A NEAR MISS :-)

CLEAR, COLD, NORTH WIND, 17 ON THE FRONT PORCH, PREDICTED HIGH 26. I WISH YOU NORTHERNERS WOULD KEEP YOUR WEATHER AT HOME WITH YOU :-O NO RELIEF TILL THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

THREE DEGREES TONIGHT, DOG WILL SLEEP IN THE LAUNDRY ROOM; DOGHOUSE IS FOUR BY FOUR BY TWO, TOO BIG FOR HIM TO KEEP WARM BY HIMSELF. CAT OK IN THE BARN SAYS DOGGYDOC DAUGHTER,
IT HAS COZY LITTLE SPOTS TO GET IN AND A NICE FUR COAT :-)

AND THERE'S STILL FEBRUARY TO COME---
THE CHEROKEES ARE NOT HAPPY AND NEITHER AM I.

KEEP WARM, Y'ALL

TOO BAD THEY DECOMMISSIONED OUR LAST BATTLESHIP NOW THAT THEY HAVE FINALLY DECIDED TO COUNTER BATTERY THE HOUTHIS.

A RADAR DETECTED SITE COULD HAVE BEEN HIT BY A SALVO OF 16 INCH HE WITHIN MINUTES OF LAUNCH.

MO' BETTA CHEAP THAN AIRPLANES OR ROCKETS AND QUICKER.

Congrats on the recognition tee. Well deserved.


Just 4 or 5 months back I was living at ease. Fast forward to 2024 and I've got a missing son, stuff breaking down like crazy, Sue with health issues and we're losing our petsitter. That will make getaways difficult if not impossible unless we take seperate breaks. That's one of the truths we share about life. If all is going well ..... just wait. As usual I will take baby steps forward until perhaps one day in the future I will once again be at ease. Until then "Damn the torpedoes. Full speed ahead." Breathe in. Breathe out.

Good morning, sunny here, high of 41 then we drop to 13 and stay there a few days. Snow tomorrow and Monday, not looking forward to it at all. Have a ton to do around here and no energy, feels like I got my cold back actually. Arron is just getting up, must be nice. I'd like to sleep till noon, then of course, I'd be mad that I missed my whole day. Everyone here freaking out and posting bulletins about bringing pets inside. Too bad not as much energy there toward the homeless.
Congrats on the honor Tee, well deserved. Sorry for the woes, Tommy - my mamma always said "I can't win for losing".

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Ya, but I keep playing. Gambling is a distraction for me. Watching the wheels go round and round and the different symbols churning in my head blocks out the other things that I can do nothing to change. And of course on many nights "I can't win for losing". But there are those other nights when I come out a "Winner". In gambling even is also considered a win. Sue just came home and I'm ready to go. She did good last week. Made up for my losses and had extra to spare. A Saturday night to Hard Rock has become pretty routine for us. We stick within our allotted budget. No trips to the ATM. They give us incentives as well.

Buddy our dog got into a confrontation at the fence with the neighbors dog that tried to pull him through the fence. Two+ inch tear below his right shoulder. Bill is $1017. Let the shitshow continue. Both dogs are equally responsible but the neighbors dog is a killer. There is no doubt had he got him under the fence Buddy would have been a goner.

...hmmmm.....neighbor dog may have to mysteriously disappear some night....can't have no killer dogs in da hood mon...

Tip of the hat to Teeb... you are all league in our book...

-12 outside with a 25 mph north wind.... that would feel like -35 if you were out in it..... I got out early this AM when it was only -5 and got the snowblower going which I fixed... seems the shear pins broke.... I installed a couple of grade 8 bolts which should take care of the problem.... hell maybe I can use it as a tree branch chipper now....

I made a pot of Oyster stew and it's a balmy 73 in the house with the fiber optics internet streaming all our favorites...

roll with it Guru's