DarWinz-Doinz: A plan gone awry...

Monday, December 28, 2009

A plan gone awry...

DarWin just returned home from a very pleasant Christmas season at Dar's son Steve Hodge's home in Sacramento. They went all out for us and included a site-seeing trip to San Francisco on the last day (Saturday). Man! Talk about wall-to-wall people! We got a glimpse of Alcatraz, Golden Gate Bridge, and wound our way down the steepest hill in America. Thank goodness for good brakes. Steve and Jen are doing a great job of raising their three children; Tyler, Kate, and Charlie. I took a bunch of pictures and planned on posting some of them here...but...I had messed up on my camera settings and they all turned out blurry. Sorry, guys... Got'ta blame myself...not the camera...

....Story of my life: Hind-site is a great teacher. Will I ever get my act together?

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I realize there are mixed opinions about the advisability of having moosik "auto-start" on a blog for a few reasons: You may not like my tastes; you may already have your own tunes running in the background; or mine were unexpected?

Guess all I can say if the moosik didn't impress you none is: I just had to use the first 4. (good theme, huh?) It grew into a monster from there...and I'm not expecting that many visitors...?

What's going on around us? ...or... Social Calendar

Val's Wayne...finally gets hitched on June 12th! Super, huge congrats, Wayne! If any of us deserve this state of martital (or is that martial?) bliss, you're overdue! (Chew on that thought for awhile? LOL)

Val 'n Mary...will be making a rush trip to Portland at the end of the school year to visit daughter, Lisa. She's just married and she's a grandmother awready! Go figure?
(Mebbe it's true that I'm my own grampa!? That would explain soooo much, huh?)

Skyler 'n Catina...will be visiting us from June 19th-24th, then on to their grandparents in Washington. Can't wait, kids!

Val, Mary 'n most of their families will be just 45 miles North on the coast from us from July 17th to 24th! Why don't you guys just move on up here, hermanito. I'd sure vote for that!

Birthdays (Please help me with new additions?...month 'n date only)

These are listed in calendar order.

Note: I will post my personal posterity here as they indicate an unconditional interest in us, or in this site.

For those members of Darlene's family who have all been of invaluable support, please provide missing birthdays so we can include them here, too?
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T John Hodge Jan 14th.

Victoria Carter (Dar's Grand-daughter) Feb 14th.

Skyler Teagle (Win's Grand-son) Feb 18th.

Christy Alfrey (Dar's Grand-daughter) Feb 26th.

Michael Winston Nielson (deceased. 3 day old son because he can't speak for himself) March 10th.

Charles Hodge (Dar's Grand-son) Mar. 18th.

Wayne Nielson (my under-appreciated, supportive, non-judgmental father...age 96) March 26th.

Bridget Chapman (Dar's Grand-daughter) April 4th.

Mindy Teagle (Win's Grand-daughter) April 14th.

Michael Teagle (Win's Grand-son) May 14th.

Jennifer Hodge (Dar's Daughter-in-law) May 19th

Conrad Carter (Dar's Grand-son) May 26th.

Richard Chapman (Dar's Son-in-law) June 30th

Cynthia Carter (Dar's Grand-daughter) July 16th.

Darlene ("Dar" my dear, abiding wife) Aug. 28th.

Our "avinersary": March 14, 2008.

Dawn Chapman (Dar's Daughter) Sept. 2nd.

Tyler Hodge (Dar's Grand-son) Sept. 2nd.

Curtis Chapman (Dar's Grand-son) Sept. 10th.

Stephen Hodge (Dar's Son) Sept. 13th.

Catina Teagle (Win's Grand-daughter-in-law) September 25th

Connie Carter (Dar's Daughter) Sept. 25th.

Stacy Chalmers (Dar's Grand-daughter) Oct. 2nd.

Ardyce Rogers (Win's Sister) October 5th

Todd Carter (Dar's Son-in-law) Oct. 22nd

Our always cherished, now departed Mary Jean Nov. 26th.

Our aniversary: April 10, 1959.

Whitney Teagle (Win's Grand-daughter) Dec 3rd.

Kate Hodge (Dar's Grand-daughter) Dec. 29th.

Tom Rogers (Win's brother in law) Dec 30th.

Rhymer n' George Carlin contributions...just to fill space in this short column..

...Don't interfere with somethin' that ain't botherin' you none.

...If you find yourself in a hole, stop diggin'.

...Always drink upstream from the herd.

...Tellin' a man to git, and gettin' him to do it, is two different propositions.

...If you give a lesson in meanness to a man or critter, don't be surprised if they learn their lesson.

...If you're ridin' ahead of the herd, better check back now and then to make sure it's still there.

...The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it back in your wallet.

...If you think you're a person of influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around.

...It's so nice to find a woman I'll enjoy annoying for the rest of my life.

...If you love somebody, fight fair.

...I have a two-color lawn. Brown grass and green weeds.

...Don't share things that are close to you with people who aren't.

...Cause happiness wherever you go. Not whenever you go.

...If I called the wrong number, why did you even answer?

...How come wrong numbers are never busy?

...Skydivers are good to the last drop.

... I want to know how it is that teflon will stick to a pan and nothing will stick to teflon?

...Marriage means commitment. But then...so does insanity.

...If God wanted us to be thin, He wouldn't have made food taste so good.

...If it's the thought that counts, think money!

...Everybody you meet is a teacher.

...All of my ambitions have been nipped in the bud-get.

...There's a mighty fine line between lack of planning and an emergency.

...If you're running the speed limit, you're in the way.

...Let's make tail-lights different colors so gridlock will be more interesting.

...The older we get, the shorter the line for things worth waiting for.

...The only people really under the weather are buried.

...Need a boost losing weight? Put up a full length mirror in the bathroom.

...He's one person who would make a perfect stranger.

...Marriage is where a man finds out what kind of husband his wife would have preferred.

...Cats flattened while you watch. (Careful, Win!)

...Forget the whales...save the cowboy.

...Can a stupid person be called a smart-ass?

...Does killing time damage eternity?

...Why does night fall and day breaks?

...Why is the third hand on a watch called a second hand?

...Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor but dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?

...Are part-time band leaders called semi-conductors?

...Did Noah keep bees in arc-hives?

...Do pilots take crash courses?

...Do stars clean themselves with meteor showers?

...When George Washington needed ID, did he just whip out a quarter?

...Have you ever seen a toad on a toad-stool?

...How can there be self-help "groups"?

...How do you get off a non-stop flight?

...How do you write zero in Roman numerals?

...If blind folks wear dark glasses, should deaf people wear ear-muffs?

...If space is a vacuum, who changes the bags?

...So tin whistles are made of tin. What are fog-horns made of?

...If you shouldn't drink and drive, why do bars have parking lots?

...If you jog backwards, will you gain weight?

...Why do they call it "chili" if it's hot?

...If a mute swears, does his mother wash his hands with soap?
...If a guy with multiple personalities threatens to kill himself, is it a hostage situation?

...Why are drive-through banking windows labeled in braille?

...How do blind folks know when they're done wiping?

...How do they train those deer to cross at those yellow signs?

...Cannibals don't eat clowns. They taste funny.

...If you try to fail, and succeed...which have you done?

...Why is it called tourist season if we can't shoot them?

...If the black box isn't destroyed in a plane crash, why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff?

...If you spin an oriental man around three times, does he become disoriented.

...And never, NEVER miss a good opportunity to shut up!

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Monday, December 28, 2009

A plan gone awry...

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