Something to think about.Why is bra singular and panties plural ??

How about, "I got a pair of pants … one for everyday and one for dress. I think I'll put on the everyday pair now." A lot of incongruities in the English language, aren't there?

Looking forward to date night.

I have finished reading through the Candidates' position statements & policy proposals, all the way from Governor of Md/Lt Governor (who are running unopposed in the primary) to School Board to the Register of Wills (who is also running unopposed). Ready to cast my votes for the various contests.

Either Friday or Saturday we'll be heading over to Indianapolis to visit our daughter and her family. It'll be a big group. Lots of nieces and nephews; our daughter from Georgia and her family; and our daughter from Peoria along with her family. Going to be a "swim-fest."

...but still not a family reunion?

Well, it'll be a family reunion of sorts. Mainly just my wife and I and our daughters and their families and a few nieces and nephews that live in northern Illinois (Chicago area). Our sons probably won't be able to make it (work).

This is a pretty special day in my life. It's our 55th wedding anniversary. Yep. Fifty-five years ago … 1963 … we got married after having dated for 3 years. Best thing I ever did marrying a wife as special and wonderful as the one I did. She was my absolute true love then … and I love her that much more now. I was truly a VERY, VERY lucky man.

We're going to celebrate in several ways. This morning we're going to visit shut-ins from our church. We've always done this together and we've done it now for maybe 18 years. Then, this evening we're going out to dinner to one of our favorite restaurants. Then tomorrow we're going to a movie with lunch at a favorite Italian restaurant. Shold be a fun filled couple of days of celebration.

Way to go.

Happy Anniversary to the two of you!! Dicksbro

We did have a great day and enjoyed it all. Great way to celebrate 55 years together. If I could do it again …. I definitely would. :boink:


Attached is the sign I had in the rear window of our car yesterday.

super cute!!!! :cheers: :wine: cheers

Thanks, Lil! We did have a great anniversary and yesterday we had a great birthday for my wife. For 15 days, we'll be the same age … then I'll pull ahead for another year. I'm sure glad when we got married that I was young and thought they were saying "bye-bye-car-car." Otherwise, can you imagine how old I'd be. :yikes:

Old you may be, but the two of you still keep going. That's worth a lot.

Amen to that. She makes me feel like the luckiest guy in the world.

My oldest got married!

CONGRATULATONS! Here's hoping they have the happiest marriage ever and that their love for each other will grow every day for as long as they live! :cheers:

Excellent; that makes him someone else's problem.

Another visit to shut-ins from our church this morning. We really look forward to this monthly visit. We rotate between four groups so see everyone about 3 times each year. One of the groups consists of two senior residence homes so we see 3 to 10 each time we visit each residence. It's wonderful and the folks we visit are great, too! I think today we'll see five individuals this morning who still live at home … just are not able to get to church. Our emphasis is on helping them to realize they are still full members of our faith community and while we're bringing them communion … we're also encouraging them to pray for all our parish family.

Went to see Hotel Transylvania 3 yesterday. It was very cute and we enjoyed it a lot.

I saw the Mr. Rogers movie today and lurved it.

Today's garbage pickup day. :shrug:

Got the lawn mowed yesterday and picked up several hundred small apples that had fallen from the tree. Amazing how so few apples in a sack can start to weigh up so fast. Still have more to get but at least the grass is reasonably clear for now.

Our one son last night reported swelling above the ankle. Will probably have to take him into Prompt Care this morning and have it looked at to be sure nothing really serious is going on. :wish:

Ug, hope it's nothing but a turned ankle.

The doctor saw our son and believes its a form of Bursitis. Not usually found in the ankle, but, can be almost anywhere there's a joint that can become inflamed. He got a prescription and was told to keep activity to a minimum until the swelling subsides.

OK, that's mostly good news. Could have been a lot worse.

Interesting stuff ...
 

Just got this in an email and thought it was really interesting. Passing it on with no verification of the info … but, very interesting none-the-less.

The next
time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature
isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be. Here are some
facts about the 1500s:


Most
people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and
they still smelled pretty good by June.. However, since they were starting to
smell . .. . brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence
the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting
married.

Baths
consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the
privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the
women and finally the children. Last of all the
babies. By then the water
was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, "Don't
throw the baby out with the Bath water!"

Houses
had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the
only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals
(mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and
sometimes the animals would slip an d fall off the roof. Hence the saying
"It's raining cats and dogs."

There
was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real
problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice
clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded
some protection. That's how canopy beds came into
existence.

The
floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the
saying, "Dirt poor." The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in
the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their
footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened
the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in
the entrance-way. Hence: a thresh hold.

(Getting quite an education, aren't you?)

In
those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung
over the fire.. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They
ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme: Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old.

Sometimes
they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could, "bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and chew the fat.

Those with
money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.

Bread
was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the upper crust.

Lead
cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a wake.

England
is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury
people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift.) to listen for the bell; thus,someone could be, saved by the bell or was considered a dead ringer...

And
that's the truth...Now, whoever said History was boring ! !
!

Today we lost a person I DO like and respect that DID get captured. Today we ALL lost someone few people will ever measure up to.

John McCain, RIP.

Considering going downtown Friday to pay my respects.

Trying to put the finishing touches on manning a booth during our local "Pumpkin Festival" coming up in less than 3 weeks. Morton is called the "Pumpkin Capitol of the World" with about 70% of the domestic product canned here and about 80% of the world's canned pumpkins. Festival includes Pumpkin Pancakes and Ice Cream along with other great Pumpkin recipes. Carnival rides and one of the larger central Illinois parades.

Sounds like a lot of fun, DB.

It's been a busy week and we start this new one with a birthday party for ......

Been away at TCEP-Tad & Craig's Excellent Party-a local gaming convention.Was able to run a game of my favorite aerial air combat game, Wings of War/Glory. Introduced a couple of people to some old favorites, found some new game myself.

Among the latter is something called Echidna Shuffle. You, as parade of echidnas, for a public transportation system for invertebrates.

Hiho DB. :wave:

And a Hiho to you, too. :wave: How's everything in your neck of the woods?

Yarr, it be that time of year again
 

Not only be it International Talk Like a Pirate Day,

but it also be Yom Kippurrr

Time for the Jewish pirates to make arrmends.

Heard that God wants us to celebrate Constitutional day by exercising the US Constitution and impeach Trump