''HI-HO' 'HI-HO' IT'S OFF TO JERRY RADERS WE GO

PHEEBS AND I SHARE A TURKEY SALAD SANDWICH ON THE WAY HOME FROM JERRY RADERS THIS MORNING

With a few flakes of snow in the air, Pheebs and I headed off to Jerry Raders Homestyle Market in Zurich Ontario this morning. Taking our time heading south on the Bronson Line I quickened the pace when sleet began pinging off the windshield and by the time we reached Zurich the weather had deteriorated quickly. I figured I had better make this food stop a quick one and head for home while I still could.  Coming to Jerry Raders on a Friday morning and not a Saturday morning was a wise choice for me.  No hordes of people gobbling up the free pieces of pie. As a matter of fact, I was the only one there aside from the staff. Now how nice was that for somebody like me. It was a treat not to be, buffeted, jostled, and rushed. With my Jerry Raders generous gift card in hand, I got the food items I wanted and quickly headed back out to the car with a stiff wind blowing snow pellets into my face. With windshield wipers going, Pheebs and I were soon headed north out of Zurich on the Goshen Line as the weather suddenly.... got better:))  It must have been a snow streamer coming in off Lake Huron targeting Zurich because we soon drove out of that snowy weather into clear air and were home twenty minutes later.

HEADING TO ZURICH JUST BEFORE THE SLEET PELLETS STARTED HITTING THE WINDSHIELD

 PULLING OUT OF JERRY RADER'S PARKING LOT I THOUGHT WE WERE IN FOR IT

A COUPLE MILES NORTH OF ZURICH WE DROVE OUT OF THE SNOWY WEATHER

 THOSE DARK CLOUDS ARE LOADED WITH SNOW

 HOW NICE TO SEE A WELCOME SPLASH OF COLOR ON THE WAY HOME

ABOUT A MILE EAST OF BAYFIELD HEADING WEST TOWARDS LAKE HURON WITH DARK SNOW CLOUDS OUT OVER THE WATER

 PHEEBS KEEPS A WARY EYE ON THE TURKEY SALAD SANDWICH AS WE MOTOR ALONG

 SHE'S WATCHING CLOSELY TO MAKE SURE I DON'T TRY AND SNEAK AN EXTRA BITE

After arriving home and with a bit of a roll going I decided to keep on pushing ahead in the spare room this afternoon. I really wanted to get that chest of drawers cleaned out and reorganized. I knew by doing that it would reduce my stress level by knowing what is here and where everything is. It was high noon when I ambled down the hall, entered the room, and squared off with.......the Chest of Drawers!!  I leveled my sites and went to work.  By 2 o'clock I had the chest of drawers in order and after a well-deserved coffee break, I was soon back in another area of the spare room to do battle with a big hulking Mossmagator in the corner.

One of the food items I picked up at Jerry Raders this morning was something I normally wouldn't buy but it was the colors that attracted me to it so I thought I'd give it a whirl.  The pizza was called, 'The Farmer'.  So, for supper late this afternoon, that is what I had.  The Pizza had a very thin crust which was fine with me.  I think they must have put it into a heavy-duty industrial press and flattened it real darn good to about the width of a quarter.  I liked it but probably not something I would buy again.  Pizzas are not exactly on my top 20 list of things I really like.  As I said, it was the pizza's topping colors that cheered me up on this dull, dark, and dreary day. 

Al's Music Box:)) Behind Closed Doors is a country song written by Kenny O'Dell. It was first recorded by Charlie Rich for his 1973 album Behind Closed Doors. The single was Rich's first No.1 hit on the country charts, spent 20 weeks on this chart, and was also a crossover hit on the pop charts. It was certified Platinum by the RIAA for U. S. sales in excess of two million copies.  Background vocals were provided by The Nashville Edition.  Rich's producer, Billy Sherrill, encouraged O'Dell to write music for the singer. O'Dell recalled the creation of "Behind Closed Doors" to Tom Roland in The Billboard Book of Number One Country Hits. "It was just a title I had written down, and I had a little guitar riff that I'd carried with me for a couple of years. The chorus was pretty much a little deviation on that." Sherrill later changed some lines at the end of the second verse, but some radio stations banned the record initially as being racy.  "Behind Closed Doors" earned awards for Song of the Year for O'Dell and Single of the Year for Rich from both the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country Music. Both O'Dell and Rich also received a Gramy Award for "Behind Closed Doors: Best Country Song for O'Dell and Best Country Vocal Performance, Male for Rich. In 2003, it ranked No.9 in CMT's 100 Greatest Songs in Country Music.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( The owner of a company tells his employees, “You worked very hard this year, therefore the company’s profits increased dramatically. As a reward, I'm giving everyone a check for $5,000!”  Thrilled, the employees gather around and high-five one another.  “And if you work with the same zeal next year, I'll sign those checks!”

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- I never wear a Halloween costume... I'm a character all year long!

Q: What do you get when you offer Forest Gump a penny for his
thoughts?
A: Change.

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After the fall, Adam was walking with his sons Cain and Abel. As they were passing the locked gates of the Garden of Eden, one of the boys asked, “What’s this?”Adam replied, “Boys, that’s where your mother ate us out of house and home.”

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Kellys Corner

 KELLY AND ELLA IN BAYFIELD THIS PAST FALL

 HOME FROM SPENCERPORT NEW YORK

 KELLY, PHEEBS, AND SHUSTER THE ROOSTER

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