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12:33 pm
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phoney day
If you are attempting to contact me today via Ma Bell, i might not pick up right way... Within a 20 minute time frame got a hang up , idoits from the AZ Republic ( 3d time in a couple weeks) and some agencey calling for Sandra X ( a fishing expidention i am sure)
BUT to make up for all this i called Carol and Gene to wish them a Merry Christmas... Was as always , great... Somehow talking with them makes my day so much better.. They are in mid 70's , having problems and r worried about me.. Love em...
And with 3 days left to Xmas i have to say , Christmas will be here in 3 days folks... wonder how many day till New Years..
speaking of new years , i have no plans as of yet , but plenty of beer.. Anyone in the neighborhood fell free to drop in...
Current Mood:  happy
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02:37 pm
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must be getting better
Could have been one of those days, i went to airbrush some railroad stuff and after about 20 minutes things just started crapping out , big time , to the point where it just stopped working , like zero paint.. so apart it comes . clean the poop out of stuff and it worksd a little while , then nothing.. finally replaced the needle and tip and worked ok till i finished ... but the point is it would have been ez to just get irratated with it ,, but the new me did not, so i am happy.. and after yesterday being happy is good...
had a long talk with a good friend and hopefully i understand more.. talking ti myself has not worked all that well.... i know i should be trudging down the road way from Sandi , but its not all that ez, at least for me.. and talking helps, but has to be a non family person, after all she still is mom to my kids... and talking makes me feel like i failed here, which i guess we both did... and all the problems with my back and neck has really made thinking things thru tuff, hard to do that when you are in lala land....
so all and all this weekend has been a bite, glad its almost done
so heres to Christmas , a new year and a new way of doing things...
Love Youse
Current Mood: content
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10:34 pm
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no pizza tonight
this morning i made pizza dough, let it rise then stuck it in the fridge, and this afternoon I forgot to get it out , oppsies... so out i went for food.. was talking to the person working there and talk got to christmas, somehow to this will be the 1st time since 1974 that i will wake up on christmas morning to an empty house.. she said that seemed sad ... she was right...
the season for giving and love
Bullshit
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11:13 am
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amazing
sometimes it amazes's me how quickly a seemingly good day can turn to shit.. it just enhances my sometimes thought of getting the hell out of here... Lots of problems with that though , do not know where the other end of out of here is and i have no desire to roam around the rockie mountains by myself...
had a couple long talks this week with a couple friends and one told me i seem to be right on the edge, right now i am not sure which side of the edge i am on... this is my own fault , no one elses... I think is just years of feeling like this that makes it hard to redo, but has to be done....
sometimes i fell like the hell with
peace and love
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10:16 am
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booo whoo whoo
This morning i was making my traditional 1 week b4 christmas dinner and i was overwhelmed, tears just came to my eyes, i could not stop the flow.. that was one of the strongest onions i have encountered in ages, and then this pretty large green pepper had a little insect inside it , was a cold insect , but still there, boo whooo whoo..
so my chilli this evening will be without pepper, i made up for it by adding a few things, i like to improvise...
as Christmas gets closer i have thoughts of those christmas's gone by.. never really celebrated in the traditional go to church and be holy way , and once the Santa stuff was done , well Christmas became what i think i should be.. Before marriage i would either already be in Thornton or head there bright and early.. All the cooks would be hard at work so me and Gene would head out to the woods to walk the creek ( thats pronounced crick by the way).. would be there for a couple hours, even if it snowed.. A bit later Genes folks , Faye and Doc , would arrive and i would have a game of chess with Doc.. Was a tradition, and fun... later people i had not seen in all year would arrive and the visiting would be great.. Only problem was i talked so much , i would stil be eating turkey while others were on the pumpkin pie... And after dinner it would be time for Aunt Ella to head to the airport, she would spend a couple weeks b4 Christmas in Thornton and fly back to Arizona to have the evening with Uncle George... So i would most likely drive here to Ohare , get a big kiss and drop her off at the front unloading place. She never wanted me to walk to the gates with her, she said it was ez 'er that way.. she did not require onions when she left..
That was my favorite way to spend Christmas before marriage... This was to me what Christmas should be , seeing folks , enjoying there company , a tradition of love... All the other stuff is just dressing..
Peace and Love
forever
Current Mood: content
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03:43 pm
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noise from above
I was just getting done here , ready to sign off , and this helicopter starts circling above , been doing it for 5 or 6 minutes now.. I used to think they were looking for bank robbers or a serial killer in the neighbor hood, but i found out they are searching for an older fellow with alzimers... this circling happens quite a bit here and at any time of the day or night..
its funny , well maybe not , but stuff like that is what i get concerned about living here by myself... I hope i get run over by a train b4 i get that way
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06:41 pm
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Good stuff
supper tonight was really goooood.. Bacon cheesburger with homemade fries., but what really made it super supper was....... (drum roll please) Dads Root beer.. yahooooooo.. i love Dads Root Beer..
now where did this come from , why the PopShop of course... I have not been there in months and was suviving on Stewards Root Beer, whic is good , but not Dads.. So i got 6 bottles of Dads , 8 bottles of Boylan,s Black Cherry , which is made with the dectaurs of the gods. plus 2 Boylan Birch Beer , 6 Kutstown Birch Beere and 2 Kutstown root beers... now some might thing this is a lot of pop , but i normally drink maybe 1 or 2 a week , normally with popcorn,, And the stuf cost less than getting stwerads from Frys, so all and all not bad,,
read in the paper about Tiger Woods not being all that popular in Sweden, where his wife came from... they thougt it was cool that she smashed his car with a golf club...
Current Mood: happy
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11:02 am
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Guy stuff
while painting some walls this morning it dawned on me that one of the advantages about living by myself ( there are a few) is not having to explain some of the dumb stuff that guys do naturally ... this is an enalienably right of all males... now i am not talking about stupid stuff, like Tiger Woods dealing of late, or alchohol related stuff, but the times a guy thinks,, "well thats not the brightess thing i ever did" this stuff usually involves things like tools ,cars, or other prized possesions.. if you happen to be married to a male , you know exactly what i mean..
example , in 1975 , a buddy of mine named Bruce and myself were visiting Yellowstone National Park , we were standing on the last level bit of land , looking at the deep canyon below , when a gust of wind blew my visor off my head and headed down the steep incline away from us ,headed for the bottom of the canyon... fortunately it got caught on a shrub, unfortunatley it was about 7 or 8 feet down this incline. and this incline was way to steep to walkdown and get it.. after a few moments of though and discusion , we decided that i could lay on my belly and wiggle down the the visor if Bruce was to hold onto my feet therefore keeping from visiting the bottom of the canyon...
now was this the brightess thing i ever did, probably not BUT i sorta still have the visor and am here to tell the tale. but being a male person , i did have the right to try that....
now i know there are not many females that would try this, for one it takes a unique mind to ever conceive this plan... not to mention exicute it.. so if you happen to be married to a man , just beware of this right he has. and learn to live with it..
there used to be some awards handed out each year about some of the dumbest stuff preformed each year, and i do beleieve the vast majority of the winners were men
Peace and love
and a bunch of understanding
Current Mood:  accomplished
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06:30 pm
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ever wonder, hmmm
Was in one of my favorite stores today and saw this hughmongous pile of water ... and surronding all this water was plastic , which will be thrown away as soon as the water is gone...
did you ever wonder how many people are green people ( no , not Marsians) ... i have a feeling it is a disappointing number, green is good as long as it is not inconveniant... Lori once told me i probably do better in the green world and what kind of food i eat is better for me than most folks my age , but then again i think of all the old hippies hanging around looking just like regular people.... But when i see some one my age walking out of the store with a bunch of bottled water in plastic bags i wonder... hope when all us old farts croak , the next generation of old people do better
Peace and Love
before its too late
Current Mood:  disappointed
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08:15 am
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darn clouds
last night was the last great sky show of shooting stars of the year, BUT it was also very cloudy... hard to see them little buggers when its cloudy..
made good use of the sell phone this weekend, and found out my sister is a grandma again... now has an additonal grandson named Theo... She has told me Sara wants a little girl , maybe next time....
my sister is too me sorta amazing.. her hubby was gone while she had 3 small kids and she raised them on her own , and seems to have done a good job of it... she sees Sara a lot but not so much her boys, but she loves them anyway... she does like being a granny too.. but from a distance..
she also said it has been a bit nippy in chicago , with a fair amount of white stuff... glad the only white stuff falling around here is my hair.. and its laced with a lot of brown stuff... its funny when i look in a mirror i still see brown... must be the light that folks think my hair is starting to gray... wonder what i will look like when its all gray????
Talked with other folks also. i am beginning to warm up to that cell phone... thank pal...
my horoscope said a big suprise is headed my way, hope its a good one... I have had a few suprises in the past year or so , some good , some not so good... it would be cool if i could pick my suprise , but then would it be a suprise???
Current Mood: chipper
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11:36 am
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only 1 bunny
went out to the Red Mountian park and lake area, in search of wild animals , saw lots of ducks, and quail and other birds , BUT only one bunny, white puffy tail , big long ears and brown. I asked him where his freinds were but for some reason did not reply , just bounced away.. would not let me pet him either... darn critter..
was really nice , wish i would have thought about taking a lunch.. maybe if its nice on Sunday i will head out to Lost Dutchmann Park , with lunch.. Maybe i will organise a trail following expedition... anyone interested please contact me ...
I must be getting better at some things.. i got a bill in the mail earliers this week and i did not take it from the mailbox, open it up , write the check and mail it all within 1 hours of the mailman dropping it off... This is an improvement for me, this bill stuff takes some getting used to... can't wait to do income tax stuff...
i have all my holiday decorating done.. I have a cloth wreath which my sister made on the from door and a Rocky and Bullwinkle ornement hanging ..... I am not sure which Christmas will be harder , the last one Eric was here , last years or this years... used to like Christmas.. where is Santa when you need him...
my fish tank has gone nuts, lots of floaters today and yesterday. so i cleaned and drained and refiltered andnot sure what else ... both mommy and daddy black mollies are gone , but the platty is OK so far rats
I am seriuosly thinking of going on a pay by cash system or retail spending..... I hate thrying to figure out my credit card cause it never ever is 100% correct.... Also i think there should be a law if an accounting person leaves there hubby , that person should still have to balance hubbies credit card and check book!!!!!!
Peace and Love
Current Mood:  calm
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11:45 am
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Nobel Prize
The has been a lot in the paper about the presidents noble prize.. while i am not one who judges this or really cares a whole lot about it, i would like to say that i think , if these people were really on the ball, they would hand out a Nobel Prize to the person who invented the Swifter Duster... Now there is something that means a lot to the world...
I am a avowed user of this wonderful thingie... But there are some ?'s which I ponder over in its useage... !. is how long can you use the little bugger?? I know they would like you to change everytime you use it , but it just does not look all that bad after the 1st usage... And 2. when do you need to do more than just Swifter.. Now if the boys are headed over , they could care less about dust as long as it does not get into thier beer... But say you are having a formal Black Tie dinner..., is more than a swifter clean required.. How about Christmas Dinner with grandma and the family??
These are questions that even Google does not address , and me , being the proper gentleman that I am , need to understand these..
Any help would be appreciated..
Current Mood:  nervous
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07:59 am
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So far Away
I have quite a few TV series that i just Love, This Old House , Tracks Ahead , and Nova.. One of my favorite that also just boggles me mind is The Universe.. Stuff like space and stars and way way early earth has always been of interest.. But i think of all the universe stuff that boggles this old mind is distance.. Saw where there are 4 galaxies colliding with each other , travelling at 100 million MPH and what we see happened 500 million years ago, what would look like today , if we were there , we will not know for 500 million years,assuming we and it are not travelling directly away from each other in which case it will be longer. I also found out today that the Milky Way at this very moment is colliding with 2 other, very small, galaxies... Hope they don't hit us today..
I like this stuff so much i haved named places on my model railroad after things like that... I am consrtucting the US Berkelium Plant , Tunguska Works and over on the other side of the layout is its sister plant Chicxulub Works ( i know these are probably spelled wrong, will correct this oversite) And at Lori bend is the Kelper leather factory know as the Kepler Belt and Leather... working on others... do not have a name from my coal and fuel distrubtion company yet
Peace and Love
no matter how far away u r
Current Mood:  curious
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02:47 pm
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Burr, its neat outside
well its about 60 degrees cold out there , been raining for about 3.518 hours now.. is kinda neat out there... I was just sitting outside and thinking how it reminded me of Thornton in the fall , the leaves on the cottonwood are turning colors, a chill in the air, just nice... Its for me to enjoy...
Read an article in the magazine that comes with the East Vally Trib.. its called the power of forgiveness... it is of course a little weird the way its done but the idea is sound... It makes both people involved feel better... but i already new that...
been fooling around in the Train Room today, i was thinking how long i been doing trains.. got my first American Flyer train in 1952, and yes they had electricity then... Had a couple HO layouts then started doing N scale.. This layout has been with me for about 24 years now .. You think i would be done...
Peace and Love
why any other way??
Current Mood:  okay
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06:28 pm
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only December 6th
and i am already tired of of the Christmas stuff... my holiday joy is minimal..
But i did spent some time this weekend down south, with my girl and her husband, Was of course quite nice, mostly laid back which was cool.. the trip back was a long one for some reason , maybe because i was up till midnight watching and talking college football with Jeremy.. did a little around her house , not a lot, sometimes my age shows thru to much...
the fun was tempered by seeing the problems a tiny friend of mine is having.. this brings a whole lot of sadness to me, he was just here and playing so happily.. i really love my little friend and my heart goes out to him... enjoying and celebrating life is not just for humans, all beings are preciuos, and bunnies are just special...
Peace and Love
no matter how many legs u have
Current Mood: sad
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07:23 pm
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unexpected suprises
Dave came over today , we headed to Roys and there was this magazine that about 1/2 was about the EJ&E ,,one of my favorite railroads... when we lived in Mokena we were about 6.38 miles from the EJ&E yards , got movies and slides to prove it.. Chicagoland was great train watching.. I once even got a cab ride on a Chessie GP... Got videos to prove that also...
so except for the facts i got about 4 hours sleep last night, was a good day.. Along with the the magazine there was others unexpected happening... wish they would continue...
Love And Peace
just reach out for them
Current Mood: tired
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11:23 am
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shopping tails
was at Sprouts this morning doing my weekly food buying. Had things like bread flour, ground lamb, bulk granola for cereal and raisins and other such goodie.. One of the folks that works there looks in my cart and asks, " do you eat any regular food" had to laugh
Peace and Love
Current Mood: amused
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02:22 pm
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fall is here
got back a bit ago from a trip to the desert.. The clouds were dark behind the superstitions with the sun shining on the mountians.. and the fall colors were starting to show, was just so pretty... being out there is so good for the mind.. For the last x amount of years my mind had been in such a negative state , being out there has helped change all that... but i do need a hiking partner, my train buddy does not like much outside stuff...
another thing that brings a positive light to my world is watching the National Parks series that was on PBS... I have decided to make my own DVD on the parks that i have filmed... I looked at what i have , and while not a ton of places , i have some stuff on Yosemite , My Rushmore, the petrified forrest , Kartchen Caverns and a few others , plus a long Zion one... And i can use my new upgraded from what came with this computer , Roxio software to do it... I am taking resevations for this fanastic DVD , free shipping to the 1st 500 people..
of course this will be only the 1st in a series of National Parks DVD's produced here.. I really intend to see many more parks and monuments.. they are way to neat to just let sit there.... if you would like to be in these or provide technical help please let me know....
Peace and Love
They know no bounds , unless you put some there
Current Mood: relaxed
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06:44 pm
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dinner with Eric
yesterday when i talked with Eric , he suggested that because my homemade Turkey TV dinner i was having today was leftovers from when he was here i should just pretend him and his family along with Lori and Jeremy were all here eating with me.. so i made some rolls and plopped down and sure enough , the whole family , minus one , was there... was great , except the kids were a bit noisey, but tolorable... and we ran out of corn... other than that was good , thanks all for stopping over.. anyone ready for pie yet??
due to the fact its Thanksgiving i naturally turned on the stereo and listened to Alices Resturant... this should be done just about every thanksgiving seeing its about thanksgiving..
also listened to Carmen suites by Biset... My girl got me this a few years ago and is still good... been listening to quite a bit of classical music lately ... i really enjoy the soft parts of this , hearing all the little sounds and each insturment playing softly , like being in a flower garden and each flower has its very own musical voice ,,, is just so pretty.. takes me away....
is Peace and love
Current Mood: calm
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12:38 pm
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so true
"So much of what is best in us is bound up in our love of family, that it remains the measure of our stability because it measures our sense of loyalty."
this is a quote from last nights Criminal Minds program... i think it is just so good , I hope I can remember it for a while..
i was talking to Cindy last time and I cannot remember the convesation that brought this up , but her response to something was "cause you are family"..
I hope everyone who reads this understands what family is and why its important beyond the normal way of doing business...
I believe there is nothing more important than Family , maybe thats my problem
peace and Love
to all my family
Current Mood: thankful
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