I received an email about this years schedule for the Danskin Tri. It is time to start preparing for this event and register for it.
I got an interesting comment to one of my blogs. I have received many comments loaded with various links that I utilized the despam utility available on the notifying email. However, this one was kind of interesting. Also, there were no links included within. This comment from an unknown person to me actually addressed the entry to which it was commenting.
Listen to the song playing when accessing this site. Jeff heard it on a classic country/western radio station and thought I might think it humourous. It is slightly risque, but quite funny. We have been listening to KTFW 92.1 fm trying to hear the song. I went to the website for the radio station asking about the song and a very nice man named Mike Crow responded with the title and artist. I googled the artist and found his website. Each link on his site has a different original work played.
Someone said we should have the word for the day. This word defines the actions of CBS regarding the attached story.
The first address I had when I moved to the metroplex was at the address of the complex of the title of this entry. Donna Daniels very graciously opened her home to me and Jennifer for three weeks. A large portion of that complex burned to the ground tonight. Hearing the story on the news tonight brought back some memories. Actually, before moving in with Donna, I spent about 3 weeks at a Holliday Inn close to the office to where I was surplussed. Meredith moved in with the Burrells and Daniel ended up in Kansas with his dad. As difficult as that time was, when Meredith and Jennifer and I finally found our first home and I was offered an opportunity to move back to Wichita Falls, the resistance that I received from M and J convinced me to stay. As it turned out, the move for them and eventually Danny was a very positive one. They really liked going to Richland High School and all three graduated with honors. I am truly blessed.
This weekend I went to Wichita Falls to see mom. I also went because Patrick was going to be there. Before I departed on Friday, I tried to call my friend, Jeff, who is giving us some deer meat sausage. When I picked up the phone in the kitchen, I accidentally hit one of the feature buttons. I was going to hang up and try for dial tone again, but I listened and I had dial tone. So, I dialed Jeff and encountered his voice mail. I left a message for him and then made my departure. I had a lovely time in Wichita Falls. Mother made marinated chicken with roasted potatoes and dinner rolls. I contributed green beans and we (Matthew, Mother, Patrick and I) shared a couple of bottles of wine. After dinner we played euchre. Pat had never played and via the drawing of cards he and I were matched as partners. Pat is a quick study and picked up the game easily. However, when comparable euchre playing abilities are matched it is the cards who decides the victor. Pat and I won the first match, Mom and Matthew won the 2nd and took the rubber. Pat also brought Mother a blood pressure machine. Mom has had her bp taken more in this past weekend than she has in her entire life. Pat also brought her a MP3 player to be used to listen to audio books downloaded from a subscription service from the web. Mother loves books that are factual. If anyone knows of a really good one please advise her it's title. On Saturday, Patrick left at around 9:30AM in the rain and fog for a golf date with an old high school buddy. I lazed around the house enjoying the company of Mother and Matthew. I finally left Wichita Falls at around noon. After passing Henrietta, I decided to give Jerry a call and let him know that I was heading his way. I accessed the voice activated dialing on my phone and in as distinct a voice as I could muster said "home" into the mouth piece. I was rewarded with a ringing and waited for Jerry to answer. Instead, I get the very friendly voice of Jeff advising me I had reached his voice mail. I looked at my cell phone and the screen indicated I had dialed my home. I hung up and manually entered the digits for my home. I again received Jeff's voice mail. I remembered my call to him on friday and realized that I had inadvertantly forwarded all the calls coming to my number to him. Uh OH! Luckily, I subscribe to a service from SWB called remote access to call forwarding. I did not have the access number and had to call SWB and spend about 15 minutes on the phone so that I could obtain that number. I called the access number canceled the call forwarding and then dialed Jerry to let him know I was on my way. After I finished with Jerry I decided to call Jeff and let him know that he may have messages for me. I dialed his number and waited for his call notes greeting to begin. Instead I heard Jeff saying "hello". We chatted for awhile. I told him of my folly. He said he got one message where it sounded like somone had left the receiver open and didn't realize it. He remembered someone saying something like "being a virgin again".
I have not made an entry since last year! It is time to make one now.
Today I went to see a movie with Daniel and Joanna. We went to see "The House of Sand and Fog". I had read the book and I heard that the movie was done very well. Jennifer Connelly and Ben Kingsley were very good in their roles. I believe that this movie will be a contender for several Oscar categories. After the movie we grabbed a quick bite at The Rockfish. It is always a joy being in the company of Daniel and Joanna. Something quite cool is that Joanna may accompany me and Jennifer to Wichita Falls next weekend. Jen wants to see for herself that her grandmother is doing well. So, in Switzerland she made tentative plans for a visit.
Meredith and I surprized mother last Sunday at Mass. She was so tickled to see us. We made her sit in the middle so we could share her. We may have disturbed some of the folks in the pews around us. Mother kept asking questions and as everyone knows, her hearing is not good enough to hear whispers, so everyone around us was made privy to our conversation. It is amazing that she even had even a mild stroke. She is as spry as ever. She also assured me that she is diligent in taking her medicine. She admitted to being a bit scared. I think a little bit of fear in this case is a good thing.