Clan Little
Nov 20th, 2007 by John Little
I’m not finished with Iran just yet, so expect the next installment on our bamboozlement Real Soon Now.
That’s ‘cuz I want to talk about family history.
Mine.
As in, my illustrious forebears were… the biggest bunch of scum that ever graced a family tree – or at least swung from one. They all should have been drowned at birth. Thieves and cattle rustlers. We were the biggest bunch of pirates you ever saw.
Of course, that was pretty much life with the border clans of Scotland and England. And, we were big on horses – probably because we stole ‘em. Â
And, our clan badge. You gotta love this one:
Badge of Clan Little circa 1600s
(means: Concede Nothing)Â
Concede nothing?
You’d think that we were Pales-…
Right.
Which is why this diatribe belongs here.
The forebears of the current batch of Palestinians were the biggest bunch of pirates you ever saw. No one was safe traveling through Palestine unless you brought lots of armed guards.Â
I guess that’s what Clan Little had to be proud of. If you were traveling into Scotland, you’d better have brought LOTS of guards – ‘cuz Clan Little was there. Â
For a more in-depth look at my family’s great history, go here:
a very charming family of yours you describe. But a lil’ more background information about travelling into Palestine ‘d be nice. Like: Who went there and wrote about it? and so on … u know I am a scientiest. I always want to know where information comes from ^^
Are you serious?
I thought that was just your pen name
I saw this two years ago…I wonder if it’s the same website….sometimes I wonder if John in his brillance and what with all of the spare time he seems to have is making up websites as he goes.
I was thinking he packed his bags and moved to Syria for some reason.
AND now my theory that he is some kind of biker dude goes along with the family history. I could write a tall tale with that thought alone.
:) Ya’ll have a Happy ThanksGiving cuz we have lots to be thankful for.
I know we do because I spent 11 hours at Ben Taube Hospital the other night.
We have lots to be thankful for!
I think that Mr. Little is 6″4+
sigh
i still dont understand what you are saying, SP, but
the hospital statement sounds serious…
prayers?
I shall post my recipe for sweet potatoes:)
My ancestors came from Austrian Royalty..no joke.
My Dad’s side…well, that is just a mystery.
He came over from Italy….on a banana boat… and married my grandmother-100% from Ireland…boy was her mom flipping mad.
This is fun!!
anyone else want to share Heritage stories?
I am thankful for the freedom of speech…and my camera…and my computer.
Oh, and my family-100%
even though they can really get on my last nerve.
Anyone want to share recipes?
obviously i am not a writer.
“He” as in my Grandfather.
I’m not from the Appalacians:):)
-that was mean and non-factual ..would love to go there..i hear it is beautiful and the people are truly kind.
Praise God for Darvecet!!!!!!!
Yes, the visit to the hospital is serious, however they kindly sent me home with a script for 3 types of pain meds.
:):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)
I wasn’t gonna buy them because $$$ is scarce and I need to be tough you know….soooooo…..I made it until around 4:00 today…that’s when daughter #2 found my pain meds. I love that kid!!!!!
I caved in and bought the rest at Wal-Mart for $60 less than the hospital would have charged me.
PHEW so glad I waited.
They are having a healing service at my church on Sunday so i’m a candidate for however that plays out. I’ll drink holy water, bath in oil, wish I could float in the dead sea, basically i’ll do anything to avoid surgery.
John’s a 6’4″ hottie or maybe he’s 4’6″ LoL…do we really know for sure???
If i had my pick John’s history would be from the Hueganot side of the Clan.
Did you check out the pics on that website? I wonder if John has a kilt. I just love goin to Foga de Chao for meat. Have you ever been? Basically they have men in kilts serving all types of roasted slabs of meat on huge skewers that they hold as they are serving, nice salad bar and wine selection.
I’m mostly German as far as I know.
Who needs a recipe…a lil bit of this and a lil bit of that and walla it’s something yummy for your tummy. :)
My Mom makes the best candied yams in the country.
We are going to a small town and eating at a family owned restraunt there. It’s what we do for Thanksgiving because no one wants to cook or clean up the mess. We’ve done this for the past 4 years. It’s a new family tradition. We do cook at Christmas though.
My niece was so excited she called us just to make sure we were going this year. Crazy kid.
My youngest went to visit her big sister this year. They’re at a resort and spa. How fabulous is that I ask you??? Then they’re going skiing. Lucky!
If I could be anywhere i’d be on some beach somewhere.
Ya’ll have a Happy ThanksGiving
I wonder how Tedders is enjoying Paris? LUCKY!
Ew..I hear Paris is snooty..Mephis is way more fun.
Sigh, resort and spa…shall look up some recipes for that as well:)
Oh, no..I make the best candied yams. No Joke.
I may not even share my secret, refined, recipe.
They won’t let me cook anything else..so I’m the cleaning lady:)
Hope you are feeling well, SP.
You know…you could always sell those drugs on the black market..
I have no idea how, but I’ve seen it on those primetime news shows.
Anna you are funny.
I’m sorry you don’t understand what I write about. I read the above myself and saw exactly what you mean. The website I was referring to is the one about Johns heritage.
He told me when I questioned him about his name here on the web that it was his real name. He has a few websites for his business.
Like I said before we don’t really know anything for sure about anyone here on the web because it’s the web, a great place to hang out incognito.
I like the John that I know, I like him a lot!!!
In fact I think men with that name are rather phenominal. At least the ones I know are and I have quite the collection.
I hope he’s having a pleasant ThanksGiving with his family or friends or even if he’s by himself. I wish him well.
I’m thankful for him :)
i love this post…i love scotland…see that is probably where we met…once back in the days when…miss you so much…hope your thanksgiving was wonderful…did i mention that i miss you???? nishikot
“Ew..I hear Paris is snooty..Mephis is way more fun.”
Uh…. in a word, no. Paris is a world class city with a thousand years plus of history and architecture that outclasses almost any ten other cities combined, but your right about Memphis, its very cool. You could spend a few months in Paris and still not see it all, you could probably do Memphis in a long weekend, a week at max. Of course Memphis has Graceland and Paris can never really top that!!! Elvis is still the king!!!!
I’m a little short for time this morning, this is an email I sent another friend, sorry!
Paris was fun, even without the metro or taxi drivers willing to
earn a fee. We did the usual things, Eiffel, Opera
Garnier, Musee D’Orsay, Musee d’Armee (fabulous!),
Invalides, Norte Dame, Latin Quarter, searched and
searched for Richard Wagners former house, now a bar,
it was closed. Canard, froie gras, lipon, fromage
cherv’e, baggette sandwiches, wine, spirits a
gastronomical study in over indulgence! We ate
everything we could find and still lost weight thanks to those transportation strikers!
Praha (Prague) was
exceptional. Thanks to the effiecient tram system we
gained weight there! While the base demeanor of some
of the former communists was a bit chilly, as compared
to Parisians, Prague was absolutely beautiful, I think
I ate a kilo of pork everyday along with many liters
of their pivo (beer). We visited the sight of Reinhard
Heydrich’s (Nazi ruler of Czech peoples) assassination
and the Greek Orthodox church where the British
trained partisans were cornered and committed suicide
to escape capture. The Jewish quarter of Prague was
especially interesting and we spent a day and a half
exploring it. All the ancient church’s with spires
reaching for the heavens. Old town and the famous
performing clock, shows are always crowded on the
hour! Charles bridge, Praha castle, Franz Kafka’s
house, Naroldi Davidlo, Jan Hus memorial. Learned more
about the velvet revolution and the velvet divorce
from Slovakia. We did too many things to list here but
it was a trip to remember! We met great people from
England France, Germany, Ireland, Spain, Italy and
quite a few fellow Americans and Texans too. It’s good
to be home before my waistline expanded beyond my
current pants size. Now it’s time to get back to work to pay for the next trip!
“I make the best candied yams.” Oh really? Do you accept bribes for the secret recipe? Back to the Memphis thing, there’s a little lunch place in downtown, “the teahouse”, that has the best southern comfort food I’ve ever seen at a restaurant, owned by a Palestinian lady of all things! The candied yams that came with my meal should have been dessert they were so good! The only bad thing about the place was the full sized and signed headshot of the current leader of the house, Pelosi. I asked of the speaker if the house had been to the restaurant and the owner said no, that she had requested the picture herself, I left it at that. I’m back to Memphis tomorrow, all of you take care and happy holidays!!
I went to Memphis when I was 16. Stepped on Elvis’ grave. They had the house closed to the public for some reason. I was not impressed but Elvis was before my time. I use to watch the movies he stared in. I still don’t get what all of the who ha is all about.
So Teddars you missed the rioting in Paris?
Sounds like ya’ll had a great time and that is good.
Anna, we are still waiting for the recipe.
Marallyn, why are you rewriting your book???
Yes Sassy, we missed the riots but we caught the transportation strike. We didn’t have any problems except achy breaky arches! from all that walking!
What ever country we visit we always try to learn at least some of the language there. If you struggle in their language they don’t feel so bad struggling with English and in most all of the cases their English is much much better than our grasp of their language. It’s funny also, as much as the Europeans like to gripe about the inferiority of American society, American society is all over. Every single cafe and restaurant had classic American rock playing! Not a single song was from a European band, all American, not even the Stones! In Prague we heard “Black Velvet” by Alannah Myles about twelve times a night!
Yeah Anna, recipe? Share the love!! : )
anna? Anna? ANNA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hmmmmmmm she must be busy doing research. Probably for that alleged recipe…
All I know is if some certain someone is doing some writing on some certain event that WE all would find most interesting than that certain someone better give this certain someone a sneak peek if at all possible. Unless of course it TS…then in that case i’ll understand completely.
I like my life ;)
Let’s see if Anna can figure that lil piece of black and white out.
LoL
Tedders
I found Spain to be Americanized too. I didn’t feel like I was in a foreign country until I got to the hills and there were no restrooms.
It was great. We really got in touch with nature.
How many women do you know can survive ONE day without a bathroom?
We had to for a week!
Lol I wouldn’t change a thing about that trip it was GREAT!!!!
I’m back to Memphis and the grind today!
I’ll be posting a bit less but I’ll drop in whenI can find the time!
“Walking in Memphis…..” yet another song stuck in my head.
I’m fixin to go hybernate. I have now aquired a horrid head cold on top of a neck that feels like it can’t hold up my head anymore and a tummy that’s upset because it doesn’t like medicine so much.
Time to just take care of myself.
Ya’ll stay safe ya hear.
s
Tedders are you a fly boy??????
FYI…..Chavez got a BIG FAT NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Yahoooooooo
And Vladi Putin got a yes….and that’s about all I know at the moment cuz i’m NOT spending my time watching the TV.
Just thought some of the 10k would want to know.
ok bye bye
Are you feeling better sassy?
Yes, I’m feeling better. Trying to get an appointment to see a doc at Ben Taubes neurosurgery clinic will take an act of Congress.
I do wonder what’s in store once the meds run out.
sniffles are nearly gone too thanks to some miracle theraputic oils someone gave me and of course lots of people praying for me. I prefer all natural healing.
With my daughter Brittany comes loads of laughs and so laughter being the best medicine of all we should all be very healthy. Mom and Dad included.
Just received some bad news from Cali, my eldest lost her job. It’s a family epidemic LoL. with the jobloss came a major weight loss and she really can’t afford to lose weight. She’s naturally thin. No moolah for food is never good and then there’s her pride. ~sigh~ she waited TWO WEEKS to tell me.
It’s this kind of stuff that drives a MoM nutty…..
She’ll bounce back though because she’s me.
thanks for asking Teddars
Just in case you didn’t know….all of you over 10 thousand people who read Johns blog….
THE USA IS SENDING UP THE SPACE SHUTTLE AGAIN, TODAY AT 3:30 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME!!!!!!!
UH HUH, THAT’S RIGHT, THE USA…NASA…..
WE LOVE THAT PLACE OVER HERE IN THE HOUSE OF ‘H’
It is by far the most amazing group of men an women, fathers and daughters even, people who are amazingly brilliant in their engineering and scientific endeavors.
I can’t gush enough about this place.
NASA that is…. :)
Hey Anna, what’s the scientific equation for sweet potatoes?
Hi guys!
Apple juice has been spilled on my *BRAND NEW less than 4 months* Macintosh computer..supposedly it will be 1,300 to fix it…ummmm..does that say to me get a new computer? What a waste…remind me, again, what is the point of a warranty?
Anyways…computerless, but not jobless, so putting in the stress and hours:)
Glad to see nothing new going on here:)
The Omaha, NE shootong really hit home for me.
Will be Awal (whatever that means) for awhile..
I found the potatoe info, but this computer is so not familiar to me..
I really need to cut the cord on my computer…the information age seems incredibly non-stable
Take good Care, and Merry Christmas!!!
I f I don’t read til then.
Blessings and Lots of Love,
Anna
Ummm…Since I only spent a night in Memphis, I have no comment, but the South (USA) couldn’t be covered in a year…interesting geography
Hmmmmmm my computer comes with the ‘if you spill apple juice on it we replace it’ kind of warranty.
That stinks Anna.
Be thankful you are working. I asked a plummer friend of mine if he could use a hand. Also told a photographer I know that i’ll work for free just to kill the boredom.
Can’t even get them to take me up on it. I’d say, “so I suppose i’ll just bask in the sun for a while”, but it’s suppose to start raining. It’s nasty stuffy here in H town. If your up to your ears in snow, or if the temp is at least fourty be thankful.
Folks around here keep getting a stomach virus that sneeks up on you unexspectadly AND bites ya.
I, thankfully have been spared.
I had a great interview on Friday. That’s pretty much how my interviews go. LoL
Hey! I did work for a few hours the other evening at a swank office party. We had lots of fun directing lil ole attornies to the 59th floor. It was even more fun seeing them snookered and trying to find the valet parking. LoL The food was pretty yummy if I do say so myself and the view was nice too.
I am sorry to here your stressed. Can you take a break and get a massage? Got access to a hottub? The yellow bottle of Yellow Tail is pretty good if you enjoy a glass of wine. I have a nice long list of ways to unwhined…..;) These aren’t even my #1 cure for stress.
So, how about that Space Shuttle. It never went up. I’m glad that they take precautions like they do. I was a bit suprised that they would allow her to fly with even one fuel cell in op. And I was excited for one of the astronauts who worked in the control room but was on this flight to operate the mechanical arm for the spacewalk. How cool is that I ask you?
Teddars, you could be a flying scientist for all I know.
I’ve decided that John is Santa making Mr. Bigs a very appropriate name for him.
Hey Anna you might want to see if Mr. Bigs can help you with the MAC. It can’t be to difficult. Mr. Bigs loves a challenge. He’s good at it too. I look at MAC as cheap entertainment. Whenever I go to Memorial City Mall I go to the MAC store. YAHOOO all of that way cool technology in one place and i’m a kid in the candy store. I love the way their icons blow up when the curser passes over them….LoL….cheap entertainment. It’s easy to navigate, all be it awkward at first but I find myself easing my way into new technology pretty effortlessly. Probably because im a techno junkie….
Seriously, John knows stuff!!!! He is the smartest guy I know. Talented in more ways than one.
:):):):):):):):):):):)I MISS HIM DONT YOU?:):):):):):):)
Apple juice on your Apple computer! your making me laugh : )
My latest iMac 2.66gig Intel duocore 22″ screen cost $1,499.00 new in the box. I think someone is yanking your chain, call around and get some other estimates.
AWOL=absent without leave
Leave being the military term for not having to be on duty.
I thought AWOL got you a fast trip to the stockade.
Don’t do it because the military police will find you.
John, i’m so bored I wrote you a novel AND i’ve bloged my head off today leaving my little opinions all over the net.
I am now the proud owner of a wordpress user acct. rutrow
In just 15 minutes I will be making my way back home. Once I walk my happy self to my pimp van. I parked in the wrong garage. whoopsy.
ta ta for now
Hope all are doing GREAT!!!!
Merry Christmas everyone!!
Just got back home from Memphis to enjoy the holidays with my family. I hope everyone is doing fine, are we going to have to take up a donation drive to get Anna back online?!?!? LOL
Merry Christmas
Feliz Navidad
Joyeux Noël
Vrolijke Kerstmis
Frohe Weihnachten
Natale allegro
Christmas Alegre
Merry Christmas!!!
Just goofing off here at work:)
What about Mr. Little? Where did he go?
Maybe this computer is twisted, but I keep seeing the same article.
HoHoHo!!!
Nope
I’m on a different computer now and still same.
Where is he??!
We need some wisdom here
What’s the status on your Mac Anna?
I’m back in Memphis, toiling for legal tender. My lovely bride (of 12 years!) is flying out here on the 4th for a couple of days. She’s booked us a room at the Peabody Hotel. For what those two days will cost I could stay at the hotel I’ve been staying at for 2 weeks!! She’s always wanted to stay at the Peabody in Memphis, it’s the one with the wild ducks that stay in the lobby fountain, talk about marketing genius!! LOL People come from all over the world to see Graceland and the “ducks”.
There’s a little lunch place down here called, “The Tearoom”, talk about great comfort food! There sweet potato side dish is so good I save it for dessert! ………. Uhm, what was that recipe for your sweet potato’s Anna? (not so subtle am I!! : )
Have a sooper dooper New Years celebration everyone, that includes you John, ……..John……..JOHN, are you still out there? Hope all is well and your not working your self to much!!
God Bless all y’all!!
You know guys, it’s very exhausting being Santa. All that flying all over the world….
Tedders, Are ya’ll celebrating your anniversary? If so then your doing it in the right place. The piano bar looks fabulous and the rooms, well, worth every penny if you ask me….the ducks are cute and a nice touch.
Happy New Year and Anniversary too!!!
Here’s to the next 12 and the 12 after that and so on and so on…..cheers to longevity!!!!! :)
Ya’ll take care and do stuff that will keep ya grinning from ear to ear…LOL….like jumping up and down on the bed….
Hi Anna
Hope your doing well….getting your techno world up an running again….and spilling the beans on that sweet tater recipe….
Happy 2008
Happy New Year!!
I went to some parties, saw the ball drop, and think I will take it easy and watch a movie..stay up all night, have some wine..don’t have to work tomorrow, so I am going to spoil myself before my military diet/regime.
New computer:Next weekend:)!!
Tedders, Are ya’ll celebrating your anniversary?
No, that’s June 8th, notice how I didn’t hesitate or have to think about it? I’m a well trained husband!! LOL
This is just a quick break before she has to get back to the grind, she’s an 11th grade English teacher. She won’t appreciate Graceland so we’ll be eating and seeing the other Memphis sites for two days. My mom is a retired airline employee and we get a few cheap flights per year, we usually don’t use the ones offered to us so we’re starting early this year!!
Are you getting another Mac, Anna? I’ve had nothing but since 1984 when I got my first toaster box Mac. I don’t know how people put up with Windows operating systems (just my opinion).
Hurray for you, she did train you well. I am very impressed, but I prefer to believe you just love the stuffing out of your wife and remember such an important date. :)
Macs are great right up until you spend weeks on a project, turn it in for a grade and the professor can’t open it because she doesn’t own a mac and the college pledges its allegance to Bill Gates.
I thought teachers like apples…
I am loading my ipod at the moment and listening to Rascal Phlatts and my favorite song…WISH….
I dedicated this song to someone special back in 07. :) Miss you JOHN
I am also trying to hack into my DVD player because I lost the remote during a move and can’t reset it. I tried to capture the code with my universal but to no avail. I emailed the company for answers. I may just have to give the dinasaur up but i’m holding onto hope because it was given to me by my best friend who died in a motorcycle accident. If he could see me now being a hacker it would make him proud. LoL
Did you know you can unlock them so that you can play DVD’s from all over the world????? I thought this was pretty interesting info since I enjoy foreign films from time to time.
How nice you get benefits from your Mom working for the airlines. This is a very nice perk! I want to work for Continental BUT I would have to move to Jersy and I can’t do that to my 14 year old daughter. I have her to think about and she wants to stay here and graduate from a particular highschool. That’s the goal, but with the way things go, I make NO promises except to try hard to make it happen. We shall see.
Ok, I gotta go….Ya’ll have fun ya hear.
“but I prefer to believe you just love the stuffing out of your wife and remember such an important date. :)”
Damn, I wish my wife would read this blog!!! LOL I think you’re right Sassy!
That’s a funny Mac story! You never forget those experiences!!
You’ll have to teach me to unlock my DVD players. I once bought a player that would play all region discs but it went bad after less than a year! We do the Netflix deal and have seen some amazing films, much better films than you see at the local movie theaters but you never hear about them. One that I remember was, “Like water for chocolate”. An excellent film, a Mexican film about a ranching family just south of the Rio Grande. The girl in her frustrations for a failed relationship pours her emotions and frustrations into cooking heavenly food for her family(sure wished I had a really good sweet potato recipe, …..sigh). I won’t go too far into the story line too much but it definitely a “date” movie! It’s all subtitles but after watching it I didn’t even remember that. Most of the good movies we see are that way! Even if they are in English we put the English subtitles on so we can understand all the dialog! Ha, I think we’re are turning into our Grandparents already!
I think you should stay here, Jersey is one of the top states where people who live there want to leave. Property and taxes are outrageous and then there is the Jersey girl thing, yeccch!! Keep that girl in a high school with quality friends and keep an eye on her!
God bless ya. Where is John?
You think you may benefit should your wife read the blog huh? Do I need to whip out the couch and put on my reading glasses. LoL Oh how I love psychology.
I have a friend who spends lots of $$$ but that’s not what fullfills her need. Guess what makes her happy? Compliments. She thrives on them.
It’s funny how very simple it is to influence another in a positive way when you know what makes them tick. Usually that ‘thing’ doesn’t come naturally for the other person or they have to make a conscience effort. I am sure there are those couples who find that it comes natural and effortless. If that’s the case than they are very blessed.
I still say that a partnership is work, even when personalities and all line up.
Hmmmmmmmm….maybe I should try e-harmony….LoL
Oh, i’m not going anywhere. To many friends would try to stop me, I’d look ridiculous with all of those people hanging onto me and besides my aging parents are here. Mom wears herself out caring for and worring about my Dad. Last evening she had me check to see if he was breathing. Her worst fear is to find him dead in bed. She was freaked out last evening.
His dementia has been pretty bad the past four days, but remarkably today he was better.
Trust me, I can come up with all kinds of scenerios of where John is…..wanna read a few?
He’s in Iowa covering the caucus.
He’s in Israel on a short trip
He’s recooperating from Christmas and New Years because he’s Santa.
He is covering major news stories abroad because he’s one bad news dude.
If he told us where he was then he’d have to shoot us…because it’s tipity op ecret.
Maybe he is Anna and he’s just waiting for a new computer….hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm I wonder………………….
Maybe he met some Godly hot babe and he’s love struck. UHOH!!!!
I could go on and on and on but i’ll spare you.
;)s
Santa? You may be on to something here! He’s got the correct hair color!! : )
Hee hee…..I know AND he’s nearly 6’5″ and KING of the elves.
LoL
Im so glad it’s Friday because that means tomorrow I get to see my Grandson and give him lots of hugs and kisses AND my baby girl is coming home too. YAHOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AND Sunday is just around the corner.
David Letterman has a beard. He’s lost his mind too!!!
Ok, have you heard the band Shoooter Jennings? I think that’s the name…yup that’s the name….huh…sounds like southern rock….
Ok, so i’m bored….I don’t watch tv much but oh GOODY Frazier is on…. I wonder if Seinfeld comes on next…
Wonder if Anna received her MAC on schedule. Maybe she’s having some wine and hooking it all up, maybe the wine made the process take longer, mayb she decided to rearrange the room and that exscalated into new paint and furniture……
Oh, who knows….I am playing with a NANO and trying to load it up with good songs for my friend.
A lot has happened in the time that John’s been out of pocket…I was bumbed about Benazir Bhutto’s assasination, the cover up that failed….She was pretty amazing, graduated from Harvard AND Oxford. She had passion for her country for sure. Surly she knew her odds of remaining alive were slim. Now her sons been pushed into the lime light. He just wants to graduate from college. It should be interesting to see how that all plays out.
How about Iowa??? WoW…
oooo that reminds me….I gotta renew my voters card.
Why do they do those causcus’ anyway? Does it really mean anything?
Where is Mr. Bigs when you need him. I bet he knows the answer.
Oh where, oh where, has our Little John gone, oh where, oh where can he be? With his hair cut short and his leather jacket on, oh where oh where can he be?
Ok, that was ridiculous….
Oh my, “The Peabody hotel” in Memphis! What a treat, knock knock knock, Yes? Would you like your bed turned down with your pinafores and pralines? Uh, …..sure!!!! : )
We’ve stayed in some great hotels but we’ve never had the level of customer service that we had there. Free hors d’ oeuvres (bacon wrapped scallops anyone!), wine, cheese, breakfast, fruit, coffee/tea, soft drinks, the best cookies I’ve ever had! I could go on and on, and then of course there are the ducks, Egyptian cotton sheets, talk about marketing genius! The only difficulty is that my wife has just landed back in Dallas and right now I’m back at the Super 8 in Memphis with the guys that work for me. Reality bites. I’m already telling the management here at the Super 8 that this places sucks! Where are my complimentary bedtime snacks? Where are my pinafores!!! Of course I could stay here 20 days for the 2 days we spent there! Back to the grind so I can pay for the weekend!!! Have a great week everyone!
WHAT!!!!!! YOUR WIFE DOESN’T WHIP UP A FRESH BATCH OF PINAFORES FOR YOU AT HOME?????
I am partial to my daughters stuffed,wrapped in bacon and cooked on the grill jalepenos. YUMMY!!!
Of course I would NEVER turn down a scallop. My Grandpa use to bring them home fresh from the Florida Coast….Tampa to be exact AND boy where they yummy.
Egyptian Cotton!!!! Do you happen to know the thread count cuz anything lower that 1000 would be well….a sheet in a place like that should be so soft you can’t feel it on your skin…
Did the sheets come with Egyptian Palm Frawns? LoL
HEY ANNA YOU GET YOUR LAP TOP YET?????
Tedders are you bragging???? Cuz that’s not nice you know….we folks with no job or new jobs can’t just trapes off to swank hotels…..
Cest’ la vie
I’ll be going overseas again in the future so NO WORRIES
I’m not bragging, she paid for the hotel!!! I had accomodations
at the Super 8!!!! She wasn’t impressed with that, LOL! We had planned a trip to Memphis for her and she has always wanted to stay at the Peabody. My jobsite is actually next door to the Madison Hotel, another $$$$$ a night swanky hotel. A few weeks ago R Kelly (a hip hop star?) stayed there, his three travel buses parked in front of my steel and I couldn’t get to my materials with my forklift!! I’m not so much into staying a fancy hotels as I am traveling to a different place. Usually we just want a cheap and safe place to stay. Now I’m a little concerned she may expect the “Peabody” level of accomodations where ever we go! That ain’t gonna happen, I assure you!!
Hey, you don’t live the Peabody life at home??? What up with dat?
Put some ducks in the cement pond. Get a nice big firm yet fluffy king size bed, slap on some quality sheets minding the thread count, soft music, nice bottle of wine or a martini if that’s more your style uh make some hor d’ oeurves and you can have the peabody every day and night oh yes and serve each other….let’s see did I miss some stuff? Oh I could probably think of some other nice touches to add to the whole scenerio, but you two could do the same. Champaign wishes and Caviar dreams. It’s the lifestyle of the rich and famous. LoL
Believe it or not I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth, but someone yanked it out. LoL unfortunatly for me the exspensive taste remained intact. LoL I have this poor thing down pretty good though, so i’m thinking mission work is just the thing for me.
The bible says that what the enemy steals away he has to repay times two. Uh does that mean i’ll have to work two jobs? LoL
So did mr rapper dude slow down your project? Are you now off schedule?
I, like John, am going on a short term project. I am not sure if i’ll post here or not because it is so very important, this project of mine, that I need to really focus.
I am starting to miss Anna. I hope she is ok. I hope we didn’t pick on her to much about that recipe. sigh
ANNA love where are you? Please come out and play. We miss you.
Tedders have you ever used Ubuntu?
Well Tedders you be thankful you have that wife of yours even on the days she drives you nutty. Some of us really would like to have another someone to come home to or to travel with or meet at the jobsite. sigh
Here’s to hope. :)
Ubuntu?
You’re right about making everyday a holiday, we’re only here for a short time! We would probably have to chase our border collie/english setter girl puppie off the bed first!!LOL All those lives luxuries are nice but they aren’t what we’re here for. Raise those kids the best we can and give them the best foundation we can for their futures.
You’re doing all the right things Sassy, don’t fret, there’s someone out there for you waiting for you too. The lord works in ways we will never understand. If you don’t post here what will I do? I’ll have to make up an alter ego so I can talk to myself! Won’t that be pathetic!!
We are going on twelve years, she hasn’t driven me batty in ages! I’m grateful for everyday, every moment with her.
God bless you Sassy, what’s your project? When and where are you going over seas?
Hmmmmmmm I would venture to think that you are more here to entertain me than I you.
You should be talking to your wife!
Why we could be accused of all sorts of things what with 10,000 people reading this blog and all.
Hmmmmmmm this could be an issue because of appropriatness.
Besides, I have to think about my project. It is going to be VERY demanding. sorry, I would share but it is TOP SECRET however if I did choose to tell, there would be no cause to shoot you.
Unlike Mr. Bigs who keeps his cards close to his chest.
As for my traveling itenerary. I am going to Israel. I do not know when. God knows though. I was ready to go, had the trip paid for plus money to give away but that stupid Lebononian War broke out. The trip was canceled and so I went to visit my daughters in Cali and the rest of my Israel trip went to keep things going when I lost my job.
That’s ok though because i’m suppose to go to Israel and God will make a way again. :)
Hailey has decided that everyone gets the letters anian in the back of their country or state whichever applies. It can be really be funny at times. I think she puts it at the end of last names too.
What we do around here to amuse ourselves.
You are exactly right. If we have been blessed to have kids then we need to raise them in the ways of the Lord. That is so very important. You know what’s really cool? To be able to reteach them when you’ve realized you taught them something wrong or you learned some new way and they are open to the possibility. It really helps when they respect you and see you living out what you believe and teach them in everyday life, but beware of screwing up because getting a lecture from a 14, 21 and 23 year old is rather humbling. LoL
As for the lifestyle of the rich and famous that stuff is definetly NOT important to me. You can’t take it with you to heaven AND God never promised to prosper us monetarily. I want to be the best example of Christ that he can work thru me and I want to be able to share the gospel to as many people as possible.
However, I would never turn my nose up at Gods provision for me no matter how extravagent it may be.
I can’t wait to have my own place again so that I can do things differantly.
Got lots of hard work ahead of me but even that will be handled differantly.
You take care and have a great rest of the week and weekend!
Hi Chickies!!
I
Have
The
new
Computer
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Amen Sistas an Brothas
Still really ticked that the other one was less than 6 months old, however, I have the newer version AND a free printer as some promotional deal.
NOW
I have to deal with those royal idiots at Verizon…YOU PEOPLE SUCK IF YOURE READING!!
That is one big huge messed up excuse of a business…
Now that I’m Back:):):)
How are things here? Cliffs notes version of the above?
Where is Mr. Little? Aren’t you peoples a little concerned?
“YOU PEOPLE SUCK IF YOURE READING!!”
Ha, you crack me up!!
Welcome back Anna!! What kind of computer do you have now, I still can believe the other one wasn’t salvageable
“Cliffs notes version, of the above?”
Oh you know just the same old same old, no sweet potato recipe, missing Johns commentary, no sweet potato recipe, Sassy and me wondering about you, living life, struggling for the legal tender, oh, did I mention no sweet potato recipe? LOL! Sorry I just can’t help myself, Sassy made me say it! ; )
Sassy made me say it! ; )
BUFFALO PATTIES! I did no such thing. Don’t believe a word of it Anna.
I do have a question not related to anything written above though.
Is it standard preceedure to allow men with remote control helicopters and small boys with lost toys to install and remove surveilance equipment?
Just curious.
Oh and the CSI truck was well noted.
Thank you and have a nice week.
Sassy with a capital “S”
Mr. Bigs not only gave gifts as Santa but received some cool ones of his own.
He is currently out playing ROBOCOP with them.
Be afraid, be VERY afraid.
LoL
Dontcha remember he is trying to get his something or other rythems in sync
And I thought my memory failing.
AND what the hay is “live blogging”?
is the opposite “dead blogging”?
Hardy har har
Is the said “live blogger” sitting in from of his 6′ LCD watching the debates and giving a blow by blow commentary OR
Is said blogger actually there?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Thank you and have a nice day.
Did you know that Noahs Ark could be in IRAN??
I know!!!!! I was suprised myself.
We will just have to wait and see. It seems that a Chinese team thinks they found it in Turkey.
Should be interesting to see which team is more accurate.
We will just have to wait with batted breath for test results.
You should see how beautiful petrified wood is. I saw some at a temp job I worked at. Screw the phones I want to analyze the rocks.
LoL
“YOU PEOPLE SUCK IF YOURE READING!!â€
DUH! everyone knows Verizone sucks.
Hey Anna
Maybe you should try T Mobile. The customer service is good. Sometimes you get to talk with nice people with Canadian accents. If you call really early in the morning it can be fun cuz the people are willing to just sit there and chat with you about their lives while they are helping you.
I’ve thrown a lot of $$ at that company. They like compensating with more minutes when/if your not satisfied.
No plan is inexspensive with any company and i’m a sucker for no dropped calls too. Of course this can happen if your cell phone is old.
They are always changing Technology so that we can upgrade. That way they stay in business.
I gotta run. Going far to work a temp job. Not thrilled about driving in the rain for over an hour.
Yee Haw
On the work computer now, so more later..It’s so fun to be back and talk about normal things!!!I swear I spend my entire day with thest caddiest women..I’ve yet to figure out what they’ve been doing all of these years other than gossipping, backstabbing, and pretending to work and be nice…how does that happen?
When did these people revert to highschool? There sure are a lot of them..more on my Saga later……:)
Anyways, New Powerbook!!!
I also signed up for the one-one at the Mac store to have someone help me with my photo website..things are moving..slowly, but that progress:):)
How bout you guys?
So, maybe Mr. Little should hire a substitute?
Equal instead of sugar, margerine instead of butter, decaf instead of the real stuff….
count me out. I dig THE REAL THANG
There is no substitution for JOHN.
He’ll be back just give the man some time.
Hello all, still in Memphis, I’ve watched the Discovery channel at the hotel till I’m sick of it (it took nearly 3 months!). 10 to 12 hours of building steel structures then EXTREME boredom. I’m getting loopy! Being away from your family really sucks!!! It even makes Verizon look good in comparison! That’s pretty bad isn’t it Anna!! LOL I wanna go home to the Armadillo, sweet Texas women from Amarillo to Abilene……………..I tell you I’m starting to lose it!!!!
Teddars is the true example of LOVE ENDURES ALL THINGS.
Anna? Have you found your substitution?
The nerve!
I met a girl the other day who met a guy on the net and when they met face to face he looked NOTHING like his picture.
Imagine that!
Was he an imposter or was he just being a trickster?
Wow, it’s been like two months since we’ve heard from John. At what point do we call the missing blogmaster hotline?
Yeah, I’m concerned as well.
I have decided to join the Peace Corpes.
Really.
I have HAD IT with the “American dream”
That is one big huge oxymoron..or whatever
..I want to go to China and teach English…or some wildlfe thing..I don’t know..but there is more to life than having to kiss butt to idiot people who will never be able to earn a 0.0000 g of respect..why do all of the evil liars have all of the jobs? Is that a pre-requisite?
I think it is…manipulative fakes.
Actually pry some people at work are reading this..since there is absolutely no privacy..I couldn’t delete my “History”
Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just what I need!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Make my life even crappier!!!!!
Please!!!!!
Yes, I understand your loopiness, Teddars…Americans spend too much time working. I’ve been spending 8hrs a day trapped in a straightjacket environment, being slowly sqashed into the earth, having no one to talk to, while they slowly suck away my tiny little ray of hope…I wonder if my experience has been close to what Hell is like?
Yeah, where’s Mr Little?
We miss you.
Thanks for all of this free therapy, BTW.
Anna you crack me up.
Well he did say short to medium term project. How many months does that equate to?
Maybe he began a whole new blog cuz we were not being serious enough for him.
Isn’t this what happens when you’ve got a girlfriend? hee hee
I had an MRI today yahoo!!!!
I am closer to being fixed and couldn’t be happier.
Uh, well, I guess I could be happier but we will just leave it at that.
Mr. Bigs is coming back and he will be bigger and better than ever. Just wait and see.
Waiting…..it’s pretty not so easy but doable….and worth it….and, and…
I’m totally serious.
Where shall I go..Russia?
I’m not joking.
I hope your MRI goes well..you seem normal to me:)
But then again, I’m not a very good trans-section percentage of society.
I hope you have a good doctor..if I didn’t I’d definitely be dead:)
I read the best quote over at the Monkeys Site..I mentioned it under
“Bad Joke” I wonder why some people are chosen to live a nightmare?
I did it!
I filled out the application for the Peace Corps!
Now, I need 3 recommendations…anyone??
I have numerous work and friend lists, but I need to prove that I can handle cultural diversity…what better place to see that than here..and you people seem smart. No pressure..I’ve got plenty recs, and realize y’all haven’t met me. I suppose I could always make up some names..like Mohammed or something and fill out a bogus rec:):):)
Where’s Mr. Little???
What’s the deal?
Actually, my ex-boyfriend would fill out a sincere glowing one for me..what’s with that? Isn’t he supposed to hate me? Why did I let him go anyway??
Yep, fun to be back to zero stressland:):)
Anna, what in the world are you doing? You are not going to find what you’re looking for in Russia or China. I think you’re in a slump but you’re going to find out that there are alot of worse places to be than where you’re at right now, where are you right now? My wife’s good friend at the school where she works teaches Russian and travels to russia every summer. He’s studying to a preacher so he stays with people and friends of the same ilk. The stories he comes back with make me appreciate living here. Russia is a pit of misery for the vast majority of her citizens, crime and injustice on a level you cannot imagine, there is no recourse for the victims. Besides I don’t think there’s internet service in many of those places and right now you account for 33% of our little group here! If John were here you only account for 25% and the gender gap would be more equitable, LOL. But that’s just not the case right now. Come on sit down and tell us everything that’s bothering you, I’m sure Sassy and I can come up with some very good solutions. Personally I’m not feeling so great myself but things could be so much worse it’s not even funny. Come on Anna, don’t bail on us now, it’s always darkest before the dawn, the Lord works in mysterious ways. Hang in there!!
If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own.
Author:Â Socrates
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.
Author:Â Washington Irving
Y is Anna joining the Peace Corps?
Discontentment sucks. Why so out of sorts.
I can feel for ya girl cuz i’m there myself.
Stinkin tired of waiting. Gotta get this physical issue fixed in order to move on in some ways.
Don’t like NOT being able to do all the things I use to.
Don’t know what the future has to hold and trying to stay out of the way of Gods plan is not the easiest thing to do. Oh and then there are all the well meaning folks who look on from the sidelines thinking they know how my game is played.
If I don’t even know then what makes THEM think THEY know whats best. Who made them GOD.
Hmmmmmmmm it’s been so much fun being me I just can’t stand it.
Mr. Little is right over there and there and there and there OH yup and he’s there too……don’t you see him……Hey, no worries I don’t see him either but I know he’s there.
MR BIGS SHOW THYSELF
Hi Teddars
Hi Sassy, I hope all is well with you and you family, you too Anna. I’m still doin the Memphis thing but I think I’ll get to go home some time next week. I’ve got one more set of stairs, landings and handrails to design, detail, fabricate and install! Boy! It wears me out just thinking about it much less doing it!! If it was easy, everyone would be doing it! Right!!
I don’t mean to be a stickler but didn’t john say, “so expect the next installment on our bamboozlement Real Soon Now.” on his last post? Well I suppose real soon is subjective……… Guess I’ll wait!!
Give us a shout Ms. Anna!! We’re here for ya, anytime!!
tedders
G Teddars and here I thought you were a part of the West Side Choppers team. LoL
Stairs and handrails made from what? Wood, Steal, Brass or just about anything????
So when your done making it do you smash a bottle of wine over it to christen it?
Where is Anna? what’s all this talk about foreign countries and the peace corp?
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Oh my goodness Teddars if you hafta know, John is at this very moment at the Super Bowl. He is actually having limos pick up all of his homeboys and girls to have them flown on private jets to the Super Bowl where they will enjoy a very nice time in his private suites.
What you weren’t invited!!!!!???!!!!!! Don’t feel bad cuz neither was I. LoL
Anywho, I am off to my own SB party headache and all……
ANNA WE LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please don’t leave us cuz we would miss you
Teddars, maybe we should spin our own bamboozalement tale.
” Teddars and here I thought you were a part of the West Side Choppers team.”
Those guys are wussies, they don’t know what a real motorcycle is. Those stretched out no handling no performance glorified motorized stingray bicycles they build only appeal to retired stock brokers and teenagers who know nothing about pushing engineering and performance parameters. Did I mention that I used to professionally drag race motorcycles, 1326 feet in just over 8 seconds, that’s the most fun you can have with your clothes on!! Sorry ’bout the rant!! Can you tell I think choppers are a waste of effort!! LOL
Steel stairs, I started a steel fabrication and (no snickering here!) erection company 21 years ago at the ripe old age of 26, boy was I green. I’ve designed, detailed and installed over 59 tons of steel on this Memphis job and it’s finally nearing the end thank goodness!! Enjoy the SB party!! GO Giants!!!
“Teddars, maybe we should spin our own bamboozalement tale.”
We could never do it as well as John.
What Sassy said Anna!!
Phew the Giants won!!!!!! YAHOOO
Your right about John, he is a really good writer. Amazing mind the good Lord blessed him with. We will just have to wait. He is very very busy like you.
Yes, I do recall you mentioning the bike in your garage or something….so you’ve experianced the ultimate crotch rocket experiance.
LoL
How does one get involved in fabricating steel stairs? You must have been working for someone and caught a wild hare. Hmmmmmmm
I took note of your use of the word ‘my’ and ‘mine’ when referring to all of your work toys. Reminded me of the sea gull scene in the movie Finding Nemo Mine mine mine….Lol
Good for you for such an accomplishment at such a young age.
Of course your an old fart now….hee hee
Where on earth is Anna banana? She is taking a much needed break from all of the people she worked with. I believe she implied that she was no longer working or did I read something into it?
“Yep, fun to be back to zero stressland:):)”
Sounds like she quit her job to me….
Do you know what i’ve been thinking about doing? After my neck issue is over and i’m capable of working without the interuption of surgery and long doctor visits, I thought i’d try out some of the jobs the illegal aliens do. There’s lots of those AND if we kick them all out of our country people like me will have to do those jobs. Then I thought id write a nice piece and submit it to some major paper or something.
I also thought i’d volunteer my time at the car repair ministry at church, but they wont let me do anything with my stupid neck issues looming. UGH
Yup, i’d say im a bit antsy. Not use to this at all.
I have been able to help out my Mom though and that is good.
Its tough thinking about nursing homes and stuff like that so im doing it for her. We need to know as much as possible about it so we are prepared for the future.
~sigh~
Wow…no internet in Russia?
I still think it sounds exciting for a year…
Don’t you guys just get tired of the day to day games we have to play in order to survive?
Here is an example:
My Boss has credentials, so she must feel that she can sit around all day and gossip, backstab, badmouth people, whine about work, talk about personal issues…ALL FREAKING DAY LONG!! AND NOT DO ANY VISIBLE WORK! She parks herself in the middle of our-i’m sorry-my working area all damn day, so I know this.And THEN the other obese girl she has worked with forever has somehow convinced my boss that miss fat ass is to smart to do any work, so SHE just sits on her HUGELY FAT ASS ALL DAY and chats, gossips, whines, etc. They both take extended lunches, but I have no idea why, since they have break freaking all day long. I kid you not, my job was to sit with those women and gossip and complain…well, not only do I not even know these people they are ripping on all of the time, I find that so incredibly boring, so I started to smile be nice and keep busy.
Well, that didn’t go over well, so now I’M the one they talk about, ignore..you know exactly what I mean.
Not only do I do all of the work (granted I don’t write her papers, but neither does she as far as I know..gossip, go shopping,go home to care for her needy family and selfish prissy tight-lipped self.) But NOW, since I like to keep busy, they’ve decided to play mean..you know how girls and old biddy women are. Women are horrible to work with
SO
realizing this lady didn’t like me-you know rules for me, rules for the other girl and her, I went to HR for some help. The HR lady was incredibly nice, apologized and said she would try to help..nice lady.
WELL..THEN everyone had an evaluation-lucky me it was that time of year-and I had only been there a month, and mine was not good, so I asked Boss Biddy..and she said under her breath “I know you went to so-and-so” all threatening. ANd I said NO I only went to talk to so and so because I thought you didn’t like me and I needed help, I had no one else to go to. And then she just stared at me with her evil looking prune face.
To make a long story short, this Mrs. Prissy thin-lips and Miss lazy stuck-up fat ass somehow waddled over and managed the HR “executive” (he was SO rude and condescending-and I had never even met him)
that the problem was ME!! Since there are only 3 of us back there in the lab, I have no one to defend me but myself AND they LIE! Can you believe it? They totally LIE!! Who in the F**K manages these people..nobody
I know it’s a laid back place, but to do absolutely nothing productive all day long and have fun harassing the new girl? What?!?
Yes, I know this happens everywhere, but I somehow managed to get fired from this job for: working, coming to work on time, not taking breaks..and of course the big one..not sitting around all day talking about people I don’t even know. If this weren’t such a cool place to work..think animals..I wouldn’t care, but Somehow she has made it so I am ineligible for even a transfer to a different department. So that tight-lipped bitch has banned me from a job/place I would have loved. Right now, I really hate her, and I promise to spit on every orchid I see from now on (thats what they love). That is one true promise.
Knowing them they probably whispering around they are afraid I’m going to come down there with a machetti and freak out…wrong!
I was nothing but quiet, polite, mannerly, graceful and gave them back those but-ugly uniforms and quietly left. End of story.
Wow, that was great..feel much better.
I’m still thinking the Peace Corps, though.
Hey, I just had my first Mac one-one today! It was great!! They are going to help me with my website.
When is it too late to file unemployment? My ex-workpeople are just going to have to pay for my little vacation:)
Hey, SP, what is darvacet?do you have something very serious?
How are you?
SP has grandkids?
wow 33 and 1/3% and… tens of thousands reading?
I’m flattered:):):):):):):):)
I kinda pegged SP as sort of a tomboy and I more of a girlie girl, so it pry evens out:)
No, they have PC missions in the Carribean, South America..I’m a biologist, so it would actually be quite practical. PC people get first pick of gov’t jobs-so i hear-and those are like diamonds in the USA.
SAVE THE TURTLES!!!!!
So, are you a Mac user Tedders?
Rock on:)
Looks like I did miss some fun:)
“I am loading my ipod at the moment and listening to Rascal Phlatts and my favorite song…WISH….
I dedicated this song to someone special back in 07. :) Miss you JOHN
“Oh my, “The Peabody hotel†in Memphis! What a treat, knock knock knock, Yes? Would you like your bed turned down with your pinafores and pralines? Uh, …..sure!!!! : )
“AND what the hay is “live bloggingâ€?
is the opposite “dead blogging�
LOL!!
and of course SPs complicated, most likely meaningless, comments…
“Is it standard preceedure to allow men with remote control helicopters and small boys with lost toys to install and remove surveilance equipment?”
Hey Anna, glad you’re back! Yes, I got my first 128k Mac in 1984, I’ve been sold on them ever since. Right now I’m on my ancient G3 ibook while I’m in Memphis.
I think you did the right thing by going to HR, I think you need an HR for your HR! I would never have made it in the corporate world, I would have told the old biddy how the cow eats cabbage! End of career! Ha! Even being in business for myself doesn’t mean I don’t have to kiss butt, I’d even say it means I have to KB much more convincingly!! No fun, but a necessity for success!
The Peabody was a treat, the Super 8 I’m in now just doesn’t compare! It’s late now, Ive got to get my beauty sleep ya know!!! I’ll be back soon! Toodles : )
tedders
Oh trust me sweet Anna, my comments are anything BUT meaningless.
You should spend some time in my world it’s fun here.
Yup, i’m a tomboy with a broken neck and a prissy side to boot.
Throw some hormones in the mix and it can be down right unpredictable. LoL
So glad you feel comfortable venting. Sounded like a fun place to work.
I have been checking out job sites this evening and well I find them all rather boring. My girlfriend thinks I should just get married.
I don’t know where she comes up with this stuff but i’ll be sure to make her one of my brides maids should the blessed event ever transpire.
Not holding my breath. LoL
I found some pretty cool websites along the way. Trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up is loads of fun. Trying to attain it will be even FUNNER.
Don’t tell Mrs. Roberts I used a non word.
Anna, you are right working with women sucks. Men are way more fun. My friend that thinks I should just get married says that “All men are pigs.” I don’t agree with that statement.
However, Marallyn had a funny joke about pigs on her blog site once.
John dear, do you remember that joke. If I remember correctly YOU OINKED!!!!
What did the oink mean again? OH YES, I REMEMBER, but ya’ll will just have to ask John about that.
Now, on a more serious note….
Let’s talk once again about Ben Taub hospital here in Houston, Texas.
Since i’m having to use this establishment for my medical needs I have to say that initially I was a bit frightened.
I have been there once before you see and sat there for 17 hours to see an intern for about 5 minutes.
It’s not fun and this time with my neck throbbing it took 14 hours, so i’ll give them props for the little decrees of time. The waiting room is huge now since they remodeled and the people, as usual, are always interesting and entertaining.
This time I saw the intern for a bit longer, mainly because she tripped over the trash can and bumped her head on the cabinet. Bless her heart. She was very sweet and attentive and went for the attending who came to tell me that I would need to see a neurosurgeon and have an MRI but FIRST i’d have to get what they call a gold card. This is a welfar card.
So I left the hospital with Three prescriptions. All pain killer, but one was an anti depressant. I guess they figure when your in that much pain it causes depression and depression causes pain.
So then I had to wait for my appointment to get my Gold Card and then I had to get an appointment to be seen at the nearosurgery clinic.
This took an act of Congress. I believe those where my words. I was going to have to wait nearly 6 months to be seen and that wasn’t going to work.
The lady put me on hold and reveiwed my paperwork and since I had gone to the ER it bumped me up to a bit more urgent. I was seen two months later. The wait this time was 4 hours. I had a nice conversation with a man who preaches to the homeless under bridges. Fascinating ministry.
So, I saw a doctor for about 3 minutes who then told me I needed an MRI. I would have thought the ER doctors would have known that, but they have you go to the clinic so those doctors can order the tests I guess. Kind of a silly way of doing things and it prolongs patient misery.
The MRI was the quickest scheduled appointment just five days later and the wait was typical to normal wait times. One hour. Probably because it was at a clinic near St. Josephs Hospital. The technician was very attentive. He did a great job.
They tell you that you can’t swallow during the MRI. How do you stop yourself from swallowing? Needless to say I couldn’t stop swallowing. Thankfully no movement showed up in the MRI and it only took about 15-20 minutes. PHEW
Now i’m WAITING for the results. I have tried to reach someone at Ben Taubs Neurosurgery Clinic, but they don’t answer. I’ll keep on trying. Hopefully i’ll know something this week.
I could be fixed within the month!
This would be very very good!
Did you know that Ben Taub is world renown for neurosurgery?
teddars
ARE YOU ALRIGHT? Your workers? Is your stuff alright, and project alright.
What’s going on there with the aftermath of the storm?
Please let us know ASAP
Thanks for the thoughts Sassy! I’m fine, the guys are fine, the building project didn’t fall down, damnit!! LOL The weather yesterday afternoon got pretty rough. We were on the third story roof of our custom steel stair tower on the 10th story roof of the building when the first wave of rain hit, that was about 4 p.m.. We rolled up and went to the hotel after securing scaffolding and materials on the tenth level and at street level. Around six was when the first round of twisters hit. The sirens were blaring, the rain was as heavy as I’ve ever seen in Texas. All the local TV channels had their weathermen on for hours at a time. No one really new how bad it was. All the weathermen could do was point to the tell tale hook on the radar images and say that it is rotation but they had no way to tell if it had developed into a tornado or if it was on the ground. Viewers were calling in saying they saw twisters hitting the ground and a couple of reporters did the same thing. We heard a little bit about the dorms at the University of Tennessee in Jackson, TN, but that was about it. It wasn’t until this afternoon when I got back from the jobsite and saw the news and heard how many people were killed and how much property had been destroyed. My jobsite is the former Union Planters Bank building. It was originally built in 1924, is on the historic registry and would make a perfect shelter during the most powerful tornado mother nature could muster, as long as you weren’t near the windows. It looks as though I’ll get to go home this
friday or Saturday to finish building my last set of stairs for the basement to the 3rd floor. Thanks again for your concern!!! I can feel the love!!! : )
MMMmmmmmm, I noticed after I posted the above message that the post time and date was ( on 07 Feb 2008 at 4:01 am ), when actually it was at 10:01 p.m. on Feb 6 here in Memphis. Maybe the posting clock is set to GMT.
I’m home in Texas!!! WOooohooooo
Mama mia it’s good to be home!!!!
Yay Tedders!!
You’re right…Memphis could’nt be that much fun for that amount of time!
Yayy~ Do you have little ones?
Where’s SP?
Are you alright sweetie? We are here for you.
WELL..my Mom got wind that I was joining the Peace Corps and offred
to put a down payment on a cute little house midtown…sigh..I am so easily persuaded. Anyway..I still need a flipping JOB! The story of my life. Those damn foreigners
Prayers?
Someday, I shall open my own business, but now isn’t a great time…maybe 2 more years…I want to enter the market competition
with a: WOW she has true talent.
How’s your daughter, SP? lots of Prayers and Love to all
“Memphis could’nt be that much fun for that amount of time!”
It wasn’t! Don’t get me wrong, it’s a nice place, lot’s of very nice down to earth people there, it’s just not home for me!
Yes, I’ve got two boys, aged 10 and 11, two puppies, well maybe they’re not puppies any more, three years old in August of this year and Lori, my lovely bride of 12 years this June 8th! I’m blessed to have a wonderful home and family to come home to. Now if I can just get the owner of the Memphis job to pay me for what I’ve done on his building, I can afford to keep living here!! LOL
I started my business when I was about to graduate from college, I was so depressed at what they wanted to pay me I thought I’d just do it myself. If I knew then what I know now!! The first 8 years were pretty tough but I was single and didn’t know how little I made! Around 1995 things seemed to get much better. Banks started lending people money and I’ve been fairly busy ever since (knock on wood!). I have a favorite quote from Friedrich Nietzsche about life with a woman that I apply to being in business for yourself, “Ah, women(being in business for yourself). They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.” I don’t mean that in a sexist way of course but I think it applies in the business sense.
Good for your Mom! She sounds like a great person, gotta keep the kids near by! There’s a job out there for you, it’s just waiting for you to show up and claim it! Keep looking, it’s out there!! What part of the world do you call home? You don’t have to be specific, I’m just curious!!
Sassy!!! Are you out there? You girls rock!!!
SP?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Where are you?
Gosh, I hope she’s not trolling some other site
AND
Where the heck is John??!
I don’t want to end up talking to myself…and some engineer:):);)
I have a joke for you guys-
I was taking my nephew to a movie, and there was a traffic holdup, so I said,
“OH HECK!”
and my nephew said,
“”OOOOOoooooo you said a bad worddddd!!”
And I asked him what I was supposed to say
and he said,
“You are supposed to say’ WHAT the HELL?’”
Anna, let me correct you”
…and some geeky engineer:):);)
There. : )
“You are supposed to say’ WHAT the HELL?’â€
To funny, from the mouths of babes! How old is your nephew? Like I said, my boys are 10 and 11 now. I think they’ve moved past the “heck” stage also, sigh.
SP! Where are you!!! Enquiring minds want to know! what your up to?
Have you got your mri diagnosis yet?
…and some geeky engineer:):);)
Sure, whatever you like:)
LOL-My nephew just turned 4!!
SP-I’ll give you a recipe if you come back?
Sassy! Eureka! Victory is within our grasp!!! Oh sweet mother of sweet potato delicacies, don’t fail me now!!! Woooohoooo!!
Anna’s recipe! Yee Haaaaa !!!!!!
LOL!
Where the heck is John? gosh, it takes about 5 minutes to scroll down to number….89:):)
Yep, I should enter that recipe in a contest:)
I think success = focus…and of course a lot more
but it’s a pretty good recipe for a girl who eats peanut butter out of the jar. SP-do you like cookies? I’d say I have 5 foods that i can master, and
peanut butter chocolate chip cookies are another one?
Sooooo….republicans aside
Hilary or Obama…right now I’m leaning Hilary.
AND what the heck is a caucus? Or whatever..Obama won my state
(the heartland) but
I DIDN”T GET TO VOTE!
what the heck??
What in the freaking heck is up with that?
do we have to be invited to secret meetings or something?
I think Independents should have a say? I mean, why be a liar
a register with a specific party? If I register as a Libertarian, would I get
invited to these caucuses…or whatever…that is just not right
Unreal.
I hope John’s family and friends are not affected by this mass shooting.
This just happened in my city awhile back, and it was surreal.
It was like everyone was in slow motion..everyone was stuned, but the outpouring of love was unbelievable.
Prayers for the Illinois victims.
Prayers for SP
And maybe we should go on a writers strike? this is getting to be a royal pain having to scroll all the way down here.
I’m with you Anna, prayers for the victims, family and friends. SP too.
SP!! maybe it’s time to put out an APB!
One on John too!!!
Are you in that new apartment yet Anna? Any job ideas?
Yes, I’m concerned about both of them…maybe we should check his other sight…and..maybe Sassy is just playing:)
Hey! I thought we were going on a writers strike?
Lots of prayers, guys.
where is his other site?
There has got to be a faster way to scroll down to the bottom of these comments
Check out the # of comments up there :D
Yeah, estimated scrolling time:3 minutes.
Writers strike!
This time I mean it:)
“where is his other site?” I don’t know!
Well, you’re on a Mac, right Anna? I thought you were just kidding about the scrolling down. My browser is Safari I can grab the little blue (color may vary as to your preference settings) blob (capsule shaped?) thingy on the right side that goes up and down when you use the scroll arrows with your cursor (just put my cursor on it, hold the mouse clicker down) and drag the blue thingy down, or just put your cursor at the bottom of the blue thingy track and hold the mouse clicker down until you’re all the way down, or, at least with the settings I’ve got, my space bar moves the page down on screen at a time if I haven’t chosen a text box to write in. Does any of that make any sense? Sorry about the horrible run-on sentences! I’ve actually got a minor in technical writing, but it’s been a while since I’ve used any of those skills! We’ll work through this, no strike!! OK? LOL
See if any of those methods work for you and get back with me. What browser and version do you use?
I found this on THIS site! His other site!
http://www.thewritegroup.com/
Obama does NOT support Israel. Nor does he have his finger on the pulse of the war on terror.
YOU STOP FIGHTING TERROR and TURN YOUR BACK ON ISRAEL and see what happens.
Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that
Apperantly I am no longer priveledged on this site. Hmmmmmmm what’s up with that?
HEY YOU GUYS, IM OUT OF POCKET CUZ MY DAD’S BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL!!!!!
Wonder if they can hear me yell.
John Dear, what are you doing?
Ok, so the lump under my chin has gone down. THANK YOU JESUS! I’m not feeling so good though. Maybe I caught the grunge from the hospital. UGH just my plan.
God wants me to get sick? I don’t get that. I thought I was suppose to get a full time job. Hmmmmmmmm am I thinking all wrong or what?
So, my neck was so huge this morning that it scared me and H. So I went to the welfare clinic I was assigned to, it is (26 miles from my home)where i’m suppose to be able to get seen by a doctor, but apperantly that’s not true. I EVEN HAD MY GOLD CARD IN HAND. I thought that was all you needed but apperantly you have to be gushing blood or other bodily fluids to get seen.
So yes, I was turned away. Told to come back tomorrow at 6a.m. to wait in line, in the dark and cold with uh who? YIKES i’m thinking give me a big ole body guard and i’ll go wait in line.
Now what do I do? Well, i’ve decided to just wait it out and see what happens.
If in fact I get sicker than sick I will have an ambulance race me down to Ben Taube where I may have to wait because the local criminals in prison get seen before tax paying honest, hard working (when they are working) citizens of Houston, Texas DO!
Something is definatly wrong with this picture don’t cha think?
Thanx Tedders..I have a macBook Pro, and I have been using the down arrow..I see the little blue capsule over there, but I will have to re-read
your note.
I was seriously not kidding:D
Yay! look who’s back!
Lots of prayers, SP..
sometimes I wonder if I’m in purgatory or something:)
You’ll have to go up and read my most excellent work rant:):)
“Something is definitely wrong with this picture don’t cha think?”
Yes, but you know what? I don’t think many people can see it-or they just choose not to.
You know, SP, I don’t think it is God, but more of the Devil. He
seems to work harder on the practicing Christians? I guess everyone else is just too easy.
Yes, you have had a lot to deal with.
The Lord only gives us what we can handle
Anna,
I’ve already been there and done that.
I was with him at the beginning and i’ll be with him until the end.
:)
Me thinks the blog is on overload.
Go to the top, click on comments, right next to FEED ON and view your latest comments. Then click on that little arrow and post a new one.
I am visiting political sites so I have the full picture of this election. It is very interesting.
Plus I feel yucky and look like I haven’t slept much according to my Mother so i’m staying close to home.
I have tons of work here to keep me busy. I just don’t get paid in cash money to do it.
~sigh~
Once I see a Doc and get some drugs i’ll be back in the race.
see ya
I did read your rant and had myself a good laugh. I think most workers feel that way. Of course there is a company here in Houston who seems to be doing things differant. They even have message chairs for their employees to use on breaks or lunch.
They provide a nice break room complete with a nice coffee bar and purified water system.
Folks seemed happy there and that was a refreshing change. Of course I am not a career girl but from what i’ve heard most employees hate there boss and where they work.
No! don’t leave us!
BTW, Tedders, thanks for the advices on that little blue capsule over there…I’ve been using the arrow keys and the arrow markers over there.
I seriously didn ‘t know that little puppy worked like that:)
I is a colege gradutate
“Did you know that Noahs Ark could be in IRAN??”
I promise to stay on topic..okay, I’ll try, but tangents just come naturally to me:):):)
Sassy! Quick, take Anna up on her sweet potato recipe before she moves on to another subject! (tangents just come naturally to me) I think she’s A.D.D. like me!! LOL What were we just talking about?
Anna, did you figure out a more efficient way to move the page up or down from my completely inadequate description?
You no, six munths ago I kudnt sae inginere and now I r one!!! : )
And I meant everything I said up there.
AND I have no regrets.
In Fact, that was just the tip of the iceberg…I think that woman is pry possessed by a demon.
AND I really don’t care.
I should pray for her, but I don’t want to…so we’all shall pray for me, SP, and T:):)
Maybe I’ll send her some junk mail…….
Retirement center info:):)
“Retirement center info:):)”
kill ‘em with kindness I say, they’ll eventually figure out it was all sarcasm and be deeply disturbed!! LOL
Actually, I’m always nice-really.
Maybe they weren’t used to that.
I’m still not praying for them
How’s SP?
lots of prayers for SP, T, and Me:):)
New (actually quite old) house next WED:)
I’m excited:)
SP?
How are you?
I think people have moved on to “Your John”‘s newest articles, so
You can vent here..or send me an email? I’m on his article notification list?
Lots of Prayers,
Anna