My Thieving Career

I have to start my blog here, then put a title on later. Like i always named pets, had to know them to name them. Gotta know what i'm gonna talk about to give this a title,,,sorta like u, DD, lol, and like u, i think of great ideas and forget by the next day. And like one said on ur blog, i've thot about starting them as drafts then coming back later, but,,,,i would probably forget what it meant too. hahahaha. o well, haven't we earned the right to be this way? And proud of it?,,,Like my white hair?,,,Earned every one.

One thing i know i keep forgetting, and now it's just popped into my mind, gotta get it down real fast. Have yall seen the little ad when ur coming onto here, about getting a book printed from ur blogs? Don't u LOVE that idea? I sure do. I just don't have enough to do yet. I have always wanted to write one, and maybe this is it, hehehehe.

Lol, no title yet. That's how i get this published sometimes without one. There was one where i never got a title on it. I couldn't figure out how to edit it after i had posted. Or,,,it didn't work at that time, cause now it does.

After reading Hermit's blog today, gotta tell u about my thieving experience. Yep, just one. Was back,,way way back,,a few friends and i,,in the 5th grade, were down by the bleachers where the football field was, during recess one day. There was this little store room there, had a broken window. (blog just got named, lol) Well, we found out we could reach the HOT cokes in there, so we did. Have no idea how we got the caps off, but we did, and drank those things. THEN,,recess over, we all got called into the principal's office, told we had been caught red handed, and had to take notes home to get them signed, proclaiming our theft. OMG,,,I was about to die!!! There just was NO WAY i could tell my mom i had been a thief!! So,,i forged her signature and no one was ever the wiser, but that sure ended my career as a thief. Forever!! (Didn't say forgery, lol) Might have been the best thing to happen. It wasn't the trouble i would have gotten into, it was the shame. From that day on, i was overly honest, if there is such a thing. So, lol, a pickle is a pickle.

Decided on scrambled eggs, toast for lunch, egg, rather.

N's dotter is in the contest for Aqua Boom queen today, starts at 6:30. There's 3 catagories, like the Miss America one. She's competing againt 6 others, so yall cross ur fingers. N's gotta do her hair later, (mercy!). I was involved for her prom, doing her friend's hair.

When i went out there yesterday, there was a sink full of veges out of her garden. For some reason, i took all the onions out and started cleaning them, think my hands still smell. Didn't know red onions were that strong. There were a lot that had been eaten on. Now, just what would do that?,,,Eat on them under the ground? They looked like they had been cut, but hadn't. Beats me. No gophers in there, and i didn't think things ate onions. Don't see how any worms could cut them like that. Like the side off.

Ok yall, hunger calls. HAGD

Old Time Games

lol DD, u brought up something else from childhood, tops. Yep, we did those too, got really good with them, but they were wood. Also, I won a yoyo contest one time, was the rage going thru Jr High, probably all schools, but I was in Jr High at the time. Also, had forgotten marbles. Of course, we played for keeps, and if u were lucky enough to find a steel one, u were the bestest. lololol,,,didn't know back then they were ball bearings. Stopped at g/dotter's house last year, and her hubby was just opening a bag of marbles, don't know why he had gotten them. They got down on the floor, poured them out on a rug with a circle, but didn't know how to do it. I told them to start all over, each take like 10 apiece, then put them all in the circle, keeping one for a shooter. What u knocked out, u kept. Then, there was the game using a pocket knife. And yep, Dad taught us this one too. Can't remember what it was called, don't think we played that one for very long. lol,,U spread ur feet apart facing each other, then threw ur knife in between the feet of the other. If u didn't make ur knife stand up, u had to move ur feet closer together, or something like that. U learned to jerk a foot out of the way real fast. Not sure what the object of this game was, but sure remember playing it. Any of yall ever do that one? We'd have the whole neighborhood over when we pitched pennies on Dad's front side walk. And this was when we were adults!! hahahaha, Also did whatever that game was, o yeah, ante over?, one with the ball, hollered ante, the other, over, of throwing a ball over the house, then if u caught it, u all took off around the house, to hit somebody with it, then they were on ur team. Sometimes there would be 30 or 40 of us doing that. hahahahaha,,,Used a tennis ball, mostly. Gosh, that was all still going on even after we were grown, playing these with our own kids. Never a dull moment around this "trouble" family. Guess that's why i missed Dad so much after he was gone.

I played softball about 15 years as an adult. Short stop my fav postion, but mostly had to pitch. It was fast pitch, and after a lot of years using that arm in the underhand pitching, i couldn't throw overhand any more. Everybody laughed when i threw darts underhanded, hahahaha, til they saw how accurate i was. That had a lot to do with my pitching horseshoes and washers. Couldn't throw that ball over the house tho. lmaoooo. Might go across the street behind me. Finally quit when it got to be more work than play. Lots to do behind the scene, and by then both sons were playing too. Took a lot of years for that shoulder to work normally. Dislocated my elbow one time, backing up 3rd, then whirling around to throw underhanded, of course, and fell with my arm back. Got 2 toes broken playing football with the boys, barefooted, and getting them stepped on. Never an injury connected to my motorcycle tho. And i did hill climbing, trail riding, everything the rest did. Hubby called one day, said, come up here,,,why?,,just come up here. so, i finally did. An employee had come to work on a great big honda or something, and hubby said for me to get on that thing and ride it. I said, what??? why???,,,just do it. So, asked how many gears, how to shift and took off, rode around the block. Guess that employee didn't believe i could do such a thing. hahahahaha,, I was 5-2, about 115 lbs. We had one one time, really hard to kick start. I had to stand on the pegs to do it, with the kick stand down. So, here i was, on that thing, and i kicked down and my foot went right off that stick, that thing kicked back right up my shin!!! OOOOOOOOOOOOO,,,,HURT!!! When i could breathe, i went home and never got on that thing again without a boot with heels. Also nearly got knocked off getting hit on the lip by a giant grasshopper, going highway speed. Never rode again without a shield. Don't count those, lol.

Ok leaving yall with lots of good thots, lots of good memories. HAGD

Hot?,,,not the Weather

Just found out how good a friend that Hermit is. Ur the bestest!!

DD, how in the world did shipping containers falling off ships ever come to mind? Just don't know about u. hahahahah,,,now,,,the peppers r another matter. I just don't do hot. Even mild jalapenos,,,too much for me. Makes my tongue hurt just thinking about them. There's another kind of pepper, looks like the habanero, but not so hot. I was at a bar b q one time, and this man bit into one of the habaneros, started crying, yelling, (can't use the words here) drinking, trying to get his breath. This other one, eating the same ones, (looked like) laughed, called him a wimp, did all kinds of making fun of him,,,UNTIL he bit into one himself!!! Same story. hahahaha,,,I sure didn't put any of those no matter what kind, on my plate. They got rid of theirs too. lmaoooo.

Did it again, hit something and lost most all of this. Now, where was i? Think i was making fun of DD and the Hermit, having the coastal blues.
I just don't know how anyone could possibly live there. Last time i was there, visited my niece in High Island, my car got covered by this thick, greasy, sticky, skum. Couldn't even stand to touch it. And the first thing i did when i left and got 40 miles inland, was go thru a car wash. Gotta tell ya about niece's hubby. They had just got married, and he got his first coaching job there in High Island, baseball. He didn't have but 10 players, lololol. He took that little team to the finals, played in Austin, ( we all went) and lost that game by ,,,like,,1 point. Anyway, she got out of school in the meantime, and as soon as that last day was over, they drove away,had been packed and ready. They took jobs not far from here, and THEN,,,he found out he had been named the TOP coach of the year, in that whole SE part of TX. They're now in Lake Worth Tx. She got a job close by, over 1000s of others, in a brand new school. She thinks maybe it was her rattling on when she had to wait while being interviewed, about how they took the job there in Lake Worth. They had looked at 2 houses to buy, one there, and one in the other place with a job. They left it to God to decide, by letting them know which house they got. And there was a time limit. The other one didn't respond by that time. Anyway, she left and was still driving when she got the call. She had the job!! OK,,now i gotta tell u what she said when she was about 3 years old. One of the best. Her mom gave her a bath and told her to come and let her put her drawers on. She laughed and said, those aren't drawers, they're panties. Mom,,well, u can call them that sometimes if u want to. Niece,,does that mean i can call my dresses closets sometimes? She was with us in Austin one time, we loved to take her with us a lot, and we went by this great big church. She said,,,o look, there's a Jesus house. Still adore that kid.

Almost 12:30, guess i need to have some lunch. No leftovers, means i might have to cook something.

Ok made oatmeal with raisans. Applesauce for dessert. lol, quick and easy. With lap bands, u can't drink 15 mins before a meal, during, and for an hour after. I'm in the 15 before. lol,,finishing up here.

Really appreciate all u new followers. Makes it all worth while. Hey ol ones,,have always appreciated yall.

PS, DD, have about an update on ur pond?

Rain!!, BB Talking to Pesky!!!

Wow BB talked to PN Wayne!! Is that wonderful, or is that wonderful??? Having that large tube down ur throat makes it sore, and it will be a while before it gets over the invasion. I know, but it felt so good to NOT have it, i didn't mind.

Other great news!! We had rain!! Yeah, that wet stuff. Not sure if it was enough to help the river, but sure will help the trees. Not sure how much we had, but one report said .97, and another l.5. My gauge won't give me correct readings, and a new one is on my list for wally world. Also, don't know how much upriver. I'll go look later today.

Ok told Hermit i'd tell a story about a skunk in a house. And it goes like this. Once upon a time,,my x bought a house, and was doing some remodeling inside, and had left the back door open. When he went by to check, he found a skunk inside,,,so he called our police dept. They sent an officer who went in shooting!!! hahahahaha,, Shot holes in walls, shot the skunk, which proceeded to let loose with his defense. So here is this whole house, soaking up this perfume. My x threw a fit, o yeah, dead skunk left in there too, and the city ended up having to pay to clean that smell out, which was new carpeting, paint, defumigating, etc. And the cop got fired. He's the one, the x, that told the DEA that if that dam dog came back in his yard, he would shoot it, and they said, u can't, that's a $5,000 dog. He told THEM, well, his $10,000 cat would get protected with a gun. They made sure that dog didn't get out any more. He had already had neighbor dogs kill 2 of his cats, so he was very serious. The neighbors put their pit bulls to sleep, and had to pay the vet bills. My son hates that neighborhood, 100s of dogs, barking day and nite, and no one does anything about them. So does my bro, B. He said, living in that neighborhood had ruined any liking for dogs. Now, DD, don't get in a huff. These are big outside dogs and their owners do nothing about their noise. You can tell who are the druggies here, by their pit bulls. The only dog he likes is Ns tiny chihuahua. The one that sings when u say Taco Bell.

At the vet's last week, in the process of cleaning her anus glands, in the stuggle to hold her, she pulled out one of her nails, on the side of her foot. N said she's still guilting her about it, holding that foot up, looking at her real sad. Only sometimes, she forgets. lollol. I tried to help trim her nails, and i can't believe how strong she is. When the vet does that, he gives her something to relax her. Will do that for the other, now.

I had a siamese one time, that just made himself at home, no matter where he was. Even at the vet's. He would stroll all around, just checking it out. Dogs didn't bother him. He just ignored them. I watched him walk thru a yard one time, with 4 huge dogs sniffing at him, had his tail straight up, and he just twitched it and laid his ears back, and kept walking. Sooo cool! He was walking around a cage with an huge rattlesnake in it, one time, was bro Bs, just sniffing it, and before that snake's fangs hit the wire, he was 10 feet away. That's how fast he was. He came running around the house one time, ran up a tree, out on a limb, and FELL OFF. He was soooo embarrassed, he kinda slunk back around the house and hid for a while.

Think i've bored yall enough for today. Need to make a move. adios

Blogger Trouble!!!

Having to redo posting comments to the blogs i follow, twice. Grrrr, time for blogger to get it together!! Somehow, i did get my followers back. I just deleted recent posts, was a repeat. Every day i do a test for DDs but,,,no luck. DD, read u every day, and today i have to say, ALL men i have EVER known, hate alll plumbing, not just the plastic. lololol.

We have gone to stage 4 for our water, now. NOOOO outside watering of any kind. I will sure be upset if i see all those sport fields running their sprinklers every day!!!! Also, the gold course. If i can't save my trees, then they sure don't need to save their GRASS. The water coming thru my faucet is nasty! Thank God, i have an excellent filter. Hated to take a shower today, and sure didn't want any in my mouth. Lol, did a lot of spitting. There's a brown ring in my commode so i know how much junk is coming thru. It will ruin all the parts in the tank.

I go out and look at the river every day. It's quit running over the dam out at the park now. Going dry fast! There's a chance of rain today and tomorrow, maybe,,,,at least upriver. Find myself wishing for a hurricane, despite the damage it does on the coast. Maybe from the West. Come in and just sit, and RAIN. Think we all need to gather on the square, get nekkid, and do a rain dance!! We'd have to run the sprinklers in order not to have a heat stroke tho. hahahaha Yall wanna help?

Think i'm gonna have some lunch. Hey, what do yall think about this Casey Anthony? I think that's what the death penalty was made for. Don't watch the trial, but listen to the updates. ok,,bye

Rain Rain, This is the "Other" Day

Well, i guess good ol Blogger isn't gonna fix my 2 side bar thingys. And i don't think i can. Any of u techies have any ideas?

Our water situation is getting worse. Going to stage 4, and i'm not sure what that means, but i would guess there will be no outside watering at all. Stage 3 has let us do hand held on 2 days a week, within the early morning and late afternoon. I told my bro he had better get his trees watered while possible because this was coming. That was what i was doing. I haven't watered any, so now i'm hoping this one time, will get me to a rain. There's a little, bitty, hope for this week. Gosh, if not here, upriver would do.

Read where Ben's Mom had passed away. It's always hard to lose ur parents. They have my sympathy.

When mine passed a few years ago, it was really a relief. And that was for HER, not us. She had made the decision to go into a nursing home, (the one she had worked in for 11 years), but HATED it. She HATED what her life had turned into. We all went by to see her every day, at different times of the day, so someone was there almost all day. My bro, G, had gotten there early that morning and was busy making coffee, when she just quit breathing. He said it was like she had waited til he got there. I still want to go by and sit on the porch with her in the late afternoons. There were some chickens that would come by from the neighbors, and then a couple would start showing up with newly hatched babies. Sooooo cute. We both loved to watch them. One morning, we were out there on the porch swing, and here came a fox down the street, carrying a chicken. When it realized we were there, it dropped it and ran. I know it was just feeding IT"S own babies. That neighbor had lots of chickens. I can't imagine anybody not enjoying watching them, scratching and singing, rooster calling his harem to see what he had found for them. When i bought this house, had to work on it for months before i could move in, from April til first of Sept. I would come home from work and maybe not wanting to do it, but here was Mom, every day, waiting on me. Saying, what are we gonna do today? We painted, cleaned, scraped, painted more. I was going to get new kitchen cabinets, but,,,she just couldn't understand why i wanted to get rid of real, all wood ones and put in the other kind. Sooooo,,,we used paint remover, scraped, sanded, worked for weeks to get thru 5 layers of paint, but i have them now!! lol,,,My bro G asked what color i was gonna paint them and i told him, RED. Knew he'd holler. lololol,,,and i did. Barn red back ground, cream doors and drawers, with teal trim that bro B cut and put on the doors and drawers. He did that in a couple of hours, would have taken me months. Good looking kitchen!! Painted the outside lite yellow, and all the trim is cranberry. Same color as bachelor buttons. Nothing like bright!!! lololol Then had to have all new plumbing, electrical, treated for termites. OMG,,,what did i get into?? Actually, didn't pay much for it, know what ur thinking,,,and put about that much more into it, and now i have a place i LOVE. It's here on a hill and i can see down into town, and the bridge. And it's sooo quiet. Took years to be able to walk thru from the DR to the LR without having to stop and look at the lites, or the sunsets. Still have to look at the sunsets. The street on the W is a dead end one lot up, and there's no street on the S or E. Perfect. That's why my cats are ok ourside.

Couldn't sleep last nite, til after 1, so i'm really slow today. Here it is almost 2 and i'm still in my robe. I'm so glad i didn't have to get up and go to respite. Not sure when i will get back to that, but still plan on doing it. Probably not til summer is over.

Gonna get up and pretend i can do something,,,yall tc.

Father's Day

My Dad has been gone since 85, and i still miss him. He was a very special father, and person. I've always told everybody, I was raised right. Was taught to do ur work, pay ur bills, then play. That play was usually a family thing. He saw to it that we learned all the old family games, Red Rover, Drop the Hankerchef, Daddy May I,3 that comes to mind. Also, horseshoes, washers, hide and seek (in the dark). All the domino, card games. Always had the neighbor kids around too. I remember one time during the winter, we were all around the kitchen table playing a very serious game of jacks!!! There were about 12 differnet levels to get thru. There was always a lot of whooping and hollering too. Mom joined in most of the time, too. One time, we had been called for supper 2 or 3 times, and had ignored it til we saw Dad coming. But,,he forgot to duck when he walked under a big pipe coming down to the creek to get us, so while he's stumbling around, holding his head, we ran real fast by him. Guess he forget what he was doing, because we didn't get into trouble that time. He'd run us all off, tho, when he'd get out his steel guitar and start playing that with his amp turned up. Don't think he ever got the hang of it, but not for lack of trying. lololol One time at a chili cook off, he won the moseying contest. Bro in law had a band, and Dad would always request Waltz Across Texas, and would wait and wait. But he wouldn't play it til late, because he knew Dad would leave after that. He'd keep him there as long as he could. He taught me carpentry, plumbing, electrical. I think he liked me being such a tom boy, and i had to compete with 2 bros, and the neighbor boys. And i did. Of course, that ended when i was about 12 or 13. Even now, i can do most of my repair work around the house. Then i married someone who worked on cars, so i learned a lot of that too. Well, the older models.

Ok, back to my Dad. I left my 5 yr old son with him one afternoon, and he sent him off to the bedroom to take a nap. When he went in a few minutes later, he saw his glycerin pills all over the floor and my son was still spitting. Scared my Dad to death, and about that time, my sis stopped by, and took him up to the hospital. The doc told her they wouldn't hurt him, might make him have a bad head ache, so she took him back to Dad. Later, here he comes into the living room really crying, saying his head hurt real bad. Scared Dad all over again. He said, He didn't tell me he had bumped his head on the door!! This same son got mad at Dad one time, and went out and pulled up all the onions in the garden Dad had just planted. Yep, u guessed it, he made him go back and plant all of them back. All the grandkids adored him too. He loved to tell them all these scary stories, about bed time, and Mom would get home from her shift at the hospital, and find all the kids sleeping on the bed, too scared to go to sleep on their pallets. They loved it tho.

OK yall, today has been my tribute to my Dad. Hope u enjoyed my memories as much as i did.