ANOTHER DAD STORY PLUS A PHONE AND PURSE ONE

TODAY DAD CALLED THE CHRYSLER DEALER TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO GET THE AC FIXED AND WAS UNABLE TO GET HIS MESSAGE ACROSS ON THE TELEPHONE, SO NOW HE DROVE OVER THERE TO SET IT UP.
HE ALWAYS SAYS HE HATES TO TALK ON THE PHONE , SO I HAVE A SUSPICION HE SETS THINGS UP NOT TO WORK . HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THIS WAY. I USUALLY MENTALLY PREPARE MYSELF FOR ONE DAY A WEEK I DO ALL THE PHONE CALLS AND GET IT DONE AND PUT UP WITH THE "YOU'RE VERY IMPORTANT TO US" BS HOLDS. IT TAKES GUTS AND PATIENCE TO DEAL WITH PHONE CALLS NOT FOR PLEASURE AND TO CORRECT PROBLEMS.

WHEN I WAS A CHILD AND UP UNTIL I WAS ABOUT 40 YEARS OLD, THIS DID NOT GO ON. YOU CALLED ASKED FOR WHAT YOU WANTED AND A REAL PERSON ALWAYS ANSWERED THE PHONE AND YOU COULD GET THINGS DONE
NOW, THEY HAVE PLACED MECHANICAL ROBOTS TO HANDLE ALL OUR WORRIES AND WE ARE ALL STRESSED AND ARE CANDIDATES FOR A HEART ATTACK FROM THE ANXIETY THEY HAVE MADE FOR US.

WHEN I RULE THE WORLD, WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE A REAL PERSON ANSWER THE PHONE AND GIVE US A WELL THOUGHT OUT AND KNOWLEDGEABLE ANSWER WHEN WE CALL AND THERE WILL BE NO HOLDS ALLOWED.
I WAS A LONG DISTANCE OPERATOR FOR MOUNTAIN STATES PHONE CO. WHEN I WAS 18 AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WAS TO GIVE QUICK GOOD SERVICE , WE WERE MONITORED TO MAKE SURE. OUR OFFICE WAS MANNED BY MOSTLY 18 YEAR OLD GIRLS AND OUR OFFICE HAD A SCORE OF 99.5 ON A REGULAR BASIS. THAT IS NO LONGER TRUE NOWADAYS THE MACHINES HAVE TAKEN OVER AND ARE TOTAL FAILURES AT SERVICE. WE ALL HATE THEM. I GUESS THAT IS WHY OUR IMPATIENT DAD HAS SUCH TROUBLE WITH PHONE CALLS. I HAVE NOTED HOWEVER THAT WHEN A FAMILY OR FRIEND CALLS HE CAN CHAT ALL DAY ON THE PHONE, AND HE SPECIALLY LIKES LIVE CALLS THAT INVOLVE ANSWERING QUESTIONS FOR POLL TAKERS OR WHATEVER YOU CALL THEM.
HES KINDA A STRANGE BIRD.
YESTERDAY WE WENT TO CHANDLER I WENT TO THE MALL. I WANTED TO REPLACE MY TORN AND WORN PURSE WITH A SIMILAR ONE, BUT, ALAS TIRAPELLI WAS OUT OF MY FAVORITE STYLE. THEY PUT SO MANY METAL DOODADS ON PURSES THAT YOU NEED A ROLLER CARRIER TO CARRY THEM IT WAS A CHALLENGE. I FINALLY SETTLED FOR A SIMILAR ONE BUT ITS NOT REALLY A LIGHT ONE.
BUT I HAVE A PHONE POCKET A KEY RINGS AND A PLACE FOR MY CALLING CARDS.
WE SAW MANY BABIES AND HAD BRUNCH WENT TO THE LIBRARY AND ON THE WAY HOME THE AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED WORKING IT WAS VERY UNPLEASANT. WE ARE SO SPOILED.
I REMEMBER WHEN WE LIVED IN SACRAMENTO FROM 1956 TO 2004 IT WAS A VERY HOT PLACE, SOME DAYS COULD GET TO 112 AND ON OCCASION EVEN 120 DEGREES IN SUMMER, AND IN WINTER IT COOLED ENOUGH FOR HEATERS . WE HAD NO AIR CONDITIONER THEN WE SURVIVED . ONE APARTMENT WE LIVED IN HAD A SWAMP COOLER I GOT SUMMER PNEUMONIA FROM IT.
IN JULY OF 1964 A TENANT WE HAD SOLD US A WINDOW AIRCONDITIONER FOR $50 AND THAT WAS THE BEGINNIGN 0OF OUR AC DAYS. WE HAD TO INSTALL A 220 PLUG TO WORK IT BUT IT WAS SOO VERY NICE. TO WE WHO HAD NEVER HAD ONE IT WAS DELSISHUS.
I REMEMBER MANY TIMES WHEN IT GOT SO WARM OUT I WOULD PACK APICNIC LUNCH AND TAKE ALL 4 KIDS TO THE RIVER ON MEISS ROAD AT SLOUGH HOUSE WHERE IT INTERSECTED THE ROAD AND WE WOULD SWIM AND COOL OFF IT WAS JUST SHALLOW ENOUGH TO BE SAFE AND DEEP ENOUGH TO BE FUN.
THE KIDS LOVED THESE LITTLE EXCURSIONS WHICH WE DID ABOUT ONCE A WEEK WED START OUT ABOUT 1100AM AND GO HOME ABOUT 100PM THEN WE WOULD HAVE THE AC ON AND TAKE A REST WE ALMOST ALWAYS HAD AN AFTERNOON NAP IF NOT SLEEPING WE HAD BOOKS WE READ IN OUR BEDS. IT WAS REALLY PLEASANT.
LATER ON WE GOT A HUGE OVAL ABOVE GROUND POOL AND WE SWAM A LOT. WE WERE WILLING TO INVITE THE NEIGHBOR KIDS, BUT FOR SOME REASON THEIR REACTION WAS PURE ENVY AND THEY WOULD NOT COME OVER TO SWIM. THEY DID THROW ROCKS INTO THE POOL ON OCCASION, BUT WE LIKED IT ANYWAYS. SOME NIGHTS WED SWIM IN THE BUFF AT MIDNIGHT DAD AND I. WE FELT SO DARING
IT WAS WAY OUT IN THE COUNTRY SO THERE WAS NO ONE TO ACTUALLY SEE ANYTHING ANYWAY.
WE HAD 2 ACRES, THEN BOUGHT 2 MORE BUILT TWO HOUSES AND LATER MOVED A HOUSE FROM DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO TO OUR 1 ACRE PLOT. WE SOLD 2 HOUSES ONE OF THE TWICE.
WE ALSO BOUGHT A PLACE DOWNTOWN THAT HAD AN APT DOWNSTAIRS AND A HOUSE UPSATIRS, WHICH WE COULD RENT OUT. THEN WE BUILT A CABIN IN THE REDWOODS WHERE WE HAD 40 ACRES CLOSE TO THE COAST. AND WE BOUGHT ANOTHER NEW HOUSE IN ELK GROVE AND SOLD IT AND MOVED OUT HERE AND HAD A HOUSE BUILT HERE.
WE ARE NOW DOWN TO ONE HOUSE . A RELIEF.
IT WAS A FUN LIFE. AND WE BOUGHT EVERY SINGLE HOUSE FOR NO DOWN PAYMENT CAN YOU BELEIVE THAT?
OUR FIRST LITTLE HOUSE COST $7.000 TO BE BUILT BUT WEHAD 2 ACRES THAT COST 2500 TO PLACE IT ON. THEN WE BOUGHT THEADJOINIGN2 ACRES AND BUILETANOTHER NEW HOUSE IT WAS A NICE SIZE. THE BEDROOMS WERE MUCH LARGER THAN NOW ADAYS. YOU HAD ROOM FOR BEDS AND DRESSERS. IT COST 13,000 WITH THE 2 ACRES.
EVERYTHING COST LESS BUT OUR INCOME WAS SMALL I BABYSAT A WORKING MOMS DAUGHTER TO MAKE ENDS MEET AT HOME. SHE IS NOW ONE OF MY LONGEST AND CLOSEST FRIENDSHIPS IN MY LIFE. I HAVE MANY FRIENDS NOW BUILT OVER THE YEARS. THEY ARE EVEN CLOSER THAN MY RELATIVES. MANY I LOVE LIKE MY VERY OWN DAUGHTERS AND GRAND CHILDREN.
I HAVE HAD A LUCKY LIFE WITH FRIENDS. SOME FEW FELL AWAY DUE TO MOVES OR CHANGES IN THEIR LIVES OR MINE. BUT THYE REMAIN IN MY HEART FOREVER.
AMEN .

GRANDCHILDREN

I WISH WE HAD HAD MORE GRANDCHILDREN BUT I GUESS GOD'S PLAN FOR US IS TO LOVE ALL CHILDREN AS IF THEY ARE OUR VERY OWN.

IT SORT OF WORKS BUT WE DON'T GET AS MUCH TIME WITH THEM AS WE HAD WITH OUR ONE GRANDCHILD WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG. NOW SHE IS A YOUNG WOMAN ON THE VERGE OF BEING A PROFESSIONAL RN . AND SHE IS MARRIED AND SHE AND HER HUSBAND ARE RELIGIOUS AND INTO THEIR CHURCH AND THEIR LIVES. I AM PROUD OF HER AND I LOVE HER MORE THAN ANYTHING.
I DO MISS THE MONTHLY VISITS EACH YEAR WHEN WE HAD HER ALL TO OURSELVES AND I COULD TAKE HER TO ALL THE WONDERFUL PLACES IN CALIFORNIA ON TRIPS AND I COULD SPEND AS MUCH MONEY AS SHE WANTED ON HER WHIMS.

WE HAD THE BEANIE BABY CRAZE FOR AWHILE AND SHE LOVED STUFFED ANIMALS WE GOT LOTS OF THEM FOR HER. HE HUSBAND TODAY INSISTS SHE RID THE BED OF SOME OF THAT CLUTTER. HAHAH
YOU CAN TAKE THE WOMAN AS PART OF THE CHILD BUT YOU CAN NEVER GET RID OF THE CHILD. SUCH A DARLING YOUNG WOMAN.

THE HAPPY BABY AT MIMI'S

WE WENT TO MIMI'S AND THERE WAS A BABY GIRL WITH HER MOM AND DAD AND GRAND PARENTS, SHE WAS SO SWEET AND SMILEY AND SHE WAS ENTRANCED BY OUR ATTENTION AND THE PARENTS ALLOWED US TO HOLD HER FOR A WHILE, AND SHE WAS SO VERY CHEERFUL AND SWEET.
IT IS SO NICE WHEN PARENTS APPROVE OF OTHER PEOPLES LOVE FOR THEIR BABIES, SO MANY ARE PARANOID ANYMORE , IT MAKES IT SAD THAT LITTLE ONES ARE DEPRIVED OF LOVING ATTENTION.

SO DIFFERENT FROM WHEN I WAS A CHILD, ALL CHILDREN SORTA BELONGED TO EVERYONE AND IF YOU WERE NAWTY, YOU GOT STOPPED BY THE RESPONSIBLE ADULT WHO FOUND YOU DOING THE BADDY. AND YOU WERE IMMEDIATELY REINFORCED TOWARD GOOD BEHAVIOR.

A CHILD LEARNS BEST BY REINFORCING THEIR ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR, YOU LOOK F9R THE BEHAVIOR YOU APPROVE OF AND INSTANTLY TELL THE CHILD OF YOUR APPROVAL. SUCH A SIMPLE IDEA, AND YET SO MANY PARENTS DO NOT KNOW THIS.
I HAD A LOT OF TRAINING IN BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION IN COLLEGE AND WAS ABLE TO ALTER MANY SAD CHILD'S LIFE THROUGH TEACHING THEM APPROVAL FOR ALL GOOD THINGS THEY DID.
WHEN I WORKED IN A STATE HOSPITAL WITH ADOLESCENTS WHO WERE DISTURBED, MANY PSYCHIATRIC TECHNICIANS WHO WERE TRAINED TO DO DIFFERENTLY, PUNISHED KIDS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T LIKE THEM AND WOULD AGGRAVATE THEM TO THE POINT WHERE RESTRAINTS WERE USED.
I SPENT MUCH TIME WRITING UP THESE MALCONTENT INAPPROPRIATE PEOPLE AND MADE A LOT OF NON FRIENDS THAT WAY.
BUT I DIDN'T CARE I KNEW RIGHT AND WRONG AND I TOOK RESPONSIBILITY FOR MY ACTIONS AND THE KIDS WERE SPARED A LOT OF BAD STUFF WHEN I WAS THERE.

ONCE I WORKED ON A UNIT WITH DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED CITIZENS IN A HOSPITAL AND ONE PATIENT IN PARTICULAR WAS ALWAYS SHOWING UP BRUISED AND WITH KNOTS ON HIS BODY UNTIL ONE DAY I WATCHED THE NURSE BATHING HIM, SHE HAD SAID HE FELL IN THE SHOWER OR TUB, HE DID NOT FALL. SHE WAS A VERY BAD PERSON. 6 WEEKS AFTER THE LAST EPISODE OF ABUSE IT WAS REPORTED SHE DIED OF COCAINE OVERDOSE. THIS WOMAN WAS ABUSING DRUGS AND PATIENTS AND HAD A JOB AS A NURSE WHERE HER SALARY WAS QUITE LARGE AS A NURSE AND SHE CHOSE TO BE AN IDIOT. I CANNOT SAY I'M SORRY SHE WENT INTO T HEREAFTER BEFORE SHE COULD HURT ANYONE ELSE.

ONE DAY THIS WEEK WE WENT TO THE STRIP MALL WHERE OFFICE MAX IS AND I BOUGHT THOSE PENS THAT YOU USE ON BILLS TO DETERMINE IF THEY ARE COUNTERFEIT OR NOT, I WENT IN A STORE RECENTLY ACE HARDWARE WHERE A SIGN SAID THEY DON'T TAKE $50 BILLS ANYMORE BECAUSE THERE ARE TOO MANY COUNTERFEIT ONES . ALL YOU NEED IS A PEN TO DETERMINE IF THEY ARE GENUINE OR NOT. I GOT ONE AND NEXT TIME I GO TO ACE HARDWARE ILL SHOW IT TO THEM SO THEY CAN GET UP TO MODERN TIMES!!

ALSO ON THAT DAY I WAS LEAVING THE STORE AND I SAW DAD(DON) AND A LITTLE BOY PLUS HIS 2 MOMS IN FRONT OF THE DOLLAR STORE AND THE LITTLE BOY WAS VERY EXCITED , I DISCOVERED THAT DAD HAD GIVEN HIM A $2 DOLLAR BILL AND HE THOUGHT HE WAS REALLY REALLY RICH AS THEY WANDERED OFF I HEARD HIM SAY TO THE MOMS" I WILL TAKE YOU OUT TO DINNER!" HAHA LITTLE BOYS ARE SO DEAR.

DAD AFTER SAID HE WASN'T ABLE TO GET A TOY BECAUSE HE HAD NO MONEY WHEN HE GAVE HIM THE MONEY AND HE DIDNT BUY A TOY HE WAS GOING TO SPEND IT ON THE MOMS.

CHILDREN ARE GOD'S GIFT TO HUMANITY.

WELLP!!

WE WENT TO CLAIMJUMPERS AND HAD ALL KINDS OF LOVELY FOODS, ONE CHICKEN POT PIE ONE STEAK DINNER WITH SALAD AND SWEET POTATO SHARED BY GRAMPA AND I, ONE CHICKEN THING AND ONE SALAD FOR OUR VEGGIE DAUGHTER IN LAW AND THOSE LITTLE HAMBURGERS FOR GRAND DAUGHTER .
EVERY ONE WAS HAPPY AND HAD LEFTOVERS OF COURSE.

THEN WE WENT TO SONS HOUSE AND CHATTED UNTIL ABOUT 700PM OR SO THE FREEWAY HOME WAS QUITE CLEAR. I LIKE THAT FROM PHOENIX TO HOME IS ALWAYS FAIRLY EASY DRIVING .

I DROVE HOME AND WE STILL HAD TIEM TO WATCH JON STEWART AND A MOVIE .WE WERE UP UNTIL MIDNITE AND WENT TO BED THEN.
IT WAS 8AM WHEN I WOKE UP TODAY.

I FINALLY GOT A NOTE FROM OUR TWIN FRIENDS THEY WERE ON RSTRICTION AS I THOUGHT BUT I WAS WORRIED BECAUSE I HAD NOT HEARD FROM THEM AND IF YOU SAW SOEMONE RECENTLY AND THEN YOU DON'T HEAR FROM THEM IN ANY WAY YOUR MIND RUNS INTO FEAR FOR THEIR SAFETY.

WE GOT A NOTE FROM ANOTHER OF OUR DEAR FRIENDS FROM STARBUCK'S AND WE WILL HAVE LUNCH WITH HER TOO. IF IT WASN'T FOR ALL THESE KIND SWEET CHILDREN WE ADOPT SPIRITUALLY I COULD NOT FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE LOSS OF MY OWN . I ADMIT IT, THEY FILL MY HEART WHERE IT HURTS THE MOST.

AND I THINK GOD TOOK MINE AWAY SO I WOULD LEARN TO BE KIND AND GENEROUS TO ALL OTHER CHILDREN.

WELL, IT IS WEDNESDAY AND TONITE WE ARE GOING TO DINNER IN PHOENIX WITH MY FAMILY ...MY SON HIS WIFE AND MY GRANDDAUGHTER AND HER HUSBAND.
THIS IS OUR DELAYED ANNIVERSARY MOTHERS DAY FATHERS DAY YEARLY DINNER . HAHHA
WE ALL HAD BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES AND ETC WHILE WE WERE GONE TO CALIFORNIA.

THE OTHER DAY I WAS THINKING AGAIN ABOUT MY BEST CHRISTMAS WHEN I WAS A KID... I GOT A PAIR OF TENNIS SHOES, A SILVER DOLLAR, A BIG BIG ORANGE, AND A BIG BIG APPLE . THE APPLES AND ORANGES WERE THE SIZE OF ALMOST A CANTALOUPE AT CHRISTMAS TIME. I DON'T KNOW IF GROWERS ONLY HAD THEM AT THAT TIME OR HOW IT HAPPENED BUT SO HELP ME THAT'S THE TRUTH. AND THEY WERE SOOO JUICY ANS SWEET AND GOOD PICKED AT THE RIPENED BEST.

ANY CHILD TODAY WHO ISN'T HOMELESS WOULD THINK THIS A BUNCH OF JUNK TO GET FOR CHRISTMAS.

THIS WAS POST THE DEPRESSION OF 29 IN 1942 AND IT WAS STILL A BIT OF A POVERTY TIME. THE WAR HAD JUST STARTED AND WE WERE ON RATIONED FOOD AND CLOTHING TIMES, YOU HAD TO HAVE FOOD RATIONING BOOKS AND CLOTHES RATIONING STAMPS AND LITTLE RED TOKENS LIKE THINGS MADE OF A CARDBOARD STUFF VERY HARD TO BUY MEAT . THEY WERE CALLED POINTS.
EVERY FAMILY WAS ALLOWED SO MANY POINTS PER PERSON . ALSO GASOLINE WAS VERY SCARCE SO YOU DIDN'T SEE TOO MANY FOLKS DRIVING AROUND AND THERE WEREN'T TOO MANY WHO ACTUALLY HAD AN AUTOMOBILE.
EVERYONE HAD A JOB IN A WAR FACTORY WHERE THEY MADE ALL KINDS OF WAR OBJECTS.
ALL THE MEN WENT TO WAR ALL THE WOMEN STAYED HOME AND WORKED IN A FACTORY IF LUCKY AND A LOT WERE WAITRESSES BECAUSE FACTORY PEOPLE HAD TO EAT. I CANNOT REMEMBER HOW THE RATIONING WORKED IN A RESTAURANT BUT I'M SURE IT WAS LIMITED A LOT.

I WAS BUSY GOING TO SCHOOL AND TRYING TO GET BY ON ALL SIDES. WE HAD OUR OWN HOME, BECAUSE GRANDPA HAD PROVIDED US WITH A PERMANENT HOME IN SANTA FE. IT WAS AT 511 WEST SAN FRANCISCO STREET. IT STILL EXISTS IT HAS GONE THRU MANY CHANGES WHEN I WAS LAST IN SANTA FE IN 1997 IT WAS A CLINIC, BUT I LOOKED IT UP ON THE INTERNET ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO AND IT WAS SOME KIND OF STORE AN ART PLACE I THINK. THE HOUSE WAS MADE OF SOLID ADOBE BRICKS ABOUT 18 INCHES THICK, THE WINDOWS WERE ALL WINDOW SEATS I REMEMBER SITTING IN THEM AND WATCHING IT SNOW OUTDOORS. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL TO SEE.
AND THERE WAS A DITCH FOR CATCHING WATER AT ONE SIDE OF OUR HOUSE AND A HUGE COTTONWOOD TREE GREW THERE. IT WAS A SMALL HILL WE USED TO CLIMB THAT BIG TREE AND BE UP ABOUT 50 FEET IN THE AIR MY BROTHER AND I, OUR MOTHER WOULD SCREAM WE WERE GOING TO FALL AND DIE AT US , WE JUST WAVED TO HER AND LAUGHED.

WE ALSO ATE THE BUDS WITH THE COTTON FLUFF IN THEM THEY TASTED GREEN WE LIKED THEM WE NEVER DIED FROM EATING COTTONWOOD SEEDS SO I GUESS THEY WERE OK.

I MUST SAY OUR CHILDHOODS WERE VERY INTERESTING EVEN THOUGH WE HAD FEW IF ANY LUXURIES. I REMEMBER MY AUNT GAVE ME THIS LITTLE PIANO AND I LOVED IT MY BROTHER TOOK IT AND REMOVED ALL THE LITTLE ROUND MARBLE LIKE THINGS SO HE COULD PLAY MARBLES I WAS HEARTBROKEN.
THEN MY SISTER AND I GOT A DOLL AND A BUGGY ONCE AND I CANNOT REMEMBER OUR AGES WHEN ALL THIS OCCUR ED BUT WE WERE SMALL KIDS, I MUST HAVE BEEN AROUND 7 MY BROTHER TOOK MY BUGGY AND SET IT AFIRE AND WAS PLAYING LIKE HE WAS BOMBING THE ENEMY IN THE WAR AND HE TOTALLY DESTROYED IT. ALSO HE REMOVED THE DOLLS EYES FOR THE MARBLES AGAIN. HE WAS A NASTY MEAN BOY. AS A RESULT I LET THE AIR OUT OF HIS BIKE TIRES AND HE BEAT ME UP. LIFE WAS HARD AT TIMES.
MY POOR MOTHER HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO DO WITH HIM HE WAS A PROBLEM.

THIS WAS LIFE IN THE EARLY 40'S WE MUST HAVE BEEN A BIT BETTER OFF SINCE WE GOT A FEW TOYS AT LAST.

MY GRANDFATHER DIED WHEN I WAS A MONTH SHY OF MY 4TH BIRTHDAY I WAS SO LOST WITHOUT HIM, HE HAD BEEN MY FATHER AND GRANDFATHER AND I LOVED HIM DEEPLY, EVEN AS ADULTS EACH OF US ALWAYS FELT GRANDPA LOVED ME BEST. THAT IS HOW WONDERFUL HE WAS.

MY MOTHER THEN MARRIED HER NEXT HUSBAND AND HE WAS A MAN FROM MINNESOTA HE WAS BIG HUGE LOOKING TO MY SMALL SELF AND HE WAS LOUD AND HE ATE LIKE A PIG I WAS NERVOUS AROUND HIM ALL THE TIME. HE WAS ALSO ABUSIVE TO US CHILDREN. I LEARNED TO TRY AND STAY AWAY FROM HIM HE SCARED ME. AFTER MY GRANDFATHER'S GENTLE DISCIPLINARY WAYS, HE WAS A MONSTER.

FORTUNATELY FOR US WE WERE EVENTUALLY PLACED IN FOSTER HOMES WHERE I THRIVED AND WAS QUITE CONTENT. WELL I WAS UNHAPPY IN MY FIRST FOSTER HOME BUT THE SECOND ONE WAS A VERY NICE AND I GREW AND THRIVED THERE.

STRANGE HOW MY MEMORIES TAKE OVER LIKE THIS AT TIMES. THEY JUST RUN AND RUN.

AHH A FUNNY ONE ... WHEN I WAS ABOUT 11 I PLAYED HOOKY FROM SCHOOL ONE DAY AND WENT TO THE MOVIES TO THE BURRO ALLEY THEATRE I HAD TO WATCH STANLEY AND LIVINGSTON UGH WHAT A BORE.
WELL I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER MY TWO FRIENDS FROM SCHOOL SISTER S DOLLY AND BERTHA CAME BY FOR ME EVERY DAY, AND WHEN I WASN'T THERE AND NOT AT SCHOOL THEY REPORTED ME AND I WAS FOUND OUT. I TRIES TO TELL EVERYONE IN MY SHAME AT BEING CAUGHT THAT I HAD A HEART ATTACK ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL BUT THEY LOOKED AT ME STRANGELY. HAHAHHA
ENOUGH MEMORIES BYE FOR NOW HUGS.

WHAT??

THIS POST IS A THIRD TRY. I WROTE THIS BEFORE AND DELETED IT DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES THAT COULD CAUSE TROUBLE.

ANYWAYS I WAS GOING TO WRITE MORE CHILDHOOD MEMORIES BUT I GOT SO DISTRACTED BY DAD THAT I FORGOT MY MEMORIES.

LAST WEEK WE WENT TO LUNCH WITH TWO YOUNG FRIENDS WHO ARE SO SWEET AND NICE AND KIND THAT WE REALLY ENJOYED THEIR COMPANY. OUR LACK OF GRAND KIDS FORCES US TO SPIRITUALLY ADOPT OTHERS' KIDS . I HOPE ONE DAY OUR GRANDDAUGHTER HAS GREAT GRAND KIDS FOR US TO SPOIL BUT IT MAY BE SOMETIME DOWN THE ROAD AND WE MAY END UP IN HEAVEN BEFORE IT HAPPENS.

BEING IN YOUR 70'S IS NO PICNIC. EVERY DAY IS A GIFT OF LIFE NOW.

I DO TRY TO AVOID READING OBITS AS IT REMINDS ME OF HOW LITTLE OR HOW MUCH WE MAY STILL HAVE TO GO. BEST TO NOT KNOW.

WE WENT TO SEE "UP" A MOVIE FOR CHILDREN IT WAS VERY CUTE AND WE HAD TODDLERS CRAWLING ALL OVER THE PLACE AND ONE LIL BOY TRIED TO GIVE ME HIS POPCORN BUT HIS BROTHER INTERCEPTED THE GIFT. HAHAH

IT WAS SO MUCH FUN.

USUALLY I LIKE QUIET BUT THEIR COMMENTS AND LAUGHTER WERE DELIGHTFUL.

WE DID HAVE TO WEAR EAR PLUGS ALL THRU IT, SOMEHOW THE MANAGEMENT OF THE THEATRES SEEM TO THINK YOUNG KIDS CANT HEAR UNLESS YOU BLAST THEIR EARS WITH LOUD EARSPLITTING VOLUME. NO WONDER WE HAVE SO MUCH DEAFNESS IN KIDS, THEY CANT HEAR THEIR MOM'S DIRECTIONS AND THIS IS WHY I SUSPECT.

ITS NOT ADHD IT IS DEAFNESS THAT THEY CANT FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS MOMS.

ANYWAYS I'M GONNA START A COMMITTEE TO TONE DOWN THAT THEATRE SOUND IF IT TAKES THE REST OF MY LIFE. I WILL START WITH A LETTER TO THE DISPATCH,THEN THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC THEN THE NEW YORK TIMES. THE WASHINGTON POST UNTIL I GET SOME KIND OF RESPONSE AND IN THE MEANTIME ILL WRITE MY CONGRESSMEN ABOUT THESE THINGS. WE WILL HAVE A BILL IN THE HOUSE BY CHRISTMAS.

I Managed to change mortgage laws in California by doing this and i only had to contact one representative to do it. it didn't help me but it did help those after me.

AT ANY RATE THINGS CAN BE CHANGED , LOOK HOW WE GOT THE STOP SMOKING LAWS IN ARIZ0NA . AFTER CALIFORNIA IT WAS DIFFICULT TO LIVE IN A SMOKE FIILLED STATE SO WE GOT IT THROUGH THANK GOODNESS.

AND ONE DAY CIGARETTES WILL BE A VERY MINOR PROBLEM. MY MAIN OBJECTION IS MY DISCOMFORT AND SECODNLY IS THE FACT THE FACT THAT TAX PAYERS ARE SADDLED WITH PAYING FOR DISABILITY PAYMENTS AND TREATMENT FOR THESE CANCER FILLED FOLK WHO DO IT TO THEMSELVES, I RESENT PAYING FOR SELF INFLICTED DISABILITIES AS IN MOTORCYCLE RIDERS WHO DRIVE CARELESSLY AND AUTO DRIVERS WHO RISK EVERYONES LIVES.

THIS IS MY RANT FOR THE DAY.

IF PEOPLE COULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN ACTIONS , WE WOULD NOT NEED GOVERNMENT LAWS AND REGULATIONS. THE IMMATURITY OF SOCIETY FORCES THESE ON US.

IT IS A BONE OF CONTENTION WITH ME THAT WE CANNOT RAISE MORE RESPONSIBLE CHILDREN.

THIS SI BROUGHT ON BY WORKING MOTHERS AND LACK OF RELIGIOUS UPBRINGING AND MORAL AND ETHICAL TRAINING IN THE HOME.

AND A BELEIF THAT M MORALITY AND SPIRITUALITY IS FAR MORE VALUABLE THAN MATERIAL GOODS. EVERY HOEM HAS SO MUCH JUNK NOWADAYS THAT THERE IS REALLY NO ROOM FOR ANYMORE STUFF. YET WE KEEP BUYIGN NEWER BETTER MORE ADDED FEATURES IT IS NEVER ENOUGH. ITS NOT ENOUGH TO HAVE A CELL PHONME FRO PROTECTION WEHAVE TO TEXT TAKE PICTURES AND MOVIES AND GO ONLINE ON THESE PHONES, WHEN WE HAVE PREFECTLY GOOD COMPUTERS AT HOEM, AT SCHIOOL AT THE LIBRARY AVAILABEL ALL THE TIME.

NOT ONLY ARE THESE A DISTRACTION IN SCHOOL AND ON THE ROAD, BUT ACTUALLY CAUSE OF ACCIDENTS IN CARS AND IN DISTRACTIONS FROM DANGERS.

IF YOU ARE BUSY FOCUSED ON YOUR PHONE YOU CANNOT SEE A PREDATOR CLOSING IN ON YOU .

WOW I REALLY WENT OFF!!

OK CLOSE OFF.