Houses

Yesterday H and I went out to get Prime Rib at Winn Dixie in Lake wales. We never got there.
H said," First there is someplace i would like to go". We were approaching the intersection where senior housing is being built. Villas and a tower with apartments.
We spent two and a half hours there and were rather intrigued. the apartment require too much walking to get to.----So that was easy to eliminate. The villas are rather nice but the one I like would cost us about 3 grand a month--with fourteen grand up front. Phew!!!! Everything is included. Utilities, taxes, maintenance. I really wonder if we spend that much here.
We are trying to cut costs. If something happens to one of us the other can at least get along.-------
Looking at things right now I would say when we are gone there will be nothing left. Talk about bail outs------

Frankly I am amazed at the number of folks thinking that it's a good deal. They must have moocho bucks.
The kicker is that should you care to leave or die you get back 80 percent of your original investment. Piffle on that --!!!
We do not plan to make the kids rich. That era is past.

I love our current digs but will always look around.

It is imperative that young folks save their money and spread out their investments.

Va. Tech

Prayers for the folks attending or working at Virginia tech.
Another murder on Campus  is indeed unnerving.

Our Daughter called yesterday before she went to class to alert us.

We saw nothing on TV but the Ledger carried a story today.

Once again foreign students involved. 

Just as youngsters on cruise ships are expected to adjust to new digs far away or very different they bring emotional personal baggage, perhaps unresolved, that is sometimes overwhelming. Their coping skills are not well honed and they may not have the emotional safe havens we create around us to go to while we sort things out.

Knee jerk reactions result in thoughtless mayhem.

I submit that we must do a better job of preparing  students for the stand alone days that occur as they do more mature activities.

Smart????

Media folks and those who cover our antics -must think that the human race is pretty dumbed down.

Viewing Dr. Phil and seeing people who apparently got thru kindergarten and learned to tie their shoes (now- a-days that is not a necessity) who make adolescent choices is unnerving.

Women that let abusers abuse under the guise of "I love him" are closer to Neanderthals than they think.  

Where are the folks who go thru hard times as children--grow up and don't blame the past for their problems and certainly don't use the past as an excuse for their current lacks.

Dr. P talks about past behavior being a good predictor of future behavior.

Does that mean once a meatball always a meatball.

Self, here likes to learn new things and try on new ideas (which are often time honored in disguise).

Who said there is nothing new under the sun???

80 years

H is celebrating his birthday with a new TV.  It is huge-----dominating the living room.

The big TV which it replaces is apparently going into the bedroom.

So much for no TV in the bedroom.

Aunt Dawn

Actually she is really "wonderful" Aunt Dawn.

A tag that appeared some years back  when Matthew and Daniel and Scott  (grandchildren) were little.

Dawn was their Aunt and she wanted them to always remember her.  The family was scattered about the globe and Being aunty up close and personal wasn't going to happen very often.  Hence the "something to remember me by".

Please explain to me how as a grandparent I am isolated here in Florida while family is in Mich.,Alaska, St Louis, Australia, Virginia, W. Virginia????

It could be worse-we almost bought a house in Arizona.

I recall my parents moving from Mich. to Florida.  As a young married family with kids we could not afford to visit Florida every year.  There were some awful years when i never saw Mom and Dad.  I was very busy so didn't dwell on the matter of not seeing them.   After all what good would fretting about it hve done.  No money is "no money".

Hamburger was 39 cents a pound.

Years later Mom told me how sad she was. After she died her friends in Florida chastised me for not visiting her.  What did they know.

"Judge Not"

merember???

Lo and behold --------does anybody remember Bambi???

Funny the things that pop into your head.  While doing the profile the question was "favorite movie."  I have not liked movies for a long time cuz they are often vile.  

The happy memory was of Bambi.

How can it be happy??? I sniffled and weeped and bawled thru it.

Have to change that---I sniffled and wept watching Marley and that is a good movie too.

Tear jerkers shouldn't equate with favorite------  they equate with what yanked my chain.

Favorite------hmmmmmmmmm  how about "Rear Window"?