nightmare. We have had Directv for about six months. Every time I call them to complain they give me some free channel or discount. I guess I just sound mean.

12/24/17 11:20 AM

#8952

Richard Meek '65

We are the strangers from Carleen Road wishing y'all a

Merry Christmas Eve and a Blessed Christmas Day!

Paige and Richard

12/24/17 10:05 PM

#8953

And Merry Christmas to y’all. How cool that you live on a street named for our classmate Carleen Smith.

12/30/17 10:27 PM

#8954

Scotty Croom

made it thru christmas....hot,then cool, then cold..sharon and i have had cold/allergies..did get out thurs. pm.....mother sold her condo, will move to georgetown area apt....they are cleaning out storage and unit itself...waiting on new ac/heat units promised by mgmt. co....some of my anxiety has been calmed and future will be changing our family....mother's health is better and she may still visit new mex. in spring....keep in your prayers...happy new year to all.....

12/31/17 04:35 PM

#8955

Happy New Years to all. It's been a good year, and enjoyed hearing from all. Be thankful we are all dry, but cold, as this last year was an avalanche of disasters for so many. Wishing a wonderful 2018 for all of us. Scotty, you know you are blessed to have your mother here, and in good health.

01/01/18 09:04 AM

#8956

Happy New Year classmates and fellow Waldripians. These ol’ years are passing by faster and faster.

Life is like a roll of toilet paper, the closer you get to the end, the faster it spins!

01/01/18 12:00 PM

#8957

Merry Christmas and the happiest of new years to all myne fyne waltripynes, and to those that are not. Yes, time she is a moving on...oops, that should be "time HE is a moving on", well, father time and all I suppose. Why should us guys take all the heat on this time bit, eh? Why cant it be Mother time? I know I've had a "mother of a time" most of my borned days. And, how about "Old Man Winter"? What's up with that? Why cant it be "Old Woman winter"? I have first hand knowledge that "this old man is not real fond of winter".

In my defense, I was left home alone, totally unsupervised, like totally! It all started innocently enough, cooking some ground beef for the pups. I know what your thinking, we spoil our dogs, and the answer to that is, YES WE DO! However, and aint there always a however! A pound of ground beef cost the same if not less than a can of dog food that they wont eat and waste. And, all you need to add to the dry food, is just a tablespoon or so of the ground beef, so we can stretch it for almost a wweek..

The ground beef we buy has virtually no grease or fat, and is from Grolczks (sp) in Hempstead, and they get locally grown beef from Navasota and surrounding areas, and not from China! Anyway, it all started inocently enough, cooking ground beef in a skillet. As luck would have it, and she pretty much has it her way, I got distracted and walked away from the stove. Time passed, heard a rather rude noise and noticed some sorta fog in the house.

Yup, that's what you get when you leave something unattended on the stove, SMOKE ALARMS AND SMOKE. Well, I would hardly call it real smoke, just a tad hazy and it was only one alarm, and it was probably faulty anyway. What a big to do about nothing I'd say. One good thing, the gnd beef was only dark, real dark on one side, and rather crunchy. Of course the dogs were thumping their collective tails and dancing in the streets so to speak. Thats just the way they like their treats, crunchy! Cats could care less!

Now when I put ground beef in their bowls, and it isnt burnt to a turn, they look at me with the "what, is this it? No crunchy? " Look.

You know, everytime Diane comes home from being gone a couple a days, as she walks through the door, she always says, "what is that smell"? I tell her that she has her choice of too much air deoderamizer, or what ever food I've burned over the last couple of days whilst I was left unsupervized, or in some cases, both. I have decided that from now on whilst she has to spend a few days away, if I want something cooked, GO TO THE CHAPPELL HILL BAKERY AND BBQ JOINT. ! ! !

We have a 5th Sunday of the month lunch at our little country church in the country. This past Sunday, yesterday, was our first to attend so we wanted to make a couple of dishes for the event. Diane chose mashed potatoes with cheddar cheese, and I chose CORNPONE PIE! ! ! ! ! I havent made that tasty dish in a fortnight or three. So, I made a test batch around wednesday. It didnt turn out as well as I would have expected, and no where near the quality that my mother use to make.

So I made a double batch for Sunday, thinking I corrected whatever wrong I perpetrated on such a fine culinary delight, and mostly I did, but it was still not up to my Moms standard, edible, but not perfect! Dianes mashed potatoes were heavenly, where as my CORNPONE PIE, was somewhere between heaven and hell, most closer to the latter. I did put jalopenos in my concoction, and it's a good think I announced to the folks that I had, because wouldnt you know it, some are allergic to the fine pepper. I can see I'm not making any points at my gnu church.

Maybe I'll just leave the cooking to the womenfolk. As I stated in the past, I'm more of a "heater upper" rather than a "chef". I do spam and cornbeef hash and chili from a can like really well. Guess I'll just stick to that. " A mind is a terrible thing..." " A mind, unsupervised, is really a terrible think"....

Rose bowl parade is onfor the 129th time. Yould think after 129 years, they'd get it right. Very pretty and mechanically engenious, (does that look right? Sometime my mind doesnt see words like it use to. Back in the day, there werent too many words that I couldnt spell. Now I'm lucky to recognize one out of three words. It has something to do with my hearing. The OT says that not hearing words, your brain forgets them. Yes it does.) Anyway, lots of pretty colors in the parade! Where do they get all the flowers? Is there a "flowerville" somewhere that supplies them?

I'm really thinking of moving to the Carribean somwhere. Maybe around Corpus Christi. Shoot, I could go fishing! As long as I dont have to get in a boat, I'd b e fine.

Ok, time to deplane and shut this rambling rose down. Keep the sun at your six, or anywhere you can, and ride boldly ride....

Your frien and resident nutjob...Buffalo Beau Cephus

01/01/18 04:43 PM

#8958

Happy, happy to yall Cephus. Johnny Sheffield saw my post this morning and texted me that he was going to look until he could find a giant, large diameter roll of toilet paper to slow things down. Told him that was an excellent idea.

01/02/18 08:43 AM

#8959

Had 27 yestidy moanin, and 30 this moanin. Still colder than a witches well digger in January at the noth pole. Dont rightly know why a witch would want to dig a well at the noth pole, but I dont make this stuff up, it's all for real and true. Member me telling you about the ground beef I feed the pups?

You think we spoil our dogs, How about this for a cat? Or THE cat. This is my sons cat whose name escapes me at the moment...the cats name, not my sons. Looks like King Grumpus to me. My son likes to send pictures of the culinary delights he concocts. Dont know if he's just proud of em, or if he's rubbing it in that I'm probably having beans and weinies for supper, or some other BURNT offerings to the culinary gods.

Uppon further questioning, he assured me the above items on the menu were not for the cat. Yeah right! Maybe all the pics of the food he sends me is actually fake rubber food you can buy at the local five and dime. Yeah, that's the ticket, fake food. Believe me, I can spot fake food, I have cooked enough of it !

Hey TJ, I found an old apron we use to wear at Mangum Supervalu back in the day. It's shrunk howsomever. I dont seem to have that 28 inch waist anymore, imagine that. Now I'm a 29....

Keep the sun wherever it will keep you warm and ride boldly ride, with the winder lights closed...
your frien and soothsayer Buffalo BeauCephus Magillicutty Aloischus Hobart Moriarty

01/02/18 10:42 AM

#8960

Cephus, does the apron have the special little narrow pocket that was to keep our box cutters handy?

01/02/18 07:04 PM

#8961