Jeremy Herndon Blog

Not really sure what the heck is going on around here lately, but we seem to be getting more birth announcements in the mail more than usual right now. And what is really weird is that each and every one of them are announcing the births of baby boys and these are some pretty darned big boys that are coming into the world right now. There hasn’t been a single one that is less than 8 1/2 pounds, most have been 9 pounds and over!

It’s interesting to see some of the names that are being given to these little guys. There hasn’t been a John, William, Jack, Michael, Steve or Joe or any of the usual boy names that were so popular back in our day. But more like Brody, Tristan, Jaden, Jaxon and Colton, just to name a few that I can remember at this point. At least they haven’t been totally off the wall like some of the ones that are always being talked about on the Internet that today’s celebrities are giving to their off springs. These folks have really gone off the deep end and I feel so sorry for those kids that will have to live with these wacky names for the rest of their lives unless of course they go to court and pay to have their “unique” names changed.

Alicia Silverstone named her baby boy Bear Blu. And Kate Hudson named her son Bingham Hawn Bellamy. I’m sorry but I can’t help but wonder why these people think that this is a good idea, makes me wonder what they have been drinking or drugging to come up with such things. Don’t get me wrong, unique names aren’t a bad thing but I do think that so many of them have just crossed the line all for the sake of getting more publicity. But that’s just my opinion.

From time to time people tell me that the reason that the Irish celebrate St Patrick’s day is because St Patrick drove all of the snakes out/off of Ireland. One story tells that he had made a deal with the snakes that if they left Ireland he would give them poisonous venom as a reward. I was just reading an article that explains that the last Ice Age is what rid Ireland of snakes. So I wonder who is St Patrick REALLY and why is he supposed to be such a hero that his “day” is celebrated every year with green beer and parades and corned beef cabbage.

It amazes me to find out that the very famous doll the they call Barbie is turning 53 years old today. My sisters were total Barbie fans and they always wanted me to play with them, which I totally refused to do even when my mother caved in from their nagging and bought a Ken doll to try and entice me into joining in with them. Even a promise of a G.I. Joe wouldn’t do the trick, silly girls.

Anyway-  Happy Birthday to Ms. Barbie!  Hope my sisters read this.

I’m so glad that we are in the part of the country that is having the extreme warm winter weather. Folks have been totally taking advantage of this warm weather by getting a lot of outside work done that generally doesn’t get started until the end of April. I am hoping that this weekend will be nice again so that I can get my tiller out and get at least one of the gardens tilled. The ground hasn’t been frozen in weeks so it is nice and moist and soft so that it should be a breeze to get tilled. I hope so because tilling is not one of my most favorite chores.

Our retired neighbor that lives across the street is starting to get to work on his backyard swimming pool, since it won’t be long until people are wanting to take a swim and cool off from the heat of the day. He was looking at new swimming pool liners to use this season as well as a new pool cover. I haven’t talked to him in a while to see if he was successful in finding all the pool supplies that he needs and if he needs any help with anything to get it ready. He is a really nice fellow and always extends an invitation to the neighbors to come and enjoy his pool, which we have done a few times a years since he had it built. It is a very nice pool that he takes much pride in and he certainly deserves it after working hard in the E.R. in town for so long. We are certainly blessed with good neighbors.

We had a surprise visitor at our Elks meeting last night. The State President, Tim Knotts, showed up unexpected and had us all pretty nervous upon his arrival. We kept the meeting short and sweet, allowed him plenty of time to stand up and talk about all the things that are going on in the state, all the places he has been and where he is planning on during the rest of his term.

After each meeting we all head downstairs for drinks, but Tim didn’t stick around for any social time, most likely because he had a 2 1/2 hour drive back home and the meeting didn’t end until almost 9pm. We are all curious as to why the surprise visit and are anxious to find out more and what we are up against.