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. 

It Really is Saturday

Sel,,hate to tell ya, but,,,still the same.  I just checked again, and u go to settings, then the comment tab.  Mine is set to anyone,,where ever you find that.  And word verification.  lol, that's all i remember.  GL!

When i woke up today, i cound not,,remember what day it was.  Finally figured out it had to be Saturday.  Verified that on this puter. hahahaha,,,joking. 

I have always been an avid reader.  I read when others watch tv, and get into books sometimes, that i just can't put down.  Hard to quit and go to bed.  Well, this one i told you about, the last one of the series of the Clan of the Cave Bear,,i'm sooo almost thru with it, and here i am,,blogging!!!  Just have about a 100 pages to read, and this book is on a waiting list, so no renewal, due by the 13th!.  Gotta stop and read the rest!  It's about 2" thick, heavy, hard to hold.  Going to finish that thang,,,TODAY!!  Just hide and watch.

Checked the river flow, still at 2cfs.  Now i can't decide if that's good or bad.  Can be either.  New readers,,,that's cubic feet per second. http://hydromet.lcra.org/full.aspx.  I live in Llano, with the river flowing thru town, our only source of water.   Has to be above 12 for us to go back to stage 3, water rationing.  I'm expecting all outside watering to stop any time now.  We have been allowed once a week, by a hand held hose, just during certain hours, and i missed mine last Sunday.  On downstream from the Highland Lakes, they have finally woke up and started to do some too.  Then the fires came.  Mercy!!  Not good times in Texas now.  Yep, i could just get in that river and grab some of those fish. 

Wish i had some leftovers, darn it.  All i have is jello. lololol.  Means i have to do some kind of quicky cooking.  After Tuesday,,won't need to eat,,,much any way.  Get that band tight enough, can't.

BBL, maybe,,,HAGD

Not Saying, TGIF, I've Worn it Out

Goood Morning!!!,,(barely, almost noon).  Sel, just read ur blog, and when i tried to post a comment, it's not changed yet.  Gotta tell ya, tho, i'm with you on guns.  Always had em too.  Gosh, who doesn't?,,,It's TX.  I gave my 22 automatic to my g'dotter a couple of years ago, for her birthday.  Her mother-in-law was kinda horrified i guess.  But she didn't know she had been raised right.  She hefted that gun (nylon 4 pounder bought new wayyyy back) and popped those cans like a pro.  Really impressed them.  I still have my barely legal (by a 1/4") shot gun, (really short barrel), chrome plated.  And, the one i use most around here now, my pellet gun.

Here's a link to read about the fires all around here.  www.statesman.com  The report now says 1386 homes burned in Bastrop.  And just 30% contained.  Right now.  Hey BB, u ok there where u are?  Guess he's sitting on the side of that lake ready to jump in.   Saying he's fishing, but we never get to see the pics, hahahahaha.  I'm in the market for a camera too.  Gotta do some researching, WHEN I GET TIME OFF BLOGGING!!!  lololol  My game ratings have dropped to horrible levels, my house needs cleaning, (my Jude doesn't care),  have lizards in here.  hehehee,,,i really do, new almost clear ones, nearly drowned one in my sink before i saw it, and put it outside.  One ran and hid somewhere, across the floor.  Saw Jude looking under my fridge, bet that's where it is.  That cat has super ears.

Whew, didn't starve, yall.  Took a time out and made a scrambled egg,,,in the microwave.  One lady i worked with, in her 90s, just didn't know if she wanted to eat anything cooked in a microwave or not.  lololol.  She was given one and when i used it, she really hesitated on eating.  Had to hide using mushroom soup in anything, she did NOT like them.  Even after i told her that was why things tasted so good.  Like, pot roast, stew,chicken and rice,,,She wouldn't buy it, hahahaha, she ignored it on her grocery list.  lololol.  I had to pick it up when i would get a few things for her.

Any of yall ever wake up during the night, with your pillow and bed all wet around you?   Well, i did once.  Thot i had hemmoraged.  Or something, til i could get the lite on.  Was my ceiling about to fall in, it looked like, right above my head!!!  Down by my feet too.  It had never leaked before.  Had to move my bed and try to find a dry spot to sleep on, put buckets under the leaks.  We had a bad hail storm a year or so before that, and i had collected on a new roof.  The adjustor had even told me i might or might not need one.  WELL,  i sure did!!  Wasted no time calling my bro to get one, either.  When he looked he said it might just be a few of the nails up there, had worked loose, but,,,i said,,put a new one on.  Sooo,,,my ceiling dried up ok,,didn't fall thru, and my new roof sounds good.   He does metal roofs and cement work.

Can u believe that not one of those hurricanes are gonna make it this way???  Good luck down there DD, know you live in that swamp and it's become tinder now.

There has to be a life away from blogging.. hahahaha,,,gonna check it out.
Thx for my new follower.  Really really appreciate all of you.  Makes me keep on blogging.

HAGD  (have a good day)

Lingo Lesson #101

Wow,,didn't realize people didn't know all the new lingo.  Sometimes i just use ppl, for people.. Sooo,,,here goes:
lol=== laughing out loud
lmao== laughing my ass off
roflmao==rolling on floor laughing my ass off  (not gonna explain the lmfao,,,lolololol)
ty== thank you
thx=thanks
DD==Dizzydick
BB==Billy Bob
HJ==Hobojoe
That's all redneck lingo around here.  Was asked one time, wy (why) everybody was called by initials.  I don't know, they just are.
bbl-= be back later
cya,,,hahahaha,,,see you
ur==your
If u (you) text, u use them, don't u?  I looked them (text language) up one time on google, and couldn't believe the list i got.  But those above r (are) the most used, and i've used them a long time in the game lobbys i'm in.  Never thot that ppl wouldn't know what they were, and thx for telling me.  SS (so sorry) about not realizing it.  You actually spell like it sounds 2.  lolol

That doesn't cover this snapping turtle hanging on my finger cause i was klutz this morning.  lololol,,,Think all those cat fish left, if they didn't they're trapped now.  Our river flow here in town was down to 2 yesterday.  NOT GOOD. 

I can really tell how dry it is, cause my hands r so scaly, can't keep enough lotion on em.  Looking out my back door, i'm seeing 2 hackberry trees with brown leaves, and not from frost either.  These r old trees, shouldn't be this way.  All i can do is hope IF there's ever any rain, they might still survive.  They aren't in my yard, but do shade it. 

Last nite, for some reason, got to thinking about all the good music i loved, in the past.  Well, Still do.  But it was and still is, the ol R&R classics, like AC/DC, ZZ, Nazareth, Janis Joplin, Credence, u know, all that good stuff.  O yeah,,Dr Hook and the Medicine Show,  one of the ones i loved from the first time i heard Marie Laveaux.  Well,,,My bro B was in high school, and i would make him tapes of Hook, and before u knew it, they were gone.  Just couldn't keep em...until,,,now get this yall, i labeled the LAST one as Mel Tillis!!!! hahahahah,,,And i say last, cause no one EVER touched that one!!! lmaoooo.  That was the party music,,and most couldn't be played on the radio, like,,Get Your Rocks Off, Penicillin Penny, Making it Natural, Freakers Ball.  I have em all on albums still.  Bought every one they made.  If u get down, just look em up on youtube,,,will make u laugh, pick u up. lololol.  Music always did that for me.  Not country tho, gets me down.  Cry in ur beer stuff.

Still nothing going on around here.  Might get back here later.  But, in the meantime, HAGD