HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 14 VOL 4
NOVEMBER 14TH & 15TH 2007
WEATHER; WARM, WINDY, MED HUMIDITY, 78 DEGREES
I KNOW THIS IS A DAY LATE; MY ONLY EXCUSE IS I GOT CARRIED AWAY WORKING ON MY BOOK “TIME FREEZE” AND WHEN I LOOKED AT MY CLOCK IT WAS 2:30 AND I COULD HARDLY KEEP MY EYES OPEN SO, RATHER THAN TRY TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER FOR THE CHRONICLE I DECIDED TO GO TO BED AND DO A DOUBLE FOR THIS ONE!
14TH;
NOTHING REAL EXCITING GOING ON THIS DAY, GETTING READY TO PUT THE PANELING UP ABOVE THE SLIDING GLASS DOOR. WILL CUT OUT THE PATERN TOMORROW AND TRIM IT TO FIT, SHOULDN’T BE TO HARD FOR AN OLD PANEL FITTER LIKE ME. I DID WORK IN THE PATERN SHOP AT LOCKHEED FOR A YEAR WHICH GAVE ME SOME GOOD EXPERIENCE! WE’LL SEE IF I CAN REMEMBER ALL I LEARNED?
BOY, THE WIND CAME UP AND EVERYTIME I TRIED TO LAY THE PANELING ON THE DECK TO WORK ON IT, IT JUST TOOK OFF, I HAVE SOME CLAMPS BUT COULDN’T FIND THE ONES I NEEDED SO I DECIDED TO PUT IT OFF TILL THE WIND DIES DOWN WHICH SHOULD BE THURSDAY. I QUIT GETTING IN A HURRY 20 YEARS AGO I BELIEVE IN “EVERYTHING IN GOOD TIME”! THE PROJECT WILL BE THERE TOMORROW OR LIKE THE SONG GOES “MANYANA” I THINK THAT’S HOW IT’S SPELLED?
MOM AND I ARE DOING OK! A FEW ACHES AND PAINS HERE AND THERE BUT, NOTHING WE CAN’T HANDLE. WE’VE DECIDED TO BUY A NEW HEATER FOR THE LIVING ROOM, WE HAVE ONE WE BOUGHT 2 YEARS AGO THAT WAS A DEMONSTRATOR AND HAS THE FAKE FLAME BUT THE MOTOR BURNED OUT THAT TURNED THE REFLECTORS THAT PROJECTED THE FLAMES ON THE BACK GROUND! THE CHEAPEST MOTOR I COULD FIND WAS $73.00 SO WE’VE JUST BEEN USING IT WITH THE GLOWING LOGS AND HEATER NO FLAME ACTION. WE DECIDED TO GIVE OURSELVES A NEW ONE FOR CHRISTMAS WHICH WE’LL GO TO HOME DEPOT TOMORROW AND PICK UP!
15TH
GOT UP LATE THIS MORNING, ABOUT 9;00, I WAS REALLY BEAT, I’VE GOT TO CUT OUT THESES LATE NIGHT PARTIES AND START GOING TO WHAT MY SISTER MADELYN USED TO TELL ME WHEN SHE WOULD PUT ME TO BED; “OK, NOW YOU’RE GOING TO A SHEET AND PILLOW CASE PARTY”. I WAS 10 YEARS OLD BEFORE I REALIZED WHAT A “SHEET AND PILLOW CASE PARTY WAS” BED TIME!!!!!!!
SAT AROUND AND WATCHED A LITTLE TV THEN WE DECIDED TO GET READY AND GO GET OUR NEW HEATER BUT WE HAD TO TAKE MOM’S NEW SCANNER TO UPS, IT DOESN’T WORK RIGHT AND SHE CALLED THEM WITH THE PROBLEM AND THEY TOLD HER TO SEND IT BACK. SHE JUST GOT IT LAST WEDNESDAY AND DIDN’T OPEN IT TILL SATURDAY, SHE TRIED SCANNING SOME THING AND IT SEEMED TO WORK OK. THEN SHE TRIED SOMETHING ELSE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO DO AND IT SAID “CLUNK” TWICE SO SHE CALLED THE FACTORY MONDAY AND WE SHIPPED IT TODAY! BOY IS SHE PISSED, IT COST HER ALMOST THREE TIMES TO SHIP IT BACK THAN IT COST THEM TO SHIP IT TO HER! YOU KNOW THEY GOT AN E-MAIL WHEN SHE GOT HOME! YES, THEY GAVE HER AN AUTHORIZATION NUMBER TO SHIP IT UNDER!
WE GOT TO HOME DEPOT AND LOOKED AT ALL THE HEATERS THEY HAVE, IT WAS HARD TO PICK ONE OUT THEY ALL LOOK SO NEAT SETTING THERE BUT, WE FINALLY CHOSE THE ONE THAT WOULD DO THE JOB WE WANT DONE. THE MAN LOADED IT IN THE CAR FOR US AND WHEN WE GOT HOME MOM PULLED IT OUT OF THE BACK SEAT AND I PUT IT ON OUR TWO WHEELER AND PULLED IT UP THE RAMP AND INTO THE HOUSE. I CUT THE BOX OPEN AND PULLED ALL THE PACKING OUT AND THEN SLID IT OUT OF THE CUT OPEN BOX, TOOK IT OVER WHERE WE WANTED IT AND MOM PLUGGED IN THE CORD AND I SAT DOWN IN FRONT OF IT AND PLAYED WITH THE CONTROLS WHEN MOM SAID “WHERE’S THE REMOTE” I DIDN’T KNOW IT CAME WITH A REMOTE SO WE WENT LOOKING THRU ALL THE PACKING BUT, NO REMOTE!
WELL, WE’VE GOT TO HAVE A REMOTE SO MOM GOT ON THE COMPUTER AND SENT AN E-MAIL TO THE COMPANY ASKING WHERE THE REMOTE IS? WE HAVEN’T GOT AN ANSWER YET SO I GUESS WE’LL HAVE TO OPERATE IT THE OLD FASHIONED WAY, TURN THE KNOBS AND PUSH THE SWITCHES AFTER WE GET UP OUT OF OUR CHAIRS AND WALK OVER TO IT! O’BOY EXERCISE WHICH I NEED!
NOW FOR SOME JOKES!
OLE AND LENA HAD BEEN MARRIED FOR 45 YEARS AND RAISED A BROOD OF 11 KIDS AND WERE BLESSED WITH 24 GRANDCHILDREN. WHEN ASKED THE SECRET FOR STAYING TOGETHER ALL THAT TIME, LENA REPLIED,”MANY YEARS AGO, OLE AND ME MADE A PROMISE TO EACH OTHER; THE FIRST ONE TO PACK UP AND LEAVE HAS TO TAKE ALL THE KIDS.”
OLE AND LENA DECIDED TO GO AND SEE WHAT IT WAS LIKE AT THE LOCAL CASSINO. OLE TOLD LENA AS THEY ENTERED, “ALL RIGHT LENA VE’LL MEET BACK HERE IN A HOUR, OK? WELL, AN HOUR LATER, OLE WAS BROKE, BUT LENA HAD A BUCKET FULL OF QUARTERS. YUMPIN, YIMMINEY, VERE DID YOU GET ALL DEM QUARTERS ASKED OLE? LENA LEANING CLOSE, WHISPERED, “I DON’T VONT TO SAY DIS TO LOUD, BUT YOU SEE DAT GAME OVER THERE, EVERYTIME I PUT IN A DOLLAR I WON FOUR QUARTERS!”
OLE HAD A SERIOUS HEARING PROBLEM FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND WAS FITTED FOR A SET OF HEARING AIDS THAT ALLOWED OLE TO HEAR 100%. OLE WENT BACK IN A MONTH AND THE DOCTOR SAID, “YOUR HEARING IS PERFECT, YOUR FAMILY MUST BE REALLY PLEASE THAT YOU CAN HEAR AGAIN.” TO WHICH OLE SAID, “OH, I HAVEN’T TOLD MY FAMILY YET, I JUST SET AROUND AND LISTEN TO THE CONVERSATIONS. I’VE CHANGED MY WILL THREE TIMES!”
THAT’S “30” FOR THESE ISSUES;
HOWARD
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