~ Strawberry Fields......... Forever?~

....not if this guy has anything to say.   Some of you may remember that a while back I posted on how my landlord had planted a patch of strawberries in the backyard.   This morning before I left for work this was the sight I saw.   This guy jumped the chain link fence to get to the plants.  There are no berries as it was too late when they went in, but damn he pulled root and all out.   Lucky for him you can't shoot a firearm or he'd be dinner one night. 

Thanks for all the nice comments on my last entry.  I haven't been spammed again.. not yet anyway.  GRRR I wish folks would just grow up....  auto poster or not someone set it up and it's so immature.  What purpose does it serve?  Really.  If any of my readers were or are into porn I'm sure they already have their favorite free sites.  LMAO!!  Terri your tantum had me in stitches.  You are such a good friend :)  Thank you!

Today I had a bunch of emails that were unsubscribing from my blog.  Everyone was an AOL email address.  It says ISP requested and it appears some were folks that I haven't seen on line in ages so maybe their mailboxes are full.  Not sure.  If you're still interested in getting alerts and haven't you may want to subscribe again.  AOL at it's finest.  GRRRRR

Picked my girlfriend up at the airport last night.  She is in town for 2 weeks from Tampa.  She'll be staying at my house next week.  Should be fun.  For now I need to get sleep.  It was after 2:30am when I got home from dropping her off and my old bod is tired.  

Be good all........... and thank you!

hugs

~d

 

So it's Sunday............  the last few days I've logged in to check mail.  What a sight...  an unbelievable amount of mail from blogger with comments.  Wow!  What the hell happened here...  as I went through it, nothing but spam.  Characters instead of comments.  I spent lots of time removing them.  The next day, I log in for mail and again.  WTF!?!  I leave them alone.  Now everyday I log in and again and again.  I've left them.  Don't bother clicking on the link connected with their name it takes you to a porn site.  Or something.. I didn't stay long enough to really figure it out.  It's in Chinese.  I do some investigative work and no one from China or even close has visited.  What do I find?   I find hours spent on my site, visiting page after page after page.   One user from MA and one from CA, or that is what the url suggests.  No comments from either area that I can see.  Deduction?  Someone has way to much freakin time on their hand and no life.  Why waste their valuable time doing that?  Like anyone goes back into my archives to read comments on click on the suggested link?  Ok some will now that I've written about it, but in general no one does that.  Do they?  I've spent more then enough of my time looking into it and believe my I was not at all happy with what I found.  Disturbing.  Well what wasn't disturbing is I realized I actually must have a life.  So I've added back the word verification.  Not that I post much, but for those that actually comment with legit words, I'm sorry.   I am contimplating letting this blog sit dorment for a bit. I won't go private. Very few readers stop by here, and tags seem to becoming a thing of the past. I don't write like I did in the past so what is the use really?

I've recovered nicely from the reunion.  It was a blast and I'm looking forward to the next one.  I've spent some time going through facebook and looking at all the pictures.  Makes me laugh each and every time I see one.  Gaawd we were pretty immature.  LOL   Feel free to look me up on facebook.  I'm thinking I will probably be spending more time over there.  I really think all the changes here in blogger has taken the fun out of it.  Pictures don't post nicely.  Sporadically my tags show the animation but not always...  it's time consuming and I think it sucks.   When I have a few minutes I may look around for a more user friendly blog spot.  Maybe I won't...  

Hope everyone is doing well.  Sorry I've not been by.  I've had issues with blogs opening, allowing me to comment, you name it... no matter if I'm on AOL's browser, explorer, or firefox.....  I've tried from work and other PC's so it's not me....

Know I am thinking about you tho

Hugs

~d

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~ Freaking Blast ~

 

Holy crap!  What a weekend!!  My reunion was a blast!   Friday night we had dinner and live music.  I arrived a bit early to do last minute set up and then night flew by.   Friends I haven't seen in 30 years.  Some I've seen here and there along the way of life, but damn if it wasn't good to see everyone. 

After the formal part of the evening we went back to a girlfriends house and had a bon fire in her back yard.  Before I knew it was after 3 and I couldn't believe I was still awake and ready to go.  We sat around the fire snacking, having a bit to drink telling stories and laughing our asses off.  It was as though we were back in the day only this time we didn't have to hide.  

 

We had to call it a night as there was another big day on Saturday.  By about 10 am it was raining cats and dogs.  I held off packing the car so not to get drenched.  One shower before I got there was enough.  It did let up and we headed to the park balloons in tow to hang with the signs so folks could find us.  The rain stopped long enough for us to get to the shelter and unload the car.  It came down for a bit again but the sun did break through and the day turned out to be fabulous!!

 

After the park we headed out to a local carnival.  The beer tent was the goal but we only last about 20-30 minutes.  It was a mob scene and we couldn't find anyone even if we wanted.  There was a group of about 7 and if it wasn't for the guys we'd have never even hooked up.  Good thing they were 6 foot or so :)   We walked across the street to the bar and continued are celebrating.  It was well after midnight by the time I got home.  Can you say tired?   Holy shit!  Today I looked in the mirror once and vowed not to do it again.  My sides were sore from laughing.  The whites of my eyes were red.  The veins were like blood.  Not a good sign.  The bags?  Well the out of towners could have used them to pack their belongings for the trip back to their home.  It was not pretty.   Other then being a bit tired I was fine.  I just don't think I will be pulling a week like this past one anytime soon.  It was a freakin blast tho.

 

A few good friends came in from out of town and it was so good to catch up.  Can I say, once a crush always a crush?   Too funny....   Of course gone now and nothing will transpire but it was fun to flirt for a bit.  I'll let you figure out who....   or which...   I have a few more pictures up on facebook.. feel free to stop by.  You'll see the smiles, the silliness, and yes, the immaturity!   Ahhhhh it's good to let your hair down tho.

It's been one helluva weekend and I have to work in the am so it's going to be an early night.  Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Hugs

~d

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~ Second Place ~

 

 Heyyyyyyyy hope everyone is doing good.  I'm doing great!   Been preparing for my 30th High School Reunion.  Dinner and music tomorrow night...  a picnic at the local park on Saturday.  Oh that park.. it has a ton of memories.  When they skipped school that's where they went.  Yeap... I said they... you don't think I skipped do you?  :::music playing:::  One memory .. my girlfriend and I skipped and decided to go to the park.  We didn't drive so we stuck out our thumb and began the trek.  No worries hitch hiking back then was common.  Anyway, we laughed and talked hoping for a ride.  Then a car pulls over.  Turns out it's Jim (my brother in law now)  Says, 'get in!  Your mother is with your sister Pat are right behind me.'   They were off looking at flowers for the wedding.  OMG!!!  He saved my ass.  Oh.. but that's right I didn't skip.  :)~  Needless to say I'm pretty excited about the reunion.  Will definitely be a good time.  Let's hope the weather cooperates.

So second place..............   most of you remember the fiasco about tubes and the license, blah blah blah...  well anyway one of the guilds holds a contest each week.  This past week it was make a tag using Mike James work.  I only had a couple tubes so I decided on the one above and went with the flow.  The judge of the contest?   The artist himself.   He thought the concept was good/cute.  Did he mean the entire tag or the fact that he left her buttock hanging out?   Regardless.. I won 7 tubes of my choice.  Whuuu huuuu  that's a nice bonus.   

Well..  I've attempted to get around blogger and hopefully I will see all of you soon.   Keep those fingers crossed.. no rain this weekend.  Be good and enjoy.........

Hugs

~d

~ Great Holiday ~

Wow!  What a great holiday weekend...   my brother in law had his annual party for the 4th on Friday.  It was fabulous.   There was a good 600 people there total.  It's several business' that put on the bash and what a bash it was!!   Pig, smoked turkey and brisket.  Lobster, crab legs, clams.  Burgers and dog.  Every type of salad you could imagine.  Enough desserts to run a bakery for a month!  Out of this world!   Speaking of out of this world... the fireworks.  What a show!  

I've included a ton of pictures..............

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday it was a rerun.  Food, food, and more food.  We went out the beach.  Family lives right on the lake.   It had been pretty cool and rainy here.  Yesterday the sun was out but it was windy.   Lake Erie looked more like the ocean surf.  The kids didn't care they went in anyway. 

 

 

My niece brought along her new puppy.   What a cutie!  She is lucky I didn't snap him and take him home!!

'Bug' loved him too..........

 

 

Talk about bonfire on the beach!!  Note the size in comparison to the chairs.  OUCH!!

 

 

 

 

 

Talk about pets..............   I'm sorry this is ugly!!  His mom still loves him tho....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ohhhh.. did I mention....  someone got head at the party?    ROFLMAO!!!   That is so gross!

 

Off to my parents to round off the celebration.  Hope everyone had a great holiday.... and/or weekend.

Hugs

~d

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