WEST, TEXAS NEWS UPDATE

Ok, lets see...first of all Anessa is still in the hospital with parts of her foot removed from the poisonous brown recluse spider bite..she is going to have to have reconstructive surgery as they really took out a big hunk of her foot..plus she's a diabetic too, so she's already susceptible to foot problems...I send her a get well card that was for a kid..said: 'for a special kid...get well'...she thought that was pretty humorous, which prompted Inky to say he had never received a Christmas card that said Merry fucking Christmas before until he got one from me.

One year I wrote bah fucking humbug...and one year it was Merry Christmas and all that other happy bullshit..

Bab's foot is still all infected and she isn't doing well either...still running a fever, foot is swollen the size of a grapefruit...red and pusie, pussy, pussie, however you spell it it still looks like her foot looks like a red pussy...which is not what I mean..it's got puss coming out of it..jeez...have got to learn how to spell...

Last night at 2 minutes till 8 some yoyo comes waltzing in and starts to browse..I'm working with Tom and thinking oh fuck, we're going to be here all night long..so at 2 seconds to 8 I said, if you don't bring your stuff to the counter by 8pm I'm throwing your butt out of here...Lucky for me the customer AND my boss laughed..Tom was telling the story to everyone who would listen today...Plus he and Inky were teasing me all fucking day long about not staying behind the counter by the register and the fact that I can't hear a fucking thing..Supposedly I'm not supposed to go past the 2nd pole and I'm usually all over the place..they said they were going to get me a shock collar like they get for barking dogs...if I go past the second pole I get zapped...I kept saying 'What?'.....Tom said he was going to get me one of those trumpets like they used 100 years ago...I said What?......Now he and Inky will move their lips like they are talking and not say anything..just to fuck with me..I'd look at them and go what?...and they would just laugh and laugh...assholes...

What else..?...I dropped another 6 lbs..hauled another pair of jeans out of the back of the closet that I haven't worn since Carter was president...and they fucking fit...I'm so happy...pretty soon I'll just be tits and elbows..

Oh, and I watched American Gangster last night...far fucking out....I was blown away by the acting of those two...Denzil had the meatier role, but think Crowe really nailed his ....that dejected shuffle he did when he walked out of the court house when he gave up his son...wow...really great...

now for the local news...

West Fraternal is having their 31st anniversary dinner with fried chicken and sausage...everything they make they also have sausage with it..it could be a cake sale and they would have a plate of sausage on the side..

Missy Sulak who is on the Library board and various other committees is running for West ISD board of Trustees...Ayden Dulock turned 2 years old..Ayden is my x-daughter-in-law's, brother Anthony's, daughter Lynsey's son...got that?...Kinfolk kinfolk...every one's kinfolk..Did I tell you that Willie Nelson has a store in Abbott?...It's his home town and he visits a lot more than you would think he would...It's called Willie's Abbott Cash Grocery...with a full line of grocery products and a new shipment of Willie Nelson T-Shirts, caps, etc.

In other news Czechs from throughout the state gathered in West last Saturday for the Czech Heritage Society of Texas Spring Meeting at the Lone Star Hall. Miss McLennan-Hill Czech-Slovak Queen Ashley Sulak was crowned the new Miss Texas Czech-Slovak Queen and the little Czech Sister is Kaylin Gerik. All those costumes they are wearing are home made by either their mother, aunt, grandmother or some other relative..pretty neat..

Oh Oh ....remember my friends T.J. and Merle the gay couple that run Strickly Country(yes that is how they spell it..the guy owned the bar thought that was how you spelt strictly...he used to be our Chief of Police....really..owned the bar and was chief of police at the same time...I swear this is true..), anyhow...Merle and T.J. had sold the bar and retired....they were happy doing what ever people do when they retire..the waitress's sugar daddy bought it for her...but they forgot one thing...no one liked her..so every one quit coming to the bar..so they sold it to this other guy...who they found out had a felony and couldn't own a bar..so ......Merle and T.J. have the bar back...they spent a bunch of money remodeling and fixing it up and last Sunday they had the grand opening..I was going to go(they were having a free fish fry) but had to go into work 2 hours early so blew it off...So Strickly Country is back in business with their gay owners...I love my town..where else in Texas could 2 gay guys run a bar(a very very popular bar) and not have anyone give a shit..

The paper this week had 2 sections...2 whole entire sections...one was all sports...the Trojan boys beat Whitney 13-2 and advanced to the playoffs...and the Lady Trojans(I can hear you giggling nitwit) are undefeated in district and are going to the playoffs..They beat Glen Rose 21-2(yes you read that right..21 to fucking 2...) they are 10-0 in district..we won the title..we rock...It's still up in the air who they will play and where..We're all a twitter over our Trojans...Plus West summer league opening day was past Saturday..We have 4 fields...and they are like professional fields..I'll have to take some pictures...we have huge lights and everything..baseball is king in West...This kid is a T-ball player...

We have a new commercial listing too...Ray's Electric is being sold..Ray died and the kids tried to keep it going but they all have pretty bush lives so when the wife died(Inky's Aunt and Uncle) the family decided to sell..So Ray's Electrical and Plumbing, turnkey business including building, equipment, inventory and all fixtures. This also includes 2 rental units for $125,000...not a bad deal...

Houses for sale are at a premium..There are for sale signs up all over town..even some of the new fancy brick homes that are less than 5 years old...one for sale has a pool...

We had 6 deaths and no births...This time last year for every 4-6 deaths there were 1-2 births...not this year...

So..that's pretty much all the news that's fit to print...

Oh wait..our local boy that was in Iraq is home and had no sooner got home than he broke his hand...His mom doesn't care...she's just happy he's home...

Y'all need to come to West, Texas....it's 1957 here...and the food's great...

.......Y'ALL COME.......

you'll be able to wear one of those t-shirts if you move here.

I was reading the DAM News and found several articles that I think all of you should hear about...First one was about the fact that Texas passed N.Y. as home to the most big companies.

The Lone Star State is at the top of the 'heap'...Texas now has 58 head-quarters, three more than New York, the previous No.1 California has 52. Why are we number one? Low taxes, affordable land and large workforce.(si)..Land...oh man..we have lots and lots of land. We have no state taxes and plenty of cheap labor thanks to the over abundance of Hispanic aliens. So you can get a good job, low prices for a house, a good looking Texan, and someone to mow your lawn at affordable prices.

So what more could you ask for..Plus, Jackie is right down the road...oh, by the way...right down the road is anywhere from 3 miles to 580.

"Cost is overwhelmingly the No.1 driver," said Albert Niemi Jr., dean of the business school at SMU, who wrote his doctoral thesis 30 years ago abut companies leaving the Northeast for the Sun Belt. The cities that have the most headquarters are

Houston----25

Dallas---12

San Antonio---5

Fort Worth---4

Irving---4

Austin/Round Rock---2

El Paso---1

Grapevine---1

Pittsburgh---1

The Woodlands---1

Some of the Fortune 500 that are headquartered here are:

Exxon Mobil(who woulda thunk it) ConocoPhillips, At&T, Valero Energy, Dell, Marathon Oil, Sysco, Enterprise GP Holdings, J.C. Penny,Kimberly-Clark, Halliburton(no surprise there, thanks to Bush and his bidness buddies),Texas Instruments, Whole Foods Market, Blockbuster, and Clear Channel Communications.

Just a few..The jobs are here and according to the other article...so are the men...Dallas has the 4th-largest surplus of unmarried men. North Texas has 46,300 more single men than single women..Those are some pretty good odds, but the LA, Long Beach and Santa Ana area is even better with 89,000 more single men than women. N.Y., and Northern New Jersey has 211,000 more single women than men. Maybe it's cause they keep getting whacked by the mob?

What I'm trying to say here folks...is that we have the jobs, we have the men and lots of cheap housing, thanks to the mortgage slump. Maybe you can get one of the single guys to help you move into your new house, after you get a new job..There are lots of pluses too....the sun sets, the sun rises, the friendly people, the blue bonnets, and the home of Blue Bell Ice Cream.

You have desert, mountains, hills, beaches, swamps, forests, and red necks out the ass..Ok, that's not a plus...So, pack up your old kit back and come down and see us..ya hea'?

STUMBLING ALONG LIKE A STUMBLING STUMBLE WEED

GOOD BYE BY FRIEND

Charles Edward Davis, 76, of Kailua-Kona, died April 15 at Kona Community Hospital. Born March 13, 1932, in Prescott, Ariz., he was an industrial engineer in the computer electronics industry.
Monday, April 21, 2008 8:20 AM HST
For those that have been with me from the beginning here will remember 1974...that's when Jack died, I met Chuck, went on trial found not guilty and Chuck became one of the most important people in my life..he was my lover for a long time but my friend for ever. Which is why when he asked me to marry him I said no..I knew if we got married it would last 3 years tops, and if we didn't we would be friends for ever...and I was right..So he went back to his wife and we remained friends...I don't know how to explain to you how important he was to me...from the time we met he was my strength to go through what I had to go to..I'm not sure I could have gotten through it with out him..I had my Daddy and he was everything to me, but those times when he couldn't be there..Chuck was...for me, for my kids..I left Roswell after the trial and moved to Calif. to be near him. Chuck had been sober for about 10 years when I met him, and how he put up with me drinking is beyond me..but he did..calmly serenely and with an abundance of humor..We rode his motor cycle all over, went to private Karate lessons to stay in shape and then went to Marie Calendars for pie afterward. He called me Tiger. Things went haywire(mostly my drinking) and I moved back to Texas. He followed me back to Texas..after a while I told him it wasn't going to work..His job was in Calif. and we would come home on the weekends after eating in restaurants all week and I had been working at the Lodges, cooking all week..He wanted home cooked meals and I wanted to go out for dinner. He went back to Calif. But we never gave up on each other...He got me a job at Paramount Studio..I moved back to Calif. Hollywood sucks...I got caught up in the writers strike, plus wouldn't fuck my boss at Paramount and he gave me a pink slip.. So after a while I went back to Texas ...I saw him once again when I was in Southern Calif. working for the book company...He and Mojo and I went out and had lunch, talked over old times and it was great..I may not have ever seen him again..but I talked to him on the phone all the time..He moved to Hawaii, he sent me my first computer, and the most beautiful flowers for my birthday every year...His health became bad and he was on dialysis 4 hours at a time 3 days a week..I offered my kidney but I have hepatitis so couldn't. I always sent him silly emails for him to read while he was sitting in the hospital for all those hours...he said it made it much easier with laughter provided by the Tiger.. The last infection he got did him in..He was 76, but always in my heart and mind he will be the dashing tall gentleman, with tinted sunglasses, riding off in the sunset on his motor cycle.
i have tried to cry every since i got the email from Barb, Chuck's wife telling me he had passed away..but i stop myself each time as i don't want to cry when i think about him. i want to remember him with with laughter...which is why i will follow this post with a update on what's going on with me, babs and ole west, texas..

PICTURES...I FOUND PICTURES

I finally took the 2 toss away cameras into the house of Satan today..but first let me start from the beginning..
today is the first of my 2 days off...hot dang!
Yesterday Babs calls and tells me she got bit by Baby, the tailless Siamese cat from next door..He was on her porch terrorizing Peaches and Babs stuck her foot out to push him off and he bit the ever living shit out of her..4 huge fang marks on her ankle..Told her if it didn't get better to call me(even though it is my day off and had plans to do nada all day long) and I would take her to see Dr. E., so she called me and I took her to the Dr. where she got a tetanus shot and 2 scripts..She's got infection, a fever and is hobbling around from that stupid fucking cat...Dr. E. told her to call the police and have them pick up the cat as the lady said 'she thought he had his shots'....so the cat is sitting in quarantine and Bab's on the couch knocked out on pain pills...and to top it off...Anessa, Inky's wife got bit by a spider and she's allergic and he had to take her to the hospital today. I on the other hand dropped 4 more lbs...While I was at the house of Satan this morning I put the toss away cameras in and had been so long I couldn't remember what was on them..hell, it was more Halloween pictures along with some Christmas pictures..jeez...none of me..but on this one I have now I will have some pics of me, Inky and Anessa and will take some more of me so you can see me before I waste away to nothing but tits and elbows...
We've had rain, wind and sun..today is just the most glorious day...Hotter than hell with a little breeze..
Today I got the keys to go check my mail and Annie shot out of the apt. like a bullet...out the door, down the steps and across the parking lot and stopped right in front of the office and turned around and looked at me, as if to say..'where the hell are you?'....I laughed my ass off, and then told her to come back and she kinda loped back ...when I got to the office Charlotte and David wanted to know what the hell was chasing Annie..I said nothing, she heard the keys and knew I was coming so she raced to beat me here..She's just happy that I'm home and not going any where...she HATES the fact that I'm working and not here all day long at her beck and call...Spoiled wench..won't eat cat food any more, so now I'm roasting chicken breasts for her to eat..
Wed. is the shipping off of the gnomes..and the box of books for the Buddha-boy Robert..Hmm, what else..?
Jenny and her boyfriend Jason came by with her $400 Maltese puppy Lula....who the hell names a dog Lula..Shady Lane was right, Jenny gets her way..Jason and I wanted to call her Boo(she's all white)...I got 15 novels for Jason at the library sale for $1 each for his birthday..This month was birthday month...Thom, Kathy(girls mom), Jason and Patsy Patsy Patsy at the Community Grocery. Next month is MOJO's 35th birthday..jeez....my baby is 35...sigh*....
ok...now will add all the pictures...and try to post again tomorrow..except I have to do laundry...which we all know I love to do...feck!..I'm going to do the pictures separately..

HOLIDAYS AND THE ALLUSIVE DAVID O.

this was sooo gross...that thing in his hand is a pump and when you squeeze it..blood streams down the bones...he thought it was hysterical when it grossed me out..




the little angel and the pimp...
christmas loot and david checking out his goodies..i got a golf pillow for pedro..
this is where jackiesue rules the world...or at least my little part of it..

look how happy that kid is with her free book...















the bitch in the box is still there..im convinced she gets out and goes to polka party's every night.

yes, mommie's had her medication ....


my wall cover and my autographed picture of roy campanella.
annie and the mermaid...below the mermaid is buddhaboy's painting that he did for me
annie on her throne in front of christmas tree..
her royal highness, queen annie, ruler of everything. yes that is a heating pad she's residing on..
my best friend david..with his little budd's...chiwawa is pedro and the gray poodle is nelson(yes, after willie)

STUMBLE TILL I CAN FIND TIME FOR A REAL POST

the 13 things I would rather do than watch reality T.V. is my favorite..Promise to write a real post soon..tired, busy and.....well, tell you about it in my next post..js