27
Aug

Vent

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I’ll say it again…cancer sucks.

It claimed another person in my life.  I can’t imagine how many loved ones it takes away from this earthly life every single day.

This time it was my ex-General Manager’s wife.  Sandra was diagnosed with breast cancer several years ago.  Although she continued to have problems from time to time related to her treatment, it was my understanding that she was cancer-free.  According to what my former coworkers told me, she had been receiving chemo again and was in and out of the hospital over the past 3 weeks.

The last time Randy and I visited her in the hospital, when I was still working at SWD, I sat on the side of her bed and she held my hand tightly the entire time.  She was alert, in a good mood, and was reading a fashion magazine when we walked into the room.  I’ll never forget that.

We shared a love of Victoriana.  She and Kevin (her husband) have a wonderful old Victorian house that they restored themselves.

Her funeral is tomorrow morning.  I’m flexing my work hours so Randy and I can attend.  It’s the least I can do.  We sent a little something to Kevin yesterday.  I hope it made it.

I will never be able to cope properly with the death of someone I care about, although I have no doubt there is a place where we won’t have to ever deal with that again.  Sandra is definitely there with her Lord.

25
Aug

Say Words

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A few words/phrases related to our trip to Fredericksburg over the weekend:

Lavender and Lemongrass

Rain on a tin roof

Humidity

Dappled Dachshund named Betty

Pedernales Porter homebrew

Shrimp Scampi

Mamacita’s

Olympics

Original Norman Rockwell paintings

Bougainvilleas

Hibiscus

English bridal bed circa 1880

Tomatillo sauce

Unlimited air conditioning

Blueberry muffins

Texas Limestone

“Big Balls in Cowtown” (song playing outside one of the shops called Shoulda Been a Cowboy)

Championship chili. We met the chef who was serving up samples. She “tied” Bobby Flay in one of the earliest “Throwdown with Bobby Flay” episodes on Food Network. We bought her chili mix.

Pepper necklace (like New Orleans beads)

22
Aug

Road Trip!

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We’re going to Fredericksburg tomorrow.  I have got to get out of this house, and not just to go to Wal-Mart for a change.  Usually, we only day trip, but we’re actually going to spend one night this time.  Yay!  I know, it doesn’t take much for me anymore.  LOL

We’re going in my car, the Crossfire.  It hasn’t been out of the garage in 2 weeks, and I can’t remember the last time it had a full tank of gas put in.  One of the advantages of working from home, no?  It needs to be driven every once in awhile.  Highway driving will be good for it.  Randy’s going to take it to get the oil changed today.  Since it’s a high performance vehicle requiring synthetic oil, it costs around a hundred bucks!  Thankfully, oil does not have to be changed as often when it’s synthetic.  Good thing, huh?  My little car is one of the luxuries I allow myself to keep.  Hopefully, it will last me a long time.

Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’….this road dog is ready!

21
Aug

Remember When?

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Thanks to Randy Overton (RORO) for this. Made me laugh out loud. I used to love this show. Man, I miss the 70s sometimes!

Hollywood Squares:

If you remember the Original Hollywood Squares and its comics, this may bring a tear to your eyes. These great questions and answers are from the days when ” Hollywood Squares” game show responses were spontaneous, not scripted, as they are now Peter Marshall was the host asking the questions, of course..

Q. Do female frogs croak?
A. Paul Lynde: If you hold their little heads under water long enough.

Q.If you’re going to make a parachute jump, at least how high should you be?
A. Charley Weaver: Three days of steady drinking should do it.

Q. True or False, a pea can last as long as 5,000 years.
A. George Gobel: Boy, it sure seems that way sometimes.

Q. You’ve been having trouble going to sleep. Are you probably a man or a woman?
A. Don Knotts: That’s what’s been keeping me awake.

Q. According to Cosmopolitan, if you meet a stranger at a party and you think that he is attractive, is it okay to come out and ask him if he’s married?
A. Rose Marie: No; wait until morning.

Q. Which of your five senses tends to diminish as you get older?
A. Charley Weaver: My sense of decency.

Q. In Hawaiian, does it take more than three words to say “I Love You”?
A. Vincent Price: No, you can say it with a pineapple and a twenty.

Q. What are “Do It,” “I Can Help,” and “I Can’t Get Enough”?
A. George Gobel: I don’t know, but it’s coming from the next apartment.

Q. As you grow older, do you tend to gesture more or less with your hands while talking?
A. Rose Marie: You ask me one more growing old question Peter, and I’ll give you a gesture you’ll never forget.

Q.Paul, why do Hell’s Angels wear leather?
A. Paul Lynde: Because chiffon wrinkles too easily.

Q. Charley, you’ve just decided to grow strawberries. Are you going to get any during the first year?
A. Charley Weaver: Of course not, I’m too busy growing strawberries.

Q. In bowling, what’s a perfect score?
A. Rose Marie: Ralph, the pin boy.

Q. It is considered in bad taste to discuss two subjects at nudist camps. One is politics, what is the other?
A. Paul Lynde: Tape measures.

Q. During a tornado, are you safer in the bedroom or in the closet?
A. Rose Marie: Unfortunately Peter, I’m always safe in the bedroom.

Q. Can boys join the Camp Fire Girls?
A. Marty Allen: Only after lights out.

Q. When you pat a dog on its head he wi ll wag his tail. What will a goose do?
A. Paul Lynde: Make him bark?

Q. If you were pregnant for two years, what would you give birth to?
A. Paul Lynde: Whatever it is, it would never be afraid of the dark.

Q. According to Ann Landers, is there anything wrong with getting into the habit of kissing a lot of people?
A.. Charley Weaver: It got me out of the army.

Q. It is the most abused and neglected part of your body, what is it?
A. Paul Lynde: Mine may be abused, but it certainly isn’t neglected.

Q.Back in the old days, when Great Grandpa put horseradish on his head, what was he trying to do?
A. George Gobel: Get it in his mouth.

Q. Who stays pregnant for a longer period of time, your wife or your elephant?
A. Paul Lynde: Who told you about my elephant?

Q.When a couple have a baby, who is responsible for its sex?
A. Charley Weaver: I’ll lend him the car, the rest is up to him.

Q. Jackie Gleason recently revealed that he firmly believes in them and has actually seen them on at least two occasions. What are they?
A. Charley Weaver: His feet.

Q. According to Ann Landers, what are two things you should never do in bed?
A. Paul Lynde: Point and laugh

WE DON’T STOP LAUGHING BECAUSE WE GROW OLD, WE GROW OLD BECAUSE WE STOP LAUGHING

20
Aug

Separated at Birth?

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(Thanks to my sis-in-law, Lee Ann, for planting this seed for blog fodder! *giggle*)

Stefano Dimera from Days of our Lives

Burger Meister Meister Burger from Santa Claus is Comin’ To Town