Cousins hanging out.

Cristian Steven Newberry and Johnny Lynn Miller spent some quality time together.

Watching "Bubble Guppies" on Mama's iphone.

Visiting with the possum.

Vitals. 11.20.12

Well, I will start the 5 Pound Aqua-exercise Challenge at 237.6. To win a tee shirt I have to weight less that 242.6 in January. Piece of cake! Oops, I should not say cake.

Date	Weight	Waist	Temp	BP Hi	BP Lo	Pulse	Miles	MPD
1/3/12	252	50.8	96.9	134	69	8.5	8.5	1.2
7/10/12	220.6	47.3	95.9	147	74	74	14.1	2
10/16/12	233.4	49.2	96.9	136	67	72	9.8	1.4
10/24/12	235.2	49.5	96.8	137	63	65	12.5	1.8
11/6/12	236	48.9	96.1	134	65	66	9.8	1.4
11/13/12	236	49.3	96.0	123	58	60	10.8	1.5
11/20/12	237.6	49.6	96.8	129	62	71	10.3	1.5

Is great grand daughter Johnny Lynn a born dancer?

Council on Aging Meeting today.

14 of the 15 directors were present.  We voted on the members of the five Board committees. The committees will serve for the Board year. The Executive Director, Michelle gave the Board an interesting history of the Lincoln Council on Aging and listed the services we offer. There are 12 employees. Michelle is the only full time employee. The other 11 employees are part time. The annual budget is $447,000.

A Health Department inspection indicated that we have to install a hand sink and a mop sink. Michelle will get bids.

I never said, "I love you, Dad".

I am pretty sure that I never told my Father that I loved him. I do not believe that he ever said that he loved me. Our lives were the worst for that lack. I have had people tell me that they love me. It is nice. My Father was a big part of my pre teen years. At one time my home only had two occupants, my Dad and I. At that time my Father suffered a stroke that left him paralyzed on his left side for the rest of his life. I have been on my own since that time. Age 13.

I have been thinking about my Dad a lot lately. I soon will be joining him. I try to bring up pleasant memories. There are some. However, we never did fun things together. My Father was busy with his social life. He loved the ladies.

I loved my Dad and I am sure that he loved me. He was a handsome rugged looking guy. I think that he looked like John Wayne. He was lean and tanned from many years of hard farm and construction work. He was a teamster when that meant working with horses. At one time he had a business working a team of horses that he owned. They were named Bert and Beck.

He fell on hard economic times in the depression. I can remember being hungry. One time I came home and all of our furniture was piled up in the front yard due to the rent not being paid.

I do remember many lectures from my Dad. Several wise sayings such as honesty is the best policy and anything worth doing is worth doing right. My Father was very adamant about the correct way to treat ladies. Open doors for them. Anyone your age or older was to be addressed as "mam". I remember being required to stay at home for 30 days. I was too old for Dad to use his razor strop on me. My Dad said that I had neglected to say "mam" to my Aunt Mae. I do not think that I had committed such a grievous sin but he said I was guilty. He won the argument.

I am going to try in the last years of my life saying "I love you" a whole lot. So here goes,

"I LOVE YOU, DAD".

Sunday Lunch at Grannys #2.

John's Sunday School Class and most of family had lunch in West Monroe today at Grannie's #2.

Notice that Granny has rocking chairs on the porch, just like the Cracker Barrel.

It was a nice group. I enjoyed the lunch of salad and chicken wings.

A FOURTEEN Tuba Game!

Just think, I almost did not go.It really taxed my tuba photographic capabilities.

Count them. There are 14 tubas. 19th ranked Louisiana Tech was playing Utah for the SEC Championship. Unfortunately utah did not know that we were ranked so high and they won the game 48 to 41. It did take an overtime to do it, however. That is the biggest crowd that I have ever seen in the Tech Stadium.

Our Bulldog is on the football team also.

Flag run after every Tech touchdown.

Fall at 2765 HWY 544, Ruston, Louisiana.

The leaves have been falling like snowflakes. Most of the ground surface is covered with leaves. You can see the traffic out on the highway much better. It is a couple of hundred feet away.

The driveway.

This chair looks like I feel!

Two Johns and two bucks.

John Morgan Adams, my son in law, shot a buck early this am. He said the buck had a big body but poor antler development. He said that he had to kill the buck to get it out of the gene pool.

John Roebuck, who is the secretary of the Jefferson Corner Liars Club shot a nice buck this morning.

The Roebuck buck had a large body and well developed antlers. Should have been left in the gene pool, don't you think?

Basketball. Latech Bulldogs vs University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

Most unusual. A five tuba game.

Number one fan.

Right ear's left ear. He has a Lady with him.

A little boy has a hold on our Bulldog!

A wave from Slim Russell.

Mike White hard at work.

We won. 70 to 52.