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Friday, October 31, 2008
11:34:18 AM EDT Feeling Angry Hearing Actually listening to Glenn Beck's radio show. Edit Entry Delete Entry
Goodbye from this venue!
Good Friday morning, wherever you are! Come on in for one last hot cup of Internet coffee on this venue. I have yet to locate another spot to place this journal and the 38 month history but I will keep you posted. Today is the last day that AOL will host personal journals (blogs) and on December 31st, they will do away with AOL photos. So, if you have any photos on AOL's photo site, download them and burn them to a DVD or CD before it is too late!
AOL is going in the direction of much of the national drive-by media, ie; MSNBC, NBC, CBS, ABC, New York Times, Washington Post, et. al. And even today, they got in one last lick against me. I had typed in about 5 paragraphs on this particular entry when...VIOLA!!! It all disappeared into never-never land! Hopefully the next place this journal lands will not suffer that problem...at least I can hope! :)
In the interest of social responsibility, I also wanted to remind all McCain supporters to get out and vote on November 4th...and all Obama supporters to be sure and vote on November 5th! It is very important that you cast your vote this year...against socialism. You figure out which candidate is proposing that we move rapidly toward the full socialism of America. Seriously, we better wake up. The dumbing down of America is very, very evident after hearing that young black woman in Florida who, upon being interviewed after Obama's final live addition to his "Informercial", said that she was in absolute awe of what she was feeling..the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience Obama. She no longer had to worry about making her mortgage payments or filling her auto up with gas. Obama was going to take care of her! Amazing theory..."trickle up poverty!" I would like to hear from all poor people who employ other people because that is what may be coming. I personally don't know of a single poor person who hires other people, do you?????
I have a new blog (not to replace this one but another one) entitled "The Death of America...the downward spiral into socialism." I'll send you the link later but basically it begins with an introduction of how the Soviet Union's Premier Nikita Khruschev promised to bury us. I then relate how this all panned out via subversion of our education system, especially journalism schools, etc. How "properly educated" journalists would gradually move into the mainstream media and promote socialism and those who seek it. I also mention the 1960's meeting between then Sec. of Agriculture, Ezra Taft Benson and Premier Nikita Khruschev. Mr. Benson told Mr. Khruschev that he could see how agriculture in the Soviet Union was such a disaster...that freedom and free markets are essential for a booming agriculture system. Mr. Khruschev, during this conversation, told Mr. Benson that eventually we would end up under communism because they would keep feeding us socialism, a little at a time "until you realize some day that you are already under communism." If we elect the wrong guy, we will accelerate rapidly into full fledged socialism...so beware of your decision. Escaping socialism after it has been fully implemented will be virtually impossible!
Okay, enough said for now. Thanks so much for stopping by to visit these pages and I hope you will find your way to my new location for this blog when I finally relocate it. And please visit my new journal I mentioned above. I'll provide you the link shortly.
Now as you go about your busy last Friday in October..indeed the last day of October 2008, please take the time to tell someone you love them that you really do! :) Written by oklamwm Permalink Blog about this entry Add to del.icio.us digg this
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Thursday, October 23, 2008
6:37:43 PM EDT Feeling Cheerful Hearing Local radio talk show. Edit Entry Delete Entry
Happy 43rd Anniversary to me (and the wife, of course!)
Good October 23rd evening to you, wherever you are. Come on in and I'll share some hot Internet coffee and a bit of conversation.
I can't believe that some 43 years ago today, I was 2 hours away from being married and I was a nervous wreck! I will never forget what a beautiful warm October day it was and my father-in-law-to-be managed to keep me occupied somewhat by taking me out on a couple of jobs with him. That night, he delivered my young bride to me at the alter and that began a long and (for the most part) very happy and satisfying life. Having celebrated my birthday just last week, I'm very appreciative of the follow-up anniversary date. I bought my wife a beautiful card, wrote my own personal note inside and gave her a dozen roses. In about an hour, we will go out to dinner somewhere, probably downtown Oklahoma City in Bricktown and perhaps share a delightful glass of wine to celebrate another milestone in this journey to forever. If you have had at least 50% of the happiness my marriage has brought me, then you have been blessed!
I just came by Walmart and gasoline is down to $2.17 per gallon. Even cheaper at some of the independent stations. I expect perhaps we will once again see the $2 mark shortly. Gasoline dropped 32 cents in 2 weeks and I don't see it turning around anytime soon.
Some local good news in light of the horrible financial situation in the U.S. Oklahoma has added some 12,000 new jobs in last two weeks and our unemployment rate is well below 4%. Our economy is based considerably on gas, oil and wind energy so I'm sure that extended lower prices for a time will affect us as well. I hope that wherever you are, the downside of the economy will not be prolonged.
I simply cannot believe our Congress! Arghhhh!!!! Rep. Barney Frank, Sen. Chris Dodd, Rep Maxine Waters and many others....are NOW INVESTIGATING WHAT THEY CREATED!!!! Those three and quite a few others belong in jail...not investigating anyone! They need to be looking out from the inside!!
Every day, I am simply appalled at how much in bed with the messiah Obama our national press is. They no longer even pretend to be fair...they just push Obama at every turn. The Gov. Palin interview I saw on CNN where the guy (obviously deliberately) mis-stated a conservative columnist to say that she was dumb, ignorant, a drag on the campaign, etc. CNN has refused to apologize and it was a full fledged lie to ambush Gov. Palin. I have never seen such flagrant violation of good journalism in my entire life!! Fortunately, one can see a continued and rather rapid decline in the fortunes of liberal rags like the New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, etc. I hope they all die on the vine. And I want to throw NBC, CBS, ABC, MSNBC and CNN networks right in there too. As I have heard from several sources lately, "journalism" died in 2008. All I can add to this is "be prepared" for what may happen in the future.
In my last journal entry, I mentioned that AOL is doing away with personal journals so I have to copy all of my 3 + years of posting and move it somewhere else. In the meantime, I started another journal to which I will provide you a link before the end of this month when the last post here will be allowed. I hope you will join me there. In the meantime, thanks so much for visiting me here these past three plus years. Now as you go about your Thursday evening, take the time to tell someone you love them that you really do!!Written by oklamwm Permalink Blog about this entry Add to del.icio.us digg this
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008
9:29:52 AM EDT Feeling Grateful Hearing Watching early morning tv news shows. Edit Entry Delete Entry
My birthday...again!
Good morning, wherever you are. Come on in and have a hot cup of Internet coffee and join me in "Happy Birthday to Me!" Oh, no such song? Sorry! It is amazing how happy I am each time one of these birthdays rolls around now...ah, I made one more!!
I missed something very important in my last blog because of a shortage of time so I want to take the time to make it up regardless how long or short this blog will end up. On September 30 just past, my beloved mother-in-law passed away at the age of 80. She had suffered quite badly over the last 2 years because of diabetic complications. Thank goodness she did not lose any limbs and her mind was very sharp right up to the end. But her body gradually died from the feet up over those two years from that same insidious disease that I have....diabetes. In the last few months, she had lost the ability to communicate and she spent most her last few months asleep or in a semi-comatose state. We really miss her and every day brings fresh memories of her. She was a wonderful Christian lady with an almost photographic memory of the Bible. She prayed daily for all of us and all of our children.
There are 5 siblings in my wife's family and 3 of the 5 have diabetes. Only my wife and her brother who is a United Airlines pilot and retired Air Force pilot, do not have diabetes of the five. So far, none of our four children have diabetes and none of the grandchildren. I have been on insulin since May and still battle diabetes on a daily basis. I participated in an insulin study from May to October 9th and now have been prescribed insulin by the Veterans Administration. So, I have an ongoing, life-long battle every day and it isn't easy. I stay in pretty good shape and exercise pretty faithfully most of the time. So far, so good.
My wife had to change her 401K to a safe mode (if there is such a thing any more) recently after losing a nice chunk of change in a day or so. I see that the Messiah Obama wishes to do away with 401Ks and make mandatory savings accounts via the government. Oh, Hallelujah!!! The government is going to take "care" of it for us! They will probably put Franklin Raines, Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, et. al, in charge of "saving" that money for us. What a deal!!! If this election goes in the direction in which it currently appears, I fear for the future lives of my children and grandchildren. Socialism will rule our country...without a doubt. Isn't it amazing that 96% of blacks plan to vote for Obama but it isn't considered racist, but if white folks vote for McCain, it is racist? My, my...how things have gone awry.
I have more to add to this later so drop back by. I'm headed out to breakfast with the wife to celebrate my birthday. Thanks so much for stopping by to share a hot cup of Internet coffee! Now as you go about your busy day, please take the time to tell someone you love them that you really do!


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Monday, October 13, 2008
10:05:19 AM EDT Feeling Annoyed Hearing Silence...it really is beautiful at times. Edit Entry Delete Entry
Been a long time...now AOL going to close Blogs down effective Oct 31st. :(
GASOLINE AT $2.29 A GALLON HERE IN OKLAHOMA CITY METRO....$2 BY NEXT WEEK????
Good Monday morning, wherever you are! Come on in for a hot cup of Internet coffee and I'll tell you the sad tale! Just got a notice from AOL that they are closing down (permanently) the blog journals. Supposedly they will tell me how to "save" them to another blog host so we shall see. I'll let you know before the end of the month.
I can't believe I never posted in September at all! Things just went so quickly for some reason. I'll try to tell you a little bit of what happened in September. My wife and I, our youngest son, Scott and his girlfriend and my wife's younger brother and his wife all made a 14 hour drive to Gulf Shores, Alabama, Pensacola, Florida, Biloxi, Mississipi and other parts of the old South. We played footsie with Hurricane Ike all the way....the outter rain bands always to the south of us and the surf surges ahead of us. When we got into Mobile in the wee hours of the morning, the Gulf waters were sloshing up onto our highway making things a bit more cautious. We arrived at our beach front rental home at 4:30 a.m., having left Oklahoma at 2:00 p.m. on the 12th of September. Our last several hundred yards found us driving through some water holes on the road where the surf had pounded over the higher parts of the beach and onto the streets and homes on the other side of the road into the property. Fortunately, the wonderful lady who rented her property to us called us while we were still on our journey to assure us that the worst of Hurricane Ike had passed and we should be just fine except for some water holes here and there and some localized street flooding. This hurricane was a very broad one and the gulf surge extended for several hundred miles from the Galveston/Houston area where it was centered. The wife's pilot brother-in-law flew in from Austin to join us on the first full day so there were 7 of us by mid-day on the 13th.
After getting a couple of hours of sleep, everyone awoke, fixed a very nice breakfast and then hit the beaches to hunt for shells and other sea treasures. The surf was quite high the first 2 days and we were able to geta couple of good rides on the boogie boards provided on the property.
Our home, like all beach front homes was up on high stilts and we parked underneath. It was a beautiful, well kept home with a bedroom on each of the 4 corners with full baths inbetween. The kitchen was well equipped and the living room was large and beautifully furnished. The upper deck facing the ocean was very large and well equipped with lounge chairs, etc. and the bottom deck had a grill and a large storage area filled with all sorts of outside games, air mattresses, boogie boards, etc. A private elevated wooden walkway extended almost down to the water so that made it very nice to get to and from the water's edge. In my next post (if AOL doesn't delete these blogs before Oct 31st!), I will post some pictures and also the name, address and phone number of the wonderful lady and her husband who own this property. You might want to take a look if you decide to head down that way for a laid-back vacation. It is a great place to spend a week. We only stayed 5 days but we enjoyed every minute of it.
We ate out a lot, always trying to find unique restaurants, particularly those that served oysters...son Scott loves them prepared any way possible! One delightful evening, we found ourselves dining at Lulu's....Jimmy Buffet's restaurant named after his sister. Our table was riverside and docked right beside us was a beautiful yacht. Our waiter informed us that the yacht had come over from New Orleans, I guess to escape Hurricane Ike. While we were having dinner, we were able to see the yacht undock and head on up the river..to where we didn't know..but sort of wish we had been onboard because it was quite luxorious!
I believe it was on our 2nd day there that we drove over to Pensacola, Florida, and went through the fabulous Navy Aviation Museum. What a delight it was to tour that great facility. The wife and I had been there about 5 years ago and it was good then but even better now! After hours of looking at airplanes from WW I, WW II and ever since, we took a trolley tour of the flight line where there were dozens and dozens of aircraft on display. Our tour guide was a former Navy pilot and aninstructor in some of the top jets.
My recovery/rehabilitation from myshoulder surgery back in March continues to improve with increased mobility and strength noticeable on my part. I recently had a stress test and everything seemed to be okay. I also completed an insulin study last week which was very successful but now I'm back off the insulin and my sugar has soared by 80 to 100 points per day. I've got to get back on that quickly even though it does create belly fat! :(
On the way back from Gulf Shores, we stopped at one of my old Air Force stomping grounds, Biloxi, Mississippi. We had a good few hours there, then drove to Alexandria, Louisiana, to spend the night. That was also one of my old stomping grounds, having spent two separate tours of duty in the Air Force at England AFB. Sort of sad now, I was YOUNG back then and life was way out ahead of me. Now, in the autumn of my years, I find a great nostalgia when I visit those places and recall some wonderful times there in my youth...both as a single young man of 20 and as a married man with two children (at that time) at the advanced age of 29. :) Old memories just seem to wash upon me when I visit those places and I know a lot of my old friends are no longer with us...some dying at young ages and others at older, mature ages. But the good memories linger...and I appreciate them although they also make me sad remembering another, younger time in my life.
Well, I guess I will see you to the door and thank you once again for stopping by to share a hot cup of Internet coffee. I'll keep you posted on where this blog will end up so hopefully you will still be able to visit often. Now, as you go about your busy day, please take the time to tell someone you love them that you really do! :)Written by oklamwm Permalink Blog about this entry Add to del.icio.us digg this
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008
11:45:03 AM EDT Feeling Bored Hearing Actually listening to the Glenn Beck radio show...so whatever bumper music he plays! Edit Entry Delete Entry
Still raining on this August 19th, 2008!
Another rainy day here in Oklahoma...over 5 more inches so far since yesterday...and one town down in Southwestern Oklahoma, Waurika, has received over 10 inches. Looks like we are in for a couple of more days of rain and very cool temperatures. Ah, September and October have arrived in August...I love it! So, anyway, wipe off your shoes on my welcome mat and come on in for a hot cup of Internet coffee and some good conversation.
Oh, lest I forget, I have changed the display format of my journal in order to better display the larger print (you may have to maximize your screen) so if you wish to view my entries back to September 2005 or anywhere between the present and then, just click on "Older Entries" at the bottom of the last one of the 10 displayed.
Have you ever done anything really stupid and kicked yourself for days (or weeks and months) afterwards? Oh, I know you haven't but I sure have. A case in point is that 3 months ago, the local electric company offered me a flat rate for the next 12 months of $161.00 per month. I thought about that for several days and finally mailed in an offer acceptance...2 days late! Well, they didn't accept MY acceptance but they countered with another offer of $191.00 per month for the next 12 months. I thought about it long and hard and finally decided that might not be such a good deal because my electric bill goes down substantially in cooler months..so, once again I declined the offer. Then the other day, I received my latest electric bill for $319.00!!!! Ouch!!! It sure made that first offer look exceedingly good and the 2nd offer not bad at all!!! So, I walk around kicking myself and shutting off every electrical appliance I can find! Have you ever just checked to see how many electrical things you have going on all the time???? I'll bet I have 20 or more that run all the time, counting the numerous clocks, computers, printers, modems, dvds, vhs, etc. Not sure how much all those things cost but I'll bet over a year's time, they add up...what do you think?
The owners of the 2-story house next door justgot their roof redone before the rain hit but the owners of the single story on the other side have been going at it for several days now...constantly interrupted by rainfall. I'm in the process of checking the prices of roofing materials, a contractor to do the job, etc. and I hope to have someone come in after this latest rainfall ends and see if we can't get the job done. I have to do a bit of ceiling work where the rain has leaked through during theheavy downpours...and a bit of gutter work. Wish me luck...I'm sure I will need it!!
Have any of you been keeping up with the mortgage mess and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? As you know, particularly with mortgage companies and large lending banks in California, at the behest of a house and senate controlled by democrats and supported by some republicans, proof of income or even proof of having a job was not required! The goal was to get people into home ownership who had no business of even owning a home! Not only that, but people of modest means WHO DID HAVE JOBS AND INCOME...were given loans for homes costing far more than their income would or could support. Talking about our tax dollars going to waste! Oh yes, in the end, it is our tax dollars bailing these unwise lenders out of their messes! In the midst of all this dreary news comes news of Jesse Jackson doing his usual shakedown of corporations. Please go to the following link (I provide all my links as a matter of education since the main-stream media refuses to report this stuff!) and read this story. You will be further enraged by what Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, et. al., has done for "Reverend" Jackson. Click here: CNSNews.com - Freddie, Fannie Funded Jesse Jackson’s Pet Projects
The U.S./Mexican border news has sort of died down lately (due to the short term interest of our national media) but I would appreciate you reading about the drug wars in the Mexican border city of Juarez. It seems that the wounded Mexicans are brought across the border to U.S. hospitals. So far this year, over 800 Mexican citizens have been murdered in Juarez. Maybe when our troops get home from Iraq and wherever (let's bring them home from Korea, Japan and other places where we have been for over 50 years) we can go down, invade Mexico, get that place under control and then build a border fence.....between the Mexico/Guatemala border!! :) Click here to read the story the mainstream media is not reporting: Newsmax.com – Mexican Border City Drug Dead Hits 800
I have a few more items of interest I want to share with you so have a 2nd cup of hot Internet coffee...(do you like the conservative flavor?) and I'll try to show you to the door before the next heavy rains begin! :)
Last, but not least, for those of you familiar with my view on "global warming", please click on the following link for further proof that "climate change" has been going on forever and will go on forever and that we wee humans will not change it. This particular article deals with the Sahara desert and how some 6,000 years ago, it gradually changed from a fertile savannah (roughly the size of the United States) of green grass, trees and even some lakes, to an arid desert about 2,700 years ago. According to the article (there are several more like it presented by scientists and climatologists on the Internet) there is now a re-greening of the Sahara desert underway. It seems that as the air above the oceans warms, moisture rises and condenses as rain over land (I have talked about this in earlier blogs) therefore the re-greening that is underway now. I looked and looked and googled and googled but could find no report of old multi-thousand year old SUVs pumping CO2 into the atmosphere. I think I will contact that modern scientific genius, Al Gore, to ask him about this. Anyway, please take a look at this report and the next time Al Gore or Michael Moore or one of the other liberal nuts tries to convince you that you are the cause of "global warming," please forward one of those numerous articles to them. Please click here and then forward this link to all your friends....or link my blog to them if you dare!! :) Sahara dried out slowly, not abruptly: study Environment Reuters
Thanks so much for dropping by for a visit...don't be a stranger. Now, as I show you to my door, just a reminder to take the time to tell someone you love them that you really do!


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Monday, August 18, 2008
4:42:56 PM EDT Feeling Disgusted Hearing Notta!!! Edit Entry Delete Entry
Once again...AOL stole my blog entry...went to nowhere!
Okay, here is the skinny....I had about 3 paragraphs on this journal entry completed when, if you will recall happened in my previous blogs, it simply disappeared into oblivion! I still have not figured out why or how this happens but it sure is frustrating!!
Anyway, disgusted is the least of the emotions I feel about this happening so forget it, come on in and join me for a hot cup of Internet coffee!!!
After the last hail and rain storm (yeah, we get those in July and August too!) we are having to have our roofing replaced. I'm currently waiting on the check to get back from our mortgage holder so I can hire a contractor to get on with the work. Perhaps tomorrow! I'll let you know.
We had about 5-100 degree days in August so far but lately, it has been unseasonably cool with extensive rainfall. Usually our rainy season begins in mid-September...the beginning of dove season...but this year, it is here about a month early. One night about a week ago, we received close to 7 inches of rain. I think at the airport, which is about 6 miles due west of our home, the offical report was over 5 inches. Anyway, needless to say, while not as wet as last year overall, we have had another nice year as far as moisture is concerned. I guess the so-called "global warming" is not happening here because I don't recall it ever being this cool in August! :) By the way, please read the following...it may surprise you just a little!
Global Warming, Recycled The Arctic, getting warmer: “The Arctic ocean is warming up, icebergs are growing scarcer and in some places the seals are finding the water too hot,” according to a report to the Commerce Department yesterday from US Consul Ifft, at Bergen, Norway. Reports from fishermen, seal hunters and explorers, he declared, all point to a radical change in climate conditions and hitherto unheard-of temperatures in the Arctic zone. “Exploration expeditions report that scarcely any ice has been met with as far north as 81 degrees 29 minutes. Soundings to a depth of 3,100 meters showed the gulf stream still very warm. Great masses of ice have been replaced by moraines of earth and stones, the report continued, while at many points well-known glaciers have entirely disappeared. Very few seals and no white fish are found in the eastern Arctic, while vast shoals of herring and smelts, which have never before ventured so far north, are being encountered in the old seal fishing grounds.” This morning's New York Times? No, the U.S. Weather Bureau, 1922.

Oh my goodness!!! I added several paragraphs (very important ones) to the end of the previous paragraph and they all disappeared!!!! AOL, please tell me what you are doing to my blogs!!!! I put so much thought (well, in my opinion!) into these journal entries and they go flying off into space...or somewhere. Anyway, I am so saddened by the fact that you missed so much of my brilliant thoughts (just kidding!) that I will not try to re-write them until my blood pressure goes back to normal!

I did want to tell you that I have been paying $3.39 for gasoline here in the Oklahoma City area but have seen some stations down to $3.29. But rather than rub that in (in case you live in a higher priced gasoline area!) I will show you to my door and thank you for stopping by for some chat and hot Internet coffee! Now as you go about your busy life, take the time to tell someone you love them that you really do!!!
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Friday, August 1, 2008
12:36:05 AM EDT Feeling Rushed Hearing Just the music of silence! Edit Entry Delete Entry
Now it's the last day of July....wow!
It is late here on Thursday night, the final day of July 2008. Now where did it go??? Seems like only yesterday, it was June 30th....my last journal entry.
I would invite you in for a hot cup of Internet coffee but alas, I'm afraid it would keep me awake the remainder of the night...and probably you as well! In any event, come on in for a couple of minutes and I will add to our conversation tomorrow after my dental appointment. It may be a slightly muffled conversation but a conversation anyway! :)
A couple of weeks ago, we got the youngest daughter and her husband and two little guys moved up to Sprinfield, Missouri. This week, Todd, Noah and Caleb have been spending their time here while Todd finished off 3 days of work at Baptist Integris Hospital and Amanda spent the week in Tyler, Texas, learning more about her new position with her company. She is due back home tomorrow evening and I know three guys (Todd, Noah and Caleb) who will be waiting anxiously for her to pull into the drive. I believe a going-away party is in store for Todd on Saturday night and then on Sunday, they will once again head back to Springfield to begin to settle in for the next 2 1/2 years of their lives while Todd finishes his anethsesist training. It isn't going to be like the 20 minutes they lived away from us before so that 5 hour trip (one way) will have to be a lot less frequent than it was here. We are sure going to miss the little guys...they have been such a frequent and important part of our lives. Not getting to see them except perhaps once a month is going to be tough.
I have a lot of links I want to add to this blog so I will bid you goodnight for now and find my way back online tomorrow to add several of those links. In the meantime, have a peaceful night wherever you are and visit me again here tomorrow on August 1st! Now, before you go to sleep, take the time to tell someone you love them that you really do!!!
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Monday, June 30, 2008
10:01:08 AM EDT Feeling Happy Hearing Wonderful silence! Edit Entry Delete Entry
Last day of June....2008! Already!
Ah ha! I'm baaacccckkkk!!! I forgot the entire month of June...well, as far as making a journal entry. So, since my last entry was the last day of May, I thought perhaps I'd better visit these pages to say hello to my many thousands of readers (I can dream, can't I?) before the month of June goes into the history books. Anyway, come on in this beautiful Oklahoma morning and share a cup of hot Internet coffee and some observations.
Hey, I have small tomatoes on the vines now..and the crooked neck squash and green and red bell peppers are coming along as well. Amazing how many things you can get into very small garden areas beside your house. My shoulder surgery back on March 13th put me waaaayyy behind on doing yard work and getting my little minature gardens going. While I still have another month of physical therapy, I just decided that I had to get out and get things done. With 12 year old grandson, Blake, now doing the mowing for the most part, I have assigned myself the jobs of weed eating and edging as well as getting the flowers going full bore. Things are beginning to shape up and I'm looking forward to some fresh veggies and beautiful late Summer and early Fall flowers.
My wife and I and other members of our family have reserved a beach side condo down in Gulf Shores, Alabama (near Mobile) for four days in September. I think there will be 16 of us there trampling over one another and hopefully enjoying the Gulf waters before cold weather comes along. I'm really looking forward to it since my travels have been rather limited for the past year.
Hey, I forgot to mention that if you have a small business or an Internet business, I'll post your link somewhere within my blog. Send me an email and describe what you are doing and I'll see what I can do. My readership has gradually grown and appears to be increasing so it might be a way to gain customers.
Youngest daughter, Amanda, her husband, Todd and little grandsons, Caleb (2) and Noah (5) will be moving to Springfield, Missouri, next month. Todd will be attending Nurse Anesthetist school there for the next 2 years. He is been an RN for several years and has decided to expand his reach. We will really miss those two little grandsons and they will now be 5 hours away instead of 20 minutes. :(
Since Friday will be the Fourth of July, I wanted to send this link around to remind you from where we came and why we celebrate it. Please turn your sound on and click on the following link: FORSAKEN ROOTS With all the sad politics of today, it is very appropriate to review and remember our roots...feel free to pass it on to all your family and friends! :)
I have a couple of links that you should click on also concerning "global warming" (which now is being referred to as "climate change"...as if that has never happened. Here is the first one..and feel free to share it with your family and friends: Growing_Glaciers The second link tells about recent volcanoes below the Artic oceans. With a period of brighter sun light and volcanoes spewing very hot magma at the bottom of the ocean, wouldn't you think that there would be some melting of the Artic ice??? Hummmm??? Click here for some additional information. Volcanoes - Yahoo! News Photos
I wonder if Al Gore will read this? He'll probably be too busy flying on his Gulfstream jet and spewing carbon into the atmosphere to read this or creating more carbon from his massive home in Tennesee or one of his other several homes.
Al can't help it...there was "no controlling legal authrority" back when he was inviting the Chinese Army officials into the White House for "tea" and no one can stop his "inconvenient" spreading of fear. As the late George Carlin put it, 90% of all the species that have occupied the Earth have disappeared...but global warming didn't do it!
Ah, it is getting later into the morning here and I have many things to do so I'll show you the door and thank you for stopping by once again to visit. I hope you enjoyed the hot Internet coffee and will stop by to share a cup in future visits to these pages. Now as you go about your busy life, take the time to tell someone you love them that you really do!!



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Saturday, May 31, 2008
11:09:38 PM EDT Feeling Quiet Hearing Watching Fox investigations of congressional earmarks. Edit Entry Delete Entry
Last day of May, 2008.....already!
Good Saturday evening, wherever you are. Come on in for a cold glass of iced tea, some really great watermelon and hopefully some good conversation.
Photos above are of the final disposition of my beloved 16 year old Weeping Willow tree. The ice storm in January severely damaged it and before we cut it down a few days ago, we discovered it had become infested with termites...explaining some of the dead limbs that appeared last year. Son-in-law, Todd, did the honors with the chain saw and last weekend, youngest son Scott took his turn at trying to eliminate the remaining 37" diameter stump. We made a lot of progress but still have a bit more to go before we can reseed with grass where the tree stood.
In many ways, since I last posted earlier this month, things have been sadder with the passing of long-time friends from my high school association. A brother and sister friend, both of whom were fantastic people, died about 2 months apart and another couple, husband and wife...the wife died in January and he died in April. Another classmate lost his wife...and so it goes. I also received word that one of my dear nieces who survived a bout with colon cancer has now had a relapse. I'll see her at my family reunion in two weeks and hopefully her wonderful and positive attitude will carry her through once again to good health and a positive future.
Speaking of family reunions, this coming weekend, June 7, my wife's large extended family will have their annual reunion at Lake Texhoma and we are looking forward to that as usual. I'm certain that the high gas prices will (or may) have an impact on the number attending. Usually we have well over 100 people there...and the food is awesome and plentiful.
In past journal entries, I have mentioned the wonderful 16 year old weeping willow tree I set out when we first purchased our home and how the grandchildren enjoyed many hours swinging from one of the large limbs...until the ice storm in January decimated the entire tree and left it mangled beyond salvage. So, recently, my son-in-law, Todd, volunteered to come over and cut it down with the new chain saw we had purchased. So at the end of 1/2 day of hard work, the tree had been reduced to a good supply of firewood and an 16" tall stump. I am still working hard (along with my youngest son) at getting the stump removed, piece by piece. I took some pictures of Todd taking down my favorite tree and I will post them tomorrow if possible so look for them. I spent quite a few hours in my hammock under that gracious weeping willow and I will sorely miss that...but the greatest loss is that swing that created so many squeals of delight from the grandchildren!! Everytime I look at that now-empty-space where the tree stood, I see them...pleading with Papa again and again to swing just one more time! :)
I have so many things to talk about but it is now after 10:00 p.m. and my eyes are growing weary. So I want to take the time to thank you for stopping by as I amble off to bed. I hope you will have a wonderful Sunday and I'll do my best to come back to add to this journal. Now as you go about your busy life, don't forget to tell someone you love them that you really do!!Written by oklamwm Permalink Blog about this entry Add to del.icio.us digg this
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Tuesday, May 6, 2008
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Thunderstorms rolling through just before dawn...
Hello from Oklahoma and thanks for dropping by! It has been over a month now since I last posted to these pages so come on in, have a hot cup of Internet coffee and let's chat awhile.
Last night it rained just a little but between 4 and 4:30 a.m. this morning, powerful thunder claps brought me fully awake and then a downpour ensued along with some small hail. The other night, we had a considerable amount of large hail...much of it golf ball size...I have to get on the roof to check out the damage very soon. After the thunderstorms passed, I made my way to the hot tub for awhile, soaking my "surgical" shoulder under the theraputic jets. Not long after I exited the hot tub, the thunderstorms reappeared for a brief period. The forecast is for more tonight and some could be severe. Guess I'll have to keep one eye open and on the weather.
So far, the Spring has brought us lots of rain and the grass, trees and flowers are going strong. Our roses are doing beautifully although I feared that the recent hail storm would decimate them. They managed to get through fairly unscathed...thank goodness! I love the thunderstorms as long as they don't get too severe. I always thought it would be neat to have a hail-proof skylight directly over my bed because I love to watch the lightning and hear the thunder rumbling! :)
In my "Music I'm Listening To" up above, you will notice that I mentioned the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" being performed by some school children...both elementary, middle school and high school. I hope you will take the time to listen to it...it is truly inspiring and sends chills up and down my spine! Link to it right here: Battle Hymn Can you believe that there still exists in the United States a school where such patriotic and inspiring songs may be sung? Unbelievable!!
I'm still in physical therapy for my left shoulder on which I had surgery back on March 13th. I still suffer from quite a bit of pain....gives me quite a few fitful nights of misery. The hot tub jets seem to help considerably in the very early hours of the morning...usually between 3 and 5 a.m. They recently gave me the little TherATech "Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Device" which has four (4) electrodes that I place on various positions on and around that left shoulder and turn on the juice! Before they gave me my own device, they used a similar larger device which emits "shocks" to my shoulder and neck area...and actually seems to help quite a bit. I called that treatment the "electric chair" treatment...but fortunately I controlled the intensity of the shocks just as I do with the home version now. Oh, if you have a pace maker, you can't use it...and I was sternly warned not to take it into the hot tub with me! :) They were kidding , of course...or I think they were!
In about 30 minutes, I have to make my way to downtown Oklahoma City to get a physical prior to entering a "diabetes insulin study." The stress of the shoulder surgery and the ensuing strong pain, along with cortizone meds, caused my sugar levels to soar. I recently have gotten it down to more reasonable levels but have tentatively agreed to begin insulin injections to see if I can maintain much more desirable sugar levels. This study is a 5-month study with some pretty stringent recording requirements so will let you know later how it goes.
I need to get moving here and will try to return to add a few comments later on but in the meantime, I want to share something my California email friend, Gerri, sent to me. I hope you will be able to put it to good use! :) Thanks, Gerri!
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Since Sunday is Mother's Day, I wanted to share a special Mother's Day story...a delightful one...from Dobran's Greetings. Please click on the link here and be prepared to read a fantastic story! Make sure your sound is on!!! Mom's Last Laugh - Best Inspiration from the Net from Dobhran's Inspire!
Oh, since Mothers are so special, may I add one more tribute to them by the late Erma Bombeck. I always looked forward to reading Erma's humorous thoughts on life in general but this one was a peach! Click here: Why God Made Mothers - Best Inspiration from the Net from Dobhran's Inspire! My own mother passed away from cancer on June 1, 1993, at the age of 83 and I still miss her wisdom and thoughtfulness. She really isn't gone...she resides securely in my heart and in a wonderful place in the hereafter..so everyday to me is really "Mother's Day."
I have tons of more information to share with you but time is running out for my visit to these pages for the morning, at least. Thanks so much for stopping by to visit and sharing a hot cup of Internet coffee! And as you go about your busy day, don't forget to take the time to tell someone you love them that you really do! :) (And don't be a stranger to these electronic pages!)
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A cool Oklahoma November morning after a very stormy night!

Good Thursday morning on this 6th of November, 2008! Come on in and have a hot cup of Internet coffee with me while we share our thoughts on the election, the economy and just life in general. I'll let you have the easy chair over there and I'll put the coffee pot right here between us. :)

Last night some pretty severe thunderstorms came rolling in with lots of hail (mostly small, fortunately!) that looked like snow in places, some fierce winds, lots of lightning and some very hard rain. I still keep thinking about putting one of those big shatter proof skylights over our bed so I can watch the lightning. Until then, I like to slide the French bathrooom doors open so I can listen to God's blessings pouring down upon us...if the rain isn't blowing sideways and getting onto the bathroom floor. I have a bar-type lock on the sliding doors so no bad guys can get in while I'm sleeping and enjoying the fresh scent of rain and hear the thunder rolling.

Well, if you are a political conservative and you don't already live in Oklahoma, you might want to consider moving here. Not only is gasoline down to $1.89 and lower, but all seventy-seven (77) counties in Oklahoma went for McCain/Palin and for the first time in Oklahoma's history, we now have a Republican majority in the State Senate. We have had a Republican majority in the State House of Representatives for about 4 or 6 years (I'll have to look that up!) so I guess Oklahoma will be definitely considered "the dumbest state" in the Union by liberals everywhere. If that is what they think, I will wear that label proudly!

Obama has to be the best public speaker (at least with a teleprompter in front of him) to come down the pike since Ronald Reagan. I have every hope that he will try to govern from the center but at the same time, I have great fear that he will actually try to do what he said he will do during the campaign. Most people are defined by the company they keep and this guy has had some very radical company over the past 20 + years. Four things specifically absolutely terrify me about this new president-elect:

1. That he will support the Fairness Doctrine...which in effect will silence most or all of conservative talk radio. (By the way, several liberals also want to figure out a way to adapt this to the Internet blogs..seriously!) If you silence all opposition, you will have set the stage for a fully fledged socialist state!

2. That he will be successful in building a national "civilian" force of some 250,000 to 1,000,000 young people who will be trained and funded "equally as well as our military" to "help" in our communities by providing security, community projects, etc. Folks, spell this "Hitler's Brown Shirts" of the 1930's. While Obama may try to disguise this, keep an eye out on this "little" project because if he succeeds, watch for confiscation of your guns and other governmental watch over your home thermostat, how often you mow your lawn, etc, etc, etc. Think I'm radical? Just write this down and see if he succeeds in getting his "civilian army" funded then let me know what you think when it actually happens.

3. That he will be successful in taking over all 401K retirement funds in this country and bring them into the Social Security administration where they will pay 3% interest. Folks, money market funds and CDs pay 4% or more right now.
Look for this to happen with the House and Senate totally controlled by liberals now and say bye-bye to your 401K if you have one.

4. One of Obama's Senate bills that he sponsored is S2433RS, the Global Poverty Act. Please learn all you can about it because it should get your hackles up...particularly if you are currently working in the United States of America. Here is some information to get you started but you can Google much, much more about this bill. Keep your eye on what happens as this bill, which was delayed by Republicans earlier this year, makes it way to the Senate floor. The following information was provided by "Hope for America," October 22, 2008.

S. 2433RS: Global Poverty Act of 2007 (Sponsored by Obama)
We, that means you and I can not, must not, let Congress pass the dangerous legislation. This bill has already passed the House of Representatives and is now on a fast track to pass the Senate.
This bill is not a bill that Obama just made us as a way to help the poor of the world. This bill was literally written by the United Nations for Obama.
This bill passed the House by a unanimous vote. Senator Joe Biden, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has place the Global Poverty Act on the Senate calendar to prepare it for a vote by the full Senate. Worse the ranking Republican on the committee, Richard Lugar is a major force behind the bill. It appears bi-partisan and innocent but it is a LIE.
This is designed to redistribute wealth from the American people to The United Nations. It will actually create more poverty in the United States of America at the expense of the American taxpayers.
It is estimated to be a U.N. Tax of approximately 0.7% of the United States GNP costing a phenomenal total of $845 billion to American Taxpayers over the next 7 years. MORE that the 770 billion Treasury bill. That’s $845 billion above and beyond what the US is already contributing to world poverty and charities. If passed, the UN is authorized to assess American taxpayers with a “global poverty tax”.
Taxation Without Representation!
Coordinating the goal of poverty reduction with the other internationally recognized Millennium Development Goals….” this might be interpreted to promote the other goals thereby opening the door to more legislation that specifically address the United Nations Millennium Goals (MDG). It’s a big step toward losing our sovereignty and literally giving the U.N. world body money and power to transform the world – leading to nothing less than global governance led by the U.N.
The Millennium Declaration sounds innocent making us feel all warm and fuzzy inside thinking we are helping rid the world of poverty. However, when you take the innocent language away you are left with, committing the United States to banning “small arms and light weapons. As well as ratifying a series of U.N. treaties including the International Criminal Court Treaty; the Kyoto Global Warming Treaty, the Convention on Biological Diversity; the Convention on All Forms ofDiscrimination on Women; and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The United States has resisted all of the treaties over the years because they would literally give the U.N. control over our economy, over local community development, even over how parents raise their children.
Remember the Kyoto Treaty? Thank God it was vetoed! You will be surprised that the United States did better on the goals than ANY signor of the bill, without signing it. The Millennium Declaration calls for currency tax to be imposed on all companies and individuals who must exchange dollars for foreign currency thus leading to one world currency controlled by guess who? The UN imagine that!!!
Make no mistake this is a U.N. tax. The tax scheme is known as the Tobin Tax and has been a goal of the UN’s for over a decade. It would give a massive source of money to make the UN the world’s most powerful force. A tax on the rental value of land and natural resources including in the U.S.A., this would literally make the UN the world’s landlord over all property and all natural resources. A royalty on worldwide fossil energy projections-oil, natural gas and coal. It would also place fees for the commercial use of the oceans, fees for airplane use of the skies, fees for use of the electromagnetic spectrum..see where they are going…UN control of the world. “Global Commons” a term that means the UN claims ownership of the earth and therefore must tax for the use of the air, the water and the sky.
See this entire bill at The Library of Congress http:Thomas.loc.gov/home.
Obama wants to spend our money on world problems instead of American problems as he claims during his talks. Tell him to stop spending our money. We need it here; the UN is not anyplace to send money.
Obama wants the Unions and the poor to think they will get the money from his redistribution of wealth – but he doesn’t think there is a really poor person in the United States. This money is intended for Africa and Asia. His brother lives on $1/day and gets no HELP. Somebody help me understand, aren’t the UN the same people that helped in the “oil for food program”? You really think the tax would end in 2015 years? “Get ‘U.S.’ out of the U.N. now!” The U.N. has a record of getting no more that 30% of our funds where they are supposed to go. After removing/rebagging our donation to read U.N. instead of U.S.A., so recipients give us NO credit. The U.N. wants “the most generous nation on earth” to be hated.
What incentive does a third-world country have to improve itself if annually awarded money, food and supplies? What determines how the money will be distributed? Who will provide the accounting of how the money is spent (if this bill is passed)? After taxpayer rejection of U.S. paying the lion’s share for a new U.N. building, our Congress helped them work-out loans that we will be forced to pay when they don’t.
Short and simple! We have enough governmental financial issues in our country now. With our homeowners being foreclosed on, corporations’ moving to the countries this bill is going to give money to; should I keep going? Let’s fix our financial, business and job status in this country FIRST. We don’t need to dabble in other countries economies any more than we already are. This bill/law will just muck things up more and make us go further into a financial abyss. You think $4.00 per gallon of gas and rising food prices are bad now, wait until the UN gets control of our nation’s resources and redistribute the wealth.
What’s wrong with using the money that we, as American taxpayers, pay for economic issues in the United States? Why do we, as Americans, have to bail every other country out of debt and raise their citizens out of poverty when we have our own issues to deal with? It’s not our responsibility.
You know, it’s kind of like that speech flight attendants make before every flight, regarding the oxygen masks…put the mask on yourself first before helping others. If you can’t take care of yourself first, then you, along with the others will die.
Don’t we have enough debt as a nation? It is the responsibility of the other nation’s leaders to take care of their people. Instead of sticking the money in their pockets figure out a stimulus package that will bring agricultural or manufacturing business for their own wealth. Why are we to be punished because our nation’s forefathers fought to create an environment where men and women use their God given gifts to create wealth? Every nation has that ability but will not think of the people first. It is not our responsibility to be a baby sitter for the world… We need to take care of our home first.
This bill also includes a Law of the Seas – controlling where we can drill for oil and gas AND giving the U.N. CONTROL of where our military ships can go!
Also, I hope that no member of the United States military is ever controlled by the U.N. again. There will be enough money for the U.N. to keep a huge standing army-larger than ours!
THIS BILL MUST BE STOPPED IN ITS TRACKS NOW!!!

Well, make of it what you will. Obama can be a great leader because of his speaking skills...but his ultra left-leaning background absolutely scares me to death. I WILL BE WATCHING....I hope you will as well.

Okay, enough of politics for the day. I'm not going to be hateful but I AM GOING TO BE VIGILANT!!! Besides, my two little grandsons in Springfield just called me to tell me they will be here on November 21st and that I should have plenty of chocolate milk and honey buns for them. At our home that is the first thing the grandchildren go for once they hug our necks and give us our mandatory kisses! :) Of course they ALWAYS insist on getting into the hot tub with Papa and Grandma...they absolutely love it and it is delightful having them there with us and listening to all the wonderful chatter and answering all the multitude of questions they can come up with.

Well, time to get some things done around here for the day so I will show you to the door and thank you for stopping by to visit. Now, as you go about your busy day, please take the time to tell someone you love them that you really do!!

Oh, a p.s. to this journal entry: Youngest son, Scott, will be departing for his place of birth, Oahu, Hawaii, on his 40th birthday, the 19th of this month. Excuse me but I sure have trouble saying my "youngest" son will be 40 years old since I am only 45....just kidding!!! I know he will have a grand time over there. I gave him directions on how to find the place where we lived for 3 years on Ewa Beach so I hope he will take a lot of pictures while he is there.

How about gasoline down to $1.89....will it reach $1 or is my thinking selfish?

Good Saturday morning, wherever you are! I can't believe that November has arrived already, can you? Come on in and have a hot cup of Internet coffee and some friendly conversation.

One week ago today, the wife and I packed a few clothes and then drove to Springfield, Missouri, to visit youngest daughter, Amanda, our son-in-law, Todd and our two little grandsons, Noah (5) and Caleb (2 1/2). Todd is studying 24 hours a day for his nurse anesthetist license...a 2 1/2 year program...well maybe not 24 hours a day but A LOT!!! He is doing quite well but we are sure missing the local access we used to have to our two little grandsons. We do have two other great little grandsons only 3 houses down, Jackson (7) and Jarrett (5), and they help us endure the pain of not being able to see Noah and Caleb as often as we did when they were only 20 miles away. Our only granddaughter (8) and her two older brothers (16 and 12) live about 15 miles away and and the oldest grandson, Ross, lives about 120 miles away. Anyway, while we were visiting Amanda and family, we took a trip down to Branson and browsed around for the better part of a day, had a delightful lake front lunch on Lake Taneycomo where the dancing fountains are. Toward the end of our lunch on the patio, the fountains erupted and we begin to get a bit damp! Good timing! :) The waterfront Branson is a very pleasant place to shop and just browse around. The main street is only for walking and little open shuttle trains to take you from one end to the other. Nice to feel safe walking down the middle of a main street! :)

I sure am enjoying filling up the gas tanks in our automobiles for $40 or less. The price of gasoline seems to be dropping almost 5 cents a gallon per day. What a relief! Last night, we saw it was down to $1.89 and I'm hoping it will soon be down into the $1.70's or less!

Before I forget, I want to provide you a link to my other journal/blog so here it is: http://deathofamerica.blogtoolkit.com/ The intent of this blog is to illustrate how America has moved toward socialism and is now in a rapid decline of freedoms and into an abyss from which we may not emerge in our lifetime or the lifetime of our children. Should Obama be elected president, look for an actual policy of "trickle up poverty." His policies will cause the whole of the United States to become a macrocosm of what Detroit is today. I simply cannot believe that over 1/2 of our population is so stupid as to elect a leader whose "friends" and "mentors" are far left nuts and black racists. Obama is a great speaker (when he has a teleprompter in front of him!) but he is NOT being honest with us. You are judged by the people with whom you associate and his associates in the past and even recently are people who do not like the United States of America...although none of them would elect to go elsewhere. Anyway, over the coming weeks and months, I intend to try to show where and how we arrived at where we are and where I think we are headed.

A magnificent day here today in Oklahoma...absolutely beautiful! We certainly enjoyed our morning venture in the hot tub looking at the beautiful color of the huge oaks next door and watching the birds flitting about to and fro and serenading us with their songs. I don't know if I mentioned in one of my recent journal entries but about 3 mornings ago, I saw the brightest and longest lasting shooting star I have seen in a very, very long time. I'm not certain that it wasn't a piece of man made space debris but it certainly went completely across the sky, emitting a blue, red and white long trail.

Oh, by the way, AOL deleted all of my blog entries shortly before lunch yesterday...before I was able to copy the 38 month history. Nice, AOL..thanks for not providing proper information on a timely basis. I did save from May 8 of this year to the last entry yesterday...but from September 2005 up to May 8th of this year, everything is gone...photos, comments, etc. Probably like everyone's 401Ks will be when and if Obama gets elected...just gone somewhere into space!

Okay, it is time for me to act like I have important things to do. I suppose I will set all of our clocks back one hour later tonight so that will be something "important" to do. :)

I'll show you to the door now and thank you for stopping by to visit. Now as you go about your weekend, please take the time to tell someone you love them that you do! :)