ANOTHER SPENCER TALE

A story comes to mind about my grandson Spencer who, as you know if you have read other stories about him, lives in Shiner, Texas. It was about 5 years ago when my wife and I went to visit my daughter, Lorri, and her family for the first time since they had moved to Texas. For the life of us we could not understand why she would move from a hustle bustle large city to a small town of 2000 people, cows, chickens and other things. Two gas stations and two restraunts, one was fast food the other is sit down. The pizza place closed up for lack of business and you can't get a good beef sandwich although this is beef country. And get this, they don't have chocolate ice cream at the Diary Queen which is 15 miles away. As a matter of fact everything is 15+ miles away. Anyway to get back to my story. We sat down to dinner and grace was said. Spencer has two sisters, Angelica and Serena and neither of them finish their dinner. The adults finished their plates but there was still food on the sisters plates. Spencer never gets enough food so he has the habit if moving from chair to chair finishing his sisters plates. He finished his and moved over to Angelica's place to finish her meal. He brought his fork with him and was ready to eat and I said. Spence you said grace for your plate not Angelica's so you will have to say it again and he replied, your kidding. I said no. He said grace again. When he finished that plate he moved to Serena's plate, was ready to eat and I told him he had to say grace again. With a dirty look given to me he said grace again and finished the food. The next day at dinner, grace was said and we all ate. As usual the girls left food on their plate and left the table. Spencer ate his and to my surprise stood up took Angelica's and Serena's plates and put their food onto his plate, looked at me and said, now I only have to say grace once right? and I laughed and said yes. To this day he still does it.

SPENCER DIDN'T GROW UP

Last week I wrote about my grandson in Texas growing up and being cool to the point where he didn't want to hold mom's hand or have her tell him I love you when she dropped him off at school, especially when he was with his friends. Well yesterday she drove him to school and his little brother Aiddin was in the van. When they got to school the van door opened and Spencer got out just as his friends were walking by. He joined them and little Aiddin yells out "I love you Spencer, have a good day". Wether embarassed or not Lorri doesn't know but he turned with a big smile on his face and said " I love you too Aiddin and mom and threw them a kiss." I guess he hasn't grown up after all and still does those nice caring things. Good for you Spencer.

HAMBURGER, FRIES AND ?

Article from my local newspaper. This happened in Fort Smith, Ark. Police raided a Pizza Hut restaurant and arrested the stores manager because he was selling marijuana out of the drive through window. State and local authorities raided the store on a tip by someone who thought they didn't get what they paid for. Upon searching the managers office they found six ounces of marijuana and a set of scales in the managers office. The next question is did anyone else know about these sales and were they helping the manager make deliveries. Comes to mind, did home delivery also include more than pizza? Only in America.

WHAT AM I DADDY DAY CARE?

Today was the first rrrreeeeeaaallllllyyyy beautiful day we have had. Temp was 76. When my granddaughters came home from school they wanted to go to the park. So off we went to the park. You could tell it was a nice day because there were mothers and children all over, especially in the playground area where my granddaughters went. All the moms were gathered around the tables flapping their gums while their kids were sliding, swinging, climbing and falling down. I was like a guardian angle picking up fallen kids and hearing "hey mister can you give me a push" or "catch me when I come down the slide. What did I look like Daddy Day Care? After about a hour and a half when the crowd started to thin out. What I heard was "come on Carl lets go home mommy has to fix dinner" or lets go daddy will be home soon. The crowd disbursed and I was left standing alone with my granddaughters. Not one offer for dinner for taking care of their kids. Maybe I will get rewarded in Heaven. It was fun though.

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MY BOY SPENCER IS GROWNING UP

My grandson, Spencer, lives in Texas. The young man is 7 years old and is just entering the phase in his life to have mom tell him I love you or kiss him in public especially around school. This morning my daughter Lorri decided to have some fun with him. She drives him to school and drops him off in the front. Not having to get out of the van, she doesn't put on makeup or at times drives him to school in her slippers and pajamas. Today he asked if she would turn the radio off before they got to school so nobody would hear it. I don't know why, she listens to country music as does everyone else. So in kidding him she said she was going to turn the radio up a little and when they got to school she would get out and open his door for him, in her pj's and slippers and give him a hug and a kiss. He burst into tears at those words and then she told him she wasn't going to do that. When they stopped in front of the school my daughter unhooked her seat belt and opened the door. She said she thought his eyes were going to pop out of his head with the thought of her opening the door for him in her pj's and giving him a kiss and a hug.
To all you cool kids out there, there is nothing wrong with showing affection to you parents, grandparents or even your sisters or brothers. This will carry over to your later years and you will be glad you did this little show of affection.

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DISAPPOINTING DAY

This is truly disappointing day. With looking forward to Saturday all this week and the weather being nice, I was looking forward to going to the camper today. It started off being a beautiful day yesterday with the temps. being in the upper 50's and lower 60's but bu late afternoon that all changed thanks to Canada throwing a cold front our way in the late afternoon.
Woke up this morning to a temp of 39 degrees and a little rain and clouds. So much for the camper this weekend. Maybe next. Let's see, what can I do today. I know. Clean house.
Have a good one.

WHERE YOUR TAX MONEY GOES

A small article tucked away in my daily newspaper tells of massive spending by the Veterans Affairs employees. In the year 2007 employees have charged hundred of thousands of dollars in government credit-card bills at, get this, casino and luxury hotels, theatres and high-end retailers such as Sharper Image and Franklin Covey. In the year 2007 3.1 million purchases were made. Who authorizes these spendings, someone has to. Maybe he or she should be out of a job, but wait he or she is a government employee so lets not fire them, lets raise taxes on the everyday citizen who can't make ends meet to help pay off these charge cards. Lets see what Mr. Bush will do about this. Better yet will we ever see anything about this in the paper again or hear about it on the news.

DR. CALLS IN BOMB THREAT.

A doctor called in bomb threats in an attempt to HOLD HIS FLIGHT so he wouldn't miss it. Isn't that a federal offense? This happened at the Seattle airport Friday. Dr. Kou Wei Chiu was given probation for this offense. I wonder what I would have received. The article didn't say how much probation but did say that he also had to pay $81,000.00 in restitution for this act. After reading what a light sentence he got I wonder how many other people, who can afford the fine, will try this little stunt.

MT. EVEREST A TRASH CAN?

Little known facts about Mt. Everest. I always hear about or see tv specials on groups climbing Mt. Everest and I admire them for their bravery. But what I didn't know is that they leave everything behind. Since the top was reached in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, more that 11,000 climbers have tried to reach the top and over 3000 have reached it. But what they left behind was 50 tons of waste at the high camps which include tents, oxygen bottles, batteries and water bottles. Mt. Everest now has the nickname, "the worlds highest garbage dump." During the 2000 climbing season a Japanese climber, Ken Noguchi began cleaning up this mess and to date he cleanup trips have cleared away 9.9 tons of trash. By his efforts he has made aware the problems created by other climbers. Expiditions are now bringing down their own waste, and the government of Nepal has tightened restrictions. Climbing teams must bring their out when they come or forfeit a sizable deposit.

Like I said earlier, this is a little known fact and I'm glad to see something is being done about it. I got this article out of a flier called "One Man's Trash" in our daily newspaper.

THIRD GRADERS PLOT ATTACK!

It happened in Waycross, GA. A group of third-graders plotted to attack their teacher. They brought in a broken steak knife, handcuffs, duct tape and other items for the job also assigning tasks to other students such as covering the windows and cleaning up aft wards. The plot included as many a nine boys and girls. Police in this south Georgia town said that they considered this as a serious threat. What other kind of threat would you consider it? Third graders, wouldn't they be about 9 or 10 years old. How do you discipline them other than sending them for some sort of evaluation. I, and I am sure you, would like to see the outcome of this situation. Another thing, where did they get the idea for this, TV?