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07:58, Thursday, August 9, 2007
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The thing I have noticed in the ghetto.
09:46, Sunday, July 22, 2007
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I am see some amazing transformation taking place in our near by ghettos of Kansas city. One thing is the ghetto is coming back to life, New homes being built, old ones rehab-ed, and bad ones just bulldozed down to make a vacant lot for someone to extend the yard next to the new home. The thing is its one thing to build the homes but you must put the right people in them that take pride in their home and the surrounds they live in. I'm seeing neighborhoods being changed right in front of my eyes. And the reason being is the Mexican community has evolved it to our ghettoes and they are proud of what they are getting. So our ghettoes here are becoming good places to be. In short: As long as the Mexican community keeps helping in cleaning up our Ghettoes. LET THEM STAY AND LEAVE THEM ALONE!!!! The Questionaire!!!
01:05, Monday, July 16, 2007
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1. What's the last mistake you made? I Went to church wearing my go to the beach clothes.
Just another memory of days gone by.
10:23, Monday, July 16, 2007
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I was thinking of a time when life was full of good times and challenges. As a teenager my family was what was known as city people with one small twist. We also had that farm life and rodeo life to take up most of our time. Very blessed in the fact that my father saw to it that we would have the things other kids just did not have. We had an area next to the Mississippi River were we kept the horses. It was placed in between two bridges that spanned across the river going into St. Louis missouri. We could see the Gateway Arch from our side of the river. Just north of the one bridge was an old ARMY DEPOT That was in its hayday during the vietnam war, But now was being reserved to take on the next war our country gets involved in. It was a great place to go ride horses, dirt bikes, Jeeps, etc. It gave us endless space to go and just be kids with out the worries of our parents. However there were times that when you got hurt doing something crazy it got pretty stressful because the town was 2 miles a way from this oasis of fun and we did not have the cell phone to save our butts. There was many of times that some one had to take the horse or bike towards town to try and get the police or some one that had a car to go get someone to help in our situation. One thing I can recall was we were taking our weekend ride towards the depot and my nieces horse decided to take of down the side of the levee that I mentioned in my dukes of hazard story. This horse had to get down to the bottom of this hill and nothing was going to stop it. Needless to say my niece hit the dirt. or should I say the grass because that is what it was. She hit hard enough to knock her wind out and she was turning blue fast. No doctor around for miles and we were just kids we did not know what to do. The horses or all ready to go and we are trying to take care of my niece. Total may-ham!!!! We knew someone had to make that track back to town and find some one The problem was the people we were going to get are expecting us to come out the north end of the depot because we were heading to the arena for a horse show we were all entered in. It was shorter to go back to town than to the arena. This was a real emergency. But anyway we did manage to get the attention of one of the police officers that also have horse,s on the river and he got on his radio and got someone down there to take my niece to the hospital. She was fine just a little shaken up. We proceeded to go to the show and ride in our events. This is just one of the many stories and good times we had at the place we call The River. I will write some more as they come to mind. but the mind has wondered so later!!!! The Dukes of Hazard Trick!!
07:31, Saturday, July 14, 2007
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One day, I ask my father if I could use his car. It was a 1975 Ford LTd four door. I just obtained my drivers licence via drivers ed class at school. On this day I learned a valuable lesson. Cars are not meant to fly!!! I was out Riding around, doing nothing, and I found some friends to do nothing withme. My dad, not knowing this small detail, that I failed to mention to him. Anyway my favorite place to ride was a levee, that separated the Mississippi River from town, put there to deter the river from covering the town during flood season. On top of it, was a nice gravel road, but at one point of the road, is a 4 foot tall out cropping of road; Put there to accommodate a pipe for the pumps that help in keeping the water out of the town. The towns name is Venice, Illinois, and the name says everything. Named after its' sister city in Italy. That's why the levee exists. Well, I was raised on this road, and knew it well. Every bump and crack, so I was traveling at a good pace on top of this levee road, all of us laughing and smoking. Just having a good time, not paying attention to where I was on the road, and next thing I know is we're air born!! It all happened in slow motion, if you know what I mean? lol. I have girls screaming, and guys screaming, all of us thinking we are going to die. But not me, because I took this same bump doing 40 miles per hour on my Harley! Not a problem, until it came time to land! This car was packed to the gills with a bunch of sreaming teenagers. By the time the dust settled, and limbs were accounted for, and a doobbie, or two, inhaled, did I realize what just happened. I started freaking out! Getting all the rocks, and dust, from under the hood, air breather, from my teeth, everywhere; there was this lime based rock and dust. I was talking to my neice the other day about this ride, and she said I should write about it. So, this was my attempt to do just that. Maybe, I should've stayed in school instead of taking these rides on the levee. The getting ready for the dog walk.
11:20, Friday, July 13, 2007
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The time to get the dogs ready for their walk is quit a challenge.Hold three while the others get their walking harnesses on is a crazy attempt to have some sanity about it. But it is total may-ham!!!!!! Pure craziness. When the word is mentioned< look out the dogs let you know that they hear and understand what that word is and They are all about being ready for the word. shshshsh dont say the word or the party is on until some action has taken place and then we are back to normal. We need to come up with some other method to prepare them for their once a day adventure. Tonight acually cost me some blood!!!! Trying to get them out of the garage while mom and dad get their time for the word. Oh hell dogs cant read can they the word is WALK!!!!!!!
My first pony
07:39, Sunday, July 8, 2007
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This is a story I lived through and lived to tell about. My first pony came to me at an age that was very exciting to have such a blessing. But not really realising the responsibility that goes a long with it. any way one of the memories I have is my dads friend had a son. I cant recall his name. anyway this father insisted that we let his son ride this pony. Dad said OK but do not let the rope go. and insisted on this several times. However you know dads their kid is not like most kids, My kid can handle being let go. nothing will happen. right!!!! As soon as this pony realized he had a rookie on his back and he was free !!!!! The show was on. I never saw a fathers face turned so white so fast in my life. This pony bolted for the nearest path out of there with this kid screaming at a pitch I have not heard come out of a kids mouth since.lol This pony went through the tallest weed field he could find trying to get this screaming maniac off his back. The fathers was trying to find his heart. while his kid is taking off across this field. My dad is think the whole time law suit figures and how he could not afford this. His homeowners will go threw the roof for a claim like this. But to be honest. times back then were not that way. law suits just did not happen. We did finally catch up with the pony and the kid and we had to use a pry bar to get this kid to loose his grip. I am sure this kid can remember this day like it was yesterday and I doubt he turned into a bronc rider. I still get a good laugh when ever I think about it The end!!!!!
The jury is out. The 4th of july thaught
08:40, Friday, July 6, 2007
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My grand son is now thirteen now. My daughter is 28. do the math and the person responsible for that was standing next to me shooting horse shoes and having conversation with me. At the time of this crisis thirteen years ago there was a lot of tears and anger lack of pateints on everybodies part if you know what I mean. And here I stand today totally proud of all of them. It Is great that God helped us through all the crap. Because he knew this day would come and how it would all turn out. I am just glad that the man in me the sinnfull nature did not say something then to have destroyed what now is. Anyway time has passed and things are gooooooood!!!!!!!!!! I love them all. I am not done yet.
10:40, Wednesday, July 4, 2007
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I must admit that not have my wife in bed with me at some point during the night has raised some suspicions and concerns. A mind gets to wondering if its something that I have done or not done. As you well know some of her blogs have been directed at my inability to turn off the TV now that the table has been turned to the time spent on a given machine, be it TV or computer. I am wondering if its a point being made or has she found a true meaning to life and I am no longer needed to full fill that space that I used to do pretty good at taking up most of it. Have we came to a point in our lives that is none reversable. I am praying that its just a phase that all of us go through. Where we try to find something in our lives that fills in the voids when the other part of our lives is out of action. Or is there room for both worlds. there must be a happy medium some where. I see something special here!!!!!!!!!!!!
09:57, Wednesday, July 4, 2007
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Hi this is my first attempted to write some thing so be patient with me. The periods and spelling may not be right but oh well that's life. And the paragraphs may run together but that's the way it does in my head so I must keep it real. My Susan is under the impression that I don't like her spending so much time on this blogging page and talking to so many new friends about our everyday struggles. I may give here that impression but its not true.Let me try to explain myself while its still fresh in my head. here I go. Oh hell I lost it!!!!!!!! Just kidding. lol By her putting our life out their or her life out their on the net it opens a whole new aspect of thoughts or ideas for her to work on and that makes me nerves. That like taking a unloaded gun and getting the best ammo to put in the gun and being stalked by a whole different kind of hunter. One that is more prepared for the hunt. I have known for quit a while that she is already more intellectual than me. Thats part of what I loved about her is how very smart she is. But in the past we did not have so many people watching us and putting them bullets in her guns. Yeh it make me gun shy. But its ok ladys and gentle men I have on good armor. |
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