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11/10/13 07:49 AM #5979    

 

Teddie Jordan

Happy Veteran's Day to all of our classmates who have served in our country's armed forces around the world and defended our freedoms. Thank you to each of you for your service.

 And a special happy 238th birthday and Semper Fi to the U.S. Marine Corps and a toast to both the Corps and all of our Marine classmates, living and passed on.


11/11/13 09:03 AM #5980    

 

Pat Brantley (Ross)

Happy veterans' day.  We honor you because we have freedom from your sacrifice.  


11/11/13 10:35 AM #5981    

 

Jackie Crowe (Finch)

A salute to our Veterans!  Thank you for your service and sacrifices you made to keep our country free. Hugs, J

 

 


11/11/13 10:40 AM #5982    

 

Jackie Crowe (Finch)

Houston Gang - Fuddrucker gathering is tomorrow, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013 - 6:00 p.m.  Ya'll have fun - unfortunately I will not make this one. Hugs, J

Fuddrucker's the 2nd Tuesday of each month -- join the fun! Starting at 6:00 p.m. or whenever you can get there. 290 feeder road between Pinemont and Tidwell (13010 Northwest Freeway - 713-462-2639) call if you need directions. No reservations necessary - just show!


11/12/13 02:35 PM #5983    

 

Scotty Croom

will miss fudds tonight...just back from 5 days in san antonio w/ my pleiku bros.such a great time...


11/12/13 04:11 PM #5984    

 

Teddie Jordan

Sorry to say we're going to have to miss tonight too.

We moved Fran's 88 year old mother in with us about two weeks ago and have been busy getting her settled and stabilized. As all of you who have done your share of elder care know  it can certainly be  challenging, but also has its rewards. We are honored to be able to have her live with us at this time.

Yall have a good time and we have every intention of making the December get together.


11/18/13 10:51 AM #5985    

 

Johnny Sheffield

hey everyone. my last day at applied finish will be 12-31-13. so go ahead and disregard that e mail address

and telephone no.

 

my new e mail will be johnnysheffield46@gmail.com and my new telephone no will be 1-979-203-7209

anyway, hope all are doing well and everybody have a wonderful thanksgiving.

 

johnny

 


11/20/13 12:16 PM #5986    

 

Jackie Crowe (Finch)

Good news – I’m dancing!! 

As you all know on August 14,  I ended my 10 months of chemotherapy and started a new Endocrine Therapy regime (pill form). 

Yesterday, I saw Dr. Arun at M. D. Anderson for results of PET scan I had on Friday.  After 3 months of new treatment - it’s working!!!!!!!!   She said overall it was a good PET scan report, there were a few areas in my breast that showed up, but she thought it was just some inflammation because the pill causes that, but she’d keep an eye on it. 

She said my liver lesions were GONE!!!!!!!  Yes, Gone!  My bone lesions were holding their own and no other spreading to other organs!!! Thank you God!  I’ll stay on the pill and see her in 3 months and if all is good, then start seeing her at 4 months intervals and eventually to 6 months.   I am so thrilled!  

THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for all your love, support and prayers. 

Hugs and love,

J


11/20/13 01:06 PM #5987    

 

Gloria Hornick (Walker)

Great news, Jackie!  I am dancing, too, just thinking about it!  So happy for you!


11/20/13 11:42 PM #5988    

 

Beau Wann, Jr.

Dang tootin thats great gnus...now, if you can do that "Elaine Bennis kick dance", then youre cured for sure! ! !

    Hello mine fine waltripines...been layin low...really low...that polymyalgiarhumaticahokeypokeyhoochiecoochie has come back with a vengeance...
My shoulders and arms hurt so bad, Diane has to help me get dressed...now thats an ego killer for sure...It's a good thing I have power steering, although when I turn it, it feels like I'm driving my old 51 ford...when this stuff started getting bad to worse, I turned the corner into the hood, and both shoulders cracked and popped and it felt like they were "gut shot"! Dang near drove up on the sidewalk. Before that day, I thought I had experienced bad pain, but I was mistaken...lord a mighty! ! !

     Anyhoo, havent been on th eforum cause the pain was so bad, I couldnt think! Also didnt go to fudds because of the intensity of the pain. Diane packs me in hot rice bags every night and morning. I have to get her to help me get dressed before she leaves for work, or else I'm stayin in me PJs all day. Thats a morale killer for me for sure!

    Maybe it'll ease up sometime soon I'm hoping! I guess it's pretty comical watching me try to do things around here, like gett a glass of water. Diane has to put a glass on the counter, cause I cant lift my arms up past the counter. We use those red and blue plastic disposable cups (we recycle em). I tried, by myself to get em out of the cabinet, the one over my head, and cups and paper plates went all over the kitchen...I was able to salvage one, and then came the hard part...putting water in it...by the time Diane gets home, the house looks like it's been ransacked...

     I do have a half dozen of those grabber thingys, and of course can never find em...so now I have not only my glasses to look for, but floor grabbie things too.
I tried to put a new roll of toilette paper on the roller...I now have a dent in my forhead from the roller springing out of my hand and into my head...dropped the toilette paper, and it rolled out into the hallway, and a little rogue kitty named Annie-Bob just had to start rolling it all over the house...dang, house got tped and by a cat no less...You know, to Dianes credit, she never even flinced or asked me how it happened, she just cleaned it all up.

     I can still do some things, like walk, and I can go frontwards and backwards too also! Walking the boys is not a pleasant thing to do, but I do. I can only walk one a day, today was Jacks day, and tomorrow is Coopers, unless it is raining. course, he doesnt care about gettting wet, or me getting wet, just as long as it isnt a swimming pool.

     You should see the beautiful "park", "wetlands" that we live a few yards from. Probabluy ablut 40 acres of wetlands, complete with ducks and coots and storks/cranes and fish! It is on Little York between Hollister and Langfield. Had no idear it was there! Sure is beautiful. If our place wasnt so small, I'd give aparty so yall could see the wilderness we live next to. We have a plethora of Cardinals, male and female, that hang out in our  back yard. Even have a possum that stickes his head under the fence from time to time. Drives the boys crazy...er crazier! ! !

     They've barely begun on the house on the hill...just got the form up today. Shooting for the week after thanksgiving to pour the slab. Then look out! Probably be early spring before we can move into it. And to think, we started last early spring on this whole project...well, as long as it gets done, that is a good thing!

      Saw some deer on the place. One massive huge deer, looked like the Hartford Elk. Probably a 600 on the Boone and Crocket scale. Hey Teddie, I was gthinkink of putting several feeders up, but the short ones, the ones you can walk up to and just dump a bag of corn into the top, well, a normal person could do it. Other than height, What difference does it make if the feeder is tall or short?

     Fangers are getting stiffer, so,  guess I'll go snuggle up to a half dozen warm rice bags, and 6 or 4  cats and two dogs.

     Missed fudds this month cause of the intensity of the pain, but gonna try to make it in December. Might have to bring a wheel chair...nah, gonna make it under me own power...me hopes! DANG..........one of my shoulders just popped and woke big oliver up, and hurt the hell out of me...signing off now..

    your frien and large bowl of rice krispies, snap crackle and pop... 


11/21/13 08:31 AM #5989    

 

Bj Brady '65

Dearest Snap, crackle and Pop-

It was good hearing from the three of you!!

I was diagnosed with your Fibro issues several years ago - 2007. Really affected my employment. I could not carry my briefcases and showcases to business shows anymore. I worked 3 trade shows per month. I hired my nephew to carry all of my equipment until 2010 when he returned to college full time. That was the end of that. I ate Hydro like popcorn to no avail. Then I was reminded that the ingredient in 5 Hour Energy drink that is a true pain killer is L-Phenylalanine. So I tried it. Also went to physical rehab for 12 weeks. It worked.  Haven't had a Hydro or an Oxy in three years. Hated those side effects.

Beau, I'm not a Doctor.   But I know one. Haven't stayed at a Holiday Inn either. You will catch a ton of grief for trying 5 hour. Plan on it.  It has really helped with no side effects. One in the morning when the old body aches so baddest..

Or you can call me "touched in the head".  Makes me no never mind.  I've been called worse. But I am known for my honesty and I call 'em like I see 'em. Check the Internet first to make sure nothing conflicts with your current meds. You know-  100 years nobody worried about Fibro because few lived to age 65. I'm real pleased with your new home plans, too.  Love ya, buddy,   BJ

 

 


11/21/13 09:47 AM #5990    

 

Bj Brady '65

Hey Snap-

I misspoke myself.  I realized now that you have Polymialgia Rhuematica. My Mom had that.  She's now dead.

Had it for years in Conroe.  Dr. says she got it from the spray on the 6th fairway at Panorama Country Club.

My parents lived on the 6th fairway...  Stay away from the 6th fairway, my friend. Oh, yeah... She died of

complications with Diabetes. However Prednisone porked her up like a beached whale. She was a petite 110 pounds when her ordeal started. Shot in the low 80's.  Started making bogees.  Went in for advice and bam, she has Poly.

True story Beau.  Five hour Energy still might help.  Your friend Dr.  BJ


11/21/13 09:58 AM #5991    

 

Beau Wann, Jr.

      Hey Doctor BJ...Holiday Inn owner...thanks for the woids of encouragement and information. So, there is someone that knows what I'm talking about with this crud! Simple things like carrying a brief case etc...valises dont weigh much unless you have this fibrohoochiecoo stuff, then they feel like you got lead bars in em doesnt it. I guess it's not so much the weight, as it is the movement of which ANY is excruciating...now there's a woid you havent hoid in a long time...VALISE...hope I spelled it write...

     I must say, mine has eased up a tad, got one sock and one boot on with no help, I are a big boy huh! But had to have my beloved help me with the other...well, I just did it for her, so she would feel needed...right! ! !  Isnt it amazing how we struggle to get dressed at the early end of the age scale, and then have the same struggles at the older end of the scale....the difference, and it is a big difference,  we got a tad frustated in the early years, learning how to get dressed and drink out of a glass without spilling the contents, or dropping it altogether...now it is a whole nother ballgame of frustration...I KNOW HOW...JUST CANT DO IT...

     I've been to me doctor, the celebrated Doc Holiday, and he says there is not much data on the malady, like what causes it and how to cure it...well, that stands to reason, if you dont know what causes it, mighty hard to find a cure...But, thats ok...."I will endeavor to persevere"....

      I remember the time I had to go over and pick my dad up off the floor in his later years...I thought "wow, I actually get to help my dad" he of the never asking for help kind! How humiliated he must have felt...and I feel bad for him having to go through that...there's been many a time I coulda used help getting off the floor! Got up on shear will power...A couple of times Cooper has let me use his back to lean on to get up. What a smart dog he! Not looking forward to the time when I cant get up, should I find myself on the floor. Better have my cell phone with me eh what!

     Speaking of which, I got a gnu cell phone...a samsung with a 7 inch screen...even with a screen that large, still cant read it without me glasses! but, it is cool....I guess. Kinda large, but it holds 64 gigabits O memory plus the 16 GB in the original card. Should hold a lot of my music, so now I can leave the cds at home. Has a lot O apps, one being GPS maps. It shows you where you are, and even moves when you move. Havent worked with it much or explored the apps, but I will with the help of my beloved. Do I knead a learners permit?  Lots O free apps, plenty for the likes of a 19th century unlicensed poet.

     You mentioned 5 hour energy drank? Really woiks huh? I take excedrin migraine, cause it has tylenol and aspirin and cafiene, which makes the two aforementioned ingredients woik better! I will have my beloved check the 5 hour drink. She's a farmasists daughter ! )yess I gno it's spelled wrong( . As Ms Simpson would say, "he had poetic license"! Been waiting on my "poetic license" fer some time. Got my drivers license, my CHL, bidness license, etc, but have not seen my PL! Been checkin the mail lo these many years. You reckon it got losted? )I miss Ms Simpson(! ! ! !

     I mentioned the wetlands where our rent adobe is, so I am enclosing a picture of it...me hopes..

a couple of muscovey ducks and a mallard or two. The below picture is at sunset...duh right! there are hundreds of ducks and coots and cranes here. Hard to believe this gem is here. Dont see a lot of people enjoying this area, cept a few joggers and dog walkers...which I am one of...I'll let you guess which one I is!

I will have to sign off up here, cause it wont let me get below the bottom picture. Great hearing from you BJ, and thanks for the info...your frien and box O rice crispies...snap, crackle and pop...


11/21/13 10:05 AM #5992    

 

Beau Wann, Jr.

Oh, I forgot to mention, our wetlands is just north of fudds a mile, to give you a reference point...pretty cool. Yeaaaaaa Jackie! ! ! !


11/21/13 10:47 AM #5993    

 

Bj Brady '65

Back again for ya Mr. Snap-

Good to hear from you. Man I haven't heard about Valices in a long time.  But showcases and briefcases - yep.

I really related to your getting back up after being on the floor routine.  It takes a ton of balance. My wife watches me with a little smile on her face and after I get up she sez "pitiful"...

Well, keep me posted on your progress. I really do understand.

The mountain air at your new home will help !!  B


11/21/13 05:19 PM #5994    

 

Kay Watters '65 (Greene)

Beau-man, sad you are feelng so out of shape.  Just saw a hyperbaric chamber from Cyto Studios.  You stand in it for 3 min....cold though, and it is supposed to help w/arthrtis, joint pain, may want to look it up....I didn't catch much of it, but hurried over to tell ya, b4 I forgot it. Something new, not sanctioned yet, but they showed people, athletics, etc. using it.


11/21/13 11:46 PM #5995    

 

Beau Wann, Jr.

     Hey, thanks Kay and BJ...My beloved says Michael Jackson use to hang out in a hyperbaric chamber, and you see how well that turned out...I do spend a lot O time in the water closet chamber though, and generally speaking, come out feeling grand! I'm not making light of your hyperberic chamber, just making light of me. I'd sure use one if I thought it could/would woik, or if I could find one. My beloved tells me it is like a coffin...uh, no thanks...do they have an open hyperberic chamber? Kind of like the open MRI? Been in one of those a time or three!

     Actually, I dont feel half bad at the moment! Which half? Well, my nose doesnt hurt, and my...started to say my left ear, but thought better of it, cause it and my right one hurt....well, a nose is a good start wouncha think"?

     Kinda forgot about my malady, dealing with two kitties that are 17 years old with hyperthyroid and high blood pressure. The oldest of the two, katie, a blue and white tuxedo, is not doing well at all. She has stopped eating very much, so we are helping her in that area. They both take meds for thyroid and BP, but Katies thyroid is raging. We have upped her dosage, per the vet, and so far, it hasnt helped. She is sort of unsteady, and cant seem to get settled. Bless her heart, she has been the best of companions! She use to chase little balls of paper, and bring them back to us. Did that for hours. And that from a CAT! Hell, I have never had a dog that would chase anything, let alone bring something back!

    Maybe this is just a rough patch she's going through, sort of like all of us go through! Or maybe....well, whatever the outcome, she has been loved and loved us! Peaches the other 17 year old, is having some of the same issues. Well, they were strays, and they have had the best of homes for 17 years, and thats a good thing.  I know they are just cats, but still they are family, and just as important and valuable as human family! Sometimes even more so, at least in my family! I was sure hoping they both would live long enough to enjoy the screened in porch we are having built for them.

     MAJOR FRONT COMING IN! ! ! ! ! Snowing in conroe...this ought to make our old joints and bones rejoice....isnt that something, I have always loved the cold weather, and it's that same cold weather thats a killer for me...not good on the bones and joints or the lungs...whatcha gonna do? Pick something out thats good and go with that!

     Had a baked potato for supper tonight! Not a GOOD OLD FASHION one like we use to have, baked in the oven or in the coals of a BBQ fire, but in the microwave. For some reason the ones cooked for an hour in the oven or BBQ coals have a richer flavor, dontcha think?  I have to skin mine, tater peels too hard to digest. You can use butter, or olive oil, or grapeseed oil, and lots O cheddar cheese, and Ortegas salsa...why did I go there? Now I've made myself hungry!

     Guess everyone is getting ready for thanksgiving...duh, ya think einstein???? Well, just thought I'd mention it, lest anyone should forget, you know! This will be the first time in 30 years we are not having it at our house...hallelujia! ! ! When we were younger, it was a chore, but one in which we bounced back from quickly. Last couple of Tdays we had, were just moida (brooklyn for murder). Started on them weeks in advanced, and took weeks to clean up after! 

     Gonna have this one catered at someone elses haus! And Christmas also too! ! ! We dont have too many options for Christmas tree placement in the rental adobe, especially a large treel....one over a foot tall ! ! ! But we will find a good spot for the right tree!  All our stockings, and there are many, have been stored. We have one for each member of the family, animals included, even ones that have passed over the rainbow bridge! Yup, we hang em all up on the mantel of the fireplace. this place has no fireplace...

     Packed and stored my candy moulds, so there will be no christmas candy this year. Looked at Michaels hobby store, and they dont have much in the way of candy moulds! gonna check Hobby Lobby and then call it a year! Kinda glad cause it is tedious verk! Dianes BETA ETA group will be saddened by the absence! They have an auction twice a year, one at christmas and the other in the spring methinks, and my candy always fetches top dollar and a ferocious bidding war. Dont know why, it's just dark chocolate...well, the cameos are hand painted  which is the tedious part.  You wouldnt think it would be so hard to do, cause I get to sit down, but my back really aches half way through the process.  And thats where my beloved Mrs. Claus steps in and gives me a hand...yeaaaaaaa!

    Ok, time to go...my three hours of sleep awaits...havent had as many naps lately, and have slept fairly well at night, for me! Teddie said he quit taking naps cause he wasnt sleeping at night when he took them...he was right!  But a nap sure feels good, and I seem to sleep more soundly in nap mode rather than night mode! Go figure!

     Well, dont be a stranger, jump right in on the forum like BJ and Kay and everyone that has jumped in.

     Oh, an aside here, lest it be thought that I seek symphony for my aches and pains and trials and tribulations, au contraire mon ami ! I got from it what I seek...information, friendship and the chance to communicate with said friends! ! ! Not glad that BJ has this poly stuff, but glad he thought enough of us to share that he did have it. And Kay and BJ thought enough of me to make sugggestions on how to over come it! Now, thats what I',m talkin about...and the hokey pokey is not what it's all about....good friends is what! ! ! Safety in numbers I allus say! And Jackies good gnus...now waiting to hear Charles and Lynells good gnus...and anyone elses good gnus...so share it with us! ! ! theres lots of us out here that care...

    Your frien and brother-in-classmate,  Me myself and I, snap, crackle and pop, signing off...take a coat wit you tommmmorrwooo, gonna get cold!   


11/22/13 11:30 AM #5996    

 

Scotty Croom

beau,my arthritis has been acting up the past days,,,cooler weather makes bones ache...my memories took me back to nov.,63 w/talks of kennedy assasination...who can forget that fateful fri. pm...our win over bellaire for city championship as the realties sunk in ...it has been hard to realize 50 years have passed...went to eye dr. at va yesterday and talked w/wwii vet ..he told me he got out of army in 46...so ,i told him i was about a year old...last wed. was 43rd anniv. of my discharge...will enjoy thanksgiving w/family next week...everyone stay well...


11/22/13 06:39 PM #5997    

 

Beau Wann, Jr.

     Hey scotty ! ! ! Yeah, that arthur is the meanest one of them ritis boys...cold weather sure is the kryptonite to arthritis...man, ol art is jumpin up and down on my old cold bones....

     I forgot to say happy birthday to the Marines...so, HAPPY BIRTHDAY ! ! ! !
Rode Pegasus to the redneck country club in Stafford Sunday the 10th! met my good marine  buddy Frankie down there. Had a great time. Michael Berry was there, and they had live music...as opposed to dead music I suppose!  Talked to marines age 22 to 99 years old! Just the marines were suppose to get food and everything free that sunday, but they allowed me to get in free and eat and drink free! Of course they got off light, cause I dont eat that much, and dont drink!

     They thought about the Navys contribution to the marine corps...somebody had to drive em to where they needed to kick ass, and then someone to patch em up! At least thats what the marines at the party told me, so who am I to disagree! Had a marine there that fought on Iwo Jima and Okinawa...so interesting talking to those OLD guys....hmmm, I'lll just bet someone out there is saying, "I talked to this old squid"....

    Anyway, Frankie and I had a good time. Frankie is a 72 waltrip grad. Went straight into the marines after graduation and wound up finishing up the war in Vietnam, I think he came out on one of the last Hueys out of there when they shuter down.

     Franks girlfriend took our picture in front of a great poster...see if I can conjure it up and put it on the forum....

     Dont know why I cant write under the picture, but it wont let me go there...Pretty good looking squid and jarhead eh what? Love that poster!  I will have to admit I'm just not very photogenic...I forget I dont look like I use to...and look like...that guy down on the left, whomever he might be! ! ! ( thought I was smiling...guess not.  it shows that I dont like my picture took)...  Frankie???? He is as good as it gets for a friend. He and I use to work for the phone company and were also in the same crew for 10 or 15 years. He and I and another guy named Don, were the top three phone techs in this part of the free whirld! 

     Ok, guess I'll find a couple of cats and dogs and some rice socks to keep me warm!
Good luck this weekend and next week staying warm! Hmmm, I think this ol bear is gonna hibernate for a spell!

     Your frien and brother-in-classmate,  snap, crackle and pop


11/22/13 07:23 PM #5998    

 

Teddie Jordan

Beau, great picture. I think you and Frankie should start one of those beefcake calendars like the Houston firemen do every year, and donate the proceeds to your favorite charity. Maybe, "Retired Hunks of the Phone Company", or as you like to call it, "the Dial Tone Factory".


11/22/13 08:26 PM #5999    

 

Beau Wann, Jr.

     Oh yeah...we're hunks all right...just a" hunk a hunk a burnin love"...a calendar huh?
Well I guess folks could buy it and stuff it in the cubard to scare away the roaches and rats eh!  Oh yeah, "cubard"?  Why did they call the pantry the cubard? I know, I know, it's cupboard, but thats just silly. doncha think?  I'd like to have a private woid with whomeva came up with some of these woids! Course, it does make it fun in life, to make it fun...???? Sometimes, I scare myself!

      GOSH A MIGHTY, IT'S COLD OUT THERE! ! ! ! !

     Hey Teddie, why dont we make a porkcake calendar from the class of 64? I could take the pictures, and yall could be in it! Yeah, thats the ticket....Ok boys, break out those speedos...hooah! ! !
Boy, that storm this morning was something. Jack is terrified of storms, and at least 12 of the 6 cats are a feared of a storm. They were all sticking to my legs like I was velcro. When I moved about, I moved about in bunches...of critters!

    Ok, I gotta go crawl under a couple O dogs and cats and blankets, I r freezin! Gonna be a 4 cat night fer shure!

     Cant wait to see yall in December at fudds, show you what a big boy I am...put both socks on and both boots on today all by myself! It was touch and go for a spell, but I endeavored to persevere! Of course by December I might digress back to my usual hamstrung self! Well, I'll continue to work on it! I think I can still walk and chew gum at the same time, although I dont have any gum!

     Where was I?   Oh yeah, it's snowin in Conroe...and I gotta date with some blankets and warm rice socks and about 4 cats!  I love ya...
Keep your mittens on and play nice...your frien and brother-in-classmate...SC&P


11/22/13 11:56 PM #6000    

 

Susan Howard (Bowman)

Hey there, everybody!  I arrived home about 7:30 tonight after driving from Clovis, NM, to Georgetown with that winter storm right on my tail!  It was 21 this morning when I left Clovis - hadn't felt cold like that since I lived in Indianapolis!  I crept along I 84 at 30 miles an hour - just followed an 18 wheeler - felt he would know it was dangerous driving if he was going that slow - the normal speed is 75.  I actually saw some snow and the highway was pretty icy!  It feels good to be home safe and sound!  My cat, Duffy, was delighted to have me home!  He's been in my lap or at my feet since I walked in the door!  Love that kitty!

I should have preceded my tail of ice and snow by saying I just spent a great week in Sedona, AZ.  It was a place that I have wanted to go to for a long time and finally had the opportunty to make the journey.  I was there many years ago when I went to Phoenix for a national school improvement conference, but I was only there for a day, so it has been on my bucket list for awhile.  What a beautiful place - felt a real sense of peacefulness!  Perhaps it was my Cherokee ancestors speaking to me.  A trip to the Grand Canyon was supposed to take place on Tuesday, but my husband became ill and we couldn't make it.  I'll save it for next time!

I wanted to say hello and wish everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving!  I have so many blessings - especially family and friends.  I am so thankful that Jackie is doing so much better and things are looking up for Charles, too.  I know many of you struggle with health issues as well as aging issues.  If not yourself then someone close to you. Keep looking up!  Even with all of its ups and downs, in and outs, life is good! 

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!


11/23/13 09:26 AM #6001    

 

Teddie Jordan

Yes, Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Eat what you want and as much as you want, Thanksgiving gives you a green light.

And don't forget to set your scales back this weekend!


11/23/13 10:42 AM #6002    

 

Susan Howard (Bowman)

Thanks, Teddie!  I'll turn that green light on, perhaps turn it to yellow for "caution".  Also, would you please tell me how to turn my scales back?  That would be some very helpful information for the holidays!!smiley


11/23/13 11:08 AM #6003    

 

Beau Wann, Jr.

     Good to have you back safe and sound Susan ! ! ! Isnt that neat that your kitty is so attentive when it misses you?  Whats so special about Sedonia NM??? My mom and her hubsand live in Las Cruces, NM. Very nice place and pretty peaceful. Maybe I'll make the trip to Las Cruces and go to clovis and Sedonia, oh and Cloudcroft...now thats a beautiful place, and high too! Bout 9000 ft on the height scale. Was out that way some time in the late summer of naught 5 or 6, and it was light jacket weather. Flag at the post office standing straight out pointing south. Could nt believe it!

     What about Roswell? I might go there, cept I'm sure the aliens are out and about, looking for me! I mean, why wouldnt they want a rocket surgeon like me? Hmmmm?
I HAVE SEEN UFOs, for real and true!

      Yup, Thanksgiving right around the corner, literally! You know, thats kind of how my mind views the week, a long  block, like Dubarry, from monday to friday, then you turn the corner at Ebony for Saturday and Sunday, then turn the corner again at Oak Forest, back to monday at Dubarry. Silly how my mind associates things, but it does what it does!

      We are having our Tday catered by Cracker Barrel...or at least Dianes Brother is bringing it in on Thursday. I amgoing to get 3 pies from Costco...pumpkin, apple, and pecan...those pies are at least 16 inches across and made rat there in the store. The pecan is about 10 dollars, and the other two are about 6 or 5 dollars. Not too bad eh what?

      I cant eat that much anymore, just a few bites of this and that! Which is a good thing I think. But, love to smell it cooking, or at least heating up! My beloved was  asking me, of the sides, which would I like to have! My reply was "YES"! ! ! Same with the bread, "Biscuits or Rolls, or Cornbread"?  "What, is that a trick question"?  "YES TO ALL THREE", ! ! ! "Well, you cant have all three, only one" says she! Dang, such a hard question to end the day wouldnt you think?  My little pea brain agonized over that all night long! Kept dreaming about a dinner with no bread, and all because I couldnt make up my mind about which one I wanted! Seemed the authorities got involved with it, then I woke up. Dont know if I got arrested or not for my failure to pick ONE of the above.

     But like you said Susan, we can count our blessings as many, at least in my immediate family! We've all certainly come along way! Feels like long, but then again, just feels like life flashed by in a megaparsec! Well, a subject I will explore in the wee small hours in the morn...again and again!

    Gotta go to the Antique booth and doooo stuff. Gonna take Cooper and let him greet the customers. He's generally good for a few purchases from the customers. Puts em in the right frame of mind for buying stuff he does!

     Isnt this day just wonderful? YEAH, IF YOURE A DUCK! Havent seen a day like this since the last time I saw a day like this! Cold and rainy, just made for those of us that have arthritis, huh Scotty! How in the whirld did allus wind up with these ailments
? I never put in an order for em!  I did order broad shoulders, a 26 inch waist, and 6 ft 6 inches in height,  Elvis hair, and voice! And what did I get? Blind in one eye and cant see out the other, two, countem, two ears that couldnt hear a tree fall in the forest if I was right next to it, joints and ligaments and tendons that scream at me for doing stuff, like moving around, bald as an eagle, and a squeaky crackly voice and only 6ft 5inches tall....yeah, in your dreams shorty!

    But all in all, I would have to say I am blessed beyond all belief! And very grateful, thank you!

     Time to mosey along...Stay warm...and cozy...
your frien and alien being...or is it being alien?.....SC & P
 

Post Script: I just put one foot on the scales...I weigh perzactly 100 pounds...  


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