Wednesday, June 24, 2009

 

I am still at moms helping take care of her, and keeping her house in order.
tomorrow is yard work day, but I may get a jump start on it today.
It is not too stressful, but I have to spend about half my time doing stuff to
keep my mind off the stress part. The yard work and cleaning the car being a big help
help in that department. I am most thankfull when people come by to visit for a while.
Each of my brothers have been by on different days this past week. I tell folks that ask "how are you doing" that "I'm making do". That was one of my moms saying.

I did the washing yesterday, and did some shopping. Today is the day for house cleaning and odds and ends. I just did the email and computer stuff.
I ordered Zell's new book, "Purt Nigh Gone". It sounds like a good read about
north Ga mountain folks way of life.

Later.

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Thursday, June 18, 2009

 

things around here are still keeping me hopping.
Some good stuff. I have lost another 3 pounds, The toe is slowing getting better. I can walk on it some now, with just a small hop.:)
I, with some help have set up the next wanna go event. I will be able to take time
for a cookot by the last of July, and if I do have to stay here that day, I have a plan B in place, one monkey will not stop the show. (grin)

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

 

I am still laughing about this one.... ADULT CONTENT


A woman was at her hairdresser's getting her hair styled for a trip to Rome with her husband. She mentioned the trip to the hairdresser, who responded:

"Rome ? Why would anyone want to go there? It's crowded and dirty. You're crazy to go to Rome . So, how are you getting there?"

"We're taking Continental," was the reply. "We got a great rate!"

"Continental?" said the hairdresser. "That's a terrible airline. Their planes are old, their flight attendants are ugly, and
they're always late. So, where are you staying in Rome ?"

"We'll be at this exclusive little place over on Rome's Tiber River called Teste."

"Don't go any further. I know that place. Everybody thinks its gonna be something special and exclusive, but it's really a dump."

"We're going to go to see the Vatican and maybe get to see the Pope."

"That's rich," laughed the hairdresser. "You and a million other people trying to see him. He'll look the size of an ant.
Boy, good luck on this lousy trip of yours. You're going to need it."

A month later, the woman again in came for a hairdo. The hairdresser asked her about her trip to Rome .

"It was wonderful," explained the woman. "Not only were we on time on one of Continental's brand-new planes, but it was overbooked, and they bumped us up to first class. The food and wine were wonderful, and I had a handsome 28-year-old steward who waited on me hand and foot.

And the hotel was great! They'd just finished a $5 million remodeling job, and now it's a jewel, the finest hotel in the city. They, too, were overbooked, so they apologized and gave us their owner's suite at no extra charge!"

"Well," muttered the hairdresser, "that's all well and good, but I know you didn't get to see the Pope."

"Actually, we were quite lucky," said the woman. "As we toured the Vatican, a Swiss Guard tapped me on the shoulder, explained that the Pope likes to meet some of the visitors one-on-one, and, if I'd be so kind as to step into his private room and wait, the Pope would personally greet me.

Sure enough, five minutes later, the Pope walked through the door and shook my hand! I knelt down and he spoke a few words to me."

"Oh, really! What did he say?"

He said, "Who fucked up your hair?"

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Sunday, June 14, 2009

 

as of 3:30 pm today, I have serviced the AC. I took the outside unit housing off and cleaned it good and put it back to running like new. And I had the old Refrigerator hauled off, so now we have about 15 more sq ft in the garage.
So I get to watch the rest of the race. I hope I didn't miss much.

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plan to service the AC unit at moms today. Will see how that turns out.
crossing fingers.

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Saturday, June 13, 2009

 

Who doesn't like to eat.
I love it, and over eating. Last fall I become tied down due to mine and family
health. I started gaining weight, because of not enough exercise. So I started a better set of eating habits. I did not gain no more, but my goal was to lose some.
Spring came and still no weight lost. April I change my diet again, cut out eating out so much, and left off the snacks. June came, its almost summer time again, still no weight lost. Beginning the 1st of June, I went back to the sure fire way to lose.
Stay away from the table. It an't fun. In fact in hurts a little to start with, but it works. I have lost 6 pounds as of today. We will see how it goes for a week or two.
The bicycle is going to get in on the fun too.

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the hedges are trimmed, and I got hot and come to strighten up the garage after
using the tools.

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catching up.
Busy as a cat on a hot ten roof!!

Been staying with mom to help care for her, the past ten weeks.
I have been doing most of the yard work for a few years, but that was the bigger thing
i did for them before now.

When our son was born, we started calling my parents Grandpa, and Grandma.
Things just got done at their home automatically.
You could come to their house and the whole house would be clean. There was always food to snack
on inbetween meals, and a big dinner at dinner time. Always clean towels in the bathroom.
The beds were always made-up and clean. Floors mopped, and everything dusted.
It never look like anything needed doing.

We have a health care person for mom now, But the house is always keeping me busy.
This past week I was breaking in a new care keeper, she is wonderful, but the first week
is tough for all.

I used to come and cut grass every two or three weeks. Now with all the good rain I have
to do it each week. Thursday is grass day. After the mowing and weedeating, I cut one tree
that had no buissiness growing here. Then pruned the other trees, worked with the flowers
some, and fixed the rabbit a place to eat when he comes by.

Jeanelle is helping to keep things going at home, but the cabin up in the hills is getting the short
end of the stick right now, but that can't be helped.

But I took time to hide a geocache, one rainy day a week or so ago. I will hide another one real
soon just to get out of the house for a little while.

Fun news is I will be having some homemade icecream on the 4th. Who knows maybe a
watermellon too., Want some with me? ever had hotslaw and watermellon? huh!

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Wednesday, June 03, 2009

 

Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a
turd by the clean end."

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Tuesday, June 02, 2009

 

since by last post, my Dad past away (4/7/09).

I found this hand writen article he wrote in Nov. 07 in reguards to an article he read
in a local news paper 11/20/07

Raw Milk.
I was born in Cherokee County Jan 24, 1915. My father Thomas Alonzo Lacy,
my mother Annie Mason Lacy. They had seven children. Two sets of twins, I was
the last child and I'm one of the second twins. My sister Jannie was a few minutes
older.

We kept two milk cows and had from 2-5 gallons of milk aday which we drank raw.
I starting milking, by hand, one of the cows when I was 6 years old, My mother milked
the other one, while my sisters cleaned up the house, made up the beds, swept the
floor and hand washed the dishes. In the summer time we took it to a spring about
250 yard down in the horse pasture to keep it cool.

At dinner time we went a got the milk. Mother skimmed the cream off the top of the
milk about 1% for us to drank and put in the churn to clabler to churn with a laddle to
make butter and buttermilk, all we did not drink of course.

When a cow had a calf, the calf had to have milk. We usually weaned the calf from
the cow in about 2 weeks and taught it to drink milk out of a bucket. They soon
started to graze on grass and we and we gave them some dry food.
We quit giving milk to the calves when they 6 - 8 weeks old We then had all the milk.

What we did not drink as sweet milk or butter milk, we gave it to the hogs, along with
the water the dishes were washed in with the scraps from the table, it was all put
in a slop bucket and carried to the pig pen. Nothing wasted.

We also had a dog or two that had to be fed from the scraps, and two or more cats,
which we gave some milk, by pointing the cow teats and swuezing it and coating
the cats face with milk. They would try to catch it with thier mouth.

My mother made sure all the vessels and glasses were sanitary. We did not drink
old milk. It was fed to the swine.

I am not againt milk being pastirized, but I think people should have a choice in
what they drink and eat. When I was a boy we had a choice of what we had to drink,
water, raw sweet milk, butter milk, or coffee.

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Monday, June 01, 2009

 

test

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Saturday, April 04, 2009

 

hello Sunday,

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Friday, April 03, 2009

 

hello weekend

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A Lesson on Socialism

An economics professor said he had never failed a single student before but had, once, failed an entire class. The class had insisted that socialism worked - and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer for all, for society. The professor then said ok, we will have an experiment in this class on socialism.

He said that all grades would be averaged and everyone would receive the same grade so no one would fail and no one would receive an A. After the first test the grades were averaged and everyone was given a B. The students who studied hard were upset, and the students who studied little were happy. But, as the second test rolled around, the students who hadn't studied much for the first test had studied even less, and the ones who studied hard weren't motivated to study hard again, and they decided they wanted a free ride too; so they studied little. The second Test average was a D! No one was happy. When the 3rd test rolled around the average was an F.

The scores never increased as bickering, blame, name calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for anyone else. All failed .... and the professor told them that the socialism they wanted would ultimately fail, as they had, because the reward of success normally goes to those that work harder, but when government takes the reward away; few will try so no one will succeed

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

 

A lot went on since we last yacked.
Last week was a busy week getting all caught up with the shut ins. Making sure they had a weeks supplies.
of everything. Then getting the cats happy around here.
Then a untaking of getting a 3 day basket loaded with BRE's. Some of you cachers may know about
the one day BRE that goes with me on day hikes. Then a day of packing the 50 Ford with all the hi-tech
stuff. It look like I was moving. Tools, spare parts, luggage, and all.
All of a sudden it was Friday. The day started like any other day. Getting up, turn of the news and weather,
get something to eat, go on line and check the email. Feed the cats and put out their BRE's.
A little after 10am we set out to make a trip south.

Stopped at the rest area near Macon and eat out first meal out of the basket. Back on the road and
made one more stop near Tifton got gas and got two drinks, we had cold water, but got the drinks in place of having a snack.
After a 7 hour ride we were in Ocala Fl. That was our first long trip in the past 10 years. So we were tired
from setting in the car for a few hours. We checked in, then went and eat out. Called my buddies and told
where I am, found one geocache and went to bed early.

Saturday morning, we were up early since we went to bed early. About 7 we found the motel breakfast.
We had toast egg and bacon. We then rode over the silver springs. As soon as you turn in you have to
give seven dollars to park. We had been there many years ago when our son was just a boy. We had
took it all in back then, boat rides and the whole nine yards. This time, us being two old farts we were just
going to walk around and see how much it had changed over the years. Boy had it changed.
They had a gate, you have to give them 40.00 dollars a piece to get in. They called it a day pass
that will let you do anything there, including walk around. We said no thankyou and hit the road out of there

There was a big ole car show in town that we skipped due to cost and way too much walking and no
nobody could get out till it was over. So we rode around taking in the sites by car for most on the
day.

The reason we were in Ocala was our V8 ford friends were in town to meet and greet. We had just been
names on the puter. We were going meet and display our cars Sunday at 10am till when ever.
Turn out that there was 15 or so of us at the same motel. So we all got together and went to eat at
Ruby Tuedays. We had a ball telling stories and enjoying each other in general. Then back to the motel
for a good nights sleep.

Sunday morning back to the motel breakfast. We all met in the parking with our cars at 9 am, and set
out to tour Ocala on our way to the park. I thought it would be sorta like a parade so people could see
the old cars going by. But the leader cranked it up to about 50mph in the 35 zones. Then when we
got on the wider streets with 45 limits we were high balling at 55 to 60mph. Here they come-there
they went. It was wild. We were at the park early.

We took lots of pictures, met a lot folks from all over the country. Sorry I don't remember many of
their names, but I do rember most of the cars LOL

For those that are still reading here is the url for some of my pictures,


http://s205.photobucket.com/albums/bb243/johnnielacy/50%20trip%20to%20Florida/

After hot dogs and a lot of talking we left and drove north on the back roads.
We join I-75 at Perry Ga where we stayed Sunday night..

Monday after sleeping late we headed home to be welcomed by the cats.

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Friday, March 13, 2009

 

taking a long weekend.

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Thursday, March 12, 2009

 

What I did today.
I lay in bed for 30 minutes after I woke up.
I clean the shop and put the tools in their place. Charged up the batteries
to the drill and saws. I then watched "In the Heat of the Night" for my tv fix.
After lunch I went to Cedartown to visit my wifes sisters son, who had been in
the hospital. He is doing a lot better. Then we rode across the state line to Ala.
Came all the way back on country back roads. A quick supper when we got home.

Labels: nice

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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

 

What I did today.
First I got up. LOL
I started the day cleaning up the Fifty Ford, after driving it to Ellijay
yesterday. Then I watched Matlock for my TV fix.
Then I did all my bills, went to the bank, and post office.
After a late lunch I went to the cemetery and cleaned two family plots.
On the way back, stopped at a new bicycle shop, just to look around.
Back home raked leaves off driveway, talk with my caching buddy by phone
and then cooked pork chops, and bake taters for supper. This spring weather
has got me out and stirring around...

Labels: happy

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