JACKIESUE GROWDUP

This was the summer of 1968...Taken out front of the 101...It was on the corner and the address was 101...it was right next door to the Union Office for longshoremen...so we had a steady business of dunk and disorderly..I have many many stories of me in that joint..Like Blackie the swamper,Luane the gogo dancer,Stravos the Greek, cops that hand cuffed me and Luane to the post in front of 101 because they thought it would be fun..The time one of the wives wanted a grasshopper and I thought I knew how to make it and nearly killed her because I didn't know it needed white creme de cocoa and just keep adding green creme de mint..My boss who was the owner of the Hook and Ladder Tavern and bought the bar so I could be his bartender. Ahh, yes, the good ole days..I was about 25 here..
This is me at about 34..We had been swimming all day long and it was getting a little nippy out..as you can see..I'm working my way up to the old broad I am now..

JACKISUE GROWNING UP

Jackiesue at 8 years old..the hula girl...mother used to pose me and would piss me off..jeez, look at all that hair.

both taken at Hickam AFB in Hawaii..

Here jackiesue is 9 years old.

With back to the camera..now you see why my

Daddy wouldn't let me play tackle football with the boys any more..Was going to the swimming pool..was unhappy cause I wanted to take my bike Blosom Bailey Roycroft and my parakeet Pete to the beach...who wants to swim in a pool when you have the whole ocean to swim in..?

MY KINDA BUMPER STICKER

Shady Lane sent this to me...

IT'S FINALLY COLD IN WEST,TEXAS

It's in the 30's..and think it crept down to the 20's...dang...I opened the door to get the paper this morning and Annie usually goes out to eat some grass when I do..she stuck one paw out the door, turned and looked at me and said in cat lingo 'You gotta be fucking kidding ' and came back inside..She wouldn't even go out with her little sweater on...I have to go out to feed the birds..but I will be bundled up really good, wearing my Supergirl Cap that Junebugg sent me for Xmas..I have a little ritual now when I go out the door with it on my head...I throw open the door and go 'TADA'. Makes me feel super...

I am having soo much fun with my scanner/printer copier...and found the pictures I took when I was down in Austin and Kingland while I was taking care of Bolish and Yippy fucking Skippy...I hope I don't bore the shit out of you with all these pictures, but it amuses me and that's all that matters..Not that I don't take into consideration your wants and feelings..it's just that amusing me is more fun..This picture is of Shady Lane and Bolish at the Kingland house.

This one is of Brewster...Shady's terrific husband on the dock behind their house on Lake Austin...He is the best..he puts up with her, she puts up with him..You can't tell but He lost his leg from right below the knee and has an 'unfoot'...he lost it in a jetski boat accident..years and years ago..believe me..it doesn't slow him down a bit..he waterskis, races race carts,does everything he ever has and more...I'm crazy about him...plus he likes me..which is a huge compliment as he doesn't much like Shady's friends..They actually make me look sorta normal...(they're mostly yankees)This is Bolish and Yippy fucking Skippy...nuff said about the dog..Bolish by the way is doing terrific in the new 'home' and sad to say, doesn't remember me much at all..which is ok...I remember him....

This is the view from the right side of Lane and Brewsters house on Lake Austin...I love their little house on the Lake..If I had a kabillion dollars I would buy the lot right next door to them and build a little house..but the cost of just putting in a sewer system is like $100,ooo..they have to be a certain type and they are expensive and they are hard to do as there is limited room..But the view is just fantastic..The Steiner Ranch where we used to live and where we first met is right across the lake..It's now a mulitmillion dollar housing area...where it used to be about 100 people and several hundred rodeo livestock and a few drunk cowboys..Ahh, the good ole days..this is the view of Shady and Brewster's dock..they have 2 docks..Brewster and Lane run their own boat shop..called Custom Fiberglass..If you're ever in Austin, Texas and want your boat fixed, or buy one, or jetski or just bullshit...Stop by...although if Shady's in a pissy mood you might not want to bullshit...She does not suffer assholes lightly.

Ok..that's all the pictures for now..still have ones of little asshole, the apt.and others..but will try and spread them out over a time...

I WANNA BE A COWGIRL

Actually I wanted to be a Cowboy...and this is the one I wanted to ride with.....

That's Hopalong Casidy with his Horse Topper..

That's Jackiesue...getting ready to ride the range and shoot me some bad guys...I think I was 7..I wore this outfit till it was faded and ragged..If I could find an outfit just like it today that would fit....I'd wear it..

BUSH'S VISIT TO SAUDI ARABIA

Ole Bushie wraps up his week long trip to the Middle East and I'm wondering ....what the hell did he accomplish?....Most analysts and politicians think he didn't accomplish anything(and I agree) Arab critics said that his peace efforts are unrealistic and his anti-Iran rants are dangerous.His praise of authoritarian governments disappointing and his defense of civil liberties a little ironic, considering all the civil liberties he has taken away from the people in his own country...

"There is no credibility to his words after what the region saw during his presidency," said Mohamad Fayek,the Cairo, Egypt-based director of the nonprofit Arab Organization for Human Rights. He cited the war in Iraq, the war on terror suspects held in a prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the Abu Ghraib detainee abuse scandal. "American policy threw the region off-balance and destabilized it.The visit caused deep disappointment. I don't see any results."

"Skepticism on all sides is enormous," said Nicholas Pelham, a Jerusalem-based senior analyst with the International Crisis Group.

Meanwhile Sheriff Bush didn't back down on his warnings to Iran, which he has smacked down at nearly every stop on his 8-day journey.He reiterated in Saudi Arabia that a military option isn't out of the question, (ahh, jeez, he's still trying to start another war, so he can authorize his staying in office)though he emphasized that he'd like to find a diplomatic solution to what he called Iran's defiant pursuit of a nuclear program and alleged funding of militants in Lebanon, Afghanistan, Iraq and the Palestinian territories. (why isn't he screaming and yelling about that little squirt in North Korea who already has the fucking bomb)His berating of Iran seems to be pushing the gulf countries closer to siding with Iran than going against him. Investors play a vital role in the economy of Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Iraq.

The only thing that Bush said that seemed to win him any votes was his urging of Israel to end "the occupation that began in 1967." But he quickly lost them by holding up Israel as a regional example and defending embattled Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

Security was very tight at the president's destinations, often at great cost to the host countries and no small inconvenience to locals. Small demonstrations erupted in Bahrain, Egypt and the Palestinian territories.

"We reject his visit. His hands are tainted with the blood of Palestinians and Iraqis.He's a war criminal," (his hands are tainted with American blood too)said Fatima al-Wakeel, 21, a recent university graduate who joined a small anti-Bush protest in Cairo on Monday.

Bush's final visit was a brief meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak .Cairo newspapers reported that Egyptian officials were pissed (my word..I'm no diplomat)with Mr. Bush because he failed to mention Egypt when he gave a speech Sunday that praised several Arab countries for tentative democratic reforms.

So...what did Bush accomplish..Well lets see...He humiliated himself by kissing all the Saudi asses begging them to boost their oil output and lower the barrel price on oil. (Like that's going to happen..)They have us by the short hairs and they aren't going to let us go. I'm sure they figure any favors they might have owed him are no longer important as he's on his way out..(oh please Goddess make him on his way out).What else did he accomplish?...He learned how to do the Sword Dance and looked goofy doing it and Mrs. Bush got a great recipe for Mufallaq.That's about it..

fuckme till I grow fond of Mufallaq.

.......LITTLE JACKIESUE.......

I wanna be a cowgirl


My Shirley Temple look

I have a pictures of my Daddy and I'm a dead ringer for him. There are a lot of pictures of me with my hands on my hips..my favorite pose even today..

AND THE SURVEY SAYS.......

This survey was in my DAM News and thought it was pretty interesting...but then anything that doesn't pertain to the Cowboys/Football is pretty interesting to me now..

84% of workers do not have their dream job(Melanie Griffith has my dream job...fucking Antonio Banderas.)

60% believe smokers should pay higher insurance premiums...(betyoass they should..sorry all you smokers).

81%of adults think that smoking in films influences children(more people get killed in movies than smoke cigarettes..so do kids want to kill more?...hmm, ok...lets ask Jeffery Dalmier).

71% think the U.S. is not respected in the world today..(thanks to the election and reelection of George W.Bush for president, they think we're idiots).

62 % fly the American flag at home, in the office or their car.(which will not make up for all the coffins sent home from Iraq).

71 % believe Congress should do more to 'deal with' illegal immigrants(how about enforcing the laws we already have?).

32% of large U.S. companies pay people to read employee e-mail(now there's a dream job!).

28% of large U.S. companies have terminated employees for e-mail policy violations(good reason for working at home).

92 % want 'country of origin' printed on food packaging(especially since I read that over 70% of our vitamins are made in China, and no where on the bottle does it say that).67% consider full-fat ice cream to be 'worth the guilt'(well, duh!)

57% drink coffee everyday(not me...that stuff tastes nasty).

72% say bad service is the biggest irritant when dining out(that and worrying about what that 17 year old in the kitchen is putting in my dinner, just so he can brag about it to his punk buddies).

5% have been diagnosed with a food allergy(probably given to you by that food that was made and shipped here from China/India/etc.).

47% believe that 'nearly everything causes cancer(well?..)

68% think circumstances exist where a patient should be allowed to die(just make sure in my case it's not imacuntthedaughterinlaw, that is in charge of that decision).

65% spend more time with their computer than their spouse(which is #529 of why I am still single..I love my computer more than any guy)

30% of extramarital affairs last a week or less(which is a direct result from the computer/spouse survey).15% abstained from sex until they were at least 21(I'd like to meet that 15 %...really...and bet they lied).

34% of college graduates accept as fact the biblical story of creation(which explains the 32% that still believe in Bush.

87% of people believe an innocent person has been executed in the past 15 years(15 years..how about the past 50 years?...how about that for the 'oh who cares, he was probably guilty of something' attitude).

68% predict a civil war in Iraq if the U.S. withdraws in 2008.(wonder how many think they will have a civil war even if we stay?)

44% of adults made a new year's resolution(and wonder how many broke them within the first week?)

10% believe that the U.S. will withdraw from Iraq in 2008(is that before or after Bush invades or bombs Iran?)

68% oppose the war in Iraq(where were you when we needed you..schmucks).

67% admit using a wireless device to contact work while on vacation.(that's pretty sad..but they are part of that group that spends more time with the computer than their spouse too.)

56 % believe homosexuals cannot change their sexual orientation(well, fucking duh!)

58 % have no homosexual friends or relatives(boy are they in for a big surprise when their cousin Nancy who has been living with 'Butch' her roommate for the past 15 years comes out).

17%of women have felt sexually harassed at work(bet that number is higher as most women don't want to admit it)

85 % of women would rather reveal their age than

their weight(no shit).

21% of women are unable to resist peeking at their Christmas presents.(I used to be like that.Now I like to prolong the suspense.)

5% of U.S. Muslim's had a favorable opinion of al Qaeda(had?.....had?...what changed?)

13% of U.S. Muslim's said that suicide attacks might be justified.(can I have their addresses please?..I have a little justified package for them.)

16% of Hurricane Katrina survivors report mental health problems.(according to Barbara Bush they are better off now that before Katrina)

7% are prepared for a disaster or emergency.(If that means a flashlight, matches, candles,and duct tape...I'm ready).

What do you think?...Agree or disagree..Pretty intersting numbers..Wonder who gave this survey and who took it?

Now that football season is officially over for me..I will have more time to work on some good ole fashion political rants..I am liking the dirty politics from the Clinton/Obama camps..They keep digging up dead guys to enforce their arguments..So far they've dug up Martin Luther King, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Baines Johnson..I'm sure that will get them elected.

None of them folks can vote..ahh, fuckme till I cast my ballot..

DUE TO

the lack of trained trumpeters...tomorrow will be canceled..

ONE YEAR AGO..

This doesn't look like me now..first of all my hair is blond and longer..and I have lost over 40lbs since then..this was taken the night Jenny on the right and Jamie on the left took me to Red Lobster for my birthday..I call this picture the battle of the tits..

.......THANK YOU BABS.......

Babs and I went on the search for Vincent again and found him at work..so we left her suv at his house..and hopefully in the next day or so ...he will fix it for her..but the great and greater news is...she helped me hang my greee..thing...on the divider wall between kitchen and dining room...We were at the $store and they had all the xmas shit on sale first for 50% off then 75% off..and they had a table cloth that is the perfect green that I have been looking for and it only cost me .75 cents...I got home and found out it was the long one and I have a small round table..but hmmmm, it would make a good hanging for the wall..and since I'm a shorty and Babs is not, she helped me hang it..I think it really looks cool...But the greater news is..she hooked up my printer...hot damn...so I have been scanning pictures of everything and everybody into my pictures and now I can show you what Annie looks like, recent pics of the grandkids,little Asshole and my apt..I'm so happy...so here's to you Babs..here's to you..

So that I don't bombard you with every picture that I owe..I'll start out with the cats....Little Asshole and Queen Annie the Ruler of Everything..

.......THE CHERRY PIT.......

The city of Duncanville,Texas wants a judge to declare the Cherry Pit swingers club a public nuisance and close it down.

Jim Trulock,who runs the club in his home, sued the city December 12 over a new ordinance that bans sex clubs. Duncanville filed its answer Monday and counter sued Mr. Trulock.(wonder if that is his real name...truelock?..)

On weekends, the 59-year-old and his partner, 29-year-old Julie M. Norris,(of course she's 20 years younger than he is....who would want to have sex with a 59 year old swinger..unless it was Cortney Love in 20 years)turn their home near Cedar Ridge Drive and Interstate 20 into the Cherry Pit, where guests can mingle, dance and have sex..(why do I get the feeling that the mingling leans more to groping and humping and no one does a hell of a lot of dancing)

The City Council unanimously adopted the ordinance in November. City officials say they were acting in response to complaints about the Cherry Pit.(911?...I can't find my no account husband, I think he's down at the Cherry Pit)

The ordinance classifies sex clubs as a public nuisance.(What?...a nuisance..how about it's a whore house and it ain't the Chicken Ranch)City officials also contend that the Cherry Pit is an unlicensed sexually oriented business operating in a residential area. Mr. Trulock denies that the club is a business;he has said he accepted donations but didn't have a cover charge.(A cover charge? There's a joke in there someplace.)

Mr. Trulock's "use of the premises as a sex club is detrimental to the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the city of Duncanville," the city's filings says.(yeah, you might get ran over by a herd of horny old men).Mr.Trulock 'does not have any policy or measures in place to safeguard against the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, and thus the activities at the premises pose a risk to the public health.(so if they wore condoms it would be ok?)

Mr.Trulock's attorney, Ed Klein, said the city is trying to regulate private acts in a private home. The ordinance violates his client's privacy and due process rights,he said.(yeah, if believe that story..I have some land to sell you in West Texas and not West,Texas either)

Mr.Klein also contends that the ordinance is so broad and vague that it could criminalize the sexual behavior of almost everyone in Duncanville...(yeah, if they were having groups of strangers humping each other on the carpet)

The city's counter suit asks that the court order the Cherry Pit to close and fine Mr.Trulock $1,000 a day if he refuses. A judge has not set a hearing on the request.(especially since he goes every Friday night...I made that part up..but wouldn't surprise me.)

City officials have cited Mr. Trulock four times for violating the new ordinance, as well as the city's sexually oriented business and zoning ordinances. Mr. Truelock is fighting the citations in municipal court..

Only in Texas....

IN LOVING MEMORY

For my friend...Henrietta Muerer....

Born:October 4,1930

Died:January 10,2008

West,Texas

.......DAMN YOU WILL SHORTZ.......

Damn you to hell!....In case you don't do the New York Times crossword puzzles, you may not know who Will Shortz is..he's the smart ass that makes up the puzzles..Now I'm not the best puzzle solver or the worse,I'm probably some where in the middle(but I do them in pen)..They start off pretty easy on Monday..and as the week progresses..they get harder..By the time Sunday comes around I have settled on a
ahhh fuckit attitude..Thursday's is when they start really getting hard for me..but I can usually do it...Friday, Saturday and Sunday kicks my ass...So today when I started my Wednesday paper I was surprised at the difficulty of it..then I discovered there was not only an 'across and a down' there was a fucking diagonal..one word..and I have only filled in about 9 words..what the fuck?...So I spent 30 minutes googling Will Shortz so I could send him a email telling him to go to hell...but I can't find him..so this will have to do...Show off little fucker...
Today was an interesting day for me and ole Babs..We had to go search out the notorious shade tree mechanic Vincent..We found him once, he slipped our radar made it to the homestead then he threw up his mother for a blockade..'he's asleep already'...it wasn't even 7pm..yeah right..so we found Vincent and found we needed to do all the footwork...Went to Ace Auto Parts to find out if the pan where the leak was from had a seal or a gasket..Nothing..then I called the Mitzibutiziehezhtr..dealer..what ever the name of her SUV is...(I kept asking her..what's the matter with a Ford...or even a Mazda..I can pronounce them).and I talked to 5 different departments and Donnie 3 times(Donnie was starting to piss me off and I gave him some Jackiesue attitude)...I eventually found out that there is no seal, no gasket...you just take the pan apart clean it up and reseal it with silicone..We also went to the Dollar General where the cashier thought I was Babs mother..told her you might want to nip that rumor in the bud..you know..guilt by association.She said every person she met mentioned that we used to get into trouble together...But the best part was driving around going 'ashplunk'...fake sneeze and say aaaaaashplunk...what sound do you make if you fall out of a tree and hit the ground...aahhahahahahahah ashplunk...we were laughing our asses off...The reason we were being goofy is I saw the orange trucks of Asplundk the tree trimmers..I think that' s how it's spelled..but we decided it was a funny word and it became the word of the day..Doesn't take much to amuse us..We also decided since Vincent was only going to charge her $40 to take the pans apart and reseal them that maybe a 12 pack of beer thrown in would be nice too..but then we decided that maybe AFTER the job got done would be a better idea..It don't take much for Vincent to get side tracked..
He is the greatest guy, and a wonderful mechanic, but he is as I said today...' flakier than a buttermilk biscuit'..

I'm thinking about taking Babs to Wolf's to watch the Cowboys game...everyone needs to see me in action at Wolf's at least once in their life..Just hope that guy I bipped upside the head isn't there...jeez...I am working on a post about nekkid people dancing and having sex in Dallas...but wanted to tell you about the Babs and Jackie Adventures...We will soon be called Lavern and Shirley..if we can figure out which one will be Lavern...

YOU DON'T LOOK SO GOOD

Are you feeling ok?....That's what I heard today from Babs as we were doing out little jaunt to town...Nope, I actually don't feel so good, I think my blood sugar is down..So we went to Wolf's where Inky was working and he mentioned that I didn't look good either..Everyone is a fucking critic..ok...so I didn't have any makeup on...jeez...so I had a coke(NO DR.PEPPER) and still didn't feel to good..so when we were at the Hardware store I had a honey stick and I felt a lot better, but obviously I still looked like shit, because Babs threatened to kick my ass if I didn't call the Dr...and when I got home Margaret was there for her regular Monday meeting and she said I looked pale and sweaty and maybe I should go see the Dr. ....sigh*...So I called and told them that I had cut one of my meds in half and one of them in 3/4's...was supposed to take it 2 times a day and was taking it once a day...and they said come on down..so I went..and guess what?...I am doing sooooo well...that I can quit taking one of the 2 medicines that I take...I have already been able to stop taking my blood pressure medicine and now I can cut my diabetic meds in half...I fucking rock!...Plus I got the results back from my life screening tests and I aced them too...And...I lost another 5 lbs...

When I was talking to Mrs. Dr. I told her pretty soon I would be so good that I wouldn't need them any more..and if I kept losing weight I would be all tits and elbows...She looked at me for a second, laughed ..and said...."go home, just gooooo home"....ha..

See, cutting out the Blue Bell Ice Cream, Dr. Pepper and pasta is paying off..I have to admit..eating healthy sucks some time..but look what the pay off is.....If I reach my goal of the loss of another blahblah pounds by the end of this summer..maybe I can quit taking the medicine all together..

So I have been patting myself on the head all morning..Now if I could figure out a way to cut my age in half...I would really be happy...yeah....32 would be cool..To top it off?...My house is all clean...the windows are clean, the furniture is clean, the floors, sinks, tables etc..everything is fucking sparkly.....You know what all this means don't' you?....I have nothing to do and I'm bored.. you know I always get into some sort of trouble if I'm bored..I get bored, I start to hum and whistle..and bam first thing you know...I'm in trouble..this could be fun..I haven't been in trouble in a long time..and now I have a partner in crime..yes...the next post should be from the me and Babs from the West court house..Which will be ok as the Judge is an old friend of mine who also owns the liquor store..So if worse comes to worse, we'll have access to booze if we want to fall off the wagon while we do our time...ahh, life is good...

fuckme till they throw away the key

at last

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EXERPT FROM THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN

or one great reason why I love James Lee Burke....

"It's called a vision of mortality," I said.
"What is?"
"The feeling you experienced when you went back to your old house."
"I'm afraid I'm going to die?"
"You saw the Big Sleazy die, Clete.It's like having an affair with the Great Whore of Babylon. When you finally come to your senses and get her out of your life, you find out she was the only woman you ever loved."
Clete upended the bottle again,his throat working rhythmically, watching me with one eye, as though someone had spoken to him from one of his dreams.

ain't that fucking beautiful?

I FEEL LIKE HAMMERED SHIT

Or as Maryjo used to say...'pounded poopoo'....I have a tendency to over do things..First I took down tree and all the decorations to put back into the shed...but there was no room so had to take everything out and rearrange everything and then put it back..then I rearranged the furniture and cleaned the living room....Moving that couch that makes out into a queen sized bed is a bitch..but I did it..Dusted, vacuumed, cleaned the kitchen, bath,dining room, cleaned under the sink in kitchen,(ah ha, that's where the iron was)Then as if that wasn't enough I loaded up 3 gifuckingatic baskets of wash and hauled them to the laundry mat,and then did 6 loads of wash..brought them home...folded and put away all of it...fixed my dinner,too a long long hot bath, Tabu'd my ass and bed...took one melatonin,2 benedrils and struggled to stay awake for Letterman just so that I could see Shooter Jennings and fell into bed at 11:30pm..I was just whipped...I woke up at 4:30am and here it is 6am and I'm still wide awake...My back is killing me...my legs hurt and my feet are calling me dirty names...arrghghg fuck!

I have been reading the Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke..it is the best of the best of his books...It tells about the week or so after the hurricane and it is brutal..J.L. Burke is my favorite author in the whole entire world...He's my Kurt Vonnegut...If you are in the neighborhood of a book store or library, this is a yafta..You yafta read it...

Babs doesn't get her TV hooked up till next Thursday..I'd already be in a straight jacket by now, but she's not that much of a TV watcher and Lost isn't on yet so she's not that interested..but she does want to see Gruden the coach of the Tampa Buck's ..so she is coming over to watch the game, which I think is Sunday..Cowboys have a bye, so I will have time to charge up my batteries..She is adjusting pretty well, makes the trip to House of Satan with no problem and eventually she will get the hang of the town..She already found the vet and took Peaches for her shots...

I just heard the paper hit the front porch..so going to go see what happened while I slept...Mojo called and San Francisco is having horrible weather..70-80 mile an hour winds..She lives in the Haight Ashbury District and they lost electricity, plus a huge tree was uprooted in her front yard and when it went down it scared the crap out of her...She had to make a run in it to the store to get candles..Told her it was going to be in the 70's today...Plus they are talking about we might get some rain....and was done without a nekkid rain dance...

ahh, fuckme till I get a maid...

REPEAT AFTER ME.......

President Barack Obama....

I'm sure that none of you remember..but waaaaaay back at least a year ago, I predicted that Barack Obama would run for President and win...well..he's getting there..He just won Iowa....not that them fuckers know anything..they helped elect bush(not you nitwit)but it is a clue as to what is going to happen...nana boo boo..stick your head in doo doo...

BRATPRINCE AS RENFIELD

Some of you may remember when I posted about going to see my friends, Edda and Johnny's son Bubba in his plays at MCC College...Well, Bubba is the Bratprince that you see commenting..he has a blog now and he has posted some pictures of him in his plays..He did most of the costumes,scenery and makeup..He's multi-talented..My favorite was when he played Renfield in a play about Dracula...Since I went with his folks we had seats right up front...It was fantastic...Bubba was brilliant as Renfield..I laughed my ass off and so did everyone else...he rocked...but at one point in the play they fire a gun...now I saw them waving the gun around, but figured when they shot it off, it would be one of those stage 'pops' and wasn't worried about it..NOT!..When they fired the gun it sounded just like a real gun and when it went off I said "SHIT"...and really loud..it scared the crap out of me....Bubba said as soon as he heard it he said:'that's my friend Jackie'..and laughed...You need to go see the pictures he posted of him in the play....wish you could have seen it..he was terrific.

Remember back when Babs first came down to visit and we went and looked at the stars?..and we also stopped by the Community Grocery Store where they were teasing the girl on the register because she and her boyfriend had found out that the back seat of his car was a little short for certain activities?....So I mentioned to her one day that I had blogged about it and she freaked out..first embarrassment and then...."hey, she's talking about me on her blog"..and now wants to see the post...I can't find the damn thing now..but hope this will do...When I was introducing Babs around to my friends I would tell them that she had already heard about them as I blogged about them...Some were not thrilled about the idea of making my blog, but my best bud David, said:'I don't give a fuck'...but that's what he says about everything...You have to remember, most of these people I have known for over 30 years, and I know a lot of shit about them..and they are not to crazy about the fact that I'm telling a small portion of the nation about their activities..I told them I don't use their last names..but not sure that helps..

Good news today...my rent went down $10...so now I only pay $142....and electric...life is good.

WEST,TEXAS NEWS

I haven't done a West,Texas news update in a while..was going to do the letters to Santa but then I forgot...But you due for some local news...actually there isn't much going on but we did collect enough toys to give toys to 250 kids.That's 68 families and over 1,500 toys..Last year we collected enough toys for 50 families and 150 kids..so we get better each year..
Our new VFW Club is open and running...they had the opening in November and it is over by the Westfest Parking area so I see it every time I drive to town...Looks like a cracker box in the middle of a tar patch...But eventually they will plant grass and flowers..or at least I hope so..Our new assisted living center is up and running too..I think it has 15 apts..they are pretty pricy, but they are very very nice..

The boy Trojans place 4Th at the Sherman basketball tourney, but the girls won first and move into the play offs...A West horse won first place at the Los Alamitos Race Course..Leading Spirit, a 4-year old bay gelding owned by Barry Thompson captured first place in the $50,000 First Down Dash Handicap G3.What ever the fuck that is...


West also received over 47 inches of rain during the 2007 year..Which is almost the same amount we received the last 2 years all together..It started out very very wet and then ended up dry..But still had record amounts..No baby's were born this past week..dang..But we had 3 croak on us...Two of them were 90 years old and one was 72...I don't mind when some one dies and their in their 90's..but when some one croaks and is in their early 60's..it makes me antsy..
Don the neighbor that lived behind me died in November..I was talking to his wife and she said he was only 64(he looked 84) and I said that it made me nervous as he was the same age as me...she said she thought I was in my early 50's..Need to put her in my will...

Lots of jobs in ole West, as Jupe Mills is looking for a receptionist/secretary..full time,401K,paid vacations, holidays,and insurance is available..The Village Bakery is looking for help, plus they are still looking for a buyer..anyone want to buy a Bakery?
West Chamber of Commerce is looking for an Administrative Assistant part-time.Plus the West News is looking for a receptionist/bookkeeper.
If you decide to move to West like Babs did you could buy a house pretty cheap..A 2-story home on over sized, corner lot with 6-7 bedrooms, 3 bath,study with fireplace, large, formal dining room, hardwood floors,upstairs balcony and character in every room has been reduced to $100,000.How about a 3-bedroom,2-bath with office,11 foot ceilings, large backyard,new kitchen,central heat and air for $88,000.Or if your looking for a little land with that house, there is a 3-bedroom, 2.5 bath brick home on 1.97 acres,3-car garage, converted patio, tile and wood flooring, walk-in closets,and built in appliances for only $234,000.
This was a slow week for West as most everyone is still hung over from New Years.When I went to pick up Patsy and Andy from Mynar's Bar New Years night there were cops all over the place..But it was an early night for them because the bars close at midnight during the week so when the new year came in..most people were being escorted out the door and into their cars...I saw the Bratprinces momma and daddy. Edda doesn't drink either and we were thinking about just wandering up and down the streets of West hoping we could be decoys for the cops so the real drunks could make their get away...Like to see the looks on their face when they breathalyzed the 2 of us..Me with no alcohol for 17 years and Edda with no alcohol for 41 years..
Of course Johnny sorta made up for it..and Patsy and Andy were drunker than Cooter Brown.Wonder just who the hell ole Cooter Brown was?...
Well, that's all the news to print...I am disappointed as Bold Springs Baptist Church isn't selling hamburgers this week or next week..I'm jonesing for a Bold Springs Baptist Church hamburger...I'm telling ya..they are nummy delicious..the most perfect hamburger..

fuckme with onions...