One of Those Days



Maverick (July 29th, 2000 - April 25th, 1011)

 Today we had to put Maverick down... I remember when we first brought him home as a tiny little puppy that would fit in a cloth basket... He was always getting into one thing or another... But he was more people that dog... He had a very long life and lived longer than many boxers do... But I will miss him and it has been a hard day and hard decision to do what we did.

Maverick playing in the snow... He loved Snow

Maverick loved going on car rides and thought he ruled the road when we would go anywhere... He would stare down other dogs in other cars and people... Little did they know he was a big baby... Although he did get kicked out of obedience school for being too aggressive... He was never that way at home, just out in public... He loved McDonald's French Fries and Taco Bell Chips.. He was his daddy's boy and loved to be a bed hog... He loved playing in the snow, running around the house and playing tug o war... He also had this weird feddish with hair ties... If you sat down on the couch or anywhere else, he would jump up on your head and pull the ties out... We learned real fast to warn people on that or they would have slobber in thier hair.. He was an awesome dog that we will miss forever... There will never be another Maverick... He is one of a kind... I know he and Brandie and Mattie are romping around in doggie heaven right now... I use to joke with mom that all the dogs will be in doggie heaven and she will have to go there to make sure they are OK... She was OK with that... She loved Maverick and Brandie...

Other than that... Things are what they are... Not sure what is what. But nothing I can do about that... I am thinking it may be a good day to go out and get a White Russian... If only I didn't have to drive to get that White Russian... It doesn't mix with my medicines, but I think I am at the point of not caring right now... I think I am really sick of life right now to care what mixes with my medicines or not... I  know that sounds bad, but it is what it is...

I was thinking about Little House on the Prairie and how Laura Ingals was having alot of problems and needed to get closer to God. Pa's need for a son becomes obvious to everyone and when his hopes are fulfilled, he can hardly contain his joy. He devotes all his attention to the new baby boy, leaving Laura feeling jealous and neglected. The joy in the household soon turns to sadness as the baby falls ill and there is no hope for him. Laura can not even bring herself to pray for her brother's recovery, and when tragedy strikes, she blames herself and runs away to be closer to God in hopes of a miracle. She is cared for by Johnathan, a stranger whose wisdom helps her see the light.Wonder if that would work... Go to the highest mountain and build and alter and not go anywhere till God answered... I doubt it, but is a thought of mine... So if for some reason I am not here go look on the highest mountain for an alter being built... that is unless I am so exhausted and decided to jump off head first...

But I am going to go now... I am way tired and not feeling good... Last night was way long and in need of an entire bottle of pain meds... No! Not going to do that, but that is the thought...

How Did I Ever Survive Childhood

Donny Osmond

I have a feeling I am going to date myself with this blog posting! 


I was just thinking about how on earth did I ever survive being a child? I was born in 63 and grew up in the 70's. I am sure everyone knows about the things that went on in the 60's and 70's. If not here is a low down on it...


In the 70's it was a time when you could basically do whatever we thought was fun. We did have to be home by dark or dinnertime.  But looking back -- given how much parenting practices and "what's deemed appropriate" have changed since we were kids -- it's truly a wonder that any of us ever survived childhood. Tons of stuff our parents did (or let us do) that was deemed commonplace when we were growing up, is totally frowned upon today. 

Nancy Grace

When watching Nancy Grace it seems to never fail that there is going to be a parent or guardian on there that did something stupid. I do respect Nancy, she does alot for victims of violence and has no problem stating what she believes. But back to the subject. These are many of the same stupid things our parents did as we were growing up in the 60's and 70's. But I am guessing it wasn't on the news much since we only had between 3-5 stations.  I'm not talking about killing your kids, but I am talking about going to the store and they act up and you smack their bottoms. Now you would be thrown in jail, then you would have been scowled at if you didn't reprimand your kids.  These things is what got me thinking about the differences between then and now. 

For example, we would go out after dark and hang out with friends and play hide and seek. We never worried about meeting a stranger. When we went somewhere with out parents, it was more common to not wear a seat belt rather than strap one on. I remember a time traveling across the country where all of us kids would crash(sleep) in the car and alot of the times it would be the back window. That was my favorite place to sleep. The cars was big and it had alot of room. I don't think I even recall car seats being around then. Most of the times the infants or children were sitting on laps, brothers or sisters or wherever their tiny little bodies landed. 

Here is a list of things that I did as a child and survived; 

• We would go out riding our bikes and we didn't have helmets or anything else... I do think this may have been a good thing to have had since I was bad at cutting off cars... We would drink after each other and guess what? We hardly ever got sick... 
• We had no cell phones... If I wanted to see someone I would walk over to their house and see if they were home... And the most interesting thing about that was that we got our exercise. 
• I got myself into a bit of trouble and tried things that I shouldn't have. But made it through that Cheech and Chong period of my life too... bad me :)
• Party line phones... If you have never had one of these phones, its where you share your line with your neighbors and we all waited our turn and if someone was on the phone, we would hang up. 
• We never really had any of the games like play station and such. I think those kind of games came out when my daughters were born and that was the Nintendo or something. But  we would go outside and play and have fun with our friends. 
• Never had computers, although they are nice, I think we miss alot by personal interaction with others...
• We could entertain ourselves by climbing trees, jumping down, pushing sisters off tall buildings,  and just having fun... Now days, I think Dr's and such would think you were trying to kill yourself if you jumped out of a tree. 
• I would have no problem accepting a ride from someone I didn't know. Better watch doing that now. 
• In High School we would ride in the back of my friend Davids truck and went to the Dry Lake and do donuts. If you don't know what a donut is, it is where you go around and around in a circle. We would even sit on the hood of the truck and see how long we could hold on. I have to admit, that was not a smart thing to do!
• We would occasionally get a soda, and it was a treat. Usually only once a week and T.V. dinners were not an option. 
• 8 Tracks- does anyone remember those and how much room they took up? We thought it was the most genius thing when cassettes came out. 

Little House on the Prairie

Some of my favorite things about the 70's were Donny Osmond(was going to marry), Scott Baio, Leo Sayer, American Bandstand, Walking to Rays Market for Hot Pickles, Shawn Cassidy and David Cassidy and how can I ever forget Andy Gibb and his brothers the Bee Gees. We had Staying Alive with John Travolta, Grease also with John Travolta and Olivia Newton John. There was one of the biggest movies ever, "Star Wars", and my favorite show, Little House on the Prairie. There were also cartoons such as The Smurfs, Banana Splits, Micky Mouse... What I would call normal ones, lol... 


When looking back and seeing things now, I guess there were many differences... I think the biggest is that people actually communicated alot more and didn't spend all their time in front of the TV. We got to spend an hour or so a day. But it wasn't a priority. Maybe we notice things more because of the internet, TV like CNN and other news stations.