since my last blog, so I think I will try to find something to write about. For us it has been non-stop nothing for several days. I find it difficult to get it all done, but I get at least half of it done daily. If it were not for the basketball tournaments the last few days I don't know what I would have done to keep me alert. We did go to Topeka for our grandsons 8th birthday, so that was enjoyable. It is just good to get out once in awhile and see how the rest of the country is doing. The wheat around Salina is not doing much so far this year, we need rain. Today all we are getting is wind and a lot of it. I bet the wind farms West of here are putting back at a high rate today.
As I mentioned, I have been watching a lot of March Madness this past weekend. My Kansas Jayhawks are in the Sweet 16, go KU!!!! But, I am sorry to report my K-State Wildcats got knocked out of the NIT in the second round. Well, I guess KU will have to carry the state flag the rest of the way. In my bracket, I picked KU to play Oklahoma for the title. What!!!!! You say, well the reasoning behind this is that in 1988, KU played Oklahoma for the championship and won. Even with that and all the times the Big 12 has done well in the tournaments since and the fact that KU won it all last year, the Big 12 still gets no credit for being a strong conference. So, you see, that is why I want KU to go all the way.
Well, that is about all I can think of to say at this time, everyone have a really great week and stay well.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
In The Begining
I have taken on a project, that of creating a scrapbook of my family ancestry. I have only been sort of working on this idea for about 4 or 5 years. I have used the internet, contacted family and relatives for information. Finally after a long time of collecting and being sick, I have started the scrapbook. As I go through all the pictures and stories it is amazing how close your family seems to become. My hope is that some day my children will look at the work I have put in and start to wonder if there is more to discover and maybe one of them will carry it further than I have been able to do.
When I started, I remembered when my father was trying to work on finding family information, I don't know how many trips he and my mother took to go to just look through library articles, newspapers, legal documents and other palaces searching for information. I do remember, he was unable to find anything further back than his father. He knew his grand father was married twice but did not know his name or the wives, so his search stopped with his father, at least that is the way I remember it.
At the time all I could think about was girls and cars and I remember thinking why does anyone want to know about dead people.
Now that I have gotten into this I hope my dad is proud that I am carrying on his work. If my father would have had the convenience of the Internet, how excited he would have been. As I got started, I realized that my cousin in Amarillo had sent me information with the name and two pictures of my great grand father. I took the opportunity and googled his name and low and behold up came, not only my great grandfather but my great great grandfather and all the wives my dad could never find.
Well, at this time I have five pages finished on the book and look forward each day to doing more. I highly recommend to anyone that thinks they don't want to undertake a project like this to just go ahead and start, you will get hooked meeting your ancestors for the first time.
This idea started form a good friend of mine who is really deep into genealogy. In her search, she discovered that her husband had several step siblings he did not even know existed. Wow, what a discovery for them.
I don't think I will ever have a discovery as unusual as theirs, but the ones I have had are just as amazing to me.
Try it you will be surprised.
When I started, I remembered when my father was trying to work on finding family information, I don't know how many trips he and my mother took to go to just look through library articles, newspapers, legal documents and other palaces searching for information. I do remember, he was unable to find anything further back than his father. He knew his grand father was married twice but did not know his name or the wives, so his search stopped with his father, at least that is the way I remember it.
At the time all I could think about was girls and cars and I remember thinking why does anyone want to know about dead people.
Now that I have gotten into this I hope my dad is proud that I am carrying on his work. If my father would have had the convenience of the Internet, how excited he would have been. As I got started, I realized that my cousin in Amarillo had sent me information with the name and two pictures of my great grand father. I took the opportunity and googled his name and low and behold up came, not only my great grandfather but my great great grandfather and all the wives my dad could never find.
Well, at this time I have five pages finished on the book and look forward each day to doing more. I highly recommend to anyone that thinks they don't want to undertake a project like this to just go ahead and start, you will get hooked meeting your ancestors for the first time.
This idea started form a good friend of mine who is really deep into genealogy. In her search, she discovered that her husband had several step siblings he did not even know existed. Wow, what a discovery for them.
I don't think I will ever have a discovery as unusual as theirs, but the ones I have had are just as amazing to me.
Try it you will be surprised.
Monday, February 2, 2009
The First Time
I just can't believe what I just discovered. You see, I always talk to my sister each day and she always asks if I have read her blog and the answer is always no not yet. Well, today I thought I would get ahead of her and read her latest blog before she asks. So I go to her blog and she hasn't written one yet this morning, guess I better call her and see if she is alright.
I sat down at the computer just now to do our income taxes on Turbo Tax, but alas it is not available. So, with nothing left to do I turned to blogging. Not much to blog, but I will just get started and see what happens.
I suppose most of you watched the Superbowl yesterday, I sure did. I was rooting for the Cardinals, only because they have never been there and the Steelers are the most winning est
team of the Superbowl. My wife was also for the Cardinals but not for the same reason, she came from Tipton, Ks. and their teams are the Tipton Cardinals. Well, everyone has to have their own reason for who they want to win.
Oops, hit a snag!
Thinking!!
Can you believe the women that had 8 children already had 6 and the report says she is single and obsessed with being pregnant and having children. I have a couple of question, first has anyone thought maybe she is needing some type of psychological evaluation. Next, what doctor in his right mind would implant 8 eggs, I think he needs to be investigated. Also, how does she pay for this, the injection is thousands of dollars and the expense of raising these 16 children is huge. If it turns out that she is getting my tax dollars to do all this then I am going to be very unhappy. Where is the health care coming from for all these children, more of my money? It is my understanding that a good doctor will not implant more than 3 or 4 eggs and then there is only a twelve percent of all of them living. Someone help me out here to understand this, please.
I said all I'm going to about the state of affairs our country is in, in my previous blog, so not going there again. But, good grief!!!!
Now that the Superbowl is over it is time for college basketball, my favorite. I follow the KU Jayhawks and the KState Wildcats and any other team in the Big 12, but my favorite is the Jayhawks. They are a young team, but will do well as time goes by. They have a tough game tonight at Baylor, which by the way is on Big Monday on ESPN if you are interested. Check your local listings for time and channel depending if you have HDTV or not. If not, I highly recommend getting it, it is awesome.
Well, will sign off and go see if Turbo Tax is working yet or not. If not, maybe I will just take a nap.
I sat down at the computer just now to do our income taxes on Turbo Tax, but alas it is not available. So, with nothing left to do I turned to blogging. Not much to blog, but I will just get started and see what happens.
I suppose most of you watched the Superbowl yesterday, I sure did. I was rooting for the Cardinals, only because they have never been there and the Steelers are the most winning est
team of the Superbowl. My wife was also for the Cardinals but not for the same reason, she came from Tipton, Ks. and their teams are the Tipton Cardinals. Well, everyone has to have their own reason for who they want to win.
Oops, hit a snag!
Thinking!!
Can you believe the women that had 8 children already had 6 and the report says she is single and obsessed with being pregnant and having children. I have a couple of question, first has anyone thought maybe she is needing some type of psychological evaluation. Next, what doctor in his right mind would implant 8 eggs, I think he needs to be investigated. Also, how does she pay for this, the injection is thousands of dollars and the expense of raising these 16 children is huge. If it turns out that she is getting my tax dollars to do all this then I am going to be very unhappy. Where is the health care coming from for all these children, more of my money? It is my understanding that a good doctor will not implant more than 3 or 4 eggs and then there is only a twelve percent of all of them living. Someone help me out here to understand this, please.
I said all I'm going to about the state of affairs our country is in, in my previous blog, so not going there again. But, good grief!!!!
Now that the Superbowl is over it is time for college basketball, my favorite. I follow the KU Jayhawks and the KState Wildcats and any other team in the Big 12, but my favorite is the Jayhawks. They are a young team, but will do well as time goes by. They have a tough game tonight at Baylor, which by the way is on Big Monday on ESPN if you are interested. Check your local listings for time and channel depending if you have HDTV or not. If not, I highly recommend getting it, it is awesome.
Well, will sign off and go see if Turbo Tax is working yet or not. If not, maybe I will just take a nap.
Friday, January 30, 2009
To do or not to do, that is the question!!
Good morning everyone,
I got up this morning and got dressed thinking I would go get the oil changed in my truck before we went to lunch with a friend of ours, but after I had gotten my cloths on, all except my shoes and sock, I thought do I really want to get out and maybe have to rush around to get back to get wife before 11:30? The answer came to me, no not really. I figure I can do the oil change after lunch and it will give me something to do after lunch. Wow, a day with two things to do in the same day. So, I took the free time I have to read other blogs and write one, which I haven't done for sometime. Seems like I just never have anything to write about, every day. My sister can write things everyday, but that is the reason why I can't. What you say is he talking about, well you see Barbara has all this stuff running around in her brain, so she has no problem writing any time she wishes. As for me, my brain is full, mostly of worthless stuff, but full none the less. At least that is the only reason I can figure for the way I am. As the saying goes, that is my story and I am sticking to it!
Now for more serious stuff.
What in the world is going on with our government? Does President Obama really think that creating jobs to construct roads and rebuild schools is going to help anything? What it will help is the illegal aliens that are willing to do the manual labor to have jobs, but the Americans that have lost jobs in the computer, auto and retail industry will not go seeking out those jobs. Some maybe but not many. In the first place they don't know how and are not willing to work that hard, another by-product of too many high paying jobs. Plus, how long can we just print more money? Also, where are the checks and balances gone that were supposed to be put in place in the first money given to banks? What are they doing with it? I have heard stories about City Bank getting their first money and remodeling their executives offices, but oh yes they did decided not to buy the new airplane they had ordered. Well, pin a gold star on them. But, they did somehow find the money to go buy up another bank, go figure. In the Salina Journal yesterday is the best idea I have heard of in a long time. A citizen had the idea, that instead of sending billions to save the banks, just give every man, women and child a check for ten thousand dollars. That way families could buy what the need, pay bills that need to be paid and if anything is left over put it in the bank. Wait, did I just suggest that everyone would benefit from this idea? The only people left out of this idea are the politicians that won't get their kick backs. Where is the news media when we need need them to dig into the huge sums of our money and find out exactly why the Democrats are so willing to jump on the band wagon. Here is my opinion, GREED!!! So far, I am not happy with the way things are going under the new President. I said I would give him a chance, and I will, but I am still not happy with his willingness to just give my money away with no one having to be responsible for controlling where it is actually going. What is even more surprising, is the fact that several of my very Democrat friends are also not happy with the way the bail out is being handled. WHAT???? That's right, they aren't happy either. I didn't think I would ever be able to say that, but it is true.
Well, I have had my say and that is all I am going to say about what is in my mind and wanting to get out.
Have a good day and week!!!
I got up this morning and got dressed thinking I would go get the oil changed in my truck before we went to lunch with a friend of ours, but after I had gotten my cloths on, all except my shoes and sock, I thought do I really want to get out and maybe have to rush around to get back to get wife before 11:30? The answer came to me, no not really. I figure I can do the oil change after lunch and it will give me something to do after lunch. Wow, a day with two things to do in the same day. So, I took the free time I have to read other blogs and write one, which I haven't done for sometime. Seems like I just never have anything to write about, every day. My sister can write things everyday, but that is the reason why I can't. What you say is he talking about, well you see Barbara has all this stuff running around in her brain, so she has no problem writing any time she wishes. As for me, my brain is full, mostly of worthless stuff, but full none the less. At least that is the only reason I can figure for the way I am. As the saying goes, that is my story and I am sticking to it!
Now for more serious stuff.
What in the world is going on with our government? Does President Obama really think that creating jobs to construct roads and rebuild schools is going to help anything? What it will help is the illegal aliens that are willing to do the manual labor to have jobs, but the Americans that have lost jobs in the computer, auto and retail industry will not go seeking out those jobs. Some maybe but not many. In the first place they don't know how and are not willing to work that hard, another by-product of too many high paying jobs. Plus, how long can we just print more money? Also, where are the checks and balances gone that were supposed to be put in place in the first money given to banks? What are they doing with it? I have heard stories about City Bank getting their first money and remodeling their executives offices, but oh yes they did decided not to buy the new airplane they had ordered. Well, pin a gold star on them. But, they did somehow find the money to go buy up another bank, go figure. In the Salina Journal yesterday is the best idea I have heard of in a long time. A citizen had the idea, that instead of sending billions to save the banks, just give every man, women and child a check for ten thousand dollars. That way families could buy what the need, pay bills that need to be paid and if anything is left over put it in the bank. Wait, did I just suggest that everyone would benefit from this idea? The only people left out of this idea are the politicians that won't get their kick backs. Where is the news media when we need need them to dig into the huge sums of our money and find out exactly why the Democrats are so willing to jump on the band wagon. Here is my opinion, GREED!!! So far, I am not happy with the way things are going under the new President. I said I would give him a chance, and I will, but I am still not happy with his willingness to just give my money away with no one having to be responsible for controlling where it is actually going. What is even more surprising, is the fact that several of my very Democrat friends are also not happy with the way the bail out is being handled. WHAT???? That's right, they aren't happy either. I didn't think I would ever be able to say that, but it is true.
Well, I have had my say and that is all I am going to say about what is in my mind and wanting to get out.
Have a good day and week!!!
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
BUT, I'LL MISS RECESS
My 7 year old grandson, Logan, stated to his mom on the way to school this morning, 1-20-2009, that he was upset because he was going to miss recess this morning. When ask why, he said because we all have to the all purpose room and watch the inauguration of the President.
I tell this because there are too many people that feel the same way, I'll miss my soap opera or I'll miss whatever it is that I don't want to miss. This one time people, and I include children, should take pause to consider that this is a great time in history. Everyone ought to put our petty feeling aside and be apart of this history. Weather you like or dislike the new President, he is still your President and will be for at least four years.
How good or what kind of President he will be remains to be seen, but we all at the very least need to give him our support and pray that he do what needs to be done to keep America safe and back on track to economic recovery. Will it be told in the first hundred days as a lot of politicians and media consider as the measuring stick, I doubt it. In fact it may not be the first four years, it all depends on what America is at that time in history.
Obviously the stock market did not respond to President Obama, but then they are probably afraid he will make them accountable. To which I say, sick um Pres.!!!!
I tell this because there are too many people that feel the same way, I'll miss my soap opera or I'll miss whatever it is that I don't want to miss. This one time people, and I include children, should take pause to consider that this is a great time in history. Everyone ought to put our petty feeling aside and be apart of this history. Weather you like or dislike the new President, he is still your President and will be for at least four years.
How good or what kind of President he will be remains to be seen, but we all at the very least need to give him our support and pray that he do what needs to be done to keep America safe and back on track to economic recovery. Will it be told in the first hundred days as a lot of politicians and media consider as the measuring stick, I doubt it. In fact it may not be the first four years, it all depends on what America is at that time in history.
Obviously the stock market did not respond to President Obama, but then they are probably afraid he will make them accountable. To which I say, sick um Pres.!!!!
Saturday, January 17, 2009
More Ramblings
I was doing nothing as usual, I got up this morning with nothing to do and have only got about half of it done so far. In fact, my wife said, you haven't done anything for two days and I said I know it and it's because I am not done yet. A little humor to start the blog with and I know you might have heard this from me or from somewhere else but I have decided to adopt this attitude for my own.
I have been organizing my office for a year and I still find things to make it better, or at least I think it is better. some of it has been done several times. Now I am starting to put together a Hale/Odom family scrap book together. I have had pictures and other items for several years, but only now am I getting interested in putting it all together.
Speaking of heritage, I have found some pretty interesting facts out about both sides of the family. For instance my Grandfather Hale punched cattle with Will Rogers in Oklahoma before 1900. There are other things about the family, I will not bore you with the details.
This is my time of the year, not the weather time, but basketball and KY Jay hawk time. Then of course there is March Madness. Go KU!!!
Coming up Tuesday is a time in history to be remembered, when the first black president will take office. I for one hope he will do the right things and pull our country back on our feet. I don't know why one would want such a demanding job, especially one with small children, but that is his decision and no one else can make that call for him. Can you just imagine what it would be like to be of grade school age and living in the White House? Wow!!!! Of course I lived in a white house as a child but it wasn't the same.
Then, the football playoffs are coming up and I guess I will be for Arizona, only because they will be the under dog all the way, but first they have to get past the Steelers, no small task. There is so much going on on TV this time of year and of course there is American Idol. How do we cope?
Another thing, my delete key isn't working for some reason, what a bummer. Our key board is original, it came with the first computer we bought several years and two computers ago. Luckily we have a new one that can be hooked up easily when ever it is needed. Maybe some one can tell me what is wrong or maybe it will fix itself. As long as I am on this computer thing, I have never been able to push the print screen button and print the screen. I have tried to find somewhere that I can go and turn this action on, but can't find it. Does anyone know where it went?
In the last month we have had 4 friends pass on from this world and we have another two that are struggling to keep going. My daughter tells me it is because I am that age, she did not have to remind me.
It seems like the older we get the younger our minds seem and the weaker our bodies are, frankly I am tired of it all. What happened to my youth, where did it go so fast and why do your grandchildren make you so tired just watching them move around. Oh to be younger again!!!
Well once again you have waisted perfectly good time reading my nothing. Even so, I hope you enjoyed it a little anyway.
Have a wonderful New Year and stay warm, safe and faithful.
I love anyone that has read this garbage all the way through
Jim
P.S. Breaking news, my delete key just started working again.
I have been organizing my office for a year and I still find things to make it better, or at least I think it is better. some of it has been done several times. Now I am starting to put together a Hale/Odom family scrap book together. I have had pictures and other items for several years, but only now am I getting interested in putting it all together.
Speaking of heritage, I have found some pretty interesting facts out about both sides of the family. For instance my Grandfather Hale punched cattle with Will Rogers in Oklahoma before 1900. There are other things about the family, I will not bore you with the details.
This is my time of the year, not the weather time, but basketball and KY Jay hawk time. Then of course there is March Madness. Go KU!!!
Coming up Tuesday is a time in history to be remembered, when the first black president will take office. I for one hope he will do the right things and pull our country back on our feet. I don't know why one would want such a demanding job, especially one with small children, but that is his decision and no one else can make that call for him. Can you just imagine what it would be like to be of grade school age and living in the White House? Wow!!!! Of course I lived in a white house as a child but it wasn't the same.
Then, the football playoffs are coming up and I guess I will be for Arizona, only because they will be the under dog all the way, but first they have to get past the Steelers, no small task. There is so much going on on TV this time of year and of course there is American Idol. How do we cope?
Another thing, my delete key isn't working for some reason, what a bummer. Our key board is original, it came with the first computer we bought several years and two computers ago. Luckily we have a new one that can be hooked up easily when ever it is needed. Maybe some one can tell me what is wrong or maybe it will fix itself. As long as I am on this computer thing, I have never been able to push the print screen button and print the screen. I have tried to find somewhere that I can go and turn this action on, but can't find it. Does anyone know where it went?
In the last month we have had 4 friends pass on from this world and we have another two that are struggling to keep going. My daughter tells me it is because I am that age, she did not have to remind me.
It seems like the older we get the younger our minds seem and the weaker our bodies are, frankly I am tired of it all. What happened to my youth, where did it go so fast and why do your grandchildren make you so tired just watching them move around. Oh to be younger again!!!
Well once again you have waisted perfectly good time reading my nothing. Even so, I hope you enjoyed it a little anyway.
Have a wonderful New Year and stay warm, safe and faithful.
I love anyone that has read this garbage all the way through
Jim
P.S. Breaking news, my delete key just started working again.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Sleep
Here it is, 2:30 AM and I am writing my blog. Why? I wish I knew. I went to bed at 11 PM and went right to sleep, then at 12:45 I heard the bathroom calling so I went to investigate. When I tried to get back to sleep, I started thinking about all sorts of unimportant stuff and could not relax, so I got up and worked on pictures for our new digital picture frame we got form our kids at Christmas. It is obvious after loading them in the frame, that I don't know much about what I am doing there either. They are all turned right, but just don't look very good. I guess I will have to read the book....SCREAM.
I think I will go back to the throne room and then eat some toast and try to go to bed again. We have to be up by 0830 so we can go to coffee. Boy, do we lead a loaded life or what?
Of course, my lovely wife is sleeping like a baby. How sweet that would be. I guess it is a good thing she sleeps so good or I would be in more trouble than I already am..... So, GOOD NIGHT, AGAIN!!!!
I think I will go back to the throne room and then eat some toast and try to go to bed again. We have to be up by 0830 so we can go to coffee. Boy, do we lead a loaded life or what?
Of course, my lovely wife is sleeping like a baby. How sweet that would be. I guess it is a good thing she sleeps so good or I would be in more trouble than I already am..... So, GOOD NIGHT, AGAIN!!!!
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