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Beau Wann, Jr.
SUSAN ! ! ! YEAAAAAA AND HOORAY FOR YOU AND SAM! Sometimes love finds you whether you are looking for it or not. Congratulations a zillion and a half times to the 10th pawr.
"He drew a circle that shut me out-
Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But love and I had the wit to win:
We drew a circle that took him in ! "
Edwin Markham
Catchy little ditty eh, wouldnt you say! I read that some zillion anad a haalf years ago, and never forgot it. Such clever strategy. YES ? Thank you Mrs. Simpson ! ! !
Ok, no turning back now...the FIRST ANNUAL WALTRIP COOPERS FIELD OF DREAMS AND NON SOFTBALL, BUT LOTS OF OTHER FUN, PICNIC is gatherin up steam! Looks like it's gonna be a juggernaut steaming forward and ever onward. I found a couple more games, SORRY, and to me, that one is sorry. I only played it because the grandkids liked it. Also CANDYLAND....what can I say. I remember playing that as a youngster, and then again as a grandpop. Grandkids loved it, and so did I. Also found BACKGAMON, AND CRIBBIGE, never played either, cause I dont know how, And that's the truth thbbbbbbth !
Ok, we got a bout 3 inches of rain over the last three days, which for us is a good thing. Usually we get 3 inches in 3 minutes. The poor folks in houston flooded, yet again ! ! ! Seems yall need a mayor t hat will run on the "No more flood water" ticket.
Oh, one thing that needs to be on the menu for the pikyniky, DEVILED AIGS (eaast texas for eggs).
I remember my mother in law made some for a party, and they smelled terrible. However, and aint there always a however, I wished I'd smelled em before I chunked one of them in my mouth. The smell caught up with my palate as soon as the aforementioned landed on my tongue.
Now, I'm a deviled aig aficionado and professional deviled aig expert, and up until the moment the offending aig hit my tongue, I'd never experienced a "bad deviled aig". Some bettern others, but never a bad one. "There's always a first time"....OMG....I couldnt speak, for fear of swallowing whatever it was, so I just held up the one finger sign for, "excuse me, I'll be back in a sec", and backed out the back door, and ran to the garden hunting for the garden hose.
I must have spit for 30 minutes along with turning on the hose full blast. Where the hell is the fire dept when you need em?....OMG....a lot of things raced through my mind as I washed my mouth out with soap...salmonela?...rotten aigs? Arsenic? am I gonna die? I heard you dont get into heaven if you are kilt by a deviled aig.... and I thought Jeanine like me.
Now, my mother in law is as sweet and as good a person as there is, if not just a little krazzy, or better yet, kooky/ditzy. Did I mention she was sweet and good? Anyway, her taste in food, has not always been the best, to say the least. She and Max are always on a health food kick, baked dry gag you chips, tasteless humus etc. When I gained my composure and could swallow without gagging, I asked her very politely what was it she mixed with the deviled aigs? She said, "SALMON" , just as proudly as she could! I asked her if she had tasted them, and she said she didnt like deviled aigs.....Oh the humanity ! ! ! ! !
You dont give matches to a firebug...
Friends, you have not lived, or died until you have smelled canned salmon mixed with deviled aigs....and eaten same! ! !
I have eaten raw fish and roasted snake and rabbit, and lizards, all during my survival course in the Navy, but none of them were as bad as "salmon deviled aigs"....this is something you wouldnt eat if it was the onliest (east texas for only) thing left to eat in the entire whirld...I think I'd sooner start gnawin on my fingers first.
For the rest of the day, I tried my best to warn folks not to eat them, inbetween chugalugin Listerine and shoving mentolatum up my nose. Soon as they got a wiff O them offending fishy foul aigs of fowl, they would reel backwards and look at me, like, "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT SMELL"...I would quietly explain the situation as I saw it, and as the day wore on, nary another aig left that plate. Luckily she brought them over in a "made for deviled aigs tupperware dish" that had a lid. I covered them up and walk away to go eat dirt, and come back and the lid would be off, and the fishy foul fowl would be permeating the area. And I thought fruitcake was evil ! ! ! !
I've smelled better fish camps down along the coast ! ! ! ! !Our cats wouldnt even go near them, and they liked salmon...
When the inlaws finally were leaving, she made the comment that "she was wondering why no one ate her deviled aigs, she thought we all liked deviled aigs"...I told her we did, but we were all on an "aigless diet". "everyone?" she asked. "Yup, all of us" I lied.... I told her to go ahead and take them home, but she said she would leave them with us, and maybe we would cheat on our diet and eat one....NOT IN THIS LIFETIME WE WONT! ! !
Oh great, now what am I gonna do with nuclear aigs? Am I gonna have to get a permit to get rid of them? I got about a dozen plastic sacks, and put one inside the other until the bags weighed about 10 pounds without anything in them, and dumped the aigs in there, and put a twisty thingy, a tie wrap, a rubber band, and some super glue for good measure, just incase they tried to escape. Finally the refuse engineers came by and took them. I kept looking out the window for weeks, just to make sure the sheriff wasnt at my door with HAZMAT.
My dear friends, this is a true story..... and to this day, I cant look a deviled aig in the eye without wonderin, "what's in them, and who made them"...I even carry a can of air freshner when I get around deviled aigs, just in case....
So remember, only use aigs and a little seasoning when you make Deviled aigs! Please....better yet, consult Betty Crocker, Martha Stewart, Trisha Yearwood, the Pioneer woman before embarking on the task of deviled aig makin! ! ! ! PLEASE ????
Ok, call me, or email me if you need to know stuff about the party. I'm not sure who is gonna do what, because we're use to doing it all. Like I said, bring whatever softdrinks you prefer, and maybe a bag O ice, and as I said, we generally keep about 10 + cases of bottled water on hand, so there will be plenty to dringk. Also we will make tea, sweet and unsweet, and lemonade, and coffee, and sangria....
Oh, bring a pack O hotdogs. we probably have a bottle or two of mustard, ketchup, and mayonaise, and (it is sacrilege putting the latter two ingredients on a hot dog), but if you show up for the party, you will be given special dispensation from the pope. I called him and he said it was ok this time, but dont do it again!
And buns....Your buns, and hotdog buns...ha...Dont think we will have burgers, too hard to make...but if anyone wants to bring burgers and burger buns, by all means bring em! ! ! I already have some carnitas for pulled pork samiches, just as an extra added attraction.
Ok, time to deplane...Keep the sun at your six and ride boldly ride...and communicate with one and other...
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Tom Gann is our super hero!! Our old Waltrip sports films have been saved. A big THANKS to him for always being there for our class. He talked to former Coach Z and has now talked to Coach Wright this morning. He's driving to Houston today and picking up the films at 2:00 p.m. and has already looked into having them converted. 
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