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Teddie Jordan

Burge, I can only imagine how hard it must have been surveying in those rugged San Juan mountains. But it sounds like you loved the area and the work. It is beautiful country.

The old  mining town of Telluride is a special place, a visit to the past. Although the area is changing, that feeling has probably been preserved by its remoteness.The dog to human ratio there has got to be at least two to one, most of the vehicles have at least one or two and many of the shop keepers have their dogs there with them, and customers on the streets and in the shops are walking dogs as well. And the ratio of Jeeps and 4 wheel drive trucks to sedans and SUV's is about 20 to 1. A very cool town with a definite laid back vibe for sure. No fast food chains or chain stores of any type that we could see. All of the shops are mom and pop variety and well stocked with friendly proprietors. Kind of like the old community of our childhoods that we all so fondly remember.

Classmate Sweetie Marbury, class of '65, and one of the most accurately nick named people I have ever known, lives in nearby Durango and I know it is beautiful as well. Would loved to have had time to visit her.

Beau Wann, Jr.

Tried three times to input to the forum, and it says "windows is closing"...does this everytime I try to upload a picture...the new forum is not working out for me...

not gonna try again, cause I have been typing for over an hour, and lost it...so frustrating...

"Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night"..."and God Bless us everyone"

Your friens

Beau, Diane, Cooper, Jack, Katy, Peaches, Lacy, Annie-Bob, Sammy, and BIG OLIVER...

Beau Wann, Jr.

Here's big oliver in the manger...after I set the figures upright...dont like the new way to add pics to the forum...but I still love Jackie, no matter what happens to the forum...

Jan Barnes '65 (Nimtz)

Happy birthday baby Jesus!

Teddie Jordan

Yeah breaker one nine, how 'bout you. Anybody got a copy on this redwood peddler?

Susan Howard (Bowman)

Teddie and Fran!  I envy you getting to spend an early Christmas with your loved ones in Telluride.  We have a cabin in Lake City, across the mountains from Telluride.  We have taken the jeep road over Cinnamon Pass to Silverton, then over Ophir Pass to Telluride. If you don't take the jeep road it is a lot further, but since it is a jeep road it takes about the same amount of time.   Of course we have only done it in the summer.  I remember Telluride when there wasn't much there - a drug store, main street, and a few houses around.  It has really changed through the years!  Quite a ski area, although I have never skied there.  It is a really beautiful place in the summer as well as in the winter.  Our cabin isn't winterized so we don't go to Colorado at that time of year.  Used to ski - the last time I skied was at Keystone.  So much fun!!  I really miss it!  Thanks for sharing your pictures and your special time with your family.  Keep checking those must do things off your bucket list!!

Jennie Anderson '65 (Dylan)

Happy New Year Everyone,

I have had family, family, family over the holidays.  My little grandchildren make life so enjoyable, but at the same time are bundles of energy.  I will need some rest after everyone returns home, that is for sure.

For Richard, Linda, or anyone else out there who needs a charitable organization to help cover costs of medical procendures not covered by insurance or at an extraordinary fee for even the 20%,  I will provide you with some information.  At the same time, if anyone wishes to contribute to such a wonderful charity I will provide that information, as well.

My 20% with medicare, and teacher's retirement for my eye injections were going to cost $840 a month, since I must get the injections twice a month, one in each eye.  The full price is $5000 per injection. This organization is paying all but $10.00 an injection.  A true blessing for me.  They help with multitudes of diseases from transplants, to cancer drugs, etc.

The fund is Chronic Disease Fund

6900 North Dallas Parkway, Suite 200

Plano, TX 75024

Any donations are very appreciated.  This charity survives through donations. Trust me, I will be donating to them, forever grateful.

For contacting about help  with receiving the grant for funding,  the number is 877.968.7233  The organizations is called Good Days..

Hope this helps and if anyone has any questions, please do not hesitate to call me.

God Bless all of those connected to us, having such challenges in their lives!

Jennie

John Burgess Webb

im glad that you have some charitable people to help you with your eyes;it seems so expensive for those injections,even with r&d factored in.so much for such a small amount of chemical;seems like greed plays itself out.

i hope you can see ok and enjoy your life.

burge

Bernd Joachim Tonat

Happy New Year to y'all!

A happy one for me - third grandchild coming in August!

Jimmie Lee Smith (Brawner)

So nice to get a Happy New Year wish from Germany.  Great news about your 3rd grandchild.  Our 3rd, and 1st grandaughter, is due end of March.  So nice to hear from you at the beginning of 2012, Bernd.

Teddie Jordan

Bernd, as Jimmie Lee said it is always good to hear from you in Germany. And I always get a kick out of it when you use the word "y'all". 

Congratulations to both of you on your new expected grandchildren. That indeed makes for a special year.

Susan Howard (Bowman)

Congratulations to you, Bernd, and also to you, Jackie!  Babies are such a joy!  I don't think there will be any additional grandchildren coming my way, but I surely do enjoy the ones I have - 8 in all - ages 21 months to 18 years.  

Happy New Year everyone!  I still can't believe it's 2012!  Every day is a gift!!

Susan Howard (Bowman)

Sorry, Jackie! No new grandchild for you right now!  You have a pretty new one anyway!  Congratulations to Jimmie and Charles!  That's what I get for skimming!

John Burgess Webb

ummm;hickory burgers,sounds good.

happy new year.

faithful watchdog tugboat on duty!

Sweetie Marbury '65

Live from Durango, Colorado. For all you guys that have been to Durango, many thanks for visiting my sweet town. I've lived here since 1975. I was a tourist in 1974 and just came back for the summer. Deer walk down my sidewalk and bears are in the driveway.

I 'm on City Council and especially appeciate Texans that help our sales tax revenue. Weather great, snow good at the ski area,  and locals happy.

Happy New Year dear friends from Waltrip.

Gloria Hornick (Walker)

Happy New Year, fellow classmates and friends!  Hope 2012 brings you good health and much happiness.

Beau Wann, Jr.

Happy new year mine fine waltripines...
congrats to all you folks with new grandkids and grandkids on the way...I would love to have some more...Hmmm some more grandaughters would be fine with me...speaking of which, after they pass 8 or 9, send em to a convent...our grandaughters are 12 and 13...going on 35...Took our grandaughters downtown Houston for some old fashion Christmas Shopping...I forgot Woolworths is gone, and LC cafeteria is gone, and Foleys is gone and sakowitz and I dont know what all...we parked just off main street, across from Foleys, er uh Macys...(I sure liked Foleys better)...took em in Macys and they have 5 of the 9 floors stocked with stuff...guess thats not so bad...rode the same escalators I rode as a chile...girls werent impressed with our memories...For parking meters, now they have a computer that you put a couple a hundred dollars in, or you debit card, and it spits out a ticket for not more than 2 hours...hows that for your tax dollars at work, and your after tax dollars...might as well just address your paycheck to the government, cause they gonna get it one way or the other...

Did youse youtes know that there are two, countem, two malls downtown???? One right across from Foleys...man, I just cannot quit calling Macys downtown, Foleys Downtown...well, in the interest of emotional prosperity, I will continue to call it Foleys, if you dont mind...

The Houston Pavillion, is right across from Foleys, and is sort of lame, except for BOOKS A MILLION...OH YEAH, COFFEE AND BOOKS...I was gonna start an occupodo movement, OCCUPY THE BOOKSTORE WITH THE COFFEE SHOP...will it catch on???? I sure hope so...but as luck would have it, the Houston Pavillion has entered into receivership...not doing so well I suppose...must a been a gov funded project...The other mall, use to be THE PARK, now I dont remember what it's called, but it has fared somewhat better ah reckon...Has a rather large food court with lots O varieties to choose from...

In Books A Million, spent a small fortune for books for the girls...I had to hollar at em to stop..".this aint the library you know, things are not free here", or words to that effect...didnt seem to faze em though...had to rent a forklift to haul the books away...those two "aliens" just jabbered incessantly and incoherenty the whole time I was awake for their visit...my hearing aids were totally ineffective with those two mumblin magpies...DW had no trouble understanding em though...I think it's a conspiracy against us old hunks O burnin love...or hunks o burnin somethin...

we had lunch at the food court in THE PARK, and I chose fish and stuff that goes with fish, and the girls chose CHICK FIL A...Whilst I was waiting for my fish, my cellphone rang...it was one of the GDs, Haley..."hello???" I said. "hello"????? "HELLO"??????? WHAT THA"???? or words to that effect...Thought maybe Haley was having trouble with a prevert or someone not wanting to play nice...got into my "Navy Seal, army ranger, mad dog marine, Mamma Grizzly" mode, had my hand on my shootin iron ready for action, when I see the little darlins waving at me from a booth...they looked ok, no one was around that shouldnt be..."hmmmm"says I !!!!

Got my food and walked over to the occupodo booth...so begans our "whos on first" routine..."What did you want" ?? I said to Haley. "What"? she said. "What did you want"???? I said again, this time with a slight edge in my voice...dont mess with me little girl, I know how to bake cookies!!!! "I dont know what youre talking about" she said, lower lip starting to stick out..."You called me" I says just a little nicer...lord, you dont want to make your grandkids cry, cause then you have to buy them a car or house or something, just to make it up to them..."you called me" I says again, this time with a toothless grin..."OH" she said, "my butt must have called you"..."WHAT DID YOU SAY YOUNG LADY"???? I said with a slightly raised voice..."Oh Beaupa" she says, "I put my phone in my backpocket, and it must have dialed your number by accident when I sat down".

Oh, thats just great, I get a "butt call"...I really try to live in this century, I really do, but sometimes I think I'd like to go back to 1953...THAT WAS A PRETTY GOOD YEAR...I didnt flunk the 3rd grade, and didnt have algebra, NOR A RUDE BUTT PHONE CALL...Only just got a TV with 2 channels, which didnt interest me, and wasnt gonna get my first bike till I was 10...Just give me some play army men and trucks and jeeps and tanks and some dirt, now that was heaven...Life was pretty good when I was 8...Now that I'm a hundred and eight, things can get a mite testy...

Well, we made it through our shopping excursion downtown...the old ford exploder was listin to starbord a mite from the weight of the books we bought, and other than the errant "butt phone call", I'd have to say, all in all...I was exhausted...

"Oh beaupa, can we stop at Dairy Queen"? I hear a sweet little voice call from the third seat...(hmmm, had no trouble understanding them when they want something. I told you it was a conspiracy) Now your talking my language sister girl..."HIYO SILVER, AWAAAAY"...I do love Ice Cream...the kids nowdays dont know how to enjoy ice cream like we did when we were kids...they always want it in a dixie cup, and never a cone...seems they dont like cones...I love a cone, and the ice cream in it...one of the rare times, you can eat the dishes...yeaaaaaa...

To all youse youtes that tried to get "aholt of" me (is it aholt of, or aholt to? never could figure which one works best) this past couple O weeks, I be fine...my beloved got a new computer, and I got her hand me down, plus we got new phones, now there's an excercise in futility...got to learn a new phone all over again...I wouldnt have traded my old one in, cept it was held together by duck tape...IT WORKED JUST FINE!!! But my beloved says I have to get a new one, so I get a new one...it is larger, and so far, havent had to break out the duck tape...gotta be a phi beta kappa to understand how to work it though...more like tappa gnu keg...I wonder how many skips I can get out of it across the cement pond????

She is gonna download a song for the ringing in my phone...dont know whether to go with "Katmandu", or Great Balls of Fire"...

Guess I better sing off for now...was just gonna say howdy, and wrote ya a dang book...well thats me, Beaupa Hemmingway...

Lindsey darlin, we are praying as hard for you as we know how...and you too Jenny...and also a blanket prayer for all our classmates...
Keep the sun at your 6 and ride boldly ride

Your frien and brother, Me, jabberwocky

Scotty Croom

beau, who would have thought that utotems or mcdonalds would be in town...main streetarea....i got your butt call...lol...

Beau Wann, Jr.

Hey Scotty, it's true, it's true!!!! Her behind did call me...I have had prank calls, wrong number calls, all kinds of calls, but never had a behind call till Wednesday before Christmas...I have witnesses...Haley and others say that it happens all the time...I dont carry my P hone in my back pocket, for obvious reasons...I weigh considerably more than a 12 year old...Gives different meaning to the "have your people call my people"...

Jackie Crowe (Finch)

Happy New Year to all!   Our prayers continue for Lindsey and others - may 2012 bring powerful healing and comfort to all our classmates and their loved ones.

Dorothy is back from Kansas -- I had a great time!  It's always sad to leave, so I took the last flight out of Manhattan, KS - 5:45 p.m. on Sunday.   Yep, you guessed it - connecting flight in Dallas was delayed --- so at 1:15 a.m. Monday morn I'm turning into my driveway.  Thank goodness I had Monday off. 

This week is still a blur  with all the Christmas activities, then trip to Kansas and back, the New Year 2012 (still hard to write), and work -- maybe by next week, I'll get it together!

And speaking of next week - remember, Fuddrucker's on Tuesday (Jan. 10)  - hope everyone can come and start the New Year off right with lots of fun and laughter!

Hugs,

J

Scotty Croom

jackir, u mean jan. 10th....lol

Teddie Jordan

How bout those Texans???

John Burgess Webb

sweety,when i lived in durango i had an apartment on plymouth dr;just right.what are real estate prices for single dwellings in the area;like from ouray to ignatio? a small cabin around hermosa would be perfect.i dont think i can suvive another 113 degree summer here and im thinking fondly about durango and the peace of mind i enjoyed there.four-corners is a magic place and ive even thought about cortez as a fitting location.i would appreiciate any information on whats what about that blissful spot on god's good earth.

burge

p.s

i used to walk to work at roundtree eng.every morning,crossing the footbridge over the river and stepping aside for the train picking up steam for the run to silverton.it felt wonderful and i rarely used my car.

Paige Talley (Meek)

Jackie Crowe (Finch)

Paige,

Our prayers for Davey's family and your granddaughter and family.  So sad - so young, as you said, we never know what a day will bring.  Send love and hugs every day to your friends and family!

Prayers and Hugs,

J