EVEN GOT A LOAD OF LAUNDRY DONE IN THERE SOMEWHERE

Slightly energized by a sunsplash on our living room floor about 8:30 this morning, I wasn't long in dragging my sorry old sack of bones outside to see what I could get done.  Gathering up a couple piles of debris, I was able to begin filling our 4 recycling bins again.  Luckily, the sun re-emerged once again from the cloud cover and lit up the yard at 10:45.  'Walla', more energy for Al, but not just that, I was definitely feeling a bit better this morning.  Well, that is until I tried to access my bank site, and it would not accept my password.  Even after I thought I had the schmozzle cleared up at my bank yesterday morning.  But I think the big problem is not with my bank but my iPhone.  My 'Outlook' email program is not accepting updated emails, and therefore, I never receive the passcode number needed to solve my bank problem.  No point in calling the banks' 1-800 'help line' if my iPhone won't accept the passcode number I need to unlock my bank account.  I'm not even going to begin to tell you how horribly frustrated I am again with all this #%@&**#!! techno CRAP!!

 WE SURE HAVE A LOT OF FERNS COMING UP ALL OVER THE PLACE THIS YEAR

With temps hovering around the 50F mark and no wind and rain for a change, I was able to make some headway on my outdoor projects, spending about three hours outside.  Pond pump cleaned, front deck and porch blown off with the leaf blower, raked up a bunch of birdseed husks, and refilled the feeders.  More trimming of a troublesome vine just outside the sunroom window, spread some mulch on one of the flowerbeds, took some pics, and lugged a few heavy flower pots around, etc.  Even got a load of laundry done in there somewhere.  It was a good feeling to 'finally' finish up some projects I had started shortly before my unexpected hospital stay two weeks ago.  With a little bit of luck I will soon be back into the swing of things again.

And a surprise late this afternoon......I didn't think Woodsy would be back until tomorrow, but while taking a few pics around the front yard for tonight's post, a little burgundy car rolled up and turned into the driveway. 'Yahouie Louie,' it was Wiz in her Wizmobile.  I was sure happy to see Lorraine back except she will probably hide my peanut bar jar on me again.

Al's Music Box:))  Come Go With Me is a song written by C. E. Quick (a.k.a. Clarence Quick), an original member (bass vocalist) of the American doo-wop vocal group the Del-Vikings.  The song was originally recorded by The Del-Vikings (lead singer Norman Wright) in 1956 but not released until July 1957 on the Luniverse LP Come Go with the Del Vikings. The final version was released in the second week of January 1957 and was led by Norman Wright, although some sources claim it was led by Gus Backus. When Joe Averbach, the owner of Fee Bee Records could not handle the demand, he signed with Dot Records in late January 1957; the song became a hit, peaking at No. 5 on the US Billboard Top 100 Pop Chart (a predecessor of the 1958 established Billboard Hot 100). It also reached No. 2 on the R&B chart. "Come Go with Me" and another 8 songs were recorded in the basement of Pittsburgh disc jockey Barry Kaye. These recordings were released in 1992 as 1956 Audition Tapes.  The song was later featured in the films American Graffiti (1973), Diner (1982), Stand by Me (1986), Joe Versus the Volcano (1990), and Set It Up (2018). It was included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies(1981). It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc.  Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song No. 449 in its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Groaner's Corner:(( A priest was sent to a very small church in the backwoods of Alaska. After a couple of years, the Bishop decided to pay the priest a visit to see how he was doing. The priest said that it was a really lonely job and that he didn't think that he could have made it without his Rosary and two martinis each day. With that, the priest said to the Bishop, "Would you like to have a martini with me?" The Bishop said, "Yes, that would be nice." The priest turned around and hollered toward the kitchen, "Rosary, would you fix us two martinis, please?"

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A psychiatrist received a postcard from one of his clients who was vacationing in Spain. “I’m having a great time!” “Wish you were here to tell me why.”

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The banker fell overboard from a friend's sailboat.  The friend grabbed a life preserver, held it up, not knowing if the banker could swim, and shouted, “Can you float alone?”  “Obviously,” the banker replied, “but this is a heck of a time to talk business.”

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When the rod in her closet fell from the weight of her clothes, Sally decided to donate some. While gathering the garments she no longer wore, she checked the pockets in one coat and found a ticket for shoes she’d brought in for repairs nearly four years before. “So that’s what happened to those,” she muttered. Later that day after dropping off the clothes, she decided to see if the repairman still had the shoes. After studying the ticket, the man said. “I’m sorry, but those won’t be ready until Friday.”

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