Halloween eve

81º here in La Feria, TX at 5:30 pm Monday - with winds 5 mph and gusts to 20 mph, humidity at 50% with 40% chance of rain tonight.



Spent the morning at doctors office for regular check-up.  Looks like have a few more years in us!


Then spent several hours shopping for supplies for the lunch tomorrow noon for Halloween party at the Rec Hall. 

Got 15 lbs of the big hot-dogs for tomorrow

Also got some supplies for ourselves and Phyllis got some things for the Kenwood Association to stock the kitchen - cups, coffee, etc.

















Working on the wall in the Texas room around the kitchen window.

Filled up gas at $2.139 at Sam's Club this evening and then stopped at Johnny's True Value Hardware store for some items.

No world series game tonight.  Watched until 12:30 am or so last night as the Houston team took their third game of the series. 

GROANER’S CORNER:((  A guy goes into a bar. He's sitting on the stool, enjoying his drink when he hears, "You look great!" He looks around - there's nobody near him. He hears the voice again, "No really, you look terrific."  The guy looks around again. Nobody. He hears, "Is that a new shirt or something? Because you are absolutely glowing!" He then realizes that the voice is coming from a dish of nuts on the bar. "Hey," the guy calls to the bartender, "What's with the nuts?" "Oh," the bartender answers, "They're complimentary."

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Kids have a greater need for speed than classroom computers can deliver.  Impatient to turn in his term paper, one restless student kept clicking the 'Print' command.  The printer started to churn out copy after copy of the kid’s ten-page report.  The topic?  'Save Our Trees.'

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Q. Why is it so hard for women to find men that are sensitive, caring, and good-looking?
A. Because those men already have boyfriends.

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73º at 9:30 pm - calm with 77% humidity as I finish this.

Later - Lynn

Cooling again, for the weekend in the Rio Grande Valley

54º here in La Feria, TX at 10:00 am Saturday morning with 21 maph winds out of the north - was 43º earlier this morning.  Thought it was cool the other day!  Was 84º yesterday afternoon.

Added these "stiffener boards" to a bookcase for Phyllis' office

Did some touch up painting on trim.

Close-up of end of cleaner drag

12' long pole with fingers on end to clean roof

Ladder set-up for cleaning roof

Long ways down

Cleaned the leaves from the roof of the old part of carport/Texas room

Leaf accumulation since last March from nearby tree 

and started working on east wall of Texas room around the kitchen window.

Will continue.

Must mention that a close friend of mine during my Senior year in Callaway High School was put in hospice in Scottsdale, AZ last week.  She has suffered from ALS for several years and is reaching the end.  Prayers for Kay Lord Kuehnackle.
12:20 pm -- just heard that Kay passed away at 4:00 am this morning.

GROANER’S CORNER:((  An investment counselor decided to go out on her own. She was shrewd and diligent, so business kept coming in, and pretty soon she realized that she needed an in-house counsel. She began to interview young lawyers. "As I'm sure you can understand," she started off with one of the first applicants, "in a business like this, our personal integrity must be beyond question." She leaned forward. "Mr. Peterson, are you an honest lawyer?" "Honest?" replied the job prospect. "Let me tell you something about honest. Why, I'm so honest that my father lent me $15,000 for my education, and I paid back every penny the minute I tried my very first case." "Impressive. And what sort of case was that?" The lawyer squirmed in his seat and admitted, "He sued me for the money."
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Q: How did the blonde rob the drive-up window at the bank?
A: She put her gun in the little basket along with a note that said "This is a stick-up"
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“2017 would have been a great year to open up a unisex haircut place and call it 'Totally Clips'.”
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Knock Knock
Who's there !
Four Eggs!
Four Eggs who ?
Four Eggs ample !

Take care of yourself, be well, and keep in touch.  Lynn

Little cool this morning

DON'T WAIT -- DO IT NOW!....... while you still can

68º here in La Feria, TX as I start this at 10:25 am Wednesday; was low of 53º this morning.  Know that doesn't sound cool to you people up north, but is a bit cool here after 93º just this last Sunday.

It was a bit cool when I took this photo on a Saturday in March of 1961 at our Oconto, NE farm where I grew up.  I recall that day when Dad was having me help him run some ear-corn thru the hammer-mill for the cattle.  I wasn't feeling good and later that day it was decided I had the mumps.  I was a senior in high-school and not happy about missing school for the following week (and the miserable swollen spots below my jaw.)

The lawns are mowed every 2 weeks here by a crew, but it gets a little long the "off" week so I ran my foot-powered mower over my lawn Monday.

Can't remember the names of these flowers, but
some of them are in full bloom - Hydrangeas?

With floor of the steps painted and second coat on, I finally got railing finished (it had been up as temporary for only a couple years!) and sanded the old and new to match as well as cleaned up the post top on the other side.

Still have to put second coat on the railings, but is starting to look a little more finished.

This is steps inside the "Texas Room"
after second coat of paint.

Steps painted, before working on handrails. 

Monday we had made a quick trip to Progreso, MX for a checkup on Phyllis' tooth work.  Then she started her job as Activity Director that day.

Yesterday, Tuesday, we both went in for blood draws for our checkup next week.

Ralph and Jean Snyder got here Monday and Dave & Jan Engle yesterday as well as Don Unger.

GROANER’S CORNER:((   One night, a man on his way home happened upon a drunk, down on his hands and knees searching for something under a street light. The man asked the drunk what he was looking for so diligently and the drunk said he had tripped and his Rolex wrist watch had broken loose from his wrist. The man, being a kindhearted soul, got down on his hands and knees and began assisting the drunk looking for his watch. After about ten minutes without any success, the man asked the drunk exactly where he tripped. "About a half a block up the street," the drunk said. "Why, pray tell," the man asked the drunk, "are you looking for your watch here if you lost it a half a block up the street?" The drunk replied, "The light is a lot better here."

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- Mother: Why did you just swallow the money I gave you?
Son: Well you did say it was my lunch money!

- What's a mushroom?
The place they store the school food!

- My teacher reminds me of history
She's always repeating herself!

- A math joke
Teacher: Did your parents help you with these homework problems?
Pupil: No I got them all wrong by myself!

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Knock Knock
Who's there
Figs
Figs who
Figs the doorbell, it's broken!!

Be well, do good work, and stay in touch -- Lynn

Moving building old fashion way

78º and rain just passed through La Feria at 5:45 pm Sunday.

Ever think about how the big stones were moved when the Egyptians built the pyramids?  The three guys moved this shed probably a hundred yards from one RV lot out to the street, up the street and back over grass to back of another lot in 95º hot direct sunshine this noon.  Don't think the Egyptians used PVC pipe to roll on, but imagine the logs would have served.

This was brutal, but slowly it was moved.

Storage shed in final position - yet to be leveled. 

Cut a 4' x 8' plywood board for a shelf.

New top shelf holds all the window/door insulation until
next spring when they will go back up.

Sisters Maxine & Judy from North West Ohio got in
today and  stopped by for a short visit.

Pat and Lois Sumner got here yesterday with their 5th wheel and transferred things over to their permanent place today and put the 5th wheel in storage.

GROANER’S CORNER:((  A husband and wife came for counseling after 15 years of marriage.When asked what the problem was, the wife went into a passionately painful tirade listing every problem they had ever had in the 15 years they had been married.  She went on and on and on: neglect, lack of intimacy,emptiness, loneliness, feeling unloved and unlovable, an entire laundry list of unmet needs she had endured over the course of their marriage.
Finally, after allowing this to go on for a sufficient length of time, the therapist got up, walked around the desk and, after asking the wife to stand, embraced and kissed her passionately.
The woman shut up and quietly sat down as though in a daze.  The therapist turned to the husband and said, "This is what your wife needs at least three times a week Can you do this?"
The husband thought for a moment and replied,.. "Well, I can drop her off here on Mondays and Wednesdays, but on Friday's I go fishing!

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Knock Knock
Who's there?
Cantaloupe!
Cantaloupe who?
Cantaloupe to Vegas, our parents would get mad.

Be good, stay well, and keep in touch, Lynn

Actually, right now is first full week in Kenwood

DO IT NOW! -- WHILE YOU STILL CAN

87º here in La Feria, TX with a "feel like" of 97º at 1:30 pm Saturday
About one week ago right now we pulled our trailer in to Kenwood and began unloading it and the pickup and opening up the house for our winter stay.  I think we got a lot done in that week.  Phyllis started some tooth work that will continue this next week or maybe two; got everything from the trailer and it parked and set for the winter - just need to wash and wax it; stocked the place with what food we hadn't brought from home; got the various plants trimmed around the house and the outside washed down as well as started the painting of the outside steps.  Need to wait 72 hours before we walk on the first half so I can go ahead and paint the other half.

Lot of corn here!

Well, granddaughter posted several photos on Facebook of their trek to a local Pumpkin farm back in Iowa, so must post them so you can get latest pictures of our Great Granddaughter Jessica

At the pumpkin farm

"I found a pumpkin"

Always have time for a swing.

Here I am!

Here we all are!

Train Wreck?

We went across Interstate 2 from Kenwood RV to the Whataburger for breakfast.  Their biscuits & gravy are great and I had a side of scrambled eggs to put on top.  Phyllis wanted to know if it was named a "Train Wreck" -- Darrell will know what she is referring to.

Did the annual replacement of water filter for kitchen sink.

Picked up some things at HEB

Check this out - Grand Canyon  This Weblog by a full-timer brings back memories of the visits we made there!















Went to Donwes Flea Market - lot of booths not set up yet.  Our veggie man Joe was not at his booth so got some things across street to the south from the only guy who was set up there.  Said it was the first day of the season for him.  Expect November 1st will make a difference in people coming south and for the vendors to be set up.

Finished this 822 page book - most interesting, describing 
not  only his years before the Civil War, but the 
various facts  unknown (to me)  unorganized 
government he ran  and the fact that he didn't give
up for many weeks after  Appomattox Court
House surrender by Lee.

Just started this 308 page book
on Lee following the Civil War.

Retired Person's Perspective
 
1.   I'm not saying let's go kill all the stupid people. I'm just saying let's remove all the warning labels and let the problem work itself out.
2.   I changed my car horn to gunshot sounds. People move out of the way much faster now.
3.   You can tell a lot about a woman's mood just by her hands. If they are holding a gun, she's probably very unhappy.
4.   You know that tingly little feeling you get when you really like someone you've just met? That's common sense leaving your body.
5.   I don't like making plans for the day. Because then the word "premeditated" gets thrown around in the courtroom.
6.   I didn't make it to the gym today. That makes 1,500 days in a row.
7.   I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.
8.   Dear paranoid people who check behind shower curtains for murderers: If you find one, what's your plan?
9.   Everyone has a right to be stupid. Politicians just abuse the privilege.
 
Old age is not as bad as I thought. It's a good feeling when you just don't give a hoot anymore and you feel happy just to wake up in the morning.
 
GROANER'S CORNER:(( Two brooms were hanging in the closet, and after they got to know each other a bit, decided to get married.  The bride broom looked very beautiful in her white dress. The groom broom was handsome and suave in his tuxedo. The wedding was lovely and attended by all the push brooms and dust mops.  After the wedding, at the wedding dinner, the bride broom leaned over and whispered to the groom broom, "We're soon going to have a little whisk broom!"  "Impossible!" said the groom broom, indignantly. "We haven't even swept together yet!!!"

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A witness was called to the stand to testify about a head-on automobile collision.  "Whose fault was this accident?" the lawyer asked.  "As near as I could tell," replied the witness, "they hit each other at about the same time."

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"Oh God," sighed the wife one morning, "I'm convinced my mind is almost completely gone!"  Her husband looked up from the newspaper and commented, "I'm not surprised: You've been giving me a piece of it every day for twenty years!"

Be well, Do good things, and keep in touch, Lynn

Full week in Kenwood today

Finally getting back to this WebLog - 12:00 Noon now - at 11:20 am when I came in from outside the temp was 84º with humidity of 63%

Started painting front steps

Half done!  Will give a second coat later
and then do the other half after it dries.

Actually got the BBQ grill uncovered and did some steaks

Ready for the table

On the table!

Washed down walls and cement yesterday

Accumulated crud under carport from summer

After washing steps, ran old furnace fan to dry them.

While washing east side of our mobile home I hosed down
Harold & LaRhoda's place

Got the dust of his golf cart, also.

Got wheel covers on, hitch cover on, and electric
jack and plug-in wires covered with plastic pail.

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Coming out of Harlingen's Walmart yesterday saw all these birds in shade

At lunch at Chick-fil-A; they had continuous line at drive-thru, and had
at least three people taking orders with hand-held wireless machines
and really ran the line through.  Also had several on the pick-up side running out with orders. 

Finally got around to trying the cheese and crackers we bought at the
Dutch Country General Store near Bloomfield, IA  in August on way to Granddaughter Emmy
Is good!

The tomato cage as we found it on returning last week.
Tomatoes dead, but lots of grass growing.

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Removing the cage

Decided not to mess with tomatoes this year - removed the
old cage and am disassembling it. 

Phyllis is up to the hall getting ready for a gathering at 2:30 today - Caramel apples and popcorn for the residents of the park.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A man is like a fine wine. He starts out raw as grapes, and it's a woman's job to stomp on him and keep him in the dark until he matures into something she'd like to have dinner with.

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OLD POSTAL CARRIERS never die, they just lose their zip
OLD PRINTERS never die, they're just not the type

OLD PROGRAMMERS never die, they just get bugged with life

OLD PROPANE TANKS never die, they just run out of gas

OLD QUARTERBACKS never die, they just fade back and pass away

OLD PROGRAMMERS never die, they just go to bits

OLD QUILTERS never die, they just go to pieces

OLD PROGRAMMERS never die, they just lose their memory

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Knock Knock
Who's there !
Honeydew!
Honeydew who?
Honeydew you know how nice you look tonight?

Keep well, do good work, and keep in touch - Lynn