HAPPY 2011!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR ONE & ALL!

May 2011 bring all of us

all things grand and glorious.

Short of that, may we all at least survive to say it all again next year.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Hard to believe the Christmas season is already upon us again!

No matter what you celebrate this time of year, here's hoping you & yours are warm, safe, happy & healthy.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

Whether you're having turkey, deer or canned beans, we've all got something to be thankful for.

THANK A VETERAN

HAPPY NOVEMBER!!!

Remember, Thursday is more than just a day off -

it's a day to THANK A VETERAN.

It's a day to set all else aside & remember we're Americans.
Think about everything that means & if your heart doesn't swell with pride, thank a vet on your way out of the country.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

Y'all mark your calendars -

Haunted Carnival/Trail

H.E. White Elementary, Saturday, October 23, 6-9 p.m.

WHATEVAH

I, for one, had a great time at the Apple Festival.

... & the 25-year reunion of the Class of '85 was a blast!

Life is grand, ain't it?

See ya, Summer!

Is it just me or has this been the shortest summer of all time?

First day of school ... my heart goes out to all you mommies letting that big yellow monster swallow your babies for the first time.

My Brother, My Friend

Alan Scott McNeiland

December 13, 1962 - August 13, 2010

PEACE OUT, BRO

AUGUST ALREADY???

We all know time flies when you're having fun, but what the heck happened to June & July?? For that matter, what the heck happened to 1991????

Just A Friendly Little Reminder ...

There is a language barrier on this site - comments containing language that cannot be used on prime time network television will be removed. Try to play nice and act like you've got some sense (even if you have to fake it).

If you can't play nice here, go to http://www.blogger.com/ & play in your own playpen.

The Next Day ...

I'm not a political expert by any means, but shouldn't common sense alone be enough to tell you that if your senator is 92 years old, you should've had a replacement plan in place 10 years ago instead of scrambling with a special session to decide what's "legal"?

WHATTA VACATION!!

Drive 6 hours to Reisterstown, MD, spend the night, get up before the crack of dawn, hop a plane, fly to Albuquerque, NM, drive to Aztec, spend 6 days touring 4 states, fly back to Baltimore, spend the night, drive 6 hours home & you've got yourself a FANTASTIC GOOD TIME!!!

OH! & if you have a birthday while you're on vacation, you get to celebrate it EVERY SINGLE DAY & then come home to cake & presents with the ones who didn't vacation with you!

It's so grand to be me!

SUM SUM SUMMA TIME!

Sunshine, thunderstorms, pool time, bon fires, sittin' on the river bank ...

Lightning bugs, long daylight hours, birds chirping all day long ...

Remember that long, harsh, hateful winter? It's OVER!!

WOOO HOOOO!!!

All gave some ... some gave all.

Thank you

Today is the first day of the rest of your life ...

Which means if you didn't make the most of yesterday, you almost blew it.

HAPPY MAY!!

School's almost out, it's almost time for vacation, everything's green, green, green. It's almost like that long, hateful winter never even happened! ... almost, but not quite ...

& then there's this ...

Oh, never mind. There's nothing. Nothing at all to put here. Maybe things will pick up later ...

SEE YA, MARCH!!

HAPPY APRIL!

SRING HAS SPRUNG! THE GRASS HAS RIZ!

& I know where the birdies is! They're right outside my window!!

Congratulations to us all for surviving the longest, harshest, coldest, ugliest, snowiest winter in recent memory. GOOD RIDDANCE TO IT!!

HAPPY SPRING, ONE & ALL!

S.S.D.D.

The other day, I made a trip to Clay. On the way home, I stopped at GoMart. The lady in front of me was buying a pack of cigarettets (~$5) & an order of pasta salad "for her lunch" ($2.77). When she found out the EBT (Electronic Benefits Transfer) machine wasn't working, instead of putting back the cigarettes, she returned the pasta salad & used her cash to pay for the cigarettes.

We don't have an obesity problem in this country - we have a priority problem.

The World Beyond Our Borders ...

Chile was hit by an 8.8 earthquake - the largest ever recorded in the history of recording. Death toll at 700 & rising.

The U.S. Olympic team aced the Winter Olympics with 37 medals - 9 gold.

Yesterday, my eldest brother turned 50!

... & so it goes ... the world continues to turn ...

IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE ADDRESSES FOR YOUR REPRESENTATIVES, I CAN GET THEM TO YOU

West Virginia is getting more than $130 million from the federal government to improve broadbrand Internet access.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Sen. Jay Rockefeller announced the project Thursday.

The money will pay for high-speed Internet service to an estimated 471 schools. It's also expected to pay for better Internet access at more than 170 public libraries, jails, county courthouses and other sites.

WOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO!

The sun is shining, the birds are singing, the grass is green, the trees are in full bloom ... it's supposed to be 70 degrees today!

A girl can dream, can't she?

HAPPY FEBRUARY!!

We survived the Storm of the Century in December, the frigid cold of January & oh, happy day, I don't care what some stupid groundhog has to say, Spring's coming next month!!

& then ...

... the sun came out, the snow melted & it was all over but the telling of the stories. Life is good.