Twas the night before Christmas…

Jeff MacNelly was a friend of the military, and especially of the Navy.  He did a number of ‘special’ cartoons over the years for those of us who served… This is one of my favorites…  Sadly he passed way too … Continue reading

Almost Christmas…

The tree is up and the package is wrapped… Done… 🙂   And my apologies to my friends and family, I can’t find the Christmas cards, the address books, or anything else… So please use this card in lieu of … Continue reading

Not doing this again…

There’s a bed under there somewhere… Pretty much every room looks like this. Boxes and more boxes. And I think 20% of the total weight is nothing but packing material… sigh Found the coffee, the coffee maker, but I can’t … Continue reading

And now the ‘fun’ begins…

New plates, new driver’s license, buying food… etc… OBTW, and doing this Christmas week, with everybody and their brother out shopping; hitting the malls, being stupid in traffic, and most of all, getting ‘gift’ receipts. Do you how long it … Continue reading

Made it!!!

1661 miles,  four days, way too many tanks of gas. And little side trips that seemed always cost me money. But I made it! It was great to see friends, family, and fellow bloggers but there  was never enough time … Continue reading

Oof…

My body is reminding me I’m NOT 21 anymore… 1320 miles total, 520 miles today, and I think my left cheek went flat about mile 500.  Every mall I drove by in three states today was absolutely PACKED!!! Made good … Continue reading

Karma…

It’s a bitch… Federal Judge who outlawed racial profiling is a victim of black attackers… Federal Judge Susan Dlott wrote the book on racial profiling in 2002. Last week, she ripped it into one million tiny pieces when three black … Continue reading

A three-fer…

So I’m slacking yesterday… Only 410 miles… But it was for a GOOD reason, well, actually three… Breakfast with Snigs and daughter Miss M, lunch with Mr. G from My Daily Kona, and dinner with Joe the gunsmith. Great to … Continue reading

Slogging down the road…

450 of 1741 miles down… All day in the rain yesterday… There are some just flat ‘strange’ folks out on the roads… Little old blue hair in a great big Lincoln, a huge guy in a little Ford Fiesta (the … Continue reading

TBT…

The things one ‘finds’ when you move… A real feed sack quilt- This one is at least 60 years old… I folded it so you can see both the feedsack side, which is normally down, and the top. And this one … Continue reading

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