Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch-Part Six

[Janet H]

6 years old

Sent from a dark, twisted corner of the back porch, covered in cobwebs and slightly damp.

I agree! Change the locks and definitely contact child services. Any grown person willing to punch a 6 year old in the face is very close to the line of doing something much more serious or even fatal.

Had a syroke sunday better now

Oh no! So sorry to hear this. I'm so glad you were able to stop by and let us know. Take your time, do what the doc tells you and fill us in when you're up to it.

My daughter and I don't do formal visits. I mention I'm cooking. She states she is coming to eat. She walks in and promptly takes a nap while I finish cooking. Then she takes out papers to grade while I serve myself. Then she eats, grades more papers, and then proceeds to clean my refrigerator, which she states is disgusting. She then calls me disgusting while I sit at my desk and continue to clean my desk and laugh. She finishes with the fridge and tells me to sweep up my crap. I do so and fix her a plate of food to take home. She calls me disgusting one more time. I curse her out, and she goes home. We had a great visit!!

That's a riot! Sounds like just the kind of visit you needed after working so hard.

Whoop! Corgi sitting next Thursday thru Sunday. Amazing how much I miss that little bugger.

He's going to be SO happy to see you!! Isn't that nice!

 

[Janet H]

I have a happy story!

Got together with Geordi's breeder today. We took Geordi and his sister to Rural King for some socializing and training then went back to her place. She has 3 horses, cutting/roping horses, all in their upper 20s in years. Real nice horses. I used to ride hunters/jumpers when I was young and haven't been on a horse in many years. She was in a car accident 4 years ago and we are lucky she survived. She was real banged up with breaks and concision, but is much better now. She hadn't ridden since the accident. Last week her daughter and family came to visit and they rode the horses. So today, we saddled 2 of them up and rode in her pasture. Man, it was so good to be back in the saddle again! Although the muscles aren't there anymore, the memory is. I felt at home. We are going to go riding more in the future as we can get together.

So for me, it was a GREAT day! Back in the saddle again!

That's wonderful! What a nice surprise day! I think that's even better than something that's planned. I bet it was a great day for her too and I hope you can get together again soon.

 

[Kenna]

An old memory just popped out of nowhere. Well actually, out of somewhere, but I don't want to give away a clue. It's more fun if it takes you a few seconds to pull the file from the old memory bank:

Fizzies.

Remember them? (They were pretty horrible, even when I was a kid.)

They were fun to watch but tasted terrible!

 

[Iffy]

So for me, it was a GREAT day! Back in the saddle again!

SWEET!

Fizzies.

Remember them? (They were pretty horrible, even when I was a kid.)

CliffNote story of yesteryear:

summer school recreation program field trip (twix 1st & 2nd grade) to wildlife/'gator farm
one raccoon in large enclosure wid a flow thru water source
one grape Fizzie from lil' Johnny's lunch bag
raccoon realizing Fizzie getting smaller wid each 'rinse', pops said Fizzie in mouth
raccoon doing NASCAR laps after Fizzie 'explodes' in mouth wid abundant purple rabies foam aflying
lil' Johnny successfully ditches lunch bag

 

[DavidOck]

LOTS 2 TELL LITTLE ABILITY JUST NOW

Get better before you tell, Lulu!

Thoughts and prayers.

 

[2legsshrt]

Whoop! Corgi sitting next Thursday thru Sunday. Amazing how much I miss that little bugger.

Oh Boy that's great. They're a lot of company aren't they.

 

[2legsshrt]

I have a happy story!

Got together with Geordi's breeder today. We took Geordi and his sister to Rural King for some socializing and training then went back to her place. She has 3 horses, cutting/roping horses, all in their upper 20s in years. Real nice horses. I used to ride hunters/jumpers when I was young and haven't been on a horse in many years. She was in a car accident 4 years ago and we are lucky she survived. She was real banged up with breaks and concision, but is much better now. She hadn't ridden since the accident. Last week her daughter and family came to visit and they rode the horses. So today, we saddled 2 of them up and rode in her pasture. Man, it was so good to be back in the saddle again! Although the muscles aren't there anymore, the memory is. I felt at home. We are going to go riding more in the future as we can get together.

So for me, it was a GREAT day! Back in the saddle again!

That must've been a blast. When I was in my teens my friend had 3 horses and the old man up the street had 3. I used to ride one every weekend. One of the old guys horses was a really nice mare that was about 14 years old and she had been trained in barrel racing and he got me doing it with her again and even let me ride her in the Playdays and I even won a ribbon. She was a really nice horse and fun to ride. I am afraid my riding days are over but it must've beena blast for you. That's a great story.

 

[misswish1]

Lulu, you are in our prayers! Please just take care of yourself, we will be here waiting when you are ready.

 

[Kenna]

SWEET!




CliffNote story of yesteryear:

summer school recreation program field trip (twix 1st & 2nd grade) to wildlife/'gator farm
one raccoon in large enclosure wid a flow thru water source
one grape Fizzie from lil' Johnny's lunch bag
raccoon realizing Fizzie getting smaller wid each 'rinse', pops said Fizzie in mouth
raccoon doing NASCAR laps after Fizzie 'explodes' in mouth wid abundant purple rabies foam aflying
lil' Johnny successfully ditches lunch bag

That is hilarious! Wonder what he would have done with Pop Rocks?

 

[Kenna]

Oh Boy that's great. They're a lot of company aren't they.

They are. I'd get a dog, but it would cause problems staying with other peoples pets.

 

[bigbells]

raccoon doing NASCAR laps after Fizzie 'explodes' in mouth wid abundant purple rabies foam aflying

I can't laugh unless I know the raccoon survived, but if it were me who tossed the Fizzie I'd have high-tailed it away from there and would never have known. Actually I'd have low-tailed it cuz I never was a fast runner.

Just watched the last half of one of my all-time-fave movies, The 5th Element. I've got the DVR set to record it when it starts on another channel in half an hour. First World pleasures!

 

[2legsshrt]

They are. I'd get a dog, but it would cause problems staying with other peoples pets.

Yeah they are indispensable and a hassle at the same time. I finally talked Ginny into getting another dog after the 2nd of our 2 old girls had to be put down. But she has become a hassle at times because now she has separation anxiety. If we leave her in the house by herself she howls and when Ginny drops me at the door to go to an appt at the VA she drives her crazy cause she thinks she has gone off and forgot me. It's crazy. Probably our fault cause she is always with us.

 

[Debadoo]

Happy birthaversary, @disallowedword

Hope all's well!

Happy Birthday @disallowedword hope it was a good one!!

In my recent experience, there are several distinct culinary phases after ones' wife leaves for a several-days road trip with her Mom and Sis:

1. Friday - after work, bring home take-out catfish plates for self and son.

2. Spend Saturday working outside and simultaneously 'cleaning out the fridge' and snack cabinet... have 'friendly' competition with son to see who gets 'the good stuff' first. Eat peanut butter on Ritz crackers, and potted meat on saltines for the first time in a long while... hmmm, not too bad...

3. Sat. eve. - after son leaves to go jukin', eat chicken and wild rice soup, cold, straight from can... augment with beer, saltines, and vienna sausage as necessary. Then open every door and turn on every light in the house; including deck, porches and carport. Stream smooth Jazz radio off internet after turning house stereo system up to '7'... work towards organizing 'stuff' - open all drawers in filing cabinet, spread papers out on all available horizontal surfaces, drag junk out of closets, stay up too late - snacking prolifically as-necessary. Crash on top of made-up bed, lights and music still on.

4. Sun. a.m. - drink too much coffee, eat last of lemon pound cake wife left, while watching CBS Sunday Morning - then later eat brunch: tuna-in-spring-water (again, straight from can) with saltines. After another while - assess pantry, cabinets, and freezers; make grocery list so I can go buy some 'good stuff'.

5. Decide instead to ride golf cart buggy in the woods and on dirt roads.
Charging it's battery, filling a cooler, grabbing a .22 rifle, takin' off... see y'all later!

lmao........oh Lordy.......hope it's all back together before she gets home. Y'all might wanna think about more take out!

Well, it all blew up, the "father" caught the child in a lie and punched him hard enough to knock him back. My wife said that was wrong and the argument was on. They grabbed their stuff and left, the wife is on the phone with child services.

Sent from a dark, twisted corner of the back porch, covered in cobwebs and slightly damp.

That's horrible!! Glad your wife called CPS!! Definitely need to get these folks outta your house like Kenna said. They'll never grow up til they're forced to, and y'all aren't doing them any favors. They'll survive, and sounds like they need some hard knocks to jolt em into reality!

Like I told my son "To organize this mess, first I have to make a mess - deal with it."

Jup.......I have to do the same. Bad part is, typically by the time I'm done making the mess, I can't move much anymore, so it stays there quite awhile til little by little I can get it sorted. Either that or it all goes in a box or bag and shoved back in the closet. lol

strokedoutsunday

((((((((((lulu)))))))))))))) oh honey, am glad you're mostly ok!! Prayers for continued improvement and no repeats of that!!

I'm putting together a wall hanging of a world chart with a light behind eberyplace I've visited in the Navy and out. Started a list the other day. Damn, I didn't realize I'd been so many places.

that is so kewl!

I like that idea Matt. Myself, I have stayed in 47 of the 50 states (stayed in means more than one night) and 17 countries across the world...

that is also really kewl. I've been outta the country once. Spent an hour in Canada (before you needed a passport) looking at Niagra Falls from that side. If I counted right, have only been in 16 states, and that includes ones I was only in for a day or overnight.

So today, we saddled 2 of them up and rode in her pasture. Man, it was so good to be back in the saddle again! Although the muscles aren't there anymore, the memory is. I felt at home. We are going to go riding more in the future as we can get together.

oh that's wonderful!! I have always loved horses. Still wish me and kay coulda rode while in Florida, but it was was wayyy too expensive, and I would STILL be paying for that lil fiasco if we'd have done it.

Whoop! Corgi sitting next Thursday thru Sunday. Amazing how much I miss that little bugger.

I can imagine, crazy as it sounds........I'm missing him too! I visit with him vicariously through you!! He's so adorable!

summer school recreation program field trip (twix 1st & 2nd grade) to wildlife/'gator farm
one raccoon in large enclosure wid a flow thru water source
one grape Fizzie from lil' Johnny's lunch bag
raccoon realizing Fizzie getting smaller wid each 'rinse', pops said Fizzie in mouth
raccoon doing NASCAR laps after Fizzie 'explodes' in mouth wid abundant purple rabies foam aflying
lil' Johnny successfully ditches lunch bag

lmao........you're such a brat!! But a sweet brat! Sounds a little like my ex. (son's dad). He worked at a pet shop, and he'd give the raccoons there ping pong balls and ice cubes. Since they wash their food if water is available, the ping pong balls of course, would pop way up outta the water, and the ice cubes would disappear, leaving them looking for it in the water.

 

[Sir Kadly]

How on earth did you get it? I seriously never knew that the Oval Office was actually oval, and I'm assuming that the depiction of it in Designated Survivor was accurate as to the shape.

To be honest I never thought about it much, I just took it for granted that it was called that because of the shape. Just like I assume the Green Room is green and the Blue Room is blue.
Of course when I was young I also used to assume the China Room was somehow connected to China, only to discover it was actually filled with dishes, so I've been wrong before.

 

[Flowersoul]

Awake at 6 am this morning, and by 7, it was still dark outside so it felt like 4 am.

So, sippin java and taking it easy today, that is, unless something comes up; sort of hoping it doesn't.

 

[Kenna]

Yeah they are indispensable and a hassle at the same time. I finally talked Ginny into getting another dog after the 2nd of our 2 old girls had to be put down. But she has become a hassle at times because now she has separation anxiety. If we leave her in the house by herself she howls and when Ginny drops me at the door to go to an appt at the VA she drives her crazy cause she thinks she has gone off and forgot me. It's crazy. Probably our fault cause she is always with us.

Is she a herding breed? She wants to keep y'all rounded up! Stay!

 

[misswish1]

Happy Birthday @disallowedword !

 

[DavidOck]

 

[Iffy]

I can't laugh unless I know the raccoon survived...

Ya can go ahead and laphph. Da '.... survived and spent a while grooming his face; must have liked da flav.

As to hi/lo tailin' it, da ensuing squeals of rugrats' laughter and da teacher yellin' "Who did that?" allowed me to dump any evidence (had 'nother Fizzie in da lunch bag) in a trash can.

BTW, did go home hungry... Karma...

 

[bigbells]

Ya can go ahead and laphph. Da '.... survived and spent a while grooming his face; must have liked da flav.

As to hi/lo tailin' it, da ensuing squeals of rugrats' laughter and da teacher yellin' "Who did that?" allowed me to dump any evidence (had 'nother Fizzie in da lunch bag) in a trash can.

BTW, did go home hungry... Karma...

I remember some incidents in the 1970s or 1980s when people were tossing Alka-Seltzer tablets to seagulls, and it was killing the seagulls. Now I can breathe easy knowing the raccoon could handle his Fizzies.

If it came down to sacrificing my lunch or being caught red-handed, I'd have chosen the latter. I think I was 18 before I ever missed a meal.