tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62849402810056201732024-03-07T11:58:42.380-06:00Tomas Stories n' Links<center> Click Below Right to Support our Organic Lifestyle.</center>Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09479864712139973516noreply@blogger.comBlogger4161125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284940281005620173.post-20527764491489469752024-03-07T11:57:00.004-06:002024-03-07T11:57:50.837-06:00Dream<p> <br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">I was watching Doc Martin in my easy chair, and I apparently
fell asleep.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Time passes and I am slapping my face trying to get a spider
off my face and I call out for some help as I see the web and the long thin
legged spider keeps coming back to my face and I call out for some help and I
wake up slapping my face sitting in my easy chair. I am startled. I am now
awake. Was I dreaming about the spider? I call out and she comes out and I ask
her to see if there is a spider on my face. No is the answer.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I rub the stubble of hair on my chin and think to myself
that I need a shave and then I feel a welt under my chin. I got up and went
into the restroom to shave. I got a washcloth to wash my face and as I lathered
my face with soap, I seen an insect in the wash basin. My mind is racing as I
rinse my face with clear water. The insect has made it out of the sink. The
insect may have been the same one that was on the ceiling yesterday. I had
swatted it off the ceiling with a fly swatter and it had fallen across my shoulder,
and we looked all around the floor trying to find it. I asked if it was on my
shoulder? The answer was no.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I forgot about it.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Could it have been in my hair all this time and crawled on
my face as I slept this morning.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6AGTYZx6SjLeM4G3klQwfrsIegtgVqSAjiKTqe4D059lNN7_40jEnsfjnsdbbRV2KY54Tp-hn92g_GIEByHFKl4AWHgYQ3OzDBRlYYugohnpJvl8QavOJ1TvlEKmuC7XtO5e2Wg4oq8MSxKhfqI32WD6CSK3WcB-xbN39lCo8BQadSCtIclxMd-oD1I/s2000/bmsb-invasions-figure-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="66" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6AGTYZx6SjLeM4G3klQwfrsIegtgVqSAjiKTqe4D059lNN7_40jEnsfjnsdbbRV2KY54Tp-hn92g_GIEByHFKl4AWHgYQ3OzDBRlYYugohnpJvl8QavOJ1TvlEKmuC7XtO5e2Wg4oq8MSxKhfqI32WD6CSK3WcB-xbN39lCo8BQadSCtIclxMd-oD1I/w100-h66/bmsb-invasions-figure-1.jpg" width="100" /></a></div><p></p>tomdennis2013@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18180070577471954244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284940281005620173.post-10682489264206080292024-02-14T09:40:00.002-06:002024-02-14T09:42:01.518-06:00Playing Yahtzee at our Home.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOUNlB_z2yQREghXPl5UjbTje0NIq9lFmnlWpg2cczhoz63aocaiteDDWq4nLx84jXOCSXPdl1Mw2g1v39ko4X6RMIQ2KcU8yVolo3IOJsROBFRkVwtBRLnxk2e-jWFov9ZHQP3mrNfcTHGD6n5NOGkj-_ETTuFnnwC5HLEhDLHiLONIZmKZNhHV9LQkU/s1579/diewater.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="973" data-original-width="1579" height="357" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOUNlB_z2yQREghXPl5UjbTje0NIq9lFmnlWpg2cczhoz63aocaiteDDWq4nLx84jXOCSXPdl1Mw2g1v39ko4X6RMIQ2KcU8yVolo3IOJsROBFRkVwtBRLnxk2e-jWFov9ZHQP3mrNfcTHGD6n5NOGkj-_ETTuFnnwC5HLEhDLHiLONIZmKZNhHV9LQkU/w580-h357/diewater.png" width="580" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We Play Yahtsee out on our deck with some old clothes on</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> or our swim suits. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We normally use water but today we are using Coca Cola. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We place the die in the water then throw them on our glass table then play normally we fill our pitcher with pool water. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Three or more players is a lot of fun.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We have towels handy to keep score.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzGOuK7CA6bHojTg2EssswE-spMHcotNRrn8WIK53JEqEUBfmfNyLclYk0b7NxhLPHRNzalZy7COjW0fAZzKgiSOJgzj6_Ktq6XPgYJnOyeNZ3KRsyUt5pYmdFB9-vJ2ttkWeb_pRoIbN8cH-P7ixq9B1B_-vWCjxpSyrZQeRU-kDyFNMSoLMa1aGm1YI/s900/CHAIR2016.png" style="margin-left: 1em; 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"Do you have a place for us?" He asked. "Yes, we do!" was our answer. </p><p>So we decided to clean up Allison's room for him. We had an account in town, so we decided to lay some carpet in that room. I moved all the furniture out of the room; took up the old carpet and took it to the dump. I looked at the old padding, and it had blended into the subfloor, they were both flat and smooth. I went to the local store and found some padding and a carpet remnant that would fit two rooms. I placed the padding down and Kevin, Allison and I laid the carpet over the padding. I went looking in town for a carpet stretcher and found nothing, so I made a carpet stretcher.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBzMNXO-bIGJycb70fsi5vzKKrwq_bx7oqFm9PGUSlM8MJop195lek2wqny41TwE6F3cmsEWC6Qtmjytg7bZpW8W7agB2I94bAI0t5zZ17OHnoCJREIz5lSAthVIlWOu9qK6sdXVzHWC3wsw7mMIUVz3LHMVDlL6wQBgS1Tz6-dC7C7UsgJxIy6Or9-HM/s4000/20231108_072334.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBzMNXO-bIGJycb70fsi5vzKKrwq_bx7oqFm9PGUSlM8MJop195lek2wqny41TwE6F3cmsEWC6Qtmjytg7bZpW8W7agB2I94bAI0t5zZ17OHnoCJREIz5lSAthVIlWOu9qK6sdXVzHWC3wsw7mMIUVz3LHMVDlL6wQBgS1Tz6-dC7C7UsgJxIy6Or9-HM/w454-h341/20231108_072334.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">The photo is what we did ; the computer is the only thing that stayed.</p><p style="text-align: center;"> Now I have repeated what I did to that room, and I am working on the next room. I am down to the bare floor and I must lay some TAC- strip around the room, measure the room and place the padding and carpet down.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjXUSbfOg4mcVL1lcbiDkvvYxmcupJCDszLh241jWLoPqtDGjpodxE7LiMAzOFttq4BK48ewJD6DHXjsUFnd1ldK42trgy76d3ujOYnuFDBuXo6vjV4xism-QdjBnAM_MjmucYpD1Hgz1f4gMVjvDOMZfk5OGX_AS2Md9hxTlDwhn79XTORkGljA_DXsE/s4000/20231115_063331%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjXUSbfOg4mcVL1lcbiDkvvYxmcupJCDszLh241jWLoPqtDGjpodxE7LiMAzOFttq4BK48ewJD6DHXjsUFnd1ldK42trgy76d3ujOYnuFDBuXo6vjV4xism-QdjBnAM_MjmucYpD1Hgz1f4gMVjvDOMZfk5OGX_AS2Md9hxTlDwhn79XTORkGljA_DXsE/w429-h322/20231115_063331%20(1).jpg" width="429" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>tomdennis2013@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18180070577471954244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284940281005620173.post-56212848193462432032023-11-16T01:53:00.000-06:002023-11-16T01:53:53.893-06:00<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2GTrFitoty0pxZoc20Pd8BF_3z8F84J4LHqfwbWlBrMC5NIPrfcst9oT3dyD-R1X1V1epShUG_w55g1ruSAj43PtLT19TccmhbXbgUBUIdVb1N9_xyImETMCD980jhjVzHBl2l1aKsBb7xv5ExowjDnhu8_e-6fs-IAUIkAyeN1vuOVLIAmUDyJTXSRQ/s493/poisonplants.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="335" data-original-width="493" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2GTrFitoty0pxZoc20Pd8BF_3z8F84J4LHqfwbWlBrMC5NIPrfcst9oT3dyD-R1X1V1epShUG_w55g1ruSAj43PtLT19TccmhbXbgUBUIdVb1N9_xyImETMCD980jhjVzHBl2l1aKsBb7xv5ExowjDnhu8_e-6fs-IAUIkAyeN1vuOVLIAmUDyJTXSRQ/w485-h329/poisonplants.jpg" width="485" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p> I had a bad case of poison ivy. My arms were covered with a rash; for a month, boy did it itch, until November 15, 2023, then it just stopped.</p><p>I had been through this before when I washed my face in a creek in 1966, that had poison oak just a few feet from me, apparently the leaves were in the water. I washed my face and hands and brushed my teeth there. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Q57SOg15PxvRJgFykMUMwiYUAWgY16DeOC4PK9aUxFMdMZ7sD08yh3YxHcV9bsETyMhmSE-ERL8w3-wFJjm1ZvSC-hZr1UjStcGkjlxkcW7KehySV6aWjDNhwbbuSWOlHRSglNdOp9EpL5wF6em3KRbkcqghuRrGfWkOjoW8YWKvsTn1f5UDyHQrWn8/s1200/03Browning3-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Q57SOg15PxvRJgFykMUMwiYUAWgY16DeOC4PK9aUxFMdMZ7sD08yh3YxHcV9bsETyMhmSE-ERL8w3-wFJjm1ZvSC-hZr1UjStcGkjlxkcW7KehySV6aWjDNhwbbuSWOlHRSglNdOp9EpL5wF6em3KRbkcqghuRrGfWkOjoW8YWKvsTn1f5UDyHQrWn8/s320/03Browning3-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>I looked like the creature from the Black Lagoon; Doris Clark took it upon herself to treat and comfort me. She later became an aid at a local Hospital.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgswIpO0lUhUKcxQOKKxKOSq1dfR1gdiOuFd-kAywbuznWrynU1J9zyA2NJhTKEmFRwNjEY3KFNPME3BKrG7pdgFORg4pCfc7i3mOCtl3rexG2L0N0_ahSNkGzFxBoSbMacHEAVuyHOAQLheHY_MLOc7ifp17VU_ap6dY72Losbb8fj2dm1quVVbW-sVhU/s479/DORIS2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="471" data-original-width="479" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgswIpO0lUhUKcxQOKKxKOSq1dfR1gdiOuFd-kAywbuznWrynU1J9zyA2NJhTKEmFRwNjEY3KFNPME3BKrG7pdgFORg4pCfc7i3mOCtl3rexG2L0N0_ahSNkGzFxBoSbMacHEAVuyHOAQLheHY_MLOc7ifp17VU_ap6dY72Losbb8fj2dm1quVVbW-sVhU/s320/DORIS2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Doris Clark</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn9RYKpZF7ydfVAs4O_FW66Pssz695SO90cHTstNpBdo0y5xsz4VfA5CJZibr6VOt8abWiDShK9W20jdo3ajszWtJq5QG7Q-FHahPBJoLvfFsDQN3vftFvqQmAJ2g-ld1gE20XLP9iAmZAIdPgmhvJbEdNret7f6IBcI5KORV8QSbFqCK16sKK7kM-UDk/s685/kidsdoriskyle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="685" data-original-width="462" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn9RYKpZF7ydfVAs4O_FW66Pssz695SO90cHTstNpBdo0y5xsz4VfA5CJZibr6VOt8abWiDShK9W20jdo3ajszWtJq5QG7Q-FHahPBJoLvfFsDQN3vftFvqQmAJ2g-ld1gE20XLP9iAmZAIdPgmhvJbEdNret7f6IBcI5KORV8QSbFqCK16sKK7kM-UDk/s320/kidsdoriskyle.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Doris and Kyle</div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>tomdennis2013@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18180070577471954244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284940281005620173.post-776491877648247502023-10-19T03:28:00.002-05:002023-10-19T03:28:36.442-05:00Congress is Dumb in this Area of Thought<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Politics and the EPA</span></p><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Congress is dumb in this area of thought.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">The EPA has stopped the movement of goods on the Ohio River. The EPA was very strong when it was respected as a helpful area of the government. Today it is mostly ignored giving it the power of a new sheet on a bed or a new piece of paper on the hood of my truck.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">When the new dams were built on the Ohio River portions of the dams were built to help industry move cargo over the dams during very high elevations at the <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>new dams. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">The EPA created a law stopping dredges of placing the dredged material on the banks of the rivers. So where did the dredges place their waste. Well, it was deep water and deep water at the new dams was under the weir. The weir was built to help industry move goods during high water. If you look at the new dams. You will notice that under the pass (the pass is the weir at each dam (Pass meaning, “pass over”)) at each dam is an Island created by dredged material. The islands under these dams have large trees on them making it almost impossible for industry to move cargo over the “Pass”. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Congress is dumb in this area of thought.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Politics and the EPA.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBAKCn_F2aW8R3k-0CXR9Tabgn0L8WpmDOg8xy_YKZBxXIkZuMCVTT1nx6FepCJb0gY-0bs_NR-s0CzT5fqxiD2sKUjFn87W2HB6GbuIP_fUS7BFz29Hfp8R2-Hj2DCn9Q53e4in0KR_7U5KyYuydnQ6tWGOxExjJ1IPNCZZmEZ35ZDij3hqYMt75VOl8/s2144/weir%20at%20smithland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1424" data-original-width="2144" height="339" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBAKCn_F2aW8R3k-0CXR9Tabgn0L8WpmDOg8xy_YKZBxXIkZuMCVTT1nx6FepCJb0gY-0bs_NR-s0CzT5fqxiD2sKUjFn87W2HB6GbuIP_fUS7BFz29Hfp8R2-Hj2DCn9Q53e4in0KR_7U5KyYuydnQ6tWGOxExjJ1IPNCZZmEZ35ZDij3hqYMt75VOl8/w510-h339/weir%20at%20smithland.jpg" width="510" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>tomdennis2013@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18180070577471954244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284940281005620173.post-16882202718809700642023-10-10T17:31:00.002-05:002023-10-11T06:51:01.655-05:00A Little Pain<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Some pain came back to me this morning. I had bought a net
to cover the bed of my Red Pickup. I was putting it on last night and it got
dark. I was looking for a part and it was dark. So, I decided to finish the
project in the morning. The next morning, I waited until the sun provided some
light. It was a little chilly and I dressed in Jeans, a shirt and blue sweatshirt
with a zipper in the front, I cleaned the mud off my shoes in the garage, then
came in and polished my shoes. I do that every morning, sometimes I must glue
the seems back together with ShoeGoo, then I wear another pair of work shoes.
When I was ready, I went out to my truck. The school teens were driving their vehicles
down our road to school. We live 200 hundred yards from the school. I went out
to the truck and inventoried the net parts and looked at what would work for me
and what I did the night before was inappropriate. I started over and it was a
little chilly. I had worn gloves when I went out, but I could not manipulate
the fine black net stretch cords. When I finished the project, I banged my hand
against the truck bet and the pain came to the forefront. I knew what it was it
was early stages of frostbite. A pain very familiar to me since I had worked a
dam #50 during the ice storm and freezing river. I came into the house and went
to the kitchen sink and filled an ice cream bucket with warm water, leaning
toward hot. I placed both hands into the water and stood there for 5 minutes
warming the water as needed. After 5 minutes my hands were back to a normal
feeling. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">I worked on a database for a half hour then went out and
chipped my large stack of wood with my woodchipper.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">I still have my books still at<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Tomas-Stories-Thomas-D-Diaz/dp/B09LGGSZ4H?ref_=ast_author_dp"> Amazon to sell</a>. I also have
my art work for sale at <a href="https://1-thomas-diaz.pixels.com/">Fine Art America.</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYnwQn6HbwqbpbjBIpJK429FDVZRNm4afXzESf07etWyGJIEVxDGsTvWgzXJ9q8ZUHtrcn45aMtnCIuyi5FExsawRPPQnVxY_QNaGvmwxsmCxcNaMYxI2JeStdV4y7qp47xcVuhcDTgEajfaE1K8FY_a86PWAmYzMIuhCUbBC0tOx7h7LQNLxEU6QP5GI/s1200/rererer.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYnwQn6HbwqbpbjBIpJK429FDVZRNm4afXzESf07etWyGJIEVxDGsTvWgzXJ9q8ZUHtrcn45aMtnCIuyi5FExsawRPPQnVxY_QNaGvmwxsmCxcNaMYxI2JeStdV4y7qp47xcVuhcDTgEajfaE1K8FY_a86PWAmYzMIuhCUbBC0tOx7h7LQNLxEU6QP5GI/s320/rererer.jpeg" width="267" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My artwork on a women's tank-top. </div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>tomdennis2013@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18180070577471954244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284940281005620173.post-6216878032527070302023-10-08T17:07:00.001-05:002023-10-08T17:08:29.794-05:00A Triple Play in Softball<p style="text-align: center;"> Jimmy Hatcher<span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> loved to play ball. Jimmy and I would play catch with a softball while I was living in Cynthiana. I also attended his slow pitch softball games at the local parks. Jimmy played very aggressively at either the shortstop or third base positions, and I was privileged to see him make an amazing unassisted triple play. Jimmy was in the infield at third base with one man on second and another on third with no outs. The batter hit a line drive on the third base line that looked impossible to catch. Jimmy ran, dove for the ball, and caught it before it went into the outfield. One out!! As he fell, he scrambled to third base before the runner could get back to tag up. Two out!! He stood and saw the man from second base trying to turn and head back to second. Jimmy, always fast and aggressive, had no trouble catching the man before he could get back to tag up. He caught him about 10 feet before he reached base. Three out!! Unassisted!! There was a roar of applause from the crowd and a lot of back patting after that unusual play. It was very nice indeed.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig_uE27E5y2ywa_XVjDcoNmaPfIqtPXuK1j_yYJt03JDWa3BfPAUHudT9iVYl97-vg6NJj3E8eE82fzyFYhdTO4jU8xr8pRU3CEi4HicD4MdZBuh4xH4e20OVhISSGkAcVHPobcMKnm5-9fjRgBTqhTJaKgYJ7dXkba1bW-ghC5mR5Odtg0VRr3JXd0Q0/s633/Jimmy%20and%20tommy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="633" data-original-width="526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig_uE27E5y2ywa_XVjDcoNmaPfIqtPXuK1j_yYJt03JDWa3BfPAUHudT9iVYl97-vg6NJj3E8eE82fzyFYhdTO4jU8xr8pRU3CEi4HicD4MdZBuh4xH4e20OVhISSGkAcVHPobcMKnm5-9fjRgBTqhTJaKgYJ7dXkba1bW-ghC5mR5Odtg0VRr3JXd0Q0/s320/Jimmy%20and%20tommy.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p>tomdennis2013@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18180070577471954244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284940281005620173.post-19784420898277385772023-09-18T08:42:00.004-05:002023-09-19T07:19:20.911-05:00My Mowers Over the Years<p> When my wife and I first arrived in Marion, Kentucky, I decided not to mow our yard and create a Personal Habitat for the creatures in our yard. I found out very quickly that mosquitos in Kentucky can get very big and draw a lot of blood from your body.</p><p>We decided to go to Sears in Paducah and buy a Lawn mower.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKViAdI8blKKW0tc0X5_94d3zU848C_OP5mTyRswa_XI1M7kxcRZF9P6zKEtr61NfvkY6P8_5B0_W0swOIJlQg3BRlJe9hQgVTJT_TM6fc7Bv4FHD0vfZMgmvD3l8dndHAkVF7Zt9Kkn39lZj7tgFSUlc6CupiLu-iwIDBjcaVqt4eZ4E68fFG5A0YkL8/s768/Craftsman%20Magnesium.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKViAdI8blKKW0tc0X5_94d3zU848C_OP5mTyRswa_XI1M7kxcRZF9P6zKEtr61NfvkY6P8_5B0_W0swOIJlQg3BRlJe9hQgVTJT_TM6fc7Bv4FHD0vfZMgmvD3l8dndHAkVF7Zt9Kkn39lZj7tgFSUlc6CupiLu-iwIDBjcaVqt4eZ4E68fFG5A0YkL8/s320/Craftsman%20Magnesium.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Craftsman Magnesium Push Mower</p><p> I started mowing and we were rid of the mosquitos. When we moved out in the country we decided to get a riding mower because the area we had was to thick and too large for a push mower. So we bought a mower like the one picture below from the John Deere Dealer here in Marion.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiicCZFGW4pDfLXonyFr2hU5bNlixNUI72Sp2iHBxvyz7E_9HyIRJ2eT63-PhqPX_wAtK8wOqyNU_8MpVZ-YJ4SKmT0akJPu_STX9cJXD4QjVTloiZGYc_I9o6v-SHanDzYzMjTKBt09JGCD-oXwuDETZbJY9TXy4sZSi7tUzym4LWzW0yjX_MbkkCRWbo/s1600/s-l1600%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1245" data-original-width="1600" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiicCZFGW4pDfLXonyFr2hU5bNlixNUI72Sp2iHBxvyz7E_9HyIRJ2eT63-PhqPX_wAtK8wOqyNU_8MpVZ-YJ4SKmT0akJPu_STX9cJXD4QjVTloiZGYc_I9o6v-SHanDzYzMjTKBt09JGCD-oXwuDETZbJY9TXy4sZSi7tUzym4LWzW0yjX_MbkkCRWbo/s320/s-l1600%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">John Deere 68 Riding Mower</p><p style="text-align: left;">When we moved back to Marion are small riding mower could not handle the wet grass and wet areas in our yard. So we went to Paducah, Kentucky to the James Sanders Nursery and bought a bigger and stronger riding mower a John Deere 111 pictured below.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEp4ueTYPXJ6IXbnVAbYQB7Wh7gmsv2--fUhTMvDPzCG0uSzO6W_2_m43hWXf3zSYz30zmoPjX3LZMtDtonW2-JhmLs3_0otvSwuFabeMd0vyFO5WUOuD5_y-2Pkhgp39W3FjbgTbB7mM7zvtKOkrvHOflumdrTEk827rFhB_exVmNp-wXI04e73DeR5Y/s758/John%20Deere%20111.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="758" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEp4ueTYPXJ6IXbnVAbYQB7Wh7gmsv2--fUhTMvDPzCG0uSzO6W_2_m43hWXf3zSYz30zmoPjX3LZMtDtonW2-JhmLs3_0otvSwuFabeMd0vyFO5WUOuD5_y-2Pkhgp39W3FjbgTbB7mM7zvtKOkrvHOflumdrTEk827rFhB_exVmNp-wXI04e73DeR5Y/s320/John%20Deere%20111.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">It was a mule and handled the wet swampy areas with ease. I bought a rubber maid cart, a rototiller and a grass catcher and my garden was being helped, but it was not the garden I had on Belleview in Marion. I added everything to the clay and it help but it may never be fertile. The mowing clutch on the 111 decided not to work sometimes and it became a nuisance, so I decided to get another mower. My next mower was a John Deere LX 176 Pictured below.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYfQUSADSHcWCMwuHHDFRy_TRpmArCFRkG2vg0lwJX5FLY4sn7Tsh0jLZV-PIqRa0nqNxFrCEZwQ5rs8HHQwGWiZ-eqmLFQU-3an2aWdlvUxNyQpyDOCEdTPRz3e3wnSoNN7vVJAFu8-Jx7hXz5OQWAvCSXi1FFNr30oJR1ZWJSuapeO98WoshCO4hrxw/s600/jd%20lx178.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYfQUSADSHcWCMwuHHDFRy_TRpmArCFRkG2vg0lwJX5FLY4sn7Tsh0jLZV-PIqRa0nqNxFrCEZwQ5rs8HHQwGWiZ-eqmLFQU-3an2aWdlvUxNyQpyDOCEdTPRz3e3wnSoNN7vVJAFu8-Jx7hXz5OQWAvCSXi1FFNr30oJR1ZWJSuapeO98WoshCO4hrxw/s320/jd%20lx178.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was just as nice as the 111 but not as sturdy, it was not the mule, but it was just nice and it mowed well. Somewhere along the line I cracked the hood when I ran into some bushes, I worked the mower very hard and the hood finally fell off and staid off. I glued the hood and duck taped the hood but the vibrations just made it fall off. Something happened and I decided to get a bigger mower. The X300 was the machine I bought and it was a mule like the 111. the X300 is pictured below.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNToDEBsWdjz1QxSlLxP6M5PWpygqUOm7-ut3SSz6Q437LfBqEDG4ZHq6lN1_YGxE8fRbvNe_q73wk_OJmvJPyBlVHUhSwi3oT-vnzRZba-gG5BIt_mh6d51JI2eu8aP2gKwUtjo8lxNwfKb7bg7z_8VRmF0tSyWaArfDtSIo4k1KoH-zFfqCGkXRLDt8/s642/John-Deere-X300-Riding-Lawn-Tractor.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="642" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNToDEBsWdjz1QxSlLxP6M5PWpygqUOm7-ut3SSz6Q437LfBqEDG4ZHq6lN1_YGxE8fRbvNe_q73wk_OJmvJPyBlVHUhSwi3oT-vnzRZba-gG5BIt_mh6d51JI2eu8aP2gKwUtjo8lxNwfKb7bg7z_8VRmF0tSyWaArfDtSIo4k1KoH-zFfqCGkXRLDt8/s320/John-Deere-X300-Riding-Lawn-Tractor.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was a very good machine until this year. I worked it very hard and it finically dropped a push rod and it was never the same after that. It would run for an hour then quit. I was always 50 feet to the shed and had to push it back to the shed. It wore me out so I begged Laurel to get me a new mower. So I have this now, a zero turn hot rod , a John-Deere-Z320R-Z-Trak, pictured below.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZjKLq2pg75oZPGdVODd_Fa0MCQtYF_QJzphiv7CCGrWJEnHtPzZbFgNkhknyTyu5ePf1LjR-76LUGgYmXtX1uZ9ueh08MJ_xEdYZQ3fktBB6y7O4BrO0bQdMoiBd0OcN0Gzgl-OooaNPPA5zM4hwCj2hkDioV28O0PkksWCMIw9vMBAcC6mkR_6kEY04/s1200/John-Deere-Z320R-Z-Trak-Residental-Zero-Turn-Mower-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1200" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZjKLq2pg75oZPGdVODd_Fa0MCQtYF_QJzphiv7CCGrWJEnHtPzZbFgNkhknyTyu5ePf1LjR-76LUGgYmXtX1uZ9ueh08MJ_xEdYZQ3fktBB6y7O4BrO0bQdMoiBd0OcN0Gzgl-OooaNPPA5zM4hwCj2hkDioV28O0PkksWCMIw9vMBAcC6mkR_6kEY04/s320/John-Deere-Z320R-Z-Trak-Residental-Zero-Turn-Mower-2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It mows well and fast.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>tomdennis2013@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18180070577471954244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284940281005620173.post-52380657951674967072023-03-19T08:15:00.002-05:002023-03-19T08:15:31.487-05:00Remembering Diane<p> A few days ago I was thinking of Diane, she died February 20, 2022. When my dad moved in and lived with Diane's mom, and I soon fell in love with Diane. I had no clue as to why I did at that time, but now as time and history tell their story it is not hard to understand. At that time it was a problem because she became my step-sister and being in love with your sister in my mind was a sin.</p><p>My mind at that time was in turmoil, and I was a nuisance just being near other people. </p><p>Anyway, I miss Diane.</p><p>She kept in touch with me wherever I went, and she did the same with everyone in the family. I had lost in touch with Ron and I asked where he was, and she gave me his story and address. Just 5 years ago, I asked her about Emory, and she sent me a photo of him and his address.</p><p>Wherever she is, she is improving the world around her.</p>tomdennis2013@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18180070577471954244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284940281005620173.post-20412299074852551782022-12-05T19:29:00.001-06:002022-12-05T19:29:28.335-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3S9QD7-ZXdgMjE3Rad7YnjpxPYUVigf4ZYwE0xllJhn35cGyAoSdpid4FkX9zRxiNt4vz4f6TAMFE5iJdIRo5Z7lK6nACuKqRIxl-4PuN6geNTEG9pkZSexaUkKLFOVZoq-WxMZVLa5rCsNWH1c0bWkQAf59zVm05tCmF-QgOZ0M3mX6qK6uCOGdr/s1600/tvcabinate.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="792" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3S9QD7-ZXdgMjE3Rad7YnjpxPYUVigf4ZYwE0xllJhn35cGyAoSdpid4FkX9zRxiNt4vz4f6TAMFE5iJdIRo5Z7lK6nACuKqRIxl-4PuN6geNTEG9pkZSexaUkKLFOVZoq-WxMZVLa5rCsNWH1c0bWkQAf59zVm05tCmF-QgOZ0M3mX6qK6uCOGdr/s1600/tvcabinate.jpg"/></a></div>tomdennis2013@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18180070577471954244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284940281005620173.post-16444454756850382282022-11-30T01:13:00.000-06:002022-11-30T01:13:21.705-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimgeq10IPpa3ULYmKmvTuG00nu_YpYrbyz8r-fbx75LZ-l4ogXFQmJqL0xPcKyRp1FoLsJV7FKMCXHnuZXaic4xxcIVnAzUC_GGlvccCIWYyJEZOr0G3WECTmW9X_KowKv6f0dqUfrxXr7zmRPqtydNUhBI4HxPqD9gYsnteDgBLnqG0waX_Ndx36c/s1600/life.jpg" style="display: block; 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color: #0f1111;">The delicate realm of being, wrapped in one's skin.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: x-large;">You are careful to caress the emotions of others.</span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: center;">To coax comfort.</div></span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: center;">To sway being across the mind.</div></span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: center;">The pleasant hello.</div></span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: center;">Swell the ego with love and comfort and let them walk free.</div></span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: center;">Have a nice day.</div></span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: center;">***</div></span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;"><div style="text-align: center;">May the Wisp of the Holiday Spirit Swirl Around your Home and Being.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span>tomdennis2013@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18180070577471954244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284940281005620173.post-45307346952492108322022-02-27T17:14:00.005-06:002022-02-27T17:49:40.959-06:00<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="row" style="-webkit-box-direction: normal; -webkit-box-orient: horizontal; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10); color: #0a0a0a; display: flex; flex-flow: row wrap; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px -0.9375rem; max-width: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="small-12 columns" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; box-sizing: inherit; flex: 0 0 100%; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px 0.9375rem; zoom: 1;"><h3 class="obitTitle" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: black; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Obituary for Diane Lee Blake</span></h3></div></div><div class="tileText" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><div class="read-more-content" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10); color: #707070; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-weight: 700; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Diane Lee Shattler Blake, known to her family as their beloved “Gubby,” died in her home on February 20, 2022 of natural causes at the age of 78. She was a Simi Valley resident in the same home for 46 years, raising 3 daughters and loving on 5 grandchildren with her husband, Roy Jennings Blake, the “love of her life,” who was the brother of her high school best friend, Kathy Blake. </span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10); color: #707070; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10); color: #707070; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-weight: 700;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Born in 1944, the daughter of Gladys Delphine Lamb and Howard Shattler of Glenwood, Minnesota, Diane grew up with older brother David Shattler, and younger brothers Ronald and Jerry Shattler. After moving to California and settling in the San Gabriel Valley at the age of 11, a split and new marriage brought a step father, Thomas Diaz, sister Susan Diaz, and step siblings Dennis and Sandy. Many years later, a third marriage would bring another step father, Hank Chapek, and 3 more step sisters, Linda, Susie, and Sandy into Diane’s family. She is preceded in death by her parents, her siblings Susie and Jerry, and her husband Roy, who passed away in 2011. She leaves behind her daughters Kathryn Evans (Scott), Amanda Blake, Samantha Theisen (John), her grandchildren - Alexandra Robinson (Steven), Sarah Evans, Jakob Evans, Max Theisen, and Zoe Theisen, plus many beloved nieces, nephews, and cousins. </div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10); color: #707070; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-weight: 700;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Diane graduated Salutatorian in 1962 from La Puente High School, and later attended Mt. Sac College and Cal State University Long Beach. She was beautiful, with bright red hair, and was often compared to Julie Andrews or Carol Burnett. Diane married Roy in 1965 and worked at his college in Arizona, earning her “pushing hubby through” certificate (it was the 60’s). Their first of 3 daughters was born in the summer of 1969. After their third daughter was born, the family moved to Simi Valley, where she planted three sycamore trees in the front yard that now tower over their home.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10); color: #707070; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-weight: 700;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Diane was a homemaker until daughter Kathryn was 16. She was an amazing Girl Scout leader and volunteer room mom for all three of her girls’ classrooms as they grew up. She and Roy never missed a softball/basketball game, concert, or performance of any of their children or grandchildren. Music was a constant presence in the house and Diane loved to sing. Barbra Streisand, Johnny Mathis, Frank Sinatra, and Tony Bennett were some of her favorites. As Roy’s health began to decline, Diane went back to school and earned her teaching credential in 1985. She taught for 17 years at Stagg Street Elementary in Van Nuys. Diane was an incredibly dedicated and creative teacher and an ardent supporter and representative of the teachers union during a very tumultuous time in LAUSD history. A health issue forced her early retirement in 2001, but Diane was happy to be able to focus all of her time on her new role as “Gubby,” with her grandbabies, or “bubbies” as she called them. </div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10); color: #707070; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-weight: 700;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Diane fiercely loved her family. Through the many challenges life presented her, she demonstrated to us all how to pivot and persevere, all the while keeping her laser focus on what was best for our family. It can be said that she had a 6th sense as she would often “know” what was happening with her children and grandchildren, sometimes before any of us wanted her to. And she would not hesitate getting to work to help with whatever was needed without judgement. She taught us all to question everything and speak up when something isn’t right. She refused to be silenced for her views, and believed in taking a stand and speaking up when it was important. She raised her children to do the same.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10); color: #707070; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-weight: 700;"><div style="text-align: justify;">In Diane’s own words – “I am a fairly uncomplicated person. I don’t need a lot of things. Some things that just make me smile when they happen are: seeing a rainbow in the sky after a bit of rain, hearing one of my babies giggle, watching a hummingbird hover over a flower, watching a kitten chase after a ball of string, floating on my back in the pool and looking up at the blue sky, watching the wind rustle the leaves of my sycamore trees, watching one of my babies or grand babies softly breathing when they fall asleep on my chest, being in the mountains among the pine trees, listening to the rain that happens so rarely as it cleans the streets, the plants, and my house, and freshening the air around us, taking in the incredible sounds that come out of my favorite singers and the music that soothes my soul and brings me peace, listening to an audio book, and watching my children and grandchildren perform, whether acting, singing, playing an instrument, or in a sporting event fills me with pride…Then, there’s the serendipity of having my best friend’s brother be the one I would fall in love with, marry, and make babies with. He was truly the prince of my childhood dreams.”</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10); color: #707070; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-weight: 700;"><div style="text-align: justify;">A private family and friend farewell will be held on Wednesday, February 23 at 3:00PM at Reardon Mortuary in Simi Valley. </div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10); color: #707070; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-weight: 700;"><div style="text-align: justify;">To send flowers to the family of Diane Lee Blake, please visit our <a class="obit-hfs-link obit-link-flowers" href="http://reardon-simi-valley-funeral-home.tributestore.com/?oId=24068944" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #d85e5d; cursor: pointer; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Heartfelt Sympathies Store.</a></div></span></span></div></div>tomdennis2013@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18180070577471954244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284940281005620173.post-43071758028942479832022-02-21T03:48:00.002-06:002022-02-21T03:48:55.425-06:00Diane Blake 09-30-44 to 02-20-22<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhUoVPdy7cNx3lXlcloPhdLhMuwef2m1JTgnE28zqmOBFMgZ9S_5k7ZK6C5LHU6XBa3nvlXPaIJDxc_2gejMVN-5aU8yywT_J4AGxcdmfZHyZW9JYlhUucTU1rHbR8c_Zt0tyPPRXm2eNLMD7s0XyKzJSqQlWExqUSKKIs3a3REgx6EU_iKzgA3Si9q=s827" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="827" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhUoVPdy7cNx3lXlcloPhdLhMuwef2m1JTgnE28zqmOBFMgZ9S_5k7ZK6C5LHU6XBa3nvlXPaIJDxc_2gejMVN-5aU8yywT_J4AGxcdmfZHyZW9JYlhUucTU1rHbR8c_Zt0tyPPRXm2eNLMD7s0XyKzJSqQlWExqUSKKIs3a3REgx6EU_iKzgA3Si9q=w651-h568" width="651" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>tomdennis2013@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18180070577471954244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284940281005620173.post-7676856476904138762022-01-24T11:49:00.001-06:002022-01-24T11:49:19.982-06:00Bills and Chiefs<p> </p><p><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">I could never predict an outcome
like these touchdowns, field goals, spectacular runs, scores in less than 30
seconds. They are going to win. No they just lost, no they just won, no they
just lost. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">I few minutes ago I had to go
to the NFL website to actually see who won the game.<o:p></o:p></span></p>tomdennis2013@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18180070577471954244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284940281005620173.post-38304474613373199142021-04-17T12:27:00.003-05:002021-04-22T17:46:39.101-05:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">United Parcel Service and the United States Postal Service <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHbEKwUueDJjXIkGixwrZSvc1aoOP7rvrX1N2bwibPRXubpVncIHqT9etMXmUPXtxmDx9wIIxNZjhOBD3jbG18DimxBxf3NOLs8fA67H4u-YXMJyq2ONAxfUpCOsfZK0PGGZFP2kTOmMw/s475/UPS5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="353" data-original-width="475" height="101" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHbEKwUueDJjXIkGixwrZSvc1aoOP7rvrX1N2bwibPRXubpVncIHqT9etMXmUPXtxmDx9wIIxNZjhOBD3jbG18DimxBxf3NOLs8fA67H4u-YXMJyq2ONAxfUpCOsfZK0PGGZFP2kTOmMw/w136-h101/UPS5.jpg" width="136" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7zbaNX1xq5V15LWkml_6CaPdIBhY7xE9P3tD8qvOQ83Xtwc1d56kmrfyw_YfYXgTET_bAITHxHiTDDe9DNnT8rVKkERUctAvPOtDalVmF_ee1CjejhWN4w-tF3JsGITg7HUJgK5-7x3M/s2048/United_States_Postal_Service-Logo.wine.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="90" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7zbaNX1xq5V15LWkml_6CaPdIBhY7xE9P3tD8qvOQ83Xtwc1d56kmrfyw_YfYXgTET_bAITHxHiTDDe9DNnT8rVKkERUctAvPOtDalVmF_ee1CjejhWN4w-tF3JsGITg7HUJgK5-7x3M/w135-h90/United_States_Postal_Service-Logo.wine.png" width="135" /></a></div></div><p></p>
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online help desk by a combination of United Parcel Service and the United
States Postal Service waited two hours with my smart phone by my side.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">My wife ordered a special product, and it left the factory via different
warehouses. and she tracked it, but it never arrived. I had no clue what the
problem was until she complained to me that her product was 7 days past the
date it was to arrive at our home.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Smyrna, TN which was a UPS facility and then it was shipped to a USPS facility
in Evansville, IND. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Well, they sent it back to Smyrna, TN. Which is a UPS facility.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Where is staying in their computer inventory. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">I realized what happened, so I wrote them on their form mentioned above. I
had planned to give them a description and an address.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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tomdennis2013@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18180070577471954244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284940281005620173.post-14783499752443717332020-11-13T01:38:00.000-06:002020-11-13T01:38:19.190-06:00Dear Donald<p> Well? </p><p>The Election is over, the votes are in and the winner is Joe Biden and you lost the election. </p><p>Congratulations Joe Biden you won the election; my vote was for you as was the majority of the nations voters.</p><p>Send a nice tweet to Joe and congratulate him.</p><p><br /></p>tomdennis2013@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18180070577471954244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284940281005620173.post-44453937580916854412020-10-24T08:27:00.000-05:002020-10-24T08:27:03.103-05:00Being Graceful<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;">When we see people dance or perform some gymnastic movement who are graceful. </p><p style="text-align: center;">My grand daughter Eliana is extremely graceful.</p><p style="text-align: center;"> I have told her so and I am not sure that she understands how graceful she is.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2e_BPqyHIeRI_HhGf7EqAjVvJAmYEbI8OhsivJYTcXfxLislNlWQr-yII8ChAQ5r7_qBajbE7d8LKt_Gf56zk9r8_9Ye3yxii31KEDsG2ZX4p-kK0y2wRJ_qkG01Y_KX1tNaqHEhSCOg/s770/Graceful.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2e_BPqyHIeRI_HhGf7EqAjVvJAmYEbI8OhsivJYTcXfxLislNlWQr-yII8ChAQ5r7_qBajbE7d8LKt_Gf56zk9r8_9Ye3yxii31KEDsG2ZX4p-kK0y2wRJ_qkG01Y_KX1tNaqHEhSCOg/s320/Graceful.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09479864712139973516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6284940281005620173.post-13043807104014653982020-01-08T07:52:00.001-06:002020-01-08T07:52:19.897-06:00Grandparent Tools<br />
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maintenance of the boiler/heater. The claw was used in the garden. The ice
picks were used to cut and chop ice blocks; the small screwdriver were used on
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I am very proud of her work ethic and I know how she works;
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