Dear Friends,
We had a pleasant day on Friday. I left the house first, and went to the home of our Dalton friends, and wet vacuumed their basement once again. I extracted 11 wet vac buckets of water before I left their home. The water was still coming in as I left their home. I am getting the feeling that I am a human sump pump. I am so hoping that when I stop in there this morning that the amount of water is less than what I encountered yesterday.
This task might be good exercise for me, but it isn't helping my Achilles problem. At 2:30 AM I had to pop a few Ibuprophen to lessen a dull ache.
I never did give the lawn a trim on Friday. I am going to give the lawn a trim when the grass dries, and Linda promised that she will give my hair a trim today at some point today.
Before I attack the lawn, I have to trim some chestnut tree branches (which whack me in the head), and rake up the many chestnuts which are on the ground. The blades on my riding lawn mower have been taking a beating when I don't pick up the chestnuts first. When I get my riding lawnmower tuned up when the mowing season ends, I have to have the blades sharpened.
The reason that I never touched the lawn was that Linda and I went off to see the movie "Contagion." We enjoyed the movie, but if you are a germ phobic than you better skip this movie.
We ended up at the Shamrock last evening. We played Keno and socialized for a couple hours before we sat down to eat. Linda won $25 plus a few $2.50 wins if you get two out of the three numbers which we usually play. When we walked in the place, the bar was empty, and the place was quiet. Linda sat next to a white hair lady who told Linda that her husband died 6 years ago. We didn't have a great deal of conversation with her, but she seemed like a really nice person. At one point she started humming / singing for no apparent reason at all. We were so happy when the bartender brought her food while she was sitting at the bar because she stopped singing.
While at the Shamrock, we got to chatting with the wife of the owner who does a little bit of everything dinning room and bar area while her husband is in the kitchen cooking food. She said that it must be a full moon because of a noon time incident which she told us about. Two ladies were seated, and just about ready to be served when another lady walked in, and goes directly to the two seated women. This woman tells the two ladies that they were in her favorite seat, and that 4 more people will be joining her. The original two ladies gave up their seat without any argument, and moved to another table. What would you do if this incident happed to you? Would you move, or would you just stay seated?
We are socially engaged this evening. We got invited to a late afternoon / evening cookout. We were asked to bring an appetizer. I can't wait.
Politics -- Even my conservative friends liked the President's action plan when he addressed the Nation on Thursday evening. Our local newspaper did show a picture of a Republican holding a sigh during the Presidential address which said "Drilling = Jobs". I would have added the word "Pollution". What really got me most was that I think signs like this are inappropriate at a Presidential address. When you are at a sporting contest, or at a political rally, signs are okay with me, but not when the President is addressing Congress.
Sports -- The Red Sox and Yankees are both in a losing streak. It doesn't appear right now that the Red Sox will win their division. Oh Darn!
Cell Phone Charger -- I left my cell phone charger in Tewksbury while baby sitting last week. Kyla FedEx's it, and it arrived as we were heading off to the movies. Life without a working cell phone in this day and age is almost impossible to deal with.
Well, I have to do some quiet activities. Actually there aren't any quiet activities that I can do unless I am out of the house. Linda has bionic ears, and she can hear my every footstep around the house. She can even hear me typing this e-mail.
Since I left the house to do the wet vacuuming at 7:30 AM on Friday, she went into a deep sleep until the telephone rang at 9:30 AM. I won't say which friend called, but Linda woke right up from a deep sleep. Oh Darn!
Have a great Saturday!
It was so nice to see the sunshine yesterday even though we gave up a couple hours of it to attend the matinee.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Friday, September 9, 2011
Hello on Friday
Dear Friends,
I was back wearing the boot on Thursday. My Achilles strain is a little better today, but I can still feel it enough that I can't go bootless. I also kept on telling the Orthopedics guy that I haven't been doing anything unusual these past few days, but I realized after I left the Doctor's office that this wasn't true. I went to a friend's home and emptied 7 or so buckets of water from this friend's basement (on more than one occasion). All the twisting and turning that I had to do as well as connecting and disconnecting hoses (one which goes out a window, and then water is pumped out that cellar window) when the buckets, electrical wires to the wet vacuum as I moved it around three rooms in their basement, etc., most likely caused the pain which I was experiencing on Thursday morning. Well, I am going back to their basement this morning for hopefully the last time since we have no major rains in the forecast for over a week. I will be extremely careful during the wet vacuuming process today.
I sat on my butt for most of the day on Thursday, and read a book on the Ipad. I had all intentions of going to an afternoon wake of a friend whose 91 year old dad passed away, but yesterday I was physically unable to perform (PUP) as the football world says when a player is on the disabled list.
Speaking of football, I watched a good portion of the game last night on NBC. The Greenbay Packers look like they could do a repeat as Super Bowl Champions this coming season.
I also watched the hapless Red Sox, who had another chance to pick up a game on the Yankees who lost their game, but it was not to be for the declining Red Sox. There is nothing for us Red Sox fans to cheer about over these past few weeks. Oh Darn!
Politics -- Before I watched any sports last evening, I did listen to the Presidential speech given to Congress and the Nation. President Obama's speech and his plan of action were superb through this Liberal Democrat's eyes. I did see many of the Republicans squirm in their seats when the President made the comment of the rich paying their fair share with respect to taxes. If his plan is signed into law, a lot of good things could happen to help turn around our ailing economy. I like the part of us producing goods that are stamped "Made in America". Has the President been reading "The Curley Lad's" daily blogs? Didn't I make reference to that in a few e-mails ago? He also talked about fixing roads and bridges and fixing our infrastructure in general. Didn't I also say something about that in some emails the other day? Could I help out with the President's speech writing?
Social Calendar -- Today appears to be free one which is good. I need to stay off my feet for a couple of days so that I can put away the boot. I do have to give our lush lawn a trim at some point today. I will take an afternoon nap too. When I say we are free sometimes Linda weaves in a body maintenance procedure. Actually, before this weekend is over, I need Linda to cut my hair and trim my mustache. My hair is starting to be out of control. I get a hint of that when I start scaring little kids when I come in contact with them in grocery stores, Target, Walmart, etc.
Observation -- As I was putting on my boot yesterday during the mid morning, I got to thinking about some of our friends who have significant others or close friends to help them get through some difficult times. We have two friends currently who are in the recovery / physical therapy stages of rotator cuff surgery. Both admit that they couldn't go through what they are going through without this special person (s). Neither can drive a car. One friend had surgery in Boston (and follow up appointments), and the other in Pittsfield. They both have physical therapy in Pittsfield at the same place that I go to. They both need someone to take them back and forth to therapy. They both need help putting on clothes, help with bathing, etc. The significant others pick up prescriptions. How about making meals and eating them? Did you every try and do that with one arm? I still think back when I had quadriceps tendon surgery in January of 2006. I was stuck in bed for several days before I could move around or manage a set of stairs in our Colonial Style home. Linda climbed those stairs, and brought me meals as if I was in the hospital. She was so exhausted dealing with me I think that she was ready to put me in a nursing home. I couldn't drive for months so who do you think ended up being my chauffeur? My whole point is that I hope that all of us who have gone through things like some of us have experienced really appreciate what the other person did to get us through those difficult times. I for one certainly do!
Have a great weekend!
If you live in area like the Berkshires who hasn't seen the sun for days, get out an enjoy it.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad
I was back wearing the boot on Thursday. My Achilles strain is a little better today, but I can still feel it enough that I can't go bootless. I also kept on telling the Orthopedics guy that I haven't been doing anything unusual these past few days, but I realized after I left the Doctor's office that this wasn't true. I went to a friend's home and emptied 7 or so buckets of water from this friend's basement (on more than one occasion). All the twisting and turning that I had to do as well as connecting and disconnecting hoses (one which goes out a window, and then water is pumped out that cellar window) when the buckets, electrical wires to the wet vacuum as I moved it around three rooms in their basement, etc., most likely caused the pain which I was experiencing on Thursday morning. Well, I am going back to their basement this morning for hopefully the last time since we have no major rains in the forecast for over a week. I will be extremely careful during the wet vacuuming process today.
I sat on my butt for most of the day on Thursday, and read a book on the Ipad. I had all intentions of going to an afternoon wake of a friend whose 91 year old dad passed away, but yesterday I was physically unable to perform (PUP) as the football world says when a player is on the disabled list.
Speaking of football, I watched a good portion of the game last night on NBC. The Greenbay Packers look like they could do a repeat as Super Bowl Champions this coming season.
I also watched the hapless Red Sox, who had another chance to pick up a game on the Yankees who lost their game, but it was not to be for the declining Red Sox. There is nothing for us Red Sox fans to cheer about over these past few weeks. Oh Darn!
Politics -- Before I watched any sports last evening, I did listen to the Presidential speech given to Congress and the Nation. President Obama's speech and his plan of action were superb through this Liberal Democrat's eyes. I did see many of the Republicans squirm in their seats when the President made the comment of the rich paying their fair share with respect to taxes. If his plan is signed into law, a lot of good things could happen to help turn around our ailing economy. I like the part of us producing goods that are stamped "Made in America". Has the President been reading "The Curley Lad's" daily blogs? Didn't I make reference to that in a few e-mails ago? He also talked about fixing roads and bridges and fixing our infrastructure in general. Didn't I also say something about that in some emails the other day? Could I help out with the President's speech writing?
Social Calendar -- Today appears to be free one which is good. I need to stay off my feet for a couple of days so that I can put away the boot. I do have to give our lush lawn a trim at some point today. I will take an afternoon nap too. When I say we are free sometimes Linda weaves in a body maintenance procedure. Actually, before this weekend is over, I need Linda to cut my hair and trim my mustache. My hair is starting to be out of control. I get a hint of that when I start scaring little kids when I come in contact with them in grocery stores, Target, Walmart, etc.
Observation -- As I was putting on my boot yesterday during the mid morning, I got to thinking about some of our friends who have significant others or close friends to help them get through some difficult times. We have two friends currently who are in the recovery / physical therapy stages of rotator cuff surgery. Both admit that they couldn't go through what they are going through without this special person (s). Neither can drive a car. One friend had surgery in Boston (and follow up appointments), and the other in Pittsfield. They both have physical therapy in Pittsfield at the same place that I go to. They both need someone to take them back and forth to therapy. They both need help putting on clothes, help with bathing, etc. The significant others pick up prescriptions. How about making meals and eating them? Did you every try and do that with one arm? I still think back when I had quadriceps tendon surgery in January of 2006. I was stuck in bed for several days before I could move around or manage a set of stairs in our Colonial Style home. Linda climbed those stairs, and brought me meals as if I was in the hospital. She was so exhausted dealing with me I think that she was ready to put me in a nursing home. I couldn't drive for months so who do you think ended up being my chauffeur? My whole point is that I hope that all of us who have gone through things like some of us have experienced really appreciate what the other person did to get us through those difficult times. I for one certainly do!
Have a great weekend!
If you live in area like the Berkshires who hasn't seen the sun for days, get out an enjoy it.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Hello on Thursday
Dear Friends,
The pitter patter of rain drops hitting the bedroom air conditioner was enough to wake me up. Should we think about building an Ark like the Biblical character Noah did? You know that you have had too much rain when you see mushrooms growing in our lush lawn. I am guessing that people who normally get water in their basements are going through another round of cleanup. I know that some friends who have sump pumps installed in their basements can here the pumps running 24 / 7. By chance I checked on the basement for a friend who is out of town yesterday afternoon. I left after removing 6 or 7 wet vacuum buckets, and the water was still trickling in as I departed. Oh Darn!
Our golf course sent out a newsletter yesterday saying that a women's golf tournament has been cancelled, and it won't be rescheduled. The course has so much water on it right now that they are not letting out golf carts. Our Dalton friend's golf course is usually worse off than my golf course because there is a brook that meanders through the whole golf course. Well, the meandering creek shut down the course for several days when Hurricane Irene passed through. I am guessing that it is shut down for sure right now.
Speaking of this golf course, UNICO will be cooking hotdogs and hamburgers for a Big Brother's and Big Sisters Golf tournament next Wednesday at the Dalton course. I volunteered to help out. I am not sure what happens if the course gets shut down next Wednesday.
It does seem that we are in a pattern where the recent rash of Hurricanes head right for the Northeast and Western Pennsylvania and Western New York, and deposit a whole bunch of rain.
Our day did go as planned on Wednesday. I made the pick up of our friend from Therapy at 9 AM. While I was in the same complex, I went next door to Orthopedics, and made an appointment with the Physician's Assistant. I have a 9:15 PM appointment this morning. Linda is socially engaged this morning too. Linda did do some recreational shopping with the friend that I picked up.
Social Calendar -- Linda has a Red Hat Breakfast at 9:30 AM at a place called "On a Roll" in downtown Pittsfield. She also has a luncheon meeting with some girlfriends who meet every couple of months to catch up on what all of our children, and grandchildren are doing. She better eat a light breakfast.
My strained Achilles has been feeling great since we came back from the Dominican Republic several weeks ago. Well, today it is aching quite a bit.
It is like when you have had an injury, and your body can detect a change in the weather. I hurt enough right now that I might be back wearing the boot for a while. I didn't do anything over the past few days to strain it, but it feels like I have to pay attention to it right now which hasn't been the case for several weeks. Oh Darn!
Sports -- I couldn't bear to watch the Red Sox go down to defeat last night after squandering an 8 to 5 lead in the later innings of the game. The Red Sox had a chance to pick up a game on the Yankees who lost an extra inning game earlier in the day.
The first professional football game of the season takes place this evening.
It will be broadcast on a NFL Network Channel which I refuse to pay extra for. Oh Darn! The two teams who will be battling each other are some of the best teams in professional football.
Politics -- Our President is ready to announce a jobs / economic recovery initiative tonight. Yes, my conservative friends are already saying why hasn't he done this several months ago? I repeat that I didn't know that the government was responsible for creating jobs. Well, with all the damage done by the recent hurricanes, and the fires in Texas, the construction industry should be looking up. The problem is the people in the flood ravaged areas won't be getting insurance money to rebuild unless they had purchased flood insurance. Oh Darn!
I put out the garbage last evening when it wasn't raining. This week "Paper"
is the recycling object. I wouldn't want to lift the paper recycling bucket after all the rain which has fallen overnight.
A mosquito was just flying around my body with the hope of getting some delicious blood. When the rain stops, I would bet that sitting out on the deck would be impossible. Our city decided to stop spending money on spraying for Mosquitoes this year. We citizens will be paying for this cost savings measure.
Speaking about cost cutting, our county jail and the head Sheriff, Tom Bowler, who was a former student of mine, was informed that they are cutting his budget. The bad guys haven't stopped committing crimes so that it doesn't make sense for the State of Massachusetts to cut County Jail budgets. Is the Liberal State of Massachusetts hoping that crime has gone away?
Speaking of crime, I heard that they found the bodies of three men, one of which, were going to testify against a Hells Angel member. I will have to wait until the local newspaper comes out today to see if this rumor is true.
The Hells Angel guy was arraigned the other day on multiple charges of a whole bunch of not so nice things that he did. With respect to one of the charges, there are no witnesses if the rumor I heard was true. Oh Darn!
Have a great day at work or play!
I was going to say that I hope that you stay dry, but that won't happen for several days.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad
The pitter patter of rain drops hitting the bedroom air conditioner was enough to wake me up. Should we think about building an Ark like the Biblical character Noah did? You know that you have had too much rain when you see mushrooms growing in our lush lawn. I am guessing that people who normally get water in their basements are going through another round of cleanup. I know that some friends who have sump pumps installed in their basements can here the pumps running 24 / 7. By chance I checked on the basement for a friend who is out of town yesterday afternoon. I left after removing 6 or 7 wet vacuum buckets, and the water was still trickling in as I departed. Oh Darn!
Our golf course sent out a newsletter yesterday saying that a women's golf tournament has been cancelled, and it won't be rescheduled. The course has so much water on it right now that they are not letting out golf carts. Our Dalton friend's golf course is usually worse off than my golf course because there is a brook that meanders through the whole golf course. Well, the meandering creek shut down the course for several days when Hurricane Irene passed through. I am guessing that it is shut down for sure right now.
Speaking of this golf course, UNICO will be cooking hotdogs and hamburgers for a Big Brother's and Big Sisters Golf tournament next Wednesday at the Dalton course. I volunteered to help out. I am not sure what happens if the course gets shut down next Wednesday.
It does seem that we are in a pattern where the recent rash of Hurricanes head right for the Northeast and Western Pennsylvania and Western New York, and deposit a whole bunch of rain.
Our day did go as planned on Wednesday. I made the pick up of our friend from Therapy at 9 AM. While I was in the same complex, I went next door to Orthopedics, and made an appointment with the Physician's Assistant. I have a 9:15 PM appointment this morning. Linda is socially engaged this morning too. Linda did do some recreational shopping with the friend that I picked up.
Social Calendar -- Linda has a Red Hat Breakfast at 9:30 AM at a place called "On a Roll" in downtown Pittsfield. She also has a luncheon meeting with some girlfriends who meet every couple of months to catch up on what all of our children, and grandchildren are doing. She better eat a light breakfast.
My strained Achilles has been feeling great since we came back from the Dominican Republic several weeks ago. Well, today it is aching quite a bit.
It is like when you have had an injury, and your body can detect a change in the weather. I hurt enough right now that I might be back wearing the boot for a while. I didn't do anything over the past few days to strain it, but it feels like I have to pay attention to it right now which hasn't been the case for several weeks. Oh Darn!
Sports -- I couldn't bear to watch the Red Sox go down to defeat last night after squandering an 8 to 5 lead in the later innings of the game. The Red Sox had a chance to pick up a game on the Yankees who lost an extra inning game earlier in the day.
The first professional football game of the season takes place this evening.
It will be broadcast on a NFL Network Channel which I refuse to pay extra for. Oh Darn! The two teams who will be battling each other are some of the best teams in professional football.
Politics -- Our President is ready to announce a jobs / economic recovery initiative tonight. Yes, my conservative friends are already saying why hasn't he done this several months ago? I repeat that I didn't know that the government was responsible for creating jobs. Well, with all the damage done by the recent hurricanes, and the fires in Texas, the construction industry should be looking up. The problem is the people in the flood ravaged areas won't be getting insurance money to rebuild unless they had purchased flood insurance. Oh Darn!
I put out the garbage last evening when it wasn't raining. This week "Paper"
is the recycling object. I wouldn't want to lift the paper recycling bucket after all the rain which has fallen overnight.
A mosquito was just flying around my body with the hope of getting some delicious blood. When the rain stops, I would bet that sitting out on the deck would be impossible. Our city decided to stop spending money on spraying for Mosquitoes this year. We citizens will be paying for this cost savings measure.
Speaking about cost cutting, our county jail and the head Sheriff, Tom Bowler, who was a former student of mine, was informed that they are cutting his budget. The bad guys haven't stopped committing crimes so that it doesn't make sense for the State of Massachusetts to cut County Jail budgets. Is the Liberal State of Massachusetts hoping that crime has gone away?
Speaking of crime, I heard that they found the bodies of three men, one of which, were going to testify against a Hells Angel member. I will have to wait until the local newspaper comes out today to see if this rumor is true.
The Hells Angel guy was arraigned the other day on multiple charges of a whole bunch of not so nice things that he did. With respect to one of the charges, there are no witnesses if the rumor I heard was true. Oh Darn!
Have a great day at work or play!
I was going to say that I hope that you stay dry, but that won't happen for several days.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Hello on Wednesday
Dear Friends,
Our Tuesday went as planned. I dined with the Mah Jongg ladies before I took an afternoon nap. The hamburgers and hot dogs were a big hit as well as Linda's cucumber and garden fresh tomato salad. One lady, who has had heart issues in the past, did not partake of the hot dogs and hamburgers. She brought herself a sandwich.
Linda was not so lucky playing Mah Jongg. She exhausted her $5 maximum limit as the games ended a little after 4 PM. A good time was had by all.
After Linda put away her snack food which she had set out for her guests, and freshened up, we headed off to our next event which was the Berkshire County Jimmy Fund Polenta Dinner at the ITAM. Our table of 10 grew into a table of 15. The tables were long tables and not round ones so adding an extra person or two was not a big deal. Some of our friends were "Newbies" because it was the first time that they ever had a Polenta Dinner. I did invite these people to become part of the Curley's Polenta Dinner circuit. The Polenta Dinner was great. My friendly back door neighbor and his wife were in charge of the preparing the dinner. Some UNICO members and Jimmy Fund members formed an assembly line and dished out the Polenta and brought the bread, salads and the polenta dinner to each one of us who attended the event. The bread became an issue for the guests because it was served without butter. The head guy doesn't serve the bread with butter because he believes that there is enough butter and cheese that goes into the polenta to clog the arteries of the healthiest people who attend the event. Well, our table of 15 asked for some Italian salad dressing just to dip the bread into, and they adjusted quite well. There was dessert and coffee too.
Out table also celebrated the birthday of a friend who had rotator cuff surgery a couple of weeks ago. We warned her that the recovery would not be easy since we have several friends who have gone through such an ordeal. If you are wondering how old this friend is just let me say that she is not eligible for Medicare for a few more years. Currently she is sleeping in a lounge chair, and she is not physically able to sleep in her bed yet.
I am picking her up from Physical Therapy around 9 AM this morning. Linda and she will eventually do a few errands before she will need some pain medication as well as some rest. Right now the woman has her arm in a sling which puts a damper on what she can or can not due. Oh Darn! We friends can feel the pain which she is going though.
Texas Fires -- Over 700 homes have been destroyed with the recent rash of forest fires. I can't imagine seeing your house (that we have all worked so hard to maintain) burned to the ground with the foundation the only visible thing that is left. We have been so fortunate in Berkshire County to have escaped the natural disasters which you see or read about in the news. We have had some flooding which is minor compared to the devastation which took place in Vermont and in New York State due to Hurricane Irene. It is raining out right now which are the remnants of Hurricane Lee. Our grounds are so damp, and the forests around her are so wet, that a forest fire wouldn't have a chance of starting. Texas on the other hand is like a tinder box since they experienced months of 100 degree temperatures.
Linda and I are actually looking forward to fall like and eventually winter. Some of our friends think that we are crazy. We know many people who are already booked into places or have second homes down South because they dislike the winters so much in the Northeast. If you were raising a family, wouldn't you want to have your children go sliding, or learn how to ski on snow, or build a snow fort, or have snow ball fight, go snow shoeing, cross country skiing, cutting down a live Christmas tree, etc. How about taking the kids ice-fishing?
We had an exchange student from Spain with us for a full school year when our youngest son was in high school. We took Ramon with us to a Christmas Tree farm in a nearby by town. He got down on his hands and knees and cut down a Christmas Tree. It was the first and the last time that he had ever done so. I say last because Ramon was no fan of the cold weather.
If you grew up in a place that has all four seasons, you should have grown up being taught activities to make it through these seemingly long winters.
Linda lived for a short time in California when she was growing up. A pool party for Christmas is not the same as having a fresh pine sent from a real Christmas tree permeating the house.
Social Calendar -- Linda has her Wednesday night Knitting Group gathering at Panera Bread at 6 PM. I have an informal UNICO Board meeting at the Italian American Club at the same time.
Have a great day at work or play!
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad
Our Tuesday went as planned. I dined with the Mah Jongg ladies before I took an afternoon nap. The hamburgers and hot dogs were a big hit as well as Linda's cucumber and garden fresh tomato salad. One lady, who has had heart issues in the past, did not partake of the hot dogs and hamburgers. She brought herself a sandwich.
Linda was not so lucky playing Mah Jongg. She exhausted her $5 maximum limit as the games ended a little after 4 PM. A good time was had by all.
After Linda put away her snack food which she had set out for her guests, and freshened up, we headed off to our next event which was the Berkshire County Jimmy Fund Polenta Dinner at the ITAM. Our table of 10 grew into a table of 15. The tables were long tables and not round ones so adding an extra person or two was not a big deal. Some of our friends were "Newbies" because it was the first time that they ever had a Polenta Dinner. I did invite these people to become part of the Curley's Polenta Dinner circuit. The Polenta Dinner was great. My friendly back door neighbor and his wife were in charge of the preparing the dinner. Some UNICO members and Jimmy Fund members formed an assembly line and dished out the Polenta and brought the bread, salads and the polenta dinner to each one of us who attended the event. The bread became an issue for the guests because it was served without butter. The head guy doesn't serve the bread with butter because he believes that there is enough butter and cheese that goes into the polenta to clog the arteries of the healthiest people who attend the event. Well, our table of 15 asked for some Italian salad dressing just to dip the bread into, and they adjusted quite well. There was dessert and coffee too.
Out table also celebrated the birthday of a friend who had rotator cuff surgery a couple of weeks ago. We warned her that the recovery would not be easy since we have several friends who have gone through such an ordeal. If you are wondering how old this friend is just let me say that she is not eligible for Medicare for a few more years. Currently she is sleeping in a lounge chair, and she is not physically able to sleep in her bed yet.
I am picking her up from Physical Therapy around 9 AM this morning. Linda and she will eventually do a few errands before she will need some pain medication as well as some rest. Right now the woman has her arm in a sling which puts a damper on what she can or can not due. Oh Darn! We friends can feel the pain which she is going though.
Texas Fires -- Over 700 homes have been destroyed with the recent rash of forest fires. I can't imagine seeing your house (that we have all worked so hard to maintain) burned to the ground with the foundation the only visible thing that is left. We have been so fortunate in Berkshire County to have escaped the natural disasters which you see or read about in the news. We have had some flooding which is minor compared to the devastation which took place in Vermont and in New York State due to Hurricane Irene. It is raining out right now which are the remnants of Hurricane Lee. Our grounds are so damp, and the forests around her are so wet, that a forest fire wouldn't have a chance of starting. Texas on the other hand is like a tinder box since they experienced months of 100 degree temperatures.
Linda and I are actually looking forward to fall like and eventually winter. Some of our friends think that we are crazy. We know many people who are already booked into places or have second homes down South because they dislike the winters so much in the Northeast. If you were raising a family, wouldn't you want to have your children go sliding, or learn how to ski on snow, or build a snow fort, or have snow ball fight, go snow shoeing, cross country skiing, cutting down a live Christmas tree, etc. How about taking the kids ice-fishing?
We had an exchange student from Spain with us for a full school year when our youngest son was in high school. We took Ramon with us to a Christmas Tree farm in a nearby by town. He got down on his hands and knees and cut down a Christmas Tree. It was the first and the last time that he had ever done so. I say last because Ramon was no fan of the cold weather.
If you grew up in a place that has all four seasons, you should have grown up being taught activities to make it through these seemingly long winters.
Linda lived for a short time in California when she was growing up. A pool party for Christmas is not the same as having a fresh pine sent from a real Christmas tree permeating the house.
Social Calendar -- Linda has her Wednesday night Knitting Group gathering at Panera Bread at 6 PM. I have an informal UNICO Board meeting at the Italian American Club at the same time.
Have a great day at work or play!
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Hello on Tuesday
Dear Friends,
Linda and I finally had a chill day with no commitments. It was a great way for us to end the Labor Day weekend. I did send Linda out to get some farm fresh corn on the cob. The on and off rain stopped jut in time for me to char some "Dine In" precooked baby back ribs. Linda whipped up a tomato and Cucumber salad. Supper was wonderful.
Speaking of food, I will be cooking hot dogs and hamburgers (lunch time) for the Tuesday Mah Jongg session which Linda is hosting today. I might be cooking in a rain slicker which I have had much practice doing.
This evening we will be attending a Jimmy Fund Polenta Dinner at the ITAM at
6 PM. I reserved a table of 10 which is almost filled up. I am not going to be working in the kitchen even though one of my UNICO brothers is the head chef for this fundraiser. I will be dining with Linda and some friends.
Well, the buses will be rolling this morning as schools throughout the county open their doors. It has been so long that either of us were participants in the opening of school that it is a distant memory. We enjoy our current phase of life so much that we have no desire to return to the classroom.
Speaking of schools and some comments from one of my readers that Americans schools are in dire straits, the first teachers of children are their parents. If parents do their job before any child enters the classroom (and continue working from pre K through high school), those children will most likely do well. That is the problem right there. As the family structure / unit has changed or deteriorated so has our society. Like I said before, it takes a mom and a dad to raise a child. Yes, I do know that there are some great single parents raising their children, but I would bet that they would love to have another set of hands to help out with child rearing.
We now have grandparents doing a good deal of the child rearing. None of our baby boomers friends grew up with grandparents raising us. Grandma and Grandpa were people that you went to visit, share holidays, participate in birthdays, etc., but you went back home after a visit.
Making babies is the easy part, but the real work takes place after the birth of a child. Linda and I love to see our sons and daughter-in-laws interact and work with their children. Their offspring are so lucky to have such great parents. We grandparents don't mind helping out like I did last week with a little baby sitting, but we both know we will eventually return to our retiree life.
It is also a job of parents to install a work ethic in their children. The work ethic can be in the form a mom who decides to be a stay at home mom (which is a full time job during the formative years). Every thing that we do as parents will eventually be a learned behavior in our children. If mom and dad stay home all day, and neither able bodied parent goes off to work, why wouldn't a child think that this must be a way of life when the child becomes an adult?
Schools are asked to play the role as Mom and Dads because there are so many dysfunctional families. The amount of actual teaching in the classroom has decreased over the years since we are solving other issues in those classrooms. Teachers spend a lot of time trying to catch students up to the same level as their classmates who didn't have moms and dads doing their job as parents. The social services that schools now provide were nonexistent when we baby boomers went to school. Pedro Martinez (a Red Sox pitcher at the time) made the comment about the Red Sox vs Yankee rivalry as they were about to do battle: "Who's your Daddy?" Those words can apply to the many dysfunctional families who send their kids off to school on a daily basis.
Fix the family, and society will fall right into place!
Sports -- The Red Sox lost a heart breaking extra inning game in Toronto as the Yankees won a slugfest by a 11 to 10 score. The Yankees have increased their lead against the second place Red Sox. Oh Darn!
One of my exciting activities yesterday besides watching sports was to ball up some yarn for Linda. She has been working feverishly knitting some items for our female grandchild who will be arriving this coming February to Kevin and Kyla.
Have a great day at work or play!
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad
Linda and I finally had a chill day with no commitments. It was a great way for us to end the Labor Day weekend. I did send Linda out to get some farm fresh corn on the cob. The on and off rain stopped jut in time for me to char some "Dine In" precooked baby back ribs. Linda whipped up a tomato and Cucumber salad. Supper was wonderful.
Speaking of food, I will be cooking hot dogs and hamburgers (lunch time) for the Tuesday Mah Jongg session which Linda is hosting today. I might be cooking in a rain slicker which I have had much practice doing.
This evening we will be attending a Jimmy Fund Polenta Dinner at the ITAM at
6 PM. I reserved a table of 10 which is almost filled up. I am not going to be working in the kitchen even though one of my UNICO brothers is the head chef for this fundraiser. I will be dining with Linda and some friends.
Well, the buses will be rolling this morning as schools throughout the county open their doors. It has been so long that either of us were participants in the opening of school that it is a distant memory. We enjoy our current phase of life so much that we have no desire to return to the classroom.
Speaking of schools and some comments from one of my readers that Americans schools are in dire straits, the first teachers of children are their parents. If parents do their job before any child enters the classroom (and continue working from pre K through high school), those children will most likely do well. That is the problem right there. As the family structure / unit has changed or deteriorated so has our society. Like I said before, it takes a mom and a dad to raise a child. Yes, I do know that there are some great single parents raising their children, but I would bet that they would love to have another set of hands to help out with child rearing.
We now have grandparents doing a good deal of the child rearing. None of our baby boomers friends grew up with grandparents raising us. Grandma and Grandpa were people that you went to visit, share holidays, participate in birthdays, etc., but you went back home after a visit.
Making babies is the easy part, but the real work takes place after the birth of a child. Linda and I love to see our sons and daughter-in-laws interact and work with their children. Their offspring are so lucky to have such great parents. We grandparents don't mind helping out like I did last week with a little baby sitting, but we both know we will eventually return to our retiree life.
It is also a job of parents to install a work ethic in their children. The work ethic can be in the form a mom who decides to be a stay at home mom (which is a full time job during the formative years). Every thing that we do as parents will eventually be a learned behavior in our children. If mom and dad stay home all day, and neither able bodied parent goes off to work, why wouldn't a child think that this must be a way of life when the child becomes an adult?
Schools are asked to play the role as Mom and Dads because there are so many dysfunctional families. The amount of actual teaching in the classroom has decreased over the years since we are solving other issues in those classrooms. Teachers spend a lot of time trying to catch students up to the same level as their classmates who didn't have moms and dads doing their job as parents. The social services that schools now provide were nonexistent when we baby boomers went to school. Pedro Martinez (a Red Sox pitcher at the time) made the comment about the Red Sox vs Yankee rivalry as they were about to do battle: "Who's your Daddy?" Those words can apply to the many dysfunctional families who send their kids off to school on a daily basis.
Fix the family, and society will fall right into place!
Sports -- The Red Sox lost a heart breaking extra inning game in Toronto as the Yankees won a slugfest by a 11 to 10 score. The Yankees have increased their lead against the second place Red Sox. Oh Darn!
One of my exciting activities yesterday besides watching sports was to ball up some yarn for Linda. She has been working feverishly knitting some items for our female grandchild who will be arriving this coming February to Kevin and Kyla.
Have a great day at work or play!
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad
Monday, September 5, 2011
Hello on Labor Day
Dear Friends,
A Happy Labor Day goes out especially to the American workers past and present who built this great country. A special "Thanks" goes to my Union brothers and sisters who are often blamed for the companies who decided cheap labor was the best way to increase profits. Even moving the manufacturing down South to non unionized shops couldn't keep the companies from making their product outside of the United States. These same companies love it when they can manufacture products in countries which have no regulations as to pollution, as to the treatment of workers, etc. These companies have destroyed rain forests in some of countries, and have left toxic dumps everywhere. Soon the people in these countries will realize that these companies don't always "Bring Good things to Life". They will revolt like we did in the 1900's.
On a happier note, our "Chill Day" turned into a fun evening from about 5 PM until 9 PM. We attended a birthday party for a 68 year old Marine Corps vet.
The party took place at "Lach's Lounge." This is a bar which has been around for seemingly ages. It is owned and managed by an African American. The customers are a good mix of all ethnic groups. There was an abundance of covered dishes that would keep any man or woman happy. The organizer of the party soon realized that this was the first time that Linda was ever in this bar even though she has been a resident of Pittsfield since the 1970's. This fact required that our group of Irish Sister City friends had to have a "shot" of something. The bartender "Woody", who recognized Linda from her teaching days at Pittsfield High School, said that he could make us a "Baby Guinness". I had no clue what a "Baby Guinness" was. Woody, who never had Linda as his teacher, and who spent most of his time walking the halls of Pittsfield High, was a pleasant and attentive bartender. Well, a Baby Guinness is dark Patron Tequila with a layer of Bailey's Irish cream. It is supposed to look like a pint of Guinness with a head on it, but in a shot glass. Woody didn't have the patience to drizzle the Bailey's into the shot glass on the back of a spoon to create the visual effect. With a one, two, and three, the five of us downed the shots!
The guest of honor opened a bag of gag gifts which the organizer purchased at Spencer Gifts in the mall. The organizer was laughing so hard when she was purchasing the sex related gifts that a store clerk came over to her and asked if she need help. You had to be there to appreciate what the gifts were.
You might ask what we would have been doing at this party for 4 hours.
Besides the consumption of food and beverages, there was an electric bowling game. A bunch of us had no clue how to play the game, but the friendly group of players showed us newbie's how the game is played. By about 9 PM, we decided to say our "Good Byes", and Linda drove us home. The party was still going on when we departed.
We are going to have another chill day. The weather isn't supposed to be that great. We normally get invited to a Labor Day party at a friend's home, but these friend's have some water issues. Their well water got tainted with the abundance of rain from Hurricane Irene. They had the yellowish water tested, and it had a lot of bad stuff in it including e-coli. Instead of inviting us for a cookout, yesterday our friend was using a backhoe to get at the cover of the well water. They were told to pour bleach into the well.
They hopefully will be back to normal soon. Insurance does not cover the Hurricane related event unless you have flood insurance which most of our friends do not have. Oh Darn!
Well, I am feeling a little foggy today. My first cup of coffee, hasn't worked any magic for me yet. Good thing that we left at 9 PM because I would bet some of our friends who stayed later are fighting more than a foggy head this morning.
Have a great day!
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad
A Happy Labor Day goes out especially to the American workers past and present who built this great country. A special "Thanks" goes to my Union brothers and sisters who are often blamed for the companies who decided cheap labor was the best way to increase profits. Even moving the manufacturing down South to non unionized shops couldn't keep the companies from making their product outside of the United States. These same companies love it when they can manufacture products in countries which have no regulations as to pollution, as to the treatment of workers, etc. These companies have destroyed rain forests in some of countries, and have left toxic dumps everywhere. Soon the people in these countries will realize that these companies don't always "Bring Good things to Life". They will revolt like we did in the 1900's.
On a happier note, our "Chill Day" turned into a fun evening from about 5 PM until 9 PM. We attended a birthday party for a 68 year old Marine Corps vet.
The party took place at "Lach's Lounge." This is a bar which has been around for seemingly ages. It is owned and managed by an African American. The customers are a good mix of all ethnic groups. There was an abundance of covered dishes that would keep any man or woman happy. The organizer of the party soon realized that this was the first time that Linda was ever in this bar even though she has been a resident of Pittsfield since the 1970's. This fact required that our group of Irish Sister City friends had to have a "shot" of something. The bartender "Woody", who recognized Linda from her teaching days at Pittsfield High School, said that he could make us a "Baby Guinness". I had no clue what a "Baby Guinness" was. Woody, who never had Linda as his teacher, and who spent most of his time walking the halls of Pittsfield High, was a pleasant and attentive bartender. Well, a Baby Guinness is dark Patron Tequila with a layer of Bailey's Irish cream. It is supposed to look like a pint of Guinness with a head on it, but in a shot glass. Woody didn't have the patience to drizzle the Bailey's into the shot glass on the back of a spoon to create the visual effect. With a one, two, and three, the five of us downed the shots!
The guest of honor opened a bag of gag gifts which the organizer purchased at Spencer Gifts in the mall. The organizer was laughing so hard when she was purchasing the sex related gifts that a store clerk came over to her and asked if she need help. You had to be there to appreciate what the gifts were.
You might ask what we would have been doing at this party for 4 hours.
Besides the consumption of food and beverages, there was an electric bowling game. A bunch of us had no clue how to play the game, but the friendly group of players showed us newbie's how the game is played. By about 9 PM, we decided to say our "Good Byes", and Linda drove us home. The party was still going on when we departed.
We are going to have another chill day. The weather isn't supposed to be that great. We normally get invited to a Labor Day party at a friend's home, but these friend's have some water issues. Their well water got tainted with the abundance of rain from Hurricane Irene. They had the yellowish water tested, and it had a lot of bad stuff in it including e-coli. Instead of inviting us for a cookout, yesterday our friend was using a backhoe to get at the cover of the well water. They were told to pour bleach into the well.
They hopefully will be back to normal soon. Insurance does not cover the Hurricane related event unless you have flood insurance which most of our friends do not have. Oh Darn!
Well, I am feeling a little foggy today. My first cup of coffee, hasn't worked any magic for me yet. Good thing that we left at 9 PM because I would bet some of our friends who stayed later are fighting more than a foggy head this morning.
Have a great day!
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Hello on Sunday
Dear Friends,
It was like I never left when I returned from the toddler sitting gig in Tewksbury on Saturday. Linda was still at the Garlic Festival in Vermont when I returned home. I had a chance to take a nap, and give the lawn a trim before I settled down to watch a multi hour Red Sox game. When Linda did arrive home from her adventure, I drove her crazy a couple of times before I decided it was best to employ my "Separation is Good" philosophy. I used the remote to switch between a seemingly endless array of college football games. I gave up watching them, and I went into sleep mode around 10 PM.
Speaking of baby sitting, unless you have been with Max for multiple hours / days, you don't realize how wonderful a child that he is. He always looks cute in the pictures that Linda and his parents take of him, but when you are with him for hours at a time, you soon see that he is almost the perfect child. I am saying this not as a grandparent, but as an observer of his actions. He really likes puzzles geared for the two year old mind. He picked up this trait from his Mom who life's work is problem solving. He is a good eater, and he will try any food which you put in front of him. Papa, which is what he calls me, cut up a cantaloupe the other day, and he loves this fruit as well as watermelon. The food thing came from his Dad with a little help from Max's mom. Kyla makes a mean meat ball with some vegetable in them that Max might not eat if they were on his plate.
His latest things that he does, is to climb onto to everything. The other day when Max woke up, and Kevin went to rescue him, Max climbed up on the changing table, and was waiting for Kevin to change his diaper. If you leave him for a second, he will slide a chair over and climb on tables and kitchen counters. My greatest fear is that he will fall when trying to get off of whatever he is climbing on.
As I tell these Max stories to friends or relatives who have female grandchildren, they say that their grandchildren don't do the same things that males do. Males and females are wired differently, and no matter what you try and do to make them do similar activities you end up not trying to fight Mother Nature.
Our other daughter-in-law has noticed already that Gabriel (one year old) is starting to be a handful compared to his older sister Isabelle (three and one half years old). One picture that we were sent the other day, Isabelle dressed up Gabriel in one of her sun dresses. You won't see this picture in Grandma Grandchildren's photo album.
Politics -- We have a multiple person race for Mayor going on in Pittsfield.
Like all politicians running for office, Jobs, Education, Taxes, and helping our seniors on fixed incomes to be able to live in their own homes, are what they are all saying. Our current Mayor came right out of the plastics industry form Plano, Texas. He too touted the jobs issue when he was running for office. He soon realized that job creation wasn't as easy as he thought it would be even though he had many world wide contacts from the industry which he came from. I still maintain a nationwide public works project could put a lot of people back to work. Every place in the nation has roads and bridges which need work. Public parks and recreation areas need a lot of renovations and repairs. Our aging schools either have to be renovated or replaced. I haven't heard from any of our Mayoral candidates how they are going to bring jobs back to our area. Our current Mayor turned his strategy in revitalizing our once vital downtown, and bringing the arts to our community. Pittsfield has become a Mecca for the New York and Boston crowds to at least make a stop during their vacation periods. There is a pretty large segment who could care less about the arts, and who can't afford to attend the multiple venues which we have for top notch theater in the area.
When my radio show host gives away tickets to many of the productions, he always asks the people who won the tickets to report back after they attend one of the plays. They play goers always seem to give a favorable response of what they saw. Even my dear old dad went to see "Guys and Dolls", and he thought that it was wonderful.
General Electric provided some great jobs for our community for many years.
Pittsfield like many communities took a wicked economic hit when they packed up and left town. When we allowed our manufacturing industry to first go south and eventually out of the country, it was like the "Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire."
Germany has turned their economy around by producing affordable products with "Made in Germany" label stamped on their goods. The German workers have made some financial concessions, but Germans are trying to only purchase goods made in Germany. Could an experiment like that happen here in the United States?
Some of the companies which have decided to have less educated countries produce the goods which we purchase to save on labor costs to increase their bottom lines, are finding out that not all the goods produced are equivalent the goods formerly produced by American workers.
This got me thinking about China. Have the Chinese had an original thought in anything which they manufacture? They steal industrial secrets, and copy everything that Americans create. They even busted a store in China that was labeled as an Apple Store like the ones we have in the United States.
Everything in the store was a copy of the real Apple products. People in China thought that they were buying real Apple products.
I also see where Sarah Palin is waiting for the current group of Republican Politicians to beat each other up as she "sits in the weeds" waiting for the opportunity to make a run at the President Obama.
I forgot my cell phone charger while in Tewksbury. Our son Kevin said that he would send it off to me.
Well, I have some quiet activities to do before the Sunday newspapers arrive.
As of this moment, this should be a chill day. My bones ache a little from the child lifting, and climbing up and down stairs at Kevin and Kyla's home.
I miss Max already! I don't miss the three cats and two dogs. They sometimes are more work than Max is. I gave into the long haired Dachshund, and let him sleep with me. I got tired of the dog scratching on the bedroom door thinking that he would give up trying to get into my bedroom. Even the two rescue cats took a liking to me. I must project that St. Francis Of Assisi image that I love all the creatures of God. Not!
Have a great rest of the weekend.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad
It was like I never left when I returned from the toddler sitting gig in Tewksbury on Saturday. Linda was still at the Garlic Festival in Vermont when I returned home. I had a chance to take a nap, and give the lawn a trim before I settled down to watch a multi hour Red Sox game. When Linda did arrive home from her adventure, I drove her crazy a couple of times before I decided it was best to employ my "Separation is Good" philosophy. I used the remote to switch between a seemingly endless array of college football games. I gave up watching them, and I went into sleep mode around 10 PM.
Speaking of baby sitting, unless you have been with Max for multiple hours / days, you don't realize how wonderful a child that he is. He always looks cute in the pictures that Linda and his parents take of him, but when you are with him for hours at a time, you soon see that he is almost the perfect child. I am saying this not as a grandparent, but as an observer of his actions. He really likes puzzles geared for the two year old mind. He picked up this trait from his Mom who life's work is problem solving. He is a good eater, and he will try any food which you put in front of him. Papa, which is what he calls me, cut up a cantaloupe the other day, and he loves this fruit as well as watermelon. The food thing came from his Dad with a little help from Max's mom. Kyla makes a mean meat ball with some vegetable in them that Max might not eat if they were on his plate.
His latest things that he does, is to climb onto to everything. The other day when Max woke up, and Kevin went to rescue him, Max climbed up on the changing table, and was waiting for Kevin to change his diaper. If you leave him for a second, he will slide a chair over and climb on tables and kitchen counters. My greatest fear is that he will fall when trying to get off of whatever he is climbing on.
As I tell these Max stories to friends or relatives who have female grandchildren, they say that their grandchildren don't do the same things that males do. Males and females are wired differently, and no matter what you try and do to make them do similar activities you end up not trying to fight Mother Nature.
Our other daughter-in-law has noticed already that Gabriel (one year old) is starting to be a handful compared to his older sister Isabelle (three and one half years old). One picture that we were sent the other day, Isabelle dressed up Gabriel in one of her sun dresses. You won't see this picture in Grandma Grandchildren's photo album.
Politics -- We have a multiple person race for Mayor going on in Pittsfield.
Like all politicians running for office, Jobs, Education, Taxes, and helping our seniors on fixed incomes to be able to live in their own homes, are what they are all saying. Our current Mayor came right out of the plastics industry form Plano, Texas. He too touted the jobs issue when he was running for office. He soon realized that job creation wasn't as easy as he thought it would be even though he had many world wide contacts from the industry which he came from. I still maintain a nationwide public works project could put a lot of people back to work. Every place in the nation has roads and bridges which need work. Public parks and recreation areas need a lot of renovations and repairs. Our aging schools either have to be renovated or replaced. I haven't heard from any of our Mayoral candidates how they are going to bring jobs back to our area. Our current Mayor turned his strategy in revitalizing our once vital downtown, and bringing the arts to our community. Pittsfield has become a Mecca for the New York and Boston crowds to at least make a stop during their vacation periods. There is a pretty large segment who could care less about the arts, and who can't afford to attend the multiple venues which we have for top notch theater in the area.
When my radio show host gives away tickets to many of the productions, he always asks the people who won the tickets to report back after they attend one of the plays. They play goers always seem to give a favorable response of what they saw. Even my dear old dad went to see "Guys and Dolls", and he thought that it was wonderful.
General Electric provided some great jobs for our community for many years.
Pittsfield like many communities took a wicked economic hit when they packed up and left town. When we allowed our manufacturing industry to first go south and eventually out of the country, it was like the "Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire."
Germany has turned their economy around by producing affordable products with "Made in Germany" label stamped on their goods. The German workers have made some financial concessions, but Germans are trying to only purchase goods made in Germany. Could an experiment like that happen here in the United States?
Some of the companies which have decided to have less educated countries produce the goods which we purchase to save on labor costs to increase their bottom lines, are finding out that not all the goods produced are equivalent the goods formerly produced by American workers.
This got me thinking about China. Have the Chinese had an original thought in anything which they manufacture? They steal industrial secrets, and copy everything that Americans create. They even busted a store in China that was labeled as an Apple Store like the ones we have in the United States.
Everything in the store was a copy of the real Apple products. People in China thought that they were buying real Apple products.
I also see where Sarah Palin is waiting for the current group of Republican Politicians to beat each other up as she "sits in the weeds" waiting for the opportunity to make a run at the President Obama.
I forgot my cell phone charger while in Tewksbury. Our son Kevin said that he would send it off to me.
Well, I have some quiet activities to do before the Sunday newspapers arrive.
As of this moment, this should be a chill day. My bones ache a little from the child lifting, and climbing up and down stairs at Kevin and Kyla's home.
I miss Max already! I don't miss the three cats and two dogs. They sometimes are more work than Max is. I gave into the long haired Dachshund, and let him sleep with me. I got tired of the dog scratching on the bedroom door thinking that he would give up trying to get into my bedroom. Even the two rescue cats took a liking to me. I must project that St. Francis Of Assisi image that I love all the creatures of God. Not!
Have a great rest of the weekend.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad
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