Todays thought...Memories

To those of you who don't know, my grandpa is very sick. So I thought I would dedicate tonights blog to him. By remembering all of the funnies. This might be a book by the time I'm done, so prepare to laugh and get some popcorn and a cold drink. Or hot drink, whatever yer flaver.

First off let me tell you, when I was born, it was in the afternoon. 9 hours prior to my grandpa's birthday, there I was. My grandpa gave my mama absolute grief and wanted to know why she couldn't wait 9 more hours to have me. She told him he'd just have to accept an early birthday present because they weren't putting me back in. Pretty comical.

From the time I was knee high to a grasshopper, my grandpa was my guy. We were inseperable. They say that I used to set in his lap for what seemed like hours and fall asleep when I was little. I remember we'd be riding in the car and we'd go down a hill and he would whistle. And I would hear it. And for years I'd ask him if he was the one whisteling. He'd tell me no every time. I knew I'd heard something whistle every time we'd go down a hill. I knew I wasnt crazy. Well, finally when I was about 18, riding down the road with my grandpa, looked in the rearview mirror and found out he was whisteling every time we went down the hill. I looked at him and I blurted out "You do whistle! I knew it was you! You kept telling me it wasn't and it's been you this whole time!" Of course he was in total denial. "Uh uh. What are you talking about?". I was like "Yep grandpa, BUSTED!" We laughed about it all the way home.

He was also very big on making sound effects when watching Star Trek. He'd make sounds of things exploding and phasers going off and everything. He was such a comic when it came to watching the TV.

Then one time when I was younger, you remember them Coca-Cola Polar Bears that they had at Hardee's a few years back? Well I wanted one so bad I could taste it. My daddy had told me that I couldn't have one. Ah, but I had the ACE. My grandpa was coming down to visit for the holidays and I knew being the only girl out of 5 of us, yep, my grandpa was gunna come in there and buy me one. Well, they get there, I ask my grandpa for one in front of my daddy. Of course my daddy tells me no, but you know grandpas. He winked at me. Well, my grandma, aunt and me go to...where else for lunch...yep. Hardees. She got one for me, one for my grandpa and one for my aunt. So, we get home, I show my daddy what my grandma had bought me with such pride, he turns right to my grandma and says "Thanks mom." My grandpa turns to him and says, "I was going to buy her one anyway". Come to think of it, my poor daddy. Didn't stand a fighting chance when I asked my grandpa for something.

Then, I don't remember this, but my grandma likes to tell me about it a lot. When my grandma and grandpa used to carry me for the night we'd go to dinner and what not then go home and make cookies (And eat the dough). Well (showing my age here a bit), back when there were no seatbelt laws they'd put me in the middle of the car in the front seat on the armrest. Well, my grandpa used to say "Come on Lady!" if there was a lady in front of us going slow. Well, at about 3 years old, they put me up there, and we were at a red light and out of my mouth came "Come on Lady!" in about the deepest tone of voice a little 3 year old girl could make. I roll laughing every time I hear that story. It never gets old.

And a few of my grandpa's loves since I've known him have been Alf and the California Rasins. And Oldsmobiles. Gotta throw that one in there. Then came my wedding. Got married on horseback and I'd told everyone there that they'd have to be in jeans to attend. Went strictly cowboy on my wedding. Well, my grandpa didn't even own a pair of jeans. But that was soon to change. I of course couldn't have a propper wedding without my mama and daddy, as well as my grandma and grandpa. So you know I had to let him slide without wearing jeans. I mean, come on, he was my grandpa! But he was the only one. Well, that day I'd decided, in all of the years I've known him, I had never, and I mean NEVER seen my grandpa in a pair of jeans. And I was gunna buy him some, for Christmas. So, Pooh Bear and I went out and found the hippest pair out there of Carpenter jeans and then we got a regular pair. Well, do you know, my grandpa loved them Carpenter jeans. The regular pair didn't fit him right so what did he do? Went back to the store and swapped them out for Carpenter jeans. Yep, that was all me.

Then came this most recent Christmas. I asked grandma what they needed if anything. She told me that they didn't have a dvd player in the livingroom. So, Pooh Bear and I come to the rescue, and buy them a dvd player for Christmas. Wouldn't you know it if my mama didn't call me Christmas Eve to tell me that while sitting at the dinner table my grandpa said that he'd never own a dvd player. Boy did I feel about 5" tall. Thats what we'd gotten him for Christmas. Everyone told me he laughed when he opened it up Christmas morning but that he liked it.

Then I remember one year we all went to Walt Disney World for the holiday. Well of course when you're there, you have to go to the Magic Kingdom. And while in the Magic Kingdom you have to visit the one place that you know when someone's been in there. Yall know where I'm going with this. Yep, the Small World exhibit. Let me just tell you, when we got out of there, my grandpa could have gone the rest of his life without hearing that song and it would not have hurt his feelings in the least little bit. So now was time for daddy's revenge. I wanted a watch that had come out. It had Mickey Mouse and his hands went all the way around and the numbers were little flags of different countries and when you pushed the little button on the side of it, what would you hear? What else...Its a Small World. Well, I walk into my grandpa's house just as proud as a tiger with its first catch and play my watch. I think if looks are worth a million dollars, the look of dread on his face, was worth ten million. It was so funny.

Well, I think I'm gunna end with my book now and say goodnight. Its time for some dinner so I've gotta get to it. I love you grandpa. You're still my guy, and you always will be.

Todays thought...A rant about an ad. Now, I'm about to talk pro Bush again, so if you don't wish to hear my thoughts on it, check back in a couple of weeks for a new posting.

Ok, so I saw an ad on Google no doubt "Should Bush be Impeached". Now, I had to click on it because they were discussing issues about Bush "lying about Iraq, $3 gas prices and illegaly wiretapping Americans". Ok, now, here's my problem with this. Lets just take one issue at a time.

First off we have the lies about Iraq. Supposedly he lied about Iraq in order to invade. Supposedly he led us to believe that there were weapons of mass distruction to justify invading Iraq. Ok, now here's my thing on this. Saddam was proven to be connected with the terrorists that attacked us. They are saying that Bush broke the UN Charter and the Nuremberg Charter thus breaking the treaty with the UN. Now, what most people either don't know or just flat out refuse to see, those rules do not apply if you are attacked first by someone who is not following those rules. Lets break this down a little more laymens terms shall we? Ok, you and I set in a room. We have a written agreement that we will not hit eachother in the face, we will just slap eachothers hand. Now, after a while of slapping eachothers hands, I decide I'm going to hit you in the face. Are you going to just slap my hand? NO! Not anybody who has any self dignity. You're going to hit me back in the face. That is what we have here.

We could even go biblical with this subject. The bible says Turn the other Cheek. Ok. We did. We turned the other cheek when we got attacked in '93. We didn't do anything in '93 even though we were told that they would be back to finish the job and bring the towers down. We got attacked again and guess what, now both cheeks are red. What do you do then. Turn the other cheek and wait for them to make it bleed? NO! You take action. The bible says turn the other cheek but the bible doesn't say anything about being stupid and letting people stomp on us because we keep turning that cheek now does it?

And yes, maybe when we went in there we were lead to believe that there were weapons of mass destruction and there were none found. But guess what, we found the means to make those weapons of mass destruction. So then everyone gets all up in arms because just the means to make the weapons were found and not the actual weapons. WHAT!? Think about this logically, if you had a neighbor that had the means to make a bomb that he was going to put in your house, and you knew that he would build this bomb and put it there, would you rather get in there and get it out of there when it was just the materials, or would you wait until there was a bomb and then try to go in there and get it. Oh but wait, we don't know that he was going to use the materials to build these weapons. Hello! If you have all the materials on the table setting next to some step by step instructions labled "How to build a pipe bomb", what are you going to do with it? Oh, thats right, you're going to build an enema.

Next we go to the $3 gas. Ok, so the main thing about that is oh yeah, Bush has business connections to the oil industry and since he's making a profit off of it, they are raising the gas prices. Again I say...WHAT!? Where are you people from? Would you like to know the real reason the gas prices have gotten so high? Here's a thought, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TO GO AROUND ANY MORE! Face it people, all around the world they use crude oil for energy, asphalt and thats right, conversion in to good old Gasoline and motor oil. Why do you think they keep coming out with hybrid vehicles. Not just for the air quality. I'm not saying that the oil is going to run out tomorrow, but lets face it, we've been depleting the worlds oil supply since it was discovered and the more things that are built that need oil to run, the faster its going to go.

Now we move on to illegaly wire tapping American citizens. Ok, no one has ever heard of Homeland Security? Come on? If you're not a terrorist, then its not going to matter if you are being "tapped" or not. The Men in Black are not going to come in your door if a conversation is overheard that you are a Democrat. The Presidents advisors are not going to post it on the news that Sally Somebody in Anywheretown Va commited adultry with the poolboy. They look for key words being said during a conversation and you're pretty well left alone. Do you think for one second that I care if the governement is watching me type this blog entry right now? No. I hope they let Bush see it so he can know that there are some good down home redneck supporters our there that are rooting for him and don't think he needs to be impeached.

Well anyway, thats my rant for the day. I think I'm done for now. In ending I say, use your heads people. Don't buy into the media about all of this. Bush is just a man doing his job to protect our society from people out there who want to tear it down for what we believe and how we live. With that, I bid you good night.

Holla!