One of the old classics from the 70′s that I’ve always enjoyed hearing now and then is the song “Taxi” by Harry Chapin. I was browsing through You Tube earlier and stumbled onto the video. I really enjoy the way You Tube brings us all the music you could ever think of and allows us to listen and watch at our convenience.
Listen and Enjoy and Remember The 70′s, if you can…
One of the things that I like about living in a small town is how the entire town makes such a big deal about community events. For example right now there are several Vinyl Banners that have been strung between lampposts crossing Main Street advertising the county’s annual autumn Farm Days celebration.
Apparently Farm Days consists of several local farms opening their doors to the community for guided tours around their farms. I think that taking a tour of the local akpaca farm is something that most children would enjoy quite a bit. Naturally at the same time the town closes off a section of the town’s second most traveled commercial street and allows vendors to set up their tents and Trade Show Displays of their freshly grown local produce from the farms along with the assorted crafters and local politicians setting up camp trying to win voters for the upcoming local elections.
Seems to me that the same two candidates are always running for the position of Sheriff. They seem to take turns winning! I don’t know what the town would do if a third person ever threw his or her hat into that competition! I like going to the street fairs and just walking around and people watch. From time to time I might find something unique to buy from a crafter that has come up with something new.
My wife likes to look at the hand made jewelry, she is always on the prowl looking for new additions to her assortment of statement jewelry. I have to admit though, she does not often spend much money at the fair.
OK I can take a hint Sis. My kid sister has a birthday coming up soon and she is all ready sending out gift ideas and suggestions to the family. She even went so far as to send me the link to http://www.blueskyscrubs.com/categories/Scrubs/Scrubs-for-Women/Original-Scrubs/ which is to a company that she buys a lot of her medical scrubs and uniforms that she needs to wear to work each day since she finally landed a job at the local hospital in town. She hasn’t bought a new set of scrubs in some time now and I know how women can be about their wardrobe so I have no problem picking her up a couple of things to help her out and feel better about herself.
She worked so hard going back to school while raising her twin sons and getting her degree in nursing. She never planned on working, but when her husband suddenly passed away leaving her on her own with the two boys she had no other choice and we are all so proud of her. The whole family pitched in to help her get this far, but that is what family is for. The twins were passed around from relative to relative for a good while there, but actually I think it all worked out for the best since the twins are now so very close with many relatives that I really don’t think they would have been if not for all the baby sitting duties that were necessary to get her where she is today.
I know that she reads this blog from time to time, so I’d like her know how proud we all are of her and to let her know that we will all be there for her and her kids when ever she needs us. Being an uncle is more fun than I ever expected and I look forward to teaching the boys football, baseball, soccer, what ever they want and need from me, anything other then changing their diapers!
My parents are now finally trying to learn how to use the Internet. Almost all of their friends are using it to email friends and family and to receive and share photographs that are so easy to see all year round instead of waiting for random visits, family get-to-gethers and holidays. But my folks have fought entering the 21st century and a lot of the technology that is coming out along with it, so I am very pleased to hear that they are now at least trying.
They all ready have had Direct TV for some time now and we were all in a state of shock when we went over there to find Dad kicking back watching one of the many sport channels that they offer their subscribers. He finally threw away the old rabbit ears and joined the billions of people that are now be offered more channels than they could ever want or need.
Now they are looking into finding a good home security system to have installed in their home. There have been a rash of home break ins in their neighborhood and it has got them a bit spooked. Of course Dad is sure that his shot gun can take care of anyone breaking into the house, but Mom has talked him into using more modern and legal methods. So they went online and typed in “home security huntsville” and came up with a few options that they are now seriously looking into.
These are all good positive things that are going on with them and I’m really proud of both of them.
Tonight a group of my friends got together to eat dinner at our local Applebee’s restaurant. That’s one of our favorite places to eat, the food is always good and it is always reasonably priced. The only thing that we don’t like about it is that it has a “smoking” section. We always ask for a seat in the “non-smoking” section but we still smell the cigarette smoke, which is just plain and simple nauseating to smell. Never mind the health consequences of smoking and second-hand smoke, it just plain and simply smells nasty! We were surprised that last night they allowed smoking; there are times when I’ve gone there and it was all non-smoking. Maybe that’s only on Sundays. Next time we think we want to go there, I’m going to call them and ask them when they have smoke-free dining.