WHAT WE SAID

First we vowed she would never become a house dog. Then we let her in but firmly stated we would not allow her on the furniture.

DUCT TAPE USE # 317

WHEN IN DOUBT…..DON’T

Do you delete a lot of blog entries after you have posted them? I do. Probably there are some I did not delete, but should have.

Once in a while I will forget why I am a blogger. This is an extension of my journaling that I have done since I was ten. I write thing down so I can look back in a year and see what was happening then as compared to what is happening now.

My entry will be written and posted and then I will hear my father’s voice, saying: “When in doubt, don’t.” I will look at my post again and if I have doubts about what I have said it gets the big old D-E-L-E-T-E.

GUESS WHO?

HERE IS NUMBER 9

Can you tell that I have Spring Fever? This is a hatching I caught on camera last year. Sorry it is dark but it was difficult filming into the incubator. I'm ready for some new baby chicks this year!

PRINTABLE BALLOT

NOMINATIONS BY CATEGORY - 80th Academy Awards

Printable Ballot

I have only seen three of the movies mentioned on the ballot and none of the three are nominated for best picture. I saw Gone Baby Gone, Bourne Ultimatum and 3:10 To Yuma. I did like all three of those. Amy Ryan in Gone Baby Gone is nominated for best supporting actress.
If I didn't have Netflix, I wouldn't have seen any of these.

Have you seen the movies and if so, which do you think will win the Oscars. I would not be nearly as excited about this if my goddaughter didn't work for the Academy.

CREATIVITY DOLLARS

Have you sold short story or article (fiction or non-fiction)?

Have you earned money publishing your poetry?

Do your write jokes, cartoons, or puzzles?

Have you sold art work?

Do you create and sell greeting cards?

Have you earned other creativity dollars not listed here?

Why all these questions? It seems many bloggers will allude to a book they are writing or an article they have published and my curiosity leads me to believe there are many of you who have so much talent you must be making or have made money from your writing or other creative outlets. Tell us about it.

WHO, WHO, WHO?

Who is writing a book?

Who has published a book they wrote?

Who has a manuscript or two completed and hidden away?

OSCAR TIME AGAIN

Jessi will be heading to the Oscars again this year. Here is my post about last year.

2008 SELF PORTRAIT

Here is my 2008 Granny Annie Self Portrait

WHAT ARE THE CHANCES?

As of today, I now have only nine days to lose three months of weight. My cardiologist appointment is the 25th. He was extremely disappointed in my weight gain at my last visit. It was my goal to use these 90 days to get back on track and show my desire to be healthy by this visit. Yesterday was my ten day count down, but as you have read, the burger and pie might have thrown me off schedule. I'm off to my exercise bike. Wish me luck. I only need to lose 24 pounds. I wonder if Jenny Craig ever moves in with clients in this kind of pinch?

RAINY DAY DRIVE

For a perfect rainy day, go out for a drive and take photos of the Grand Lake Pensocola Dam. Then go to the cafe named CAFE for the world's best burger, fries and lemon meringue pie. The dam was built around 1939 and they probably thought the tight two lane road over it was wider than necessary. There is also a pedistrian walkway. I remembered all the times crossing the dam with my grandparents on the way to their cabin.

VALENTINES WORD OF THE DAY

The Word of the Day for February 14 is:

mash \MASH\ noun : an intense and usually passing infatuation; also : the object of infatuation

Example sentence:
I think Nora has a mash on you -- you should ask her to the Valentine’s Day dance.

Did you know?

Those shot by Cupid's arrow know that love can spur a desire to hold one's beloved tightly and never let go. Perhaps that embracing feeling of love is why "mash," originally a word for an act of squeezing and crushing, became a term for an intense infatuation or the object of it in 1870. The more popular "crush" showed its loving side in 1884, and "main squeeze" had begun crossing the lips of sweethearts by 1926. "Mash" itself is not widely used today, but the compound "mash note," referring to a love letter, has enjoyed many happy years since its union in 1890.

(c) 2007 by Merriam-Webster, Incorporated

SOME JOKES

How do you know when your staying in an Arkansas hotel?
When you call the front desk and say "I've gotta leak in my sink" and
the person at the front desk says "go ahead."

Kentucky State trooper pulls over a pickup truck on I-75.
He says to the teen driver, "Got any ID?"
The driver says, "Bout what?"

A man walks into a psychiatrist's office wearing only underwear made of
plastic wrap.
The psychiatrist says, "Well, I can clearly see you're nuts."

PLAYING CATCH UP

Our phone service went out on Friday. As you know we still use dial up for the internet, not as a matter of choice but as a matter of OA (only available), and trying to get back in the internet groove after being off line for three days is challenging. Once my blog reading falls behind it seems impossible to catch up. I hate missing a single great update.

There seemed to be one good thing come from the party on Saturday. One of the ladies referred me to a company that would install satellite internet for us. Ron and I went there yesterday and found the office dark and locked. We took the phone number and called but we have not received a call back. God does not want me to have high speed internet!

We ran some errands while we were in town only to find our other tasks equally impossible to complete. So, let's go eat a nice lunch!

Oh, did I mention that we were doing this in freezing rain? My son have visited us on Sunday to do some work for Ron. He had decided to spend the night and go back to Tulsa early morning and go straight to work. Not a good decision since we awakened to freezing rain with more freezing rain to follow. I was on pins and needles until I knew my son was safely home. (I believe this is called "an aside comment".)

It was early in the day, but when restaurants highlight their margaritas, I must try one. (I measure the competence of restaurants by their chicken caesar salads and/or their margaritas).
Boo and hiss on this marguarita. It was not even tolerable. The waitress was so gracious and took it back and brought me another. Guess what? It was as bad as the first! I kept my mouth shut this time. We did not take it out on the waitress but I should have known not to expect much as the day seemed to keep going downhill.

Oh well, on our way home we would stop at the post office and pick up my next Netflix movie. Need I say it was not there?

JOEY'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATING

Joey's 18th birthday was in December. He just sent us these pictures of some highlights of his party.

WHO DONE IT????

The instructions were for us to arrive prior to 2:00 PM. The mystery would begin to unfold promptly at 2:00 sharp. My drive to the party launched me into a caravan, as all the invited guests arrived at the same time. Thirty-five women converged at the murder scene to solve the mystery.

The name of the murder victim was disclosed and a brief outline of the investigation was given to the group. Cocktails and appetizers were then served as we introduced ourselves to each other in the character names we had been given ahead of time.

We gathered back in the tightly packed living room and began to start Act I, the sharing of our individual relationships with the deceased. Once we had all disclosed how we knew Helen, the murder victim, we were to mingle again and enjoy a nice potluck buffet luncheon.

Gathering back in the room again, we turned to Act II and began to share clues. Dismissed again for dessert and mingling before gathering back for the conclusion in Act III.

With the role playing completed, we cast our votes for the person we believe commited the crime, for the best costume, for the best actor, etc. At this point, the party that was to have ended around 5:00 PM was still going and it was 6:30 PM. We had been there over 4 1/2 hours and the murderer had not yet been revealed.

I slipped out and came home.

It would be my recommendation to persons hosting a Murder Mystery Party that they limit the guest list to 15 maximum, a time schedule for each act be followed and unruly guests have their characters eliminated while they go outside and run around the house (like I make my grandchildren do when they get out of control!)

It was quite a new experience.

BACK TO CHICKENS

Okay, let's leave politics and get back to chickens.

TWO EGGS! Yesterday there were two eggs in the nests.

Hopefully my girls are getting busy again. I believe this has been my longest egg drought since we've had a flock.

Would you believe my social life depends on my hen's egg production? When we have an abundance of eggs to share, we have lots of friends. When the hens are on strike, rarely do friends and family members come by. Coincidence? I think not!

TOM BROKAW SPEAKS

I watched The Daily Show the other night simply because Tom Brokaw was to be a guest. I am glad that I did. He and Jon Stewart were talking about the mess in the Republican Party and Brokaw described the Republicans as acting like they are "in a theological food fight". Is that great or what!!

He did add that this is starting to even out now that it is spilling over into the Democratic Party.

(Be advised I can say things like that because I are a registered Republican......duh!)

DID YOU?