OUR FINAL CAR RIDE TOGETHER

A quiet, reflective day.  Rain came in the night, leaving us with a sullen gray cloud cover.  I took a drive into Bayfield and then out the other side down the Bronson Line to Pavilion Road.  Turning east, I slowly ambled along to the Linwood Conservation Area, where Pheebs and I often walked.  I parked the car and walked up along a hedgerow of trees, imagining in my mind that Pheebs was again with me, with her nose to the ground, happily checking out all the smells.  As I said, it was a quiet, reflective day, and it marked one year ago this afternoon that Pheebs and I drove off on our final car ride together..............   

Al's Music Box:: The Rainbow Bridge

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Parent's Dictionary::

DUMBWAITER: one who asks if the kids would care to order dessert.

FAMILY PLANNING: the art of spacing your children the proper distance apart to keep you on the edge of financial disaster.

FEEDBACK: the inevitable result when the baby doesn't appreciate the strained carrots.

FULL NAME: what you call your child when you're mad at him.

GRANDPARENTS: the people who think your children are wonderful even though they're sure you're not raising them right.

HEARSAY: what toddlers do when anyone mutters a dirty word.

INDEPENDENT: how we want our children to be as long as they do everything we say.

PRENATAL: when your life was still somewhat your own.

PUDDLE: a small body of water that draws other small bodies wearing dry shoes into it.

SHOW OFF: a child who is more talented than yours.

STERILIZE: what you do to your first baby's pacifier by boiling it and to your last baby's pacifier by blowing on it.

TOP BUNK: where you should never put a child wearing Superman jammies.

TWO-MINUTE WARNING: when the baby's face turns red and she begins to make those familiar grunting noises.

VERBAL: able to whine in words.

WHODUNIT: none of the kids that live in your house.

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Jon's working at the lumberyard, pushing a tree through the buzz saw, and accidentally shears off all ten of his fingers. He goes to the emergency room.
The doctor says, "Yuck! Well, give me the fingers, and I'll see what I can do."
Jon says, "I haven't got the fingers."
The doctor says, "What do you mean, you haven't got the fingers? It's 1999. We've got microsurgery and all kinds of incredible techniques. I could have put them back on and made you like new. Why didn't you bring the fingers?" Jon says, "Well, geeezzzz, Doc, I didn't have anything left to pick 'em up with."    
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THESE WERE VERY SAD DAYS A YEAR AGO

 NICE TO SEE THIS FOREST FLOOR GREENING UP

A bright sunny morning, so I was off to my walking spot.  A large road grader was in the process of grading the road, but I didn't let the 'swift-moving' machine deter me from my walk.  Ya right....have you ever seen a swift-moving road grader!?!?  Oh, really.

 A LONG TELEPHOTO SHOT OF THE APPROACHING ROAD GRADER

 THE GRADER HAS ALREADY MADE ONE PASS UP THE ROAD

THAT RED FARM TRACTOR IS ABOUT TO GET STUCK FOLLOWING THE GRADER

 I BET THAT BUSY SPRING FARMER IS CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO GET AROUND THE GRADER

My project this morning was to remove some rust off the clamps that hold the rails for Subie's front seats.  Road salt over the years has bubbled the paint on those black clamps and rust has settled in.  Having ground the rust off, I then set to work carefully repainting those floor clamps.  Now, it was unlikely this should have happened, but......everything turned out exceptionally well.  I didn't even get any paint on the carpet, the steering wheel, the muffler, or the rear window.  And, by golly, I didn't even find any paint spatters on myself.  Yessireee, I did good, even if I have to say so myself.

 AREA FORESTS ARE GREENING UP WITH EACH PASSING DAY

 I TOOK MY E-BIKE FOR A SPIN TO THE SOUTH END OF THE PARK LATE THIS AFTERNOON

 AND YES, BY GOLLY, I EVEN GOT MYSELF A REGULATION BIKE HELMET

And, with the greatest sadness in my heart, it was one year ago on April 28th that Pheebs, with me close at her side, crossed the Rainbow Bridge.  The best Pal I ever had in my entire life was gone.  This was my post from that day....My Heart Is Again In A Million Pieces

 ONE YEAR AGO TODAY I TOOK PHEEBS TO THE WOODLAND DRIVE-IN FOR ICE CREAM

 MY TRUSTY NAVIGATOR OF 14 YEARS MANAGED TO SIT UP FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO CHECK AND MAKE SURE DAD WASN'T LOST

SHE LOVED HER DISH OF ICE CREAM

 HEADING HOME FOR THE LAST TIME

ALMOST HOME, SHE SITS UP ONE LAST TIME TO MAKE SURE WE WERE HOME

Al's Music Box:: Yesterday When I Was Young by Glen Campbell.

GROANER'S CORNER I stopped at a fast-food restaurant recently. I was fascinated by a sign which offered Fat-Free French Fries. I decided to give them a try. I was dismayed when the clerk pulled a basket of fries from the fryer, which was dripping with fat. He filled a bag with these fries and put them in my order. "Just a minute!" I said. "Those aren't fat-free." "Yes, they are. We only charge for the potatoes . . . the fat is free!"

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- Do you know why potatoes are never single in a bag? Because they have a lot of buds.

- Did you hear about the guy who made a fortune investing in apples? Turns out he was in cider trading.

- Scientists have been studying the effect of cannabis on sea birds. They’ve left no tern unstoned.

A blind man walks into a store. He grabs his guide dog by the tail and lifts it into the air then spins it around his head. The store clerk, alarmed by this strange behavior said, "can I help you?" "Nope, I'm just looking around."

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After a two-week criminal trial in a very high profile bank robbery case, the judge turns to the jury foreman and asks, "Has the jury reached a verdict in this case?" "Yes, we have, your honor," The foreman responded. "Would you please pass it to me," The judge declared, as he motioned for the bailiff to retrieve the verdict slip from the foreman and deliver it to him.  After the judge reads the verdict himself, he delivers the verdict slip back to his bailiff to be returned to the foreman and instructs the foreman, "Please read your verdict to the court." "We find the defendant Not Guilty of all four counts of bank robbery." stated the foreman. The family and friends of the defendant jump for joy at the verdict and hug each other as they shout expressions of divine gratitude.
The man's attorney turns to his client and asks, "So, what do you think about that?"
The defendant, with a bewildered look on his face turns to his attorney and says, "I'm real confused here. Does this mean that I have to give all the money back?"

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