my life and times

Carol Burnett Show- No Frills Airline

2012-01-31T09:28:00.000-06:00

stole this from Donna.

Romney-Kennedy Health Care Bill Signing

2012-01-31T09:11:00.002-06:00

Romney signs his health care bill and praises Kennedy for his help. Oh Lord we know not what we do when we do it!

turn the lock?

2012-01-31T08:27:00.002-06:00

Cloudy this morning with slight wind. Promise of 61 degrees today but I think this may be a false forecast.
Sammy has a new toy, he bought a trailer about 1/2 built and he is trying to build it now.so far $180 and climbing is the cost.
got away from the doctor with out to much damage.
The woman at the desk is Beverly Norris ' daughter in law, she had told me she was from South America, Argentina I think.
She ask me to bring in my 1099 form from social security to determine what I would pay above my medicare payment.
I had received it in the mail last week so I did as I was instructed and gave her the form which shows how much social security I was paid last year.
She took it and look and ask " where is this years, this is for 2011?
I laughed at her and told her I can tell you are not native to this country, I wont get 2012 until January , 1213.
I explained that you couldn't report how much Income I would get for 2012 until the end of 2012 because perhaps I would die before the year was out!
perhaps she didn't believe me and I can just see her checking to see why no one is bring in the 2012 1099 form.

The good new was after medicare payment , I didn't have to pay any more for seeing the doctor. Think I will start going ever week.
Fleta has captured her stray goat and they are all in the pen. She says Henry is mean and she wants to get rid of her. Henry has been butting the Pygmy goats.

see Helen , what happens when you leave home?

2012-01-30T18:55:00.000-06:00

PHOENIX – The downtown Phoenix offices of Sheriff Joe Arpaio were temporarily evacuated Monday morning because of a suspicious envelope addressed to the sheriff containing a white, powdery substance.A spokesman refused to release details to the The Associated Press until an afternoon news conference.The Arizona Republic reports the envelope was opened on the 19th floor of the Wells Fargo building where the sheriff's office has its headquarters. The unknown substance was found inside the envelopeRead more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/01/30/sheriff-arpaios-phoenix-offices-temporarily-evacuated/#ixzz1kzcZcRWD

learning about goats

2012-01-30T07:11:00.002-06:00

This is what the Aday farm will be like in 5 years. note all the trees are gone and the pen has had an increase in goats.
I had a good time reading about goats and all the different kinds since Fleta has gone into the goat business.
I thought the pygmy goat was just a pet goat but I found people are cross breeding them with the Boer goats which are noted for their muscle build and used for meat.
So why you might ask as I did why are they crossing this big heavy goat with these little goats?
It seems some people decided since people didn't eat the leg of goat they needn't be so long.
Another point in favor of the cross is the pygmy goat is that the small goat comes into season or heat 3 times a year instead of the bigger goats once a year this would be a plus in producing young.
The Boer goat is usually white with a brown or black head and neck after I read that I realized one of Fleta's pygmy goats was a cross with the Boer goat since one had the white body and dark head.
Do you suppose Hannah will agree to butchering the pygmy goat? I don't think so.
Clayton called and ask if I had more goats here. He said he saw Kelly go down with the trailer and thought I guess Kelly is bringing his horses back. Later he went out side and saw a goat trimming his rose bush. He called Fleta and learned there were 5 rose bush trimmers in his further.
today I am going to see the doctor.
Helen called and ask has Fleta's got goats? She said I can never tell if something is a joke or not on your blog. I said Fleta has the same problem!

fleta's goats

2012-01-29T15:52:00.005-06:00

fleta has 3 breeds of goats, they are ...The Anglo-Nubian, or simply Nubian in the United States, is a breed of domestic goat.The breed was developed in Great Britain of native milking stock and goats from the Middle East and North Africa. Its distinguishing characteristics include large, pendulous ears and a "Roman" nose. Due to their Middle-Eastern heritage, Anglo-Nubians can live in very hot climates and have a longer breeding season than other dairy goats. Considered a dairy or dual-purpose breed, Anglo-Nubians are known for the high butterfat content of their milk, although on average, the breed produces less milk than other dairy breeds.Anglo-Nubians are large, with does weighing at least 135 pounds (61 kg) [3] and 175 pounds (79 kg) for bucks. The minimum height of the breed, measured at the withers, is 30 inches (76 cm) for does and 35 inches (89 cm) for bucks.[1] Like most dairy goats, they are normally kept hornless by disbudding within approximately two weeks of birth.

MEAT GOATS....There are several types of 'meat' goats: Boer goats, Tennessee Fainting Goats, Kiko goats, and 'Spanish' goats. However, only three of these are true breeds with breed associations and standardized meat breed characteristics. These are the Boers, Kikos and Tennessee Fainting goats. The 'Spanish' goats are an indigenous goat of the southern United States. There are a couple of breeders who have done a terrific job of breeding these animals up into a very good meat animal. However, no registry or breed standards have been developed at the time of this printing.

Last and least she has 2 pignmy goats... pygmy goat is a small breed of domestic goat. Although they produce a very large amount of milk for their size, and can be eaten, pygmy goats are not typically used for milk or meat, unlike larger dairy and meat goat breeds. Pygmy goats tend to be more robust and breed more continually throughout the year than either dairy or meat goats. They are also sometimes kept as pets in urban or suburban backyards, depending on local regulation of livestock ownership. The pygmy goat is quite hardy, an asset in a wide variety of settings, and can adapt to virtually all climates. The anatomy of a pygmy goat shows it has many features specific to pygmy goats, such as a thurl, but also has features similar to other animals, such as the dew claw which is also found on dogs.Contents [hide] 1 Appearance 2 Reproduction 3 Origin 4 Housing and care 5 General Information 6 References 7 External links[edit] AppearanceFemales, called does, weigh 23 to 34 kg (51 to 75 lb) and males, called bucks, weigh 27 to 39 kg (60 to 86 lb). Wither height ranges from 16 to 23 in (41 to 58 cm). Their color can range from white caramel, medium caramel, dark caramel, dark (red) caramel, silver-light grey agouti, medium grey agouti, dark grey agouti, black with frosted points, solid black, and brown agouti.

George's goats

2012-01-29T13:29:00.006-06:00

New lawn mowers

2012-01-28T21:06:00.004-06:00

I heard that George Aday has decided to go into the rent a goat business.

Seem that it has become the right thing to do is to hire a bunch of goats to take care of your lawn mower chores.

George is on social security and need some extra income so he thought why not?

Recently, the patch of weeds behind Steve Holdaway's Chapel Hill, N.C., home
grew so unkempt that he hired outside help. For six hours, the crew's members
tackled tall grass and thorny blackberry plants and toiled without a break—other
than to chew their cud, that is.
His workers: seven hungry—and carbon-emission-free—goats.
Goat-Powered Lawn Care

As more homeowners, businesses and towns seek to maintain land with fewer
chemicals or fossil-fuel-powered machinery, a growing number are trying goats to
get rid of unwanted vegetation. Internet rivals Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. hired
herds to clear around their Northern California headquarters this year. So did
the Vanderbilt Mansion, a national historic site in Hyde Park, N.Y. And this
April, nannies and billies were deployed at the U.S. Naval Base Kitsap Bangor in
Silverdale, Wash., to annihilate pesky scotch broom plants

Benjamin

2012-01-28T14:16:00.000-06:00

Helen See's grandson dancing. great!

2012-01-28T12:31:00.000-06:00

watch greatgrand daughter eat.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=664600516

saturday

2012-01-28T07:14:00.003-06:00

I reckoned Helen is with grandchildren and happy. I talked to Fleta last evening and she had her two red haired kids at her house.
Today is sale day so I suppose you know where Sammy is bound for.
Me, I am just setting and computerising as usual.
Had a call last night from a Tyson work in my past, I wasn't clear as to who she was so called fleta. She knew absolutely nothing usual but George was listening and not only knew this person but where she lived sometime he just amazes me.
How does he know so many people?
Kelly is going to Gilbert's house today to take feed for the hogs. Kelly says they weigh 4 hundred pounds, if so I think it is time to go to the butcher shop.

ugle cat

2012-01-27T08:32:00.003-06:00

Helen is about to sale off in the wild blue yonder to Washington state not DC.

another ugly cat.

It is cool here this morning. Sammy reported ice when he went to feed the chickens.

I saw my report google has on me...and said I was between 55-64 years and male.

that is about right.

DLHQ Pat Sajak Interview 1/24

2012-01-26T15:24:00.001-06:00

you have to watch this, funny!

For Helen

2012-01-26T14:40:00.005-06:00

Aunt Tee married Paul Collier and these are her children. I think the photo you have is Mary Jo Collier aunt Tee's daughter. Billy Burl was retarded and I remember she had blond hair so it is not her. Paul Collier was a drunk and aunt Tee was divorced I think later she married a Barnes.
Willa Dean Collier b: Abt 1924 in Arkansas Paul Jr. Collier b: Abt 1922 in Arkansas Mary Jo
Collier b: Abt 1926 in Arkansas Billy Burl Collier

today

2012-01-26T07:39:00.003-06:00

I made it out to feed this morning since the rain has moved on, Sammy feed yesterday and he never feeds enough in my opinion so I found hungry birds.

The sun is hiding but it isn't raining , GOOD!

today is nurse day.

Sammy went to town to buy dish soap yesterday and as you might expect the creek was up.

santorum

2012-01-25T22:57:00.002-06:00

Santorum says pregnant rape victims should 'make best of bad situation' This man says if his daughter was raped and become with child he would counsel her to do the Right thing.
The man does not and can not under stand how a woman who is caring a child the product of rape might feel.

more ugly kitties

2012-01-25T17:57:00.001-06:00

helen see helen

2012-01-25T08:21:00.004-06:00

This isn't our Helen see but is on facebook as "Helen see Helen."http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002215345413&sk=photos

I saw this kitty yesterday and had to steal it. How would you feel about having one like this?

Thoese of you that can get on face book should go on and type Helen See and the one comes up is Helen See Helen, click on it. I did and was surprised!

get out of the car

2012-01-24T22:59:00.000-06:00

hint

2012-01-24T20:15:00.003-06:00

I read this on the net and i would have certainly have past this on to my daughter since she had to come home in the winter and had to clean frost off her windshield but no more...
Then I thought some of my relatives who still hit the road every work day might fine this tip useful
Windshield De-Icer. If the forecast calls for frost, ensure a morning free of scraping with a coat of this preventative solution: 3 parts vinegar to 1 part water. Simply spritz over your windshield for a few weeks' worth of protection. how great is that?

Happy birthday

2012-01-24T16:48:00.004-06:00

mama's birthday, January, 24 , 1921.
I have been reading on the net about people saying the end of civilisation as we know it will come tumbling down this year.
People are collection food and other things they they believe they will need when that day arrives.
I ask you how do you suppose you will be able to hold on to a crust of bread with hungry hoards beating on your door?
I read today warren buffet one of the wealthy men in US predicting there will riots in the streets here in us. Buffet is suppose to be setting in the first lady's box tonight as the president give his state of the union address.

what does Romney own

2012-01-24T07:04:00.005-06:00

Mitt Romney is insane and I can prove it...

Romney has has 5 houses and adjacent property worth an estimated $30 million. The price is an estimate as it does not include a Canadian home (co-owned by his siblings) and it includes the current estimated value of a property he bought in 1997. Just this May, Romney bought a home in La Jolla valued at $12 million…"

Romney has 100's of millions of dollars, so much wealth that he probably doesn't know how much he is worth..

He is wealth is enough that he has set aside 100 million in a trust for his 5 sons. I would guess that is only 10% of what he is finical worth..

I wonder how many servants he have in the houses , remember they are spread all over the country and you know someone or several someones has to be on the property every day, if you don't think so lock up your home and go away for 3 months with that fact being public knowledge. You will come home and find everything is gone except the hole in the ground where it was.

It’s hard to argue that someone with a net after-tax income of $38.8 million — a tidy sum during a two-year period in which millions of his fellow Americans lost their jobs, homes and careers — would suffer much if asked to contribute more.

Mitt Romney earns no money by the sweat of his brow, his money comes from investing his money and nothing else. Mitt paid taxes at the rate of about 14 % slightly lower than his so called 15% estimate. He gave 7 million to charity most if not all going to the LDS church, perhaps the rest was the bills Mrs. dropped in the red kettle at Christmas time.

Romney's charitable foundation gave $4,325,000 to the Mormon Church in three hefty installments in 2003, 2008 and 2009. That was 74 percent of their foundation's donations from 2002 to 2009, during which time the couple gave a total of $5,854,916 to charity.Including another $300,000 that the couple gave to Brigham Young University, the church-run college in Provo, Utah, where Romney earned his undergraduate degree, the proportion of their giving that went to support Mormon missionary work, the upkeep of church buildings and other religious activities rises to 79 percent.

OK, I know this kind of wealth is mind bulging and it is hard to wrap you mind around it but consider this.... The average working man or woman paid 35% on their taxable income and Romney paid less than 15% on his. Newt the Bueat in comparison paid slightly over 31 % on his income.

Why would anyone want to go to Washington and set in the hot seat if he has that kind of money? that is easy HE IS CRAZY!

new oven

2012-01-23T18:42:00.002-06:00

seems like walmart always sees me coming. I bought a toaster oven today, I never have owned one before but I remembered today when I saw them that mama and daddy used one much of the time instead of the oven. I cook canned biscuits most of the time any more so I fired up the toaster oven and cooked canned biscuits in less than 10 minutes for supper. it worked great.

walmart today

2012-01-23T07:30:00.002-06:00

That class room is my granddaughter's class room. She teaches kindergarten in southern Arkansas.

This is one of Sam's new chickens, he has 2 like this and I don't have any clue as to their breed.

I have been to feed and found the weather not to unpleasant.

I am going to walmart as soon as SAM gets out of bed to take me. I want to go by the St. John's medical supply place to buy adult diapers. I have started wearing them so i can avoid putting that tape on my skin. This helps to keep the wound from being sore. i am sure when I buy them the people in the store think poor ole thing can't control her pee any more but that isn't the case.

Tony's wife's computer died and i am going to get her a new one, they bought me a computer 2 years ago and today they will get paid back besides if she can't post on face book I wont have any place to steal photos of great granddaughter and red trucks.

I first thought i would give her my lap top since I don't need two then decided if this computer went down Fleta might get testy if I had given away my lap top. She worked several hours getting me set up on these and if she got mad she might not fix me another. In case you don't know I am afraid of Fleta.

new truck

2012-01-22T18:45:00.001-06:00

Tony Poor's new truck, does it make you think of Richard?

school time

2012-01-22T16:17:00.000-06:00

A Message from Gabby

2012-01-22T15:04:00.000-06:00

A good move by a brave lady.

4 new hens

2012-01-22T08:19:00.003-06:00

Sammy came home with 4 red sex links hens last evening. He said there were a whole pen full of white leghorns and he would have bought them if he had the money. Thank goodness he didn't have the money.

He is fast getting to many heavy hens. he sold all his extra roosters yesterday. The smaller roosters bought 1.50 each and the two heavy rooster brought 3 dollars each. I think he has 18 heavy hen in the one pen and the other has at least 12 heavy hens plus the silkies.

It is cool here this morning with a brisk wind blowing. I managed to get back on Janet's face book last night to see what was going on, I hadn't been able to get on her sight because they wanted a pass word but yesterday I got them to send me a new pass word so now I find Helen has been posting on face book since her blog has grown silent.

Sammy went down and raided Tony's turnip patch. He sold 5 wal-mart bags of turnips for 3.50 a bag. He was disappointed, he was expecting them to bring more money. I though he got a good price. He had a 5 gallon bucket full and divided them into 5 grocery bags that came to 17.50 for 5 gallon of turnips.

romney second in South Carolina

2012-01-21T18:59:00.002-06:00

Romney comes in second in South Carolina. Is it possible that newt the beaut will be the nominate for the repubs?

the Repub president

2012-01-21T08:08:00.003-06:00

I am certainly not the one to pick the repub candidate for president but it seems it will be Romney or Newt. To me Romney when confronted by anyone who holds different views than he does seems to lose his cool, Has anyone else noticed that?

I can state if Romney moves into the white house there will be no beer or wine served. Do you know the LDS people don't even drink coffee? How in the world can anyone expect someone to lead the free world with out a morning cup of coffee.

You might not believe what I say about the Mormons but once a time long ago I was actively sought out to convert to the Mormon belief. One day a week the LDS members fast so if this Mormon gets to the white house don't expect to drop in for a meal with out calling ahead.

Another thing not many people seem to know the woman is the driving force in the Mormons household, not the husband so perhaps we need to look at Mrs Romney to see what a Romney presidency will be like.

There wont be any GAYS near a Romney white house. They definitely will be sent to the back of the bus.

Newt on the other hand will have a party in the white house , the wine will flow and the women will be welcome.

new bantams

2012-01-20T13:34:00.004-06:00

Sammy heard woman on tradio wanting to sell her bantams of course chicken man went and bought them he got 4 hens and 3 roosters and 2 young chickens to young to sex. We will call them hens until we know better so that is 6 hens and 3 roosters for 40 bucks.

The woman lived near us so he didn't use a lot of gas on the trip.

Helen

2012-01-20T08:43:00.002-06:00

Helen do you know any of these people?
I didn't go out again this morning it is cool and damp but I Think the forcast is for warmer weather soon.
I must tell on Helen , she is going to Washington soon and she told me that she was going to leave a key with a neighbor so someone would water her plants.
I told her not to do this but as usual she disobeyed me and went ahead and gave the key to a neighbor. The next day she was setting and just resting and suddenly the door opened and the neighbor walked in when she saw Helen she said Oh, you are home, Helen said yes. The lady left and a hour or so later the door opened again and the lady called are you here Helen?
I told sister, I told you not to do that and sister said but you are a long way off and you didn't stop me.
Helen has retrieved her key but the key may have had young, who knows?
For those who don't know Helen lives in a low income apartment and doesn't know anyone well least of all the lady she gave her key too.

The repubs

2012-01-19T09:08:00.002-06:00

Rick Santorum won in Iowa after all even if the media tried to give it to Romney.
Perry is going home to Texas our gain is their loss.
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich vowed that he won't say "anything negative" about his former wife in advance of a potentially damaging interview set to air soon.
With two days until South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney holds a 10-point lead over former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, according to a new NBC News/Marist poll of the GOP contest in that state.
It is likly ABC will run the ex wife of Gingrich interview today and it is rumored it will stop his run for president in its tracks. If so that will leave Romney and Santorum left in the race.

grandma

2012-01-18T05:08:00.002-06:00

Today is grandma Powell's birthday. It is rather fitting that Betty found a photo of her house the day before. Betty ask me who built the house and of course I couldn't remember.

I do remember how proud she was to own the house and to be able to earn her own money.

Grandma always made her own lye soap and never used anything else for bathing or washing clothes and dishes. She was a thrifty person.

She was born January the 18th, 1891. She told me when she was young they had wolves and bears around where she grew up.

She like to talk and was a great story teller.

She kept chickens, white leghorns was the breed and she sold eggs .

When I was at their house on Saturday it meant a trip to town to sell eggs and buy groceries. They never bought anything extra and as for me I didn't get so much as a candy bar from them but I didn't expect any thing either.

mormons

2012-01-17T20:29:00.003-06:00

I told sister the other day if Romney was the repubs choice the Democrats would have a field day with his religion. She said Obama would never do that. Just wait until the season gets going good. Obama may not but his helpers will do the job for him.
I did some looking around today and it is already getting started.

Bill Maher exposes Mormon religion

2012-01-17T19:59:00.000-06:00

ROMNEY'S RELIGION

new chickens

2012-01-17T07:35:00.002-06:00

Sammy bought 14 chickens yesterday and at least part are leghorn or perhaps California leghorn which is a chicken that lays white eggs. There are 6 white hens , one lone grey hen and 3 black hens with a top knot also 2 barred hens one of which has a top knot. to top it off he has one red hen and a rooster that looks surprisingly like a rooster I sold at the farm sale last year. All of the hens appear to be young perhaps one year old this spring.

I am going to demand a couple of the white leghorn types to keep when he sell these hens.

Russell Molder

2012-01-16T17:55:00.000-06:00

Russell Molder, resident of Green Forest, AR, born December 20,
1934, in Green Forest, AR. Son of Samuel Dewey and Thelma (Collier) Molder. He
departed this life January 14, 2012 in Green Forest, AR at 77 years of age.
Russell proudly served in the United States Army during Peacetime. He attended
the Green Forest Church of Christ. He loved farming, fishing, and spending time
with his family. Also, he especially loved spending time with his grandchildren.
On March 25, 1971, he was united in marriage with Bobbie Sue Tipton, who
survives him of the home. He is also survived by two daughters, Terri Lasseter
& husband Tim of Oak Grove, AR; Pam Webster & husband Scott of
Elizabeth, CO; four brothers, Sammy Molder & wife Joy of Green Forest, AR;
Dale Molder & wife Donna of California; Larry Molder & wife Sandy of
Green Forest, AR; Carroll & wife Pat Molder of Green Forest, AR; three
sisters, Emma Hemingway & Virginia Molder of Green Forest, AR; Janet Patrick
of Ozark, AR; Special sister-in-law, LaVonne Grigg; grandchildren, Brandy
Daulton & husband Andy, Cody Lasseter, Montana Webster, and Matthew Webster;
one great grandchild, Cheyanne Daulton and several nieces and nephews and a host
of other family and friends.He is preceded in death by his parents, Samuel &
Thelma Molder and one brother, Roger Molder.
Visitation will be 5:00 until 8:00 P.M. Tuesday, January 17, 2012
at Nelson's Green Forest Chapel. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Wednesday,
January 18, 2012 at Nelson's Green Forest Chapel with Ron Adams and Rev. Marvin
Emmons officiating. Interment will follow at the Fair Grove Cemetery under the
direction of Nelson Funeral Service. Memorial donations made to Fair Grove
Cemetery Fund, 105 E. 9th St., Green Forest, AR 72638. Online condolences may be
sent to nelsonfuneral.com.

14 new chickens

2012-01-16T13:42:00.000-06:00

new chickens

today, january 16

2012-01-16T08:23:00.003-06:00

Sammy has gone over to Berryville, a fellow has 15 chickens for sale and Sammy is know now as the chicken buying man so the man send Sammy word come on over. I guess we will have 15 new chickens tonight.

I only got 4 eggs this morning when I gathered the eggs , Sammy went in yesterday and got several and feed them to his dogs.It's not like we need the eggs but I am sure someone would like to have them. I got two in the old hen house that were a nice brown color and I think they are the Rhode Island red hen's eggs SAM bought.

The wind is blowing hard out side but it is fairly warm.

new chickens

2012-01-15T07:47:00.004-06:00

Sammy bought 5 new chickens yesterday. The two hens look like they have Cochin in them or some other feather footed chicken .

The other 3 are yellow and appear to be about 2 months old.

Sammy cakes sold again, he said he only made 10 dollars this time above his cost so the cake baking is over I guess. I made an apple and a cherry pie yesterday, Sammy said he could sell my pies for 5 or 10 dollars each at the sale. I said forget it, I am not going to all that work so some one else can eat them.

Kelly bought some pigs he said they were pigs. I was to buy the feed and My brother Gilbert was to feed them . I was to get a pig and Gilbert and Kelly would get a pig and 1 and 1/2 when they were butchered. Kelly said they were ruff meaning they had not had enough to eat. He gave 60 dollars each and said they weighted about 200 pounds. I have never seen the "pigs' and thought he had over guessed their weight now he called and said he thinks 2 of the pigs are pregnant. there are all gilts which means female.

Since they are the same age if 2 are caring young they probably all are. He said I could have one and Gilbert could have 1 and a 1/2 he didn't said we had to wait till they were born! LOL My part was to buy feed so if I have to buy feed for 4 sows and pigs I probably should buy my pork from Oscar Meyer.

Sammy is going to walmart after while and I am going along.

It is suppose to be a nice day today. The sun is shining. I broke the ice on the water and gave the chicks water when I feed. Sammy has been caring them warm water and they were disappointed with the cold drink.

heavy hens

2012-01-14T07:47:00.004-06:00

I made it out to feed this morning, first time in 3 days that I did.
Kelly emailed me last night and said he was having fun on his new and my old computer.He bought a computer about 4 years past and it had to be one of the first ones made. It was terrible. He found a fellow at Harrison who offered him a bargain on this old rebuilt computer and since he had never used one much he didn't realize he was getting a bum steer. Fleta and me told him how bad it was as soon as we tried to use it.
Tony and Kelly bought this computer for me 2 years ago and since Tony has a computer in his house bought by his son and doesn't have much interest in it i sent this one home with Kelly because he has always had a interest in a computer. Ever time he come here he usually gets on mine for some purpose so I am sure he will enjoy a good computer.
When he hooked mine up he couldn't get on the net so he called the company to come out and fix what every was wrong. He said 2 month past they came out and worked on his phone and he thought they had turned his Internet off and failed to turn it back on. shows how much he used his other computer.
It is suppose to get to 50 today and the low has been 32 degrees this morning.
Sammy is going to the sale and has loaded the chicken pen so I guess we will have more chickens tonight.
He has been making cakes and selling them at the sale. he took 6 last week and they sold for 8 dollar each. I thought word might get around and these might not sell so well. He uses mixes and never measures any thing just dumps oil, eggs and water in with a mix and beats them up and bakes, one fell and I said you can't sell that one, he said he would put more icing in the hole and it would be ok.
He made banana bread he put several bananas in a bowl, mashed them dumped in a vanilla cake mix and called them banana bread. The other Saturday his cakes sold for 8 dollars each, I am sure he talked them up to every body and they thought they were getting something special but today they may pass the word. Sammy is like his father he will sell you a pig in a poke.
Fleta has her grand kids. Sammy gave her a computer chair on wheels and the children were delighted but Meany would n'tlet them roll it around and ride it! some people are just cruel.
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rage by Kellerman

2012-01-13T19:46:00.005-06:00

I am reading and sleeping and have not posted today, Helen called to see if I was still kicking.

I am reading a murder mystery by Jonathan Kellerman. I like his books.

the name of this one is "Rage".
Much to the relief of die-hard Kellerman fans, Rage features Kellerman's most
infamous character psychologist Dr Alex Delaware. Once again Delaware finds
himself caught up in a murder investigation, though this one is harder to
swallow than most as the victim was a two-year-old girl.
Visiting a mall, little Kristal was torn from her mother's grasp and murdered
by 12-year-old Troy Turner and 13-year-old Randolph 'Rand' Duchay. Troy didn't
survive his stretch, but the recently released Rand, now 21, wants to see
psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware, who examined him during his trial.
Unfortunately, someone murders Rand before the two can meet. An investigation by
Delaware and LAPD detective Milo Sturgis reveals that there was more to the
circumstances of Kristal's death than was apparent at the time.
As Delaware and Sturgis retrace their steps through a grisly murder case that
devastated a community, they discover a chilling legacy of madness, suicide, and
multiple killings left in its wake - and even uglier truths waiting to be
unearthed. And the nearer they come to understanding an unspeakable crime

piss on you , Panetta

2012-01-12T15:16:00.003-06:00

I suppose in public you as a leader Mr. Panetta must raise a fuss about the pissing soldiers but in private you need to grow up. if you send men out in the battle field to kill and main and the only bad behaviour you get is pissing on a dead man the men are doing very well.
You are lucky they didn't get photos of our men doing terrible things to women and children. It may not be the making of a good photo op but it is a fact that in war men do terrible things like killing and rape and pissing on the enemy is a minor offence.
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has condemned a video that apparently shows U.S. Marines urinating on the corpses of Afghan men, promising to punish those involved."I have seen the footage, and I find the behavior depicted in it utterly deplorable," Panetta says in a statement, adding that he had ordered the Marine Corps and the commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan to investigate the incident."Those found to have engaged in such conduct will be held accountable to the fullest extent," he says.The video that surfaced a day earlier appeared to show American forces urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters could aggravate anti-American sentiment in Afghanistan as the Obama administration hopes to end a decade-long war.
I doubt that this bad behivour of pissing will aggravate anti american sentiment as much as killing of men and women does.

well, we have snow

2012-01-12T05:23:00.000-06:00

not a lot but it is snow.

A ticket to the circus by Norris Mailer

2012-01-11T22:00:00.009-06:00

I am reading this book A ticket to the circus by Norris Mailer,an Arkansas girl
who was a school teacher once at the same school where my sister teaches.
This is a good book and I would recomend it to you,
This lady among other things says that she has slept with Bill Clinton. she spins a good tale.
try it you will like it.
The woman raised as Barbara Jean Davis in Russellville, Arkansas, was blessed with a russet beauty. Crowned Little Miss Little Rock at the age of 3, she later caught the eye of an up-and-coming Arkansas politician whom she saw throughout 1974. "Dating" doesn't exactly describe Norris's time with Bill Clinton, but the term booty call had not yet been invented. "He would drop by my house at 2 a.m.," she says. "We weren't really talking about public policy."In 1975 Barbara Jean met Mailer when he was speaking at a local college. He was still married to one wife and living with someone else, but these entanglements did not impede the epic affair that followed. "We bounce into each other like sunlight," he wrote to her after their first night together. "The time in Little Rock keeps reflecting back into the room for me so that no matter the hour or the place there we are swimming in that red gold light and there you are smelling like cinnamon. God, you're attractive/

one of my great accomlishments

2012-01-11T15:09:00.000-06:00

Happy birthday Kelly.

rain on tree branches

2012-01-11T08:47:00.003-06:00

I went to make a cup of coffee this morning and while looking out the kitchen window I thought I saw ice on the trees after a closer look I decided it was just rain on the limbs and the sun was shining on the water.

Sammy has gone to town to get SS check, I don't go any longer on pay day. It was always a big day for me and Janet we would go to walmart and load two carts full and then come home with the truck loaded down but alas no more.

She would put all sorts of things she wanted in her cart and I would pay nothing delighted me more than to buy things she wanted. never again but I am sure she doesn't want for anything and walks on streets of gold.

janet

2012-01-10T16:45:00.000-06:00

granddaughters

2012-01-10T16:38:00.000-06:00

2012-01-10T12:14:00.002-06:00

again

2012-01-10T12:10:00.000-06:00

more photos one of Betty

2012-01-10T12:06:00.000-06:00

Betty

2012-01-10T02:04:00.002-06:00

i searched on the computer for a photo of Betty and this was all I found. I have a photo some where but don't know where of when she was about 10. I am to old and tired to look.

chickens eating breakfast

2012-01-09T08:40:00.003-06:00

I managed to feed this morning, when I got up I felt bad and thought Sam would have to care for the chicks but after setting here and roaming around on the computer I decided I could do the job.

My computer is still working fine , Fleta ,no freeze ups since Sammy pulled the blue plug.

I heard a bantam cackle while I was out side so unless she was bluffing we have one egg.

The day is dreary here, looks like rain.

make you own, Helen

2012-01-09T07:45:00.002-06:00

Helen make your own.

Perfectly Easy Peach
Preserves
2 - 29 oz cans sliced peaches(in heavy
syrup)2- cups sugarPour peaches and syrup into medium sized
pot. Heat over medium low for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Gently stir in
sugar. Raise heat to medium and continue cooking for an hour and a half to two
hours, or until the peaches have cooked down to 1/3 or 1/4 of their original
volume and have the consistency of jam or preserves. Remove from heat. Store in
refrigerator or in pantry if canned properly. This recipe yielded 3 half pint
jars. This recipe can easily be doubled.

janet

2012-01-08T20:47:00.000-06:00

at Helens

2012-01-08T20:39:00.000-06:00

grand canyon

2012-01-08T20:32:00.001-06:00

grand canyon

ARIZONA TRIP

2012-01-08T20:27:00.000-06:00

janet pictures

2012-01-08T18:37:00.001-06:00

Janet working on her waeight reducing machine.

I am posting these so if My computer goes down they will be on my blog and I can just find them and take them back.

more photos

2012-01-08T14:58:00.000-06:00

new chickens

2012-01-08T07:43:00.002-06:00

Sammy bought 9 new hens yesterday, he gave an awful price for them, he gave 8.50 each. On the brighter side he got 6 young pullets just ready to lay. He got a mature red hen and the black and white hen was older also.

He had some of my money so he said these were mine. I am not going to give him the rest of the price but will maintain these are mine so he can't sell them.

The red hens were Rhode Island red hens full blood I think. I guess the black and white one is a Dominick hen.

Sam is up early and has put a pork roast in the oven.

looks and feels like rain here.

My computer is working as it should ever since Sam pulled that plug you told him too, Fleta.

MORE SCANNED PHOTOS

2012-01-07T15:55:00.002-06:00

scanning photos

2012-01-07T11:42:00.004-06:00

Janet at grandpa Powell's about 4 years old.
Janet and Jamie

me and Janet
I found several photos albums in Janet's room after she died and I have been scanning photos this morning. I am glad to have these photos on my computer.

Guess who iwiil be in the unemployment line soon

2012-01-07T09:42:00.002-06:00

Former-professional basketball player and Weight Watchers spokesman Charles Barkley has been caught called the weight-loss program a 'scam'.
The NBA legend made the remarks as he commented on a basketball game on Thursday night - when he appeared to think his microphoe was off.

During a commercial break for the Miami Heat and Atlanta Hawks game Mr Barkley chatted with his TV co-anchors to admit success with the program yet the benefits being heavier on his end of the deal.

'I thought this was the greatest scam going, getting paid for watching sports,' Mr Barkley said of his other role as a sports commentator in comparison.

bloging from the east room

2012-01-06T21:51:00.003-06:00

OK, Fleta I am blogging on my lap top in my bed room. YWHA ho! I am going to like this laptop since it is a bed room table top!
I had a problem with other computer and Fleta came back and said I had shut down the computer and that was why it didn't work. I maintained that that wasn't what happen but I said I don't blame you for not believing me cause as I tell it I can hardly believe it my self. Well before she left The computer went into sleep mode and shut it self off and she realized that I was telling her the truth. vindicated at last.
with two maybe one will work.

new computer

2012-01-06T16:21:00.000-06:00

biker chicks

2012-01-06T08:38:00.004-06:00

If Fleta had a motor bike like Helen we could be biker chicks today. I have been feeling better the last few days and after I got up I thought I know what I will do I Will go with Fleta.

I have gone places with her over the years, usually doing family research and I always had such a good time so I though why not?

I told my nurse I was feeling better than I had in a long time and she was so delighted she keep saying oh, you really feel good? I told her no! I Don't feel good, I haven't felt good in years but I do feel better than I have in a while.

So I have my long pants on and am ready to go, she will get here about 11 she said. When I plan a trip out of the house I get dressed early so I can get rested before I walk to the car.

I went to feed the chickens and looked for eggs, Sam only got one egg yesterday after getting 11 the day before so I thought he just over looked them but I found no eggs so I guess the hens strained their milk and took a day off.

Rick Santorum "I don't want to make black people's lives better..."

2012-01-05T09:52:00.001-06:00

He says he didn't say that, well here is the proof. Mr. Santorum did say that he didn't want black people to get medical care.
Santorum said:
“And I can tell you, I don’t use — I don’t — first off, I don‘t use the term ’black’ very often. I use the term ‘African-American‘ more than I use ’black.’ I can tell you as someone who did more work for historically black colleges, I used to have — every year, I used to bring all the historically black colleges into Washington, DC to try to help them, because they get very little federal money through the bureaucracy, and so I help to try to introduce them to people in the Department of Education so they could have more resources.”

north side of a tree at south pole

2012-01-05T07:26:00.002-06:00

north side of tree at the south pole?
Helen as to the story daddy knew about the man who died? I remember just was too nice to mention it BUUUT it involved sex, a barn and one of our relatives and the dead man's wife.

now that story didn't indict the dead man but dad thought he should have looked after his wife better!

it is supposed to be a fair day today. sun is out and any day I see the sun I considered that a nice day.

today is nurse day.

Fleta is going to walmart Saturday to get me a desk top computer, a printer and a lap top computer. Surly they will last as long as I do. I told Fleta I wanted both so the sons could have a argument about who got what when I kick the bucket.

You remember kel bought some pigs? well Sammy made a deal that I would buy the feed and we would get one of the hogs when it was butchered. Kel didn't say a word about this but I usually find things out, the pigs are over at Gilbert's, he is feeding them and maybe buying feed too for all I know, Tony told me. I may have to get Gilbert's phone number and ask a few questions. come to think of it Gilbert may have bought the hogs.

Today is a good day for George, Fleta went back to work. light the candles George and kick back in the easy chair.

James Carville

2012-01-04T18:42:00.002-06:00

Fleta and me were trying to think of this fellows name today. He always make me laugh. He said...Rick Perry is the worst presidential campaign, candidate in American history,” Democratic strategist James Carville said during CNN's coverage of the Iowa Republican caucus. “Who is worse? He was on fire. He was on fire for a while. There’s nobody that had worse debates than he did."“There was nobody that raised more money to less effect,” he added. “Not Giuliani, not Fred Thompson, not John Connally, not anybody — given the expectations of where he started… I’m sorry, he was the worst ever!

Happy birthday

2012-01-04T07:12:00.003-06:00

You have heard of people looking down their nose but you can see it in this photo. Happy birthday Fleta.

I had a full day yesterday. I went to the bank and the grocery , that is a full day usually I only go one place and then home.

Sammy got the tags for the truck and van in his name yesterday. We had been driving them on Janet's tags and insurance and if SAM had had a fender bender it would have been a problem I am sure. The lady who sold Janet insurance knew Janet was no long alive and if SAM had a wreck she would have probably told on us.

The company was owned by my old school teacher Cleo Jackson until he died then his daughter took over if Cleo was still here he would never have opened his mouth if we had a fender bender but I am sure the daughter would have. So as of yesterday we are legal again.

I bought more hog jowl for the freezer yesterday Might have enough to last until spring. Bacon is extremely high now and is going well over 2 dollars a pound but the jowl was 1.39 a pound and

hog jowl makes perfectly good bacon in fact better I think. I Cook cured hog jowl, sprinkle salt over it and shut my eyes when I eat it with a biscuit and pretend I am a kid again eating salt cured pork out of daddy's smoke house.

Fleta is 64 today if anyone pisses her off suicidal security here we come. Poor ole George hopes she works for a long time. he would never get any rest if she was home all the time.

Betty went back to work, is your knee any better?

tuesday

2012-01-03T08:18:00.003-06:00

Sammy has been thoroughly bitten by the chicken bug and he wants to order some polish chickens this spring. I am delighted because he says he will take care of them and I can slip in a few chickens of my choice. He believes the white topped polish will sell well at the sale.
I am going to town as soon as Sammy gets up.
There appears to be a bright sun fill day ahead for us.
I went to feed and found 4 eggs , Sammy is getting the anxious to get the eggs so he borough in 8 last evening. As I said Sam has the chicken bug.
Today is Tony's wife's birthday and tomorrow is Fleta's birthday. I was so happen when Fleta was born I had a sister to play with I thought not realizing that since I was 10 and 1/2 I would be to old to play when she was older.
Kelly 's birthday is the 11th he will be 52 years old. It make me feel sad to see these old grey headed men that I have always called "the boys" and I still do!
I awoke at 3 o'clock and after a few minutes I realized I felt better than I had in a long time . I have been sick for 2 months, after I got home from the hospital I took a aliment that settled in my lungs and had trouble breathing again, it wasn't as bad as before I went to the hospital mainly because I was able to cough the flume up where as before I couldn't but I have been down and out for a long time. Janet dieing has been just about more than I could with stand.

Ted Larimer

2012-01-03T01:44:00.003-06:00

Theodore Evert “Ted” Larimer, a resident of Green Forest, was born Sept. 30, 1920, at Parsons, Kan., to Evert Ray and Wynona Rosetta (Eversole) Larimer. He departed this life Saturday, Dec.31, 2011, at Green Forest, at the age of 91.

The other day as we drove by Teddy's home I wondered how he was now I know.
The last time I saw him was at the grocery store a few years back before Margaret died. Someone ask him about Margaret, who suffered from Alzheimers, he said he seldom left the house because he had to find someone to stay with her and then she would get upset and they would have to call him to come home so he just didn't go much anymore. seems like Margaret hasn't been dead more than a year but I see she died in 2006.

2nd day this year

2012-01-02T13:25:00.002-06:00

These are the ugliest chickens money can't buy.
The sun is shining and I believe it is cold out there. I haven't been out side today.
Tomorrow I have to go to the bank and do some business.
I guess everyone is taking the day off. I haven't seen any post from anyone yet today.
Fleta, Kelly and Tony's wife all have birthdays this month.

happy new year

2012-01-01T07:51:00.003-06:00

The new year has arrived with out much hurrah around here. Some of the Spanish speaking people have in the years past set off fire works like we do on the 4th of July but last night all was quite. Either they have moved or they didn't have anything to celebrate.

I have gone to feed the chickens and found the weather rather pleasant for the 1st of January but I am sure that will change soon.

I may have got a silkie egg this morning. I found a nest on the ground in the hen house and since the silkies can't fly to the nest I thought it migh be one of the silkies laying but of course most chickens like to make their nest on the ground in the hay so I am not sure if it is the long awaited silkie egg or not.

election fun has started

2011-12-31T08:25:00.002-06:00

People never lie so much as: After a hunt, during a war, or before an election. - Otto Von Bismark.
I said yesterday that I would enjoy the political debate in the coming year and it has started. I stumbled on to this blog , a fellow from KY. who is crying into his beer because he doesn't like the choices that the GOP has offered him for president. He is wanting a 3rd. party candidate to vote for.
I laughed at his reasoning as to the unfitness of the GOP choices but the main reason he has is he thinks they MUST get Obama out of office before he ruins "his" country. Here is one quote from his blog...
Because I love my country, I will do what I have to do to make sure Obama does not have another four years to destroy it, and then because I love my country, I will abandon the GOP for a political party capable of mounting a credible campaign.
It is plain to see after reading back thro' this fellows blog he is a died in the wool tea party member who hates Obama , calling him a Marxians and other unfounded names. the only repub person running for president he was really happy with was Michele Bachmann and to a lesser degree Newt Gingrich , tho he did say he didn't approve of Newt's sex life.
anyway The fun has started already!
On a side note while reading his blog I saw that he was married to a immigrant probably from below the border, why is it that these know it so much as to what is good for their country often choice for their mate some poor brow beaten Mexican woman who would never dare stand up to a man?
I will not give his blog address since I wouldn't want to promote his tea part views.

last day of this year

2011-12-31T08:01:00.002-06:00

The last day of 2011, all is well here. It looks like another nice day in store for us. I have been to feed. I got 8 eggs yesterday but now from the yellow hens pen.
Chickens start laying big time in February so it wont be long we see these chickens laying.

she is goimng to retire

2011-12-31T03:48:00.002-06:00

I have been predicting that Hillary would retire now she has said so too.
US secretary of state says she will not continue in her current role even if Obama re-elected; rules out future run for presidency.

US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton said she will retire from political life in 2012 in a Wednesday interview with CNN.

next to the last day

2011-12-30T08:14:00.003-06:00

7 eggs yesterday and that is nothing to write home about considering we have at least 50 hens since Sammy buys the feed it doesn't hurt me so I will just enjoy the eggs and watching the chickens.The dogs chase the guineas so much they spend most of their time up on top of the pens and would like to get into the pens but I am sure they would make life miserable for my roosters so I harden my heart against the poor birds and leave them out. I feed them on top of a pen so they can get enough to eat but they risk their lives when they come down for water or green stuff.
This is the next to the last day of the year and the new year will soon be here. 2012 is an election year so I will enjoy watching the election new. I saw where some one was saying they thought it would be Obama/Clinton on the ticket but I don't think so. I think it will be more likely that Clinton will retire and settle in the home she has in NY state.

The news media is getting all lathered up for Romney but if the repubs do nominate him he will be beat because his religion is a rope around his neck.

nice warm day

2011-12-29T09:02:00.004-06:00

looking for a place to lay a egg? I got 5 eggs in this hen house yesterday. I am sure they were not laid in one day. at first I got excited thinking the silkies were laying and then I realized the nest was 3 foot off the ground and the silkies can't fly it had to be one or two of the hens bought 3 weeks ago by Sammy.
I heard one of the silkies singing the eggs song again this morning so surly they will start soon.
We are having a nice day here in the Ozarks more like spring than winter.

wednesday

2011-12-28T08:07:00.002-06:00

I went to feed this morning, the sun is shining it looks like we will have a nice day. I feed the silkies and was setting in my chair watching them and all at once I noticed one silkie walking around and singing the egg song. I believe that means this is a hen and she will be laying soon. soooo I have one silkie hen at least.
I gathered the eggs and got six so I have 6 bantams laying.
I never see the neighbors cats any more. I think Sammy's dogs keeps them run off.
Today is nurse day.
I went and got hog jowl yesterday. I have Greece around my mouth . I love that country.
the neighbors have a new grand son, they sent it to little rock. Something is wrong with his guts. He can't digest food. People that use drugs and then give birth are bringing such grief into their lives. I know for a fact that the grand parents used drugs for years and I would be pretty sure the mother and father have lived that life style and now they have this child that probably will never be normal.
It seems to me we are seeing more of these stricken babies in our area all the time.

rumors

2011-12-27T06:23:00.003-06:00

well I'll be.. The news is full of rumors this morning wonder if tricky Dicky was really gay, that might explain how he and J. Edgar got along so swimmingly
Do you suppose Hoffa 's body is under General motor's building?.
Book claims Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa was buried in cement at General Motors' .
and if that isn't enough there is this new book that claims Richard Nixon was gay!
Given everything that Richard Nixon has been accused of, it's difficult to believe there could be any more skeletons left in his cupboard. But it seems there are.
A new biography by Don Fulsom, a veteran Washington reporter who covered the Nixon years, suggests the 37th U.S. President had a serious drink problem, beat his wife and — by the time he was inaugurated in 1969 — had links going back two decades to the Mafia, including with New Orleans godfather Carlos Marcello, then America's most powerful mobster.

Newt Gingrich divorced his first wife because she wasn't pretty enough, an aide has claimed.
The source told CNN that the GOP presidential candidate dumped Jackie Battley because she wasn't 'young or pretty enough' to be the wife of the leader of the country.REALLY?

today

2011-12-27T05:57:00.002-06:00

I hope the sun shines today because yesterday was a bust.

The silkies have learned to go into the chicken house but they had rather not, they roost on the ground in a huddle. They can not fly at all.

I got 9 eggs yesterday having missed a day gathering them.

The Gecko Dances in Texas - The Gecko's Journey - New GEICO Commercial

2011-12-26T15:33:00.000-06:00

hog jowl and biscuits

2011-12-26T15:08:00.003-06:00

I am looking forward to hog jowl and biscuits as soon as I can get to town and get the smoked hog jowl. I love it and look forward to it ever year. I think I will go tomorrow and start early.

The day is gloomy and damp.

long ago

2011-12-26T12:24:00.001-06:00

do you know who this is? hint he will be on the closer tonight and will have white hair.
G.W. Bailey in Rustlers' Rhapsody in 1985!

angels

2011-12-26T05:30:00.003-06:00

This is too cute not to pass on. I only know the names of two angels, Hark and Harold.- Gregory, age 5 Everybody's got it all wrong. Angels don't wear halos anymore. I forget why, but scientists are working on it -Olive, age 9 It's not easy to become an angel! First, you die. Then you go to Heaven, and then there's still the flight training to go through. And then you got to agree to wear those angel clothes.-Matthew, age 9 Angels work for God and watch over kids when God has to go do something else. -Mitchell, age 7 My guardian angel helps me with math, but he's not much good for science. -Henry, age 8 Angels don't eat, but they drink milk from Holy Cows!!! -Jack, age 6 Angels talk all the way while they're flying you up to heaven. The main subject is where you went wrong before you got dead. - Daniel, age 9 When an angel gets mad, he takes a deep breath and counts to ten. And when he lets out his breath again, somewhere there's a tornado. -Reagan, age 10 Angels have a lot to do and they keep very busy. If you lose a tooth, an angel comes in through your window and leaves money under your pillow. Then when it gets cold, angels go south for the winter. -Sara, age 6 Angels live in cloud houses made by God and his son, who's a very good carpenter. -Jared, age 8 All angels are girls because they gotta wear dresses and boys didn't go for it. -Antonio, age 9 My angel is my grandma who died last year. She got a big head start on helping me while she was still down here on earth. -Ashley ~ age 9 Some of the angels are in charge of helping heal sick animals and pets. And if they don't make the animals get better, they help the child get over it. -Vicki, age 8

Trump making waves again

2011-12-25T19:37:00.002-06:00

NEW YORK — Billionaire businessman Donald Trump has changed his voter registration in New York state from Republican to unaffiliated to preserve his option of running for president as an independent.
Michael Cohen, special counsel to Trump, said Friday that Trump could enter the race if Republicans fail to nominate a candidate who the real estate mogul believes can defeat President Barack Obama.
I think Trump is making a lot noise to draw attention to himself but if he should run as an independent he will assure Obama re election.
If Trump were to try and run as an independent, he could still win enough votes to poll in the low single digits of the popular vote, as Pat Buchanan did before him. But given his super-rich persona -- now added to his opportunistic endorsement of Obama Derangement Syndrome -- his votes would come entirely out of the Republican nominee's hide, opening the door for President Obama re-election.
Maybe that is Trumps secret plan.

year in review

2011-12-25T06:28:00.003-06:00

1. the worst thing that happen this year to me was the death of my daughter in fact it will be the worst thing that happen next year unless God forbid I lose another child.
2. funniest thing that happen was Anthony wiener and his photos.
3. Attempted assassination of Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and subsequent shooting in Casas Adobes, Arizona at a Safeway grocery store.
4. Fidel Castro resigns from the Communist Party of Cuba's central committee after 45 years. the long awaited end to this man came with a whimper not a bang.
5.An EF5 Tornado strikes the city of Joplin, Missouri killing at least 158 people.
6. The worst thing to happen for Nancy Ratzlaff A helicopter shot down containing members of Navy SEAL including her only son who died that day.
7. the governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger finished his term with the news that he has a son by his housekeeper.
8. the big surprise for the year was that the mother in Florida Casey Anthony was acquitted of the death of her child.
9. The United States leaving Iraq .
10. The (supposed death) of Usama Bin Laden.
11. the oil spill in the gulf off the coast of Louisiana damaging so many lives and it will be doing so for years to come.
12.The news that many graves at Arlington cemetery have been lost and now comes the news that many of the stones are not where they should be . I noticed this especially because Nancy 's son Tommy Ratzlaff was buried there. She said while standing by his grave I will never be able to find this grave site again if I can manage to come here again her daughter told her I will be able to find it mom if you want to come back. Now it seems maybe not. what a crying shame and I never have understood how the ashes of our war dead were dumped in a land fill .
13. "The Air Force dumped the incinerated partial remains of at least 274 American troops in a Virginia landfill," The Washington Post reports this morning, adding that it's "far more than the military had acknowledged, before halting the secretive practice three years ago, records show

Susan Boyle - Silent Night [Music Video Lyrics Download ]

2011-12-25T06:09:00.000-06:00

The Little Drummer Boy - Neil Diamond

2011-12-24T17:30:00.000-06:00

He beat the odds

2011-12-24T12:49:00.003-06:00

Kelly has a Holstein heifer that he bought at a sale two years back, she was one of a twin the other being a bull calf he was told. when she began to come in heat I told him there was not much chance she would breed but he kept her against my advice and Wednesday morning she delivered a healthy bull calf. Kelly has a milk cow!
I don't know if they were mistaken about her being a twin because there is not much of a chance that a heifer will breed if she is twin to a male calf or pehaps she was that one in a 10% out of 100 that did breed.
By Laurie Ann Lyon, Cow Calf Corner, Oklahoma Coopereative Extension Service. Freemartinism is recognized as one of the most severe forms of sexual abnormality among cattle.

This condition causes infertility in the female cattle born twin to a male. When a heifer twin shares the uterus with a bull fetus, they also share the placental membranes connecting the fetuses with the dam.

A joining of the placental membranes occurs at about the fortieth day of pregnancy, and thereafter, the fluids of the two fetuses are mixed. This causes exchange of blood and antigens carrying characteristics that are unique to each heifers and bulls. When these antigens mix, they affect each other in a way that causes each to develop with some characteristics of the other sex. Although the male twin in this case is only affected by reduced fertility, in over ninety percent of the cases, the female twin is completely infertile. Because of a transfer of hormones or a transfer of cells, the heifer's reproductive tract is severely underdeveloped and sometimes even contains some elements of a bull's reproductive tract. A freemartin is genetically female, but has many characteristics of a male.

christmas dinner

2011-12-24T07:49:00.003-06:00

OK, 3 pumpkin pies and 1 cherry for tomorrow. I have a ham and will have smashed taters (real)

Kelly wont eat dried potato smashed taters.

peas, cranberry , yeast bread and Sammy still has his pinto beans!

Husband niece came up from Bativia yesterday and brought me her GOOD spice bread and a box of cookies.
so we will have good spice bread and cookies. and gravey for the smashed taters.

We are ready for Christmas!

this is a happy Robert

2011-12-23T21:22:00.003-06:00

Robert finally got his good gifts! I called every hour to get Fleta to let him have his good gifts. She has been giving gifts of cloths, Robert said

"I hate Christmas "but not now. he knew that the big packages was the good ones and finally they let him open the big gifts.

Robert's christmas dream

2011-12-23T11:29:00.002-06:00

two days before christmas

2011-12-23T06:03:00.003-06:00

two days and Christmas will be here.
Fleta has ALL of her grand children and her two sons under her roof for a few days.
When she went to get the little ones she gave their mother the photos she had made of the red hair angles in a nice frame.
The children saw the contents cause their mother opened the gift on the spot according to Fleta instructions.
One the way back to grandma's house Robert was strangely silent and Fleta knew something was wrong after coaching him for a while he said he didn't want a picture of sissy for Christmas. he declared he wanted trucks. Big surprise. The children gifts are under the tree wrapped and waiting for Christmas morning but grandma said she would have to let them open their gifts this morning because Robert was not happy.
When I called Fleta last night I could hear the red haired girl's voice above all others. excitement was in the air. Today they are putting in Fleta's countor tops and she is staying home . I suppose that means the only one of us working today is Clayton.
I got up during the night and turned off the floor heater it was Hot in here.
the rooster is crowing.

civil war in Iraq

2011-12-22T16:26:00.004-06:00

the united states has pulled out of Iraq and after only a few days the country is swiftly spinning into a civil war that may last for years. This was reported years ago by people in the know that said Saddam held the country together and when he was removed the country would be in a civil war and a divide country.
This crime can be laid to George Bush's feet. The country was a thriving oil producing country and our government coveted their wealth in oil now they have very little producing wells. They have very little electric, and water the very necessary items of life water and food is also in short supply.
The invasion, occupation and subsequent civil war in Iraq war caused one of the biggest refugees crises in recent history. According to the UN Refugee Agency, there are 1.7 million Iraqi refugees living in Syria and Jordan. There are another 1.5 million Iraqi IDPs. The UN office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs released its regional response plan for Iraqi refugees in January. The appeal called for $367 million to support the refugees. So far, though, only 17.9% or $65 million is funded.

thursday

2011-12-22T09:02:00.002-06:00

4 eggs this morning I went to feed after SAM and didn't approve of his job. I was remained when he was a Young boy I sent him to feed our calf and later followed along behind and found he had dumped the feed over the fence onto the ground. That wasn't the problem this morning, I think the chickens should receive corn and pellets and SAM only gave them corn.
I don't understand why he is in such a hurry. I like to watch them eat.
truth is Sammy's thinks of them as dollars and I think of them as living being that depend on me for their life.
I heard a women on tradio has pigs for sale but didn't say how old or what kind, said just call and leave her a message. I have found most of the people who call in things for sale are usually not available when you call their number. I don't call them but Sammy does and has yet to get a person to answer their phone.
That is how we got stuck with this Chihuahua dog. they can't sell dogs on tradio but a woman called and said she had a Chihuahua dog to give away. Sammy had Janet call right away and she said she had already gave dog away but by the way she had the puppies for sale.
sure they bought the puppies and I saw how people were getting around selling dogs on tradio.
I think I will call and give them Betty's number for dog give away.She usually has pups for sale. She might sell lots of dogs after she tells them she gave sister throw away dog.
The weather is damp put not unpleasant.
I like dogs out side and ours spend a lot of time out side now since my daughter has died. She would always let them in right away but now some times they are out for 3 or 4 hours before the door is open,. as soon as soon as the door is open the neurotic dog, Foxy burst into the open door and the chihuahua is right behind her.
nurse is coming, I will be glad to see her I have been out of 4 by4's since Sunday. a 4by4 is a gauze bandage material that is the only think i have found that will catch this drainage well. When I don't have them the next best things are the baby paper diapers and I keep them on hand to use when I am out of 4by4's