Super Bowl Sunday, February 3rd, 2008
Yes, I know, its been a month since I last posted, and I have no excuse for that. Too much time on my hands, I would guess.
Had a disappointment the other day in talking to Julie back in Kansas. As I think I have posted before, we planned on going to Europe this next June, and now find out that all the free seats that you are supposed to be able to get to use up your mileage are all gone. They had planned on using theirs for their travel, and we have enough for one of us to use it too, so as of right now, we won't be going when we planned.
Dan's folks are also going through a transition period in their lives, moving this weekend from their home of 40 some years to an apartment which is all on one level. This will be quite an adjustment for them, and I suspect that later this summer, the kids will be getting the house ready for the housing market. That will cut into their vacation plans in a big way.
Had a dear first cousin pass on this last week. Bob would have been 90 in June. He had not been eating for some time, and I think his body was just closing down. He is special to me, for he and his buddies used to come out to the farm and sit on the front porch, and whenever my brother Harold & I would get too close or maybe pick on them, he would say "If you don't behave yourselves, I'm going to cut off your ears with my jack knife".
Now that sounds rather a harsh treatment, but I suspect that we deserved to have our ears trimmed many many times. Even this last September, he told me that again. I shall miss him. He was a soldier during WW II, involved in the Battle of the Bulge, a last final thrust of the German army to turn our troops back. Thankfully, they did not succeed. As I read some of the history books, that point in the war should not have happened, except for some poor advice given by our Upper Command Generals.
Am finishing up a good book called "Just Americans" which shared how the Japaneese-Americans were so badly mis treated during WW II, not only by putting them into the interment camps, but by the way the servicemen were treated. Makes me almost sick to read about it, but I know that there was a lot of prejudice back then. If you have a chance and like war history, grab the book and read it.
Am signing off for this time, God Bless you
Howard
Yes, I know, its been a month since I last posted, and I have no excuse for that. Too much time on my hands, I would guess.
Had a disappointment the other day in talking to Julie back in Kansas. As I think I have posted before, we planned on going to Europe this next June, and now find out that all the free seats that you are supposed to be able to get to use up your mileage are all gone. They had planned on using theirs for their travel, and we have enough for one of us to use it too, so as of right now, we won't be going when we planned.
Dan's folks are also going through a transition period in their lives, moving this weekend from their home of 40 some years to an apartment which is all on one level. This will be quite an adjustment for them, and I suspect that later this summer, the kids will be getting the house ready for the housing market. That will cut into their vacation plans in a big way.
Had a dear first cousin pass on this last week. Bob would have been 90 in June. He had not been eating for some time, and I think his body was just closing down. He is special to me, for he and his buddies used to come out to the farm and sit on the front porch, and whenever my brother Harold & I would get too close or maybe pick on them, he would say "If you don't behave yourselves, I'm going to cut off your ears with my jack knife".
Now that sounds rather a harsh treatment, but I suspect that we deserved to have our ears trimmed many many times. Even this last September, he told me that again. I shall miss him. He was a soldier during WW II, involved in the Battle of the Bulge, a last final thrust of the German army to turn our troops back. Thankfully, they did not succeed. As I read some of the history books, that point in the war should not have happened, except for some poor advice given by our Upper Command Generals.
Am finishing up a good book called "Just Americans" which shared how the Japaneese-Americans were so badly mis treated during WW II, not only by putting them into the interment camps, but by the way the servicemen were treated. Makes me almost sick to read about it, but I know that there was a lot of prejudice back then. If you have a chance and like war history, grab the book and read it.
Am signing off for this time, God Bless you
Howard
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