GREAT TRIP

THE WEATHER WAS GREAT, AND ALL THE EVENTS WENT SMOOTH. GREAT FOOD, SONGS, SWIMMING, HOCKEY MADE THE TRIP EXTRA SPECIAL. EVEN GOT TO RAKE UP SEVERAL BAGS OF THOSE THINGS THAT DROP FROM THE TREES. ALSO, I SAW THE BIGGEST WILLOW TREE THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN. IT HAS A BOTTLE OF TEA SETTING ON IT ON THE RIGHT SIDE. I WILL HAVE TO GO BACK AND POST THAT PIC. WELL, GETTING CLOSE TO THE BIG DINNER. HOPE YOU ALL DON'T EAT TO MUCH TODAY.

COLD NIGHTS!

THE LAST WEEK HAS NOT GIVIN THE HUNTERS ANY SNOW FOR DEER SEASON, BUT IT NOW IS GETTING COLD AT NIGHT. IF YOU HURRY, YOU COULD TRACK THEM IN THE FROST! PRETTY HEAVY UNTIL THE SUN GETS UP. BUT, STILL NOTHING ON THE BUCK POLE.

BEEN GETTING ALL THE CHRISTMAS DECOR READY AND WORKING ON SOME OF THE AIR LEAKS AT THE HILLBILLY CABIN. NEED TO CUT THE OLD HEAT BILLS DOWN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. ALSO, ORGANIZING SOME OF THE PICS.

WELL, GOT TO FIND THE SNOW SHOVELS, I KNOW THEY WILL BE NEEDED SOON. WATCH FOR THE BLACK ICE! IT IS THAT SEASON.

ONE OF MANY

TODAY I PREPARED FOR THE VET DAY, BY INSTALLING A NEW FLAG ON THE FLAG POLE. I ALSO STARTED PUTTING UP SOME OF THE CHRISTMAS TREES BY THE FLAG POLE. WILL GET A PIC LATER WHEN I FINISH PUTTING UP THE REST OF THE LIGHTS.
SO JENNY BETTER GET ON THE BALL OR SHE WILL BE LATE! PRAYERS TO ALL OF OUR FIGHTING MEN & WOMEN.

MEMORIES

SPENT THE WEEKEND SORTING OUT ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE HOUSE AND DECIDING WHAT TO GIVE TO THE SENIOR CENTER AND WHAT TO STORE. ALSO GOT LINDA INTO THE SORT FEVER AND SHE ALSO DID A BUNCH OF HER OLD BOXES ALSO. BOY, DID SHE USED TO CATCH THE FISH.

NOW, WHO IS THE BABY? AS I TOOK THE PICTURE OUT OF THE FRAME, THERE WAS A PICTURE OF HAROLD THROOP BEHIND IT. HIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN IN 1995. I SPENT MANY A EARLY MORNINGS WITH HIM TROLLING BURT LAKE FOR THE BIG WALLEYE. AND MANY FISH DINNERS WITH GREAT DESERTS COOKED BY DORTHY.

YES, GREAT MEMORIES ARE IN OUR HEARTS FOREVER AND EVERYDAY GIVES US A CHANCE FOR ANOTHER ONE, FOR THE FUTURE.

SAD WEEK

WELL, MOM AND DICK GOT ON THE ROAD TUESDAY, FOR THE LONG TRIP TO THEIR WINTER PARTY SPOT, OLD MARK UP ISLAND. SO THE WEEK WAS FOR US WAS GETTING THE LAST CHORES DONE BEFORE WINTER SETS IN. AS NORMAL, IT WAS BUSY. WHILE TRAFFIC IN THE AREA IS DROPPING BEFORE THE DEER HUNTERS HIT THE AREA. IT WILL BE SLOWER THAN MOST YEARS, I AM SURE.

WE STILL WENT DANCING THURSDAY NIGHT AND THE CROWD WAS HALF OF THE NORMAL SUMMER GROUP. BUT STILL HAD ALOT OF FUN COVERING OLD TIMES.

I STARTED USING FACEBOOK THIS WEEK AND AM STILL FIGURING OUT ALL THE DO AND DON'TS. SORRY NO PICS THIS WEEK. BUT ALL YAS KEEP SMILING, I STILL HAVE MY CAMERA READY!

NOVEMBER ALREADY!

BETTER BE READY FOR WINTER, ALL THE SUMMER SPECIAL SPOTS ARE NOW CLOSED. GOT IN ONE LAST TRIP TO THE BAKERY AND PUT ON A COUPLE EXTRA POUNDS TO HELP LAST THE WINTER. I WAS TO LATE IN THE DAY TO GET STICKY BUNS, SO HAD TO GO WITH PNUT BUTTER AND APPLE FRITTERS. GOT BACK AND GRAM CARROLL HAD MADE CHOCOLATE PIE AND COCONUT PIE. WOW, WHERE ARE MY BIGGER PANTS?

THAN THE SECOND PARTY AT THE EAGLES CLUB, LINDA AND I KEPT THE PIRATE THEME AND GRAM AND DICK WENT TO THE ROARING 20S. GRAM DIDN'T LIKE THE WAY SHE LOOKED IN BLACK HAIR, SO NO PIRATE ON SATURDAY NIGHT.

THAN MONDAY WE MADE THE LAST DAY TRIP AND HAD A FREE DINNER AT BIG BOY, GRAM WON AT THE HARVEST BALL, AND PLAYED OUR LAST DIME POKER GAME, WHEN WE GOT BACK. EVERYBODY SURE MISSED STEVE'S DIMES. HEEEHHEEEEE. SORRY STEVE, HOPE YOUR EARS WEREN'T BURNING! SPEAKING OF BURNING, THE LAST FIRE WAS SLOWLY COMING TO AN END AND THE SWANS WERE IN THE RIVER ENJOYING SOME CORN.

HAVE A SAFE TRIP MOM, GRAM, GREAT GRAM AND UNCLE DICK. ENJOY THE WARM WEATHER ON MARK UP ISLAND. NOW, WHERE DID I PUT MY LONG JOHNS?