Trick or Treat?

Ok, so I didn't get to go fishing...really a bummer. It was raining when I got up this morning and I just wasn't feeling like going in the rain. Did the weather man say it was going to rain today? I don't recall hearing that. Is this some kind of trick? I can remember not too long ago not minding it that much...but now, heck it just didn't seem worth it to get soaking wet and cold and stand there with the wind blowing holding a pole in the water waiting patiently for a crappie to bite! Not much of a treat.
I can't believe it was raining again...I thought this week would be a good, nice week to get out again. All I kept thinking about was the song from the Carpenters...Rainy days and Mondays....even though its TUESDAY. I wasn't really down but wanted to be somewhere other than here. Well its Halloween and I had 3 trick or treaters...although they didn't take all the candy I got for them...whats up with that? Now I have to finish it off...good thing I got some chocolate that I like. I can remember going trick or treating and getting so much candy we had to start using the big brown grocery bags, and some years I even remember running home to empty that bag so I could catch a few more houses! The candy was always good and you had so much it would last what seemed like forever and you knew just which houses had the "good" stuff, you know like the BIG HERSHEY bars? Gosh it seems like just yesterday. Never thought I would say it..but those were the days.

Is it Crappie Time Yet?

What a great day it was today...weather wise anyhow. After a week or more of cold, wet, rainy days, today was actually a nice welcome. I had hoped to go to the docks to fish for crappie but of course there was too many other things that needed taken care of first. I got several things done I have been meaning to do for a long time. Maybe tomorrow will be a better day to go...I guess if I am going to go it best be tomorrow. Got news today on my tests that were done last week on my knees and I have to have surgery on both knees...and at the same time..so if it is scheduled for this week, I won't be fishing any time soon. What a bummer! Just when the docks opened up to the public, I have to have surgery? What is up with that? Like I can see it now...trying to walk down the docks with crutches, poles my trusty fishing seat, tackle bag, minnow bucket and of course my Mountain Dew....I am sure Frank will carry most of it..but really I can see me falling into the lake real easy with crutches!! Crutches just will not work on the docks......Its been all summer and I have been patiently waiting for October to get here to go to the docks to fish for crappie...we have so much fun there. We don't keep them too much anymore, but it sure is nice to go to the docks when the weather is nice like it was today and just sit and relax. I can't say I am the best fisherman but I sure do love it. My big trophy catch was a Rainbow Trout a few years ago...but I love to fish crappie and Blue gill also. And the docks are the place for those....... So crossing my fingers that tomorrow will be a fishing day! Wish me luck!

Not Impressed

Well, we got the fiber optics installed, and I have to say I am not impressed. Not only did I lose some stations (which I knew I would, and that was a price issue) but I do not see where the picture quality is any better..in fact I am sorry to say its worse on most stations. I cannot even see where the computer is faster as they claimed either. I am very disappointed to say the least. I tried to be objective and give it a few days..but am thinking I will give them a call on Monday. I hate change and didn't want it to begin with...but am always ready to try something new, and I have to try to get myself out of this not wanting to change things attitude! (Yes, I have an attitude) I recently bought some clothes I would have never bought before and at a store I would never have shopped in before and I did change insurance agents after 20 some odd years and that needed to be done a long time ago...and so far so good..SO I am trying. Little or baby steps..as my sister-in-law would say. It is finally a nice day and hopefully the weather girl I added to my sidebar will add some fun to this blog. Guess I need to take advantage of the day and get out in it...hmm, going to the grocery sounds good to get some carmel to melt to be able to dunk the apples that are just sitting there calling to me.
Allrightythen. See ya.

FiberOptics?

Well it's here, FiberOptics...we have it in this town and we are getting it installed today. Not for sure how we will like it but it is a done deal. Our internet is supposed to be a lot faster now and our TV experience is to be better as well. Guess I will keep you all posted. I was having a dilemma on whether or not to have it installed as I love all my channels I get now and will be losing some..but figured there is always my movies I can watch if nothing worth while is on TV. I hate change and do not look forward to it. But am optimistic and hopefully all will be fine. The best part of FiberOptics TV viewing will be that I would be able to be watching TV right now while its just raining outside....instead of surfing the web and writing my post!

Still remembering dogs

As I await my day to start...I starting thinking about the dogs again...and thought how could I have forgotten Shelby? Another Cocker Spaniel (just like Lacey, but different color) She came just after Hooch and we got her from my sister...(I don't remember why at this moment) But she became part of the family pretty quick. She loved the outdoors. She loved to dig...outside or inside..whichever! I once watched her eat a whole potatoe she dug up out of the garden! An ear of corn too! She and Hooch were inseparable. Hooch actually would take a hold of her leash and walk her around. I don't know how old she was when we got her but she was with us for about 3 years. She was a cuddly, lovable dog too.

Dog Years

I cannot remember when I did not have a dog. I love dogs...First there was Skippy..a pekingese. She was so very frisky and could not stay sitting still...she could not even stay on the leash when I was walking her she just wanted to run run and run. One day she just kept on running and never came home....Then came Carlo.....I got him from my grandpa... a Pekapoo...and poo he loved to do! All over the room and the walls! ONE weird dog..you could never leave him alone! he got to be 9...Then Boo-Boo. Yeah silly name for a dog..but she was the best dog. My neice named her...we were in the car and singing the song "You and me and a dog named Boo".....so it just stuck...a Black Lab..I swear she could say "OUT" when she wanted to go out...she loved small stuffed animals. The first one she got was when she was a year old and my son was born...she stole a funky little stuffed animal out of his bassinet and kept it with her through out her 13 years. Then came Lacey the first dog we actually bought at a pet store. She loved to swim and eat veggies out of the garden...and look at herself in the mirror. She would howl in her sleep and Snore so loud it kept you up at night...She was struck by a car but made it through when she was 10 years old...but she was just too tired at 15.... Then Hooch...Boxer/doberman mix...great dog...she just wanted to be free to run and do what she wanted to do and at around 125 pounds, she did just that, whatever she wanted....especially chase cars. Once after I cooked a whole chicken and placed it on the counter and turned my back she just reached up and took the whole thing and had it gone before I could call in my husband for dinner...She once jumped into a window because she just wanted in..and it was at least 5 feet from the ground...She had a hard fast life and only lived to 3...but She was the one who brought home our next dog..Little Bit..a Lhasa Apso...We think maybe she was abused during her first year as she was and still is so afraid of loud voices. But the cutest most lovable dog we have ever had. She loved to chase frisbees..and now loves to eat...She will manage to french kiss you every time you get close enough...She is almost 15 and still so full of piss and vinegar (as my mother in law would say) And yesterday she sucker punched me with her nose in my eye....I am surprised I don't have a black eye today..I was bobbing and weaving to miss the french kiss thing and she just popped me one in the eye instead..my eye swelled up and is still killing me today! Then there is Elvis...a Sheltie/cocker mix who we got at a yard sale..he loves to run around and chase lights...he would go for hours doing that..I think he would make a good blood hound as he will sniff out an intruder with no problem...He loves balls of any size and cannot understand why my dad has boxes of them just sitting in a barn...He will just look at them all and take them out one by one......he is 10.
I cannot imagine life without a dog. I love them. They are incorruptible, guileless and they just love you unconditionally. What better friend to have with you through out your life than that? I remember always hearing that one year in a dog's life is actually 7 years in human life...but a few years ago I read something to the contrary...It seems that a dog ages more quickly in early years but at a slower rate later.....
8 months = 13 years
1 year = 16 years
2 years = 24 years
3 years = 28 years
5 years = 36 years
7 years = 44 years
9 years = 52 years
11 years = 60 years
13 years = 68 years
15 years = 76 years
So then Elvis is just about 60 and Little Bit is pushing 76 years...a lot better than 70 and 105! I guess I don't care how old they are...just happy to still have them..I just want "Little Bit" here for a little bit longer and I am not ready to say that "Elvis" has left the building just yet!
Goodnight

CAPTAIN KANGAROO

Finally, I have my blog up and running!

Now, for any readers I might have, I thought I would explain my blogname and blogtitle. It seemed that every choice I tried for a blog name, was already taken.....(guess my imagination isn't as good as I thought) So after getting a little too goofy about it I finally settled on Mr. Green Jeans....not too bad of a blogname. Now Mr. Green Jeans was a character on a long running children's show called "Captain Kangaroo" (1955-1984) Of most of what was on that show, Mr. Green Jeans was my favorite...and not just because of his great GREEN overalls he always wore. You know, I actually owned a pair of green jeans in my teenage years....I wonder now what ever happened to those jeans......?
Anyhow, Mr. Green Jeans was kinda like the Captain's right-hand man, and was always coming around to visit with new animals to show us and we would learn from their habits. Captain Kangaroo taught us good manners, respect and fair play. Mr. Green Jeans taught us to be nice to animals. Anyhow, Mr. Green Jeans is something I remember from my childhood. So what better blogname than this?
It kinda gets me to remembering lots of things from that time in my life. I had a best friend whom I had known since she was born. And with who I spent most of my time. I would gather up all the empty soda bottles I could find and take them to her house where she had found what she could find and then we would go across the street to Ralph's Market and get 5 or 10 cents worth of penny candy (yeah thats what it was called) and maybe if we had found enough empty bottles to cash in..we would get a Coca-cola in a bottle or maybe even an Orange Nehi and then walk back the 3 blocks to my house while making sure all the candy was gone before we got there...(except of course for some bubble gum so we could see who could blow up the biggest bubble later) We did that just about every day it seemed. Or at least several times a week!
I had the good fortune of knowing her for all of her 43 years. We lost her in a car accident in 2000. I miss her each and every day.
This is in part why I wanted to blog...since her untimely death I have written to or about her in a virtual memorial space I provided in her memory, as I felt like I had so much to say but no one to say it to so maybe I can just write it on a blog. I miss my best friend who knew everything about me and much of my writing may just be on her, about her, or even towards her......or heck, who knows...maybe I will write more on Mr. Green Jeans, or some other of my favorite TV shows, or maybe Candy....or better yet..Chocolate?

Hmmmm...now that sounds good right about now...a Pepsi and a chocolate candy bar........guess my mind has switched to something else now...OHHHH, Now I remember what happened to those GREEN JEANS of mine I loved so much....Too many CHOCOLATE CANDY BARS................its all coming back to me now.