PHEEBS AND I MADE A RAID ON JERRY RADERS THIS MORNING

 HOW NICE TO SEE SUNSHINE THIS MORNING

Running a bit low on supplies and with sunshine beaming down across the landscape, it was time for Pheebs and I to make a raid on Jerry Rader's Homestyle in Zurich.  I am so grateful for the two Jerry Rader gift cards I received last month.  Using the gift cards wisely, I have not purchased any of the many delicious desserts offered there.  But oh my, those homemade pies and tarts look soooooo good.  With my weight down to 172 pounds, I do not want to take a chance on having it balloon back up to over 200 pounds again.  So, no pies and tarts for me.

 PHEEBS LOVES THE MORNING'S SUN ON HER FACE

 SO NICE TO SEE SUN SPLASHES ACROSS THE ROAD

 

 THE THIN DARK BLUE LINE TO THE LEFT OF THE BUSH IS LAKE LAKE HURON OFF TO OUR RIGHT

Pheebs and I left Jerry Raders this morning with 2 cream of chicken soups, 1 cream of turkey soup, 1 beef barley soup, 1 pkg of Metsger weiners, 1 beef stew, 1 turkey salad sandwich which Pheebs and I shared on the way home, 1 pkg of chicken tenders, and 2 beef pot pies. That will keep us going for a while.

 SHARING OUR TURKEY SALAD SANDWICH

After arriving home and with a sunny day still going on I hustled myself outside, grabbed my shovel, and cleaned out all my pathways including all the salty slush in the carport from the Subaru.  With temps at 33F it was a slightly milder day.  The big heavy snow load in early December crushed down a Wisteria Vine at the corner of the house blocking an area near an arbor where I usually have a snow path shoveled.  It took me a while with my clippers to get all that cleaned up.  It felt great to be outside doing something again.  I will be soooooo glad when this winter is over!!  I might even kick up my heels in merriment.

 THERE ARE SOME NICE OLD STONE FARMHOUSES IN OUR AREA AND ALL THE ONES IN TONIGHT'S POST ARE ON THE GOSHEN LINE SOUTHEAST OF BAYFIELD

Al's Music Box:)) Oh Girl is a song written by Eugene Record and recorded by American soul vocal group the Chi-Lites, with Record on vocals and also producing. It was released as a single on Brunswick Records in 1972. Included on the group's 1972 album A Lonely Man, "Oh Girl" centers on a relationship on the verge of break-up.  "Oh Girl" was the Chi-Lites' first and only No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at that position in May 1972 for one week. The single also reached the top position of the Billboard R&B Singles chart the following month, remaining in that position for two weeks.  Billboard ranked it as the No. 13 song for 1972.  In addition, it reached No. 14 on the UK Singles Chart in July 1972, and was a UK hit again in 1975 when reissued as a double A-side with "Have You Seen Her", this time reaching a new peak of No. 5. The song prominently features a harmonica.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A woman announces to her friend that she is getting married for the fourth time. "How wonderful! But I hope you don't mind me asking what happened to your first husband?" "He ate poisonous mushrooms and died." "Oh, how tragic! What about your second husband?" "He ate poisonous mushrooms too and died." "Oh, how terrible! I'm almost afraid to ask you about your third husband." "He died of a broken neck." "A broken neck?" "Ya, he wouldn't eat his mushrooms."

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“Snakes don't drink coffee because it makes them viperactive.”

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The teacher noticed that Johnny had been daydreaming for a long time. She decided to get his attention."Johnny," she said, "If the world is 25,000 miles around and eggs are sixty cents a dozen, how old am I? "Thirty-four," Johnny answered unhesitatingly.  The teacher replied "Well, that's not far from my actual age. Tell me...how did you guess?"  Oh, there's nothing to it," Johnny said. "My big sister is seventeen and she's only half-crazy."

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The workers in a large office were making secret plans to stage a big office party for the 70-year old cleaning woman who had spent the better part of her life with the company.  Somehow the secret leaked out and the woman got wind of it. Much perturbed, she rushed to the office manager. "Please sir," she cried, "Do not let them do it! Do not let them do it!"  "Oh, come now, Mrs. Smith, you must not be so modest. After all, they simply want to show how much you are appreciated." "Appreciated, my foot," exclaimed the woman. "I am NOT going to clean up after a mess like that!"

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 CHECKING THE MENU AT ONE OF THE 'CRACKER BARRELS' WE LOVED SO MUCH OVER OUR RV TRAVELING YEARS

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I JUST HAVE TO GET ON WITH THE I'S ME'S AND MINE'S

It was just me in the Subaru on this snowy mid-January morning heading to the Maitland Valley Health Center in Goderich.  It was my semi-annual diabetes check-up with my Nurse Practitioner and the Diabetes Lady.  They had good news for me.  My numbers were better and I had actually tipped back over the line to 'Pre-diabetic'.  I had a hunch that might happen, and it did.  And, I even got a great big hug from my Nurse Practitioner.  The only area I am falling down in is exercise and I've no chance of that until all this miserable snow melts, the Sun comes out, and the temperatures come up.

 IT WAS A SNOWY DRIVE TO GODERICH AND BACK THIS MORNING

I and We....I have quite a time with that now.  It was always 'we' but now it is only 'I' and I'm having to get used to that when I'm referring to anything.  Is or was is another one.  It was ours but now it's mine.  It was 'our' car but now it's my car  It just don't sound right to me but it is what it is and I just have to get used to it.  'Our house' is now my house.  I liked it better when it was our house.  I liked it better when there was more 'ours' and fewer 'mines'.  More 'us' than 'me's.  It just felt more comfortable and right.  But alas, change is inevitable and I just have to get on with the I's, me's and mine's.    

 WHEN I SAW THIS BIG GUY COMING FULL TILT I PULLED OVER INTO A FARMERS LANE AND WAITED FOR HIM TO GO FLYING BY

 A VEHICLE AHEAD OF ME IS THROWING UP SNOW IN MY FACE

 IT LOOKS LIKE THIS FARMER FORGOT TO HARVEST HIS CORN LAST FALL

 AND I EVEN SPOTTED 'OLD LONESOME' ON MY WAY HOME

 OH-OH, LOOKS LIKE TROUBLE AHEAD RIGHT AT OUR PARK'S ENTRANCE

SLOWLY EASING BY I NOTICED IT LOOKED LIKE A WHITE AMAZON VAN AND I SUDDENLY HAD MYSELF ANOTHER OH-OH....WHAT IF IT IS AND HE JUST DROPPED OFF MORE COFFEE FILTERS AT MY HOUSE:((  I THINK THAT WAS DON FROM THE BAYFIELD GARAGE IN THAT ORANGE COAT

Al's Music Box:)) All Night Long is a song by American singer and songwriter Lionel Richie from his second solo album, Can't Slow Down (1983). The song combined Richie's Commodores style with Caribbean influences. The single reached number one on three Billboard charts (pop, R&B and adult contemporary).  In the UK, it peaked at number two on the singles chart.  The song lyrics were written primarily in English, but Richie has admitted in at least one press interview that "African" lyrics in the song, such as "Tam bo li de say de moi ya" and "Jambo jumbo", were in fact gibberish.  Richie has described these portions of the song as a "wonderful joke", written when he discovered that he lacked the time to hire a translator to contribute the foreign-language lyrics he wished to include in the song.  Cash Box summed up its review of the single saying "Richie’s command of these diverse musical elements and shifts in melodic direction is as impressive as it is pleasurable."  An accompanying music video for "All Night Long (All Night)" was produced by former Monkee and TV video pioneer Michael Nesmith and directed by Bob Rafelson.  Richie performed the song at the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Suer Olympics in Los Angeles and also performed the song live at the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize celebration.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( After church on Sunday morning, a young boy suddenly announced to his mother, "Mom, I've decided I'm going to be a minister when I grow up."  "That's okay with us," the mother said, "But what made you decide to be a minister?"  "Well," the boy replied, "I'll have to go to church on Sunday anyway, and I figure it will be more fun to stand up and yell than to sit still and listen."

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I just finished building a car using a motor from a washing machine. I'm going to take it for a spin later.

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Two rednecks, Bubba and Earl, were driving down the road drinking a couple of bottles of Bud.  The passenger, Bubba, said, "Lookey thar up ahead, Earl, it's a po-lice roadblock!  We're gonna get busted fer drinkin' these here beers!!"  "Don't worry, Bubba," Earl said. "We'll just pull over and finish drinkin' these beers, peel off the label and stick it on our foreheads, and throw the bottles under the seat."  "What fer?" asked Bubba.  "Just let me do the talkin', OK?" said Earl.  Well, they finished their beers, threw the empty bottles under the seat, and each put a label on their forehead.  When they reached the roadblock, the sheriff said, "You boys been drinkin'?" ...."No sir," Earl said. "We're on the patch."

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 HERE WE ARE AT OUR RANCH SITTING JOB WITH OUR GANG AND AND THE RANCH DOGS TOO

ON ONE OF OUR MANY DESERT WALKS IN THE MORNING

 HERE'S KELLY TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS AS WE MOTOR ALONG DOWN THE HIGHWAY SOMEWHERE IN THE GREAT AMERICAN SOUTHWEST

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