HAPPY NEW YEAR

***** WE CAN JUST ABOUT CLOSE THE BOOK ON 2011. THE YEARS SEEM TO GO BY FAST AT THIS STAGE OF LIFE . THE SAND IS ABOUT THROUGH THE HOUR GLASS .

I REALLY WAS NOT EXPECTED TO MAKE 2011. THE END OF 2010 WAS ALMOST THE END OF ME . I WAS ONLY IN THE HOSPITAL 4 DAYS IN 2011 COMPARED TO 68 DAYS IN 2010 . I DID HAVE HAVE 50 CHEMO TREATMENTS AND TWO SURGERIES IN 2011. SO BY MY STANDARDS OF LATE 2011 WAS A GOOD YEAR .

THE HIGH LIGHT OF MY DAYS NOW WOULD BE MY GRANDCHILDREN , ABBY & HADDEN . HADDEN CAME TO US ON 9/9/2011, & ABBY WAS A CHRISTMAS DAY BABY IN 2009 .

THIS WAS HADDEN'S FIRST CHRISTMAS SO HE IS JUST GETTING STARTED . ABBY WAS TWO ON CHRISTMAS DAY & CAN BEST BE DESCRIBED AS A CLASS - 5 HURRICANE .

I HAVE HEARD THAT CHILDREN TAKE AFTER THEIR GRANDPARENTS . ABBY MUST BE LIKE HER GRANDMOTHER CHILI PEPPER WAS AS A CHILD . NON STOP, HIGH SPEED, ALWAYS IN TO SOMETHING .

ABBY REARRANGES DRAWERS & THEIR CONTENTS THE WAY CHILI PEPPER REARRANGES OUR FURNITURE : CONSTANTLY.

CHILI PEPPER , NOW KNOWN AS NANA , & ABBY BOTH HAVE HIGH TEMPO STYLES , ALWAYS IN TO SOMETHING , NEVER REST UNLESS THEY SLEEP . THEY ONLY HAVE TWO GEARS , FULL GO OR STOP .

NANA & ABBY BOTH HAVE BIG BLUE EYES , & A QUICK FLASH TEMPER THAT ERUPTS LIKE LIGHTING THEN GOES AWAY . ABBY'S HAIR IS RED ,NANA'S HAIR IS AUBURN . AT LEAST IT USED TO BE .
I THINK NANA HAS BEEN TO THE COLOR BOTTLE , CAN'T PROVE IT .

THIS IS THE FIRST CHRISTMAS POP-POP HAS NOT BEEN DOWN FOR THE MEDICAL COUNT & HAS BEEN ABLE TO PLAY WITH ABBY .

ABBY IS SO SMART & CAN RUN CIRCLES AROUND POP-POP . THE ONLY TIME I CAN SLOW HER IS WHEN WE WATCH MICKEY & MINNIE .

THIS REMINDS ME OF WATCHING THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB WITH MY GRAND- DADDY OVER 50 YEARS AGO . I LOOK AT ABBY & HADDEN & WONDER WHAT LIFE HOLDS FOR THEM .

I THINK ABOUT MY GRANDPARENTS WHOM THESE CHILDREN WILL NEVER KNOW . I STAND AMAZED AS THE CHAIN OF LIFE GOES ON & ON . JIMMIE GRAVES NEVER KNEW RHETT, MILFORD WILL NEVER KNOW ABBY & HADDEN . RIGHT NOW POP-POP IS THE ONLY LINK TO THE ENDS OF THE CHAIN .

I CAN'T HELP BUT LOOK AT THEM & WONDER . I HAVE TO GO NOW ,IT IS TIME TO WATCH MICKEY & MINNIE .

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MERRY CHRISTMAS

*****MERRY CHRISTMAS , THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN MERRY CHRIST- MAS .

I READ WHERE THE WHITE HOUSE HOLIDAY GREETINGS WERE SIGNED , SEALED , & SECULAR . NO MENTION OF CHRISTMAS . CONGRESS CAN'T USE THE FRANKING PRIVILEGE TO WISH US A MERRY CHRISTMAS . CHRIST IS NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT .

THE WORLD THINKS OF THE X-MAS SEASON AS A TIME TO BUY BUY & SPEND SPEND . A COMMERCIAL FESTIVAL TO MAKE THE YEARLY BUDGET . THE POLITICAL WORLD HAS NOT A CLUE .

OUR WORLDLY LEADERS ARE LIKE DRUNKS ON A FLOAT TRIP WONDERING WHAT THAT THUNDEROUS CRASHING JUST AHEAD COULD BE . ABSOLUTELY CLUELESS !

THERE IS AN ECONOMIC APOCALYPSE JUST AHEAD THAT WILL BRING TRIAL , TROUBLE, & TURMOIL WORLD - WIDE . ALL THE WEALTH SOME HAVE ACCUMULATED WILL VANISH & DESPERATION WILL RUN IN THE STREETS .

WE ARE SEEING THE LIGHTING FLASH NOW . JOB LOSS , FORECLOSURES. RISING PRICES , & OVERWHELMING DEBT .

BUT THE LEADERS SAY FULL SPEED AHEAD . SAILING INTO THE SEA OF DESPAIR .

I WANT TO GIVE YOU A TRUE CHRISTMAS WISH . I WISH YOU JOY , HOPE , & LOVE .

JOY IN JESUS . KNOWING THAT YOUR SIN DEBT IS PAID .

HOPE IN JESUS . KNOWING THAT ALL OF HIS PROMISES WILL BE KEPT.

LOVE IN JESUS . KNOWING THAT JESUS LOVED YOU ENOUGH TO DIE FOR YOU .

I WISH YOU A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GREAT TO WATCH

**** THE COWBOYS - GIANTS GAME WAS FUN TO WATCH . NOT THE BEST FOOTBALL EVER PLAYED BUT FUN TO SEE.

BOTH TEAMS BLEW PASS COVERAGES & LEFT WIDE OPEN RECEIVERS FOR TOUCHDOWNS .

WHEN THE COWBOYS SCORED TO GO UP 12 WITH JUST OVER 3 MINUTES TO PLAY , THE JONES FAMILY ERUPTED IN SPASMS OF JOY . JERRY & STEVE WERE CHEST BUMPING , FIST PUMPING , & HUGGING.

BUT THEY COUNTED ELI OUT TOO SOON . OLD EASY E TOOK THE G - MEN DOWN-FIELD FOR 2 TD'S & A 2X CONVERSION . THE JONES BOYS LOOKED LIKE THEY HAD BEEN KICKED IN THE BOYS BY ZIVA DAVID .

THEN THE COWBOY KICKER MADE A FIELD GOAL TO TIE , BUT NO , TIME WAS CALLED . THEN THE KICKER MIS FIRED ON THE ATTEMPT , & IT WAS PEE ON THE FIRE & CALL THE DOGS .

I WANTED TO SEE THE HAND SHAKE OF KEVIN GILBRIDE & REX RYAN . YOU KNOW REX'S DAD BUDDY PUNCHED GILBRIDE WHEN THEY COACHED TOGETHER AT HOUSTON .

FAR AS I COULD TELL KEVIN KEPT A SAFE DISTANCE FROM REX . SMART MOVE . REX RYAN LOOKS LIKE A BIKER WHO GOT LOST ON HIS WAY HOME TO NUTBUSH .

FOLKS , I DON'T THINK THE COWBOYS WILL EVER WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP WITH ROMO . I BELIEVE TONY IS HITTING ON MAX -PO . THIS IS AS GOOD AS HE GETS .

**** THE MEMPHIS TIGERS LOST TO A GOOD MURRAY STATE TEAM SUNDAY . THE TIGERS LOST BECAUSE THEY DO NOT PLAY TEAM BASKETBALL .

EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE TIGERS , THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT .

YOU SEE, SEVERAL YEARS AGO THE GAME OF BASKETBALL CHANGED . SOME COACHES MADE THE DECISION TO GET THE BEST ATHLETES THEY COULD ,PLAY AS FAST AS THEY COULD FOR AS LONG AS THEY COULD .

THE FASTER THE GAME THE MORE SUPERIOR ATHLETES WILL PREVAIL . ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GET GREAT TALENT , YOU DON'T HAVE TO BOTHER WITH COACHING , JUST LET THE PLAYERS PLAY .

NOW LET'S ADD A 3 POINT SHOT TO SPEED UP THE PACE . THERE ARE STILL SOME COACHES WHO TRY TO CONTROL TEMPO & HOLD THE BALL & SUCH .

WHAT CAN WE DO ? SIMPLE , WE MUST HAVE A SHOT CLOCK. THAT WILL FIX THOSE COACHES WHO TRY TO IMPACT THE GAME .

NOW WE HAVE BASKETBALL TODAY . JUST 40 MINUTES OF MASS CONFUSION & CHAOS. NO COACHING EXCEPT YELLING FASTER FASTER . THE TEAM WITH THE MOST ATHLETES WIN .

THEY SURE MESSED UP A GREAT GAME

THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS REALLY STINKS

***** WHAT STINKS ? THE BOWL MATCH - UPS TO START WITH . FEW IF ANY ARE VERY GOOD .

I LOVE VANDY , BUT VANDERBILT VS CINCINNATI IN THE LIBERTY BOWL . THAT GAME WON'T DRAW FLIES . WHY NOT MISSISSIPPI STATE / SOUTHERN MISS. ?

THE REMATCH FOR THE NATIONAL FAVORITE IS A STINKER ALSO . ALABAMA SHOULD NOT BE THERE . THE TIDE DID NOT WIN THEIR CONFERENCE .


IT IS NOT FAIR TO LSU . THEY PLAY BAMA BEST OF TWO TO BE NATIONAL FAVORITE . IF ALABAMA WINS THIS TIME WHY CAN'T LSU STILL BE THE FAVORITE . AFTER ALL THEY WOULD BE EVEN STEVEN .
BAMA HAS A BIG ADVANTAGE HERE . YOU CAN'T KEEP BEATING THE SAME TEAM OVER & OVER .

MAYBE SOMEDAY WE WILL HAVE A PLAYOFF & HAVE A REAL CHAMPION .

***** THE OLE MISS COACH IS HUGH FREEZE . I GUESS A SUCCESSFUL PERSON MAXIMIZES HIS OPPORTUNITIES . COACH FREEZE USES PEOPLE & CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE BEST OF THEM .
HE USED MICHAEL OHER TO MAKE THE JUMP TO OLE MISS. HE USED HIS TIME AT OLE MISS TO GET IN GOOD WITH THE GUYS WHO WRITE THE CHECKS . SOUNDS PRETTY SMART TO ME .

WONDER IF THIS DEAL WAS MADE 4 YEARS AGO WHEN NUTT DECIDED NOT TO KEEP FREEZE . DID THE MONEY BOYS TELL HUGH "JUST HANG ON ,WE"LL GET YOU BACK ASAP ."

WATCHING FREEZE MANEUVER & POSITION THE LAST FEW YEARS , I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF HE MAKES IT AT OLE MISS.

FREEZE HAS DONE A MASTERFUL JOB OF PLAYING THE GAME SO FAR .

***** SQUIRRELLY SHIRLEY & THE MEMPHIS CREW HAVEN'T COME UP WITH A COACH YET . NO SHOCK HERE . THE MEMPHIS JOB WILL BE ONE OF THE VERY LAST PICKS .

EVEN UAB HAS FOUND SOMEONE . SOON THE ONLY COACHES LEFT WILL BE THOSE WHO WERE BED - WETTERS & FIRE STARTERS AS KIDS .

THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!!!