----- Original Message ----- From: "Frances Tyler" <francesty@comcast.net> To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com, MEMORY-LANE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 2:18:57 PM Subject: Re: [ML] Bottle Trees I've never done or known anyone who had a bottle tree. Now, rocks, I can stay with the best. I have all my life picked up rocks from trips. I don't remember where the ones from my childhood came from, just that they were special to me. When I married in 1960  I came with my two boxes of rocks. My husband did not understand. My mother died in 84 and I got her box of rocks. My mother in law liked the idea of the rocks. So, when she died in 87 I received her two boxes of rocks. I continue adding even now. the past two years: Utah, Flordia, & Jamica. The past 10 years, since retirement, Alasks, all over New England, Kansas, S. Dakota, Nebraska, Guatemala, Columbia, Costa Rica, Beijing, Low lands of Scotland, Northern England, Paris and from just outside the Western Wall in Jerusalem. I know it is just fill rubble but thats where I picked it up. I think that's enough folks. I love my rocks! 100 degrees here today and still no rain. I hate to pray for a hurricane but that may be the only way we get rain. Frances TX Gulf Coast ----- Original Message ----- From: "juanita" <juanita2@cox.net> To: <MEMORY-LANE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 6:16 AM Subject: [ML] Bottle Trees > For no reason in particular since few people are in the mood of > writing much, I was surfacing some old posts and ran across one that > caught my eye - the history of bottle trees. > > It's really interesting..... > http://www.felderrushing.net/BottleTreeImagess.htm > > Wish I had a yard now.  One of the favorite pasttimes of our children > was collecting "pretty" rocks.  We hauled them home from our camping > trips and had to limit each child to a certain size box for the > rocks.  Five people, plus our tent and all the gear for a 2/3 week > trip stretched the limits of the car or small trailer.  We decorated > our walkways and flower beds when we got home.  One child didn't want > his rocks any place but in a box in his room so he could look at them > and label them. > > They'd have collected bottles too if there'd been room. > > juanita > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1382 / Virus Database: 1509/3704 - Release Date: 06/14/11 > I saw an ad for a bottle tree holder and thought it was so cute. My husband thought it was the tackiest think he had ever seen! Now rocks I love . I have them from every place I've ever visited. I have two that almost match --one from Ireland and one from the Irish sea in the north west coast of England. I have a small round one that is almost cream in color that my daughter and I watched being tossed back and forth on the tide when we were looking over a wall in Ireland. It finally was tossed close enough so that I could reach it. We made up a story about how you could dispose of a body and it would be tossed about by the tide and the police wouldn't be able to tell where it had entered the water because of the tide--we were suffering from jet lag after a flight from New York. I finally had to use  some of them as a border around a flower bed. I wanted to get one in the UP of Michigan because that was where my maternal grand father was born and I couldn't find a small one with iron ore in it--I finally saw some in a yard along the road and stopped and asked a man if he would sell me one. He must have thought I was nuts, but he gave me one for free. When we where in the cemetery in the small town my husbands family was from in Germany I couldn't find even a small pebble in the entire area--it is all sand. They rake the cemetery every morning. A fun hobby. Grace   http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I am sorry it's been so long since I posted a letter, but life as I knew it is long gone. On May 24, my husband went into the hospital with fluid gain, a lot of fluid gain. He was weak, he was having trouble breathing, he was very ill. It seems he had collected fluid in the sack that surrounds the heart, and the heart couldn't beat strong enough, so his heart went into heart failure. The doctors spent three days deciding what they were going to do, changed their minds twice, finely they set the surgery date for May 27, they said it was a procured, but it seemed more like surgery to me. He went in at 8:30 AM, and said it would be about one and half hours, but when two hours went by and I had heard nothing, I started getting scared. They said the surgeon would come down and talk to me after they were through, but no one came down, I finely went up to the counter and asked if she could fine something out for me. At about about 11:30 AM a lady came down and said the doctor had to do another surgery, so she was taking me up to his room, he was now in the CCU. When I first saw him he still had the respirator still in his throat, and they weren't going to take it out any time soon, his lungs weren't working. They didn't answer any of my questions, just told me they were leaving the respirator in over night, there must have been five nurses in his room, all so busy. I was really afraid, they had told us what to expect after he came out of surgery, and nothing was ever mentioned about a respirator being left in his throat, the worst was he was they were keeping him heavily sedated. He looked so pale, and weak, I have never been so scared for him in my life. I sat next to his bed and held his hand for hours, and hours, till it got dark outside, my oldest son was there and told me he would stay and I should go home, feed the dog and get some rest, since I never slept the night before. I left, but I couldn't sleep, mostly I prayed, it was the worst night that I can ever remember, when it starting to get light out side, our son called and said he had opened his eyes, and they had a call in to the doctor. I got dressed fast and got to the hospital as fast as my car could get me there. When I went into his room, he did have his eyes open, and he tried using his hands to sign to me. I was so relieved, and than the doctor came in and with the nurses removed the tube in his throat, he gagged and stated coughing, coughing. and coughing some more, but I was sure glad he had those beautiful blue eyes open, and a big smile on his face. His voice was horse, from the tube, he was in some pain, but they were taking care of that with medication. it was mostly up from there, except they gave him some medication to help him relax, and it worked the opposite, he got all hyped up and was taking to his self, and seeing things and people that weren't there, I went and got the nurse and told her he was seeing things and talking to people who weren't there, when the medication wore off he was fine. So far so good, he's been home over a week now, and he is getting stronger, but he still won't go dancing with me know matter how much I beg him. Thank goodness it's been mostly cool here, with nice days and cool nights. My husband is only allowed 1500 mg of sodium a day, that a challenge, have to make everything from scratch, made refried beans yesterday, usually got them from a can, but now more. Did you know that a 8 oz glass of milk has 150 mg of sodium in it, well I didn't know that? There's way to much salt in everything, he can't gain any fluids, so that's why the 1500 mg of salt a day. I don't know it's because I was so scared, but I go to sleep tired and I wake up tired. Seems like there always something that needs doing, and there's only me to do it. I have read your postings, but have been unable to put two words together that made any sense at all. I am sorry it's so hot in Texas Doug, I guess it would be alright to pray for a LITTLE hurricane, and that the rain would come your way. We also have about three feet of crawl space under our house, wood floors and when we moved a gas line we tore up the floor to move it, we were getting a new tile floor anyway, it was easier that way. Hope your plumbing problems are soon solved, and you can get back to playing gin with sherry. Sully, in Sunny California

I always pick up rocks. Going to the mountains and camping, at the coast. I have all kinds of rocks. Always on the look out. Louise in Ca. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frances Tyler" <francesty@comcast.net> To: <memory-lane@rootsweb.com>; <MEMORY-LANE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 12:18 PM Subject: Re: [ML] Bottle Trees > I've never done or known anyone who had a bottle tree. Now, rocks, I can > stay with the best. I have all my life picked up rocks from trips. I don't > remember where the ones from my childhood came from, just that they were > special to me. When I married in 1960 I came with my two boxes of rocks. > My > husband did not understand. My mother died in 84 and I got her box of > rocks. > My mother in law liked the idea of the rocks. So, when she died in 87 I > received her two boxes of rocks. I continue adding even now. the past two > years: Utah, Flordia, & Jamica. The past 10 years, since retirement, > Alasks, > all over New England, Kansas, S. Dakota, Nebraska, Guatemala, Columbia, > Costa Rica, Beijing, Low lands of Scotland, Northern England, Paris and > from > just outside the Western Wall in Jerusalem. I know it is just fill rubble > but thats where I picked it up. I think that's enough folks. I love my > rocks! > 100 degrees here today and still no rain. I hate to pray for a hurricane > but > that may be the only way we get rain. > Frances > TX Gulf Coast > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "juanita" <juanita2@cox.net> > To: <MEMORY-LANE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 6:16 AM > Subject: [ML] Bottle Trees > > >> For no reason in particular since few people are in the mood of >> writing much, I was surfacing some old posts and ran across one that >> caught my eye - the history of bottle trees. >> >> It's really interesting..... >> http://www.felderrushing.net/BottleTreeImagess.htm >> >> Wish I had a yard now. One of the favorite pasttimes of our children >> was collecting "pretty" rocks. We hauled them home from our camping >> trips and had to limit each child to a certain size box for the >> rocks. Five people, plus our tent and all the gear for a 2/3 week >> trip stretched the limits of the car or small trailer. We decorated >> our walkways and flower beds when we got home. One child didn't want >> his rocks any place but in a box in his room so he could look at them >> and label them. >> >> They'd have collected bottles too if there'd been room. >> >> juanita >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 10.0.1382 / Virus Database: 1509/3704 - Release Date: 06/14/11 >> > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I've never done or known anyone who had a bottle tree. Now, rocks, I can stay with the best. I have all my life picked up rocks from trips. I don't remember where the ones from my childhood came from, just that they were special to me. When I married in 1960 I came with my two boxes of rocks. My husband did not understand. My mother died in 84 and I got her box of rocks. My mother in law liked the idea of the rocks. So, when she died in 87 I received her two boxes of rocks. I continue adding even now. the past two years: Utah, Flordia, & Jamica. The past 10 years, since retirement, Alasks, all over New England, Kansas, S. Dakota, Nebraska, Guatemala, Columbia, Costa Rica, Beijing, Low lands of Scotland, Northern England, Paris and from just outside the Western Wall in Jerusalem. I know it is just fill rubble but thats where I picked it up. I think that's enough folks. I love my rocks! 100 degrees here today and still no rain. I hate to pray for a hurricane but that may be the only way we get rain. Frances TX Gulf Coast ----- Original Message ----- From: "juanita" <juanita2@cox.net> To: <MEMORY-LANE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 6:16 AM Subject: [ML] Bottle Trees > For no reason in particular since few people are in the mood of > writing much, I was surfacing some old posts and ran across one that > caught my eye - the history of bottle trees. > > It's really interesting..... > http://www.felderrushing.net/BottleTreeImagess.htm > > Wish I had a yard now. One of the favorite pasttimes of our children > was collecting "pretty" rocks. We hauled them home from our camping > trips and had to limit each child to a certain size box for the > rocks. Five people, plus our tent and all the gear for a 2/3 week > trip stretched the limits of the car or small trailer. We decorated > our walkways and flower beds when we got home. One child didn't want > his rocks any place but in a box in his room so he could look at them > and label them. > > They'd have collected bottles too if there'd been room. > > juanita > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1382 / Virus Database: 1509/3704 - Release Date: 06/14/11 >

I loved it, thank you. Connie > For no reason in particular since few people are in the mood of > writing much, I was surfacing some old posts and ran across one that > caught my eye - the history of bottle trees. > > It's really interesting..... > http://www.felderrushing.net/BottleTreeImagess.htm

Wringing my hands mostly, Emma. Connie > The grocery prices just keep going up and up and I keep hearing that we > could have food shortages in the near future. What is everyone doing to > prepare for this? Doing extra canning or freezing or what? > Emma

As Artie Johnson would say, "vedy interesting"! You don't see a lot of things put up in blue bottles any longer. If you do they are usually plastic. Ugh! I have a couple of old eye wash bottles (blue glass) with the eye cup stopper. I will have to keep my eyes open for blue (glass) bottles. I pick up interesting rocks from time to time. The late uncle of a close friend was a geologist and had quite a collection of rocks that he picked up in his travels. He kept a diary about when and where he got the various rocks. He put a dab of white paint (about the size of a dime) on each rock and after it dried, he put a number, in black, on the spot. He kept his record, by the numbers, of each specimen. The rocks were still in the house when he died but no written record could be found. His nephew remembered the diary but was not able to find it anywhere in the house. He gave me most of the rocks which I have used around flower beds and such. Robert E Paty, Scottsdale, AZ aka Mad Hatter > From: juanita2@cox.net > To: MEMORY-LANE-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:16:23 -0500 > Subject: [ML] Bottle Trees > > For no reason in particular since few people are in the mood of > writing much, I was surfacing some old posts and ran across one that > caught my eye - the history of bottle trees. > > It's really interesting..... > http://www.felderrushing.net/BottleTreeImagess.htm

That sounds like a feast to me. It would have been helped by a pan of cornbread but sounds good nevertheless. My MIL would always have a large bowlful of cucumbers and onions in vinegar and water. She would make a large bowlful but by the time it was time to sit down to eat, the bowl would be almost empty. My kids loved them and they would keep sneaking some to eat before hand. The grocery prices just keep going up and up and I keep hearing that we could have food shortages in the near future. What is everyone doing to prepare for this? Doing extra canning or freezing or what? Emma > To: SOUTHERN-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:57:44 -0500 > From: askgranny@juno.com > Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Green beans and' termaters.... > > > Picked our first green beans late yesterday, dug a few of the 'volunteer > ' potatoes and picked the few sugar snap peas....Today I cooked the > beans, peas and new potatoes, Sliced up the 3 pickling cucumbers hubby > picked and a big Vidalia onion in vinegar, sugar and water..pepper and > salt.... Sliced store bought tomatoes ...{Ours are almost ready to > ripen...the grape and 'tommy toe ' ones..The unmarked ones turned out to > be large type tomatoes....} Shoulda made some 'pone'...then we'd a had a > meal fit for the Squire....Dedicated the meal to the Grand kids > ...Jeannie T > PS: We live near the TN./KY border, on a ridge overlooking the lovely > Cumberland River...South of Clarksville.... > ____________________________________________________________

We are slowly getting our plumbing problems resolved... always a pain in the butt but we've been there before... Our small garden is also flourishing but the heat is beginning to take it's toll.. we've already had eight days of triple digit temps and it looks like that's going to continue... Have I mentioned how much I HATE Texas summers? lol :-)** On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 12:26 AM, <askgranny@juno.com> wrote: > OH MY GOODNESS ! Y'all HAVE been having a rough time ! And I thought > we had problems when Hubby figured the weather wrong this AM and it > started raining when he was hanging out the first load of laundry ! One > of his retirement jobs. You should be so lucky to get rain , huh ? {He > refuses to use the perfectly good clothes dryer..}. It's been dry here > too, so it was a mixed blessing.... > > Picked our first green beans late yesterday, dug what few potatoes that > grew and picked the few sugar snap peas....Today I cooked the beans, peas > and new potatoes, Sliced up the 3 cucumbers hubby picked and a big > Vidalia onion in vinegar, sugar and water..pepper and salt.... Sliced > store bought tomatoes...Had a meal fit for the squire....Dedicated the > meal to the Grand kids ...Had I known what a rough week you'd been having > I'd have tacked your name onto the list ! Just remember, what doesn't > kill you makes you stronger...Jeannie T > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 07:25:18 -0500 Doug Crim <ddcrim@gmail.com> writes: > > Ever had a week like that? We had ours last week.... > ____________________________________________________________ > Groupon.com Official Site > 1 huge daily deal on the best stuff to do in your city. Try it today! > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4df842edd522d19b97m06duc > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

For no reason in particular since few people are in the mood of writing much, I was surfacing some old posts and ran across one that caught my eye - the history of bottle trees. It's really interesting..... http://www.felderrushing.net/BottleTreeImagess.htm Wish I had a yard now. One of the favorite pasttimes of our children was collecting "pretty" rocks. We hauled them home from our camping trips and had to limit each child to a certain size box for the rocks. Five people, plus our tent and all the gear for a 2/3 week trip stretched the limits of the car or small trailer. We decorated our walkways and flower beds when we got home. One child didn't want his rocks any place but in a box in his room so he could look at them and label them. They'd have collected bottles too if there'd been room. juanita

I've never had any desure to live in Texas, the weather being the main drawback. I have one son in Dallas and the other son is being transferred to Houston next month. I told them it's looking like they are bound and determined to get me to Texas one way or another. After living in So. California before I married, the hot weather didn't bother me but now, I'm an Oregonian thru and thru. Emma > Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:39:43 -0500 > From: ddcrim@gmail.com > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ML] OY.. what a week! > > We are slowly getting our plumbing problems resolved... always a pain in the > butt but we've been there before... Our small garden is also flourishing but > the heat is beginning to take it's toll.. we've already had eight days of > triple digit temps and it looks like that's going to continue... Have I > mentioned how much I HATE Texas summers? lol > > :-)** > > On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 12:26 AM, <askgranny@juno.com> wrote: > > > OH MY GOODNESS ! Y'all HAVE been having a rough time ! And I thought > > we had problems when Hubby figured the weather wrong this AM and it > > started raining when he was hanging out the first load of laundry ! One > > of his retirement jobs. You should be so lucky to get rain , huh ? {He > > refuses to use the perfectly good clothes dryer..}. It's been dry here > > too, so it was a mixed blessing.... > > > ...Jeannie T > >

OH MY GOODNESS ! Y'all HAVE been having a rough time ! And I thought we had problems when Hubby figured the weather wrong this AM and it started raining when he was hanging out the first load of laundry ! One of his retirement jobs. You should be so lucky to get rain , huh ? {He refuses to use the perfectly good clothes dryer..}. It's been dry here too, so it was a mixed blessing.... Picked our first green beans late yesterday, dug what few potatoes that grew and picked the few sugar snap peas....Today I cooked the beans, peas and new potatoes, Sliced up the 3 cucumbers hubby picked and a big Vidalia onion in vinegar, sugar and water..pepper and salt.... Sliced store bought tomatoes...Had a meal fit for the squire....Dedicated the meal to the Grand kids ...Had I known what a rough week you'd been having I'd have tacked your name onto the list ! Just remember, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger...Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 07:25:18 -0500 Doug Crim <ddcrim@gmail.com> writes: > Ever had a week like that? We had ours last week.... ____________________________________________________________ Groupon.com Official Site 1 huge daily deal on the best stuff to do in your city. Try it today! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4df842edd522d19b97m06duc

good to see you on here. Not many of the old ones that used to be. Guess every one's busy out side. We finally quit having rain so we have been outside alot, and when we come in then I am tired and don't always feel like going on line. Just a gettin old! have to do alot of mowing tomorrow. But we are still pretty active, hubbys memory is getting really bad. short term memory. Some times drives me nuts. Of course don't really have to go far for that. Hope your computer holds up. Louise in Ca. ----- Original Message ----- From: "annette tucker" <annelovespugs@yahoo.com> To: "Annette Tucker" <memory-lane@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 6:42 PM Subject: [ML] I hope that I am back. > > > --- On Tue, 6/14/11, annette tucker <annelovespugs@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > From: annette tucker <annelovespugs@yahoo.com> > Subject: I hope that I am back. > Date: Tuesday, June 14, 2011, 9:16 PM > > > > > > > > > Well Herby croaked for the final time ( Herby of course is my computer) > and my Grandson was good enough to give me his old one. I think that it is > one year old and mine was over ten. Well we got his set up and darned if > something went wrong with the new Herby but my son was able to fix it all > up. So I hope that at last I can get back on line and stay there. > > So much has happened that I do not even know where to begin and do not > want to bore everyone with all the facts so have decided to just start > from here and go on as things come up. > > I will say that it is hot and humid here in Central Florida and the fires > have already started and boy is it ever smoky when you go outside. It is > not good for allergies and Asthma. > We did have a litte rain but not enough to do any good but I guess any > little bit does help. > Most of the thunder storms seem to have gone South of us. I was hoping > they would stick around for a time up our way but no such luck. I go for > my allergy shot tomorrow so I hope it works. We really cannot complain as > we are luckier than a lot of the country. > > Annette > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "an-internet-family" group. > To post to this group, send email to an-internet-family@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > an-internet-family+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/an-internet-family?hl=en. > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

--- On Tue, 6/14/11, annette tucker <annelovespugs@yahoo.com> wrote: From: annette tucker <annelovespugs@yahoo.com> Subject: I hope that I am back. Date: Tuesday, June 14, 2011, 9:16 PM   Well Herby croaked for the final time ( Herby of course is my computer) and my Grandson was good enough to give me his old one.  I think that it is one year old and mine was over ten.  Well we got his set up and darned if something went wrong  with the new Herby but my son was able to fix it all up.  So I hope that at last I can get back on line and stay there.     So much has happened that I do not even know where to begin and do not want to bore everyone with all the facts so have decided to just start from here and go on as things come up.   I will say that it is hot and humid here in Central Florida and the fires have already started and boy is it ever smoky when you go outside.  It is not good for allergies and Asthma. We did have a litte rain but not enough to do any good but I guess any little bit does help. Most of the thunder storms seem to have gone South of us.  I was hoping they would stick around for a time up our way but no such luck. I go for my allergy shot tomorrow so I hope it works.  We really cannot complain as we are luckier than a lot of the country.                                                                                                           Annette                                   -   -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "an-internet-family" group. To post to this group, send email to an-internet-family@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to an-internet-family+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/an-internet-family?hl=en.

yep, every time I feel like whining I need to remember folks in other parts of the country that are having a much worse time of it. It's so dry around here I cannot imagine getting 11-inches of rain. I cannot remember the last time it rained at all....Unfortunately for many people, we are in that time of year where we won't get any rain unless a hurricane comes to the Texas coastline... we'll keep counting our blessings. :-)** On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 8:45 AM, **** LANA **** <mizylana@gmail.com> wrote: > What a week!! So sorry for your loss. > > So glad my house sits nearly three feet off the ground. Sure makes it > easy to work under. > > Hope all goes well. > > I have been cleaning up from flooding. We had 11 inches of rain in one > day. Sure wish I could send it to you. Water was nearly two foot deep > around my house. Moving so fast it left rocks the size of bowling > balls in my yard. > > When we put a new front porch (14' x 60') on several years ago, we put > down a weed barrier and six inches of rock. Now most of the rock is > gone. The flooding washed it out. The rock is now in the creek. My > driveway is a mess. My "red dirt" road is now a dry creek. Sure glad I > drive a truck. Cars can't get down here. > > I live about 30 miles southwest of Joplin, MO. The storms that ravaged > Joplin also left a mess where I live. It has caused a bad impact on > the entire area. I don't know anyone that hasn't been impacted by the > F5 storm. The damage in Joplin is beyond description. Even FEMA people > are shocked at the damage. The death toll continues to climb. Last > report was 153 deaths. Many more still in hospitals. Experts are > studying why the death toll was so low. The storm hit a our main > shopping district and medical district during peak shopping hours. > Storm shelter sales are up 100 percent. > > But, life goes on. Our minds and souls are healing. > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

What a week!! So sorry for your loss. So glad my house sits nearly three feet off the ground. Sure makes it easy to work under. Hope all goes well. I have been cleaning up from flooding. We had 11 inches of rain in one day. Sure wish I could send it to you. Water was nearly two foot deep around my house. Moving so fast it left rocks the size of bowling balls in my yard. When we put a new front porch (14' x 60') on several years ago, we put down a weed barrier and six inches of rock. Now most of the rock is gone. The flooding washed it out. The rock is now in the creek. My driveway is a mess. My "red dirt" road is now a dry creek. Sure glad I drive a truck. Cars can't get down here. I live about 30 miles southwest of Joplin, MO. The storms that ravaged Joplin also left a mess where I live. It has caused a bad impact on the entire area. I don't know anyone that hasn't been impacted by the F5 storm. The damage in Joplin is beyond description. Even FEMA people are shocked at the damage. The death toll continues to climb. Last report was 153 deaths. Many more still in hospitals. Experts are studying why the death toll was so low. The storm hit a our main shopping district and medical district during peak shopping hours. Storm shelter sales are up 100 percent. But, life goes on. Our minds and souls are healing.

Ever had a week like that? We had ours last week.... Let me start at the beginning. Weekend before last, June 4th, my first born granddaughter married... it was a beautiful wedding and reception but Geez, it was hot! (an outside wedding) ... both Sherry and I were exhausted from the trip, the ceremony, etc.. arrived home on Sunday totally exhausted. On Monday, a cousin of Sherry's that had been suffering the ravages of cancer passed away. 55 years old! On Tuesday we had to make another trip to MD Anderson hospital in Houston, always a joy. Took care of business and left Houston at 4 PM... No, that's not right. We left the hospital at 4PM... by the time we got out of Houston, it was 5 PM. Houston traffic is always so lovely.. We arived back home about 10:30 PM ... again, completely exhausted. Somewhere in this story I must tell that I have an injured shoulder. Possibly a torn rotator cuff. Left arm is in a sling. UGH! On Thursday, we rested as much as possible but had to prepare for company coming for the funeral. Neither of us were in the mood for such nonsense, but we did. Company is always nice but Lordy, we were still tired. Friday morning while preparing for the funeral, we discover that we have a major leak in the hot water line and had to shut off the water supply to the water heater... totally "uncool"... pun intended... The Dougster has a bright idea... lets turn on the water heater at the little house the hunters use... brilliant plan except there is only one bathroom.... sooooooooo, one by one, people drive down to the little house (about 100-yards) shower and return... next in line then does the same thing. Have I said "OY" yet? Late Saturday, the company finally leaves. Sunday comes and we are still so tired we can hardly move but it's time to investigate the water leak. Imagine this... an old, old house that has been remodeled several times... crawl space of about six-inches... we have absolutely no idea where the leak is...since most of the water lines are underneath the bathroom, Sherry began ripping up the vinyl floor covering (was planning on replacing that anyhow)... being practically useless with one arm, I suggested we call a plumber Monday morning.... It is Monday and a plumber has been called... we are waiting... Hope ya'all have a great week! The Dougster :-)*

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Oh, Connie, I agree. I've heard too many reports of things that are over-looked. We have a guy here on the local news channel that rates different restaurants every week. It can make you sick. I never knew what may happen just to a slice of lemon you may ask for in your tea or soda. It's quite scary! ----- Original Message ----- From: Connie To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 12:05 PM Subject: Re: [ML] Bubblers Ewww, Marilyn. I used to enjoy salad bars that were frequent in supermarkets here until I watched a kid cough all over the greens. I put down my container and went home and made my own salad, and never went to a salad bar again. Ick! I don't even want to know what kinds of horrible things we end up consuming when we eat out. The visuals stay locked in my head forever. Ick! And I don't buy organic ... and am glad I don't, what with the German organic farm being the possible source of the new EColi going around. I realize that in the olden days the only food you got was so-called organic. But that's just me, and I don't know if people are using infected manure to grow their crops. Connie > While I knew what bubblers were/are, I do not know if I have ever seen > any. > These were beautiful and very clean. > > I disliked regular water fountains due to seeing snotty nose kids touch > the > handles and men spit in them. The Germ Police of today would have a real > hay > day with water fountains. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message