Jury Duty.

Last month I received a notice that I was called for jury selection. The first date I had to call and was notified that it was cancelled. The second date I called and CRAP! It was still on. I arrived at the court house last Monday and prepared myself for what seemed like endless setting and waiting. The first group was called and questioned to see if there were anyone who would be a good juror or not. After a brief intermission only 4 of the 14 was chosen and 4 held just incase. I was the last to be called into the second group. I was ready to get it over with as I had been setting for a couple hours and any chance to get up and stretch my legs was welcome. I sat as the questions was posed to my group. I desperately wanted a question that I could raise my hand to. They asked questions like. Have any of you associated with the plaintiff, witnesses, atornees or defendant? Have you had any legal training? Do you have training in insurance billing? I was hoping ,Do any of you have brown hair? Would be asked and my hand would have shot up and I would have been out the door but no luck. We found out that the suit was regarding insurance fraud. My fellow prospective jurors and I was finished being questioned and sat for another brief intermission. The attorneys came out and said that they have their jurors selected and read the names allowed. My name was called as the last juror and then the 2 alternates were called. The rest of the people in the courtroom was dismissed. I cringed a little and sucumed to the inevitable. We were release for lunch to return at 1:30pm. I figured we would be told what to do and return tomorrow for jury duty but we went right into the trial and evidence. By the time we went through the witnesses for the day my head was splitting with a headache. I just wanted to be home. As I walked down the many stairs of the courthouse, my legs felt like they were going to give way. I just thought, If I can just make it to the truck I will be fine. I returned home and went to bed. After about an hour nap I was fine. I guess I had a migraine. I have only had 2 or 3 of them in my life so I wasn't sure what it was. I thought for sure when I got home I would have had a fever, but it was normal. I felt hot, nauseated, dizzy, weak and trimbely, muscle aches and blurred vision. I wasn't sure what it was but I was glad when it was gone. The next day I arrived at the courthouse at 8:30am. Little did I know that it would be 10 am before we got into the courtroom. After hearing more evidence and witnesses we broke for lunch at 11:30am. We returned from lunch around 1pm and sat in the jury room for about 30 minutes. When we went back out the the courtroom we were informed that they had come to a settlement and that we were FREE to go. I am glad that I didn't have to make a decision as I believe both sides were lieing their ass off. I think the truth was in there somewhere but it was mixed up amongst the other crap that deciphering it was murky at best. I was also glad that I got called in this civil case as on the 23rd of this month there is a criminal case and my time is served. I can't be called for 2 years. I am just glad it is over.

Grand Opening!

This weekend Needles and I ventured down to the promise land to visit family and be there for my Cousin's grand opening of his new shop. I tried to help out by drumming up some business. Some friends and I walked around the front of the shop dressed up in Halloween costumes to draw all kinds of attention by passers by. From the honks, howls, screams and hand waves I think we did a good job. We had a great weekend visiting with my family. Tomorrow I have to go to jury selection. This is a great time for this as my boss is off recovering from surgery and another co workers grandfather passed away last week. We are short staffed and with this our work force is cut in half. I just want to get this over with.

That is me in the gray Creature Reacher outfit called Howler. I think some people were born for certain rolls in life. I think I became Howler if only for a day.

Productive Weekend.

This morning I had about 30% of my Halloween Projects done. I can now say that about 95% of the projects are done. I kicked it into gear since Needles went to a spinning and dyeing get together and left me all by my lonesome. I started about 10am this morning and didn't stop until almost 5pm. Here is the Projects list:

1. Electric chair victim ( movable neck)........DONE!
2. Guillotine victim ( pumps blood)........DONE!
3. Alien Autopsy ...........DONE!
4. Gas Chamber ............needs smoke hooked up.
5. Village Creature..........DONE!
6. Geocaching containers......DONE!

I think this completes the list. Not bad seeing how half of these projects were just a thought and some supplies this morning. I am now confident that I will have everything done by Oct. 21st, barring any unforeseen set backs.

I am beat down tired and still need to get a shower, eat supper and finished 2 to 3 loads of laundry. Why does the weekends go so fast? I am not looking forward to work tomorrow. My boss is letting me to payroll to prepare us for her being off for a few weeks for surgery. I can already tell is isn't going to go very smooth.

I will post pictures of my projects after the Cache Slash Fest.

Finally Friday.

Today is Friday and the weekend is here. The only thing I have scheduled for my time is grocery shopping and working on Halloween Props. I still have to fix the electric chair guys head and finish up alien autopsy. The Village Monster is still just a mask but hopefully sometime over the weekend we will have a cloak and maybe the start of a form.
Hope everyone has a good weekend.

As Seen On C.N.N. Glenn Beck Show.

This is actual transcript of the Glenn Beck Show on CNN....Congrates Clint!

BECK: OK. So what do you have for us? You`re our Public Viewer, and people write you and then bash me.
SACK: Yes, they send me stuff. Well, I got a lot of e-mails over the course of the last few months suggesting you have some kind of -- there`s like a lost separated at birth with you and the guy Ralphie from "A Christmas Story."
BECK: I don`t know. What do you mean?
SACK: You know "A Christmas Story"? Well, this guy, Clint, from ToyandGamesCenter.com (ph), was nice enough to send me the Ralphie bobblehead doll. And as you can see, it does bear a striking resemblance.
BECK: It does.
SACK: "Oh, it`s World War III, people. Let`s get your guns, and let`s go (INAUDIBLE) it`s World War III." So that...(CROSSTALK)
BECK: Unfortunately, I`m going to have to stick your tongue to a frozen pole.
SACK: Oh, dear. I forgot that scene. So I thought -- this is a guy -- you can have this for your desk, unless you break it like you broke my Parisian globe.
BECK: Well, yes, it was really -- it was hard for me to keep something from France not broken, but...
SACK: I understand.

My cuzzes shop is famous!

Very Nice Weekend.

We had a great weekend in the promise land with Cynical and Ragged. Friday we arrived around 6pm and we were off to eat at the Shogun. This was my first experience with Japanese food and it didn't disappoint. The food was excellent and the show was great. After we filled our bellies and then some, we did a bit of shopping at Target and at some seasonal shops. I managed to get a good deal on a couple of props for our Halloween haunt. We then returned home to chat and catch up on things. The next day we woke with coffee and cinnamon rolls. After some geocaching we again did some shopping and got Sonic burgers togo and eat at a neighboring park. The weather was nice and the squirrels were friendly enough. We picked up a couple caches in the park and returned home only to get a special treat. Cynicals famous lasagna only to be followed with dessert at Dairy Queen. I don't think any of us lost any weight over the weekend. Sunday morning we had coffee with pancakes and sausage in the side. After some more geocaching we had lunch at Steak N Shake and returned to Ragged and Cynicals to get ready to leave. One false start and we were homeward bound. We arrived home just in time for a down pour to make our unloading of items fun. It did slack up enough so that we didn't get totally soaked. Our fuzzy house mates seemed to be skiddish at first but quickly recognized us and was ready for attentions.

The picture above is from the park we had lunch at. The kids were enjoying the last days of a fleeting summer. The trees are forcasting Fall will soon be here.

Happy Anniversary to ME.

I completely missed it. As of Sept. 8th I have officially been posting for 1 year. I guess with everything going on I forgot about it. I hope that the next year of posting will be full of fun, exciting and good news. Not whats been handed to us lately. One bright spot in our future is a trip to the promise land this weekend. I can't wait to see Cynical, Ragged and the furry bunch. Come on Friday!

Like it was yesterday.

Weekend recap.

Friday night we ordered food from the Trace Inn. After we were finished we went out to a friends house to help with a Halloween project. Saturday I worked on one of my own Halloween projects and I have it pretty much done other than a tweak here or there. We then when to Ed's house for a cook out. We had beer, hotdogs cooked over an open fire and chips. For dessert we had brownies and a new cookie called a CRACK cookie. It was very very good. Today I cleaned out the Jeep. I couldn't tell you the last time I cleaned it out. This evening will be full of laundry and getting ready for work tomorrow. My jury duty was cancelled, but I have to call on Oct 2nd to see if I have to go some other time.

Breathing Again.

Yesterday we got some news about a family member that we were all holding our breath for. Although it is news you don't ever want to hear, it wasn't as bad as I had been making it out to be in my head. I am a person who likes to research everything about a situation that is foreign to me. Especially when it involves a family member. When we got the initial news which included the word cancer my mind turned into sponge mode. I tried to absorb as much knowledge about it as possible. I think I hurt myself because I have had a headache just about every night since. Of course all the information came in a trickle at a time which isn't unusual with this situation, but my mind was set for sponge and couldn't get info quick enough. We now have as much knowledge about the situation as possible and although cancer isn't good news, it could have been a lot worse. We know the path that must be traveled and are anxious to get going down the road to recovery and cure. I read Rudy's blog and totally understand what he is saying about stress. Although I work in the medical field and sometimes high stress situations, when it comes to your own family all that training and stuff runs right out of your ear, down your shirt and ends up as a tiny greasy spot on the floor. Then you step in said greasy spot, slip and fall right on your rear end. We are able to breathe again.....but not too deeply yet.

Didn't want to leave.

We are back from the promise land and visiting with my parents. I know I was down there just last weekend but it was hard to leave. I guess last weekend I knew we were goin to be back down this weekend but ths time was different. I don't know when we will be back. I have to admit I got a little teary when leaving my parents this time. It was different. I could feel it.

While visiting with my family my cousin came to the house with a rather interesting creature. I looked at the thing in amazement. I had never seen anything like it around here before. We placed it out on the patio to get some picture and to identify this alien.

Here is a picture of the unknown.

This not so little feller is a Hickory Horned Devil
Caterpillars grow to 6 inches and look alarming. It is a harmless caterpillar and the spines are not irritating. Pale green body with spines; segments behind the head have long, curved, black and orange horns with short hairs. They eat hickory, pecan, walnut, sweetgum, persimmon and sumac. Found in the eastern United States.

Here is a picture of my brother Rudy at my cousin's shop.

Doesn't he look cranky?

What can I say.....I should have been a model...Look at that mug. Outstanding!

We are back home to get caught up on laundry and to give our furry house mates some TLC. You would think they haven't been rubbed in a months. Have a great rest of your holiday weekend.

JIM..I'M A DOCTOR NOT A ....QUIZ TAKER!

I would have rather been BONES.
Go figure a healthcare professional with results like this. This test must be accurate.

Your results:
You are Beverly Crusher

Beverly Crusher 75% Spock 62% Geordi LaForge 60% Uhura 55% Will Riker 55% Worf 50% Deanna Troi 50% James T. Kirk (Captain) 45% Leonard McCoy (Bones) 45% Mr. Scott 40% Chekov 40% An Expendable Character (Redshirt) 40% Data 36% Jean-Luc Picard 35% Mr. Sulu 15%

A good physician and a caring parent. You are devoted to your children and to your occupation.

It's beginning to look a lot like...... Halloween.

In light of everything going on it is nice to take my mind off things and do some Halloween projects. I purchased some items form my cousins shop and decided to get some of my projects out and see what I have and what I have yet to get. Here is an interesting shot of some of my masks I have collected over the past few years.

Home again.

We returned from Kentucky with the relief that a loved one has made it through surgery with flying colors. Unfortunately this is the start of a battle that maybe fought for some time to come. I appreciate all who visited and kept my family in their thoughts. Thanks.

Going Home.

Tomorrow after work we are heading down to the promise land for the weekend. I wish it was for a nice visit and good times but unfortunately this is not the case. I am sure I will get to see my family but not for a pleasant visit. I just hope everything turns out alright. Have a good weekend everyone.

Here's to the bad times.

Last week on Friday I received some bad news. I won't go into that but on Saturday I get nailed with jury duty. The date for said Jury duty is Sept. 11th.....Nice. Today was crappy and tomorrow seems to be promising the same. When it rains, it pours.

Last weekend was somewhat eventful. Needles and I went to the big city and did some retail therapy. I bought us new cell phones and Needles purchased a nice dining table and chairs. She is bring it home today and I get to put it together. I don't mind doing it but I am not really looking forward to it. I hope all the pieces are there and the wood is in good shape when I get it out. It seems that whenever we buy something like this there is always a blemish somewhere on it that drives me nuts. I just gotta keep telling myself. It will be fun.....Maybe after a few hundred times I might start believing it.

Home Early.

Today was slow. I got off work a whole hour early. It's been awhile. They have our old CT scanner completely out and they are painting the room. Tomorrow is the new install of our new scanner. It is supposed to be up and running Sat. Fingers crossed.

Happy Hump Day.

Today the week is half way over. They have the CT Scanner in pieces but it is not out of the building yet. The Semi Truck was there when I left to pick it up. Tomorrow the new scanner will be here and they will start getting it up and running. Hopefully without to much trouble. I hope the rest of the week goes as smooth as today. We will see.

Crappy week.

I have to agree with Cynical. This week is starting out to be a crappy one. Yesterday I work over 2 hours and today I worked over an hour. I guess the pay check will look nice but it's not worth it. Tomorrow they are getting ready to put in a new CT scanner. A Phillips 16 slice. Our old Marconie is being de-installed tomorrow and our new one is supposed to be up and running by Monday. I hope the rest of the week goes quick. I am already ready for the weekend.

Home Alone...

I am home alone, if you don't count our crazy cats. Needles has run off and abandon me for the BIG city and the promise of lots of yarn and fiber goodies. When I talked with her last night she sounded like she was having a good time. Today will probably be and expensive day for them.....I get the feeling. While Needles has been away I went and visited my Brother and his family. We ordered out from the Trace Inn and Rudys nappy head needed cut so I commence to shearing his melon. I trained myself to cut hair with electric clippers when I had a black cocker spaniel named Spanky many years ago. I had flash backs of it while I was cutting Rudy's noggin. Last night I worked on the gas chamber abit. As I mentioned before it is very heavy and I am stripping it down of everything that doesn't need to be there. I think I have gotten it as light and it is going to get. This prop is in serious need of a dolly to help maneuver it around. I worked out in the garage until about 8:30 pm and then came in to watch some T.V. and surf the internets. I am not sure what is on the agenda for today. The day is wide open.

Get it over with.

Today was humpday and I wish I could look on the rest of the week like the worst is behind us, but I am afraid this is not the case. Today was a total cluster. While being busy with patients the other idiotic thing we in the healthcare field has to do is babysit Doctors. Both yesterday and today patient reports had to be done TWICE because the dim witted doctors sign reports that don't have there name on it. I wouldn't have been bad if it was an accident or just one or two were signed, but these reports were knowingly signed wrong and there was about 60 of them all together. This is about like you signing your name to the bottom of your neighbors check and expecting to cash it without problems. It just doesn't work! You know it. I know it but because they are doctors they think that the world should bend to their warped sense of view. I sorry that I have to vent here but I am afraid if I didn't, I might not make it the rest of the week. Our main doctor seems to think he can just come and go with whenever he wants and to hell with the schedule and the patients awaiting their exams to be read. He was scheduled all week and Last weekend he didn't show up. Also we found out today that he will not be in tomorrow either. If you or I tried this at our jobs we would probably have to find new jobs.

Time for a Schwan's ice cream sandwich break.

That knocked the zookeeper in the head. At least there is only 2 days left but then again....There is 2 days left. Oye.

Done!

The both lawns are mowed the laundry is done. I am hot a sweaty and ready for supper, which Needles is making right now. Stuffed shells ..... YUUUUUMMMMMM. So the list of things to do is smaller but at least I accomplished a few of the items I wanted to get done this weekend. Hope tomorrow goes smooth as my boss is out of town for a week and things tend to go ape feces when she is gone. Have a good week everyone.

CACHE SLASH FEST 2006!

The event is posted thanks to Rudy. Check it out.

CACHE SLASH FEST 2006

Full Weekend.

Friday night I was taking a nap when I was awaken by my sweetheart. She said I have a call. I roused my lazy rear out of bed and staggered to the phone. It was Rudy and Ed wanting to know if I wanted to go ghost hunting. I said sure why I stumbled to get on some presentable clothes and wipe the sleep from my eyes. We left around 9pm and went to our first cemetery of the night. We took several pictures and tried an EVP. I don't think we caught anything there. We then went to another cemetery where a young man died of a somewhat suspectious nature. We thought we would see if there was anything going on there. It just seemed the ghosts didn't wan to communicate that night.

Saturday we got up bright and early to go to a street long yard sale. The sale was down Rudy and Ed's street so we went to see what they had. After a short visit, it was time to go south the Needle's Moms house and can kraut. The cabbage had been working for 6 weeks and was ready for canning. 11 heads of cabbage ended up making 10 cans of kraut. They are all nice and sealed and ready when we want them. We then went to the big city and was able to knock off one of the Halloween items needed for a project. Saturday night we went up town to watch King Kong. Since we already saw it and it was getting late we decided to leave early.

Today is laundry and mowing. It is hard to get the energy level up to get things accomplished so I made some coffee. Hopefully that will get the wheels a rollin.

Family

That's the good thing about family.....Forgiveness.

Cuz's Shop

My cousin is opening a shop this month. He has done a lot of selling on ebay but his sales has gotten to the level where a physical shop was needed. He is getting in a shipment of Halloween costumes and other festive items. Here is a few shots from inside the shop. It is awesome. Definitely my kinda place.

My co worker G talked me into bringing home an old blood bank that looks cool. I may have some pictures of it sometime but it is in it's second life as a gas chamber for Halloween complete with smoke and a thrashing body. Wish me luck becuase this thing is severly heavy. I got to do some stripping of the equipment to lighten the load. Wish me luck on this project. I'm gonna need it.

Paranormal Graduation.

Last Thursday night I attended our last Paranormal class and received my official ghost hunter certificate. We then went to a cemetery in order to see if we could pick up any activity. After being in the cemetery for awhile it started to sprinkle. The sprinkling gave way to a down pour and the night was cut short. We didn't even get a chance to thank our teacher. I did email him and let him now the I appreciated the class and what he taught me. Here are some pictures from the rain shortened night.


And Here is a picture of some of the equipment we were monitoring in the cemetery. There was a couple of spikes but nothing that stayed constant.



On Friday we left for the promise land. We arrived around 6ish and Mom fed us until our tongues pooked out of our mouths. That night I slept in the bed I slept in when I was just a wee lad. The next day we went to my cousins shop and looked around at the items he had. He has a lot of items already but sounds like he has even more to come. We are planning a trip down there in early Oct. For the Grand Opening. After making a purchase we went to one of my favorite stores. Uncle Lee's we found some items for Halloween and some ammo for the guns. After arriving home it was time to go to Grannies for supper. I ate until I almost went into a coma while chewing. I then waddled out to the car a we returned home. Dad just got a new 17 caliber varmet gun so we decided to go in the back 40 and try out the noisemaker. We sited in the scope so that it will shoot within a inch at 100yrds. After that Needles and I went on a Safari Tour around the grounds. We saw turtles, frogs, ducks, snakes, rabbits, geese, alligators, raccoons, squirrels, bears, chipmunks, birds, turkeys and cows. It was very exciting but it was getting dark so we returned home and reclined in the livingroom until it was time to go to bed. This morning we got up ate breakfast and packed up to get ready to leave. It was a fun weekend and I was glad we got to make it down since I haven't been in Kentucky for a few months. We arrived home around 3pm and found a JC Pennys catalog coupon shredded in the floor. In the middle room was several puke puddles of frothy foam leading back to the back room where Copper was hunkered down and in obvious distress. He vomited again and the sputum had a red ting like in may have a little blood. I put Copper in the bathroom to keep him off the carpet while we had to make a delivery. When we returned home Copper was laying in the bathtub and acted like nothing happened. He has eaten and seems to be doing fine now. I think he swallowed some of the coupon and got choked. Stupid Cat. I bet this breaks him of his wanting to chew on anything paper or cardboard. I hope anyway.

Haunted House.

Paranormal Class 5 was a house haunt investigation. It was very neat to wander through the home and hear some of the stories and happenings that gave this once lovely but now unkempt home. You could tell the home was very nice at one time. The tile work around the fireplace was neat and the sculpted wood work on the interior and exterior of the home let you know that this home was built when there was pride in the skills of carpentry. Before the doors were opened I looked through the windows and my mind ran wild with visions of things flying around and full body apparitions floating up and saying BOO, but after we entered the home I was surprised that my feelings changed and the slightly ineasy feeling I had before I entered turned into giddiness. I was anxious to see the whole house, even the attic. Even when we turned out all the lights and I was in the attic by myself I felt very comfortable. I guess I had a preconception of what a haunted house would look and feel like but I was surprised. I just felt like a home. Here are some picture that was taken during the investigation. We were in the home from 8pm until almost 12:30ish. All I had to show for it was 2 possibly 3 "orb" (dust) photos and a EVP.

Picture From The Dark Side.

Here is some tombstones on the second night of class field trip.








The picture above is our class conducting an EVP.



The next picture is the suspected center of the Indian sundial.

This picture is of bees at a Cemetery we did homework at.

This picture was taken at a marker were a young girl died in a car accident. The large tree in the background still has the marks where the car hit.

Ghosts N Goblins

Tonight was the 4th class of our Paranormal class. We did have a lot of class time but got to go to a location that a young female died in a car accident several years ago. They tried to get an EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomenon) The first attempt was illegible but the second they picked up a background voice saying "Killed By Car." The voice sounded like man but a female is who died in the accident. They had a cross and concrete stone marker on the site. The tree nearby bore the scares of her fatal accident. Apparently she had someone else into the car but we aren't sure if the sex of the passenger. He or She supposedly died in the hospital several hours later. It is too late to mess with it now but I will try to get some picture of our class in action this weekend. Thanks God tomorrow is FRIDAY!

Phantom Stench!

Tonight was our 3rd class of paranormal investigating and we got to visit a cemetery. It was neat to walk among the tombstones at night. The temperature was a little on the warm and steamy side but not too bad. Apparently there was and old Indian sun dial in the cemetery which supposedly is marked by several mounds in the area. The tallest mount was were we thought we may have made a connection to the OTHER side. We started smelling a sweet vanilla type smell. Almost smelled like flavored pipe tobacco. The smell seemed to come and go without any reason. We investigated the surround area to see if we could pick up the scent in other areas but didn't have any luck. I suggested that one person stay behind and let the rest of the group move away to rule out any persons perfume or even fabric softener smells. As the group moved away the smell went away. My first clue to the origin of the PHANTOM SMELL. We returned to the pavilion and I just so happened to be there with 2 lady's of the group that I suspected and yep there was the not so phantom smell again. Drat! Oh Well! There is always Thursday night.

Feelin HOT HOT HOTTER THEN HADES.

Today was hot. Tomorrow is gonna be hot. The rest of this week's gonna be hot. I wish it would cool off. Come on Canada send us some wind. It's too hot to do anything outside. It's even too hot to post. Keep cool everybody.

It's A Fright!

We went to our second Paranormal Class last night. This one was more fun although it was hotter than HELLO in the building. After about an hour of looking at the equipment and our teacher telling us how and when to use the equipment to get the most information. The second hour we spent walking by the rodeo arena trying to see if we might pick up anything paranormal on our digital cameras. We would walk in almost total darkness and then suddenly you were blinded by a flash of someone's camera. It was neat to walk around in the dark. Your senses become heightened and normal everyday things take on a new personality at night. All in all it was just nice to get out of the class room where it was muggy and sticky. The night was still warm but a little breeze made it bearable. After class we returned home ecto-mist free. Better luck next time I guess.

A Haunting Good Time.

The other day I received a phone call from my brother Rudy. He asked me if I wanted to Join him and Ed for a class on ghost hunting. At first I thought no I got other things I need to do, but after a "Come on it will be fun." I decided I would go. It's not every day that I get to spend time with my Bro. Our first class of 6 was last night, we learned about different kinds of haunts, different terminology and theories on why things are haunted. After the first hour the night started to drag abit but I suspect that the next few will get better. Some of the picture we saw last night was neat. The orbs don't really do anything for me but the supercharged orbs and full body apparitions were kind interesting to say the least. Ghost hunting equipment is the next section where we will get to play with cameras, digital recorders , Electro Magnetic Detectors and various other items. Our next class is Thursday night and I think it will be better than the first. We are hopeful to go to a actual haunted house sometime during upcoming classes. I can't wait.

Ya Down With O.P. uh, hmmm. I Guess That's It.

If you remember that highly controversial song back in the day. Instead of what that stood for I am referring to a run to Ophelia's Cup last night. We drove over in the Jeep with the top still off from when Cynical and Ragged visited. It was a perfect evening to have the top off. I had the rockin roast beef sandwich minus the usually bread, they were out of, and opting for honey wheat. Needles had the great big gorgeous salad. We sat at a widow table and sipped the house coffee as we watched the sun on the face of the building across the street raise up to the top and disappear into shadow. We then went to Wally World to replenish Needles bottled water and a few other items. On the way home we meet another Jeep with the top off full of young girls they stuck there hands and arms in the air waving at us as we went by. It's a Jeep thing, you wouldn't understand. Anyway after a lap through the park, we went to a friends house and stayed until the the sun was gone and the moon was bright. It was a full and fun day. Today I think we are just going to relax here at the house and dread tomorrow that will be here soon enough. We are having pancakes for breakfast. MMMmmmm!

I Love A Parade.

Here is some pictures taken with labels because you might get confused as to what are in the pictures. I am such a tard.

This is a small bench on the city hall square.

Shriner's

Tigger

Sponge Bob

Scooby

Miss Pork Queen 2005

They haven't elected 2006 yet.

Firetruck

Antique Tractor

Old Truck

This is the best. You may not be able to see the entire sign but it says "Squealing for Jesus."

The word squealing bring back memories of dueling banjos and Deliverance. deep body shutter.

The sign at the left of the float? is Oink if you love Jesus. Isn't it somewhat ironic.

Jesus never ate pork.

Hope you enjoyed the pictures.

Were Back!

I wanted to post more photos but blogger is having a fit right now. Maybe later.

We survived another hog wild pork day. We got there just in time to eat there famous pork burgers and chase it with a lemon shake up. We then got to our spot to watch the parade and that when Needles mom walked up to join us. We watched the parade and took lots of pictures. You can tell it is a farm community when the 70% of your parade consists of antique farm tractors and equipment. The rest consists of emergency medical vehicles , political candidates, Shriner's, Mason's, Church and local business floats. It didn't seem as big as it was last year and the concession stands didn't wrap so far a round the city hall square. The small town parade seems to be dyeing out slowly but surely. The tradition started in 1969 and who knows how long it will hang in there. This evening we are contemplating a trip to the big city to Ophelia's Cup for supper. I hope to have there rockin roast beef sandwich. YUMMY! I have to get the yard mowed today. Maybe after the sun sets lower to the west and it cools off a bit. We will see if I can yet again put it off until tomorrow.

PORK DAY USA!

Today we are traveling south to Needles neck of the woods to attend Pork Day. It consists of a parade, lots of food and 1$ grab bags. Oh an I almost forgot they elect a Miss Pork Queen, Isn't that a pleasant title. Last year they had the actual police car from the Andy Griffith Show and they had one of Dale Earnhardts race cars. The parade is nice and the food is excellent but we mostly go for the 1$ grab bags. We use them for bingo prizes when we go camping in Sept. It's almost time to leave so I will have to cut this short. Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Shuttle Launch No Fireworks Please.

I am a geek. I like geeky things like NASA and science. The last time the shuttle launched I was unemployed and was at home watching every moment of the preparations, to the launch, the operations in space including the 3 space walks and return to earth. I was glued to the T.V. and even TIVOed the EVA's because they were scheduled at 3 am. Here it is more than a year later and I am watching it again. I am excited at another shuttle launch and also at the same time nervous. They found a crack in the insulating foam around a support but they have decided it was not a problem. As you may remember last time they had a chunk of foam fall off during lift off and a faulty hydrogen sensor in the tank during the preparation of launch. It seems like theres always a glitch, but with millions of things that can go wrong, you are bound to have a glitch or two. I see that one of the news station ran the numbers that there is a 1 in 100 chance that all the shuttle crew would die during the mission. That nice that these scientists and statistions can put a number on death at any given event or time. By the way the average number of people that die in the United States every year from animal or plant poisoning is 9. Interesting. I just hope this launch goes off without a hitch. Good Luck Discovery.

July 4th on the 1st.

This is one of the many shots I got at the fireworks show.

This weekend we a have been graced by the company of Cynical and Ragged. Although their stay might be short we packed a lot of things into their visit. Yesterday we had a picnic of sorts out at my parents house and last night we when to a local towns fireworks show. For a small town they put on a big show. This is the 7th year they have had the show and we have attended every year. We returned home late last night arriving around 11:30pm and stayed up talking for awhile. Today for breakfast we are going to have blueberry muffins and coffee. Yum. Later we are going out to Rudy's house to admire the landscaping projects they have done. Have a great rest of your weekend.