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I'm Back!

Thanks a ton for the advise. Blogging is once again "a bowl of cherries"

Or as Mary Englebreit says "A chair of bowlies"

Help, Help

Can someone who has been blogging longer than I have please help? Something is going on and my wife and I don't know if it is something with our computer, or with Blogger. On the posting page, we can only type in html. It won't let us compose, preview, or use anything on the composition bar like spell check, add a picture or link. Does my computer have a virus, a nasty cold, or has a setting been changed somewhere? Help!

Flashback Friday #20

This post is going to the dogs.

I began this week reading the book Marley & Me (Thanks, Theresa for sending my wife the book). It got me thinking about the dogs I had growing up. We were dog people for the most part. We had a few cats when I was younger, but dogs were the pet of choice. We had 3 (9) dogs. I will explain this later.

The first dog I can remember was a mix breed named Bandit (We named him after the dog on Johnny Quest).We got him when I was about 4. He was inside but a short time, but wound up in the barn. He could eat a regular can of dog food in three bites. We would open both ends of the can, and push the food through the can. Sometimes he caught it in mid-air. He died when I was 7 or 8.

The next dog we got was Peanut. He was a Chihuahua with some Pomeranian mixed in. He was my Marley. Next week's post will be all about him.

Our next dog was Trixie. She was the outhouse cheek kisser in Flashback Friday #2. She was a stray that showed up one day, and decided to stay for a while. I was 12 when we took possession of her. She had 6 puppies (this is the explanation of the 3/9 dogs in the first paragraph). She got loose one time and she made the rounds of the neighborhood. Her 6 pups were six different breeds of dogs. Dad said we couldn't keep 8 dogs, so when the puppies were weaned, we kept one of the pups (named Bounce) and gave Trixie and the other puppies to a man down the road.

Bounce was named after a dog Dad had. He lived up to his name. Full of energy. He would routinely get loose, make his neighborhood rounds, and come back the next day. One day he got loose, and we assumed he would be back the next day. He never came back.

Living in the country like we did, dogs were everywhere. Everyone we knew had at least one, and even though I love dogs, there were a few who didn't care for me. Midget was my Aunt Dora's Chihuahua and Toby was Aunt Frieda's Bull Terrier. They scared the beejebers out of me when I was a child.

To this day, I still prefer dogs over cats. How about you?

It's A Jeep Thing, You Wouldn't Understand.

Let me start out this post by saying that my daughter, The Ogre, has a Jeep Patriot. Being a health care provider, a 4-wheel drive vehicle is a must.

This afternoon, it has snowed, and we had a little over an inch after supper, which The Ogre, The Woodsman & The Boy were in attendance.

The Ogre & The Woodsman needed to go to a store to purchase an item for their house. That left The Boy with us. When we were leaving for church, he scampered down the steps, hit the sidewalk, then announced" Switching to off-road!" and sprinted through the yard.

Brand loyalty is starting early.

Just Like His Momma

I was eating breakfast with "The Boy" when I noticed something unusual. I watched him for a few minutes. He would eat a fruit loop, spit one out. Eat a fruit loop, spit one out.
I asked him, "What are you doing?"
He replied " I'm eating them by color."
It was like watching his mother at that age.

Flashback Friday #19

Things I learned in elementary school

A new year brings new adventures and new chances to learn. Here are some of the things I learned while I was but a lad. Some of these things I learned first hand, some of them I watched others in my class do. I'm not telling which is which.

1. It's never a good idea to cut off your hair to glue it to the Mother's Day card you are making.

2. When learning new spelling words, don't write rhyming words beside them. (especially if you are learning Donald & Daffy's last name)

3. If the teacher allows you to take down the old bulletin board, don't make a giant airplane out of the background and throw it out the second story window when she leaves the room. (It just might hit the Principal)

4. During show and tell, if your Momma takes you shopping, and buys you a new slip, don't pull up your dress to show the class.

5. Even a de-scented skunk can panic a class of 2nd graders.

6.If you refuse to remove you hat, everyone will know that you got a haircut.

7. Never call a girl "fat & ugly". It may come back to haunt you in High School when she isn't.

8. Girls have cooties. (and as I grew older, I discovered that I like cooties)

9. Don't chew tobacco during class. The teacher will ask you to spit out your gum in the trashcan next to her desk. Your only option is to swallow it.

10. To some kids, action figures & dolls are the same thing. If you like to play with action figures, do it at home.

11. Glasses don't make you weird, they help you to see. Seeing is good.

12. Don't fall asleep on the bus.

13. Doing a book report on a comic book is unacceptable.

14. Kids aren't likely to believe the dyed lambskin rug you have to nap on is really the skin of a bear your Dad killed.

15. Your teacher will not wait for you to grow up so you can marry her.

16. It's OK to be the "bad guy" in the class plays.

17. The crystals in your dropped thermos aren't ice.

18. Dandruff and lice may look alike, but are different.

19. Don't lend your pencil to the kid with a cast on his leg. He wants it to scratch inside his cast, and there is a good chance the pencil will break or get lost inside the cast.

20. It is very easy to confuse a kindergarten class if you stand facing them and say "Raise your right hand" while doing it. They will mirror your actions, and raise their left hand instead. Telling them "No, that isn't right." doesn't help. It will confuse them for years to come.

Hopefully you will learn something in this new year. Can you remember anything you learned (the hard way) in elementary school?

New Year's Resolutions You Can Keep

Years ago I made a resolution to stop making resolutions because I could never keep them. Here is a list that I could keep:

1. Gain 10 pounds.
2. Stop exercising.
3. Procrastinate more (starting tomorrow).
4. Don't jump off a cliff because everyone else is doing it.
5. Get in a whole new rut.
6. Start being superstitious.
7. Don't sucker punch Chuck Norris.
8. Speak in a monotone voice and use only monosyllabic words.
9. Take a vacation to someplace important, like the world's largest ball of twine.
10. Assume full responsibility for my actions (except for the one's that are someone else's fault)

Do you have any resolutions?