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04/12/11 07:46 AM #3903    

 

Jimmy Brown '65

 Jimmie, Leon Hale still has a column in the sunday paper and 

the Leader stills comes every week. Mickey Herskiwitz was a

favorite from the Post   .Beau writes true life adventures like

his bike rides, his dogs tracking down all kinds of creatures

and all kinds of other things us mere mortals can only dream

about ! He is a cross between Sargent Preston of the Yukon

and Matt Dillon .

 

 

Happy Trails Til We Met Again !


04/12/11 09:44 AM #3904    

 

Gloria Hornick (Walker)

Susan, it was good to hear you will be visiting your daughter here in Katy.  We will have to get together when you are here close.  Good to hear you are gaining your strength from your surgery.

Have been thinking about the "circle of life."  Just lost a special uncle and am planning a 90th birthday celebration for both my parents, whose birthdays are very soon.  Also just celebrated the first birthday of our youngest grandson.  Life goes on, and it seems to be getting faster every day.


04/12/11 11:17 AM #3905    

 

Beau Wann, Jr.

Good morrow yon waltripians,
     Thank you Jimmie Lee...I like to make people laugh...better n makin em cry, like I did all my teachers...and being wrong isnt so bad either...best part about being wrong, is the joy it brings to others...Sargent preston and matt dillon???? Hmmmm...I like both of them ol boys...did they ever make a remake of Sargent preston of the yukon????  did not preston foster play sargent preston????? WOW, how weird is that...Sargent Preston...Preston Foster...do de do do...do de do do...(twilight zone theme)...

Spanking of Teachers....er uh, what I meantwas Speaking of Teachers, Coop had his class yesterday...4 of the sweetest little 9 year old girls...man o man...Coop was his usual wonderful self...me on the other hand, would make a lousy teacher...three of the girls didnot want to read, so they batted their eyes at me, and giggled and talked about everything under  the sun, just to make time pass, so they would nt have to read (you may find this hard to believe, but I too, have employed that technique from time to time)...the rascals...I kept saying, "well, where did you leave off last time"... and they would reply, "saaaaayyyy, do you know I HAVE A DOG TOO"????
"Why yes dear, I believe we covered that the last time. But go on ahead and tell me about him" I said...."HER" she said, "he's a her"!!!    "Who's a her"?? I questioned... "My dog, he's a her"...
oh lord, my head was a hurtin...killed by a 9 year old 30 pound Brownie Scout...move over coop, let me lay down...

Well any way, they just wrapped me around their little fingers, and I mean little too...Cooper is twice the size of these little darlins...One of the ladies was reading Dr Seuss...my favorite...
"the galump was malump and a palump on the jalump and bedraggin"...or woids to that defect...

Well, all went well, the librarian and her assistant rescued me...took two o em to save me...I would have loved to have had about 5 or 6 little girl daughters...that is until they got a drivers license and went to college and got married...we have friends that have 4 daughters...I think the parents have about 8 jobs...gonna need everyone of em...

Speakin of which, time for me to confess...Jimmie Lee, when you and the other cheerleaders were leading cheers from atop the cover in front of the school, as you did from time to time, I fretted something awful that one or all of you would fall off...I never did like heights, so thats why I never ran for cheerleader...or was it my -.5 GPA...see, I didnt like heights, or HIGH GRADES....see how that woiked out????...well, I did run after a few cheerleaders...in my dreams of course...MAN, what would OSHA think about yall being up there today????

Yeah, time does have a tendency to fly...who'd a thunk we'd be almost 70 now???? I will be 66 this summer...scary...thats 264 changing of the seasons I have seen...I watched everyone of them too...especially fall...my favorite time O the year...of course, the winters seem a lot harder than they use to be, but I'll bet they arent near as cold and long as they use to be, just harder....

well, got to go to yon hardware store to get stuff to do stuff...doesnt matter what stuff I get or what stuff I do either...
Keep the sun at your 6 and ride boldly ride...
your frien and bretheren...Allen Badillion Trahern...esq DOD...


04/12/11 12:39 PM #3906    

 

Richard Meek '65

Hhhmmmm......I'm having a hard time getting a connection with a similarity to Matt Dillon or Sargent Preston, Jimmy. I get more of an image of Festus or Pat Brady or considering the episodes with the cement pond, maybe Jethro Bodine. Just something to ponder.

DOD, I think being able to wrap men around little fingers is in the DNA of people of the female gender. Sounds like you and Coop have met your match in this new group of girls. How long do you with each group? I hope you get long enough because I think it is great what you and Coop are doing. People who don't read miss out on so much. Keep up your good work.

Hope to see lots of folks at Fuddruckers's tonight. All who can't be there, we'll miss you.

Keep on dancing,

Rich LH

Stay Calm, Carry On


04/12/11 02:37 PM #3907    

 

Beau Wann, Jr.

Hey RichLH...glad to hear from you...each child gets 15 minutes, give or take, with coop...doesnt sound like alot, but it is...according to some study, kids do better, or more weller, (sorry Mrs. Simpson) with only 10 minutes reading with the pups...I wish me and coop could sit with them for longer...wish I could hug em...but thats not allowed, and I kinda understand...I always keep Cooper between myself and the child, just so there is not even a hint of impropriety....It's ashame that it has to be that way, but as our early teaching showed us, "one bad apple spoils the whole barrel"...remember that one...I know some of these kids could use a hug, but, not allowed...

Ol Coop is now scheduled to go to Herod Elementary around May 4th methinks...there he will be working with autistic kiddos...he already has a good start with me...plus they want to initiate the BAK PAK CRITTER READING PROGRAM, the one Coop is with at Lamkin...I am so glad Cooper has found his place in life, other than at my side...if he helps just one child, thats one to the good...

Festus???? Well, there's worser...I like ol Ken Curtis...He has passed on to that roundup in the sky now...did youse youtes know that he sang with the SONS OF THE PIONEERS?????? Had a beautiful voice...sang with em when King of the Cowboys Roy Rogers sang with em...I have one CD of the Sons of the Pioneers...very soothing music....great harmony..."git along little deauggie,  git along"....yee ha...

Ok, nap time..."coooool water....listen to me Dan, dont listen to him Dan, he's a devil not a man and he spreads the burning sand with, water...Dan can you see that big green tree, there's water runnin free and it's waiting there for you and Meeeeeeee....water, cool clear water..."

git along little deauggie and happy trails pahdna...


04/12/11 03:28 PM #3908    

 

Jimmie Lee Smith (Brawner)

Beau, first of all, I was never a cheerleader (lucky to have had the coordination to carry one of those Herald Trumpets, a bugle or a drum and play and remember which direction I was supposed to march in and not fall on my face).  I have no idea whether OSHA was in effect in those days.  But just stop and think of all the accidents we did get involved in in sports, machine shop, auto mechanics, etc., and did we sue the school district? Nah.  I'm sure those cheerleaders did take some falls.  Jenny Taylor, by the way, is one of those "Rowdy" guys (I don't know what their real name is) at the Rockets' games.  She dresses up like an old grammaw and goes to every home game and acts as crazy as she always did and she loves it.


04/12/11 10:40 PM #3909    

 

Beau Wann, Jr.

Jimmie L...man, I am sorry for the lapse of memory...dont know why I thought you were a CL...REBOOTING BRAIN...(^%&$!#@%^%#&$_)(+???///.;'[]}{":>?|||\\\`~~%$#@~~///\\\"

Ok, now then...Dave...I'm all better...you really dont need to pull the pluuuuuuu~~~~~~~
Well, if you werent a CL, you certainly should have been...next time we take a vote on it, you are definitely in...you, clumsy???? NEVER...why, you are the epitome of grace and fluidity....I looked grace and fluidity up in Websters, and it says "SEE JIMMIE LEE"...so there...and thats the truth.....

I MISSED FUDDS TONIGHT...AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA...or words to that effect...having airconditioning problems, even though the units are only 5 years old...sorry b****** that installed it, did not pull a permit, so nothing was up to code...looks like a job I might have done if I had installed, not knowing what I was doing, and I dont...had 3 other companies out here a month ago, and they wouldnt touch it, because there was no permit pulled etc...I'm gonna call the BBB on the sorry sob that installed it...and the state licensing board...

Got a good guy out here now looking to see what it's going to take to get it up to snuff...I told him, WHATEVER IT TAKES...he is a friend of my son Billy and is one of the subcontractors that Billy uses...and I know billy, it isnt done, if it isnt done right...I've seen Billy, dissatisfied with a project he started, tear it all out and redo it...I helped him on his greenhouse/lawn equip house, and something was out of plumb an eighth of an inch, and no one would have seen it...Billy corrected it because he Knew that it was out, and wasnt having it...he is that good a contractor and craftsman...his work is second to none, so thats why I trust his judgement...and Paul, the AC guy, is as good as Billy in his work ethic...

Sooooo, I missed Fudds, because Paul and Billy were supposed to be here at 4 to 430, then 530 then 730, and finally made it at 830...they were on another job...I sure do look forward to Fudds everymonth...hated to miss it but, we all know that AIR CONDITIONING IS MANDATORY IN HOUSTON, ALMOST ANYTIME OF YEAR...they are coming back next week to tear it all down and redo it and we will be without air for two possibly three nights...shades of Ike...I WILL BE OUT OF TOWN ALL NEXT WEEK...Poor Diane...Nah, I'm gonna pull a window unit out of storage and hook it up so she should be cozy and comfortable...

Did I miss much, other than all youse youtes????....food fight???? dancin on the tables????...
Oh well, sometimes we just  cant pick when things are gonna go south...

theres always next month...
ok, time to repair to the bedchamber...
your frien and brother...Allen Bedillion Trahern...esq///\\\DOD


04/13/11 02:53 PM #3910    

 

Richard Meek '65

Beau it seems to me you would have a pretty good case to sue your AC contractor in small claims court for the cost you are incurring to correct his faulty installation. It might be worth investigating. Some more learned about the law than me might offer some advice. Just a thought.

Rich LH


04/13/11 07:39 PM #3911    

 

Beau Wann, Jr.

Hey RichLH...;I am persuing that avenue...the onliest problem with small claims court, is that the party being sued and losing, still doesnt have to pay if they dont want to...they cant be forced to pay...my question is of course, then why have a small claims court????  What I will do first though, is to call the BBB and the state AC licensing board...and maybe the city, since he didnt pull a permit...if he has no license, he cant pretend he is in the air conditioning bidness...

 


04/13/11 09:10 PM #3912    

 

Scotty Croom

missed  you beau...and diane......good crowd..jack bevil back


04/14/11 08:39 AM #3913    

 

Beau Wann, Jr.

Hey Scotty, Lola...thanks, it's nice to be missed, but even better to have been there with youse...how was Jack???? I guess since he was there, that would be a good indicator of being better...eh??? 

Went to the luncheon honoring ME for my volunteer work in CYFair ISD...got KNIGHTED...dubbed..."ROADIE EXTRODINAIRE" , that would be SIR ROADIE EXTRODINAIRE to all youse commoners...after all, I am the ROCK STAR, COOPERS, PERSONAL ROADIE...they  gave me the keys to the city...Cypress Fairbanks...got to ride on the subway, me and "Pusher"...actually the keys to the city didnt really fit anything as I soon found out...they have YALE combination locks on everything...you know the ones I mean, the ones that the coaches and teachers told us not to buy...you know something???? Maybe, just Maybe, all those coaches and teachers had stock and or kickbacks from MASTER Lock...hmmmm, very interesting...

Well, there were about a thousand other honorees, but I'm quite certain I was a standout...no one else there had a cueball head or a fine set of whiskers...like yours truly...nor seemingly as old either...where did all these youngsters come from...the chicken or the egg???? I did bring 2, countem, 2, 8X10 Glossies, suitable for framing, of the REAL honoree, Cooper...one of his classic pose, smiling, and the other with my darlin grandaughter asleep on his back on the couch...and further more, since both chairs on either side of me was vacant, I put one picture in each...lots o folks ooohed and aaahed and swooned over Coopers pics...some even asked if they could possess a copy of the handsome lad...I said, sure, you want those autographed, or could I just bring him over to poop in your yard...did I say poop??? Jackie, I do hereby apologize for poopy words from heretofore or hither and yon...


The food was first rate, beef strips and plump chicken breasts and tubs of ORSO and vegies...
dessert was already on the tables, A FINE FINE CHEESECAKE...OH MY...I ate dessert first, which promptly brought an "oh my, he's eating dessert first"...couple o swoons from some of the attendees...I told em that it's ok, I come from a long line of dessert eaters...we Wanninskiterolians never desert our dessert especially in the desert...and, the really good part, was, I got to eat the dessert in front of both of Coops pictures...which brought forth sighs of "oh my he's actually eating three cheesecakes"...HA...the onliest downside to the whole shebang, was NO COFFEE...what sort o idjit does not serve coffee...it is a misdemeanor in texas if you have cheesecake and no coffee in the same room...huh??? well youse know what I mean...thats why, when you go to the store, and they have all those cakes and pies and cheesecakes, they also have coffee brewing...not real good coffee mind you, but coffee nonetheless...you bring cheesecake home, you best have that percolator perkin...

The entertainment was first rate also...one young lady, a junior, played and sang a song she wrote, and she sounded as good as any of the lady country singers on the radio...wow, she was great...but the 'piece de resistance', was a young man, probably a senior, that played Rachmaninoffs Sonata #21 in C...well, I'm not certain it was Rachmaninoffs, I just like to say his name...but it was Sonata #21 in C, though for certain, because the program said it was...A VAN CLIBURN STANDOUT FOR CERTAIN this young man...

I couldnt find the table where the Kahla folks were, so I dont know if Mrs Kahla was in attendance...that would have made my day for sure...
ok, got to run...take the boys on patrol, plus my computer just sent a message that it was going to update my computer in 14 mins, and that was about 5 mins ago...

See Ya later crocodile...


04/14/11 03:23 PM #3914    

 

Wayne Lake

 

Current Location/Mid-day Ambient Temp: Wayzata MN (Lake Minnetonka)/44 F
After reading recent comments about politicians and listening to the radio concerning the Barry Bonds trial, I felt the need to respond or actually rant.
As noted on the Waltrip64 blog before, I enjoy reading stories of 19th century Texas cowboys and following is one of my favorite excerpts:
I don’t recall the writer’s name but his was one of many tales from the book by UT press called the Texas Trail Riders. These stories related to days on the trail to Kansas and other Northern destinations (circa 1865-1880), mostly as teen age kids and then the rest of their lives up to a current status as the book was compiled in 1915 when the writers were more or less our age. Anyway, the comment I refer to was  one whereby the writer stated where he was living, how many children and grandchildren he had and he was very pleased than none of his sons neither served in the penitentiary or as politicians. By that it is assumed his opinion that both were equally despicable. Some things never change.
Now don’t get me wrong, I could care less about the likes of Barry Bonds, Roger Clements or Marion Jones (except I really do appreciate the physical attributes of Marion Jones). These three share a common thread as they have all (probably) lied to congress about the use of steroids, Marion Jones served 6 months, as stated above, Barry Bonds will probably go the federal slammer when the verdict is in and although Roger Clements has not yet been charged/tried, he will probably be tried in the future and found guilty as well.  
 So why is it a crime to lie to congress when the people that are asking these stupid questions about the use of then legal drugs, career politicians both Republican and Democrats, by definition lie to all of us as a habit, most from birth and certainly from the time they campaign for office:
“ a chicken in every pot…….”
“I am not a crook………”
“Read my lips, no more taxes……..”, the real George Bush
“I did not have sexual intercourse with that woman…………what does is mean?”
“…….Term limits are the way to go” by Kay Baily-Hutchinson among others
“WMD?…………Mission Accomplished?…….etc”
“change”, my ass
Etc, etc, etc…………
Think about it, every Sunday morning tune into any TV talk show where some ‘head’ interviews politicians from both major parties and Rep R or D makes a statement and then opposing Rep D or R says he/she is lying about the facts – so that one of them has to be lying by their combined statements, either party R/D was lying in the first place as accused or party D/R was lying about party A.  Again, so why is it a punishable crime for a civilian to lie to a bunch of liars?
While the grandchildren of the architects of the 1929 Wall Street fiasco are devising and pulling off similar scamming and money stealing schemes of the 2000’s and we are headed toward financial disaster and wars in the mid-East , why is congress wasting time and money asking a bunch of overpaid, spoiled athletes if they knowingly injected themselves with a legal (at the time) substance? A ridiculous use of tax payer dollars in my opinion and again, both political parties are equally wrong. Who cares how many home runs BB hit, tour d’France Lance won or no/nos  the rocket won?
Speaking of government gone wrong, remember when the Carter Administration created the Department of Energy (DoE) in the 1970’s. The mission of the DoE was to ‘eliminate the dependence of foreign oil’ due to the embargo of 1974 (I think). Well, thirty something years later and more dependent than ever, the 2010 DoE budget was $25 billion and look where we are today!  I worked with the MMS (New Orleans) folks over the years, and by far, they were the biggest bunch of dummies in the oil patch – no wonder they could not prevent the BP disaster.          
Following is my mantra, not necessarily in order of importance:
·         Vote early and vote often.
·         Legalize/tax weed, maybe prostitution also.
·         Listen to Ron Paul, he is a little weird but his position on the constitution is spot on.
·         Don’t vote for anybody that is already in Washington, exception may be Donald Trump.
·         Eliminate all foreign aid, tax credits to oil companies, farm and especially tobacco subsidies (with corn, cotton and milk farmers making record profits, they only need federal aid in times of severe drought).
·         Drill baby drill, I recently visited the ANWR area and it’s not worth saving, not that the oil companies wouldn’t ruin it, but it is simply frozen tundra with little or no redeeming value.
·         Tax the heck out of imported oil – Europe has been doing it for years.
·         Build more nukes, mine for more coal, use wind/solar/natural gas for anything and everything.
·         No funding of NPR, I kinda like it but it does not need to be federally funded.
·         I like about 80% of what Obama says and dislike about 80% of what he does.   
·         Participate in the grass roots, precinct conventions etc as this level attracts mostly far left and right voices and not many with middle of the road positions.
·         Don’t vote for anything that requires raising taxes, a quote from my old man.
·         Remember, the civilized, Western, Christian world has been at war with the Muslim disciples of Mohammed off and on since the 7th century and this current uptick is simply a blip on the historical chronological horizon – a good read on the subject is What Went Wrong (with the Muslim Religion) by Bernard Lewis.
·         I’ve worked in several Muslin countries; Algeria, Saudia Arabia, Egypt, Oman, Sharjah, Dubai, Indonesia, Malaysia and basically they despise us, especially the arabs.   
·         You may soon wish for $4 gasoline if oil goes to $200/bbl.
·         Remember the required 4Gs of Armageddon: God, Guns, Gold and Groceries.
·         Build a wall or some kind of barrier to keep the terrorists and murdering drug runners at bay.
·         Eliminate the NTS, it’s a joke.
·         There is NO such thing as an undocumented worker, they are illegal aliens and in times of 10+% unemployment, we don’t need them, take a look as who is doing the manual work in MN.
·         Seven billion people on this planet is more than enough. Worldwide population from the beginning of upright homo sapiens to about 1800 was one billion, then two billion in 1900, then 2.8 billion in 1950 and then seven billion in 2010. Where do you think this is going? – can you spell exponential growth - reference March 2011 NatGeo.
       
From the land of Garrison Keeler, Lake Wobegone MN where all the women are strong, the men are good looking (with the exception of one mis-placed Texan) and the children are above average,
wtl
ps: I hope to be back in Texas in May for some fishin and Fudds then back up here most of this summer is avoid the Texas heat.
pss: Thanks to Jackie for providing this blog site as it tends to lower my BP by being able to vent.
pss: Thanks to both Jackie and Barbara for all the work they put into this effort.       

04/15/11 12:46 AM #3915    

 

John Burgess Webb

hey wayne,the air up there must be especially clear.your seeing things in a good light.we can pick and choose a lot of what we think;the more time reveils about what 'they' say and what 'they'do we are reminded of the orchestration taking place.'they' are going to do exactly what 'they' set out to do;load us down and compromise our sovernty.


04/15/11 06:59 AM #3916    

 

Teddie Jordan

Wayne, I agree with Burgess, that clean crisp air has your brain working well.

I also agree with MOST of what you think. I will guarantee you the founders of our country and framers of our constitution never even imagined something called a career politician. They envisioned a farmer or a shopkeeper or some other ordinary working class citizen, going to Washington for a short term, and enacting laws that affected him and his family just like everyone else. A far cry from our elitist politicians who have their own plush health care and retirement plans.

And they darn sure never envisioned politicians raising millions of dollars from special interests to be elected, and thus owing those same interests their allegiance, rather than the people they are supposed to represent. 

Shame on them, and shame on us if we don't enact change.


04/15/11 09:38 AM #3917    

 

Jimmy Brown '65

  I agree with all of the comments, but I stand around and do

nothing but talk. We need to try something else and I don't

what. Tucker Automobile Company tried to buck the system

over fifty years ago and failed. The political machinery is 

stronger today but look at Arizona they are changing and 

so can Texas one step at a time. Thats all I have to say on

this at this time. Somebody else put in their two cents worth.

 

Happy Trails Til We Met Again !


04/15/11 06:48 PM #3918    

 

Beau Wann, Jr.

PEOPLE PEOPLE PEOPLE...what we have here is, failure to communicate...those that voted for change, gonna get it...they aint gonna like it, but they gonna get it..."AMERICA IS THE GREATEST NATION ON EARTH, I HOPE YOU WILL HELP ME CHANGE THAT'...BHO...look it up...one of his speeches...

More "sincere caring" and "emotional prosperity"...and a chicken in every pot...or pot for every chicken...tippicanoe and tyler too...damn the torpedos, full speed ahead...40 acres and a mule...

if a person is here illegally in this country, and not an "illegal alien", but an "undocumented worker", then by the same standard, couldnt a drug dealer just be an "undocumented pharmacist"???? 

And further more, "if a chicken and a half, laid an egg and a half, in a day and a half. How long would it take a grasshopper with a wooden leg to kick the seeds out of a dill pickle"??? or woids to that effect...
And last but not least..."Never trust a nekid bus driver"...old indian saying


04/16/11 07:38 AM #3919    

 

Jimmy Brown '65

 Beau you never saw a naked bus driver and did you run

around with George Carlin ?

 

Happy Trails Til We Meet Again !


04/18/11 11:30 AM #3920    

 

Beau Wann, Jr.

Jimmy, what we have heah, is failya to communicate, a nekid bus driver, not a nekid indian...never sawr either, and hope to never see one...so if you do, never trust either, or...

SSSSSSSSSSSSSS..."beau, wake up, your thing in the garage is hissing"...I heard my beloved say somewhere in my beauty sleep fog..."What"???? says I, somewhat cornfused..."uh, your air compressor is hissing in the garage" I heard again...Now, I'm shakin the cobwebs out of my head, wonderin just where the heck I am and how I got there..."Is this april fools day again"??, says I..."No, your aircompressor is hissing" DW says..."In the garage???" I say..."yes" she replied..."ok, see, thats a natural occurance in the garage, but if you happen to hear it, say, upstairs, or anywhere except the garage, RUN"...I  reply..."Why did you wake me up, you know if I'm sleeping, thats a good thing, and I get very little sleep as it is"...I say testily..."Well, I didnt know if there was something wrong with it. I've never heard it do that cept when you are filling the tires or blowing out the vacuum cleaner"...says DW

"And you woke me for that...???" says I..."Ok, I'm awake now. Thank you very much for letting me know. I'll alert the media, and you call 911, but you'll have to look up their number..." says I being a smarty...Now, I've hurt her feelings, and made her mad..."I'm sorry"....Two words in the english language that could be spoke more often, of course with me, thats a 24/7 occurance...And so a rocky start to an otherwise rocky start...
How many of youse have a rather unconventional start to your day???? "your thing in the garage is hissing"...Guess now is as good a time to get up as any...besides, shes the ones got to look at my ugly self, cause I didnt get my beauty sleep in...hells bells, I'd have to sleep for a mellinium to accomplish any beautyfyin...

Got a friend coming in from Florida today, that I havent seen in almost 20 years...we keep in touch of course, so it's not like.."SURPRISE, I'm here"...We're going to spend the week up at ye olde country estate...gonna put his ass to work...got decks to build, a gate to hang in the north 40, feeders and cameras to tend...maybe I ought to just drop him off, and come back when he's finished...

Ok, ok, I'm movin...Made lunch for DW, and coffee, and a rather healthy sparse breakfast of sliced apple, peanut butter, and honey...thought we'd eat healthier today since over the weekend I fix my patented south'ren breakfast, eggs, grits, sausage, hashbrowns, biscuits, gravy, real butter, and preserves, and of course coffee..

So this morn we eat healthy...not that the aforementioned isnt, it's just that some things are MORE healthy than others...cheescake is healthy, it has at least 5 or 6 of the 4 food groups, eggs, cream, sugar, flawr, vanilla, more sugar, more eggs, red dye number 5 yellow dye number 40 etc...well you know healthy stuff...but an apple prolly is more healthy, so thats what we're having this morn, with added healthy peanut butter and honey from bellville...

I carry it into our bath, on her side, and she is of course in the closet, wonderin what she's gonna wear...seems she's always in the closet..."hon, do these pants make me look too..." she says....OMG, PLEASE DONT GO THERE...I AM A TERRIBLE LIAR..."No, you look like crap...youre not going out of the house dressed like that are you...???" I dont say that anymore, I just go, "cant hear you, dont have my bionical ears in yet"...and run out of the room as fast as I can...Hollarin, "your breakfast is on the counter in the bath..."

There was one minor flaw...one overlooked...uh...potential problem with my breakfast for DW...uh oh...I heard DW hollar, so I come a runnin, trippin over this dog, and that cat, but I make it to the Bath in one piece with out falling down...DW is standing there, holding a little orange kitty, named Peaches, at arms length...you remember the minor flaw, potential problem I was telling you about, that I somehow managed to over look????  PRECIOUS PEACHES JUMPED UP ON THE COUNTER, (I know, I know, she isnt allowed on the counter, but they neither need our permission or approval to do anything and really doesnt matter one way or another to a kat) anyway, in her flight from floor to counter, Precious Peaches landed in the middle of DWs breakfast, yup, rat in the peanut butter and honey...which she tracked all over the counter and floor and was high steppin in the carpet, trying to dislodge the sticky substance from her precious little paws...

I grabbed Precious little Peaches before DW murdercated her, carried her to the kitchen, all the while her wiping her sticky paws on my shirt and arms...carry her over to the sink, and I know, she is not gonna like the next turn of events...I turn the water on, and out comes her switchblades...I have no choice, but to dunk her paws in the water...so at great risk to life and limb and loss of blood, I put her in the sink with water runnin...needless to say, she didnt like that idear, and I didnt like her attitude either...she didnt much care, I'm sorry to say...that Peach, has no sense of humor or sense of anything else for that matter, just gettin the hell away from me...I finally get her cleaned up, her hoarse from hollarin kitty kuss words at me, and me about a half pint low on blood...I set her on the floor, and she looks like the proverbial "drowned cat" cept, she isnt drowned, just wet and MAD...cusses me out in kittyese, again, and gives me the kitty evil eye, and the kitty middle claw, and runs from the room to hide...probably gonna fix me, and throw up on my side of the bed or something evil...hell, aint a blood lettin enough for you, you stupid ungrateful...KAT...????

Now I have to clean the peanut butter and honey she tracked everywhere...DO YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TRY TO DO THE RIGHT THING, LIKE HAVE A HEALTHY BREAKFAST????? HOW IS IT HEALTHY???? MY BLOOD PRESSURE SHOT THROUGH THE ROOF, I'M BLEEDIN HALF TO DEATH, STARING AT A STROKE OR TWO...lordy lordy lordy...It'd a been healthier to just fix a dozen eggs in butter and bacon grease, and top that off with a piece of cheese cake and a pint of heavy cream and a pound of sugar and a piece of fried chicken...I can just hear Saint Peter, "uh, youre telling me, that a  precious little kitty killed you???" "did you try to poison that poor precious little kitty with peanut butter and honey???"..."nope, not gonna come in here...down to hell you go, you meany", or woids to that effect...

YUP, what a wonderful start to an otherwise already crappy day...well, I did wake up, didnt I???
I guess thats something to be thankful for...oh, and I am...I can walk, sort of, and see, sort of, and hear, kind of...just wish I could start my day like a normal person does, however in the heck a normal person starts their day...and to think, I thought I WAS normal...

Ok, time to get Coop ready for his reading class...
have a nice day...stay away from the honey and peanut butter...
 


04/18/11 11:32 AM #3921    

 

Paige Talley (Meek)

 Morning on a Monday...

I just got notice that my vehicle insurance increased by $22.50 and my health insurance by $37. I have neither been sick or wrecked my vehicle and due to a "paperless" system (which we all know lowers the cost of doing business) by which I was notified of the increases, I am re-readjusting my budget. Of course, I am in control and may lower my cost of vehicle cost by eliminating the PIP and/or the collision add-ons to the basic "not worth the paper it is NOT written on" policy.

AW... I feel better now ... NOT !!!

Wayne, I do like your list, but you left out my favorite... Chocolate Milkshakes all around.

 

Happy Easter Week....  Paige 


04/18/11 01:11 PM #3922    

 

Wayne Lake

Paige,

 

Evindently, the only place in this country where there is no inflation is in Washington D.C. which has not admitted anything significant, CPI or otherwise since early in the Bush2 Administration, when milk was about$2.25/gallon, gas at $2.50/gallon, etc. and now look at it.

No increase in a couple of years for SS distribution either.

Waddayagonnado?

 

From Lake Wobegone,

 

wtl 

 


04/18/11 02:22 PM #3923    

 

Jackie Crowe (Finch)

Love everyone's input!!!  Makes my day!

Sorry for the delay - Fuddrucker pictures are posted and remember next date is May 10th! 

Also Allen Weinstein just joined our site -- and may be in Houston soon.

Hugs,

J

 

 


04/18/11 06:44 PM #3924    

 

Wayne Lake

 

Greetings: Happy Extended Tax Date
Weather Update: About an inch of snow Friday night at Lake Wobegone and they are predicting more coming this way.
Local Wild Life: There is a little red fox living somewhere right behind our place, maybe under the back deck, don’t know if I need to call the DNR or try to trap me a pelt?
Political Point of View: Some folks want to see Obama’s birth certificate, others just want to see the Donald’s hairline. I left one thing off before, I supported Kinky Friedman for governor a couple of years ago as he appeared to be a straight shooter and promised to appoint Willie to an important post of some sort.  
Reflections: We went to our nephew’s Special Olympics State basketball tournament this past weekend. Going to these events makes me reflect: All of a sudden the otherwise importance of the type/model/year of the car you drive, the clothes you wear, the size of your bank account, the load rating of your pick-up truck or the horse power of your outboard, etc. simply disappears and you realize what’s really important is the size of your heart and you can see that the supporters and volunteers that make these events happen have VERY big hearts. Thanks to Eunice Kennedy Shriver for making this great organization what it is today. I feel the need to do more altruistic, volunteer work but rarely do what I set out to do…………….
I met an 87 year old gentleman the other day that said he was the first American soldier to open the gate and freely walk into the Dachau concentration camp. He was recently awarded a shiny new Schwinn bicycle by the VA for the photos he took and donated. Then, I went home and looked up Dachau on Wikipedia, an ugly but interesting story.     
From Lake Wobegone,
 
wtl

04/20/11 01:42 AM #3925    

 

John Burgess Webb

hey scotty;revisited your profile and really enjoyed the great pictures and happy faces;i enjoyed the sign for 'pleku taxi'-what an experience;good and bad.we were the warriors for our country and were turned into pyrias by skilled operatives of the "old left"controlled from the kremlin (whose archives are made available to  serious scholars).  the FBI penetration of the top control was named "operation solo", as is the book written by the two special agents who beleived in 'their man in moscow' and end ended their investigation with admiration all  around.good reading for those confused about the impetus of the unrest in that devisive time.

sember fidelis

 

p.s.      that symbol of "galentry cross w/palm" was the vn equivelent to the french "croix de guere" . veterens,be proud of this symbol we sacrificed for.its retoactive so you have to buy it;its an individual award by pres. nguyen van thieu to all americans who helped try to save his country.after centuries of warfare in the north with the chinese, the north was hard;we ended up in a part of history that is yet to be writen.the mission was stability,it is now the business of the dept's of state and commerce;vietnamese like our stuff and our money:"meet the new boss-same as the old boss".

HOLD YOUR HEAD UP WITH BOLDNESS AND HUMILITY


04/20/11 07:46 AM #3926    

 

Wayne Lake

 

Burgess/Scottie,

A reportedly very good read: 

 
Lake Wobegone Weather: Snowing like crazy - go figure....
 
Saw the lil' red fox yesterday with a squirrel - maybe I'll let it be as there are too many squirrels anyway.
 
wtl

 


04/20/11 10:38 AM #3927    

 

Scotty Croom

sorry to report that tony maddox's dad passed away.....memorial service thurs. 11 am.....mem. oaks...what a great guy...


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