Contest Winner

There was very little enthuseasm regarding our last contest so only one person played and she finally won.  Maureen or Jefferson won a gift certificate to Brick Haus in Jefferson for lunch.   Thank you for humoring us Maureen and winning the contrest.  For those of you who were too chicken to play the answer was Martha Stewart Assembly Tool.   The clues were all out there for you to win. 

Here is th epicture.  Another contest will follow. 



 

She's a NUT

As everyone is aware, if Steve and I are not home you can find us up at the Pine Cone.  We have gotten to know all the girls up there and we get pretty good servie from all of them.  When you think about it in perspective, it's kind of a sad life but they like us and we like the gals up there. 

The gal giving this stupid looking guy a bad time is our favorite up at the Cone, Sharon.  She is an oldster at the Cone but she really gives me a bad time and I give her the same back.  The other day she was training a new server that I needed to step in and give the new girl some pointers.  I said to Emily, "Do you want to be a good waitress at the Cone?" and she said "Yes".  I responded by saying that anything Sharon tells you, do the opposite and you'll be the best waitress here.  I got struck. 

All kidding aside, Sharon is one of the hardest working ladies we know.  She cleans five or six houses including ours and the Jefferson Bus offices.   She has the most delightful personality and I really think she will use the tips I gave her in a later post on this blog. 

Our Little Boy

Our little boy is all grown up and is still a pistol.  Months ago I told Steve that I wanted to get a laser pointer and see what he did with it.  At first he wasn't sure but he soon learned that he could chase it.  The part he still hasn't caught onto is that he will never catch it.  Someone told me that doing this to our dog will give him OCD.   He's yet to dust, shine the wood floors or alphabetize our spices but he sure does love it a lot. 

When Mr. Moe sees us going near what we call Mousy his tail goes down, he gets into a lunging position and his right paw comes up.  Then he runs full force chasing the mouse back and forth across the house.  Steve did it so long the other day that he puked.   (Moe, not Steve) That wasn't so good but the little guy just loves it.  As you can see, he was pretty worn out but it keeps him out of trouble and as a puppy, he is still full of energy. 

Moe also has to work to earn his keep.  Each day when Steve gets ready for work Moe gets very uptight and wants to go to work.  When Steve is ready he asks Moe if he wants to go to work and he runs out the garage door and sits by the front door of Steve's car.  When he gets to work he makes his rounds, everyone holds him and he lays under Steve's desk until someone comes in again to hold him.  The other day Steve had a private meeting with a new driver and shut his door.  You can see that Moe was not happy to be excluded. 

Beauty is Only Skin Deep But.............

During our July and August visit to our home in The Villages, our dear friends convinced us to go to a "show" and lunch with a bunch of friends.  What is the old saying?  With friends like this, who needs enemies?  The singers were really not singers but lip syncing to various songs.  If you look closely at the singers they were also not what they appeared to be either.
The afternoon started out by our waitress planting herself and the end of our table of eight and saying in a loud voice, and I quote "liten up fellas, I'm only going to say this once....  the vegetables are corn, carrots, cold slaw and apple sauce".  That just got me started and I knew it was going to be a rough day.  I laughed so hard at that I just knew I was in for trouble. 

After the lunch the "ladies", and I use that word lightly, came out to sing their songs.  We were told to place the tips in a certain part of their clothing which I simply would not do.  Every Monday night at bingo I get soggy dollars bills from that piece of clothing and I certainly was not going to participate in that. 

Being the smart a-- I am I decided to give them a little run for their money so I put the first dollar bill in between the buttons of my shirt.  Lady Gabriel came and politely took it.  The next time she came around I put the bill a little further into my shirt and this time she unbuttoned my shirt.  I was a bit appalled.   So at this point I was laughing so hard I thought I'd give it one more try and put it in there again.  This time Joan Crawford came to get it and proceeded to put my face between her piggy banks if you know what I mean which embarrassed the hell out of me but I deserved it and got a wild round of applause. 

I think it's very important to understand that I had nothing to drink except a diet soda.  God knows what would have happened had I been drinking.  After the show they both came out to apologize for teasing me and to say what a good sport I am.   I think Steve might have been a bit embarrassed but what the hell, you only live once and I hope this show was the first and last one I end up at.  I have to admit, we did laugh a lot.  Our dear friend Jimm told the other guys at our table that Steve was the conservative one but Brian.......  Should I be insulted? 

I have since gone up to the Pine Cone and suggested that they get the attention of the entire dinning room and say, "listen up people, the specials are....... and I'm not telling you this again".  They liked it.