Sports Gone Wild

Today begins a week-end of epic sports proportion. This morning, the kiddos were off to Sport's Day. Much deliberation on the subject of what to wear and fix the hair.  It was decided to root for the home team and go with S.U. Orange and Blue.  Tee shirt out, bows crafted and off to school.
Tonight, it's off to the high school for Senior Night and recognition of Chandler Benson reaching the 1000 point milestone on Tuesday. Unfortunately, Bailee will be at her Dad's as she is one of Chandler's faithfuls.....she calls him , "Chandelier!".......after all he does hang from the rim!  Coincidentally, his Mom said she calls him that too....♥

Tomorrow, over 34K will fill the Dome in Syracuse to cheer on the Syracuse Orangemen. A record crowd (and ESPN) will be in the house to watch the ACC match up of the season as the Orangemen squeeze the Duke Blue Devils to a loss.

Sunday will entail food prep and munching followed by commercial watching and Super Bow XLVIII right here in the northeast under the stars.  That's right, outside where football was intended to be played. The amazing Seattle Seahawks took me to within single digits of winning this year's fantasy football league.  I was able to draft Russell Wilson, Marshawn Lynch AND their defense...woo hoo!!!! They are the team to beat.  Needless to say I have never been a Manning fan.. except for James that is! I'm so glad Peyton has recuperated, is healthy and is going down!

Having a brain that has lived for over 6 decades, I am hoping that it stays sharp throughout the week-end and remembers it's focus.  Tonight we root for the MORAVIA Blue Devils in Blue and white. Tomorrow we switch gears and root against the Blue Devils in Blue and white and for the folks in Orange and blue. Then Sunday, we root against the men in Orange and Blue and root for the guys in Blue and Green.

This all may be more than I can handle but what a way to go:-)

Twos are wild!

Enjoyed two hours of masterful acting with two good friends yesterday.  Two thumbs up and two Percocets down!  The thumbs were mine, the percocets weren't! Totally enjoyed the latest onscreen masterpiece of Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, August: Osage County!  Streep's performance was Oscar worthy.  The entire cast assumed their roles effortlessly. Each outdoing the other in every scene making the entire movie... eerily believable.  If there wasn't something that you could associate to your family, you're lying.
Pretty much the entire movie was set in a dreary and hot three-story family home in Oklahoma. Not only was the dwelling dark but the plot as well.  Dark comedy at its finest.

I cried, I laughed and I snorted! To paraphrase Jerry Maguire, "You had me at snort!" If I were to choose a favorite character, Violet's (Streep) my pick.  She's sharp tongued and shrewd...two adjectives I might use to describe myself.  Others might choose loud mouthed and bitchy. She knows the family's secrets and divulges them when the time fits her liking....or when the narcotics and depressants cross paths.  The women are definitely the strongest players although the males allow their counterparts to define their strengths....or lack thereof.  Each would not be who they were without the other....pretty much the way life really is.
At the end of the story you will walk away perplexed but with the strongest of beliefs that your family is entirely NOT as dysfunctional as you might have thought.  If you keep a journal of your deep and darkest thoughts on life and family, you may want to rethink just where you keep it.  After all, it's August in your county every year too!

Tax Sense (another oxyMORON)

Way too good not to share.  I've realized that anything humorous that I can find about the federal or state government (It's not hard) seems to be a written or visual endorphin for my soul.  Endorphins help to alleviate pain and stimulate relaxation.  Taxes are painful and relaxation, smiling, laughing and often finger pointing are just plain enjoyable senses....So, it made sense for me to share this with you. Enjoy!:-)








I just received an audit on my tax return for 2012 back from the IRS. It puzzles me!!!
They are questioning how many dependents I claimed.
I guess it was because of my response to the question: "List all dependents?"
I replied: 12 million illegal immigrants; 3 million crack heads;
42 million unemployed people on food stamps,
2 million people in over 243 prisons;
Half of Mexico ; and 535 persons in the U.S. House and Senate.
1 useless President.
Evidently, this was NOT an acceptable answer.
I KEEP ASKING MYSELF, WHO The Hell DID I MISS?

Monday mornings....I still ♥ you!  Waking up here at EIEIO is a blessing..heck at my age, waking up anywhere is a blessing!  The snow is falling, the birds are flocking to the feeders, the rooster is crowing and the school closings and delays are scrolling across the bottom of the news.....seriously?  A 2 hour delay for our local schools is posted.  I've done my quick pre-breakfast routine (which included, BP pill, vitamin, make the bed, throw in a load of laundry, warm up the car and today break the old, antique chair that was in my dressing room.)  Nothing like a 18 inch plunge to the floor in the wee hours.  The landing would get about a 10 but the ascent to an upright position would only garner about a 3. I did, however, remember to put the other sock on.  Breakfast was a bit earlier this morning as my partner in oatmeal had an early Dr's appt. to facilitate his knees continuing to bend. I zipped along nicely arriving safely at our local diner.  Nobody seemed to be having difficulties navigating the highways.  With coffee in hand, I continued to watch the morning news.  Moravia Central School - Closed Today... WTH.  I'm nearly 62 and I made it 6 miles all by myself.............and back!!  Every day I see myself becoming older (duh) and hearing, as the cartoon says, my mother coming out of my mouth.  Folks are screaming about the frigid temperatures and the falling and blowing snow.  For Pete's sake people.. IT'S WINTER! You've been spoiled the last couple of years by the mild winters that I've convinced myself were just a product of the hot air emitted by all the Global Warming discussions.  Mother Nature, Father Time and Old Man Winter know exactly what winter is and how long it should last. Heck, we've actually only had 36 days of winter so far.  If you're snowed in or bored, we'd be happy to tell you the stories of walking to school in the snow, shoveling our way to the mailbox or sliding down hill in places where 30 foot trees now stand.  We'd tell about rotary snowplows that literally carved out the roadways so people could get to town, to market or TO SCHOOL.....now there's a novel idea!  I could tell a story about going to sleep in New Hope and waking up in the morning to my 1964 Chevy being gone....we found it buried under several feet of snow.  The morning milking crew had literally walked over it to the barn. My father-in-law brought up his dozer to retrieve it and several others.   Now THAT'S a SNOW DAY!

Is Face Book just a Fad?

Studies, studies and more studies. Someone is always studying something....which I guess is a good thing.  I read an article this morning with the headline:

Are you unfriending Facebook? Study predicts 80 percent of its user                                 base will bail by 2017!

I'm thinking it might be a typo and they really meant that 80% of its user base will need bail by 2017:-)

The "studiers" that now predict this decline in usership likened it to any technological fad such as My Space.  I did use My Space at one time and I did jump ship and sail over to Face Book.  I would never have survived either walk on the plank without the help of my Captain of all things Internet related, Captain J. Brown.  The study did conclude that in order to reach the dire straights of such a huge decline, more than 317 million Face Bookers would have to hit the lifeboats each year until the 2017 mark.  That's "about the population of the United States"... While I'm not sure what percentage the Baby Boomers make of the US population, I can tell you that this minuscule percentage, me!" won't be jumping anytime soon.  Hell, I've just recently learned how to change my profile picture, block idiots and send short videos.  There's so much more to learn and so little time. 2017 may have only geriatric users by then and we may often be confused. My biggest fear is my brain confusing My Space and Face Book.  I'd hate to leave a social gathering and holler, "Catch you tonight on My Face!!!" 

"The bottom line is that now that grandma and grandpa are on Facebook, I don't see them moving to another social network anytime soon. Facebook certainly isn't 'cool' anymore, but stone-cold dead in three years? Nah, I don't think so. So long as there are old high-school buddies and aunt Flo who wants to share photos of her cat Mr. Nibbles, Facebook will do just fine."

Mixed emotions

Yesterday was nostalgic.  As I drove by Hewitt Brothers, I noticed that one of the buildings was being dismantled by the local Amish.  I drove around and snapped a couple of pictures through the blurry lens..................mine, not the camera:-(  I've touched on it before but it was just another simpatico feeling (with Dad) that I sadly continue to understand more and more often.  I came home and posted the pictures on Face Book. The response was heartwarming and memory intensive.  I loved hearing from old friends and family (and I do mean old..myself included) about their memories of Hewitt Brothers.  Many of the comments were from folks who had worked there or had family that did.  Some had memories just from shopping there. One memory came from one of my first prom dates who used to work in the mill as a young man.  He was reminiscing about the beauty and surface of the old mill floors.  I could almost smell the grain.  I've shared some of my stories in previous blogs but today I'll share a few photos I posted yesterday

coming down

 

LOVE this photo in the Mill ♥

Ours now!

                                            C.J., O.D., Leroy, Bill O'Connell, Jeff and Buzz

                                                      My men of feed, fertilizer and fuel

Thank heaven for cameras!

Only Seven?

1 - My regrets are few....nothing so dire that I must go a peace keeping mission...Thank God!
2 - NEVER worried about that
3 - Agreed...just hope time is on my side!
4 - Truer words were seldom spoken....and they have NO idea about yours.
5 - Herein lies my downfall :-(
6 - 100% true story....tell my kids, my family and my friends this often!
7 - :-) and laugh...you'd be amazed how much better you feel...even if you feel like crap!