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John Burgess Webb

hey teddie,you were asking about 'tugboat'aka booger;well here is his latest trick.i cant seem to train him to do much;he is an antidisestablishmentarianist.

Kay Watters '65 (Greene)

Somehow I missed the first kiss stuff...in Kindergarten behind a bldg. Mr. Michael Freshour gave me a kiss and his baptismal ring! Unfortunately, his mom found out and asked my mom to return it.  Which she did and explained why, so I was all for giving it back! Don't know what happened to him, but there was a drought in the desert on kisses for many years after that.  Went to a formal dance fully netted gown and all, with James Slaughter, who later became an atty. still see him and his wife at Sam Houston HS reunions, and another memorable kiss was here in Anderson at some reunion, I kissed Bill Boehm behind a tree, mostly my prompting, to see if I could get him to do it...he did, he is now happily married, lives down the street and is a member of the Lutheran church (retired Bk of Anderson bigwig) and I usually eat with them on holidays at the Schwedes....SEE, those kisses weren't so romantic or lasting were they!

This weekend we are having an event at the Grimes County Fairgrounds, of fun, BBQ cook-offs, karokie, beer, dancing, etc.....called "Bubba Can Cook"  Let your hair loose kinda of fun!

We are also having a Mexican Fiesta Padras? all weekend long in the streets of Bryan, TX, plenty of music, fun, and hopefully, margaritas....all the quaint shops will be participating.  I may go to that on Sunday...love the music, festive color and sense of celebration.  I've always wanted to go but too chicken .....well guess what....I'm going before I get too old to be able to go out!!!!

Jackie Crowe (Finch)

I talked to BroBeau this morning --- he's hurting (his back and all and bruises) and not able to get upstairs to his computer.  He'll have to tell you the full story but his dogs trampled him trying to get to a little Chihuahua that was in his yard - he was in between and got the full force of about 200 pounds!   He said the Chihuahua was brown and blended right in with his yard - so he didn't see, but his dogs did and it caught him off guard.

Everyone send prayers and healing messages!  We love you BroBeau!

Burge, love your picture of Tugboat -- I see you've worked overtime training him!

Paige, Kay, Jan and Burge, love your "kisses" stories!  Come on the rest of you, let's hear your kiss and tell stories.

Bernd, Alma is precious!!

Kisses,

J

Beau Wann, Jr.

Sore moanins mine Waltripians...I'm ok... now...just banged up from FRIC AND FRAC doin the watusi on me...Hey Rich LH, they was dancin like they didnt care...NO MORE DANCIN...

Just one lax moment...plus it was barely first light, had my back turned locking the door, didnt see the rat chahoouhoouh trespassin...my boys did...they took after that interloper at full gallop...wouldnta been so bad, cept my back was turned and one idiot was on one side, and the other idiot was on the other, the leash was wrapped firmly and securely around my left arm and hand, which if memory serves me correctly, and dont know why it should start now, but if my algebraic calcumalations are correct, two of the three bodies at rest, 200 pounds, went in motion, probably making them potentially 300 pounds, putting the one body at rest, 200 pounds,  that wanted to remain at rest, in motion, backwards, and prone, and banged up, and PISSED OFF...and heading for THE MAGNOLIA TREE, and you dont need to be a physicist or a botanist to know, that MAGNOLIA TREE was the immovable object...Ike couldnt move it, and he weighed considerably more than I do...

If I coulda turned them two morons loose to get the rat chahoouhoouh, I woulda obliged em...they coulda had a early morn, after breakfast snack...but, Ol Murphy, taking up full time residence in my clothes, wasnt havin it...so now I'm tangled up with the marx brothers, on my back, being dragged across my yard, only about a foot...here is where the magnolia tree comes into play...you just know that on any one of my excursions, everything within 100 ft is gonna get sucked into the "VORTEX OF SEQUENCES" ...I'm surprised the cement pond didnt join in the fray...

I Hit the magnolia tree...yup, thats right, say it with me, "YOU HIT THE MAGNOLIA TREE AT WARP SPEED...AND STOPPED AT ABOUT THE SAME SPEED", jerking both, did I mention that they were morons, I did didnt I...jerking both morons off their stupid feet, and propelling them backwards, once again in my direction...my arm, being fully imbedded in the MAGNOLIA TREE...say it with me class MAGNOLIA TREE...noticed the release of tension, and using what was left of my strength, yanked Abbott and Costello further backwards, using a full body slam, and penning  them to terra firma...I was so mad, I hollard "Darn it" real loud...you believe that, I have some ocean front property in Normangee for sale...

I hit that ol MAGNOLIA TREE so hard, knocked half the leaves off...now, not only am I gonna hurt, but now have to rake the danged yard...when it rains...well, never mind, it never rains here in Southern California...

So, to make a short story long er, I dragged Curly and Moe back in the house, and "they didnt get no stinkin walk, or no stinkin treats"...so, after I collected myself, and I mean collected myself, pick up an arm here, a leg there...I took off what was left of my clothes, and got in the shawer...(yes I know it's spelled wrong, but I do delight in breakin the rules on some occasions, and this is one of those occasions)
Put water on melt down, and just sat there wantin to weep, but being a tuff ol he man, no weepin is allowed...my lovely bride asked what was wrong...she just had a ask...I pointed towards the rags I was left with, the grass stained and magnolia tree wrought clothes...I told her what happend, and she left immediately, to check on dopey and dufus, to make sure they were still alive...

I was pretty sore when I shut the water off, and consequently missed my pacyderm breakfast, and they are so tasty, and missed Fudds...I wanted to go, but I was hurtin, mad, and otherwise pissed off cause I couldnt go...well, I probably could have, but I was lousy company...and Wednesday, I had to be better, cause I commited me and Cooper to go to two Places, Omega house day center, and Omega House Hospice...after going there, I felt bad about feeling bad...
Those folks dont leave the Hospice...alive...The lady in charge, says the faces change every month...who you see in september, will not be there in October...

As me and Coop limped around both places, ol coops smile did seem to bring smiles to a few of the folks...Dont think I will be going back there, not because of the sadnes of the situation, allthough that would be a good reason not to go back, but because it is so hard to load and unload Cooper so many times in one day, plus I dont get to sit down and recuperate from loading and unloading him, like I do when he goes to his reading classes...we keep moving through the rooms and hallways etc, greeting folks...so by the time it is time to go, I am limping quite noticably, then I have to get his ramp out of the back of the truck, for  the umpteenth time, and unfold it,for the umpteenth time,  all the while holding on to Coops leash, whilst he is playing "bloodhound" with every blade of grass and rock and tree...

by the time I get him in the back seat, and the ramp folded up and in the bed of the truck, for the umpteenth time, I am just exhausted...and this time still hurting from our little tete' a te' from yesterday...I guess thats how you say it and spell it...I really dont much care at this point...

But all in all, I'm good...just sorry I missed seeing all you good folks at Fudds...I do so look forward to Fudds...now it will be another month before I get to see ya again...but look what I get to look forward to...sometimes anticipation is as gratifying as what is anticipated...well, you know what I mean...

DW has been so sweet, waiting on me...but then, she is always sweet...I guess I'm kind of weird, (boy, there's an understatement) but I dont like being waited on...I'drather do it myself...

Hey Burge, that ol Tugboat is some character...looks like he had the same trainer as Cooper and Jack and Big Oliver...You know, you ought to have Tugboats picture blowed up and made into wall paper...wouldnt that brighten your day everyday, just staring at that???? Of course, you have the  real deal sacked out on the couch...bet you could market that wallpaper...or make posters...I know I'd buy one...that ol boy is about as cool as they come...

First Kiss???? Hells bells, I've kissed so many...right now, I'd kiss my pharmacist if he could give me some GOOD DRUGS...no pain, no side affects, let me sleep bout 12 hours...yeah, give em a big ol kiss...

I dont remember what I had for breakfast, let alone my first kiss...of course my first kiss of the day, is from one of my kats, waking me up so I can get breakfast going...if that doesnt wake me up, Big Oliver jumps on my stomach and bladder, and bites my nose...shucks, just jumpin on my stomach is sufficient, the nose bite I guess is the coup de gras... he leaves nothing to chance when it comes to food...

Hmmm, first kiss you say....hmmmm....I guess the one that took, would have to be my Beloved...I'm such a romantic...you know, I proposed to her in Wendys on Mangum at 18th street...nothings too good for my DW...yup, gave her a ring and uh, "will ya"???...havent been back to that Wendys since then, and thats been almost 30 years...why that Wendys???? I have no idear...just happened that way...she knew she was in for the time of her life after that...yessir, "burgers and frys and cherry pies" ...

now, its "share a meal from Angies Diner"...see, we've progressed...the good thing about it, is she doesnt mind...about as good a sport as there is....good thing too...we've been through a lot together...that and the cement pond...

Ok, time to sing off...Oh, Bernd, beautiful sweet little girl that Alma...My Grandaughters are too big to sit in my lap and let me read to them...I miss that...I loved reading to them as much as they loved being read to...in fact, got down one of the books I use to read to them...it is every nursery rhyme and childs story ever printed...in fact it is a series of about 11 books for children, copyright 1955...I just love old books, dont you????...

I believe I was signing off wasnt I...just cant seem to stop yakin can I...
ok, your frien and smokey bears frien
DOD...

Post Script: What is BTW???? I dont know all the texting jargon...Scotty had to tell me what LOL is, or maybe it was Paige...anyway, someone should put a book out on texting...

Scotty Croom

beau, lol laughing out loud...btw???..you and teddy are my bff's..best friends forever...because its been forever since me mnet each other...lol...my first kiss..who knows...there were so many...

Richard Meek '65

Good afternoon Waltripians. Taking a little break from the pursuit of capitalism. I do love capital!

Beau I thoroughly enjoyed your play by play of your short lived morning sojourn. I wish we had a video of that. I tell you what we need at the Wann Estate of motion activate videos at the front and back door. That's the ticket so we can all share these moments visually with the Wanns. I think there needs to be a little clarification about DOD's reference to missing his pachyderm breakfast and how good they are. He's not eating elephant steak for breakfast. He and I are members of the Pachyderm Club of NW Houston(Republicans for those of you who are a little slow on the uptake). Tuesday morning was our monthly meeting. When Goofus and Rufus tapped danced on his punkin haid. He especially likes the breakfast at the Sheraton because is includes eggs, bacon, sausage, biscuits and gravy. There are healthy things available like yogurt, fresh fruit. But we generally ignore that stuff. Don't want to get the reputation of being granola guys, you know! Perhaps Goofus and Rufus were irritated that they weren't attending. Anyway it was a good breakfast and meeting but would have been better if DOD would have been there. Next month Paul Bettencourt will be speaking if anyone wants to attend. 2nd Tuesday of the month, 7:00 at the Brook Hollow Sheraton.

Most of you probably aren't aware but the Saturday, the 17th, is Constitution Day. So fly your flag. I heard an excellent speaker today at Rotary    speak on the Constitution. Judge Hal DeMoss, Senior Judge of the Federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. He's a member of my Rotary Club and just a brought guy. I won't take a lot of time relaying all the interesting things he talked about. One of the lighter ones was about Proposed Amendments. Once an Amendment is proposed by Congress it then has to be ratified by 3/4 of the State Legislatures or a Convention called by a State Legislature. The fastest this has ever happened is nine months. The longest it has ever taken is two hundred two years. The one that took the longest is the last Amendment ratified, the 27th. It was originally proposed Sept. 25, 1789 and finally ratified on May 7, 1992. It was one of the original ten amendments proposed by the Constitutional Convention. They began putting 7 year time limitations on proposed amendments begnning the the 18th. That ends todays Civics lesson.

There will be an irregularly called regular meeting of WABEC (Whirld Affairs and Burger Evaluation Committee) on Sept. 27, at 11:45 at Gabby's Bar-B-Que on N. Shepherd. All are invited. If you can fog a mirror you qualify for the committee. The business portion of the meeting is limited to 30 seconds. It that time we usually visualize Whirld Peas. Hope you'll join us for the scintillating conversation and food.

Keep on Dancing

Rich LH

Be kind to yourself and others,

Everyone is struggling with something

John Burgess Webb

a cool front has settled in up here in the sticks,it feels like a little dense air has come with it.i can hear sounds farther but there is no rain.its time for a real change.

beau,i know how it is with the back problem;went for an mri last wednesday preparatory to my third surgery.misery is hardly the word.

Teddie Jordan

Gus and I and three old duck hunting buddies watched the sun come up over a flooded rice field near Garwood, Texas this morning. He ended up being the only retriever there and as a result got to retrieve a four man limit of 16 teal. Bluewing teal are the earliest migrating, fastest flying, and tastiest of the duck species that come down our central flyway. The hundreds of teal we saw this morning that didn't get shot will end up as far south as Central America and even Argentina at the end of their migration in a month or so. Teal migrate so early that the FWS gives us a special early season just for them. Their population this year, and for the last several years, is at a long term high. Most of the rest of the duck species won't be down here until November through January.

Gus was in dog heaven doing his thing this morning and the truth is that I was too! He's plum tuckered out and has been sleeping for several hours now, and I'm getting ready to do the same.

Thank you Lord for another great day in your creation!

Jan Barnes '65 (Nimtz)

5:32am... Awoke to the almost forgotten sound of rain on our tin roof.  Very light, short-lived shower... yes.  Insignificant in Texas... NO!  Thank you Lord!

Beau Wann, Jr.

Just lost another discertation on the forum...it tells me that windows internet explorer has quit working, then BAM, it's gone...

Hey Jan, glad to have you aboard the OLDER MORE MATURE WALTRIP SITE...why yes, we are much more mature than yall...nany nany boo boo...

Nah, truth be told, we are older and retired, and you youngsters still have to work...all we have to do, is oil up our walkers, and work on the computer...and hunt ducks too...sure woulda liked to seen ol gus do his stuff...I know Cooper would probably arise to the occasion, if it was somewhere around lunch time...he doesnt do early morning stuff...or if he has had his nails done...

Hey Jan, if that is your place on your picture, WOW, it's beautiful...can we hold Fudds there???? how about WABEC???? We are mostly house broken, and most of us dont spit on the floor, or crush beer cans on our heads...anymore...I tried to crush a MAGNOLIA TREE with my head the other day...didnt work out too well...

Ok, time for us more MATURE folks to nap...Walker oiled up and ready to go, all othe critters in the Wann Compound are now asleep...why not me???? that is a problem I soon hope to rectify...

But first I will leave you with a picture of my cat Lacy sitting on a stack of books...

Dont know what she did to sit on a "stack of Bibles", why she needs the extra protection, but I would guess that one of the little darlins has harked up a hairball in my house shoes, and she is "swearin on a stack of bibles", that it wasnt her...I guess she could be memorizing verse by osmosis...thats the way learned in school...sleep on my books, hopin some of the knowledge would seep in...worked too, just look where I am today...Member in good standin of the WABEC society, chauffeur and man servant to a Rock Star Dawg...tree waterer and keeper of the Meek Memorial Orchard...and all round hell of a swell fellow...

Nap Time...zzzzzzzzzzzzz

Richard Meek '65

Beau it seems fairly obvious that you getting jerked off your feet and bounced into a Magnolia tree had nothing to do with a Chihoohaa dog. It was because you were dragging Coop and Jack out the door before dawn to which they took great exception. Simple!

Have a great weekend all and. .  .

Keep on dancing,

Rich LH

Stay Calm, Carry On

Jan Barnes '65 (Nimtz)

In response to Beau, yes that is my house.  However it is not available for meetings except second Tues. of every month book club (do you read?) and family reunions (are we related?).  Probably not related as I don't even remember you from high school, or many of the other "upper classMEN".  I do remember lots of the girls from '64 (most by name only) due to the popularity of the Imperial Guard (although I was not in it).  Although I grew up in Oak Forest (kitty corner from Candlelight Park), I attended parochial school until my one year at Black Jr. High, so I started out with a disadvantage of not knowing many people when I entered Waltrip as a freshman.  I also left with the same disadvantage of still not knowing many Waltripites when I graduated.  My first true love (or second) who is now my hubby graduated from Spring Branch High so I knew most of those kids better than the ones at my own school.

Your forum seems way more active than ours, so guess I will give it a try... for awhile anyway.

Teddie Jordan

Jan, there are not many sounds better than rainfall on a tin roof. So much the better when you wake up to it, and especially this year. Your house is beautiful and so is the area around Boerne. Please send some of that rain to us.

Jimmie Lee Smith (Brawner)

It's pretty crazy when you're driving with your windows down because it's "only" 85 degrees (versus 108 two days ago).  But, it actually has smelled like Fall the past two days.  We finally got some very slow rain tonight with lots of thunder and lightning - PTL!

Beau Wann, Jr.

Why yes...yes I do read, and very well I might add...
But only after finding my glasses, which I seem to be looking for, even more so than something to read...And I play chess, albeit not in the class of Bobby Fisher, and rarely ever win a game... Taught my grandson how to play, and now I am hardly a match for him...but then, to win, is not why I play... Related? Probably not...but that wouldnt be so terrible now would it???
We are all related in a sense I suppose. Classmates, friends, comrades in arms, readers of books, cherishers of life...the touch from another soul... 

Case in point, a young man by name of Jimmy Brown, I believe was in class of 65, and whom not many of us knew in highschool, started coming to Fudds and the WABEC meetings, and we got to know him as well as you can at our age.  We, Fudds group and WABEC, started getting to know a very fine young man. Then, just like that, he was killed in a car crash about a month ago...as was his friend that we all met once.  Life is too short not to embrace each other as classmates and friends. One of the things I miss about highschool and college and the Service, was the comraderie, that we never experience ever again, no matter how many clubs or organizations we join.

But, we do love to have fun here, and your house and grounds are SO beautiful...Got a Barn on our place with a tin roof, and back when it rained, sometime in the last century, we would run in there and sit on the hay bales and listen to the wonderful sound...Not too hard a sound to conjure up...I think, that if it rains here again, I am not going inside, just gonna stand in it and marvel...probably get struck by lightning, but hey, you have to give to get...

I have been wanting to join or start a book club here...but it seems that not many people read anymore...my wife and I are voracious readers, as are our grandchildren, they learned from us...when I cant find a new book that sounds interesting, I reread my favorite books...For Fiction, I liked Tom Clancy at first...read all of his books, but it seems that he is more interested in "schooling" the reader on how knowledgeable he is, and how much information he can put in a book, like building a hydrogen bomb, or building a "boomer" sub or aircraft carrier, just to name a few of Mr Clancys favorite subjects...

W E B Griffin, is a great War historian, and puts out some great information in his story lines. But, when he is writing a series, like the Brotherhood of War, seems he grows weary of writing it, and kills all the characters off. Or in his Semper Fi series, 8 books, I really like all the characters, and he weaves a wonderful story, laced with great and informative history of the Corp, he just kind of quits. Of course, my expectations may be too high in keeping his characters alive and prospering...I do get involved with what I'm reading...

Read lots of books on the Vietnam war for years, mostly fiction, probably inspired by true accounts, and for years, I was so depressed, and angry, and finally figured out what was causing it, those books. I dont read them anymore, not even factual account...not a good period for lots of folks, nor this country...

Do yall have any bookstores up that way???? They seem to be disappearing here, faster than the dying trees...We have NONE on this side of town...Waldens and a couple of others that graced the malls, closed up years ago. Now Borders is closing. Barnes and Nobles is about the largest chain stll open, but there are none on this side of town. Books a Million is at Katy Mills Mall, and they have "millions of books"...I'm like a kid in a kandy store when we go to one of the bookstores. Do you read the "old fashion" books, or the new Kindle???  I like having the "old fashion paper pages"! At least for now!

Mainly I like history books! Just cant remember as much as I'd like to.  Wayne Lake has a list of great American West history books, that I cant remember, that I'd like to read. Maybe he will send me that list AGAIN!

Biographies are good, but sometimes they give too much information.  Kind of like me. I get typing, and just cant seem to stop.

Hey Teddie, did you video Gus workin?  I, for one, love to watch a workin dog. Even ol mellow yellow fellow Cooper, works, in his own way. Yall would be proud of him when he's workin with his kids, I know I am.  And for being such a pro, he is getting two schools this fall, and a couple of side gigs, at Harvard Elementary and a few other Elementary schools. Plus, he will work with the autistic kids at Herod once a month.  Got my work cut out for me, being his chauffeur and butler.

Have you gotten Gus to jump in the pool? Does he get much air time? Our pool is 32 feet long, and my son Billys dog Rox, could almost jump the length of it, going after a dummy. that was a few years ago. She's about 11 or 12, and still loves to retrieve.  Rox is a Chesapeake Bay! Methinks the record is about 30 ft.

Ok, guess I will call it a night. "NIGHT"!
 

This just in: Reagan beat Northbrook, and Waltrip lost...boo! Didnt catch who they were playing!

Happy Trails mine Waltripians...DOD

Beau Wann, Jr.

It's me again Margaret. Just happen to turn on channel 8, and was absolutely astounded and amazed at the little girl singing opera. Her name is Jackie Evancho and she is 11 years old, and sounds like she is a mezzo soprano, although they list her as just soprano. She does have a wide range. OH MY GOODNESS...for those of you that like opera, what a treat. I guess watching her, it's hard to imagine such a magnificent voice coming out of such a tiny person. Going to buy her CD, if she has one. WOW...

I'd order it from channel 8, but anytime I ever sent in money hoping to get whatever they were "hawkin", all I kept getting was PETER PAUL AND MARY. Now, I like PPM, but I have about 3 of the same album that 8 kept sending me. ENOUGH ALREADY WITH THE PPM ALBUMS!!!!! Think I will go to Barnes and Noble. Maybe they will have it. If you have not heard Jackie sing, you are in for a treat.

Waltrip lost to Sam Rayburn...

Beau Wann, Jr.

Hey Robert, still trying to remember the first girl that would let me kiss her...none come to mind!
lots of em I wanted to kiss, but being shy I would have had a stroke if one of the girls would a grabbed me and kissed me. That would have been child abuse! 
 
Anyone recall the twins Deana and Virginia Leach from Oak Forest Elem??? Methinks they had a brother named Donnie. But, I was in love with both of them. Only I knew though! There were so many. I know I didnt kiss any of them, but would have loved to, I think.

What do you know about love at 10 years old???  Probably not much more at 18 either! Some of yall got it right at an early age...Teddie and Fran and Jimmy Lee and charles comes to mind.
How about the love of a friend? If your spouse is your friend, then you have the best of both whirlds. DW and I are best friends too! Any of yall have a best friend from grade school, that is still a best friend???? Most of us have been friends since second grade, although there have been a few years of lapse here and there.

My older sister has a friend she is still best friends with, and have been since they were 3 years old. they are now, both 72. 

Other than my wife, I dont get to see my best friends nearly enough. I really love them like the brothers and sisters that they are to me. Oh, not by blood, but by circumstance. 

My first car date, me driving, was with a Spring Branch girl Lynn Rinker. Beautiful young lady. I think I kissed her. Before her, I remember dancing with Nancy Kent at the VFW hall on Wakefield. My heart would almost explode being that close to a female. I fell in love with Nancy Kent. No perfume comes to mind, except the Aquanet hair spray that the girls all wore.

We danced a lot, but the tune I remember the most was Elvis' "Cant Help Falling In love"...Still one of my all time favorites. I even learned how to play it on the guitar and sing it! Of course, anytime one hears it, it has to be Elvis. No other will do. Remember what movie it was from???? "Blue Hawaii"!!!!

Anyone remember Kay and Fay Tranthum??? At least thats how I think it is spelled. I thought they were sisters. But told they were not. They sure looked a lot alike. I think Fay was the Tranthum, and she had a brother whose name I cant remember.  so, who was Kay????

It's midnight...why am I still up???? I had a four hour nap today, and one yesterday.  Thats kind of long for me, for a nap. Guess I need it, after the Fric and Frac fracas of Tuesday morn. Still sore over that, not mentally, physically! It's hard to stay mad at Cat Jack and Cooper. They just being dogs.

I dated a few underclass ladies. Didnt matter to me what grade they were in. If they smiled at me, I was in love. Looking back at them, they were very special. I can see their smiles to this day. Or, maybe it's their picture in the year book that I'm thinking of.  But, they were all pretty and special...still are!!! I generally didnt last more than a week with any one girl. Just too socially inept, I was!!!! But hey, some of us were slow learners, and I eventually made it ok!

Probably, the greatest love, would have to be from the volunteers that work with the terminally ill. The ones that I saw at Omega House. That my friends is pure love of fellow human beings.
Of course the best source of pure and unconditional love emanates from our pets.

Time to go, again! Good night mine Waltripians...
your frien and "Rain maker wannabe" ...DOD... 

Jimmie Lee Smith (Brawner)

I truly think the longest-lasting love story is Larry & Glenda Smith.  They've been together since elementary.  They even run their businesses together and still make it work. 

James Hilsher '65

 PAIGE,Iknow Johnny Cash got by with  a boy named Sue ,but a boy named Sharon.Please!Actually I played little league baseball with Sharon about the same time you were getting your first kiss.

Scotty Croom

jimmie lee, glenda is still same great gal.larry has mellowed a bunch...

Scotty Croom

rain in katy...most of west/sw houston area...

Bernd Joachim Tonat

Rain in Berlin

today

yesterday

last week

all the summer - at least some call it summer - only about 5 or 6 hot days

it was cold and it is cold and I did like the Houston summer as I like hot summers

bjt

John Burgess Webb

ah ha,some rain in texarkana with more on the way.the radar shows hugh storms moving in from oklahoma;i hope it breaks the back of this heat wave.

Jimmie Lee Smith (Brawner)

Rain - real hard rain - in McKinney.  Hail almost the size of golf balls.

Jimmie Sue Roach (Nation)

Good morning my friends

What a glorious night and morning it was and is in deep east Texas!  Thunder, lighting, and blessed rainfall.  The ground honestly sounded like a sponge absorbing the water.  We have faught so many fires that this is a true God send.  I know it is going to make all of us feel better.

I haven't had a chance to join in for a while but have enjoyed reading everyone's postings. School has begun without a hitch for my 29th year.  Still loving my job.  Spent the week of Sept. 5 through the 15 at Sutton Childrens Hosp. in Shreveport with our 2 1/2 yr. old grandson in ICU.  That place is awesome.  He had double pneumonia but is finally on the mend.  Twin granddaughters due in Nov.  I've really enjoyed buying pink!

BroBeau-sounds like some antics to behold!  Maybe Funniest Home Vedios material.  You know at our age we have to be careful about things like that.  Hope you are on the mend.

Hope all have a wonderful week.

Jimmie Sue