Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Good Morning


Getting ready to shred some branches. I noticed that my yard is ready to mow again. It seems that this time of year we have to mow twice a week. 

The "Quiet Man" is on the TV as I type. I guess I will watch about 10 minutes of it then go finish my chores.
One thing I do not do is find excuses to not do my chores. Procrastinate I do not.

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Good Afternoon

I spent the day yesterday at our NARFE Spring Sprint/Fling; came home and filled the pool. This morning I cleaned the trash from the pool and shocked it. Now it is a wait and see to find out what happens to the pool (64 degrees (it warmed up the 61 degrees a few days ago)). 
Today I will pick up branches that Laurel cut Saturday and put them in a pile to shred later this week.
I spent this morning making a web page for our Spring Sprint to place in the History section of our Kentucky Federation of Chapters  website. 
I am now relaxing before gathering up some trash for the garbage pickup tomorrow.
Laurel and I had hard boiled eggs for Easter.

Sunday, April 20, 2014

Easter Sunday

I have a hard time thing about the story behind Easter. By Easter Sunday everything has past. By that, the trial, the humiliation, the nailing and the pain of burying. By Easter it is all over.
A Jew was prosecuted
So how did we get to the Easter Bunny
From WIKI: 
"The practice of decorating eggshell is ancient, pre-dating Christian traditions. Ostrich eggs with engraved decoration that are 60,000 years old have been found in Africa. Decorated ostrich eggs, and representations of ostrich eggs in gold and silver, were commonly placed in graves of the ancient Sumerians and Egyptians as early as 5,000 years ago.
The custom of the Easter egg, however, originated in the early Christians of Mesopotamia, who stained eggs red in memory of the blood of Christ, shed at his crucifixion. The Christian Church officially adopted the custom, regarding the eggs as a symbol of the resurrection; in A.D. 1610, Pope Paul V proclaimed the following prayer: 
Although the tradition is to use dyed or painted chicken eggs, a modern custom is to substitute chocolate eggs, or plastic eggs filled with confectionery such as jelly beans. These eggs can be hidden for children to find on Easter morning, which may be left by the Easter Bunny. They may also be put in a basket filled with real or artificial straw to resemble a bird's nest."
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There is a history and I glanced over it. At an early age I went on Easter egg hunts. My parents would buy me a complete set of new clothes, socks underwear, white shirt, new tie, new belt, new shoes, new suit and a new haircut. They would do the same for my sister plus a new Easter bonnet. We would be shiny and cleaned and we would go to Sunday Mass. After church we would go on the Easter Egg Hunt, Some eggs would be filled with confetti. 
I was always at fault for humanities failures.
Times change.
I pray that folks in the old countries do not act like gods that sacrifice bodies to god. God listens, man does not.

Saturday, April 19, 2014

The Pool


Good Afternoon,

What's Green and Sings? 
Elvis Parsley and our pool.
Laurel and I took the winter cover off the pool a few minutes ago. I had got my mower blades on the mower two days ago and I finished moving things and mowing under them as well as mowing the whole yard. I am filling up the pool and when that happens the pump gets turned on and  the stuff to kill the green stuff growing in the pool will start doing it's job. In a week or so the pool will be ready to swim in.

Friday, April 18, 2014

Good Morning

I am getting ready to mow the yard, I was going to say lawn but I do not have a lawn I have wild grasses with some seeds from the neighbors and what seeds I sowed 30 years ago. I did not sow it all over just in the bare spaces that were very wet 30 years ago (there (bare ground) behind the hula hoop).

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

It is cold

Good Morning,
It is cold here but my sister had a least a 1" of snow yesterday. We ere just there with her walking about in shirt sleeves. It is hard to believe.
I have been busy getting ready for our Federal Employee Spring Sprint



Monday, April 14, 2014

Visit With Sister


Laurel and I had a wonderful visit with Jimmy and Sandy in Berea, Kentucky. Sandy is my sister. Laurel and Sandy took some remarkable photos and some are over on Sandy's Blog. we are just now getting acclimated to our home and catching our breath and sleeping in. It has been a whirlwind week for me as I did work most of the week at the NARFE Convention.

My wife's birthday was during the convention so she was serenaded by every present.
I think I need to relax a bit.

Friday, April 11, 2014

Good Morning

Mom is sleeping in this morning. The Birthday Girl has had a busy week and was very tired. I was also very tired of setting up my computer and projector at the convention. I had early morning set up sessions before each days sessions. Doing a lot of things by ear as it is normally done at these conventions. I actually fell asleep and mom had to poke me awake. I had to nap on one of mt 10 minute breaks. I was fine after that.
Anyway we are getting caught up on our sleep.

Monday, April 7, 2014

Good Morning

I am up early and it is raining outside. Inside this brick home it is quiet and peaceful. I feel good mentally and physically. I do seem to speak my mind and my mind is rather open and vast.
When I first arrived in Kentucky I knew nothing about the cats. I knew nothing about our Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall; Kentucky provided me with some rather important observations about our year. Every one needs to be here for at least a year to understand what they really are.

Thursday, April 3, 2014

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Itis very warm

Good Morning,
It is in the 50's this morning which is a lot better than frost on the windshield. We rarely get frost on the widows. Our windows are insulated and that prevents extremes that create frost on the windows.