You know it's hot in Texas when you get to hot to think! My brain (what I got left) just won't think right or on time! This is the laziest and sleepiest I've been in 7 years. I almost have to prop my eyelids open with tooth picks! I feel for any workers outside working on highways with heavy equipment. They should be working at night in Texas for sure.
If I was in Minot, ND I would be complaining even more. That little town is about to be washed off the map by tomorrow! It's predicted to be
There were three more bodies returned through Dover, DE last night. One of them en route to Texas. If you don't keep up with the current events on TV or newspapers you may not be aware of the soldiers still losing their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan. At some point this war has to end. Already it's the longest war in our American history.
We lost over 58,000 soldiers in Vietnam and over 6,000 in the current wars of Iraq and Afghan. Most of the soldiers who deploy to war leaves from here at Fo
We made it back and in good shape with a little resting up. Everything went as planned...Almost...I lost on the quarter machine, about 60 bucks in all, then I played the dollar machine and won a fist full of dollars. I kept playing it for about two hours and it paid off several times. The biggest one was 750 dollars then I hit several 80's, 120's so I quit with a cash out ticket for 900 bucks. I couldn't reach a thousand dollars.
Every time I got closer the next few times I would lose, so I
I need a big brake so I will get out of the house and out of town too. I talked my sweet wife, funny how we call them sweet, when they agree with us, into going to Shreveport to a casino so she can play the penny machine for awhile. I get to put a few quarters in the machine, ride around, and eat some ribs they have prepared for fathers day celebration.
All fathers can eat half price with family members which ain't bad, full price is 19.95 plus tax. :big_grin: There isn't much going on here
With the economy like it is and has been for a few years now, our fighting veterans are returning to the US and not finding any jobs once out the military. They are drawing unemployment, not for long then what's next. Not all of them are eligible to retire from the service, only the older ones with 20 years of service. Those who lost limbs and desire are medically discharged with some benefits but not like regular retirements work!
The President seem to think they volunteered for service the
I think we all know the next few years look bleak in terms of money period. We hear daily our debt is through the roof in America. Where will the cuts start? I get emails daily from my friends all around the US whom I served with in the Army for many years. They are telling me our pay checks will be cut in the coming years, even our retirement checks for the years we served our country.
All of this while our congress gives themselves a three thousand a month raise! To me, that's taking my in
Well, I suppose this is my life story on the line for the Stroke Board. Net, a site I love dearly and have learned so much in the past 6 years or more since becoming a regular donating full time member in good standings! Now I'll have to learn to write blogs every other day or so to keep myself occupied and keep a smile on my own face to keep from thinking of the pains, bumps in the road or the long recovery I still have ahead of me!
You see, I'm told the "Inspirational and Humor Forum" will
First, I start off by saying I'm so thankful God has allowed me to see 7 years of recovery since my almost fatal stroke 15 January 2004! No one knows what a stroke can do to the mind, the family, the people you must face for many things including trying to return to work or get employment after a stroke. Let's face facts; we still need income to care for our families, house, car and things we worked to have to live a comfortable life.
No one knows better than any person who has to make provi
I was out at the end of my driveway trying to get the trash can wheels against the curb just right of the driveway instead of on the left where my wife put it before leaving early for work to be on time. I got my quad cane taking baby steps to avoid falling on the driveway slope toward the street.
Now, here I am trying my best to tilt the can over on it's two wheels so I could push it to the other side. It's really full where the lid won't close and I envision me spilling the bags of trash a
We need heroes today. We need someone to believe in and look up to. We need someone who has accomplished something to give us the courage to believe in the invisible. We need role models and men whose shadows we may stand in, men who provide a cool refreshing place of safety away from the despair of our oppressive society. It's just that all the "Supermen " in the church seem to have somehow gotten zapped by "Kryptonite." Either they or their reputations have wilted into the abyss of human failu
I'm praying for Ray, Sue's husband. He suffered a bad fall from a chair and broke his shoulder bone on the affected side. That hurts, but join me in sending prayers for his recovery. Then for our own Blog hostess Sue. Kim got the word to us so thought I would put it in my blog because some members and guess will read the blogs but not the message board.
Ray is in need of all the prayers that can be sent at this time, God hears our prayers you know! Sue has been care giver for Ray all these
You know, believe it or not...We've all been there in our prayer to our God we know and trust! Prayer is not conquering God's reluctance, but taking hold of God's willingness. Just a week ago the F5 tornado hit Joplin, Missouri with over 200 miles per hour twisting winds. In a matter of seconds lives were lost, homes destroyed and part of a whole city was destroyed.
We, like all others, will never know why these kinds of things happens on earth in our world. Let's not forget weeks prior; Ala
Honestly, one never knows what tomorrow brings. We had no rain in Texas for so long it was a drought. Now I'm in Louisiana, it's raining and the Mississippi river water is coming this way next week. I would think it being 15 feet below sea level and thw river water is coming, some homes will be lost again! We are helping grab what we can and hitail it back to Texas.
I've never drove so much, worked so hard as a disabled man as I am doing now. That tells me love has no limits in doing for fam
How to Stay Young
1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay them.
2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.
3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle.
4. Enjoy the simple things.
5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.
6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person w
I still have so many funny jokes I can't post them all, here is one I was sent awhile ago!
CONFUCIUS did NOT say...
Man, who wants pretty nurse, must be patient.
Passionate kiss, like spider web, leads to undoing of fly.
Lady who goes camping must beware of evil intent.
Squirrel who runs up woman's leg will not find nuts.
Man who leaps off cliff jumps to conclusion.
Man who runs in front of car gets tired; man who runs behind car gets exhausted.
Man who eats many prune
God bless America .
Something to think about.
He was getting old and paunchy
And his hair was falling fast,
And he sat around the Legion,
Telling stories of the past.
Of a war that he once fought in
And the deeds that he had done,
In his exploits with his buddies;
They were heroes, every one.
And 'tho sometimes to his neighbors
His tales became a joke,
All his buddies listened quietly
For they knew where of he spoke.
But we'll hear his tales no longer,
Still no information on the NFL playing this season. It's still in the courts. They are letting the players in the training facilities of their teams. The Draft is being conducted as I post this blog.
Cam Newton was picked first by the Carolina Panthers. They should be a contending team this year for sure.
The first round of play is about over in basketball. The Miami Heat beat the 76Er's and I think moves into the next bracket to play the Celtics, but I'm not sure. The Spurs got another
I don’t Know, I wonder, you wonder, we wonder...
I’m told we have, as humans, five senses we were born with. Now, when we survive a stroke, we are subject to lose one, two or even three of them! You agree? No! well, I wonder what happened to my sense of smell, my hearing, my eye sight, my feelings on my weak side or my taste abilities? Please correct me if I’m wrong in saying the senses I speak about are sight, smell, hear, taste and feel!
So, in having a stroke and survive doesn't mean
Easter Sunday is the day of rejoicing that follows the sorrow of Good Friday. For most Christians, Easter is the celebration of Christ's resurrection from the dead. It bears witness to God's enduring promise of eternal life.
As the climax of Holy Week, Easter is a time of hope and assurance. It is humanity's turning point from destruction to glory and salvation. For the first three centuries, the church celebrated the real meaning of Easter in connection with the Jewish month of Nisan, which
You know, it's hard to accept that we will be like we are, in most cases, for the remainder of our lives. We first hear from the ER doctors at the hospital, then therapist, other doctors and still other doctors in certain fields of studies. If you remember none of them ever said or stated we would recover in our walking, talking or what if any, that we may get back from the stroke.
All the answers to our questions were very vague and would always end with, "I can't say what you will get back
Have you ever searched far and wide for anything? Well this is a never ending search for the right animal to become a pet for a six year old girl. If you think shopping for a wife is a job, try shopping for a child who wants the right dog! When we think the search is over we discover the dog is not a male which is what she wants.
Right now I'm taking a break to help my wife get ready to set up for a church sale. Getting the right table and racks for shoes is important as space will be limite
Well, this time of year is time to get outdoors, do things, go places, clean out, clean up and throw away all the stuff you somehow accumulated over the past year and really didn't use it or in many cases didn't need it. You managed to bring it home anyway and most of it got no farther than the garage or perhaps the basement storage area.
It's funny how we stumbled over and around it all year and still couldn't decided to use it, sell it, give it away to the neighbor next door! Bicycles seem
I decided to get out of town and drive down to San Antonio for a senior bowling tournament today through Sunday. My wife says "GO" so I'm going later today, it's a chance to see many of my old bowlers I competed with and against until 2004 when the stroke sit me down. When I visited the web site, there is a list of deceased members, man a lot of them are gone on so I feel blessed to still be around to watch them bowl since I can't do it anymore myself.
How are we to know how long we will be
Well members, it's spring break week here in Texas and probably where you are too, if you live somewhere in the US 50 states. This week there is so much national news with the big earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The national Football league now in court to see if there will be football played this season. The two sides are miles apart in what each one wants and neither side is giving an inch. The judge is now the one to try and settle the issue.
I just hope we have football this season but
Well this blog tonight is a reminder to myself about living one day and gone the next. I've been trying to sleep, nap, rest or whatever, but with all the earthquake news reporting on the web, TV and radio, I can't sleep!
We, as people on this earth has no doubt seen much devastation around the world and as I recall it's been one thing after another the last few years. The floods in Australia, earthquake in Haiti, New Zealand and other places. It just seems to me God is telling us He is still
