YELLOWDOG GRANNY

MONDAY BE BERRY BERRY GOOD..to me

2012-01-30T07:27:00.002-06:00

Tuesday is Jackie's Kitchen..Jamie and I went today to but the stuff, the chicken wings, chicken soup, the bags of small apples and small oranges..Mark who with his wife own West Food Mart, told the kid checking us out to not charge us for the bags of fruit..How sweet is that?...I love my little town. Will let you know how our 2nd Chinese New Year goes. Next month..Mardi Gras..hot dang..Gumbo again.

WANNA PLAY A GAME?

2012-01-27T23:41:00.002-06:00

EVERY DAY SHOULD BE FRIDAY

2012-01-27T07:17:00.001-06:00

Well starting Feb 12th I will have a new volunteer job. I will be doing a book club. I think the first one we will do is the letters of Jacqueline Onassis. It has the book and the cd's that they can listen to also. We'll have cookies and juice or coffee or milk, what ever they want. Then I will read from the book to get them started..talk about the book and see how it goes..if it doesn't pan out we'll think of something else. Think it will be fun. We're going to do it on Sunday's now that football season is almost over with. I told Kathy I could do it on Sunday but only after football. She knew without asking..ha..Think we're going to get some more rain..and the temps will be from 50's to 70's during the day..probably no lower than 35 at night. I have hardly ran my heater this winter..really strange. I'm waiting for the cold front that moves in during the middle of the night and we wake up to a ice bowl. Hope everyone has a great weekend..I have some serious cleaning to do..feck!...started on the stove already..have to do the floors before Dexter gets stuck to it...

WET WEDNESDAY

2012-01-25T08:20:00.001-06:00

It rained on Tuesday and will rain on Wednesday and hopefully Thursday too..We need the rain. I have an apt. on Feb. 2 at 2pm to have some moles removed from back neck and under my boobies..some are skin flaps. What a fucked up word..to me their moles ..a skin flap to me is that large flap of skin that folds over the top of my drawers...now THAT'S a skin flap. The Tale Tellers did a Chinese New Years at library last Saturday and was so good I stole some of their ideas. Kathy is going all out on ours which is going to be on the 31st. It's going to be so cool..And then in Feb. we will do the Mardi Gras like we did before..

so that's it..all the news fit to print. enjoy your hump...

START YOUR MONDAY OUT RIGHT, have Dublin Dr Pepper, oh wait..the assholes at Dr. Pepper shut them down

2012-01-23T07:18:00.001-06:00

I keep leaving nasty cartoons on Dr Pepper's facebook...I'm waiting for them to either block me or have me kicked off facebook..well, at least it would be for a good cause. fuckers.

DIZZY DEAN

2012-01-22T16:04:00.004-06:00

This man is the reason why watching Baseball on TV or listening to it on the radio is fucking boring. Dizzy Dean. You don't know what you missed. Hearing that a player 'slud' into third base, or the coach 'nanchlatly' walked to the pitchers mount or commented that when ever he flew over Arkansas he had the urge to take a pee. Well..he couldn't get away with it today and I think the comment he made about Arkansas got him tossed off the air. And I'm sure right up until his death he couldn't understand why everyone was in such an uproar about it. Some of the best memories I have are sitting around the radio with my Daddy listening to Dizzy call the games. They are probably the happiest times of both our lives. We loved ole Dizzy...Oh by the way before he became a sportscaster, he was one of the best pitches ever. Oh...and like me..he may have been born in Arkansas, but we're Texan's in our hearts and souls.

Dizzy Dean b.Jan 16th, 1910

Died July 17, 1974

Quotes by Dizzy Dean
"Son, what kind of pitch would you like to miss."

"It ain't braggin' if you can back it up."

"I never keep a scorecard or the batting averages. I hate statistics. What I got to know, I keep in my head."

"Anybody who's ever had the privilege of seeing me play knows that I am the greatest pitcher in the world."

"All ballplayers want to wind up their career with the Cubs, Giants or Yankees. They just can't help it."

"I ain't what I used to be, but who the hell is?"

"I won twenty-eight games in 1935 and I couldn't believe my eyes when the Cards send me a contract with a cut in salary. Mr. Rickey said I deserved a cut because I didn't win thirty games."

"It puzzles me how they know what corners are good for filling stations. Just how did they know gas and oil was under there?"

"Let the teachers teach English and I will teach baseball. There is a lot of people in the United States who say 'isn't' and they ain't eating."

"Mr. Rickey, I'll put more people in the park than anybody since Babe Ruth."

"Son, what kind of pitch would you like to miss?"

""Sure I eat what I advertise. Sure I eat Wheaties for breakfast. A good bowl of Wheaties with bourbon can't be beat."

"The doctors x-rayed my head and found nothing."

"The dumber a pitcher is, the better. When he gets smart and tries to experiment with a lot of different pitches, he's in trouble. All I ever had was a fastball, a curve and a change up and I did pretty good."

"The good Lord was good to me. He gave me a strong body, a good right arm and a weak mind."

"He slud into third."

"Well what's wrong with ain't? And as for saying 'Rizzuto slud into second' it just ain't natural. Sounds silly to me. Slud is something more than slid. It means sliding with great effort."

Quotes about Dizzy Dean
"When ole Diz was out there pitching it was more than just another ball game. It was a regular three-ring circus and everybody was wide awake and enjoying being alive."
-- Pepper Martin

"You were attracted by the graceful rhythm of his pitching motion; the long majestic sweep of his arm as he let the ball fly; the poised alertness after the pitch. That was what counted and you knew it when batter after batter swung ineptly at pitches they couldn't even see."
-- Editor of the New York Times

"As a ballplayer, (Dizzy) Dean was a natural phenomenon, like the Grand Canyon or the Great Barrier Reef. Nobody ever taught him baseball and he never had to learn. He was just doing what came naturally when a scout named Don Curtis discovered him on a Texas sandlot and gave him his first contract."
-- Red Smith

ah fuck..do you folks really need me to remind you when it's Friday?

2012-01-20T15:04:00.010-06:00

went to bed early and got up early and had apt with Dr. Cujo, Babs and I had a kick ass lunch at Pizza House. We had bacon cheeseburgers..I had onion rings(which are the best in Texas...maybe the world, but don't want to be pushy about it) and Babs had french fries...but I shared. Then Jeanne sent out a tray of Parmesan/garlic chicken wings, BA chicken wings and fried pickles which were so good it's just plum silly. I think the BA stands for the initials of one of her kids..but I think it stands for Bad Ass. So good..at first it's a little sweet hot and you think..oh that's not so hot..then about the time you put a bigger second bite into your mouth the heat kicks in and holy shit. So good.. We are so spoiled. I am definitely putting her in my will. And in a couple of weeks I will have some wonderful news that I've been sitting on for months..and let me tell you..I'm great with secrets, but this one is killing me.

Anyhow it wasn't till I got back home that I realized that I forgot to do Friday's post..I swear..this is like three of them I've forgotten..brain dead..

Dr. said it might be the statins that is screwing up the muscle in my leg, it's one of the side effects. So he gave me some mild muscle relaxers, which I don't like taking as I get wonky on drugs. But he said they are very mild and short acting..so we'll see. Going to take it tonight before I go to bed. Maybe it will make me sleepy if nothing else. He's also going to remove some moles on my back that look funky and one I sort of accidentally scratched and made bleed..one gets rubbed by my bra..and while he's at it will send them in to be checked for cancer..Since it runs rampant in my family..won't hurt to keep an eye on them. But he's so pleased with my blood pressure and blood sugar..I have hepatitis C, have had it since 1969 but all my liver blood works etc. are perfect so things are AOK so far. My pulse is 54..

Babs and I are going to Tito's tomorrow for breakfast.. it's damn near the only place in town that serves breakfast..breakfast around here is Kolache and coffee...well sorry about the delay ...but it's official folks..it's FUCKING FRIDAY.

WEST, BY GODDESS, TEXAS NEWS

2012-01-18T17:18:00.005-06:00

Not a lot of news, but haven't done a West News in a while so thought I'd let you see what's going on ...

The West Public Library's Tale Tellers have planned a special story time for 10:30 a.m. this coming Saturday to identify and celebrate some of the traditions of the Chinese New Year. Besides reading The Dancing Dragon by Marcia Vaughan, crafts and snacks will be enjoyed by those attending. Children will even be able to learn a few words and phrases in Chinese. Story time is free for all area children. for more information call 826-3070 or visit westpl.org.

The School Board is to check into new track and ball fields.

Plans for a new baseball and softball complex, along with a track, on the West High School campus were discussed during the West Independent School District's Jan.11th board meeting. As most of you know by now..Baseball and softball is king here in West. We have an excellent 4-field baseball/softball complex over by where I live. It's amazing. But when we have the girls softball team in playoffs and the boys baseball team in playoffs at the same time that all the other kids are playing their regular season and playoff games..it gets pretty crowded. So I think this is a good idea. Just don't know why they didn't include all this when they built the new High School to begin with.

The replica of the Vietnam Memorial Wall is coming to West on Memorial Day Weekend. West VFW began raising money to pay for the Wall's appearance in January 2011 and has reached much of their $10,000 goal through monthly breakfast at the West VFW post and generous donations.

This will be a great thing for West..as people from all over will come to see the Wall bringing people to also buy some local goods.I also can't wait to see it..I actually got to see it in person when they had the 10 year Anniversary. I was working at Manassas at the book store. I drove from Texas to Manassas, unloaded the van and drove to Washington D.C. to see the wall..Waved at Clinton and went back to the motel. I bought a ton of souvenirs and did a pencil etching of one of the names for a guy I knew in Waco. It was his son and had never seen it and at his age, never would. So I'm really excited about it going to be here. Wonder what else they have planned?

West Fair and Rodeo Association is bringing back the Bullfest on June 2. This even is part of the DBR Horizon series. They had it last year on April 30, but moved it hoping we'd have a better chance of having better weather.

I-35 is still having temporary lane closures. So far it hasn't screwed anything up..it's usually only been for 4-5 days. But Barbara and I are not looking forward to when they make the frontage roads one way cause it's going to make it a pain in the ass to get off I-35 to her apts. and for me to go visit. feck!

West has 9 churches. First Baptist, First Assembly of God, First United Methodist Church, West Brethren Church,Bold Springs Baptist church, First United Church, Church of Christ, Log Cabin Fellowship and St. Mary's Church of The Assumption. Tours has St. Martin's, Leroy has James Chapel Church and The Leroy Church and Tokio has the Tokio Baptist Church.

Wonder why... the Churches are all First United? I suppose I should google.

The Trojans and Lady Trojans are doing great in basketball. The Lady Trojans are 2-1 in division, and the Trojans are 3-0.

Last week we lost 7 residents from West Rest Haven. Some very big losses and I for one are going to miss them..But then..everyone will.

Blue Bell Ice cream is $4.99 a gallon...sigh*..that's a sale price.

Just a few more reasons why you should pack up and haul your ass to West, By Goddess, Texas: Tastefully updated 3BR/2BA home on 2 acres. Open floor plan, over-sized laundry room, crown molding. Huge kitchen island, carport, covered patio, storage building and fenced yard. On Brickyard Road(country) for $129,900.

4 BD/3BA home with office. Nice, open floor plan, WBFP, built-in appliances, tile and wood floors. Large utility room, large storage utility closet, carport, detached garage with A/C bonus room. Within 2 blocks to 3 schools. $185,000.

If your a nurse, they are hiring RN/LVN full time at West Rest Haven. Czech stop is hiring and experienced secretary in construction and payroll is needed, plus Out West Bar needs a cook.

There is a cute letter to the editor where a dog was found following the mail man on his route. By going through one of the local vets they managed to find the owner.. His job? He's a mailman in Waco. I guess the dog figured our mailman would take him to his mailman.

Girl Scout cookies on sale.Get thee behind my fat thighs Satan.

WHS Baseball is having their 5th Annual Long-Ball Hitting fundraiser on Jan 28 at Veterans Field in West. There will be caps, hoodies, and Texas Rangers baseball tickets for sale. Also grilled hamburgers will be for sale. the public will again be able to take their swings during their portion of the long-ball hitting contest.

And....compounding my love for West..last Sunday West had a benefit for Feryn Schulte . The came from all over ..by the thousands. It was held at the KC Hall, and there was a band, drawing, and all sorts of food. By 10:30 a.m. people were already lined up for food and the line never dwindled down to anything less than 50. (I'm quoting Jeanette Karlik who writes an article for the paper and was there) She said it was packed..the parking lot was full and she said to get from one end to the other because of the crowd would take about 10 minutes.There were t-shirts for sale. They were blue was written, "Faith Enriches Recovery in you now." The first letter in each word spells out Feryn. She said the hall was just a sea of blue. Things were being auctioned off for thousands of dollars. Some of the items were a metal porch swing, a home made meal, picnic table, a huge wooden windmill. Bags of noodles and buchtas went for over $200 each. the auction lasted 5 hours. Feryn is 9 years old and has a rare cancer. Anyone wanting to donate can send a check to Feryn Schulte c/o Carol and Robert Mynarcik

4012 Tokio Road

West, Texas 76601

Well...that's all the news...We may not have beautiful valleys, or rolling hills, or majestic views...but we do have the biggest hearts in Texas..

WINDY WEDNESDAY

2012-01-18T07:32:00.001-06:00

We went from 70 degrees with no sun, to 50's with sunshine..The Goddess has a great sense of humor. All the wind is kicking my allergic ass. I made a great green chili chicken stew. Man oh man, you don't know what your missing..

My sweet granddaughter Jamie is going to college..She's just taking some basic classes now and then will figure out what she wants to do..She's playing with the idea of business but she hasn't made a decision yet. I love her so much..she makes me so proud. We are in each others corners and that's a wonderful feeling. Food Mart had chicken thighs and legs on sale for .47 cents a pound in a 10 pound bag. So I got her one and then brought it home and made some of them lemon pepper and some rosemary and garlic. That way all she's got to do is bone them and can make salads or sandwiches or soups..Between her job and her school, she's not going to have any time to do any cooking..So this should help her out. Ok..have to figure out how to get the information from Bridget's Daughter's blog over to mine so I can do her tagged post..I tried to do it but copy and pasting, but it didn't work and couldn't read what it said. I'm working on it..I'm working on it...

TAROT GIVE AWAY

2012-01-17T16:44:00.001-06:00

at my new friend's blog..check her out..I think you'll like it there .plus you might win something ...js

http://gooutbeneaththenakednight.blogspot.com/

TIP TOE ....THRU THE MONDAYS

2012-01-16T08:19:00.012-06:00

well, Football season is winding down and it's going to be fucking forever before it starts up again..or so it seems.I have lots to do, so might as well get on with it..Sorry this is late..Only got 2 hours of sleep Friday and Saturday so went to bed early last night and forgot to do this..that's 2 days I've forgotten..Wonder if that's a sign I might have early dementia..or that I'm just forgetful..sigh*

FUCKME I'LL NEVER SMILE AGAIN

2012-01-13T19:47:00.004-06:00

my heart is broke.

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/state/headlines/20120113-dublin-dr-peppers-fans-fuming-after-legal-dispute-fizzles-a-texas-tradition.ece

HOLY SHIT..I forgot it's Friday.

2012-01-13T10:59:00.011-06:00

oops......I forgot..I'm down to the last pages of the Stephen King book and got to involved I forgot to do today's post...sue me.

have a wonderful weekend..it may get to 70's by the middle of the week, bu tit will still be nippily at night.

POINTS AND JACKIES POINTS

2012-01-11T22:24:00.007-06:00

"Collective bargaining in the public sector is not a right...it's an expensive entitlement."Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, insisting he was correct to support anti-union legislation even though he's almost certain to face a recall vote in June(National Public Radio.

http://www.investopedia.com/articles/economics/09/unions-workers.asp#axzz1jDMmHemn

"What a jackass. I hope they recall him and make him leave the state. Just don't send his jackass ass to Texas, we have enough of them."

CASE IN POINT.

"There has never been a more ineptly orchestrated, just unbelievably subpar campaign for president of the United States than this one.:..Unidentified senior adviser to Gov. Rick Perry's presidential campaign, reflecting on the Texan's abysmal showing in Iowa's GOP caucuses. (The Dallas Morning News)

I don't want to make black people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money. I want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn the money." GOP presidential hopeful Santorium, introducing race as a consideration in federal entitlement reform.(CBSNews.com.

I think these are the jobs he had in mind.

and then we have THIS.

"Does anybody think that the reason that we got in such a financial mess-- the worst financial crisis since the Great Depre

ssion, the worse economic crisis in a generation---that the reason was because of too much oversight of the financial industry?" Obama, explaining his decision to bypass Congress and announce the recess appointment of Richard Cordray to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.(whitehouse.gov.)

And for all you assholes that acted like President committed a treasonous act, here's some stats for you.

The more I listen to some of my friends that I had considered pretty damn smart and then read on Facebook how they can't stand President Obama because they saw a picture of him not putting his hand over his heart at some function, the more I think I need to pick some new friends. I am disappointed in them and their thinking..and wondering how in the hell I could have been so wrong..sigh*

fuckme till I tilt.

GET OVER THE HUMP

2012-01-11T07:32:00.001-06:00

Well fuck..I deleted my own comment ...duh!..hire the handicapped, we're fun to watch. I have been reading the newest Stephen King book Nov.22, 1963..it's huge..has 3,281 pages or close to it. I'm on page 470 and on chapter 3..well close..anyhow it's an excellent book...not scary but very very suspenseful. I am loving it.I never went to bed last night and slept 2 hours today..I'm doing this Tuesday night and it's 11:00 and I'm still up..fixing to grab the book and Dexter and see if I can't get some sleep. Enjoy your humps...

BLUE MONDAY? make it rosy.

2012-01-09T07:33:00.001-06:00

I wish I could get Dexter to pack a gun. We'd go have a talk with AT&T, them fuckers.

HOLYFUCKME IT'S FRIDAY.

2012-01-06T07:01:00.000-06:00

On your mark...get set...goooooo

JACKIESUE'S AWARD WINNING PECAN PIE

2012-01-05T22:36:00.001-06:00

1 CUP KAYRO SYRUP
1 CUP SUGAR
1/2 TSP SALT
1 TSP. VANILLA
3 LARGE EGGS SLIGHTLY BEATEN(ROOM TEMP)
6 TBSP. ROOM TEMP BUTTER
1 HEAPING CUP OF PECANS
I add the 2 sugars salt and vanilla together and mix by hand
then I add the butter and eggs and mix together by hand
pour into a crust(frozen ones will work..just don't get Mrs. Smith's they suck)
I cook in preheated oven 320 for 20 minutes then turn it up and cook about 30 minutes at 350..it all depends on your oven. It should look like it's set..it will keep cooking after you take it out..so don't leave it in too long..your gonna burn the crust and the nuts..(no jokes here..oh hell, put joke here.)
there is absolutely nothing unusual about this recipe I think it might be on the kayro bottle for all I know..the only difference is the recipe calls for 1/3 cup of butter and that's 51/2 tablespoons..which is a pain in the ass..so I go for the full 6 tablespoons or maybe it's ozs. fuck I don't know..it says on the stick of butter..ha..anyhow..that's the recipe..easy peasy.

what the hell is going on with me..

2012-01-05T12:14:00.003-06:00

these are new years eve pictures taken at Wolf's..the top one is me showing the little star I had put on the end of my nose. I'm sure there was a perfectly good reason for me putting a star on the end of my nose..but I'd already had 2 diet cokes by then and the caffeine was starting to effect my reasoning.

the second one should be titled ..Madonna ..eat your fucking heart out. See I don't need to drink a 6-pack to do stupid shit. Plus I have perfect recall and didn't threaten to kick one persons ass. Like my friend reminded me about being crazy and not drinking..You can't detox crazy...The third one I do believe I'm praying for all the mother fuckers to put their cigarettes out before I'm forced to do it for them..on their forehead. The fourth one is me a Julio Jr.'s wedding. Julio's daddy is one of my favorite people in West. I call him my favorite Mexican. Or panoche lablias.The next one is me and Christopher, who loves me..or lets put it this way. He loves me because of my ability to make the best pecan pie in Texas. The boy..dooo love my pecan pies. I made one for him for Christmas and then made one for him on his birthday on Dec. 31st. But I entrusted it to Jessica and William(David Oden's daughter and husband) to take it to him..For some reason it arrived 2 slices short of a full pie. Which is going to be my new expression for someone not quite wrapped to tight. The last one is me trying on hats at Family Dollar..no one looks more ridiculous than me in hats. I have to be kind..a pin head..my body has bulked up to make up for the huge tits but my head has stayed the same size. So hats do not become me.

and I don't think with the exception of me in Wolf's I have ever remembered to take my damn sunglasses off my glasses and look like some sort of giant bug with 2 sets of eyes...

well..that's all for now..more to come..I'm perfectly legal now..My truck has 4 new tires and fully inspected. I'm dragging Babs to Wacko to go to HEB..I'm sure it will be an adventure..hot diggity.

the first hump of the year

2012-01-04T07:14:00.000-06:00

damn this week is going by fast..

In Memory of Loretta Svacek

2012-01-03T17:05:00.000-06:00

In Memory of Loretta Svacek

one of the finest ladies I ever met.......Goddess bless you..

today..is the first Monday of the new year..brace yourself.

2012-01-02T07:44:00.000-06:00

I swear I'm going to break down and do more real blogging..seems that fecking facebook gets all the good stuff. I have all sorts of news..so between making another pizza for Babs and a loaf of bread for Jamie..I'll get busy and do some real ole jackiesue posts...hope you had a safe sober New Years..I did..and flashed my boobies to Inky's nephew..hah..made my day..and the look on his face was priceless...

suck bite blow

2012-01-01T22:51:00.002-06:00

31-14...fiddle fuck!

2012...see how long it takes to fuck this one up.

2012-01-01T07:13:00.000-06:00

New Years Eve...

2011-12-31T16:21:00.001-06:00

me and ole Dexter would like to take this time to thank you for being here to check out what's going on in our world..life is what you make it..and all of you have helped make my life wonderful...thanks for being my friend...Dexter say's yea, yeah, where's the tuna...love you all...happy new year.

LAST FRIDAY OF THE YEAR

2011-12-30T07:27:00.000-06:00

I could use a doobie right about now.

Hump me in the morning, hump me in the evening, hump me in the summertime..

2011-12-28T07:27:00.000-06:00

I'm still recouping..rest and naps, naps and rest...

old age is one gigantic pain in the ass.

RAINY DAYS AND MONDAY'S ALWAYS GET ME DOWN

2011-12-26T07:22:00.000-06:00

I had a wonderful Christmas..Christmas eve, I had with David Oden's x-wife's daughters house out in China Springs. We had spaghetti, bread(I made 2 loaves of home made french bread) and every kind of dessert you can think of. We played Chinese Christmas and it was loads of fun. I got some perfume and a leopard pattern wallet with lottery tickets and won $5..ha..gave the perfume to Sara as I only wear Tabu. The night before that we had dinner at Wolf's(shrimp and fixings) and I won a beautiful hurricane lamp that wasn't me so gave it to Jamie when we had Christmas dinner at her house tonight..She loved it..Wow..Jamie's dinner was fantastic..she made Turkey breast and injected it with jalapeno juice and it was fantastic. so tender, juicy and tasty..perfect..maybe the best turkey I ever had. I got Tabu and my candy thermometer I have been asking for.So all in all..I had a wonderful Christmas. Babs is going to go get the fixings and I will make us pizza for our dinner. Can't wait.

I hope everyone had as great a holiday as I did..'cause mine rocked..

A VERY MERRY SOLSTICE

2011-12-24T12:32:00.002-06:00

T'WAS THE FRIDAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS and all thru the apt...

2011-12-23T07:04:00.000-06:00

had Jackie's Kitchen it was a hit..but we ran out of time ..so I am going back tomorrow to bake more Christmas cookies and to finish up the Christmas balls..I'm so tired ..........pictures to come..oh..the Letters To Santa Came out this past Wed. but I've been so tired haven't had a chance to post them..and they are so cute this year..so will do it after the Monday post..have a wonderful Christmas, cool yule, great Kwanza, Happy Hanukkah, and Mele Kamekimaka..all the best to my sweet dear blogger buddies..

OY VEY

2011-12-21T16:22:00.003-06:00

2011-12-21T07:09:00.000-06:00

I fucking hate this new format..I actually have a reason for each one being placed where I do..some times one will tag into the next one...but here..I post the pictures and never know in which order they are going to come out in..and the one that is for the hump day and Friday one and Monday one always end up being right in the fucking middle and I have to do a little dance to get it back up to the top..fuuuuuuuuuuuck.....

MADE ME LAUGH

2011-12-19T13:31:00.000-06:00

I'm sorry..I couldn't resist...