MY USUAL MID WINTER SLUMP....BUT IT'S OKAY

Some early blog readers last night noticed I hadn't put any photos in 'Kelly's Corner' last night.  Yes, it was an oversight on my part but thanks to a reader I was able to add three photos later last night.  I've got so many things going on in my blog now that if I don't have my aging brain cells laser focused on exactly what I am doing it is so easy for me to mess things up by forgetting stuff.

I'm kind of in my usual non-traveling mid-winter slump at the moment but it's okay and nothing to worry about.  I will bubble out the other side shortly.  I kind of think of them as 'the dog days of January'.  But hey, Groundhog Day is almost upon us already, and with the right prediction, we'll all be skedaddling for an early Spring.

Pheebs, although aging is still doing good.  The growth on her eye is growing outward and not inward so the Vet did not suggest surgery.  The results of her tests last week showed she has kidney issues and her teeth are not good.  But, she is still eating reasonably well, has exhibited no signs of pain or discomfort and overall is still a happy tail-wagging little doggy.  She's my most bestest Pal of ever. 

Al's Music B0x:)) Wake Up Little Susie is a popular song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant and published in 1957.  The song is best known in a recording by the Everly Brothers, issued by Cadence Records as catalog number 1337. The Everly Brothers record reached No. 1 on the Billboard Pop chart and the Cash Box Best Selling Records chart, despite having been banned from Boston radio stations for lyrics that, at the time, were considered suggestive, according to a 1986 interview with Don Everly. The song was ranked at No. 318 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All TimeA". In 2017, the 1957 recording by The Everly Brothers was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.  The song is written from the point of view of a high school boy to his girlfriend, Susie. In the song, the two go out on a date to a cinema (perhaps a drive-in), only to fall asleep during the movie. They do not wake up until 4 o'clock in the morning, well after her 10 o'clock curfew. They then contemplate the reactions of her parents and their friends. The boy fears that having stayed out so late, they've both now lost their good reputations.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A kindergarten student was having trouble putting on his boots, and asked his teacher for help. Even with her pulling and him pushing, the boots still didn't want to go on. Finally they got both boots on. She grimaced when the little boy said, "They're on the wrong feet." Sure enough, they were. The teacher kept her cool as together they worked to get the boots back on - this time on the correct feet. The little boy then announced, "These aren't my boots." The teacher sighed and pulled the boots off.  The boy then said, "They're my brother's boots. My Mom made me wear them."  The teacher felt like crying, but she mustered up the strength to wrestle the boots back onto his feet. "Now," she said, "where are your mittens?"  The boy replied, "I stuffed them in my boots...."

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A new hair salon opened up for business right across the street from the old established hair cutters' place.  They put up a big bold sign which read: "WE GIVE SEVEN DOLLAR HAIR CUTS!"  Not to be outdone, the old Master Barber put up his own sign: "WE FIX SEVEN DOLLAR HAIR CUTS!"

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A crumbling old church building needed remodeling, so, during his sermon, the preacher made an impassioned appeal looking directly at the richest man in town. At the end of the sermon, the rich man stood up and announced, "Pastor, I will contribute $1,000."  Just then, plaster fell from the ceiling and struck the rich man on the shoulder.  He promptly stood back up and shouted, "Pastor, I will increase my donation to $5,000."  Before he could sit back down, plaster fell on him again, and again he virtually screamed, "Pastor, I will double my last pledge."He sat down, and a larger chunk of plaster fell on his head.
He stood up once more and hollered, "Pastor, I will give $20,000!"  This prompted a deacon to shout, "Hit him again, Lord! Hit him again!"
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Al's Doggy World

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Kellys Corner

 SITTING  IN THE EXACT SAME SPOT WHERE WE SAT WHEN WE FIRST MET IN A COFFEE SHOP IN DOON ONTARIO BACK IN THE SUMMER OF 1993

 AT HER MOM'S IN SPENCERPORT NEW YORK

A COLD WINTER'S MORN WHEN WE ALL CLIMB ABOARD OUR RV AND HEAD OFF TO THE GREAT AMERICAN SOUTHWEST

Al's Art Gallery