From: real clear politics

News clip at my Yahoo home page:   Isn’t this so true!!   And MIKE has MONEY..well more than us average peeps.

“One of the things that bugged me while I ran was looking around at all these people onstage who were senators and congressmen — I as a taxpayer was paying their health insurance and their salaries and a lot of their staff. I was having to figure out how to make my house payment and pay my health insurance.” – Mike Huckabee on the financial difficulty of running for president as a private citizen.

count down

ONLY 2 MORE PILLS before I fly outta here!!   I count down the days by the daily pill I have to take.    Tryin not to get excited, but can’t help it.   That Cous of MINE is calling about everyday and telling me all the stuff we can do together.    I remind you now that this is the same cous who pushed me into the Lake with all my New clothes on and then runs yelling to MY MOM that I fell in.    The one who shoved me down the sand  bank cause I was ahead of her on the swing.   And who pushed me out of the row boat so I could learn to swim.    Between her and My Uncle Bill (whowas 2 years older than I) It’s a wonder I survived childhood-He broke my tail bone during a yard game of football, threw me over his shoulder during our jitterbug days and cracked my head on the ceiling.   But I love “em.. we’re family and with birthdays in December that we got to share & celebrate them together every year.

Uncle Bill passed away in 2000/01 with pneumonia.  So that leaves only Cous & I to get into trouble.     I wonder if we could hang her by her feet from a  bridge, again!!     Or maybe we could sneak off and go skinny dippin one more time.    I could scare her with those calls of a “bob cat” if I could lure her out into the woods!!     And maybe find some poison oak or ivy to put her sleeping bag on…  

See she was raised in the city  & I am a country girl… I know how to survive!!  

 Love ya Cous and only 2 more pills till I’m there.  

 

 

 

Happy Birthday DD#2

It is a day early, but she will be out of town on her Special day..  We did the cake & ice cream and traditional singing.. LOL.    Sorry no Pics..per her request.  It is HER B/D..  

Happy Happy!!  

Trivia for you.   I was born in 42..(DD#2’s age)   I’ll be 67 in Dec (the year she was born).    Now how often does this happen??    

OK, so I fibbed about NO PICTURES.. I couln’t resist!!

My Mathmatical Genius (DD#1) tells me this happens everytime one of my Children turns 42 Year of  MY Birth!!     Interesting, huh?  

9 more days b4 I am sitting in the Warm Texas Sun!!  I got my Cell Phone yesterday..so there isn’t another gadget out there that I will want or need!   Ya gotta remember I am from the crank, party line generation of telephones.   And now I can carry the darn thing in MY POCKET!!   Yeah, we’ve come a long way, Baby!

Off to see how the rest of my Cyber World has started their day.  

GRANNY

Boo!

  It’s me!!      Did I scare ya.?   Flash too bright??    

Yeah, Home Alone and getting into trouble.   That’ll teach the kids to go off and leave me.    

Really, I am just enjoying the peaceful evening with reading a good book.  Lestat the Vampire vol 5.     Love that Anne Rice series and promised myself I would get this series read  ON MY KINDLE!!

Finished

All done with the top.. this is on a twin size bed.. just not long enough to cover it entirely(no pillow top covering) , but I’m leaving it this size..makes a great table cloth or wall hanging or  Crib size .   I could just throw it over a couch or bed.    We’ll see.   I really don’t wanna mess with it for awhile. 

Total cost: around $40-50.   That’s just in material from wally world.  I had alot of the white fabric already.     I think MY GRANNY would be proud!!  Complimenting me while pointing out the mistakes she saw.. Yup, double sided and 2 edged sweet talker- That’s My Family!!

Granny 

questions 2 ponder

I got this in my Email and have often wondered about the same questions??      Have a chuckle and do a little pondering. 

The  Philosophy of Ambiguity 

FOR THOSE WHO LOVE THE PHILOSOPHY OF AMBIGUITY, AS WELL AS THE  IDIOSYNCRASIES OF ENGLISH:

1.  DON’T SWEAT THE PETTY THINGS AND DON’T PET THE SWEATY THINGS.

2.  ONE TEQUILA, TWO TEQUILA, THREE TEQUILA, FLOOR.

3.  ATHEISM IS A NON-PROPHET ORGANIZATION.

4.  IF MAN EVOLVED FROM MONKEYS AND APES, WHY DO WE STILL HAVE MONKEYS AND APES?

5.  THE MAIN REASON THAT SANTA IS SO JOLLY IS BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHERE ALL THE BAD GIRLS LIVE.

6..  I WENT TO A BOOKSTORE AND ASKED THE SALESWOMAN, “WHERE’S THE SELF- HELP SECTION?” SHE SAID IF SHE TOLD ME, IT WOULD DEFEAT THE PURPOSE.

7.  WHAT IF THERE WERE NO HYPOTHETICAL QUESTIONS?

8.  IF A DEAF CHILD SIGNS SWEAR WORDS, DOES HIS MOTHER WASH HIS HANDS WITH SOAP?

9.  IF SOMEONE WITH MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES THREATENS TO KILL HIMSELF, IS IT CONSIDERED A HOSTAGE SITUATION?

10.  IS THERE ANOTHER WORD FOR SYNONYM?

11.  WHERE DO FOREST RANGERS GO TO “GET AWAY FROM IT ALL?” 

12.  WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU SEE AN ENDANGERED ANIMAL EATING AN ENDANGERED PLANT?

13.  IF A PARSLEY FARMER IS SUED, CAN THEY GARNISH HIS WAGES?

14.  WOULD A FLY WITHOUT WINGS BE CALLED A WALK?

15.  WHY DO THEY LOCK PETROL STATION BATHROOMS? ARE THEY AFRAID SOMEONE WILL CLEAN THEM?

16.  IF A TURTLE DOESN’T HAVE A SHELL, IS HE HOMELESS OR NAKED?

17.  CAN VEGETARIANS EAT ANIMAL CRACKERS?

18.  IF THE POLICE ARREST A MIME, DO THEY TELL HIM HE HAS THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT?

19.  WHY DO THEY PUT BRAILLE ON THE DRIVE-THROUGH BANK MACHINES?

20.  HOW DO THEY GET DEER TO CROSS THE ROAD ONLY AT THOSE YELLOW ROAD SIGNS?

21.  WHAT WAS THE BEST THING BEFORE SLICED BREAD?

22.  ONE NICE THING ABOUT EGOTISTS: THEY DON’T TALK ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE.

23.  DOES THE LITTLE MERMAID WEAR AN ALGEBRA?

24.  DO INFANTS ENJOY INFANCY AS MUCH AS ADULTS ENJOY ADULTERY?

25.  HOW IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE A CIVIL WAR?

26.  IF ONE SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMER DROWNS, DO THE REST DROWN TOO?

27.  IF YOU ATE BOTH PASTA AND ANTIPASTO, WOULD YOU STILL BE HUNGRY?

28.  IF YOU TRY TO FAIL, AND SUCCEED, WHICH HAVE YOU DONE?

29.  WHOSE CRUEL IDEA WAS IT FOR THE WORD ‘LISP’ TO HAVE ‘S’ IN IT?

30.  WHY ARE HEMORRHOIDS CALLED “HEMORRHOIDS” INSTEAD OF “ASSTEROIDS”?

31.  WHY IS IT CALLED TOURIST SEASON IF WE CAN’T SHOOT AT THEM?

32.  WHY IS THERE AN EXPIRATION DATE ON SOUR CREAM?

33.  IF YOU SPIN AN ORIENTAL PERSON IN A CIRCLE THREE TIMES, DO THEY BECOME DISORIENTED?

34.  CAN AN ATHEIST GET INSURANCE AGAINST ACTS OF GOD? 

I’m sure there are MORE things to think about..but for today I’ve enjoyed the beautiful English language.     

Granny

 

getting square

It's finally square...but without a border

 

I finally finished squaring up the Starburst and am loving it.  Now to put on the border (outside edging) and I can pop it into my suitcase for the final quilting this Winter.  It is small enough to travel well.    Whew, remind me to look closer at the details next time I decide to try A  NEW (to me) pattern.      I do feel very proud of myself for this accomplishment.  But I encountered a number of problems along the way.   Solving them so that my quilt would lay flat was the biggest battle.   So I worked it out by laying it flat and working from the TOP side (right side of fabric).   It has a few flaws, but If I don’t point them out, perhaps no one will “see” them.  

It’s been fun sharing this project with ya all, but now to get the border on and the sewing room cleaned up..  put away both my machines and left over fabric.   

It rained again all week end and the temps got up to 60..not bad for this time of year.   Leaves are falling off all the trees and it is getting messy out there. 

I got a call from TEXAS.   MikeJ made it to the camp site all in one piece!!  Thank God!    I never heard from him, so was wondering how he was doing.  It is a long haul and he went by himself for the first time.. His wife passed away this past spring and he has a bad shoulder..    I guess the Good Lord was watching over him.   Of course I reminded HIM that my suitcases were traveling along and asked that they arrive safely, too.   

Now to get some laundry done and general stuff cleaned up around here.  Just hope the weather doesn’t turn off nasty when it is MY TURN to travel.

Granny

playin

The new toy is connected to internet and I am writing this post with it.  Different feel to the keyboard and finding the same features on a different layout, but hey, I am very happy with the speed.  

the gulf of Mexico-SoPadreIsland

Ah Ha.  Picture from my thumb drive!! taken in 2006 from So Padre Island.  So this makes me very happy!!  I can “find” pictures not stored on this machine.  And so my learning curve is isn’t as bad as I feared.  Practise is all I need.  

OK, back to figuring out more of the bells & whistles of windows 7 and this new toy..  I will get comfortable with it before the winter is over. 

Granny

My new toy!

DD#2’s main computer Died on her  and since the new windows 7 came out today, we went looking for a replacement.. She  knows alot more about this computer stuff than I do, ram, storage,  processor.. etc, etc.   And she found exactly what she wanted in a new “brain”…  

 I also found what I WANTED….  What an upgrade for me!!

I think I am gonna be exercising the brain cells a bit harder, but I couldn’t resist.     

  

Granny's new toy

Now I really have to get back to the sewing corner.. just about got the LaMoyme Stars done and ready to add to the Starburst part.    It’s really hard to sit at the sewing machine with all these “new toys” to play with.

GRANNY

early BD present

I got one!!  A kindle!!   It’s super and smooches to my 3 kiddo’s for this early present.   Since I won’t be here for my B/D they put their heads together and got me something I really wanted..    It’s large enough print for me to read with my crazy eyesight..  And I’ve started with a bunch of Anne Rice’s books.   (I had played around with DD#2’s kindle and loved it..admired it..and told her I’d sure love to have one for Christmas or My Birthday)

 The bestest part is that DD#2 is an avid reader and our tastes are very similar so I didn’t have to pay to download any books so far.  I just rummaged thru her library (digital) and grabbed what I wanted to read.  She must have 100’s of books in that library of her’s.   YEAH.. I’ll be all cozy with reading material this Winter.

Now I’ve gotta get back to that quilting project.. Putting down the Kindle and getting out of my “recliner” .    Back to the real world.  

Price of gas in our area

And it’s going up !!   Granny