DID YOU KNOW?

DID YOU KNOW?
Peel a banana from the bottom and you won't have to pick the little
"stringy things" off of it. That's how the primates do it.

Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store. If you leave
them connected at the stem, they ripen faster.

Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil. It will stay fresh
much longer and not mold!

Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating.
Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom are firmer and better for cooking.

Add a teaspoon of water when frying ground beef. It will help pull the
grease away from the meat while cooking.

To really make scrambled eggs or omelets rich add a couple of spoonfuls of
sour cream, cream cheese, or heavy cream in and then beat them up.

For a cool brownie treat, make brownies as directed. Melt Andes mints in
double broiler and pour over warm brownies. Let set for a wonderful minty
frosting.

Add garlic immediately to a recipe if you want a light taste of garlic and
at the end of the recipe if your want a stronger taste of garlic.

Leftover snickers bars from Halloween make a delicious dessert. Simple
chop them up with the food chopper. Peel, core and slice a few apples.
Place them in a baking dish and sprinkle the chopped candy bars over the
apples. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes!!! Serve alone or with vanilla ice
cream.

1. Reheat Pizza
Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove, set heat
to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro
pizza. I saw this on the cooking channel and it really works.

2. Easy Deviled Eggs
Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all
broken up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing
thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg. Just
throw bag away when done easy clean up.

3. Expanding Frosting
When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with
your mixer for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to frost
more cake/cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat less sugar and
calories per serving.

4. Reheating Refrigerated Bread
To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place them
in a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the
food moist and help it reheat faster.

5. Newspaper Weeds Away
Start putting in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil. Wet
newspapers put layers around the plants overlapping as you go cover with
mulch and forget about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening
plastic they will not get through wet newspapers.

6. Broken Glass
Use a wet cotton ball or Q-tip to pick up the small shards of glass you
can't see easily.

7. No More Mosquitoes
Place a dryer sheet in your pocket. It will keep the mosquitoes away.

8. Squirrel Away!
To keep squirrels from eating your plants sprinkle your plants with
cayenne pepper. The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt the plant and the
squirrels won't come near it.

9. Flexible Vacuum
To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an empty
paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be bent or
flattened to get in narrow openings.

10. Reducing Static Cling
Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not have a
clingy skirt or dress. Same thing works with slacks that cling when
wearing panty hose. Place pin in seam of slacks and -- ta da! -- static
is gone.

11. Measuring Cups
Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill with hot
water. Dump out the hot water, but don't dry cup. Next, add your
ingredient, such as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right
out.

12. Foggy Windshield?
Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glove
box of your car. When the windows fog, rub with the eraser! Works better
than a cloth!

13. Reopening Envelope
If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include something
inside , just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an hour or
two. Viola! It unseals easily.

14. Conditioner
Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's a lot cheaper than
shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth. It's also a great way to
use up the conditioner you bought but didn't like when you tried it in
your hair...

15. Goodbye Fruit Flies
To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass fill it 1/2" with
Apple Cider Vinegar and 2 drops of dish washing liquid, mix well. You will
find those flies drawn to the cup and gone forever!

16. Get Rid of Ants
Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it
"home," can't digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so,
especially if it rains, but it works & you don't have the worry about pets
or small children being harmed!

17. INFO ABOUT CLOTHES DRYERS
The heating unit went out on my dryer! The gentleman that fixes things
around the house for us told us that he wanted to show us something and he
went over to the dryer and pulled out the lint filter. It was clean. (I
always clean the lint from the filter after every load clothes.) He told
us that he wanted to show us something; he took the filter over
to the sink, ran hot water over it. The lint filter is made of a mesh
material - I'm sure you know what your dryer's lint filter looks like.
well,...the hot water just sat on top of the mesh! It didn't go through it
at all! He told us that dryer sheets cause a film over that mesh that's
what burns out the heating unit. You can't SEE the film, but it's there.
It's what is in the dryer sheets to make your clothes soft and static free
-- that nice fragrance too, you know how they can feel waxy when you take
them out of the box, well t his stuff builds up on your
clothes and on your lint screen. This is also what causes dryer units to
catch fire & potentially burn your house down with it! He said the best
way to keep your dryer working for a very long time (& to keep your
electric bill lower) is to take that filter out & wash it with hot soapy
water & an old toothbrush (or other brush) at least every six months. He
said that makes the life of the dryer at least twice as long!
How about that!?! Learn something new everyday! I certainly didn't know
dryer sheets would do that. So, I thought I'd share!
Note: I went to my dryer & tested my screen by running water on it. The
water ran through a little bit but mostly collected all the water in the
mesh screen. I washed it with warm soapy water & a nylon brush & I had it
done in 30 seconds. Then when I rinsed it the water ran right thru the
screen! There wasn't any puddling at all! That repairman knew what he was
talking about!

wind wind wind... close to 60 mph here...

oh.. here it is.. trying to come in our front door...

Well house roof missing in action

Wow... with a good coach, what would they cost?

STILLWATER — A ticket for Bedlam football this season will cost $419.
Technically speaking.

And you thought a $100 face value ticket to watch Oklahoma State host Oklahoma two years ago was expensive.

OSU officials announced season ticket prices on Tuesday. The interesting twist is they will not sell individual tickets for the OU game.

Fans wanting to watch the Cowboys and Sooners play Nov. 29 at Boone Pickens Stadium must purchase a $419 season ticket or one of OSU's other season ticket options. OU will still be given an allotment of tickets, but no individual game tickets will be sold.

OSU athletic director Mike Holder said the decision was based on Iowa State implementing an identical plan last season for its rival game against Iowa. Iowa State's season ticket sales increased 30 percent, jumping from 30,000 to 36,000.

“Our decision to eliminate single game tickets for Bedlam is based upon our desire to grow our season ticket sales,” Holder said in a press statement. “Our ability to compete for championships, in all sports, is dependent upon our fans' commitment to buying season tickets in football and basketball on an annual basis.

“Frankly, this decision is all about the long-term success of OSU athletics. Based on solid results at Iowa State, we believe this decision can produce a positive result at OSU.”

Sometime this fall single game tickets will be sold for OSU's other six home games. Single game tickets will cost $60 for non-conference opponents (Houston, Missouri State and Tory), $85 for non-OU conference games (Texas A&M, Baylor and Iowa State).

The irony is the Bedlam game is all but assured of being OSU's lowest attendance of the season. Two years ago, OSU sold three-game packages for $160 that included tickets for Missouri State, Baylor and OU. This year there will be no packages.

The unique marketing strategy should give OSU a legitimate shot at selling 40,000 or more season tickets for the first time.

OSU's record for season tickets is 38,674 set in 2004, which included a record 11,500 student tickets. OSU sold 9,000 student tickets last year.

As expected, OSU did not raise season ticket or donor prices for the first time in three years. The $419 season ticket is higher than last year ($359) but the Cowboys have seven home games instead of six.

“The addition of 16,000 new seats in the west end zone, we believe the decision to hold prices for 2008 is the right one,” Holder said. “The new seats give us opportunities to expand our fan base though new promotions and generate new revenue to support the entire athletic program.”

With the return of the renovated west end zone, OSU gains 16,000 additional seats. Boone Pickens Stadium capacity increases to 60,000, the sixth largest venue in the Big 12.

More Family Fun Zone tickets will be available. For a price of $980 a family can purchase four season tickets (two adult, two youth), $245 a person.

Other season ticket prices include: a Discount Zone and O-Club options ($294) and new graduate rate of $245 for anyone within five years of their graduation date. Faculty and staff season tickets will be $336.

“We strive for balance between affordability, value and revenue considerations when it comes to setting ticket and donor seating prices,” said Craig Clemons, associate athletic director for external affairs and development.

To attract more students, All Sports Ticket prices are expected to be reduced but AST prices won't be announced until a later date. Last year an AST cost $150 which gets students into every OSU sporting event other than men's basketball.

did you see the Dem's response to State of the Union last night... It was one of the best I have ever seen... truly sounded like a bipartisian speech!

On this day in history.... January 28, 1986 : Challenger explodes

January 28, 1986 : Challenger explodes

At 11:38 a.m. EST, on January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger
lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and Christa McAuliffe is on
her way to becoming the first ordinary U.S. civilian to travel into
space. McAuliffe, a 37-year-old high school social studies teacher
from New Hampshire, won a competition that earned her a place among
the seven-member crew of the Challenger. She underwent months of
shuttle training but then, beginning January 23, was forced to wait
six long days as the Challenger's launch countdown was repeatedly
delayed because of weather and technical problems. Finally, on January
28, the shuttle lifted off.

Seventy-three seconds later, hundreds on the ground, including
Christa's family, stared in disbelief as the shuttle exploded in a
forking plume of smoke and fire. Millions more watched the wrenching
tragedy unfold on live television. There were no survivors.

In the aftermath of the explosion, President Ronald Reagan appointed a
special commission to determine what went wrong with Challenger and to
develop future corrective measures. The presidential commission was
headed by former secretary of state William Rogers, and included
former astronaut Neil Armstrong and former test pilot Chuck Yeager.
The investigation determined that the explosion was caused by the
failure of an "O-ring" seal in one of the two solid-fuel rockets. The
elastic O-ring did not respond as expected because of the cold
temperature at launch time, which began a chain of events that
resulted in the massive explosion. As a result of the explosion, NASA
did not send astronauts into space for more than two years as it
redesigned a number of features of the space shuttle.

whew..... I have never seen a cat lay with his paw over his eyes before... haha..

Marvin was worn out after the kids were over today...and he laid like this for about an hour with his eyes covered....

A little culture manages to calm us all

Life is a combination of art and poetry and music, or at least that is what I tell my kids every day at school. I try to fill their lives with words like Vivaldi, Poe, Emerson, Renoir and Degas. The best way to show them is take them to the art and let them experience it first hand. So we go. The trip is planned, and the night is so cold that my breath freezes in midair making a frosted cartoon caption. It is Saturday night and we have reservations for dinner and the Fort Wayne Philharmonic at the Embassy Theatre. Twenty-two sixth-graders, five adults and one bus.

Each student is dropped off at the elementary under the pale sapphire sky of dusk and the deep, deep cold. I do not recognize the girls. Their hair is curled and swept up with sequined barrettes. The boys are cleaned up with their hair combed and one even sports a tie. I am proud of them and we have just begun the evening.

We pile onto the bus and it is so cold that my bones rattle. Roy, my friend and teacher at the school, is the driver. He turns the heat up as high as it will go but the windows are ice-covered except for the front windshield. He hunches down under his cowboy hat as we wait for the late arrival. (I said I wouldn’t wait, but I did!)

The bus engine actually groans under the weight of the cold as we pull out of the parking lot toward Fire Mountain. I have made a reservation (it is always good to let a restaurant know when 22 kids are coming!) so they are expecting us. Deb, their classroom teacher, gives them the “you know who you are representing” speech before they enter the restaurant and I remind them of hostess tipping.

I watch for signs showing me that they are sixth-graders underneath the glamour and refinement of their clothing, but I see none. They are gracious, polite and quiet, and I am impressed. They eat a balanced dinner although the ice cream line is long and spills out into the restaurant. They return with mounds of frozen ice cream and gummy worms. With dinner over and the tip collected we clamor back onto the school bus and head toward the theater.

Ahhhh, the theater. I see sweet stars of happiness when I say the word. I look back at them playing with their Game Boys, chatting and teasing each other. When did I learn to love the theater? My Dad was an actor with the Civic Theatre in Fort Wayne. Maybe it was because I was the oldest of six or that I already loved the theater, but I was the one who got to go with him every night to rehearsals. I never missed one. I wore my pajamas and slippers and slept through “Auntie Mame,” “The Odd Couple,” “Visit to a Small Planet,” “Oklahoma!” and “The Glass Menagerie” right in the front row. Now I want them to love it, at least the Philharmonic.

We arrive in Fort Wayne and travel downtown. Through the frosted windows I make out the lights of the Embassy blinking in the darkness. I know we look odd, a bus full of children on a winter’s night at the theater. We go inside for foyer where I hand out their tickets. Their eyes are full of excitement. A quick speech about bathrooms and other details and we are inside the theater.

We are early so we have time to look. “Look up,” I say. Our eyes travel to the crystal chandeliers and the winding staircase. I take their photo on that staircase and find our way up to the balcony. I watch their eyes as we take our seats. Their faces are filled with magic. So is mine. The lights blink and then dim. We are there. For two hours we are immersed in the music of Mozart. They sit and let the music surround them. They get the fidgets at the last symphony piece, but it is soon over. With one last sigh we weave our way down the spiral staircase under the chandeliers.

It is late when we arrive home and parents are waiting in warm cars to hear tales of the evening. Sequined barrettes are placed on dressers, ticket stubs in scrapbooks and new memories, from a very magical evening, are stored in the recesses of their minds.

LOU ANN HOMAN-SAYLOR lives in Angola at the White Picket Gardens where you can find her gardening or writing late into the night under the light of her frayed scarlet lamp. She is a storyteller, teacher, writer, actress and a collector of front porch stories.

congrats Austyn... 2008 Champion Pinewood racer!!!

And the winner is... and here is a where we can see the winning car.... and trophy... and young man!!!

Austyn did good, he won it all

at his Pinewood Derby Race and has the fastest time too, plus this years trophy is bigger than last years, too. He is very proud and so are we!

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Rec'd this from Marilyn K.

Neighbors of Kenny B from Cyril originally, ( I work w/Kenny's brother).
They had spotted the cougar - from a distance. Their horses have gone
crazy a few times (imagine that) and they knew there was one out there.
This is how HUGE he is !

Thought some of you guys may appreciate this.....
wow! We see one near the house on occasion, but don't "think" he is
nearly this big.

This is less than 30 miles from Alva.

Cougar Picture..of Oklahoma Kitty....Feel safe hiking in the woods?Here
is a photo of a cougar killed SW of Jet Oklahoma. The guy who shot it
is 6 foot tall and weighs about 220 lbs. He was in a deer stand and saw
the cat pass him downwind. He then saw it pass him upwind. When the
cat passed him again (closer this time) downwind, he knew that it was
hunting him. So, boom. After viewing this, do you still feel safe in
the woods? The pasture?

Shaklee Family Newsletter, Dec. 2007 published by Bill Shaklee.. a great man in his own right!!

Shaklee Family Newsletter, December 2007.

by Bill Shaklee

Need to remember to send in family news and accomplishments to him, Mr. Shaklee LOVES news!

PHILLIP.... check this out!!!!!! I think this would be cool to try.... anyone else interested????

from http://www.umes.edu/IA/PR/News/NewsBoard/article.aspx?id=8812

UMES Ingenuity Creates a Prize-Winning and Exportable Entrepreneurial Model

PRINCESS ANNE, MD - The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) was named a regional winner of a competition sponsored by the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC) for its FARMS Project. All public four-year institutions were eligible to apply for the C. Peter Magrath/W.K. Kellogg Foundation Engagement Award, which was created to recognize “institutions that have redesigned their teaching, research, and extension and service functions to become more productively involved with their communities, however community may be defined.”

FARMS (Farmer Access to Regional Markets) is an agricultural supply chain model developed by the Rural Development Center (RDC) at UMES. The model is termed a “network.” It is based on appropriate greenhouse technology, market demand, an agri-business with expertise in growing and a strong market. The agri-business then promotes development in agriculture by providing fixed contracts and technical/logistical support to growers who normally wouldn’t utilize the technology.

In Maryland so far, the FARMS project has resulted in the creation of the “Greenhouse Growers Network,” a network of flower growers for Bell Nursery of Burtonsville, MD. As the partnership matures between UMES and U.S. Orchid Laboratory and Nursery, Inc., additional growers will be needed for that company, too. The potential exists for adoption of the model by other agribusiness enterprises, other commodities and other locales.

The RDC has been supporting the adoption of “hoop house” technology, which is less expensive than building a greenhouse and shows promise of enabling lower income clientele to become vegetable growers. “We are proud to say that UMES is living up to its land-grant mission to support rural economic development,” said Dr. Ron Forsythe, vice president for commercialization at UMES. “This national recognition from NASULGC for the FARMSinitiative provides that reassurance.”

International expansion

In Jamaica, UMES personnel have provided consultative and hands-on assistance implementing the same model, which has created one network of growers of specialty lettuces, fresh herbs and spices and another network of growers of peppers, herbs and spices, both using hoop house technology. Development efforts using the FARMS model in Jamaica have been underwritten primarily by the Global Development Alliance within U.S. Agency for International Development with UMES’ non-profit affiliate Maryland Hawk Corporation, Inc. as a subcontractor. As interest has grown, however, private industry is becoming involved, and the Alcoa Corporation has signed on as a partner. This spring, the University of the Virgin Islands signed a Memorandum of Understanding with UMES to bring the FARMS entrepreneurial model to that U.S. territory.

Inspiration from the poultry industry

“The FARMS project is derived from the vertically integrated business model of the poultry industry here on Delmarva,” said Daniel S. Kuennen, director of the Rural Development Center, “where individual family farms grow chickens under contract to major poultry companies.” As Kuennen explains it, “We’ve adapted that model so that instead of chicken houses, our growers build greenhouses. Our growers have more variety in the types of commodities they can produce, and we are helping them form service cooperatives to negotiate better bulk purchases and services for all aspects of their businesses. FARMS enables growers with limited amounts of land, farming expertise and market contact to gain access to technological and managerial expertise and major markets, thus reducing their risk and improving profitability. A greenhouse can make a relatively small parcel of land highly productive.”

Extension connection

Dr. Thomas Handwerker, a horticulturalist and specialist in emerging agricultural technologies, holds a joint appointment with Maryland Cooperative Extension and the UMES Department of Agriculture. He and Kuennen in the RDC have been working for over a decade to develop and demonstrate the feasibility of the model, in particular for Maryland’s Eastern Shore, where pressures from environmental concerns and real estate development have put the future of the agriculture industry at risk. “A substantial proportion of Greenhouse Growers Network members are women, or first-time farmers, or both,” observed Handwerker. “Interest has been strong, and the Greenhouse Growers Network has grown in eight years from a few to over 40 growers.”

“By focusing on the value of land-grant universities’ engagement with their communities,” said UMES President Thelma B. Thompson, “this NASULGC award encourages our continuing effort at UMES to enhance the well-being of the citizens of Maryland, particularly here on the Eastern Shore.”

The regional NASULGC award included a $6,000 cash prize. The FARMS project will be presented in Madison, WI, in October along with the other regional winners to compete for the national NASULGC Engagement award. See /Discover/Default.aspx?id=7668 to view “Discover UMES” videos about the FARMS work in Jamaica (JA FARMS). See http://www.skipjack.net/farms to view five short USDA videos about the Greenhouse Growers Network in Maryland.

For more information, contact Suzanne Street, director, UMES Office of Public Relations, 410-651-6669.

Members of the greenhouse growers network on Maryland’s Eastern Shore have included many new farmers, and the majority of them have been women. Photo: UMES

Leasing greenhouse space from UMES in Princess Anne, U.S. Orchids Laboratory and Nursery, Inc. is working to develop marketable products. Its contracts with local growers will reduce risk and add stability and diversification to the economy of the Delmarva Peninsula. Photo: UMES.

UMES Rural Development Center Director Daniel S. Kuennen helps erect a high tunnel hoop greenhouse for a network grower in Jamaica. Photo: Jim Glovier for UMES.

A steady source of supply of specialty vegetables enables Rock Mountain Herbs in Jamaica to sell to major supermarkets and restaurant chains. Photo: Jim Glovier for UMES.

Kat Harting, media specialist, UMES Department of Agriculture, 410-651-6084, kharting@umes.edu.

Contact: Suzanne Waters Street, director, UMES Office of Public Relations, 410-621-2355, sstreet@umes.edu.

Mrs. Hughes... hehe.. enjoy

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room.

One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each after noon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room's only window.

The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.

The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation.

Every afternoon, when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window.

The man in the other bed began to live for those one hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the world outside.


The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every color and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance.

As the man by the window described all this in exquisite details, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine this picturesque scene.

One warm afternoon, the man by the window described a parade passing by.

Although the other man could not hear the band, he could see it in his mind's eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words.

Days, weeks and months passed.

One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body away.

As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone.

Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the real world outside. He strained to slowly turn to look out the window besides the bed.

It faced a blank wall.

The man asked the nurse what could have compelled his deceased roommate who had described such wonderful things outside this window.

The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall.

She said, "Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you."




Epilogue:
There is tremendous happiness in making others happy, despite our own situations.

If you want to feel rich, just count all the things you have that money can't buy.

"Today is a gift, that is why it is called The Present ."

If you're not clear about your purpose on

	Jan 22, 2008 7:14 AM
	Words for the day! :-) Have a great one kiddos!
	If you're not clear about your purpose on this day, random events, distractions and circumstances beyond your control will impose a purpose upon you. You'll end up spending your precious time in the service of things that won't bring any value or fulfillment. In contrast, when you're solidly connected to a personally meaningful purpose, you're able to focus on making real progress. Though the same problems, frustrations and distractions will come, they will not have the power to overwhelm or consume you. The more fully you understand why you wish to do something, the more clearly you'll see how to do it. Strong, solid, meaningful reasons will ignite the energy to create worthwhile and lasting achievements. It is well worth the time and effort necessary to understand why you seek what you seek. When you know why, anything is within your reach. To get maximum results from your efforts, look beyond the outer concerns of what you're doing. Look at why you've chosen to do it. Give this day a real, honest purpose that truly means something to you. And you'll build value that continues long after the day is over. -- Ralph Marston

thought for the day...

Though you can't go back and start again....

you can start from now and have a brand new end!

Dan was a single guy living at home with his father and

Dan was a single guy living at home with his father and working in the family business.

When he found out he was going to inherit a fortune when his sickly father died, he decided he needed a wife with which to share his fortune.

One evening - at an investment meeting he spotted the most beautiful woman he had ever seen.

Her natural beauty took his breath away. "I may look like just an ordinary man," he said to her, "but in just a few years, my father will die, and I'll inherit 20 million dollars."

Impressed, the woman obtained his business card and three days later, she became his stepmother.

Women are so much better at estate planning than men.

Because I can... haha... enjoy!

When the truck stops for another red light, the blonde catches up again. She jumps out of her car, runs up and knocks on the door.

Again, the trucker lowers the window. As if they've never spoken, the blonde says brightly, "Hi my name is Heather, and you are losing some of your load!"

Shaking his head, the trucker ignores her again and continues down the street.

At the third red light, the same thing happens again. All out of breath, the blonde gets out of her car, runs up, knocks on the truck door.

The trucker rolls down the window. Again she says "Hi, my name is Heather, and you are losing some of your load!"

When the light turns green the trucker revs up and races to the next light. When he stops this time, he hurriedly gets out of the truck, and runs back to the blonde.

He knocks on her window, and after she lowers it, he says...

"Hi, my name is Kevin.
It's winter in Massachusetts, and I'm driving the

"SAND & SALT TRUCK!"

I'm My Own Grandpa Lyrics.. what a hoot....

I'm My Own Grandpa
Lyrics: Dwight Latham, Moe Jaffe
Music: Dwight Latham, Moe Jaffe
Played by Jerry Garcia with David Grisman

Oh, many, many years ago
When I was twenty-three
I was married to a widow
Who was pretty as can be
This widow had a grown-up daughter
Who had hair of red
My father fell in love with her
And soon the two were wed

This made my dad my son-in-law
And changed my very life
For my daughter was my mother
'Cause she was my father's wife
To complicate the matter
Though it really brought me joy
I soon became the father
Of a bouncing baby boy

This little baby then became
A brother-in-law to Dad
And so became my uncle
Though it made me very sad
For if he was my uncle
Then that also made him brother
Of the widow's grown-up daughter
Who of course is my step-mother

Chorus
I'm my own grandpa
I'm my own grandpa
It sounds funny I know
But it really is so
Oh, I'm my own grandpa

My father's wife then had a son
Who kept them on the run
And he became my grandchild
For he was my daughter's son
My wife is now my mother's mother
And it makes me blue
Because although she is my wife
She's my grandmother too

Now if my wife is my grandmother
Then I'm her grandchild
And every time I think of it
It nearly drives me wild
For now I have become
The strangest case you ever saw
As husband of my grandma
I am my own grandpa

chorus again...

and you know, this day in time... this might happen... haha...

The host and hostess... taken by Madison!

Ms. Heather and Mr. Andrew.. Heather was not feeling very well, and Andrew had not slept well either...

Heather, Madison and Andrew dropped by.... too...

Ms. Madsion helping Trisha fix dinner....

Jake tried out a new receipe for goose....

He shot one and fixed a great dinner with it yesterday. He and Trisha asked us over to sample a wild goose he shot on our land one morning early... IT was great, and Trisha made a great pot of "Chicken Soup" just in case... haha.. but the goose was awesome!

The Music Cube....

Need something to challenge your intellect? Try the "Music Cube" for fun....

four small bad videos .. but it's all we have from Tammys Birthday... sorry..

Happy Birthday Tammy... better late than never... haha.. we are all proud of you...