DON'T WORRY ABOUT PHEEBS AND I FOLKS....WE'LL BE ALRIGHT:))

 I FIGURED IT WAS A GOOD DAY TO GET ALL MY DUCKS IN A ROW

With two prescriptions to fill and only three days before Christmas, I figured Pheebs and I had better hustle ourselves off to Goderich's Walmart Pharmacy this morning.  Knowing it would be a Zoo in there I steeled myself for the encounter.  Being in densely populated areas or spaces is not one of my favorite things.  Needing a few grocery items I chose a big cart instead of a usual small cart.  The bigger cart gives me better battering ram capabilities and defensive protection against other shoppers with their hastily moving out-of-control brute force steel battering rams.  Of course, the parking lot in front of Walmart was nothing more than a demolition derby but luckily Pheebs and I escaped the chaos unscathed.  But, just barely.  How nice to be back out into the quiet countryside heading home under cold cloudy skies in the frigid 8F. temperatures.  Those clouds later cleared and we ended the day with sunshine.

With my Social Insurance Number finally in my hands, I was able to get the last three envelopes filled out and sealed.  A nice feeling of relief that was and I will mail them in the morning.  I had also fallen behind in my Picasa Photo Editing program so I took the time to move a few thousand photos off our desktop's computer onto an external hard drive.  I moved a few things around in the sunroom too.  We/I just have way too much furniture for the space I live in.

A kindly Park resident lady came to the door late yesterday afternoon with a container of turkey soup for me.  She said it was her husband's recipe.  A big thank you to Arleen and Gary.  I had a bowl of that soup today for lunch and it was delicious.  I chased it down with a scoop of Kelly's chocolate ice cream that I found hidden away in the back of our freezer a couple days ago.  Former RVing friends and now Park residents on Tamarack Drive, Carin and Chris popped in early last evening.  They came bearing blueberry muffins and a few other little delights:)) 

With Christmas only a few days away, readers may be thinking how sad it must be for me sitting here by myself now that Kelly is gone.  Yes, I would much prefer she was still here but the reality is, she isn't.  At the moment I can't think of anywhere I would rather be than right here in our cozy little place with Pheebs, and the spirits of Kelly, Max, Checkers, and the little Motormouse Cora right here with me.  Quiet ambient music, soft lighting, and enough good food to last me almost forever.  No people stress, and no Christmas stress.  I don't have to be anywhere I don't want to be and I don't have to do anything I don't feel like doing.  I am as content as a snugly bug in a rug.  So, don't worry or stress about Pheebs and I folks.  Enjoy these days with your loved ones and families.  Maybe go out and kick a soccer ball around or something:))

Al's Music Box:)) End Of The World is a pop song written by composer Arthur Kent and lyricist Sylvia Dee, who often worked as a team. They wrote the song for American singer Skeeter Davis, and her recording of it was highly successful in the early 1960s, reaching the top five on four different charts, including No. 2 on the main Billboard Hot 100. It spawned many cover versions.  "The End of the World" is a sad song about the aftermath of a romantic breakup. Dee, the lyricist, said she drew on her sorrow from her father's death to set the mood for the song.  Davis recorded her version with sound engineer Bill Porter on June 8, 1962, at the RCA Studios in Nashville, produced by Chet Atkins, and featuring Floyd Cramer on piano.  Released by RCA Records in December 1962, "The End of the World" peaked in March 1963 at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 (behind "Our Day Will Come" by Ruby & the Romantics), No. 2 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart, No. 1 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart, and No. 4 on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart.  It is the first, and, to date, the only time that a song cracked the Top 10 (and Top 5) on all four Billboard charts.  Billboard ranked the record as the No. 2 song of 1963.  In the Davis version, after she sings the whole song through in the key of B-flat-major, the song modulates up by a half step to the key of B, where Davis speaks the first two lines of the final stanza, before singing the rest of the stanza, ending the song.  "The End of the World" was played at Chet Atkins' funeral in an instrumental by Marty Stuart. The song was also played at Davis's own funeral at the Ryman Auditorium. Her version has been featured in several films, TV shows, and video games.

 SOME DAYS WHEN I AM FEELING A LITTLE SAD AND BLUE MY DUCKS FEEL A LITTLE SAD AND BLUE AS WELL

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A cocky State Highways employee stopped at a farm and talked with an old farmer. He told the farmer, "I need to inspect your farm for a possible new road."  The old farmer said, "OK, but don't go in that field." The Highways employee said, "I have the authority of the State Government to go where I want. See this card? I am allowed to go wherever I wish on farm land."  So the old farmer went about his farm chores.  Later, he heard loud screams and saw the State Highways employee running for the fence and close behind was the farmer's prize bull. The bull was madder than a nest full of hornets and the bull was gaining on the employee at every step!!  The old farmer called out, "Show him your card!!"  "Show him your card!!"

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What do you get when you play a County & Western song backwards?
You get your wife back.
You get your kids back.
You get your house back.
You get your truck back.
You get your dog back.

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A couple was making their first doctors visit prior to the birth of their first child. After the exam, the doctor took a small stamp and stamped the wife’s stomach with indelible ink. The man and his wife were curious about what the stamp was for, so when they got home, the man took out his magnifying glass to try to see what is was. In very small letters, the stamp said, “When you can read this, come back and see me.”

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It was a fair-haired lady's first day at the office. Her first task was to go out for coffee.  Eager to prove her worth to her new bosses, she grabbed a large thermos and hurried to the nearby coffee shop.
She held up the thermos so that the
counterman could view it, and she asked, "Is this big enough to hold six cups of coffee?"
The counterman looked at the thermos and replied, "Yes. It looks like about six cups to me."  "Oh good!" the fair-haired lady sighed in relief. "Give me three regular, one black, and two decaf."
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Al's Doggy World

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Kelly's Corner

 ONE OF THE LAST NICE PHOTOS I TOOK OF KELLY LAST MONTH

A MORNING DESERT WALK

 ON OUR FRONT PORCH WITH PHEEBS IN CONGRESS ARIZONA

Al's Art Gallery