FISHING PICS.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE FISH CAUGHT IN THE LOCAL LAKES USING OUR BAIT. PRETTY COOL!

IS THAT A SQUIRREL?

CHARLIE THE STORE CAT

WHAT A PERVERT!!!!

LEARNING TO FLY

THINGS SEEM TO BE GOING WELL & IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE GOING TO MAKE IT IN THE BAIT BUSINESS! THE DELI IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN FOR FOOTBALL SEASON. WISH US LUCK!!! THIS IS PRETTY COOL CHECK OUT THIS VIRTUAL FLYING SITE http://www.electricoyster.com/electric3d/index.html COOL!

FROM BLOGGER TO WEBMASTER!

CHECK IT OUT! MY NEW WEBSITE! I ACTUALLY BUILT IT MYSELF!http://www.tackleboxtoo.com/

HERE FISHY FISHY

THIS IS THE IMAGE I AM USING FOR MY NEW BUSINESS CARDS! SOMEDAY I/LL GET A CHANCE TO GO FISHING...i HOPE.

Coming up on the Grand Opening!

Coming right along now... We are working literally around the clock to get the store in working order for the big event on Saturday. I love this picture as it shows our local weirdo in front of the store. Made you squint!

So for those of you planning on coming I have attached a link so you can find us! Please come if you can!

AND SO IT IS

WELL WE FINALLY DID IT. WE TOOK OVER THE STORE ON WEDNESDAY EVENING. NOW BEGINS A LONG BATTLE WITH DIRT & GRIME.

MURPHY'S LAW IS IN FULL EFFECT.
1. WE BLEW 3 BREAKERS & HAS TO RELPACE THEM
2. 1 BREAKER WAS TO THE ICE CREAM COOLER & WE LOST ALL THE ICECREAM WE JUST BOUGHT & THE INVENTORY THAT WAS ALREADY THERE.
3. ONE OF THE ICE MACHINES WAS PUT TO REST.
4. THE FULLY STOCKED STORE WAS NOT... LUCKILY, EVERYTHING WAS DELIVERED THE NEXT DAY (ON OUR DIME)
5. THE AIR CONDITIONER IS A SWAMP COOLER & MAKES IT 48% HUMIDITY IN THE STORE!
6.ON & ON & ON....

YOU GET THE JIST...

BUT WE MADE IT & IT IS OURS!

THE CIRCLE OF LIFE

SO AFTER THIS AMAZINGLY TORRENTIAL 4 MONTHS, JUST WHEN I THINK I MIGHT REALLY LOSE IT, THINGS FINALLY COME FULL CIRCLE.  I KEEP PUTTING MYSELF OUT THERE AND THE REWARDS KEEP COMING BACK.  OF COURSE IT'S HARD TO FACE REJECTION BUT THE BENEFITS OF PERSEVERANCE ARE IMMENSE.

MEANING:

1.  I FINALLY GOT ON DUEL.  EVEN THOUGH THE RESULTS WERE NOT ENTIRELY FAVORABLE, I GOT WHAT I ASKED FOR!

2.  WE HAVE A VERY GOOD CHANCE OF TAKING OVER THE NOTE ON THE COUNTRY STORE & COULD OWN IT BY JUNE.  COINCIDENTALLY THAT IS WHEN RILEY GETS OUT OF SCHOOL!

3.  MY FORMER EMPLOYER'S ATTORNEY CALLED AND WANTS TO SETTLE WITH ME.

4.  I HAVE SPENT THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS WITH MY SON (MOSTLY POTTY TRAINING) THAT I WILL TREASURE FOREVER.

5.  I HAVE REKINDLED OLD FRIENSHIPS.

6.  I AM PLAYING POOL IN THE VEGAS TOURNAMENT NEXT MONTH. (EVEN THOUGH IT GETS SCARIER EVERY YEAR, I AM PROUD THAT I STILL DO IT)

7.  HERE IS THE HUGE KICKER! YESTERDAY I AUDITIONED FOR DEAL OR NO DEAL & SECURED A SPOT ON THE SHOW!!@!!!<:()*&*(%$!!!!!!!

YES, LADIES & GENTLEMEN,

 FINALLY A SHOW THAT TAKES NO BRAINS, TRIVIAL KNOWLEDGE, OR SKILL!!!  ONLY THE AUDACITY AND CHARM TO GET THERE!

WHOOD'VE THUNK?

WOWEE!  I REALLY HAD NO IDEA THAT THEY WOULD HAVE EVER RAN MY EPISODE OF DUEL AS THE SEASON OPENER.

 WELL TO MY SHOCK AND DISMAY MY PHONE STARTED RINGING OFF THE HOOK  @ 9PM (MY USUAL BED TIME!)

I ACTUALLY COULDN'T WATCH IT!  THE HOST REALLY DUG INTO ME & RATTLED ME.  IT TOTALLY THREW ME OFF MY GAME.  I SHOULD KNOW BETTER.  DON'T LET THEM INTO YOUR KITCHEN.  BUT I WASN'T EXPECTING IT. 

 LUCKILY, FROM WHAT I KNOW WHILE WATCHING IT ONE EYED THIS MORNING, THEY CUT MOST OF HIS EGGING ME ON OUT OF THE SCENES.

SO THE MYSTERY IS SOLVED, I FINALLY GOT ON DUEL AND LOST ON MY OWN MERIT.

OH WELL... DID I MENTION THAT DEAL OR NO DEAL CALLED ME & I HAVE AN INTERVIEW NEXT THURSDAY?

I love you like crazy cakes!

FOR LOVE OF THE GAME

WELL, THE ANNUAL NATIONAL BILLIARDS CONGRESS OF AMERICA TOURNAMENT IS FAST APPROACHING! 

 I HAVE SIGNED UP TO PLAY SCOTCH DOUBLES WITH MY FRIEND HARRY, A RETIRED EX-COP.  THE GOOD THING ABOUT BEING RETIRED IS YOU HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO PLAY POOL! 

I, ON THE OTHER HAND, HAVE 2 SMALL CHILDREN AND 72 THINGS ON MY PLATE.  WHERE THERE'S AS WILL THERE'S A WAY. :)  

HERE IS MY ODE TO POOL...

YOU'VE JUST GOT TO RELAX AND CONCENTRATE 

BREATHE OUT OF YOUR EYE LID

YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING

YOU'VE BEEN PLAYING SINCE YOU WERE A KID

COMPETITION CAN BE DAUNTING

FAILURE HAUNTING

SO KEEP YOU HEAD TOGETHER AND YOU'LL BE GLAD YOU DID

MY AUNTIE HAS BEEN SO KIND AS TO GO WITH ME TO THIS ANNUAL EVENT AND HAS BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE.  WE READ AFFIRMATIONS OUT LOUD ALL THE WAY THERE.  THEN ON THE WAY BACK WE REVIEW THE PAST YEAR, NOTE OUR PROGRESSION, AND SET GOALS FOR THE NEW YEAR.

I THINK THAT THE ROAD TRIP IS MY FAVORITE PART.  

IT DOESN'T MEAN I COULDN'T STAND A LITTLE OLD FASHIONED COMPETITION!

HERE WE GO ROUND AGAIN....

WELL, WELL, WELL.  LOOKS LIKE THE COUNTRY STORE IS BACK ON THE MARKET & I HAVE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL ON THE PURCHASE!  

I FIND IT HIGHLY INTERESTING THAT THE THINGS YOU FOCUS ON TRULY COME INTO YOUR LIFE.

  

1.  THE GAME SHOW CAME BACK AROUND

2.  THE MARKET CAME BACK INTO PLAY

WELL, WHETHER THESE THINGS ARE A BLESSING OR CURSE, WE'LL SOON FIND OUT.

KEEP WISHING ME LUCK AS WE ARE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET!!!  

MUCH MORE TO COME SO STAY TUNED!!!!

MY LOVE TO YOU ALL!

THE HEAT IS ON!

WELL I GUESS PERSISTENCE PAYS!  I'VE BEEN CHOSEN AS A CONTESTANT FOR DUEL!  I REALLY CANT SAY WHAT WILL HAPPEN OR IF I'LL BE COMING HOME WITH BEAUCOUP BUCKS.  WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT TIL THE SHOW AIRS.  PLEASE DON'T ASK WHAT HAPPENED AS I COULD GET SUED FOR 2 MIL IF IT GOT OUT.  THAT IS MORE THAN I COULD WIN!!!  PLEASE SEND LUCK OF THE TRIVIA DRAW VIBES TODAY!  

I HAVE OTHER NEWS BUT THIS CAN WAIT TIL TOMORROW AS I NEED TO GET MY BUT IN THE SHOWER AS I HAVE A 7:30 CALL!

PEACE AND LOVE.

THE GREATEST NATURAL BEAUTY (BESIDES ME IN MY YOUTH OF COURSE) I'VE EVER EXPERIENCED WAS @ LAKE POWELL.  THE GRAND CANYON ON WATER.  

THIS HAS LED ME TO PURCHASE A SHARE OF A HOUSEBOAT SO MY FAMILY MIGHT EXPERIENCE THIS BEAUTY FIRST HAND.   

HAPPY HAPPY TRAILS!

To all my friends who,

 in 2007,    sent me an

email 

with promises of good

 luck if I

 

forwarded something,

IT DID NOT WORK!

So, for 2008,

please 

just send

 either

 

money,

 

chocolate,

 

or

 

gas 

 

vouchers.

 

 

Thank You!

I GIVE YOU A GIFT AND YOU STAND THERE & SHOW UP MY PITCHER! RUN DUMMY!

IF YOU KNOW ME AT ALL YOU'D KNOW MY FAVORITE MOVIE IS BULL DURHAM.  I HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO BUST OUT A SINGLE LINE, RECITE MONOLOGUES (OH MY!), AND SPEAK THE LINES AS THEY ARE COMING UP DURING THE FILM.  THIS LAST ONE IS RATHER ANNOYING, I KNOW.  I JUST CAN'T HELP IT!  

THERE ARE FEW FILMS THAT SEEM FUNNIER THE MORE YOU WATCH THEM. INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: 

THIS IS SPINAL TAP

WHEN HARRY MET SALLY

THE LIFE OF BRIAN

PRINCESS BRIDE

AND MANY MORE I'M SURE I'LL WAKE UP THINKING ABOUT TOMORROW.

ANYWAY,  BACK TO THE DURHAM! 

 PATRESE'S TOP 10  BULL DURHAM QUOTES!!!! 

(IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER AS I JUST COULDN'T DECIDE!)

10.  ANYTHING THAT TRAVELS THAT FAR OTTA HAVE A DAMN STEWARDESS ON IT.

9. THE ROSE GOES IN THE FRONT BIG GUY.

8.  You lollygag the ball around the infield, you lollygag your way down to first, you lollygag in and out of the dugout, do you know what that makes you, Larry? Lollygagers

7. I'M CRASH DAVIS, I'm your new

 catcher and you just got lesson number one: don't think, it can only hurt the ballclub.

6.  Strikeouts are boring - besides that, they're fascist. Throw some more groundballs. Its more democratic.

5.  FROM WHAT I HEAR, YOU COULDN'T HIT WATER IF YOU FELL OUT OF A FUCKING BOAT.

4.  Well, I believe in the soul, the cock, the pussy, the small of

 a woman's back, the hangin

 curveball, high fiber, good scotch... that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-

indulgent overrated crap. I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone, I believe there ought to be a

 Constitutional ammendment outlawing astroturf and the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot,

 soft core pornography, opening your presents on Christmas morning rather than on Christmas Eve, and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet k

isses that last three days.

3. Excuse me what the 'heck' is going on out here?  Well, Nuke is scared because his eye lids are jammed and his old man is here, we need a live roo...was it a live rooster? We need a live rooster to take the curse off of Jose's glove and no one seems to know what to get Millie and Jimmy for their wedding present. Is that about right? We are dealing with a lot of heavy 'stuff' out here.  Okay, well a candlesticks always make a nice gift, and a maybe find out where she is registered...maybe a place setting or a silverware pattern is good, Okay, let's get two, Here we go!

2.  WELL HE FUCKS JUST LIKE HE PITCHES, SORT OF ALL OVER THE PLACE.

1.  I'm the player to be named later.

ODE TO THE VALENTINE?

 ALL I REALLY WANT FOR VALENTINE'S DAY IS FLOWERS AND A NICE DINNER THAT I DON'T HAVE TO BUY, COOK, PLAN, OR PAY FOR. 

EVERY YEAR THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME DIFFICULTY IN RELATING THIS.  AFTER ALL IT HAS BEEN 364 DAYS SINCE WE'VE DONE THIS.  IT MUST HAVE CHANGED SINCE THEN. 

 

I KNOW IT IS A CHEESY CONSPIRACY AGAINST MAN.  I KNOW THERE IS NO FOOTBALL, BLOW JOB AND SHUT UP DAY! 

 I DO WORK HARD, I DO PUT OUT.

SO I ASK YOU, AGAIN, KINDLY, CAN I HAVE A LITTLE ROMANCE?

WHERE TO MR. MAGOO?

DRIVING BLINDLY INTO THE FUTURE CAN BE VERY SCARY.  YOU JUST HAVE TO RELAX AND CONCENTRATE.  I HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING WHAT MY FUTURE WILL BRING AND IT IS A GREAT DISPLAY OF JUGGLING EMOTIONS.  

THOUGH IT CAN BE EXHILARATING, I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK I AM PUTTING ALL THE PRESSURE ON MY HUSBAND TO PERFORM(SO TO SPEAK).

I ALSO CAN'T HELP BUT NOTICE THAT HE ENJOYS BEING NEEDED. SOMETHING THAT HAS NEVER REALLY BEEN A FACTOR IN OUR RELATIONSHIP IN THE LAST 6 1/2 YEARS.

WELL,

IT'S COOL...

WHO'S THE MAN? OR WOMAN...

INTERESTING... I REALLY STILL HAVE NO IDEA WHO I MIGHT BE VOTING FOR IN THE COMING ELECTION.  I THINK THAT THERE ARE VARIOUS ASPECTS TO THE DECISION.  THESE ARE SOME OF MY THOUGHTS.

1.  EVERYONE REALLY WANTS TO VOTE FOR THE PERSON WHO WILL WIN.

2.  THERE IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FEAR THAT IF YOU VOTE FOR THE WRONG PERSON, OR THING, SOMETHING BAD WILL HAPPEN.

3.  RESEARCHING THE ISSUES CAN BE TIME CONSUMING.

4.  MAN, WOMAN, COLOR, RACE, CREED?  I KNOW PEOPLE SAY THESE THINGS DON'T MATTER... EVER BEEN TO TEXAS? PERSONALLY I REALLY LOVE TO THINK THAT THIS WILL BE THE ELECTION TO CHANGE IT ALL!

5.  PEOPLE ARE LAZY THEY WANT THINGS TO CHANGE BUT WON'T GET OFF THEIR ASSES TO DO ANY THING ABOUT IT. ( OR THE ONE I REALLY LOVE, THEY TELL YOU WHY THINGS CAN'T OR WON'T CHANGE!)

PLEASE PEOPLE, DON'T BE A JACKASS (NO PUN INTENDED), GET OFF YOUR BUTT AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

WHICH WAY TO GO?

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could 
To where it bent in the undergrowth; 

Then took the other, as just as fair, 
And having perhaps the better claim, 
Because it was grassy and wanted wear; 
Though as for that the passing there 
Had worn them really about the same, 

And both that morning equally lay 
In leaves no step had trodden black. 
Oh, I kept the first for another day! 
Yet knowing how way leads on to way, 
I doubted if I should ever come back. 

I shall be telling this with a sigh 
Somewhere ages and ages hence: 
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- 
I took the one less traveled by, 
And that has made all the difference

...Robert Frost

BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN

IT TAKES A TRUE GAME SHOW JUNKIE TO TRY IT AGAIN. SO, I AM A FINALIST FOR BINGO AMERICA! I ALSO GOT A RETURN EMAIL FROM ANOTHER SHOW FOR A MOVIE CRITIC! TALK ABOUT SQUARE OF FORTUNE. I CAN'T HELP IT, I AM ADDICTED YOU KNOW. NO INTERVENTIONS PLEASE!

COMPUTER WIZARD

MY SON NOAH IS NOW A COMPUTER WIZARD. HE CAN NAVIGATE FISHER-PRICE.COM LIKE A PRO. HIS FAVORITES ARE THE ANIMAL SOUNDS AND FOOTBALL. GREAT FUN!

THIS MAKES SIX....

I WASN'T THERE, & YOU WEREN'T THERE, & A BIG TREE FELL ON THE HOUSE. LITERALLY... SO, I GET A CALL FROM THE LADY NEXT DOOR FROM MY MADERA PROPERTY & SHE TELLS ME THAT MY TREE FELL ON MY HOUSE! IT HIT THE BACK PATIO, THE WATER HEATER, PULLED THE POWER LINES OUT OF THE HOUSE & SCRATCHED MY HUSBAND'S NEW TRUCK!

THIS MAKES SIX.
1. LOST THE GAME SHOW.
2. GOT FIRED.
3. NOAH DISLOCATED HIS ELBOW.
4. GOT TURNED DOWN FOR UNEMPLOYMENT.
5. THE STORE PURCHASE IS ON HOLD BECAUSE OF A PENDING LAWSUIT!
5. NOAH DISLOCATED HIS ELBOW (YES, AGAIN) & I AM NOT COVERED...
6. A TREE FELL ON MY HOUSE

IF ANYONE WAS PAYING ATTENTION, IT REALLY MAKES 7.!!! FUNNY THOUGH, I'VE NEVER FELT BETTER.

THIS MAKES SIX.
1. MY SON IS GOING IN THE POTTY.
2. I DO NOT ACTUALLY HAVE TO WORK YET.
3. I GET TO ACTUALLY COOK & NOT THROW THINGS IN A PAN @ 5:30.
4. MY HOUSE IS CLEAN.
5. I'M HAVING SEX!
6. WE GET TO REBUILD THE PATIO & TURN IT INTO A BONUS ROOM..

EVEN STEVEN!

PICTURES OF THE DAMAGE PENDING!