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Teddie Jordan

Like Scotty and Douglas, Fran and I really enjoyed the get together at Clay's Saturday night. As I reported to Jackie I never got a real count but would estimate we had about 40 people there. I know at least 4 or 5 were from the class of '65 because they all sat together and sarcastically referred to themselves as the young table!

We had some new old faces, Linda Bolton, Ronna Bran, and Patricia Williamson, and it was really good to see all three of them, and I only wish I could have talked to them more.

The prize for coming the farthest probably went to Kirkley Thompson '65, who lives in Omaha , Nebraska, and is always a pleasure to see. And also Susan Howard, and Linda Webster, and Bradley Seals came from the Austin area, and Tom Gann from up Lufkin way, and Frankie Cannon Wells and Leron came from lovely Lovelady, and Robbie Boswell from beautiful downtown Granite Shoals. It was also a treat to see and get to visit with Sandra Baxter Marshall and her husband Robert, and with Larry York and his beautiful bride from somewhere around Shepherd, Tx, and Allen and Betty Geiser from Crosby, and our organizer and instigator "Party" Johnny Sheffield and his lovely and sweet bride Becky from somwhere near Cat Springs. And of course we had the honeymooners Paige and Richard, two of my favorite people in Lynn Wren Burkhardt and Charles, and three more in Scotty and Lola Croom and Gloria Hornick  from Katy, Jimmy Hilsher from Satsuma,and the usual cast of suspects from in and around Houston including Barbara Porter who we thank for working so hard taking photos, Suzanne Vickers '65 , Douglas Romans, and Ricky and Janet Strickland, and Fran and I. I'm sure I'm leaving some other folks out and for that I apologize, but I was after all sipping on a cold beer, and I have slept since then, and besides that as you all know we're not kids anymore.

It was a very enjoyable evening! Do your self a favor and try to come next time and I guarantee you'll drive home that night with a smile on your face.

Paige Talley (Meek)

I agree with the guys. Saturday evening was great fun. Richard had been preparing space for the boxes to arrive. He did such a good job and the garage looked so nice when the movers and I arrived to Carleen Road Friday morning. One quick glance and it was over. In a mere 7 1/2 hours Holik was emptied (well almost) and Carleen was filled up! Oh, the joys of  "home melding"  (Dr. Spock, Richard and I will NEVER be able to "mind-meld").  At one point I lost Richard, only to find him in the waaaay back corner of the waaaay back yard, holding his head mumbling something about "what have I gotten myself into".  I left him comtemplating the joys of marriage.

All this brings me back to Clay's. We were so tired and debated whether to join the event or not. As always, getting together with friends is a good choice. A little laughter, some hugs, friends from afar (not to be confused with East Texas fireman) and new faces. Missed those who couldn't make it.  Thanks to all of you for lifting our spirit.

Hugs,

Paige of Richard and Paige 

Beau Wann, Jr.

Guess what I forgot! ! ! yup, Clays reunion! Dang me Dang me they oughta take a rope and hang me! High from the highest treeeeeeeeee...Yup, been working on putting in a new kitchen sink...for three days...been eating offin paper plates with plastic utensils...you never miss the water tilll the well runs dry!

I shore woulda like to seen the new faces and the regulars too. Heard my brother Robbie was in attendance...HEY ROBBIE, YA SHOULDA CALLED ME AND WOKE MY PEA BRAIN UP...I coulda left the sink for another day...DANG DANG DANG...Oh well, aint no use in swoonin over spilt Jack Daniels...

Which brings me to another subject...no drinking while taking a MEDROL PAKS...otherwise known as prednisone...no real noticeable side effects. But one hidden one that they dont seem to share with folks...wonder why? It shuts down your adrenal gland, to speed up recovery of whatever ails you...what else they dont tell you, is dont get hurt, ie break a bone, bump your head real hard etc...without your adrenal gland working, you break a bone, you go into shock real quick, and can die...scary...

Been hurtin this year worse than ever before. Instead of just one shoulder and one hip joint and leg hurtin, both shoulders down to my fingers were in severe distress from pain...same with my back and both hips and legs to my toes...hurt so bad I couldnt concentrate on anything...not even typing on the forum, and yall all know how much I love that....Finally went to the sawbones...(there's a concept...when youre ailin, go to the doc). They never seem to find the cause of the pain, other than, in alphabetical order, Arthritis, bursitis, and tendonitis...

This time they did more tests, and metioned a whole raft of words with the word "myalgia" on the tail end. He never said Fibromyalgia, but I guess all them algias are kin with one an other! Anyway, good ol doc Jeckyl gave me a stereo injection...no, no, thats not right...hmmmmm...what is that woid....OH YEAH, steroid injection...Looks like I wont be participating in the olympics or tour de france...shoot, been looking forward to finally taking those endeavors up for my new career...

But not to worry, I have a fall back plan...gonna be an ELVIS IMPERSONATOR! ! ! !
Pretty good plan...NO? Well, I'll come up with something. Maybe I'll take up barefoot water skiing and dethrone Robbie from being the king of that sport! You know, I think I'll just let that slide, or ski!  I dont think Robbie had anything to worry about. To me, waterskiing is trolling for aligators!

Well things can always be woise eh! ! ! I only mention the above, just for info...not phishing for empathy or sympathy, or even boo hooin in my beer...cause I know we got better folks than me fighting more serious battles...Jackie and Charles, just to name a few....just info, thats all...I have gotten suggestions from others about what they have done for this or that, and I've tried some of  them, and some work a little...I'll take a little any day, over nothing! ! !And thats what we are here for, to support one another!

I see I forgot to mention if the steroid shot worked...IT DID...within a few hours, I was relatively pain free...difference of night and day...I couldnt believe it...still dont! that was last thursday...I forgot to ask him how long it would last! I can tell you I am not looking forward to when it wears off...maybe I'll get lucky and it wont! yeah, and pigs can fly, right!  Still cant sleep, but the pain is gone mostly...I guess one out of two aint bad! I've had steroid injections before, in the joints, and that hurts almost as much as the hurt youre trying to get rid of...none of the injections ever really worked, till now. Nurse Kratchit gave me that shot in the left arm, and man oh man, I'm thinkin about adopting her! ! !

Ok, just ramblin...my loss missing Clays....My beloved is rather peaved at me for forgetting something so important!   Time ot sing off...

keep the sun at your six, and Charles and Jackie in your prayers...
Your frien and brother JabberWrocky

Kay Watters '65 (Greene)

Mornin, Beau and all, it is certainly a brrrr cold morning at that.  Must say I enjoy it though, not looking forward to "Texas hot".

Missed your comments, felt this must be the case, and glad that you have been treated so well.....hope it lasts all summer at least.

Susan Howard (Bowman)

Good morning everyone!  Our mini-reunion on Saturday night was (as my granddaughter would say) "awesome"!  (Everything is awesome at her age!)  It was great to see so many folks that had not been there before, and as always wonderful to see those of you who attend regularly! Those of you who could not make it for one reason or another - you were missed!  Thanks to Johnny for putting this all together for us - don't know what we would do without you, Johnny!

Bj Brady '65

Dearest Wrocky-

Enjoying your steroid shot, eh??  Been there on that one. 

Hope you are not thinking oh-oh, here's Dr. Brady... Nope, I wouldn't think of prescribing anything without a medical license - However, I did stay in a Holiday Inn last night. I have been diagnosed with the big "algia" - Fibro.  You seem to posses many of the symptoms.  Google it up and read all about them. Your Dr. was thinking: 1. Do I label him with Fibro 2. Call him "a kook" 3. Give him a Mutha of a steroid shot and send him home for a couple of weeks. Sounds like you have taken your share of Medrol PACKS.  Would not over use those...

My Dr. gave me a prescription last week that I am currently trying out - "walk 30 minutes a day without stopping." "Everyday of the week."  I know that you are thinkin' what I did.  Over the course of a day, I walk 30 minutes.  That is not the prescription.  You gotta get your mind to turn off. Peruse your Kingdom of Dubarry in your walking shoes. So far, I'm seeing some relief.

Hope this helps,

BJ

Beau Wann, Jr.

Hey Doc BJ, I can use all the "medical" adivce I can get.  "The been there done that"diagnosis works for me. I dont like taking those medrol paks, never did. In fact, thats where I get into trouble, I DONT LIKE TAKING ANY MEDS. I like mother nature to try to take care of the problem, and I guess givin the rat amount of time, she will! One way or ta other!  I had a friend that had neck problems (me too, 3 crushed vertabrae in my neck) anyway the doctor prescribed "walking" for Dan. The alternative was surgery, and survival rate from the surgery was 50/50...Dan said the pain went away after X amount of time walking!

I walk about an hour each day, walking Fric and Frac, but thats really a battle more than anything else. I have to drag Cooper, cause he wants to stop and smell every single leaf and blade of grass along the way! I subscribe to "stop and smell the roses" , but Cooper takes it to a whole new demension! So I drag Cooper, and Jack drags me. He seems to have an appointment to water every tree and lightpole in the hood! That boy is on a mission. Then when he's drained dry, he eats grass like a sheep! Most grass eating dog I have ever seen!

I've heard all my life that when a dog eats grass, it's to settle his stomach! With cooper thats partially true. When he eats grass, he's going to throw up a bushel basket of grass and an entire months worth of food. Jack eats grass cause he's eternally hungry, that and he remembers the first year of his life in the wild, where that probably was his only meal of the day, if not several days. Pretty resourceful wouldnt you say? Well, it's gotten him this far...our house...heaven so to speak, at least for critters!  Why wont this stupid thing line feeed?  Cant start a new paragraph for some stupid reason!      Anyway, to make a short story longer, I guess walking the dogs isnt really therapy. Gonna have to walk by myself. Oh great, Jack and Cooper are just gonna be beside themselves if I walk without them.                well, cant be hepped! A mans gotta do what a mans gotta do!  Ok, this linefeed problem is buggin me, so gonna sing off for now....yeaaaaaaaaaaa! ! ! ! Ok ok, I get it, I am long winded, to say the least! See ya later!  your frien and brother JabberWrocky

Beau Wann, Jr.

Ok, I'm not going to get on the forum anymore, cause I type for hours, and then it just disappears. dont know what happens, but it is so disheartening not to mention aggravating, good bye

Susan Howard (Bowman)

Hey Beau - don't believe you!  This is an outlet for you!  Besides, we would all miss the smiles you give us every day!  Take a deep breath and try again!

Steve Puckett '65

  Delurking to add my 2 cents.  Gosh, what would we do without our frequent reports from Brother Beau??    I do know what happens when minutes or hours of work goes Poof, whether I was the cause or not.    A couple of things can be done to lessen the likelihood.  One is to save frequently.  Press Submit, then go back in in Edit mode to continue.  Another way, likely a better way, is to compose the message somewhere else, in Word or as a new e-mail message, then copy & paste it into a Forum message, then press Submit, etc.  Write me if you want to discuss it more, either here or...?

Anyways, your messages certainly are appreciated. 

Pat Brantley (Ross)

Beau, I love your posts.  The cursive style is hard for me to read, but that may just be an age thing.  On a different topic; steroids.  I used to have to take them to get rid of serious sinus infections.  They make me a raving lunatic.  My staff used to tape a note on my door saying "bitch on steroids.  Keep away". They weren't kidding.  Oh we'll, had my sinuses operated on and left the steroids behind me.  My husband, the good doctor tells me that they usually make people euphoric not murdereous.  The staff had a party that I paid for.  My girls went to add their stories I think are exaggerated.

i don't know about your problem with disappearing posts.  Maybe your computer needs a facelift.

Jimmie Lee Smith (Brawner)

Would appreciate prayers for my cousin & fellow Waltrip '64 graduate, Mary Vaughan Graham.  She had corrective bladder surgery Thursday morning and doctor says she came through fine.  She will be recovering for about 2 weeks.  She lives in Carrollton (suburb of Dallas) and has been so very supportive of me during all Charles' medical problems.

Jimmie Lee Smith (Brawner)

04-26-13

We will be beginning a new journey on April 29.  We’ll be moving into an apartment complex in Houston named The Esplanade, which is across from Hermann Park, to spend the next 2 months while Charles goes through his treatments.  He will be having chemo and proton radiation 5 days/week for 7.5 weeks.  After several days of testing @ MD Anderson last week, we’ve been told that they are going to aggressively treat Charles and they believe there’s a very good chance they can wipe out the cancer. 

Yesterday, he got his last haircut for a while and we went out to his golf club to get his putter as our apartment complex has a putting green. 

We are so grateful for all your prayers, cards, e-Mails and calls of support for Charles.  He truly gets a lift of his spirit each time he hears from any of you.  And I, too, am so appreciative to all of you who have given me tips and suggestions for dealing with this.

Beau Wann, Jr.

It's me again Margaret ! ! ! hey Pat, is this font any better? I see things on this computer, and I go into them, and then try to get cute with it and sometimes stuff is generally left alone! But then I guess I wouldnt be me if I left stuff alone, eh what? I know I said I wasnt coming back, but here I am! ! ! Hey BJ, I tried typing on word, then printing it out, then retyping it on the forum, but it just wasnt the same. My thoughts are spontaneous...did I just say that? Well, you know what I mean! I will keep trying.

Hey Pat, those steroids do produce "roid rage", maybe not as profound as the anabolic kind, but they do produce that reaction in some folks. The ones I take for my lungs, make me homocidal, germicidal, herbicidal, insecticidal, and all them "cidals"...I get so crazy and psycho from them, I'm surprised I've lived this long outside an asylum!

One of our classmates told me about the pain episode he was going through, just like what I am experiencing, (I hesitate to mention his name lest it sully his reputation that he actually knows a nutjob like me) anyway, his doc called it PMR, and I forgot what the letters stand for, I think PRETTY MEAN RHUMATOID ARTHRITIS, or some such meaning. Works for me! PMR causes PMS PDQ, at least in me. His doc said that PMR is more prone in Scandinavian women...well, I do like my scandinavian women prone...

Well of course, I can see why I have it, being a scandinavian woman and all..."well I'm a woman w-o-m-a-n..." You know, there are some things better left unsaid to your patient, dont you think? "Oh why yes Mr Wann, you have a disease only SCANDINAVIAN WOMEN GET"...

Helga here...just where in the heck is scandinavia? Somewhere up around Conroe? I know Mrs Simpson probably did her level best to point me in the right direction of scandinavia, but for the life of me just dont remember it. I now have an ice bag on my foot! Maybe I'd better back up! I went upstairs, where I am now, and rummaged through some packed boxes to try to find the whirld globe so I could find out just perzactly where the town of scandinavia was...is...

As luck would have it, and luck seems to pretty much have it's way with me, and mostly bad, I tumped (southern for knocked over) a box over on my foot! Which foot you say? Doesnt really matter, there were more boxes in the room and one or more of them were poised to fall on the other foot at any given moment! SURPRISE! ! ! the other box fell on the other shoe..., now I'm down to no feet left, cause we only have two, and seems I used up my limit. You know, I could sure use a butler to take some of this abuse for me!

I found my whrild globe, in the second box that fell on the other foot! So I pick it up, and now I have "the whole whirld in my hands, I've got the whole whirld in my hands..." yall had to see that coming didnt you? Anyway, once again, as luck would have it, her way of course, I dropped the whole whirld, on one of my feets, and it rolled across the other feets, so now I have them both propped up with ice on them! And a glass with ice and Jack at my lips...hmmmmmmm smooooooooth! ! !

ok, gonna brake for a break...lest I lose what I typed thus far...yea verily and forsooth...

Teddie Jordan

Beaucephus, Fran and I are in south Texas with our two youngest grand kids as I read this and to be honest with you I, like Pat, have a hard time reading your script on this little phone and always had to wait until I was back home on my PC , so I welcome the change too. 

As for you as a Scandanavian woman, not so much! But you did have that beautiful long blond hair back in the day. Anyway, just hope the 'roids help you as they did me. 

We are so pulling for Charles and thankful he has wonderful Jimmie Lee by his side. Have communicated with Mary Vaughan and she sounds good, and she thinks the world of Jimmie Lee too. Knew them both but never knew they were cousins.

As Lindsey Apostolo often said, Faith creates miracles!

Wayne Lake

Happy Birthday to my hero, the Red Headed Stranger, 80 years old and still smokin’, blowin’ and going strong, doing it his way (he had a benefit in Austin last night for the West VFD).

Willie Nelson, born April late in the evening 29^th, 1933 (birth certificate says April 30^th but Bobbi says no, he arrived late in the evening and was recorded on the next day) in Abbot, Texas. The rest is pretty well documented. I remember first seeing Willie at the Esquire Ballroom on Hempsted Hwy about 1963 or so (I can still remember hearing him singing Crazy when he still had short hair, dressed in a suit with a narrow tie and couldn’t draw a crowd on a Friday night until the Cy-Fair Rodeo group arrived. The place was so empty there was an echo.    

Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys………………………

From League City for a few more weeks before heading up North for summer,

wtl

ps: May another favorite Texas born legend, George Jones R.I.P,Who’s going to fill their shoes?

Teddie Jordan

If Willie can make it to 80 and George Jones to 81, there may be hope for all of us.

John Burgess Webb

its good to hear that charles ids going to get the full good treatment at mda.hope and pray for the best.

i had to stay in the hospital for 10 days with congestive heart failure;couldnt catch my breath so a friend here drug me in and they tortured me awhile and finally decided i was good to go on friday.the tests show a 15% funtion so i guess thats what ill live with.cant complain,i can still get around and enjoy the computer and some tv.not much on either but its not time to give up.

enjoy the forum and ill try to come up to speed during the next few weeks.everybody have as much fun as possible and ill have to get back to wayne on his questions.im sure there are answers out there somewhere but its preyy tight on the margins.

burge

Kay Watters '65 (Greene)

Don't stress we are here for you.

Wayne Lake

Burge,

You hang in there ol’ buddy, we still need all of you patriot, hero’s to protect us weaklings from the evils of the world. Don’t worry about answering my silly assed rhetorical questions about the future of country music, I think it is actually in pretty good shape as I’ve already got Robert Earl Keen and Jamie Johnson penciled in for pseudo replacements of Willie and George Jones, respectively (although not 100% sure about the Willie replacement).   

Thomas Jefferson wrote/spoke of the value of walking as it heips to clear the digestive track and improve the mind while it promotes good cardiac health, so take those dogs of yours for a stroll in the East Texas piney woods as often as you can.

From LC,

wtl, world peace advisor, Texas historic music sage, lay physician and part time fisherman/liar  

Jimmie Lee Smith (Brawner)

Burge,

So sorry to hear of your hospitalization.  We understand your dislike of the needles.  Not many veins available for Charles to be poked in.  Sorry to hear of your heart problems, but so glad you are enjoying the computer to keep up with all the really important things going on in the world that are reported on The Forum.  Hang in there.

Kay Watters '65 (Greene)

Charles and Jimmie, thanks for the update, I'm sure this has been a hard week for the both of you.  Hoping it has been a successful one.  O.K. we have several on the "not-so-well list, but I pray spirits are high.  With all this cold weather and winds blowing my light chairs and such around the yard, I've snuggled warmly into the covers with t.v. and computer in hand....nice!

Do you think we will go thru one more day until Spring really arrives???  I've been going on long walks, picking dewberries and all.  I've enjoyed the cool weather, but ready (I think) for summer to hit 2013.  The dogs do not know what to think, so I've invited them in for the evening.  I've ended up with my neighbor's dog he abandoned, the grandkids dog and my daughter's dog, now past 12 yrs.  I'm feeding and housing now.  Suppose that how the world works....

Teddie Jordan

A few of my favorite old cowboy sayings from the book Dont Squat With Yer Spurs On:

Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

Never ask a man the size of his spread.

Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day.

If you find yourself in a hole the first thing to do is stop diggin'.

It don't take a genius to spot a goat in a flock of sheep.

The biggest liar you'll ever have to deal with probably watches you shave his face in the mirror every mornin'.

Never follow good whiskey with water, unless you're out of good whiskey.

Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much.

Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgement.

Generally you aint learnig nothin' when you're jawin'.

Trust everybody in the game, but always cut the cards.

A body can pretend to care, but they can't pretend to be there (one of my dad's favorites).

There's two theories on arguin' with a woman, neither one works!!!

Never go to your room in the daytime.

Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier 'n puttin' it back in.

The quickest way to double your money is to fold it up and put it back in your pocket.

Never miss a good chance to shut up.

Nobody ever drowned himself in his own sweat.

If you work for a man, ride for his herd and treat his cattle like they were your own.

The cowboy who exaggerates too much soon finds that everyone else has left the campfire.

Dont squat with yer spurs on.

And I'll add one of my dad's favorites: When you meet a man, don't ask him if he's from Texas. If he is he'll tell you soon enough, but if he's not there's no sense in embarassing him.

Amen to all!

John Burgess Webb

all good teddie,if our polititions paid attention to those sayings we could reverse global warming in a week;less hot air and more cool heads.

its so good to hear from the forum class;it is what it is these days.old friends and precious memories from a time when life was simple and families were the base of our security.cool mornings with eggs ,bacon and toast for breakfast then off to school.there was fun and enthusiasm.i think it must have stuck through the years of contention and prepared us for a world that seems so wild and out of control.like the base of the great pyrimid;solid and level.caos cannot be the final geometry for a stable world;its always been global yet the base is local and withstanding.the wheat is being separated from the chaff;we have to endure in this spiritual war.remember that our fight is not against the flesh but the principalities of this world.violence is thier calling card and thier banner is socialism and communism;what seems fair to them destroys progress and denies liberty.

during the last phase of the first indo-china war;the french and vietnamese were demoralised and facing defeat by the communist viet minh.the french general admonished his vietnamese contingency.he said: "be men ,go join the viet minh where they fight well for a bad cause." the jest being that you must fight for what you believe in,even if its wrong.the french suffered a crushing defeat because of thier failure to understand guerella warfare.attrition and infiltration was a subtlety twice learned by the french in algeria and writ large in vietnam.the infiltration of our institutions with the insiduous therories of itenerate intellectuals and methods through media has changed our country into a sespool of false social science and perverted standards.a case in point is the recent approval of the abortion pill for over the counter access for 15 year old girls.what message does that send to young people already brainwashed by 'sex education' now expanded to kindergarten children who by peer presure and assult by older boys are having pre puberty sex because through thier "education" they know that they wont get pregnant.the institutional cabal has an insentive to destroy the nuclear family so the outcome is a control of the future work force and a doubling of the tax base.the day of a traditional  family with a male breadwinner and a female at work in the home and being a mother and councel to her children is replaced by the state control of what in thier lexicon is nothing more than "human resources" and management of your right to raise and educate your children.

i would hate to be a young person today and live deprived of rational thought and real choice.i may not have made good choices or though in a rational manner in my life but i was determined to find out what was going on;even with hard knocks and painful failures.im sick about the breakup of families not just because of the suffering but because i know that it is contrived and propogated by accidemia and broad media owned by careless people who profit from an expanded workforce and ignore morals traditionally inculcated by stable families and a spiritual life of some kind,which they also seek to destroy.these are the 'princepalities spoken of in scripture.its no mystery why they want to replace churches with state worship.check it out and you can see it.no prayer in school,the demand to remove symbols of faith and heritage.

there are good people in this world of all race and creed;it just that the worst jocky for power over the rest. as a reminder of this principle;remember that adolf hitler was elected chanceler of germany and used his power to gain total control and murdered millions of people for his vision of how the world should be structured.those ideas are still around;they have just changed thier clothes and perfected thier method.its deep and wide but it does have structure and we are the last people on earth who have some control of our destiny,even though the choice is narrow,let them demonstrate who they are and be part of the 40% who care or even the smaller number who pay attention.use the 'rewind' capability of the internet and look at the lies in real time as they were spoken.decide to not follow a liar;where will that lead?thats accross the board  when there is something to hide.

burge

Beau Wann, Jr.

Beautiful Saturday nafteroon to all yall...Burge hang in there brother...you are on our prayer list at church...Hey Teddie, you forgot one all important two rules:

Rule number 1 Dont sweat the small stuff!
Rule number 2 Everything is small stuff, refer to rule number 1

Sorry I have been away from the forum, been busier than a fly in an apple pan dowdy factory...is that just a southern way of saying apple pie?
Anyway, pain came back and then some, guess the shot wore off...duh, ya think? Anyway, just gotta limp ahead on! been trying to get this house ready to put on the market. Patch and paint, patch and paint. I sure let a lot go here, when we had the ranch. What was I thinking? Well, no harm no foul!

Gonna put the sign in the yard on Monday. Been doing 20 to life here at hard labor! Hopejfully gonna be paroled sometime soon. You know that saying, "lets put lipstick on this pig"...well, thats what we've been doing here, but on a running pig! I will be so glad to move on!

Got the winder lights open, and the mockingbirds are just singing to high heaven. Got my ears on, and they enhance their songs a great deal...yea! ! ! Doncha just love the sound of singing boids?

Hey Kay, I picked a few dewberries, but cant eat em unless they are strained through cheese cloth, but I can dream cant I! Sounds like you're the local pet shelter. What a great lady you are to do all that for the critters. Guess folks like us are the onliest hope for some critters.

Charles, Jackie, Burge, and any and all folks having health problems, YOU ARE THOUGHT OF...and in our prayers...Some day, yall will all loook back on these trying days and laugh..."HA", you will say...and we will all still be here caring about you!

Hey teddie, great picture of that youngun, doing what younguns do best, playing and imagining...

Took Cooper to Home depot this morn, and they wouldnt let us in! We were just there a few days ago. There's now a sign saying no dogs allowed...or really a symbol of a dog with a line drawn through it. cooper didnt look anything like that dog, nor does he have aline through him...tha idjits! they said dogs are not allowed anymore, because one bit somebody! I said, ok, guess we will see if Lowes wants our money!

Shonuff, Lowes wanted our money, and I was happy to oblige. Cooper causes quite a stir where ever he goes, and Lowes was no exception. He gets folks in a good frame of mind and makes em want to buy stuff. He really had lots of admirers today, and why shouldnt he! Which brings me to the next bit of gnus, Cooper and I are retiring from volunteering at the end of May! I noticed him having a tad bit of trouble getting his caboose off the deck, especially if it's a slick tiled floor, and all schools have tile. At least the ones we visit! And I've always been having trouble getting up, so it's time!

Cooper and I have been doing gthis for 4 years, 28 in dog years for

Cooper, and thats enough!  We will miss it, especially the attention Cooper gets and the magic he works with the kids. He just thrives on it...How lucky for us to have been chosen his caretakers.

Well, guess I will sign off for now, gong to a concert at my son Billys house this evening. Seems there are some groups that when they are in town, will put on a show at someones house for x amount of dollars. Tonights is 20 bucks a head. The name of the group is Paleface! I think they play bluegrass, or folk music...hey, a HOOTNANNY...oK, the linefeed is gone wacky again, so gonna sign off...I said that didnt I...Keep the sun at your 6 and ride boldly ride...your frien and brother JabberWrocky