RAMBLINGS

Time to Say Good Bye

2010-10-06T11:39:00.000-07:00

I love you Aunt Marge Rest in PeaceLove,Marcie

Baby Porcupines

2010-09-19T14:18:00.002-07:00

I didn't write this.(but sure wish I did) I don't know who wrote it( but sure wish I did so I could give due credit).But I want my friends to see this. It's so pointed!MarcieBaby porcupines Have you ever seen a baby porcupine? Look at these beautiful images and learn the fable. Fable of the porcupineIt was the coldest winter ever - many animals died because of

Best Excuse Ever For Not Blogging

2010-09-08T16:13:00.007-07:00

I’m going to have a baby….Grandson!Okay, so most grandma’s to be wouldn’t be able to keep their mouths shut this long but me? Heck! I’m not only going to be an awesome, wise, non- meddling, patient Grandmother; I’m also going to be one who knows when it’s time to step in and say something. I already know this because I’ve been very busy keeping my mouth shut for the past 4 months. I’ve been

Some Of My Friends Are For The Birds!

2010-07-10T09:17:00.019-07:00

(note: you will really want to click on most of these pictures!)I got an email from Peggy,my high school/college friend, in Windsor, Massachusetts on Thursday. An avid Bird Watcher, she was going to be spending the week in her big backyard doing an official bird count. Sounds like fun. I can't think of anything that sounds nicer to do; lay around in a lounge chair with a glass of ice tea, a pair

RE: Stuff

2010-07-06T12:28:00.004-07:00

The Geezerguy thinks I'm nuts. I just cut up a Kleenex box into neat strips and panels to add to my stash of patterned light cardboard. It will now wait in a big manila envelope with pieces of other tissue boxes, inserts from photo folders at work, cereal boxes and assorted other stiff card stock too pretty to toss.A couple of weeks ago I borrowed a die cutter from Jen, my boss at Frontier

Have You Been Saved?

2010-07-01T10:48:00.002-07:00

"A message to all members of NaBloPoMo...The theme for July is SAVED. This month we want you to tell us about the things you've kept, rescued, or otherwise prevented from being lost forever." I enjoy the idea of NaBloPoMo or National Blog Posting Month as it's known to the non-texting segments of our society. The idea is that you

A Happy Mother's Day Message to my Sons

2010-05-09T12:35:00.006-07:00

Before the first of you was born, I had only a vague idea of what you would each bring to my life. But after these many years, I understand that you have brought me the best gifts God ever wrapped. ^*^*^*^*^ Because of you I have had days of glory.Because of you some were a different story.^*^*^*^*^.Because of you I've had days when I nearly burst with pride.Because of you I have had

Utah- A Land Of Big Ideas

2010-04-13T10:04:00.012-07:00

Everyone has seen the pictures in magazines. We've all watched the PBS or Travel Channel documentaries. But as we approached Kanab, Utah from the East on Highway 89, there was nothing that could have prepared us for what we found when we passed through these red walls, standing tall against that un-photo shopped blue sky.( please click on all the pictures for full effect. thanks )When you drive

Son Rise Blessings

2010-04-04T12:55:00.004-07:00

To all of my family, friends, and readers who are simply part of my extended family of friends,may The Blessings of Easter be upon you as you travel whatever road life has found you on today.See ya down the road,Yarntangler

BIG Changes

2010-04-01T11:24:00.005-07:00

There are several friends who will appreciate today's blog. Jayne, in Ireland, Cheryl in Nova Scotia, Sharon in New York and Dot ...uh.. I'm not sure where Dot is. And then, of course, Chris who's right beside me. So today''s blog, long overdue, is dedicated to those particular friends and Daddy as usual. And with a BIG thank you to Jim who helped make it possible.

Stop Tieing Your Doctors Hands

2010-02-13T00:37:00.006-07:00

Friday the 12th was not the most fun day of my life but it could have been one of the more important ones. At 6:30 AM, I reported to Tuscon Medical Center and shortly thereafter found myself on a table with a BP cuff on my left arm and an IV in my right arm.No funny stuff here folks, and no fanciful descriptions either. In 10 seconds I had tied one on and was out like a light, blissfully

Ties to Friends in High Places

2010-02-09T14:17:00.011-07:00

This came in this morning. How do you feel about forwards? You know, those ubiquitous things that come over the ether highway . Ties to friends we haven't seen in ages but certainly like to remember. Okay, yes, absolutely, they can be annoying, time consuming, impersonal, and irritating... or are they?There are people who are able to resist every attempt to get them to open a forwarded message

Loose Ties

2010-02-09T09:59:00.016-07:00

Well, in case you didn't notice, my February blog was tied with a slip knot. In fact, I just realized I never even formally entered the Blog Roll. That was a wise decision since we had so much going on last week.We spent a week traipsing all over Tucson at the many locations of the Gem Shows, spending many thousands of dollars (not ours) on merchandise for the six gift shops my #3 son and #2

Ties to an Earlier Time

2010-02-04T09:29:00.015-07:00

One thing my three daughters-in-law and my sister would probably agree with me about is that I have very little fashion sense. Mostly, I don't care too much and rather like the term eclecticism. Unfortunately, all those things that look so great on other eclectic women somehow don't always work on me. When I throw a great scarf over my shoulder it always slips and i never know what to do with

Tie-ing it All Together

2010-02-02T22:09:00.009-07:00

So here's the thing. I'm planning on continuing with the blog challange during February but tonight I'm really bushed. We've been doing the Tucson Gem Show for a couple of days and there are so many wonderful things to see. Walking all day, however, takes an energy level, I just don't have any more . So I'm going to try to pay homage to both the theme of the month and the day in one fell

TIES? I Don't Believe It!

2010-02-01T22:10:00.008-07:00

I was not going to do this NaBloPoMo. Absolutely not going to because I have way too much to do this month getting ready to leave for Utah in March. So I had a private celebration while we were at the restaurant last night and toasted myself for having made it through January with (are you ready for this?) a prickly pair margarita! We went to a Tucson steak house called Pinnacle Peak. All but

Celebrating 31 Blogs in 31 Days

2010-01-31T23:47:00.000-07:00

So here we are, 31 days later. I did it!! Tonight we all went to Pinnacle Peak to celebrate; steaks all around. Oh all right, we didn't go to celebrate my brilliant accomplishment. We went to celebrate the Geezer's birthday, and #3's promotion with as many of the family as we could gather round. (Wasn't hard to do,we are all sleeping under one roof this weekend.)Then on the spur of the moment

The BEST Birthday Boy Around

2010-01-30T13:18:00.010-07:00

Today is the Geezerguy's birthday. I won't tell you how old he is because that would be telling you how old I am. But He began receiving SSI last year and he won't be asking the Beatles famous 64 question for another year so maybe you can figure it out.Tonight we'll party with our kids like we did so many times in the old days once we left our parents behind in New England and began the

Coming Full Circle in Tucson

2010-01-29T23:47:00.012-07:00

I often tell people I grew up in a rock shop. My earliest memory of the rock and mineral business goes way back to Levittown. I remember Mom rolling a small pickle jar over her thigh to polish some stones while we watched Rooti Kazootie (anybody else remember him?)It took a long time but finally one day she emptied the special dirt (grit) and water out of the jar and the once plain old stones

BEST Things We've Seen on the Side of the Road

2010-01-28T22:00:00.010-07:00

We have taken so many pictures since we got a digital camera back in 2005. It took me forever to learn how to add photos to my blog and then I no sooner learned when we lost our hard drive. Luckily for us, one of the four BEST sons in the world was able to restore most of them to us recently and now I can have fun trying to remember where all these things were.Not all of my side of the road

Off On the Road to Tomorrow

2010-01-27T22:30:00.006-07:00

Nothing much doing today. We went and picked up LoneDuck and visited the Tucson Gem Show office to see about some temporary jobs during the two week show. Then we went and tsk tsked our way through a large well known RV parts and accessories store looking at absurdly high prices for things we never we knew needed. LoneDuck is seriously considering taking up the full time RV lifestyle in

No Silly Sappy Sentimental Stuff Today

2010-01-26T18:49:00.003-07:00

Instead I'd like to direct you to one of the BEST things I've fallen over in months.Take time to read and view as much of this site as possible and then bookmark it for later. The Responsibility Project Talks about taking responsibility in every facet of life. It's not preachy. (I hate preachy no matter how many boys I sent to the pulpit.) Just one thing. No matter how much of it you

One Rose or Two part 2

2010-01-25T18:37:00.017-07:00

So where did those corsages go? Pearla, my youngest DIL thinks only at prom do girls get one these days. She then happened to say that since she went stag to her prom she didn't have one then either. I thought that was kind of sad. Still at least she went. When I was in high school it would have been social suicide to go to prom alone.Oh well, back to nostalgia.My very first corsage from a

Overnight Late Breaking News

2010-01-25T02:27:00.004-07:00

Unbelievable as it seems, the Geezerguy has finally written a new blog! Please go check him out. Then leave him a comment, click on follow, and tell your friends. Anything to get him motivated again because he's too funny to be lazy!Any and All Fulltimers, Cavers, Workampers or Geocachers are encouraged to join him.This has been an unpaid an unapproved message by the committee to Get the Geez in

One Rose or Two ? - part 1

2010-01-24T22:26:00.017-07:00

Tonight's blog was not brought to you by my sons. Sorry. I had this really fun idea for a blog and was planning on telling you that I had done an unscientific poll . All it depended on was a one word answer from each of the four of them. So I called Duckie. For the first time in months I got his voice mail . Huh. Figured I'd try again later.Then I called Commodore Salazar ( I have to keep using

Kings Say the Darndest Things

2010-01-23T23:41:00.014-07:00

In the United States we don't hand out crowns for leadership, scholarship, or achievement. Oddly enough, we reserve such signs of rank and privilege for beauty queens and birthday parties.We don't allow one woman or one man to have the power to make every decision for us. The man who sits in the Oval Office knows he serves at the will of the people and that if he doesn't get it right he may as

Out With the New In With the Old

2010-01-22T23:02:00.009-07:00

So I turned on Letterman tonight in time for his monologue. He began by saying that tonight was Conan's last Tonight Show so I switched to see what was going on. Even with all the hoopla, I'd actually forgotten that this was it.It's on right now as I type this and I thought his monologue was fairly funny given the circumstances. But I have nothing to compare it to. I've never watched The

I'm Not Doing This on Purpose!

2010-01-21T18:36:00.002-07:00

It has been horrible here today. Where we are, outside of Tucson, it's all fine sand and despite the fact that it rained buckets last night, several thousand tons of that sand have blown past us today. I-10 has been closed and the sand storms have made it appear like it was twilight all day long.The Geez took Clancy out for a very brief walk and she couldn't pee fast enough for it to hit the

BEST WISHES

2010-01-20T23:57:00.000-07:00

"Great minds have purposes; others have wishes." Washington Irving I wish that while I was intent on my purpose of filling in last night's blog, before I got into bed, it had occurred to me that I had to write one for tonight too! I borrowed this perfect drawing from The Idea Girl.See ya down the road,(when I wake up)Yarntangler

Tuesday Got Blown Away

2010-01-20T22:31:00.010-07:00

Monday looked like this all day. We made sure our chairs were put away and there was nothing outside that could blow away in the huge storm that was obviously on the way.Nothing happened .Tuesday was absolutely gorgeous! The sky was as blue as in these pictures of Tucson Mountain Park cacti. (which I had to find online because Sage has my thingy that makes the pictures in my camera end up in my

Pick the BEST Title

2010-01-18T21:31:00.014-07:00

LET A SMILE BE YOUR UMBRELLA orLAUGHTER THE BEST MEDICINEI've been playing with some of my pictures of family and friends and even a picture of a guy who's in my living room every week but doesn't know my name. I have combined some of that collection with a few bits from my quotation collection and have come up with a new collection of illustrated quotes.Laughter is the

A Mom's BEST Friend is Her Computer Geek

2010-01-17T23:45:00.006-07:00

One of the BEST things that has happened for us recently was having our "lost pictures" returned to us by Sage Words and his friend The Other Geek. We thought they had been lost, four years worth of pictures from our 2nd life, when our hard drive crashed last Spring. But these two guys made it their mission to retrieve them for us. We are now in the process of resorting them and trying to

BEST response to Pat Robertson

2010-01-16T14:45:00.005-07:00

A lot of people, from my neighbors to the President of the USA, have spoken out about Pat Robertson's idiotic misguided remarks about the devastation in Haiti. The following, published in The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, probably responds to him BEST.Dear Pat Robertson, I know that you know that all press is good press, so I appreciate the shout-out. And you make God look like a big mean bully

The BEST LAME Blog Ever

2010-01-15T23:54:00.000-07:00

What do goblob(how to play a lob shot)lolog gobogol'have in common?They are all the words I could get out of my BLOG tonight!See ya down the road,Yarntangler

The Best Breakfast

2010-01-14T18:26:00.011-07:00

We don't make too much of a big deal about breakfast most of the time. A bowl of cereal and a cup of coffee makes Jim happy. Sometimes I like a big cup of hot chocolate and a hunk of warm heavy artisan bread to dunk (very continental). We go easy on the eggs only having them a couple of times a month.One thing we do like is pancakes.My Dad is the undisputed pancake chef in the family. No

Time For Bed

2010-01-13T22:47:00.010-07:00

Dreams are the tiny seeds,From which beautiful tomorrows grow.(unknown)What a lovely way to say goodnight.When I was a little girl we had our rituals before going to bed. We'd get all washed and brush our teeth, Mom would brush my hair and and Scrabblebuff 's and then we'd kneel down to say our prayers. Since I was 6 years older, I had a list of prayers that needed to be learned so those were

Best Stuff #1

2010-01-12T22:41:00.017-07:00

You know it had to happen sometime this month so here we go. This is the first of my own personal lists of: Best Stuff( I'm not trying to sell anybody anything. just telling you what I like. These are not hyperlinks but clicking them will give you a bigger picture.)Best All Time Favorite Novels and What I Learned From Them 1950's Any of the Nancy Drews by Carolyn Keene (all of the Carolyn

Best Use of Pink

2010-01-11T17:29:00.013-07:00

I've never been a fan of the color PINK. As I said once before, it's probably because in the "share with my little sister" days, Scrabblebuff usually got her way (or she'd make life miserable) and her favorite color was pink. As she entered middle school and jr high everything except her school uniform seemed to be in shades of pink. Of course, by that time I'd already painted a room in three

This is a Phone In!

2010-01-10T18:46:00.004-07:00

There is very little point in going to Sage's house during the football playoffs since about all he says all day is "Thanks Mom" when I pass him the wings. So Jim and I chose to go away and play by ourselves after church.This is our low budget weekend so we decided to not spend any money and just do what we do BEST. We went for a ride and Got Lost.Now, if you read my blog the other day, you'll

Chess Anyone?

2010-01-09T14:05:00.006-07:00

So I stayed up until around 1 AM reading. I woke about 7:30 this morning, made a big cup of hot chocolate and climbed back into bed to read some more. Around 10:30 I fell asleep for an hour. (I can't read all day like I used to because my eyes give out much faster now). When I woke again before noon I got up and dressed feeling a bit guilty because Jim was doing dishes. I'm making a quick

No, I'm Not Phoning One In!

2010-01-08T14:10:00.010-07:00

Okay, Dad and Sage, I just want you to know that this one probably took more time than most of what I post, so no comments about trying to get out of blogging or lame efforts! Actual Title........The BEST Stuff That's Been Forwarded To Me This Week.(my comments are typed in purple)Useless informationThere is an actual use for Useless Information. You might end up on Jeopardy someday and

I Need Your Help

2010-01-07T09:55:00.004-07:00

Over a Billion Dollars!!! Can you believe that? The movie Avatar has already made over a billion dollars!! We went to Tempe to see it in 3-D at the IMAX on Tuesday for Sage's birthday and I have to admit it was a great experience. I found myself ducking and trying to brush things away from in my face.The story was not earth shattering but it was well put together and a totally awesome thing

I Can't Do Any Better Than This.

2010-01-06T18:12:00.004-07:00

Sometimes the best idea for a blog that makes me think and reflect isn't my idea at all. Thanks, God.See ya down the road,Yarntangler

I'm Not Getting Older But My Kids Sure Are!

2010-01-05T23:43:00.005-07:00

Today my #3 son Sage Words turned 38. His eldest brother Lone Duck tried to keep him a little younger by putting only 2 candles on his cake a 3 and a 7. When Chica and I pointed out the mistake he added a tea light to make it 3.7. I assume that's a joke I'm not in on.Like most moms do on their kids birthdays, today I was thinking of the day Sage was born. (He was actually two weeks late for

Taking the Best Road

2010-01-04T21:12:00.010-07:00

We full time RVrs tend to drift away from the places we planned on going whenever we see a sign pointing to something that sounds more interesting. Sometimes we connect with the road to the original destination a bit farther along, other times we simply decide it is BEST not to worry about it. We rarely decide to turn around. (Although we did back our 32 foot house almost a mile out to the road

BEST Recipe for a Sunday Evening

2010-01-03T19:54:00.003-07:00

What an exciting day I had! We got up early this morning and were faced with the fact that we had to go dump our holding tanks THEN- not later. If you live in a motor home or other RV, you understand the emergent nature of that statement. Not the BEST way to begin a Sunday morning.So we turned the seats around and disconnected the hookups. We stowed the flotsam and jetsam that accumulates

My Conversation with John, Oprah, Ellen, Jim, and Peggy

2010-01-02T10:01:00.009-07:00

To paraphrase the British philosopher John Winston Lennon ; blogs are what happens on the way to writing a blog.This morning I was going to simply create a long list of some of the BEST quotations having to do with the new year and new beginnings but in doing a little research that idea altered itself. I stumbled across some things that made me think more than I had planned to today. (As I write

Thoughts for the New Year (dull huh?)

2010-01-01T10:04:00.003-07:00

So I decided to do the NaBloPoMo challenge this month. The suggested theme is BEST there's a lot to work with in that one word so okay, I'll do it. 31 blogs in 31 days. I even threw in last night and got started early....uh... It's one thing to tell everyone I really know and all of the friends I have on FaceBook that I'm going to do it but then when I got up this morning and started to write

Maybe It Was One of Our Best Years.

2009-12-31T18:02:00.005-07:00

I was going to say that 2009 wasn’t one of our better years. It began with major vehicle problems which nearly drained the bank account. We managed to get down to sunny Tucson near Sage Words, son#3 to warm up but then the job we hoped to get didn’t pan out.Just as we began to rally, Geezer had a heart attack leading to open-heart surgery and that was terrifying. I actually lost him for about

Latest in Fashion

2009-10-27T16:17:00.001-07:00

Two Supermodels showing this year's Yarntangler Couture.

A Whole New World!!!

2009-10-08T21:18:00.004-07:00

I owe a huge apology to a lovely group of little girls, teenagers, two handsome young men, and some terrific women with great senses of humor I met about three weeks ago.Jim and I went to Willcox, AZ to do a craft fair at Apple Annie's Orchard. (fantastic apple pancakes and sausage but scrumptious cider too). I sold quite a few of my scarves ,hats and other crocheted items and had a great time.

So what if he can't spell...

2009-09-02T15:02:00.000-07:00

...he sure can cook!This recipe arrived yesterday from one of my favorite readers. He is a creative cook as well as a creative speller. With no intention of embarrassing him, I present it to you exactly as I got it.home made chicken fiehetas(?) take a plain pre cooked rotissery chicken from the store and shred the breasts put it in a bowl beside the stove in a skillit or on the flat griddle

Due to Technocal Difficulties

2009-09-01T08:41:00.006-07:00

In my never ending quest to get Ramblings to look the way I'd like it to, despite the fact that I don't know what that is, I'm trying new "stuff" again. So we'll see what the next few days does to the appearance of Ramblings. It may change radically or it may stay the same.My problem is that half of what I do means exactly squat to me until I hit the "submit" button and then go see what I've

Someone Else's Words

2009-08-27T12:35:00.006-07:00

Geezerguy and I are busy getting prepared for a possible Halloween story telling opportunity coming up this fall. If it happens, it will be lots of fun and I'll tell you all about it and take plenty of pictures. Keep your fingers crossed for us.In looking for some new material I stumbled across this. It has absolutely nothing to do with Halloween stories but it it sure can tell a story. I

Could Prince Charming Ever Be Bald?

2009-08-24T12:58:00.008-07:00

I finally broke down this morning and sent some money to Classmates because they kept sending me notices that I had more than a dozen signatures in my guest book. Now, I've been a "member" for a few years but because I never kicked in the $$$ to become a Gold member I never knew if those guest were long lost girlfriends.Or worse old boy friends! Heck, maybe there was a long ago someone who has

The Name Game

2009-08-19T15:30:00.000-07:00

"Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of a middle name is so he can tell when he's really in trouble." Dennis FrakesMy full name is Marceleine Ann Mary Hoye Cumberland. I was named for my maternal Great Grandmother whose name was Marceline Vaness. Do you see any difference between us? No? Unfortunately, neither did my Dad when he filled out the birth and Baptismal

Merci beaucoup, Messieur Camus

2009-08-17T19:40:00.005-07:00

NaBloPoMo, (National Blog Posting Month) is an on-line organization which promotes the discipline of posting a blog every day of the month. A suggested but not mandatory theme is announced and the participants begin the exercise. They begin with a widget that says they are participating and end with one that says "I did it" to decorate the blog. Many people achieve their goals, indeed they

This and That and Immortal Words

2009-08-05T14:28:00.005-07:00

We have finally come home to our motor home. Actually, we did that on Monday and then spent most of yesterday trying to put things away and get ourselves comfortable. We are still at that today. I replaced the usual couch cover with a plain white fitted sheet and felt the temperature drop instantly. A couple of colorful pillows at either end dress it up.The problem was that the really hot

I Will Follow Him

2009-08-03T09:14:00.014-07:00

I will follow him.Follow him wherever he may go,And near him, I always must beFor nothing can keep me away, he is my destiny. I will follow him,Ever since he touched my hand I knew, There isn't an ocean too deep,A mountain so high it can keep,Keep me away,away from his love.I love him, I love him, I love him,And where he goes,I'll follow, I'll follow, I'll follow.He'll always be my true love,my

All Our Tomorrows

2009-08-02T17:53:00.004-07:00

Just about now, give or take a few minutes, 41 years ago, Jim and I were on our way from our wedding rehearsal to his parents home for a rehearsal party. We were stopped at a red light, in front of Dave Lewis's Garage, when an extremely inebriated guy in a pickup truck plowed into the back of our Volkswagon beetle. Dave called the police and came to help us remove our rear bumper from the

Tomorrow

2009-08-01T22:42:00.005-07:00

The August NaBloPoMo theme is Tomorrow. I have never had a better opening than this one. Tonight August 1,2009, Geezerguy and I were privileged to attend the Senior Noncomissioned Officer Induction Ceremony at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ. There 106 men and women, all of whom chose to serve our nation, were commended for their attainment of the rank of Master Sergeant. Jim and I

Okay, I Confess, It Was Me

2009-07-31T14:02:00.004-07:00

So, when you turned on your computer today how many jokes and games did you find in your in box? How many did you really want to delete? How many came from someone you hold dear and, of course, it says send it back ? How many of you sighed and added yet another silly bit to cyberspace? (I wonder if, in 50 years, people will be worrying about filling up cyberspace with cyberpolution)I am pretty

Back to Normal?

2009-07-29T12:16:00.013-07:00

An odd thing happened to me this past month. I got lost. Not simply misplaced or confused but totally and completely lost.Usually, I am fairly well controlled and able to deal with a crisis-while it's going on- it's only after everything is over and everybody is okay that I react. I've been complimented many times on how strong I appear and how everyone can depend on me for a supportive hug or

He's Home!!!

2009-06-30T07:08:00.000-07:00

Now to get him back up on that bicycle!See ya down the road,Yarntangler

Yummy, Yummy, Yummy, I've Got Blogs in My Tummy!

2009-06-29T12:36:00.005-07:00

I've been waiting for Skooba to get back from the shop with his car so we can head out to the hospital. Maybe today we'll bring home the prize-Jim. In the meantime, I've been drooling through pages of recipes making a list of things high in protein and calories (absolutely the opposite of what I normally search for) in order to put some weight on my skinny Geezerguy -on Doctor's orders. Then

Putting Things in Perspective

2009-06-28T10:19:00.002-07:00

My family has been truly blessed this past week. The Geezerguy, Jim, while still hospitalized due to minor complications has come through his open heart surgery quiet well. We've been blessed to have two of our boys, Sage and Skooba, with us during this stressful time. Lone Duck is about to arrive to help his Dad through the tough post hospital days. Jugglesorcerer is poised to come if needed

Passing the Blog

2009-06-23T13:00:00.003-07:00

This has been a long and stressful week. Jim/Geezerguy has had so many procedures done, culminating in his triple by-pass on Sunday, that we've lost count but today he's feeling pretty good. They have him up in a chair and his sons, Sage and Skooba are with him right now encouraging him to take baby steps down the hallway and eat a little of his lunch. I stayed home to wash some clothes. 7

So Much For That bright Idea

2009-06-17T16:55:00.003-07:00

About an hour and fifteen minutes after I went to bed, I finally learned what labor pains truly were.At 12:30, Mom tapped on my door and sat on the edge of the bed."I could hear you from my room" Sounds like this is the real thing.""I hope so 'cause if it's not, I'm not going through with it.!" She got out a simple maternity dress and the rest of my things and laid them on the end of the bed

Special Days

2009-06-15T01:54:00.000-07:00

This is a very Special day in Hobbs, New Mexico. Old Newsie and Lady B. are celebrating their wedding anniversary. They are a funny couple who were lucky enough to find each other when they thought they were past the being in love stage. Lady B., who is always carefully coiffed and made up, lives in a neat tidy world with her incredible collection of Barbie dolls and her long time friends in

Wave The Flags Today

2009-06-14T00:03:00.007-07:00

Can you remember what you did exactly 40 years ago? I can, at about 4 pm on Saturday, June 14th, 1969, I called my father-in-law and begged him to come get Jim, who was far from being a Geezer then, and me and take us for a ride. At the time we were without a car and living in my old room at my parents house. There was nothing wrong with that. We all got along great and the arrangement worked

Mouth Open Wide

2009-06-12T23:22:00.018-07:00

I was watching NCIS,one of my favorite shows. It was a very good episode but I had an awful time not falling asleep. I could not stop yawning. So I thought I'd Google yawning and see what I could find out about it.This is what I found.All mammals apparently yawn.Pandiculation is the term for the act of stretching and yawning simultaneously. A yawn is a reflex of simultaneous inhalation

Daffynitions

2009-06-12T00:29:00.005-07:00

My Internet connection has been sporadic all day. So this will be short in hopes it will actually get posted on time. If it gets published before I go to bed I'm going to count it!All but of two of the people I thought would respond to my Wacky Word Challenge did so. One of those thought he would do his own thing. Not the smartest thing he's done lately. That means this weeks Good Sons awards

Wacky Word Wednesday

2009-06-10T10:51:00.006-07:00

As I was leaving a comment on a friend's blog last night, I spotted, once again , a word that would be a great Scrabble word- patacque. Heck, that's 21 points right there without even having to land on a double word square(42). If you managed to get the Q onto a double letter and also hit the double word square you would get 62! Then you have to factor in the fact that it is a seven letter word.

When Life Gives you Lemons

2009-06-09T12:59:00.010-07:00

I'm sitting here drinking a glass of lemonade. Well, what we call lemonade most of the time since its actually the Wal-Mart knock off of Crystal Light. I just made it a little while ago and the half gallon pitcher is almost empty.I got to thinking about Nana's Lemonade. One glass of that over ice, chipped from the big block, would last at least an hour while I stretched out on a blanket under

What Did You learn in School Today?

2009-06-08T14:03:00.009-07:00

I have always been interested in history. But there's little I remember of what I was taught in school left in my memory. In those days, we studied ancient history both as a class of it's own and in our Latin classes."Veni! Vidi! Vici!" "I came! I saw! I conquered!" That's what Julius Caesar reported when asked about his victory over Pharnaces. That's pretty much the way we learned Modern

In Answer to Jonathon Swift and The Lone Duck

2009-06-07T17:14:00.008-07:00

Yesterday, I wrote about Col. Robert Johnson the man who bravely ate tomatoes in front of hundreds of people to prove he wouldn't die. One of my most satirical readers challenged me to answer another food mystery about a brave man. This is my answer.