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 .

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

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 !!!!!!

GAMES ,GAMES & MORE GAMES

**** THERE WAS MORE FOOTBALL THIS PAST WEEKEND THAN A PERSON COULD WATCH . I WATCHED OVER 12 HOURS & DID NOT SEE 10 % OF THE ACTION . HERE ARE SOME IMPRESSIONS .

**** THIS IS THE BEST VANDERBILT TEAM I HAVE SEEN IN 30 YEARS . VANDY PLAYS WITH FIRE & INTENSITY .

INTENSITY IS A WHOLE BUNCH OF GUYS THAT RUN FAST . YOU NEVER SEEN A SLOW TEAM THAT LOOKS INTENSE .

THE NASHVILLE CREW IS BOWL ELIGIBLE FOR THE THIRD TIME IN THIRTY YEARS . GREAT JOB BY JAMES FRANKLIN IN HIS FIRST YEAR. ARE THINGS CHANGING AT VANDERBILT ?

**** TENNESSEE WAS THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE OF VANDY . THE VOLS LOOKED SLOW & NOT INTERESTED IN LOSING TO KENTUCKY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 26 YEARS .

THE DOOLEY ERA IS OFF TO A ROUGH START . I HEAR FROM BIG VOLS THAT DOOLEY MUST WIN 8 NEXT YEAR OR MAMA BARB WON'T BE ABLE TO SAVE HIM . 11 - 14 WILL NOT KEEP YOUR JOB IN KNOXVILLE .

**** THE MEMPHIS FANS OR THE LACK THERE OF FORCED SHIRLEY RAINS TO FIRE LARRY PORTER & R.C. JOHNSON TO RETIRE .

YOU CAN'T HAVE ATTENDANCE OF 2500 AT D - 1 FOOTBALL GAMES & STAY THE COURSE . SHIRLEY WILL BE LUCKY TO KEEP HER JOB .

DR. RAINS WAITED AS LONG AS SHE COULD TO DEAL WITH THE FOOTBALL MESS . I DON'T KNOW THAT FOOTBALL HAS EVER BEEN IMPORTANT IN HER BACKGROUND . IT WAS NOT AT BELLS OR KENTUCKY .

ONE POSTER REFERRED TO DR. RAINS AS SQUIRRELY PAINS , GREAT LINE . IT APPEARS THAT SHIRLEY WANTS JUST ENOUGH FOOTBALL THAT FOLKS WILL STOP BUGGING HER ABOUT IT .

**** THE LADY VOLS - BAYLOR GAME WAS A GOOD ONE . IN THE END THE VOLS HAD NO ANSWER FOR THE BEARS' 6' 8" BRITTANY GRINDER .

WHEN EITHER TEAM GOT IN A HOLE THEY WOULD GO ZONE UNTIL THEY GOT OUT OF TROUBLE . I WONDER WHY THEY DIDN'T STAY ZONE .

**** ON OUR SEC OVER/UNDERS I WAS 3-9 . THAT COMES OUT TO A LOSS OF 690 DOLLARS FOR THOSE OF YOU SCORING AT HOME . LET ME KNOW HOW YOU DID .

THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!!!!

I THINK SO

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I THINK MEMPHIS IS NOT A TOP TEN BASKETBALL TEAM . A GOOD TEAM BUT NOT A GREAT TEAM .

THE TIGERS ARE VERY TALENTED BUT DO NOT PLAY TEAM BALL . THE TIGERS ALSO DO NOT PLAY SMART OR DEFEND WELL INSIDE .

MEMPHIS HAS NO CLUE ABOUT ATTACKING A ZONE & TOO MUCH ONE ON ONE OFFENSE .

THE TIGERS WILL WIN A LOT OF GAMES IN THE C-USA & MAKE THE BIG DANCE. BUT LIKE A DOG THAT CHASES CARS , THEY WON'T LAST LONG .

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I THINK RG - 3 IS THE BEST COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYER IN THE NATION . THE BAYLOR QB IS REMARKABLE.

IF YOU ARE GOING TO RUN THE SPREAD OFFENSE ,THIS IS THE GUY YOU NEED . IN THE SPREAD YOU CAN ONLY BE AS GOOD AS YOUR TRIGGER MAN . BAYLOR IS VERY GOOD WITH ROBERT DRIVING THE BUS .

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I THINK BOB STOOPS WISHES HE HAD NOT CALLED THAT TIME OUT .IF BOB HAD LET THE CLOCK RUN BAYLOR WOULD NOT HAVE TIME TO SCORE THE LAST ONE .

BOB IS THE SMARTEST OF THE STOOPS BROTHERS. NONE OF THE THREE CAN SPEAK A COMPLETE SENTENCE WITHOUT CUSSING .

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I THINK JIMBO FISHER LEARNED CLOCK MANAGEMENT FROM LES MILES AT LSU .

JIMBO TRIED TO SQUEEZE IT ONE MORE PLAY & ALMOST CAUSED HIS TEAM A CHANCE TO KICK FOR THE WIN . WHEN THE CONFUSION ENDED FSU MISSED THE KICK & LOST THE GAME .

BAD BAD MOVE JIMBO !

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I THINK BOBBY PETRINO IS THE BEST OFFENSIVE COACH IN THE SEC . I BELIEVE SPURRIER IS SHOWING HIS AGE & NEEDS TO GOLF FULL TIME .

THANK YOU FOR READING!!!!!

SORRY ABOUT

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I WAS SORRY TO HEAR OF THE DEATH OF JOE FRAZIER . "SMOKIN JOE" WAS MY MAN BACK IN THE DAY .

I COULD NOT IDENTIFY WITH ALI . HE WAS TALL ,FAST & SUPER TALENTED . FRAZIER WAS SHORT, STOCKY, & KIND OF CLUMSY. I COULD IDENTIFY WITH JOE .

ALI COULD FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY & STING LIKE A BEE WHILE FRAZIER CHARGED LIKE AN ANGRY RHINO .

I KNEW HOW TOUGH IT WAS TO GIVE AWAY SEVERAL INCHES & TAKE SOME JABS TO GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO BANG .

I COULD ONLY IMAGINE BEING ABLE TO DANCE AROUND STICKING &MOVING . I KNEW THE FEELING OF BRINGING RELENTLESS PRESSURE TO WEAR THE OPPONENT OUT .

NOT MUCH FLOATING ,BUT A WHOLE LOT OF WADING . NOT A LOT OF JABBING BUT A LOT OF HOOKING .

BRINGING THE HEAT UNTIL THE MAN WEARS OUT , THEN YOU PUT HIM AWAY . GO UNTIL THE OTHER MAN CAN'T GO ANYMORE .THAT WAS FRAZIER .

JOE; I LOVED YOU THEN & I LOVE YOU NOW .

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SORRY TO HEAR OF THE DEATH OF CHARLIE LEA . A SUPER GUY & FIRST CLASS ALL THE WAY . GONE MUCH TOO EARLY .

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SORRY TO HEAR OF THE PENN STATE TROUBLE . I AM NOT A FAN OF JOE PATERNO, BUT HE HAS COACHED AT PENN STATE EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE.

THAT IS SAYING A LOT SINCE I AM AN OLD MAN NOW .

A GREAT WRONG HAPPENED AT PENN STATE . I DON'T KNOW WHO SHOULD HAVE DONE WHAT ,BUT KNOW THOSE EVENTS SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ALLOWED TO HAPPEN .

I CAN NOT BELIEVE PENN STATE COACHES WOULD KNOWINGLY ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN . I ALSO CANNOT BELIEVE THE COACHES DID NOT KNOW .

ABOUT ALL WE CAN DO IS PRAY FOR THE VICTIMS .

***** HOW ABOUT A LITTLE GOOD NEWS ?

JAMES FRANKLIN IS DOING A GREAT JOB AT VANDERBILT . THE DORES ARE 5 - 5 .

YOU SAY SO WHAT . BIG DEAL .

NOT SO FAST MY FRIEND . SINCE 1980 VANDY HAS HAD ONLY TWO WINNING SEASONS . 1982 & 2008 . FANS THAT IS 26 YEARS BETWEEN WINNING YEARS .

IF VANDY CAN BEAT TENNESSEE OR WAKE FOREST , IT WILL BE BOWL TIME . VANDERBILT HAS BEEN BOWLING TWICE IN 30 YEARS .

ONE OF THE BOWLS WAS IN NASHVILLE. THE C'DORES HAVEN'T BEEN OUT OF TOWN SINCE 1982 .

MAYBE THIS YEAR VANDY CAN MAKE IT TO MEMPHIS . DON'T GAS UP THE TRUCK OR GET YOUR GRACELAND COUPONS YET . VANDY HAS ONLY BEAT THE VOLS TWICE IN 30 YEARS .

I LOVE TENNESSEE BUT I'M PULLING FOR VANDY TO MAKE IT . IS ONCE EVERY DECADE TOO MUCH TOO ASK ?

THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!!!