I have Moved

And thank goodness I used the Emily Morris Divine Moving Company! If I hadn't, I would be out in the either somewhere bouncing around 1's and 0's. I have not decorated the place yet, no pictures on the walls, no paint or color yet, but given time, I will decorate and make it mine. 

Carol made a resolution to blog once a week. Em can do it, I know that and I think I can do it too. I don't want to make it a resolution, I will fail that. I am better at saying I will do my best. I can do that, most of us can. If I can get to blog #52 by week # 52, my best will have been done. So I am going to call this blog # 1. 

Sometimes I like to just put my words out there. I don't care if they get read by anyone but me, I just need the verbal release. I like to use a blog page for that verbal release. It works for me just as well as saying it, but I have less of a chance of possibly hurting someones feelings. I can go back and read it before I post  to make sure I have not said anything hurtful or wrong. That is important to me. Whether I like a person or not, I don't want to hurt them. I can make sure of that here.

Ok, well this is blog number 1. I wonder what number 2 will be about. See ya next time.

Hello, and good by

Well, it looks like the time has come for us to move on to different venues one more time. there are so many out there. I havent been here for so long, I dont even  know how to navigate around this page any more. I checked the last time I was here, it was almost a year ago, Dec. 11, 2011.  wow, time is just zipping by. the world is supposed to end sometime around Dec, 22 of this year, so maybe I shouldnt even bother trying to move my stuff over. I have all my pics, and I dont know if I care about the blogs any more. It would be nice to go back and read them once in a while, but I am too busy playing words with friends or bingo on facebook.,  I tried to transfer my stuff over to blogger, but a page of numbers, digets and dashes came up so I left. Really, that is what it was. I had no idea what to do with what came up, so I left. anyway, maybe I will try one more time to transfer my stuff, or I will just go to blogger and start all fresh and clean. I dont even know if I want to blog like that any more. How much time do I have left after words with friends and bingo anyway. not much. lol see ya all later on.

just checking in

Its been so long since I have been here. I had to remember how to start a blog here. I spend all my time on facebook now, but I am going to show a friend how to make a quilt, and i was looking for pics I took when i showed Carol how to do it from here. I thought I had a few albums, but I guess I didnt. or I dont remember what I called it. Hey Carol, do you still have any pics from when you first learned to make a quilt.
do yo remember how I showed you? I think it was on the web cam for part of it. hahahaha, this is so not like talking on facebook. very strange. It doesnt tag anyone, to let them know you mentioned their name. That is really convenient, now that I am over here again. Well, I think this is all im gonna say here. Just dusting out the cobwebs again. see ya all

I'm Pissed off and really need to vent

Hi everyone! This is kinda how I started writing, just getting things off my chest. Well, I'm gonna get some new stuff off my chest, and I'm doing it here.

Our youngest son Alex is home on leave from the AF until the 11th. In this short amount of time, he is seeing old friends here in Modesto, his family on the Carlson side and my family. One of the places he loves to go to is Occidental. That is where we meet up with the Carslon side of the family. We have drinks and dinner at Negris, then head over to the Union Hotel for more drinks and really good apple fritters. Both of these places are Italian family style restaurants. They have both been there since before John and I were kids. We were both taken there when we were kids, by our parents, now we take our kids there. I'm sure Alex will take his kids there when he finally gets ready to get married and have them. NO rush there! really!

So last night, we had a really good dinner, after a lot of really good drinks. The waitress that was there, not our waitress last night, but one from many trips before. All of a sudden she sneaks up on John and Plants a big ole kiss on his cheek and says how long its been. She is older than us, but John was set up by his brother, it was hilarious. Then we were joking about her being his girlfriend and he was so embarrassed. he took it all very well though, and we all got a really big laugh at Johns expense.

When dinner was over, we decided to head over tot he Union to share the wealth. That has been our habit, so both businesses make some money. Well, Alex headed off to the room to drop off the leftovers and everyone else headed tot he Union. John ordered the first round of drinks, and tried to order Chocolate martinis for the ladies. the bartender said she didn't have the stuff for chocolate martinis, which was bs, cus I saw all the stuff, she just didn't want to make them. So the ladies all ordered something else, and we waited for Alex to get back from the room. Then he finally got there and this is where the night turned dark.

Alex went up and ordered a drink at the bar. He is 24, and looks it, but she asked for his Id. When John ordered drinks for the table, she didn't ask for one ID. Anyway, he presented his Air force Military ID, which contains his birthday, height, weight, eye color, everything that describes my son. and not just one picture, but two. Well, guess what???? The bitch said it wasn't a good ID! She couldn't serve him using that id. When I heard this, I started to say something, but Alex said don't say say anything, its not a big deal, so I kept quiet. Tears are rolling down my face, but I didn't go off on the bitch.

He showed her his Oklahoma drivers licence and she made him a drink. The rest of the family was still having a great time, laughing going on and joking. Someone mentioned another drink, and I said I wasn't spending one more dime in this place. In the meantime, his cousin was saying things in the direction of the bar about how he was serving his country for all of us, and she couldn't accept his GOVERNMENT ID. So we got up to walk out, and his cousin said we are going to a real bar. As we walked out of the bar, the bartender said she didn't like his cousins attitude, at which point her mom went off on the bartender then a customer who was backing up the bartender. . I was never so proud of both of them.

We ended up going back to Negris, and told them what happened at the Union. They were closing, but the owner said to serve us. the bartender there had already counted her drawer, so we decided to move on. there is only three bars in town, and we closed down the last one. I am going to write a letter tot he local paper and make sure everyone out there knows how the UNION HOTEL treats our MILITARY.

OK, I feel a little better. After I write the letter, I will feel even better. Sorry this was so long, but i had to explain everything so it all made sense. so see ya later.

I'll try this again

Ok, here I am again. Now what do i have to talk about. I can tell you all that I have been doing, but that would be very long and involved and to tell the truth, probably boring. so I wont go there, except to say we did have a family reunion from the hubbies side ands it was just like it came from my side. We had a wonderful time, and the reconnection's were the best. Most of the family is on facebook, so staying connected this time is much easier.

Fast forward to the here and now. The cold weather has finally hit and its raining. Its been working it's way to getting cold for a while now, but the sun was trying to stick around do its job. We had some rain a few weeks ago, but it didnt really get cold. now it got cold with the rain, so up in the mountains, its snowing. this is all good for the central valley of california. it brings the skiers out of the house and people  start spending their cash up in them thar hills. I'm not a part of the money trail as far as reaping the benefits, but it means someone else has a job, and a little bit of our economy gets to improve for a while. its a cycle that goes around and around.

Well, that isn't what i was going to talk about. duhhhhh. I was going to tell you we are going on a mini vacation. the last time we left town on a trip was to vegas in july. we had a great time, but i need to get out again. I'm sure john does too, but I'm the one that voiced it. So John made reservations for two nights to that place up north in Ft Bragg that we like to go to. We usually over pack and bring a bunch of stuff we don't need, but this time we decided to minimise our luggage and if we need anything, we can get it up there. I cant wait.

And to top it off, crab season has started here. I don't know how many of you have tasted fresh dungeness crab, right out of th ocean, but it is sooo good. All white meat and sweet, almost. this year, all th reports are saying its a record year. the boats are coming in looking like the boats on deadliest catch. this again is a good thing, and this time I get to reap some of the benefits. I love fresh crab.

Ok, so hows that for the return blog. Ill try real hard not to stay gone so long again. see ya soon.

COUGH COUGH.....SNEEEEZEAAAAAAAAAAAAAWCHOO

No, I dont have a cold, or allergies, but it s been so long since I stopped in here the dust has built up to rediculous. I was thinking I sould either use this space, or shut it down. If I shut it down, I couldnt stop in to your pages and see what was going on in your lives. If I keep it open, I need to stop ina nd use it once in a while. So here I am, stopping in and using it. While I am here, I really need to Send HAPPY BIRTHDAY wishes to The Divine Ms Em.  Im sure she isnt bothered by the number she is changing today, becasue she is so much more focused on the more important things.

Ok, That is what I really wanted to do. Happy Birthday Em. I am so thrilled to have you as a friend, in real life, and also in this virtual life.

Rememeber my Fellow Americans, tomorrow is FLAG Day in the USA. So as a sign of RESPECT for OUR FLAG please fly it tomorrow at home work school and anywhere you can and fly it properly. Thank you, I have mine flyng do you have yours? I have AMERICAN PRIDE do you?