I've been trying REAL HARD to post a blog about my 'wwithdrawal symptoms' - last Sat was the season championship races at 34 Raceway- but all this thing would post was the title!
Needless to say I'm not happy with Iowa Telecom right now! ! !
Monday, August 31, 2009
Saturday, August 29, 2009
TWO YEARS IN A ROW ! ! !
The old 1936 Case R C that my dad bought at Charlie Hine's auction - and Mom gave to Gerald and Molly after Dad's death, Gerald Restored has won "Best restored tractor" at Memphis, Mo. Antique Days. To win it ONCE is great, but two years in a row - I don't think that has happened before!
I was given the privelege of driving it in the Parade. And was able to give a little history to people that asked about it. The things that had been added since it's manufacture, what it looked like when Gerald aquired it, etc. And on a personal level the times I used to romp over out pasture with it when I was a young man (Many MANY years ago). Another note of intrest Dad was working for Charlie driving that tractor plowing Dec. 7, 1942, And was told of the attack on Pearl Harbor when he arrived at the house that evening.
I'm gonna sign off, and head to 34 raceway! right after I plug in my cell phone - It just started beeping at me - Low Battery!
I was given the privelege of driving it in the Parade. And was able to give a little history to people that asked about it. The things that had been added since it's manufacture, what it looked like when Gerald aquired it, etc. And on a personal level the times I used to romp over out pasture with it when I was a young man (Many MANY years ago). Another note of intrest Dad was working for Charlie driving that tractor plowing Dec. 7, 1942, And was told of the attack on Pearl Harbor when he arrived at the house that evening.
I'm gonna sign off, and head to 34 raceway! right after I plug in my cell phone - It just started beeping at me - Low Battery!
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
RELIVING THE PAST
I mowed the yard today, as I was mowing the front yard it hit me, I mowed the front yard three years ago today! Linda and I was planning to go to Memphis the next day. Gerald was planning on me driving my old IH340 in the parade. Linda didn't care much about the tractors but enjoyed the 'street vendors' that had various things for sale, Cookies, Ice Cream, along with other "goodies" she probably shouldn't have had.
Three years ago I didn't get the yard finished (I did today). I had to quit to get ready for work, I came in and showered and dressed for work and informed Linda it wouldn't take long to finish mowing sunday. We disscussed what time we needed to leave for Mo. the next morning, then we each left for work - NEVER suspecting that was the last time we'd talk! About 10:00 P.M. a Tool & Die worker informed I had someone wanting to see me, that it was a family emergency. I went out and was met by Mike and Linda, Mike started to tell me and wasn't able to get the words out. Linda then informed me Linda was gone. The Hospital had tried to contact me at work, but the phone system was messed up and Linda had listed Mike as secondary contact in case of emergency. They had finally called him. I called Cindi and Jeff on the cell phone on my drive home. I was supposed to call the Hosp. Chaplin when I got home, He ask if I wanted to come to the hosp. tonight or in the morning? Knowing I wasn't going to sleep that night anyway. I said I'd be down there in about 30 minutes, enroute I called Tony (my brother) and informed him - He went out and met me at the hospital.
Linda was an Organ Donor: So after making arrangements for her to be taken to Elliott's Chapel in New London, I was put in contact with Iowa Donors Network where I was put through the "Third Degree" about her medical history and was informed that "due to her history and the way she died, Probably the only "organs" they would be able to use for transplant, would be the bones in her arms and legs.
I arrived back at this EMPTY house probably about 2:30 or 3:00 A.M. I sat down in the recliner and Cloe (Matt's little dachund) hopped up in my lap and normally she would lick the bottom of my nose 3 or 4 times, then I'd put her down in my lap and say "That's enough" and it over! That night, I let her lick 3 or 4 times then put her in my lap and said "That's enough!" It was almost like she was on a spring, She was right back up there licking. I didn't know dogs could be so sensitive. She knew something was wrong!
After three years, it's interesting, I can almost repeat word-for-word the conversations that took place that night!
It's 1:30, so I better go to bed and see if I can sleep any better than my feeble attempts three years ago. I don't know!
Three years ago I didn't get the yard finished (I did today). I had to quit to get ready for work, I came in and showered and dressed for work and informed Linda it wouldn't take long to finish mowing sunday. We disscussed what time we needed to leave for Mo. the next morning, then we each left for work - NEVER suspecting that was the last time we'd talk! About 10:00 P.M. a Tool & Die worker informed I had someone wanting to see me, that it was a family emergency. I went out and was met by Mike and Linda, Mike started to tell me and wasn't able to get the words out. Linda then informed me Linda was gone. The Hospital had tried to contact me at work, but the phone system was messed up and Linda had listed Mike as secondary contact in case of emergency. They had finally called him. I called Cindi and Jeff on the cell phone on my drive home. I was supposed to call the Hosp. Chaplin when I got home, He ask if I wanted to come to the hosp. tonight or in the morning? Knowing I wasn't going to sleep that night anyway. I said I'd be down there in about 30 minutes, enroute I called Tony (my brother) and informed him - He went out and met me at the hospital.
Linda was an Organ Donor: So after making arrangements for her to be taken to Elliott's Chapel in New London, I was put in contact with Iowa Donors Network where I was put through the "Third Degree" about her medical history and was informed that "due to her history and the way she died, Probably the only "organs" they would be able to use for transplant, would be the bones in her arms and legs.
I arrived back at this EMPTY house probably about 2:30 or 3:00 A.M. I sat down in the recliner and Cloe (Matt's little dachund) hopped up in my lap and normally she would lick the bottom of my nose 3 or 4 times, then I'd put her down in my lap and say "That's enough" and it over! That night, I let her lick 3 or 4 times then put her in my lap and said "That's enough!" It was almost like she was on a spring, She was right back up there licking. I didn't know dogs could be so sensitive. She knew something was wrong!
After three years, it's interesting, I can almost repeat word-for-word the conversations that took place that night!
It's 1:30, so I better go to bed and see if I can sleep any better than my feeble attempts three years ago. I don't know!
Monday, August 24, 2009
3rd attempt at an update!
This is my 3rd attempt to post a blog . . . for a change, it's my fault not the computers!
I don't quite know where to start. I've been a little busy but not anything worth talking about, until last weekend. I left Friday morning and went to Mike and Cindi's for Cindi's 'annual Linda E. Harris memorial bar-be-que' She always has a 'get together' on the week-end closest to August 25th (the anniversary of Linda's death). Linda always enjoyed bar-be- queing and it is always an enjoyable time and helps fight the depression that comes to us on that date. Mike put a lot of effort into preparation of the food we enjoyed Saturday evening. I enjoyed visiting with all the guests - and listening to the 'chatter' amongst them. I left Sat. night and drove home arriving at 3:08 Sunday morning, so I could attend Roy and Sherrie Raines (Caleb's other grandparents) 40th anniversary celebration. NO WONDER I'm so fat - every blog I'm talking about how well I've eaten! The Raines'es had a hog roast with a BUNCH of guests and a lot of very tasty food! I've spent most of today recuperating from a busy weekend! This afternoon I spent a couple hours visiting with an old neighbor.
Next weekend I've been kind of torn as to whether to go to Jack and Em's (Linda's aunt and uncle) "family reunion/picnic" at Clorinda, Iowa. Or going to Molly and Gerald's to see Gerald's restored tractors being in the Memphis "antique days" Parade. I've pretty much decided to go to Memphis. Linda enjoyed the 'antique days' of 2005 and we had planned to go down Aug.26th,2006, She was looking forward to going down the next day on the day she passed away. PLUS it's a lot less driving! And I think Gerald is kinda wanting me to drive Dad's old 1936 Case RC in the parade - we'll see! Personally, I'd rather watch the parade than be in it! But if everyone 'just watched' it wouldn't be much of a parade!
While the computer is still not causing me any grief I better go ahead and post this!
I don't quite know where to start. I've been a little busy but not anything worth talking about, until last weekend. I left Friday morning and went to Mike and Cindi's for Cindi's 'annual Linda E. Harris memorial bar-be-que' She always has a 'get together' on the week-end closest to August 25th (the anniversary of Linda's death). Linda always enjoyed bar-be- queing and it is always an enjoyable time and helps fight the depression that comes to us on that date. Mike put a lot of effort into preparation of the food we enjoyed Saturday evening. I enjoyed visiting with all the guests - and listening to the 'chatter' amongst them. I left Sat. night and drove home arriving at 3:08 Sunday morning, so I could attend Roy and Sherrie Raines (Caleb's other grandparents) 40th anniversary celebration. NO WONDER I'm so fat - every blog I'm talking about how well I've eaten! The Raines'es had a hog roast with a BUNCH of guests and a lot of very tasty food! I've spent most of today recuperating from a busy weekend! This afternoon I spent a couple hours visiting with an old neighbor.
Next weekend I've been kind of torn as to whether to go to Jack and Em's (Linda's aunt and uncle) "family reunion/picnic" at Clorinda, Iowa. Or going to Molly and Gerald's to see Gerald's restored tractors being in the Memphis "antique days" Parade. I've pretty much decided to go to Memphis. Linda enjoyed the 'antique days' of 2005 and we had planned to go down Aug.26th,2006, She was looking forward to going down the next day on the day she passed away. PLUS it's a lot less driving! And I think Gerald is kinda wanting me to drive Dad's old 1936 Case RC in the parade - we'll see! Personally, I'd rather watch the parade than be in it! But if everyone 'just watched' it wouldn't be much of a parade!
While the computer is still not causing me any grief I better go ahead and post this!
Monday, August 10, 2009
PICNIC WEEK
This last week has been "picnic week". It started with the Access Energy picnic and business meeting on tuesday, then Heatilator had their 'company picnic' saturday. Mike and Linda had invited me to Linda's family reunion/60th anniversary celebration for her parents on sunday in Nauvoo Illinois. PLUS: I had dinner with Mike and Linda on both Thursday and Friday ( They are probably going to claim me as an exemption on next years taxes). Today, I'm back to cooking for myself.
I'm assuming Mike and Cindi are still alive and kicking - I haven't heard anything from Cindi since I was there (NO calls, NO Emails, NO new blogs) I figure I'm safe to "bad-mouth" her on my blog because if she doesn't read blogs any more often than she posts - I'm SAFE
I went to Molly and Gerald's last week to chat for a little bit and retrieve some pictures I had taken down to show them. (pictures Cindi had sent me + a couple I had taken of Lyric when we went to the Z-O-O. I had forgotten to pick them up before I left on a prior visit. Molly had put them in a beautiful frame. So now I have a Beautiful little girl smiling down at me from the shelf above my computer when I'm 'blogging, reading Emails, etc.' I'm just glad she can't hear me when this thing is giving me fits!
CLOSED CIRCUIT TO SUSIE: Returning from Nauvoo, I drove down the "river road" and crossed the river at Keokuk. I thought about giving you and Dennis a call but was under some time constraint. I did think about you two though!
I talked to Jeff on the phone friday. He seems to be doing O.K.
I'm assuming Mike and Cindi are still alive and kicking - I haven't heard anything from Cindi since I was there (NO calls, NO Emails, NO new blogs) I figure I'm safe to "bad-mouth" her on my blog because if she doesn't read blogs any more often than she posts - I'm SAFE
I went to Molly and Gerald's last week to chat for a little bit and retrieve some pictures I had taken down to show them. (pictures Cindi had sent me + a couple I had taken of Lyric when we went to the Z-O-O. I had forgotten to pick them up before I left on a prior visit. Molly had put them in a beautiful frame. So now I have a Beautiful little girl smiling down at me from the shelf above my computer when I'm 'blogging, reading Emails, etc.' I'm just glad she can't hear me when this thing is giving me fits!
CLOSED CIRCUIT TO SUSIE: Returning from Nauvoo, I drove down the "river road" and crossed the river at Keokuk. I thought about giving you and Dennis a call but was under some time constraint. I did think about you two though!
I talked to Jeff on the phone friday. He seems to be doing O.K.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
HOME AGAIN !
I just arrived home a short while ago from Chicago, where I spent two nights and a day + with the Kurczewski's. I hadn't been there for a while. It was good to see them and catch up with the visiting. Mike had to go to work today, so my visiting with him was a little limited. I had a delightful dinner with them and Sarah and Lyric.
I figured Sarah would probably shoot me - I took Lyric a harmonica. But she took it very well, enough so that I joked with her that for Lyric's birthday, I was planning to bring a BIG BASE DRUM! Needless to say, that was politely declined! (I think there was even a threat made!)
My dogs were glad to see me. No attention for two days ! ! ! They seemed to go on a 'hunger strike' until I got home. They had scarcely touched the food I left for them, till I returned. Then they gorged themselves. Now they're all sprawled out on the floor at my feet and in the recliners. Exausted from 'sentry duty' I guess. They are good watch dogs - They would stand and watch intruders carry off the whole place.
I could ramble on - BUT, this computer is 'threatening me' again. Thus, I think I better save what I have!
I figured Sarah would probably shoot me - I took Lyric a harmonica. But she took it very well, enough so that I joked with her that for Lyric's birthday, I was planning to bring a BIG BASE DRUM! Needless to say, that was politely declined! (I think there was even a threat made!)
My dogs were glad to see me. No attention for two days ! ! ! They seemed to go on a 'hunger strike' until I got home. They had scarcely touched the food I left for them, till I returned. Then they gorged themselves. Now they're all sprawled out on the floor at my feet and in the recliners. Exausted from 'sentry duty' I guess. They are good watch dogs - They would stand and watch intruders carry off the whole place.
I could ramble on - BUT, this computer is 'threatening me' again. Thus, I think I better save what I have!
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