love little doggies

Our older little dogie Nelson died last winter, he was old and had been sickly for a long time          he did lay in the dining room and watch as i helped  Anita to bed one night. and when i came back he was gone, he now lays in peace in the edge of the back yard.      since then we have a new little lover, her name is cujo, 24oz of fierce bodyguard who is sitting in my lap and licking my thumbs as I type, she had a favorite toy , a little stuffed thing i called a rat, she loved that thing.     well it got lost, i didn"t know where it was      well i was cooking out today and found it in the back yard, how it got there i do not know.       anyway I picked it up and brushed off the grass and when i walked to the den door with that rat!!!!!!     it was like a christmas morning for a child     she was so excited to have her rat back, and has not let go of it all day, I love little dogies and they love me!

old age...... no such thing!.... you are as old as you think you feel, myself, i guess i have been lucky, i am 63 but do i feel or act like a 6 yr old, oh heck no! I love going to the pub on a fri or sat night, loud music (which i don"t always like) but there are time"s when a local band play"s  some classic rock and i"m in, i will deal with the rap crap, buy a total stranger a beer at the bar and just enjoy the atmosphere. it don"t cost a lot, i think the most i have ever spent is $12 and that"s cheap to make life time friendships.I have this place i like where i go and i feel like the old Norm guy on the T V show cheers, everybody know"s my name, Kyle  & Tim the bar tenders set me up and i get a lot of freebie"s sometimes! and i do not even ask!so i look forward to my Friday or Saturday nights with friend"s.  So some Thank you"s are in order, Thank you Woodie"s sports Bar! Thank you Angie for helping me discover this wonderful place, and thank you Better Bodies day spa and Polly for those 1 hour massages that make me so relaxed i do not want to go out!! i am truly blessed!

Right now i feel so blessed,  yes i have daily chores, routines , that"s become numbing, and even mad at times, a routine that never stops, it"s 24/7 and i can predict what's  almost to the moment what is going to happen before it happen"s. it"s been that way for a while, and very stress full for a long time, However, through a special friend i have made a few years ago who spotted my stress and made some changes in my attitude i owe a debt and will ever be thank full,with prayer and this friendship I have managed to find some weekly me time, sometimes i feel selfish about that me time, however my friend has convinced me that it is ok because she knows what I do. So after taking her advice I have discovered some new friends, i may never meet again but they were friends for a night. I have discovered that i have an out going personality that attract"s people, I do think i will see my friend"s again that i have made. after being 12 yr"s of an introverted home body, i now walk with confidence everyday knowing i am going to meet people and make a new friend. All thanks to prayer and a very strong lady that will tell you truth and what"s on her mind, no holds bared. Thank you Jesus and Angie for helping me understand that a little me time helps everyone around me, not just me! Head High looking forward!

boy, has my life changed in the last couple of years, i"m sure everyone"s has, everyone"s is different,.people come, they go, and life go"s on, everyone"s is different. loved ones leave for whatever or no  reason, God called them home, stuff just happens.we live we cope we move on.. But things happen in life that can change you and it also come"s outta no where. well it don"t it"s God working.  two years ago i was on  the verge of a big time depression, home bound, doing the same thing 24 hours a day 7 days a week, but a persons path crossed my life and things have changed, this person explained to me that i needed some ME time. this person got me out of a depression, saw that i have new glasses, new cloths, new cologne, dental work done, made me pretty and gave me confidence again, I still stay home and do what i have to do, however a couple of times a months i go out, and when i do, i am walking proud talking loud and drawing a crowd! A new life  reborn thanks to one person, to this person i owe! the moral of this story is that in any one moment, a total stranger can walk into your life and change it for good forever!

Reality t.v.

These have gone a little to far,YA THINK! where do i start, and i'll probably forget a few.  so lets start with the obvious, Pawn stars,c ajun pawn,combat pawn, led to restoration which led to American 
pickers then the combo the fast and furious I believe is the name where they find old cars and restore them then auction them. now we have Ice road truckers,Deadliest catch,deadly seas,Great lake warriors,Gator 911,swamp people trust me im not even close yet, Their are swamp loggers,loggers in the great north west(why is it called that)  Repo miami, repo guys lizzard lick repo,Las vegas repo American guns,Top shot, now I havent mentioned  Big brother or survivor or the housewives of Atlanta or jersy shore thats just the tip of the iceberg, oh yea thats next,lol, these cheap t.v people will not find writers and actors that can do anything watchable! they are greedy and can pay common folk a lot less to be followed around by a camera all day (hey i"m right here and cheap) lol. but as a write this i think also, yes i can do both! and i ponder (not a good thing) I am a big sports fan and what is sports, I prefer football,golf, nascar,  those are real people doing things in real life on t.v. and yet i watch, so I take back everything I just said (not really, i meant every word) So as I watch todays highlites on ESPN i guess ill shut up!!! prob not for long tho, we have an election on the horizon,lol!!!!!!

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dogs and veggies

We have 2 doggies,neither one weighs more than 2lbs, a little poodle, and a smaller rat terrier who thinks  he is a pit -bull........... they use to be a band of brothers, but for a reason  unknown for us some jealiousy kicked in ad they begain to fight, do we had to seperate them! 1 outside 1 inside, sometimes i switch em, make em take turnes!....they have developed seperat personalties..... I grilled some asparagus today.. I dropped 1..,. indoor doggie jumped all over it and ate it like he would a hot dog!,.....well as a test i handed him an other one  and he scarfed it down!.... I never knew a dog that would eat green veggies!....I told Anita that was a sign that i was a good cook when the dog craved my veggies!...... So as a test i took 1 of my grilled asparagus out to the 1lb thinks he is a pit bull doggie to see how he liked it.... now im not sure, i know he has 4 paws,  he sniffed it and i think he gave me the middle paw,...yea I got flipped off by a dog that said show me the beef!!!! your #1.. you eat it! Pets, ya gotta love em! their pretty smart!

the 4th of july

Does anyone anticipate the 4th of july more than me? I dought it!my fav holiday of the year! Why is it a mans,or at least this mans favorite day of the year? we start the night before prepareing, marinaet  the red meat,then on the 4th the work begins. Get the grill ready, proper temps, apron on, then family and friends start to arive, we (I) start cooking in 100  degree weather trying to prepare the perfect summer cookout,burgers,dogs,brats, and we each have our own special recipe, cook all that up, bust out the potato salad and the macaroni salad with some grilled corn on the cob. let everyone eat their fill, wait to hear their approval of how good  it was, everyone leaves late in the afternoon and we shed the apron and eat whats leftover in pride of what we have done! and then fortunatly in my case we watch fireworks on the front lawn! I can see em from here! and when the grand finally is over,I relize its done,over with, Iv worked for this, planned for this, and after 1 big starburst explosion in the sky, ITS OVER!  oh well iv  done it in yrs past and God willing I will do it in yrs future! I love the 4th of july!!!