Thursday Thirteen - Random Stuff

RANDOM STUFF

1. Today, our high was expected to be 46. We have socked-in,

Tule (toolie) fog which makes for very dangerous driving conditions!

2. Callie Ann got a new puppy and that makes me happy!

3. Considering we've become statistics of the unemployed, we're
doing okay, thus far!

4. Our kids had a surprise 30th wedding anniversary party at
my daughter's house.

5. My granddaughter got married the day after Thanksgiving.
I'm sorry we couldn't be there but the photos are terrific.

6. My jeans from last year still fit. Hallelujah... I feel like I've
gained a ton.

7. I have become so stinkin' serious, I'm trying to keep looking up.

8. When I feel blue I check out Sandee's blog. She's always got
something funny over at Comedy Plus, and she's a friend.

9. I'm watching CSI:NY. It's my favorite of the trilogy.

10. I'm so glad to see the gas prices dropping. We actually saw gas
under $1.60! Whodathunkit...

11. I fixed the best meatloaf last night! Wish you could've all had
a taste... (and don't go gagging at the thought of meatloaf. I serve
mine with brown gravy and mashed white things.)

12. I read four books last month. Right now, I'm reading Stephen
King's "Duma Key." So far, it's really a great story...

13. Hubman signed up for Unemployment Insurance and Social Security.
Maybe he'll just be able to retire....I love him being home!!!
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And now, an appropriate joke from Reader's Digest (since I've
created a resume for hubman!)

"My friend had been pounding the pavement
in search of a job with no luck. Frustrated, she asked her dad to
look at her resume.He didn't get much further than the first line
of her cover letter before spotting the problem
"Is it too generic?" she asked.
"I doubt it," said her father.
"Especially since it's addressed 'Dear Sir or Madman.'"

THURSDAY THIRTEEN

Wordless Wednesday-My Garden

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

Birthday Blessings to Sarge!

Please head over to Sarge Charlie's blog and
wish a veteran a very Happy Birthday!!!
Thanks, Sarge, for all you've done for our country!

Wordless Wednesday - Church Bouncers

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

Manic Monday - Shop-ping

"By 4:55, with no police officers in sight, the crowd of more than 2,000 had become a rabble, and could be held back no longer. Fists banged and shoulders pressed on the sliding-glass double doors, which bowed in with the weight of the assault. Six to 10 workers inside tried to push back, but it was hopeless.

Suddenly, witnesses and the police said, the doors shattered, and the shrieking mob surged through in a blind rush for holiday bargains. One worker, Jdimytai Damour, 34, was thrown back onto the black linoleum tiles and trampled in the stampede that streamed over and around him. Others who had stood alongside Mr. Damour trying to hold the doors were also hurled back and run over, witnesses said." (Courtesy of Meg Marco, of The Consumerist, and The New York Times)
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I took the following from History Mike's Blog. He says so eloquently what I've been wanting
to say. To read more of his thoughts about this, please see his blog: History Mike
..."I am thoroughly disgusted with the sick, cold-hearted bastards who killed this man, but I am positively apoplectic at the self-absorbed idiots who think their Wal-Mart shopping experience is somehow more important than a lifeless human being. Yet these morons and thugs are only symptoms of the larger phenomenon of a consumer culture in which vertically integrated media fuel a relentless obsession with mostly-useless manufactured offal: a culture of shallow desires, greedy acquisitiveness, and dead human beings like Jdimytai Damour." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I apologize for the direction I've taken today, but I just couldn't let this go.

Manic Monday

Camera Critters

Meet Otis, my very favorite "granddog!" He was a
Siberian Husky and walking him was a chore - he thought
you were hooked to a sled and off he'd go!
He was, without a doubt,the most comical, vocal,
loyal beastie a person could hope to have.
We miss him terribly but glad that he
chose our laps to sit on!

Camera Critters

Photo Hunt - Metal

This is a stretch but it's all I could think of...My stained
glass lamp has lovely pieces of glass but without the metal
holding it all together, it just wouldn't work -
you'd have a lovely pile of glass on the floor...

Please meander over to TNChick's place and see more "Metal."

Happy Thanksgiving!

This is what November looks like in my neck o' the woods.

I trust that you will all have a most blessed Thanksgiving...

Wordless Wednesday

Don't forget to visit Wordless Wednesday!

Camera Critters

I've decided to start a new meme - for me - that is all about
"critters." It's called "Camera Critters," and if you're
interested in some real cuteness, check it out...

This is Zoe, our Miniature Schnauzer, and the very infamous
Katie, The Wonder Dog - a Shih Tzu. This is their way of
saying, "Hello, come on in and visit a while."

CAMERA CRITTERS