Hot Summer

Well this past week has been very warm but I managed to play pool a couple of days(imagine that) take Marilyn to Wal-mart a couple of times and have a couple of Dr.s appointments....So far every thing is going well...I have an appointment with a heart Dr. this coming Tuesday morning for the first time ever...My Dr. wants me checked for any heart problems before he will set up the surgery for my knees....I have never had any heart problems and didn't have a heart Dr., so he set me up with one....I guess as we get OLDER they want to make sure of every thing....I some times wonder if they just want to make a car payment and want some extra money...HA HA....Oh well I guess we just have to do what they want to get anything done....

Tomorrow is Memorial Day and we need to remember all those that have gone before us and honor them with memories of times that we had together that are precious to us now....We need to remember all those that fought and died for our freedom around the world....God bless them and their families for their sacrifice...

Summer Time

Well it looks like summer time is here....It's very warm (in the upper 90s ) every day now and dry, dry , dry.....The only thing moist about the weather is the humidity and folks sweating (if they are working outside).....At least we aren't having tornadoes tearing up the houses and country side like up north in the mid west....I fell sorry for the ones that the wind and the flooding has wiped out......I just turn up the air conditioner and watch some movies on netflix to pass the time away, unless I am playing pool or taking Marilyn to Wal-mart...HA HA...I did go to the Dr. and I am going to have my knees replaced in the near future...I need to get a complete physical for the Dr. to get blood work and so forth before scheduling the surgery, but it won't be too long coming....I am kind of glad to be doing it, but am kind of dreading it also....Oh well I know that it will be better for me in the long run as it hurts now anyway so let's get on with it...This afternoon we went up the hall in the fireside room for pot luck again... We have a nice group of folks that are here all summer and are glad to get together for some socializing and good food...You can't beat that can you?????

Late night??

It seems that I can't get any thing done on the computer or blog unless it's kind of late night, but that's ok....By that time I have quit watching TV and need some time to surf the web and check E-mail and catch up on the blog if I remember too....Last Sunday was a relax day with just having breakfast out and movies in the afternoon...Nice.....Monday afternoon was pot luck up at the hall in the fireside room again with a nice crowd...We had some great food and much laughter with some of the guys telling about when they were young and some of the devilment that they got in to once in a while...Tuesday was Wal-mart morning and pool in the afternoon for me up at the hall.....Today I finished up painting the stair railing in the morning with movie time in the afternoon....Raul came today and started on getting the side yard ready for concrete boundary and granite rock covering the side yard.....Marilyn is tired of mud coming in on the screen room when it rains( if it ever does rain again)....He will put the rock down in a few days when the concrete drys and he can take the forms off...Other than that not much has been happening that is exciting for sure.....Of course it's kind of nice to have an easy pace for a while and no time table to keep up with....Enjoy it if you can...I will....

Already Saturday????

I can't believe how fast the time goes by any more....It seems like I just posted on the blog yesterday and then I realize several days have come and gone....On last Wednesday we went up to the hall and listened to Diego sing and play....He comes every two weeks on Wednesday afternoon for a couple of hours for some great entertainment...There is always several people dancing....It seems that many love the line dancing as many jump for the chance to do it...

Thursday a group of us from the Village went to Golden Corral in the afternoon for a late lunch...Some one said that there was 24 in number...I guess we will be going there at least once a month from now on....Everyone had a good time and of course we all ate too much....

.Friday Wal-mart got a visit from Marilyn and I as they may have moved something with out telling us....And of course in the afternoon I played pool up at the pool hall here in the park....We even had one visitor for another park to come and visit us....I did get an invite to come over there and play some evening as he said that like every where else the players are getting scarce and few...I guess I will try to take him up on the offer some time next week or so...

Today I managed to do a couple of little odd jobs around the house here (scraping and painting the stair railing) and do some planing on some projects here at home...Oh well I guess time flies when you are having fun....Later...

Hot Days

Well I thought I better write something down and try to keep up with things....Yesterday I had to go to the hearing aid place and let them do a cleaning on my aids and replace the tubes....The last time I went for some replacements some how I got some longer tubes and I wasn't happy with the fit, but they did a new fitting and this time every thing was very good.....On the way back home Marilyn said that she needed a hair cut so we stopped and got it done....In the afternoon we went to pot luck up at the hall in the fireside room....I must say the ladies in the park sure know how to cook as I ate too much again....It was sure good to be able to laugh and eat with a nice bunch of people...It's always more fun that way...After wards we were asked to shuffle a game with some friends...We haven't done any yet this year and really don't know much about it but we tried and had a good time....We will sure do some more of it in the future...

Today not much in the morning but I did go up and play pool this afternoon as it was the regular day for the park play...We always have a good time and laugh a lot at each other...That's whats nice about having friends and not getting too serious about things....Keep smiling....

Update

Well yesterday was brisket smoking day....It took all day but I didn't have to do much work with it just kind of keep an eye on just what was happening....I managed to start late in the morning as most of you know that I am not a morning person to get started on things....But I did start about 10 o'clock with the smoke rolling from the smoker in just 10 minutes with 220 degrees for heat....I used hickory wood for this time,but sometime in the future I am going to try some different woods for flavor....I finished up the meat in the roaster after 6 hours in the smoker....I had some later in the evening when I sliced the meat up....I must say that it turned out very well.....I caught Gene making a couple of sandwiches today and I asked him how it tasted and he said great....I don't think I will have be able to keep this around very long with him making sandwiches....Oh well I guess that's what I made it for-----to eat and enjoy....HA HA

It sure was different today not having church over at Magnolia...It just didn't seem like Sunday....It just means I will have to be more willing to study the bible on my own...It's always more work when you don't have a Pastor to help you keep focused....Till next time......

Summer Time

Well we have had a couple of nice cool days, but the weather man says that it's going to bet hot and continue to be dry with no rain in sight....We could sure use some of that water that's flooding the river up north.....Of course we wouldn't want to be flooded like they are, but some of it would be good....Last year we had plenty of water with the flood canals being full for quite a few days....Not this year as yet anyway....I am just afraid that when it starts it will go wild again....It's either feast or famine so they say...

Well for the last couple of days we have just done our usual trips to Wal-mart and we did go to the county dump to make a deposit so to speak....This afternoon I played pool with the few remaining players up at the pool hall....One more will be going home up NORTH in the morning so we are getting thin but will make out OK...

At Wal-mart today I did pick up a brisket and am planning on smoking it tomorrow...That will be an all day job, but at least it will not have too much WORK involved....It doesn't seem like any meat that I smoke last very long around here for some reason....This will be the first time that I will smoke a full brisket so it will be an experience for me....Kind of fun seeing how it all turns out...Will let you know one way or the other....Later...

Update

I am trying not to get too far behind in keeping up with the blog, but sometimes I get off the Internet and then I remember that I should have put something down....Well not much has happened in the last couple of days exciting but here goes....Yesterday the big highlight was the pot luck here in the village up at the fireside room in the big hall...We had 20 people in attendance and the food was great and lots of it.....Marilyn took baked beans and came home with an empty bowl....Every one loved them and down here in the deep south Texas most people know food and what's good....Oh we do love to eat and I guess it shows on this old fat boy.....HA HA....

Today the most exciting thing was I went up to the pool room and played pool in the afternoon...Not too many but we had fun....One guy came down from Snow to Sun to play with us as they are kind of short on players also....On a different note the weather today was cool for this time of year only about 70 degrees for a high with a little breeze...It suppose to be about the same tomorrow so it's a good time for any thing outdoors or just be able to set out in the screen room.....I't still dry but it'll rain one of these days ( I hope )....I guess we are never satisfied it seems....We just need to count our Blessings every once in a while....That's something to think on for us all......

Sunday Again???

Well here it is Sunday again...I have been kind of dreading today as it will be the last Church Service at Magnolia until next September and I am going to miss it...I know that everyone will be traveling at some time this summer and there isn't too many folks left to attend services, so I understand why....Oh Well...Just need to study the Word ourselves as the Lord wants us to anyway...

Yesterday was Saturday and we took it easy around here, just did some tv watching, playing on the computer and I did set up and update the WII on the tv in the Texas room to watch netflix movies...I had previously set up the one in the living room for the same thing so if Marilyn is watching something on tv that I don't want to watch I can watch a movie in the Texas room or vise versa...

After Church services this morning we went to breakfast at Sivila's cafe as usual and then on to WAL-MART to pick up a few things...This afternoon was relax time as the wind was almost strong enough to blow you away if you got out side, so guess what ....Don't go out....HA HA...More when I have another thought.....