I Marvel At All of You
December 14, 2007 | Kudos | Comments [3]
Who Are YOu?? Where did you come from? I don’t even know all of you wonderful people that I gave birth to. At least I think I was in that delivery room at the time that the most fantastic and marvelous creatures that God sent to earth emerged. I named you one by one, except the last one. I meant to name her Lydia Ruth, but Luis squelched that, and I was too exhausted and tired when he leaned over and said, “her name is Maria Elena” It could have been Leroy or Pot. I didn’t care. It was a natural birth, inasmuch as Dr. HOwe didn’t know how to administer anything but the old-fashioned spinal thingy, and I refused it. (saddle-block…that’s it). But how did I know he was going to turn her over, because she was facing up instead of down, and I let out a blood-curdling scream that is still ringing through Brookwood Hospital.
Anyway….I am amazed at the wonderful things you have accomplished. Where did you get your brains, anyway. Of course, from the Polhemus side, you have your brilliant grandmother and father, and then of course, there is Pop on my side. My mother and I are average. Luis has tons of brains, but he isn’t a person that one would point to and say, “that guy has tons of brains.” But, he does. Also, I can’t seem to comprehend how many years you have under your belts. You’re still just my little babies. And I am still rocking you and singing to you.
I’ve been complaining lately about how “hot” it is down here, but after Ben’s report on the weather up there, I will keep my mouth shut, and enjoy this warm weather.
Lainie, Did you get your Santa Clauses, and by now you will have received a huge check of $25.00 to donate toward a trip down here to stay as long as you want to. It was to get something for Bailey and Casey, but I can send something back for their Christmas if you can just make it down here. Ask your Dad for gas money. Explain the situation. I hope you can come. We can support you after you get here, and give you gas money back again.
Well Mom
December 14, 2007 | Uncategorized | No Comments
I will be exactly half way between Birmingham and Debary Christmas. Last night they laid everyone off at Pikes except the managers till the middle of February. My last day is Christmas eve. I could leave Albany Christmas day and visit ya’ll down there for a few days but being as I am laid off, it would cost me another $150.00 in gas to do that since I am in Dad’s truck, as my car is in the shop. I am not sure I can afford that, I am trying to scrape up money to pay for my college class in January. Maybe a miracle will happen and I will find $150.00 on the side of the road:)
snow storm blues
December 14, 2007 | Uncategorized | Comments [3]
We had a little ice storm in Joplin Sunday and Monday and much of Joplin is without power. The day and night was filled with the cracking and snapping of wood giving way to ice and gravity. by the end, branches and many whole trees lay on the ground losing the fight to remain attached or rooted to their lives as the ice piled and piled on. And they took out any power lines that were close. We were lucky and only lost a leg (120). so we’re at half power, which means no overhead lighting, no heat, no oven and no wash. We plugged the fridge into another socket and have been feasting on microwavable feasts cooked in dim lighting all week. I bought a kerosene heater to keep the house warm and we run space heaters to keep individual rooms warm. Nothing huge so we don’t throw any breakers or burn out any sockets. Luckily the TV’s still work but it’s starting to feel like we’re living in a cave. At least I get to go to work, but Julie is about to go crazy and has told me our marriage depends on me taking her out to eat tonight no matter what. I will comply, ofcourse.
We did have a highlight this week thanks to Carmen. Her Christmas present arrived and before Julie saw the “do not open till…” warning, the kids has ripped into it finding a treasure trove of movies and treats. It was a fantastic present and perfect since the kids were trapped in the house. Thanks Carmen, it’s an awesome gift.
We’re looking at having a snow-storm this weekend, but having weathered the ice not many folks are worried about it. We’ll see.
I’m working at Kum & Go again part time and they were out of power Monday along with everyone else. But the rule is that somebody has to be in the store no matter what so when/if the power returns the store is ready to go. My shift came at 6 with no power, but at 7:30 the power returned and when the lights came on it was as though people had been standing in line the whole time, I just hadn’t noticed. Sooo, by myself I sold gas and beer and smokes and treats and drinks for 3 hrs to people who acted as though there lives and the lives of their children’s children’s children’s children depended on it.
I made 2 dollars in tips. For a convenient store attendant, that’s like 200 dollars.
I’m preparing to teach an HTML class at a Tech college, but I have to learn it first so I’ve been teaching it to some church brethren for practice. the class starts in Feburary and it pays $20 dollars an hour. Here’s hoping!
Hope Christmas finds you all well and we’ll be thinking and missing all of you.
The Punch Bowl
December 14, 2007 | Ad-MOM-ishments | Comments [3]
Buddy, it’s not the same at all. The coffee table and the punch bowl, I mean. I’ll never recover from the bowl. Really, I’ve tried telling myself that it’s only a material thing of the world. Somehow, it hasn’t helped. I hope St. Peter can have it all pasted back together and give it to you at the Pearly Gates 
Bill, the Grandfather Clock still sits in the garage waiting for you to pick it up. When we had our garage sale a few months ago, a few people naturally wanted to buy it.
Bad News for Christmas
December 13, 2007 | Whining | Comments [2]
Well, everyone has bailed out of the proposed Christmas trip.
First, Leah told me that she didn’t want to go, “too busy.” Hillary, likewise. Then Julia told me she wasn’t interested because she has “lots of fun things planned in Mobile.”
Finally, the other day Seay emailed and said he’s starting a new job, and he’s really sorry so HE can’t go either.
So basically, we’d be making the trip and spending boo-coodles of money just to add a lot of noise to the festivities. Buddy won’t be there, Beth won’t be there (don’t remember if Brenda will or not). And I’d be out ten days’ pay.
So we’re canceling the trip. Sorry, but I guess “family togetherness” just isn’t what anyone wants in their stocking anymore.
What number are you?
December 12, 2007 | Uncategorized | Comments [3]
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/125361/dwayne_perkins_ranking_method/
My weird life!
December 12, 2007 | Uncategorized | Comments [2]
I get off work Christmas Eve at 4:00 and am driving straight down to Albany, Georgia and spending the night at a motel and seeing Casey for Christmas Day. Joe’s Mother called me today and said they were visiting with her Christmas Eve and spending the night and want me to meet them for Christmas Day breakfast with Casey before they go home and I will spend Christmas Day with her. I bet Casey thinks she has a weird family. Joe, his wife, me, my ex-in laws and Casey breakfast Christmas. Thats just my life.
Crash, bang!
December 12, 2007 | Uncategorized | Comments [7]
That noise you heard was glass sliding off of the coffee table in our den onto the floor, and shattering into a million pieces. Talk about “cruisin’ for a bruisin’”(haven’t heard that phrase coined since the fifties). I just couldn’t wait for just one-half an hour for Carmen to get home to help me move the coffee table out of the den and into the living room. Oh, no. I just had to do it by myself. Except that when I lifted it up too too high….the glass slid off!! That is the table that Teyla has lived on since the day she was born. She pulled up, and walked around that table. She learned to put first her little toe up, and then her foot, and then she climbed up on it. She has danced on it, and sat on it, and jumped off it, and played on it, and literally made it her home. Luis did what I thought he would do. Luckily, he was just home from a day at the temple. “Where is the coffee table?” he asked. “Well, I had a little accident.” His face turned pink, then bright red, then blue (as he shook his head back and forth, and forth and back, and gnashed his teeth, and flared his nostrils at me, as I explained what had happened. But I had a plan. “It’s only furniture!” I yelled. “You can’t take it with you!” It worked. His color slowly returned. He shook his head one last time, and finished eating his hot dog.
Oh, yes. The table. It’s in the livingroom, with a Nativity Scene sitting on a piece of cotton matting on the side that’s missing the glass. After Christmas? Well. We’ll see.
Real Problem with G.A.S. Lately!
December 11, 2007 | Check-in | Comments [3]
Buddy will definitely relate. I’ve had a very tough case of G.A.S. (Guitar Acquisition Syndrome) of late. This is where you wanna go out and buy ALL the guitars, not just eight or nine!
I decided to “upgrade” my 12-string (have an Alvarez, decided on a new Breedlove Atlas, will sell the old one), but I goofed! I purchased what I thought was the 12-string, only to discover after ripping into the newly-delivered box that it was a 6-string! Boo-hoo!
Have corrected the order, must ship “wrong” guitar back, and…no, Bill, I said SHIP IT BACK! You…
What do you mean, can’t you just play with it for a few days first? NO! NO! NO!
You KNOW what will happen! You’ll mess around with it and then decide that for some reason or other, you just HAVE to keep IT as well as ordering the new 12-string! And you already HAVE a Washburn 6-string, AND a Takamine, AND that nice little Cort Earth…
What do you mean, those are all “different”? Okay, the Washburn is actually a SMALL jumbo, not a full-size, and the Takamine is a small-body and the Cort Earth is a parlour guitar, but that…
No! I said NO!!! Do you want to stay married, or not? If Nancy catches wind of the fact that the total number of guitars in the house just mysteriously doubled, you KNOW what that means! She’s gonna kick you out and…
What do you mean, “she’ll understand”? Boy, you’re cruisin’ for a bruisin’…
No, we will NOT talk about this later, I…
*SIGH* Sorry, folks, this is going to have to be continued in private. But if for some reason Nancy and the kids show up WITHOUT ME at Christmas, you can figure it probably has to do with G.A.S. problems!
It’s like being on crack, except louder.
“Golden Compass”
December 10, 2007 | Uncategorized | Comments [3]
I had heard this was a pretty atheist movie. I hadn’t planned to watch it, however, in my sunday school class today one of my kids said he went , and then of course another child said “Oh, no! that’s a bad movie, you shouldn’t have watched that” (the second comment came from Cameron and Bobbi Hyde’s daughter Madeline.
Mitt’s Speech: “Disaster Averted”
December 9, 2007 | Uncategorized | Comments [1]
I got this from one of my online LDS friends (at the LDS FReepers discussion list).
Hi all, thought I would share this, it’s pretty funny, IMO.
My neighbor (Mitt’s nephew) told me at Church today that on Wednesday, while prepping in Michigan, Mitt couldn’t open the “speech” on his computer. He tried everything, and so did his staff, and the file was corrupt, and he didn’t have a backup, nor did he want to rewrite it, afraid it wouldn’t be as powerful.
They got a specialist to come in and extract the text. Betcha money he gets backup drives for his data from now on.
Either that, or they need to pray over each and every hard drive!
Mitt makes his Mark
December 7, 2007 | Uncategorized | Comments [1]
Regardless of what anyone in this country has to say about Romney or even whether or not he is nominated Romney said what needed to be said to America about our resolve for tolerance. However, is it not strange how Americans don’t seem to want an authentically ‘American’ religion to be in the moral background of the White House.
So…You Think You Can Stake Dance!
December 2, 2007 | Funny | No Comments
“Ammon and Sariah”?!?! Gee, I wonder what religion that is! (Could be worse. Could have been “LaSariah” and “ElAmmon”).
Car Wreck
December 1, 2007 | Uncategorized | Comments [2]
Maria was in an accident last Monday. The car in back of her hit her, and she smashed into the one in front of her, who smashed into the one in front of him, who smashed into the one in front of him. No one was hurt. Estimate of repairs on her car…….over $6,000. She’ll get it back sometimes after Christmas. Yes, her Insurance afforded her another car to drive. If not….her little Jeep is here in our driveway. Luis drives it once in a while. By the way. Her car is not even a year old (I think).