I can not believe I have not had time to sit down and write anything since May. It has been a busy summer for sure. Got a lot crammed in the last four months. I guess that is why life is passing so fast now. We hardly have time to sit down and smell the roses. Or visit relatives and friends. You think you have plenty of time, and there is always tomorrow. But today I realized that tomorrow may never come. You see we just returned from my cousin Richard's funeral. He was just four years older than me. Last week he was at his business working away thinking that there was a tomorrow. Just like the rest of us. Then on Monday he went to the doctor and by Tuesday he had passed on to be with our savior. We are always being told that "Life is short" and we say yea it is, but keep on running our heads off doing what ever it is that we do. Never having time to do what is really important.
I kept telling Janene that I need to call Rick and get up with him. The last time I saw him was at Mom's funeral and we said then we would keep in better touch. Well, we all went right back to our busy lives. Now, Rick and I will never be able to sit and talk plants and drink that Bloody Mary we always talked about.
Then, in the paper we read just this week about another cousin's ex-wife that died, an old friend and customer of mine died, one of my old dealers father died, even a friend I used to hunt with died. I think Janene looks at the newspaper each morning checking the names in the "obit" to make sure neither one of us are there.... LOL When you stop and start counting the ones you have known over the past years that have passed away you start thinking again how short life is. Specially when these people are your age or younger.
It is apparent that this one big world we live on is comprised of all these little individual worlds we all live in. And only when our worlds collide do we take time to be with family and friends. And we always say " lets keep in touch" with each other better and then go about our own worlds and never keep those promises.
So what is wrong with the world we live in today? Are we stuffing too much in our lives to really get out of life what we should? Do we really know what that rose smells like? Look at me for instance. It has been since May since the last time I sat down and wrote about any thoughts. But, in that time I have rebuild the barn, added on to it, finished the house, moved in, redecorated the Foley house and SOLD it. Cut grass so many times I feel like a yard boy. Been to NY and help navigate a boat several hundred miles down to the Chesapeake Bay and up the Potomac river. Not to mention the many many times to doctors and the needles I have had stuck in me. And every one of these doctors have tried to run every test on me they could think of. Just because I am in remission from the Leukemia, they doing their damnedest to find something else wrong with me. Sorry, but looks like I may be around annoying you all a lot longer..... Hehehehe. So, if you are reading this right now take time to think about all the people you have made a promise to to keep in touch, but have not. Do something about that promise. Hey for that matter give Janene and I a call we would love to have you drop by or give us a call.
And that is the way it is from down on the Sugar farm.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Monday, May 4, 2009
Just being funny
Humor :
hu·mor (hy›"m…r) n. 1. The quality that makes something laughable or amusing; funniness. 2. That which is intended to induce laughter or amusement. 3. The ability to perceive, enjoy, or express what is amusing, comical, incongruous, or absurd.
So what is life without humor? The most successful salesman of all is the guy that can tell a joke. The most popular guy at a party is the one that makes people laugh. People love to laugh. When a person is laughing it is difficult for him to be mad or even sad. I tell people when they meet me, that I am the kind of person who says what is on my mind. Other words, what goes through my mind comes out my mouth and what comes in my mouth comes out my butt, and most of the time you really can not tell the difference....... Sense of humor is a fine quality of a person. If a person has a good sense of humor, and he can take a joke or tease as good as he can dish it out he will be very well liked. A person who is dry and can not take a joke or tease, but likes to dish it out will most likely not be very popular with others.
Don't you hate to be around a person that is dull? A person that you are afraid to say anything funny because you are afraid that you will offend them or make them angry. I know people like that. And it is hard for me to communicate with them because I do not like upsetting people. I want to make them laugh and be happy, not mad and sour. If you know me, you know I can take it as well as dish it out. ( O.K. I know I am the one mostly dishing it out. And I do get my foot in my mouth a lot) The point I am trying to make is: Life starts out a bitch and goes down hill from there. The first thing in life you know is some body is hitting you on the ass and making you cry. So, it is up to you if you are going to cry and be sad the rest of your life. Or you can just start laughing and decide that life is going to be more fun than that. You can cover up a lot of heart ache and pain with laughter. You can smile and the world smiles with you. Or you can cry and the world will smile at you. You can laugh and the world will laugh with you or you can frown and the world can laugh at you. It is a choice that we all have to make. We have all heard that it takes less muscle to smile than to frown.
Have a good sense of humor and have lots of friends. Having lots of friends is being wealthy. So go out and find your wealth.
Now that being said, I would like to say one thing. I am steeling a closing statement from my all time favorite comedian Justin Wilson. He would close his act with this, "If I have offended anyone with anything I have said or done, I am most sincerely sorry and I do humbly apologize. Now ain't that sweet.
Frankly I don't give a damn."
And that is my thoughts from down on the Sugar Farm.
hu·mor (hy›"m…r) n. 1. The quality that makes something laughable or amusing; funniness. 2. That which is intended to induce laughter or amusement. 3. The ability to perceive, enjoy, or express what is amusing, comical, incongruous, or absurd.
So what is life without humor? The most successful salesman of all is the guy that can tell a joke. The most popular guy at a party is the one that makes people laugh. People love to laugh. When a person is laughing it is difficult for him to be mad or even sad. I tell people when they meet me, that I am the kind of person who says what is on my mind. Other words, what goes through my mind comes out my mouth and what comes in my mouth comes out my butt, and most of the time you really can not tell the difference....... Sense of humor is a fine quality of a person. If a person has a good sense of humor, and he can take a joke or tease as good as he can dish it out he will be very well liked. A person who is dry and can not take a joke or tease, but likes to dish it out will most likely not be very popular with others.
Don't you hate to be around a person that is dull? A person that you are afraid to say anything funny because you are afraid that you will offend them or make them angry. I know people like that. And it is hard for me to communicate with them because I do not like upsetting people. I want to make them laugh and be happy, not mad and sour. If you know me, you know I can take it as well as dish it out. ( O.K. I know I am the one mostly dishing it out. And I do get my foot in my mouth a lot) The point I am trying to make is: Life starts out a bitch and goes down hill from there. The first thing in life you know is some body is hitting you on the ass and making you cry. So, it is up to you if you are going to cry and be sad the rest of your life. Or you can just start laughing and decide that life is going to be more fun than that. You can cover up a lot of heart ache and pain with laughter. You can smile and the world smiles with you. Or you can cry and the world will smile at you. You can laugh and the world will laugh with you or you can frown and the world can laugh at you. It is a choice that we all have to make. We have all heard that it takes less muscle to smile than to frown.
Have a good sense of humor and have lots of friends. Having lots of friends is being wealthy. So go out and find your wealth.
Now that being said, I would like to say one thing. I am steeling a closing statement from my all time favorite comedian Justin Wilson. He would close his act with this, "If I have offended anyone with anything I have said or done, I am most sincerely sorry and I do humbly apologize. Now ain't that sweet.
Frankly I don't give a damn."
And that is my thoughts from down on the Sugar Farm.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
We are finally in the new house
Well, it has been a long haul but we are finally in the new house. Got a few loose ends to finish up with , but at last we are living here. Glad to get out of the 5th wheel trailer too. Since we finished blacking in the house, we have lived here in our 5th wheel trailer. Just go to the Foley house for mail and laundry chores. It was just more convenient staying up here and was able to look after the place and keep the copper thieves away.
It has been a hard road to travel with a few set backs. Like the occlusion of the retina in my left eye. ( basically a stroke in my left eye). As you know I have to sit with an I.V. tube every six weeks, well now I have to have a shot in my left eye every 7 weeks. No fun. ? Since, I had to have a cataract surgery that did not go well and had complications. Now I am in need of still another surgery to correct those complications. Not sure if all this came about because of the high blood pressure or the diabetes. But it is not fun trying to worked one eyed. Now when I tell people I am deft in my left ear and can not see out of the other I am telling the truth.......
Then came the tornado that destroyed the barn. But, in spite of it all, we are living in the new house. Never a dull moment around here. We have the barn put all back together now, but the clean up still goes on. I rented a container to store my junk for awhile, so there is no hurry in getting all moved back into the barn.
Still moving junk from the Foley house. If anyone has a shortage of junk, I can help out. I keep telling Janene that we should just sell the house with all the junk and let some body else have a hand at it. You know "One man's junk is another man's treasure." You know if you have not used something in the last year, you sure as heck don't need to keep it.
It is so nice to have My own stove and kitchen. Now she has hers and I have mine. And I have a gas stove, something I have wanted since we have been married nearly 40 years. Yep, a long time to be together and it sure does not seem that long. Talking about time going by fast. It is almost a year coming up since I lost my buddy Skeeter. I still miss him so bad. Everyone tells me I need to get another dog. And good advice I might add. It is advice I have given for many years to people that has lost a pet like Skeeter. But that is advice I can not bring myself to take. Skeeter was one of a kind and I do not believe I can replace such a little fellow. O, I know I would love another and get really attached to him like I did Skeeter. But how can you replace a fellow like Skeeter. He was so special to me. I do believe it would hurt worst.
Well, I am just rambling now. But that is what a blog is. A place for a person to ramble and write down their thoughts.
I will close with this. The garden is planted. The grass is cut and we have time to stop and visit now. So come on by and sit a spell. The coffee is always hot and the beer is always cold. Janene can always come up with a glass of wine, so come on by and see us when you can.
And thanks for listening to my ramblings. Till next time that is the way it is down on the Sugar Farm.
CW
It has been a hard road to travel with a few set backs. Like the occlusion of the retina in my left eye. ( basically a stroke in my left eye). As you know I have to sit with an I.V. tube every six weeks, well now I have to have a shot in my left eye every 7 weeks. No fun. ? Since, I had to have a cataract surgery that did not go well and had complications. Now I am in need of still another surgery to correct those complications. Not sure if all this came about because of the high blood pressure or the diabetes. But it is not fun trying to worked one eyed. Now when I tell people I am deft in my left ear and can not see out of the other I am telling the truth.......
Then came the tornado that destroyed the barn. But, in spite of it all, we are living in the new house. Never a dull moment around here. We have the barn put all back together now, but the clean up still goes on. I rented a container to store my junk for awhile, so there is no hurry in getting all moved back into the barn.
Still moving junk from the Foley house. If anyone has a shortage of junk, I can help out. I keep telling Janene that we should just sell the house with all the junk and let some body else have a hand at it. You know "One man's junk is another man's treasure." You know if you have not used something in the last year, you sure as heck don't need to keep it.
It is so nice to have My own stove and kitchen. Now she has hers and I have mine. And I have a gas stove, something I have wanted since we have been married nearly 40 years. Yep, a long time to be together and it sure does not seem that long. Talking about time going by fast. It is almost a year coming up since I lost my buddy Skeeter. I still miss him so bad. Everyone tells me I need to get another dog. And good advice I might add. It is advice I have given for many years to people that has lost a pet like Skeeter. But that is advice I can not bring myself to take. Skeeter was one of a kind and I do not believe I can replace such a little fellow. O, I know I would love another and get really attached to him like I did Skeeter. But how can you replace a fellow like Skeeter. He was so special to me. I do believe it would hurt worst.
Well, I am just rambling now. But that is what a blog is. A place for a person to ramble and write down their thoughts.
I will close with this. The garden is planted. The grass is cut and we have time to stop and visit now. So come on by and sit a spell. The coffee is always hot and the beer is always cold. Janene can always come up with a glass of wine, so come on by and see us when you can.
And thanks for listening to my ramblings. Till next time that is the way it is down on the Sugar Farm.
CW
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