Aint He Cute

That's my Jude.  Such a good looking kitty, don't ya think?  Was wanting me to leave him alone, on my lap, and he didn't know what that thing was, flashing at him. lololol  Can't see much of those big blue eyes.

Well, gosh, still fooling around with pics, tags, software.  My son came by and told me he liked the one on Windows Live Photo thingy best. and he does millions of pics.  But,, he doesn't blog! hahahaha.  Now i'm in a mess, was putting tags on em, and got a lot done twice, and can NOT figure out how to take one set off!!.  Won't just hi lite and delete, all of em goes  to trash bin, had to dig em out.  Make 2 sets again.  DAM, no one told me this was a major job!!! hahahaha,,,have to ask my son how to, later.  Sooo, i gave up for now.

This blogger, just as bad as doing photos,,,lol, it's back to the ol same ol same ol thing.  Puters just do strange things sometimes.  All on their own.  Maybe those 9 updates it did this morning did it..

Can't wait!!!! for that cooler weather.  Down into 90s!! hahahaha,,,10% chance of rain?,,nah,,not gonna wait.  Do have clouds drifting by sometimes.

Fixing to pan fry me a couple of eggs, got real bacon bits (since i'm outa bacon) and wheat toast.  Sure getting ready for it.  Rarely buy bacon, don't use it much, have to keep in freezer.  Did u know u can throw a package (well, out of the wrappings) of frozen bacon in a pan, med heat, and start cooking it?  It will peel off one slice at a time, so when u get what u want, off, take the rest and put back in freezer. 
Works great.  Figured that out one time when i had to have some and it was frozen.  OK talked enough, gotta eat NOW.

Just read Hermit Js blog,  and gotta tell ya a little more on my story about books.  My sons learned to use the library after they had found out how fascinating books were, and,,well, one time here comes my oldest son, about 14 by then, with a book on braiding.  It showed u how to braid from 3 strands on up,,,to gosh don't know how many.  He had come home with a bag full of leather strips they had given him at the boot shop, and with me holding the ends of 4 or 6, he made this long square strip, sooo neat.  Think it was 4, turned out about 6 ft long.  And he might have had em cut those strips too, gosh, can't remember, DD. lololol.  I do know he sure used that library a lot.  As a youngun, he was fascinated by dinosaurs, so here came the books.  One time in the 2nd grade, as extra points, the teacher gave them 5 dinosaur names to spell, and marked one of his wrong.  He argued,,but got an x on it anyway.   Came home huffing and puffing about it, knowing he was right.  Well, the next day, the teacher apologized, told him SHE was wrong. 

I know i confuse u, talking about my 2 sons, the one above is the one i have left now, was older than the other one by 4 years.  Lost the youngest at 16, and took a LOT of years to learn to live with that, but i did.  Might as well finish the story.  It was suicide, and he used his gun.  He was a happy go lucky kid, everybody loved him, but 8 months earlier, he had been put on a new acne medication.  12 years later they found out it could cause depression and sometimes, suicide.  Accutane.  It liked to have destroyed all of us.  Was the worst hell u can ever go thru.  None of us saw anything indicating something was wrong.  No one could believe he did it, but he did.  It changed us all, even his friends, for the rest of our lives.  It was a long time ago, and we can say now,,he would have been our millionaire.  He was coming of age at the right time, mid 80s, a total computer geek, and would have been right up there with the best.  And we can laugh saying yeah, and he would still have played pool for a $1.00 a game, been right in there with everybody.  He nearly got kicked out of computer class in his soph. year, for taking his friend's homework off, thinking it was hilarious to do.  I called the principal about it, and he said he could have ruined that puter,  i told him,,no,,he probably knew more about them than the teacher!,  And i was serious.  He got to stay, and he was sure a good kid after that.  Heck, from the time he was 10, he went to the computers in stores, not toys.  Got his hands on them every chance he got.  Took an adult class one time too.  Don't get the wrong idea tho, he played football, was into all kinds of things.  Loved football as much as puters. 

OK,,last nite there was finally a new program on.  Maybe there's gonna be something to watch for a few nites a week now.  Reminds me, i haven't looked at tonite's lineup.

BB, there have been people killed by those bucks.  And they attack for no reason.  If they're snorting u better find cover.  Serious.  I laughed this morning when i read about the missing man right there where YOU ARE.  Well, not about him but about you being right in the middle of all those law enforcers and all.  Have u been searched yet? hahahaha  He had just gotten a big settlement from a company, and my thinking,,did he do this on purpose, start a new life?,,  It's in today's paper.  Since ur there, tell us what's going on.

Ok,,HAGD yall

One More Time

Still experimenting.  Think this might be ok now.  This is about all the geese running to me, and i sure felt bad, didn't have anything for them.  There's 13.

Hobo J, i did the preview thing,,,thx. 

Heyyy,,,i'm Lost Here

WTH has happened with blogger?,,,A whole new set up here. hmmmm, i sure didn't do anything i don't think.  Gosh,,,using picasa do this?  Don't see any sign anywhere.

Just read Hobo's post, and remembered back a time we all went to a mall, yeah i did,  hubby and 2 young teen age boys.  Well, i needed a book so when we got to the part with the book store, i told them i needed to go in there for just a minute.  OMG,,,,should have heard em all!!! Do we have to?,,i don't want to! Griping, groaning like it was the worst thing imaginable.  They drug in behind me, i went and picked up the book i needed, told em let's go,,and went on to the check out.  I COULDN'T GET THEM OUT!! It was,,,WAIT!,,,JUST A MINUTE!  I don't wanna goooooo.  They had each found a whole new world in there, books, books, books, on the subjects each one loved.  From then on, it was,,,can we go to a book store?  We could just pass one somewhere, and it was,,,stoppppp. Go back...

Hey, i like this new thing!,,,It just expanded this page down automatic.  Wow.  It's plain, no phychodelic background tho.  Boring blue and white.  Wonder if i can get my old one back.  hmmmm.

Hermit J,,,on the pics,,no matter what size i put on here, u can click on them and expand to full size.  I have to do that a lot to see things teeny tiny in some of them.

I told my son a few years ago, and maybe he had never realized ,,,that they grew up different than other kids.  We were into motorcycles wayyy back, and i had my own (wasn't gonna ride behind anybody!) back in the early 60s.  Only female i guess.  But then,,,each of our kids had their own too.  Starting with the really small ones, on up.  Size i mean.  Like in,,height.  We took them to all kinds of races, drags, drag boats, motorcross, round track,,all kinds.  Then about their teenage years, we got into running our own cars in the drags.  Hubby ran GTOs, and so did my oldest son later.  A lot of his friends got into it too.  We took their friends along too.  Gosh, now i think about sitting out in that heat for races, had shades tho, except for a couple, makes me think,,how in the world?  lololol.   We went to Austin a lot of week ends, just to see a movie, eat out at a good place,,none here.  On their birthdays, they got to choose where to eat. lololol,,,youngest always chose Burger King.  My bro B was just 4 years older than my son, so he was almost always along too.  We had lots of fun, with our kids.  Had empty nest syndrome for a long time.  Was divorced by then too.

Ok,,enough of my history.  Gonna post this and see what shows up. 

HAGD

Just Playing Around Here

This is the dam 2 miles W  in the park.  Just a little water oozing over.











A load of turtles out there, wanna go fishing, BB?













Some of the geese that run to me ,,,i swear they know my car.












Downloaded Picasa, maybe this will be easier, still don't know what i'm doing.  HELP!! anybody have any suggestions?

A Little Patience

Well hells bells, N called and can't take me to Austin today, she's sick, so,,,i called and changed my appointment to 10-4.  That way,  my friend S and i can both go together again.  Not gonna say i'm disappointed,, lol, gonna be way too hot.  And like i told her, maybe this was a God thing, not to go today.  I firmly believe he leads us in our daily lives.

 I had this revelation one time, driving to Fredericksburg to work.  I seemed to always get behind this little ol man in an old pickup, driving 45 mph, got his elbow hanging out the window, his cap on a little crooked.  Here i am, chomping at the bits to pass, and no where to do it.  It's a crooked 2 lane highway, with few passing zones.  He just ignores me,,i'm on his bumper grinding my teeth.  I always had to be ahead of everybody.  f o r t y  f i v e   m i l e s  a n  h o u r... Get the pic?  At the first short space, passing lane or not, i'm out there zooming around!  Got a good passing gear.  Leave him behind so fast, he never knew what just went by.  I work 'til 5, head back home,,and OMG!!!! how is this possible????,,,I'm behind him again!!! Do my same routine, gotten normal now.  Well, point of this story,,,one day, i thot,,u know,,maybe God has done this to slow me down, prevent something that could have happened up ahead, going my usual 75.  I still apply that today, no more road rage, just calmly wait 'til i can get around safely.  Almost all our highways here in this county are 2 lane.  So u gotta learn a little patience.  Driving was my worst one to do. 

Just had my leftover lunch from the Catholic church.  And,,had dark meat, so was eatable.  Didn't have the salad or dessert, ate them yesterday.   Have no idea what that dessert was, but was really good with ice cream.  (I sure do need this band tightened,,,heheheh)  Hungry now, just thinking about it.  But,,i can eat, sorta, for 3 more weeks. lololol,,,

I'm so ready for the new tv shows.  Been watching movies forever.  And noooo, i don't do old westerns,,,lololol.  I like those sissy kind,,on lifetime, and hallmark.  And i still like movies i could watch with my kids, and not be so embarassed.  One time,,,we went to the theater here, yeah back when,,we did have one,,to see Bonnie and Clyde, never forget that experience.  Had our 2 younguns with us.  When it started, my son leaned over, whispered  "that woman doesn't have any clothes on".  Mistake #1, i didn't answer.  Then he leans over, says a little louder,,," that woman doesn't have any clothes on",,,Mistake #2,,,still didn't answer.  Then he YELLS,, "THAT WOMAN DOESN'T HAVE ANY CLOTHES ON"   Guess he thot i had lost my hearing.  But i could sure hear everybody in that theater laughing their asses off!  I decided i better say something by then,,and all it took was,,"yes, i know"  Lesson #1,,,answer that kid when he says something.

You see, i never let my kids mispronounce words, i would correct them, so they knew from the get go, how to talk like little adults.  Don't know now, if that was a good thing or not. lololol.  Were lots of times, i sure wished they hadn't been understood....hahahaha.  My youngest son,,started correcting himself to say "ain't",,when he was about 14.  He would say something right, then stop, like,,i'm going to,,,stop,,i ain't.. lol. 

Enough's enough,,,today,, yall TC, and HAGD

Can Do Pics Now,,,

Hi yall,  had to make my monthly trip to Walmart, with my long list.  Have to go there, cause i need all kinds of stuff, not just groceries.  Got back about 2, and unloaded everything, sat down here and did all the do with my new camera.  Wanna see a pic? 

This is out my back door, going up over the hill toward river.  See any green?  Gonna have to figure out a faster way to put pics on here, tho.  Total beginner, all new to me. 

Too late, too tired to do more today.  Might get back, but doubt it.  I'll be gone all afternoon tomorrow, that dreaded Austin trip.  2;45 appointment, so won't leave 'til 1.  Ns driving,,,

Yall tc,,,HAGD

This is Not my Usual Thing Today

Yep, i sure do remember that morning, 10 years ago.  Was sitting in this very same chair, waiting to call in to my company to see where they were gonna send me that day, when it came on about the 1st plane.  Didn't think anything but an accident, until the 2nd one hit.  Then OMG.  Then,,, the 3rd one.  Still get tears.  How can this be?  WE ARE UNDER ATTACK!!!  I call in, ask them (in Austin), if they have any news on,  then i tell them to turn something on, anything.  I don't want to leave my house!  Who knows what's next?  Ft Hood is just a stone's throw away.   But, i was sent to an 87 year old man in Kingsland, just 20 miles away.  I rushed there, radio on, and he had his tv on too.  All i did was just the necessary things, while watching with him.  He was just as upset as we all were.

Now, i'm gonna tell this one too, cause i still think this was one of the terrorist that did this.  About 1 1/2 years before 9/11, my x called and told me some idiot had been calling about something about our 1st son we had lost as an infant, in 1961.  Said she was with the social security adm.  Had left a number and name.  He gave me the info, told me he thot she was a nut.   I called the Austin office and found out there really was an office where she had said, so i finally called her.  She told me a man had come there wanting a ss number, but he had raised her flags, suspicious.  He was giving his name as my son, even our names, date of birth, whole thing.  He even had a birth certificate in my son's name.  I told her he had just lived 5 months, and had died of SIDS.  Back then, it was called crib death.  He had a good story, but she must have raised his suspicions too, because he never went back.  She had delayed him for about 3 months, and had looked us up in the phone book finally, and called.  Was surprised herself, to see our names still there, we were supposed to be dead.  My x went by the office and looked at a picture, but no one he knew, ever.  Said he was from Australia.  She put a flag on our son's name after that, and no one can ever do that now.  But the man was not to be found, had used a po box for an address.  I reported this to the FBI, who told me they didn't do that kind of thing any more, to call the Secret Service, so i did.  Never heard another thing about it.  Told them to call the woman in the social security office, gave them her info, but who knows?  And u know, maybe there were other reports, like mine, that were not checked out, and the person doing these things, got their ids because there wasn't an alert person on duty to check.  I still thank GOD for that woman.  Remember, this was just the right amount of time that the terrorist needed, 1 1/2 years before.  Yall agree with me?  Think i'm nuts?  Well, i put the 2 and 2 together later and that's what i came up with.

The Catholic Church is having their fried chicken dinner today, and my son gave me 2 tickets.  When i went to pick them up, thot there would be a mile long line, even at 10:50, and wow, i was the first!  Grabbed mine and just had my brunch.  Chicken way overcooked, so dry could barely eat it, and wouldn't u know it, i got a breast and a wing, the driest of pieces! lololol,, Had to chew, and chew, and chew, finally got about 1/2 of one down, and didn't look in the other, but hope it's dark meat.

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Yall HAGD

Forgot to give yall this.  It's a free travel guide, a big book,,, comes with a new Tx map too.  I used to order them for everybody.   www.vacationfun.com/txf  Lists every town in Tx and gives u the attraction found there.  For all u travelers, a must have.