The New Year

Welcome to the New Year....The old year is gone and just a memory, some good and some bad....I guess that is how it is in life...Every body has their ups and downs, but as long as there are more ups than downs, it's all good....HA HA I don't mean to sound negative as we should always look to the future for new adventures in life...

I haven't wrote any thing in quite a while just to see if any one notices that nothing seemed to be going on...I have been getting some questions from some readers about just where I have gone, so will start again....The holidays were kind of a blur, they just flew by...I hope Santa Claus stopped by your house and left more than a lump of coal in your stocking....Also I hope you didn't make any new year's resolutions that you will break or have broken by now...HA HA..

Well the pool leagues have started and it seems to be busy for the old fat boy...I hardly have time to take Marilyn to Wal-mart it seems...And you know that must be done somewhat regularly...I guess we need to take advantage of the time to be busy for with the coming of the new year the season is almost half over and summer will be here again....I guess we are never completely satisfied no matter what happens....I am just glad to be as healthy as I am to enjoy the blessings that I have...More later...

Merry Christmas

Well this week has been quite a rush with all that's going on down in deep south Texas at the Loring house....Our son has had his skin grafts and is home from the hospital doing very good...I talked to him today and he sounded very up beat which is great...He was looking forward to his daughter and grand kids coming over for Christmas Eve...I know that he was excited and looking forward to it....Also my brother in law got home from the hospital and doing very well also, so things are looking up in the health department for the family...

I managed to play pool a few days this week of course and took Marilyn to Wal-mart early in the week, cause it's been very crowded for the last few days...We tried to go to HEB this morning after we went out for breakfast...We drove into the parking lot, couldn't find a parking place and drove right out....We then stopped at Dollar General and picked up the couple of items that we needed with out any trouble....

Last night Marilyn and I went over to Magnolia Park to visit with old friends...Of course I played pool and Marilyn played cards with her girl friends...We got to talk and say HI to many of our old friends and wish them Merry Christmas...And now I want to wish all that read my blog "MERRY CHRISTMAS and A HAPPY NEW YEAR"...

Did you think I had forgot????

I know I haven't posted anything but I have had a few things on my mind that I didn't want to just put down so please forgive me....Our son has been in the hospital for the last few days with some burns on one of his legs and having problems with infection and swelling...When the swelling and the infection goes down he is going to have some skin grafts done...Also my brother in law in Florida is also in the hospital with high fever and internal infection but now improving and should be released in the next day or so....Also the pool season has started it has kind of kept me busy also....Don't forget that I also have to take Marilyn to Wal-Mart every so often to make everyone happy...Well it's a great life if we just don't let it get us down....Just keep smiling there's a lot more good than bad......

Any Turkey Left???

Here it is a week after "Turkey Day" and I am wondering if there is any turkeys left on this earth....It seems that every one that I talk to had turkey for Thanksgiving with some left overs for the next few days or so....I know that we did also and it sure was good...I also know that I must have gained a few pounds for sure and that's something this old fat boy doesn't need at all....Well with no more turkeys at least the temptation is not there...HA HA..

Well at least the pool league has started for me on Wednesday mornings...I like to play pool but am not to excited to get up early in the morning and go play somewhere...I guess that's just the dues one has to pay for the privilege of being able to play...

The weather has been kind of cool for the last few days so it's a welcome relief from the hot weather...It doesn't seem that it should be as late in the year as it is...Time has a way of just slipping away so fast , the next thing you know it will be Christmas and the first of the year...Well it has been a great year anyway and we are so blessed to be as healthy as we are cause we don't have to go far to find someone a lot worse off than we are...

Week in review

I know that I won't remember all and some of if you wouldn't want to know anyway...HA HA..We was able to get out and eat a couple of times...Marilyn calls these times "when Don cooks"....At least she doesn't have to then...Often I just go and get something from where ever and bring it home...She kind of likes that also and gives her a break for sure....Of course we managed to hit Wal-mart a couple of times also...We did have some excitement Saturday afternoon....I had went to Subway for a sandwich to bring home and when I got home I left the car unlocked because Marilyn said she wanted to clean out the back seat as we were going to have a rider after church for breakfast...A little later I was on the computer doing some surfing of the web and I had earphones on to be able to hear music...I do this often so I don't get interference from the TV in the next room...All of a sudden Marilyn came in an said come quick...I went outside and there were three Sheriff deputies around the back of our car with there guns out...I said what's all this about and one motioned to stay back...I seems that there was a young man in the back seat and they were trying to get him out....Finally they managed to get him out and handcuffed him and then put him in a squad car...They searched him and picked up some stuff he dropped in the back seat while he was there...They found a knife and several pills of different kinds we were told...They said he was high on drugs of some sort...They said that they had looked through the back of the car but we should be sure and clean and vacuum every thing after they left...Marilyn did find one small white pill and we threw it in the trash can...Later another deputy came and interviewed us again as he said he had just come on duty and hadn't read the report yet...We told him about the little white pill and what we had done with it and if he wanted it...He said no as long as we had disposed of it...Well it's a long story and I'm glad it's all over....Just remember to keep the car locked....A lesson to learn for anyone.....

Update

Sunday again and I need to catch up a little....I had a bit of bad luck this week as one of my hearing aids quit on me and I had to take it to the hearing aid doctor....Of course it had to be the one I need the most so I have had to say "what did you say " more the last few days than I have for a long time...Not much fun for me but kind of funny for other people to be able to tease me about it once in a while...Oh well this too will pass...Today we went to service at Magnolia this morning and we had just a little different service with Pastor Stacey being gone to see his dad and celebrate his birthday with him...We had a good time though as several people got up and did several readings and sang songs for the congregation... This evening we went up to the main hall where they had a welcome back party for all the folks that have come for the season...There was a large crowd there with lots of goodies to eat and much talking and catching up with gossip from the summer..I am going to try and write more often as it's kind of hard to remember when I don't put it down....So we'll see just how I do....It's all good anyway if you don't stumble....Think about it..

Time to catch up again

I can't believe that the time goes so fast...I really haven't done any thing that is exciting other than the usual stuff so I won't bore you with that ....I did go in this week and had my eyes checked for some new glasses...I have been having a little trouble with my eyes, nothing serious, but hope this will make things better when the new glasses come in....Isn't that exciting....I have been messing around with my VCR and DVD players and dubbing some tapes to DVDs ( at least trying to learn all over again as it has been a long time)...I have had fun and got to see some tapes that we had forgotten we even had....Some of the pictures were from many years ago when the kids were small and our folks were still alive...Many memory's were brought back...Today we went to church at Magnolia and enjoyed a great service as usual...We sure enjoy the teachings that Pastor Stacey brings to us...Well that's some of whats been going on ...I really will try to do better in the future...I know I have said that before but ??????????