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THINGS YOU DON'T HEAR ANY MORE

THINGS YOU DON'T HEAR ANY MORE

Be sure and refill the ice trays, we are going to have company after while. Watch for the postman, I want to get this letter in the mail today. Quit slamming that screen door! Be sure to pull the windows down when you leave, it looks like it might rain --and bring in the clothes on the line, too. Don't forget to wind the clock before you go to bed. Wash your feet before you go to bed, they are nasty from playing bare footed outside all day. Why can't you remember to roll up your pants legs? Getting them caught in the bicycle chain so many times is tearing them up. You have torn the knees out of that pair of pants so many times there is nothing left to put a patch on. Don't you go outside with your good school clothes on! Hang up your Sunday School clothes, you know you need to pass them down to your brother in good condition. Go comb your hair. It looks like the rats have nested in it all night. Be sure and pour the cream off the top of the milk when you open the new bottle. I need it for baking and Pa's coffee. Take that empty popbottle to the store with you so you won't have to pay a deposit on another one. Put a dish towel over the cake so the flies won't get on it. Quit jumping on the floor! I have a cake in the oven and you are going to make it fall if you don't quit! Let me know when the Fuller Brush man comes by, I need to get a few things from him. You boys stay close by, the car may not start and I will need you to help push it off. There is a dollar in my purse, go by the service station and get five gallons of gas when you start to town. Open the back door and see if we can get a breeze through here, it is getting hot. You can walk to the store; it won't hurt you to get some exercise. Maybe you will learn to be more careful with your bicycle. Don't sit to close to the TV it will hurt your eyes. If you pull that stunt again, I am going to wear you out! Don't lose that button, I will sew it back on after while. Wash under your neck before you come to the table, you have beads of dirt and sweat all under there. Get out from under that sewing machine, pumping it messes up the thread! Do you want to go get me a switch? Be sure and fill the lamps this morning so we don't have to do that tonight in the dark. Here, take this old magazine to the outhouse when you go, we are almost out of paper out there. Go out to the well and draw a bucket of water for me, I've got to do the dishes. Don't turn the radio on now, I want the battery to be up when the Grand Ole Opry comes on. No! I don't have five cents for you to go to the show, do you think money grows on trees? Eat those vegetables; they will make you big and strong like your daddy. That dog is NOT coming in this house! I don't care how cold it is out there, dogs just don't come in the house. Sit still! I am trying to get your hair cut straight and you keep moving and it is getting botched up. Hush your mouth! I don't want to hear words like that. I will wash your mouth out with soap again! It is time for your system to be cleaned out, I'm going to give you a dose of Castor Oil in the morning. If you get a spanking in school and I find out about it, you will get another one when you get home. Quit crossing your eyes! They will get stuck that way! Soak your foot in this pan of Epsom Salts so that cut won't get infected. When you take your driving test don't forget your hand signals each turn. Left arm straight out the window for a left turn, and left arm bent up to the sky at the elbow for a right turn and straight down to the side of the door when you are going to stop. It is 'Yes, sir!' and 'No, sir' to me and your elders young man, and don't you forget it! While we are at Aunt Mary's and Uncle John's you kids eat when the adults get through and I don't want to hear, 'I don't like this stuff'. You better keep your mouth shut and eat everything on your plate. Well, that ought to keep us remembering some of the finer things of the past, some good and some not so good, and young man if I hear you repeat one word of this I will beat the daylights out of you, do you understand that?! Yep, too bad we can't have some of them back without going to jail. I'm gonna add some more ...............Stop that crying..........I said stop it..........or I'll give you a reason to cry. 'When we get to Grandma's, don't you DARE ask for something to eat!' 'Child, did you forget that I have eyes in the back of my head!!! That's how I knew! '10 p.m. is late enough, nothing stays out later except rats and cockroaches' 'Don't talk with your mouth full' 'Sit up straight' 'Go outside and play ' 'Don't interrupt when grownups are talking ' 'Pull up your stockings ' 'Put on your golashes..it's snowing' 'Close the door! Were you RAISED In a barn!? 'Don't talk back! ' Ahhhh, those were the days !!!!!! LOL

Broke Down

We broke down and turned on the AC today. We have been suffering with the double H's....heat and humidity. We come down to the valley for warm weather. I know...we are just too fussy!!
Butch has been busy getting caught up with electrical chores for various park people. And then we had a stool breakdown. One of these days soon we may be able to think about a trip to Mexico or S. Padre. The weekend is not the best of times for that anyway.
I have been busy gathering up items for the next garage sale the first Saturday in December. Living in a motorhome it is a definite negative to gather too many things. So I am weeding out the excess and hopefully some kind buyer will come along and take it off my hands.

It's Mine!!

We bought Angel a new scratch pad today. To say she loves it is understated. She even made moaning sounds! I prefer the rope kind because they are less messy. This kind is loaded with catnip and it was obvious her preference was different from mine.

Busy!!

We indeed hit the ground running.
Arrived Sunday afternoon
Association meeting Monday morning
Coffee on Tuesday morning at 9:30
Golf at 11:00- we both golfed!
New shuffleboard benches-Butch volunteered to help.
Approached by 3 different people for electrical assistance (Butch)
Grocery store visit
Had a burger at Gonzales Burgers yesterday and they were every bit as good as I remember!
Wednesday -
Butch working on benches.
Barb doing laundry and computing...
And the park is still relatively empty! People will trickle in now until about mid to late December when the flood of Northerners arrives.
Hurry on down now, ya hear!

Our current location

Blooms


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Royal Breakfast Hash

Yeah, I do this sometimes and if you are looking for good and easy recipe software, I use Regidean and you can download it here. Just click on Download and you are on your way.

Royal Breakfast Hash 11/5/2007
Ingredients
5 cups loose-pack frozen hash brown potatoes, thawed
1 10-3/4-ounce can condensed cream of chicken soup
1/2 cup dairy sour cream
1 cup finely chopped cooked corned beef
1/3 cup finely chopped onion
1/3 cup finely chopped green sweet pepper
1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese (4 ounces)
Paprika


Directions
1. Spread potatoes over the bottom of a greased 2-quart square baking
dish. In a medium bowl combine cream of chicken soup and sour cream;
stir in corned beef, onion, and sweet pepper. Spread corned beef mixture
over potatoes.

2. Bake, uncovered, in a 350 degree F oven for 40 to 45 minutes or until
bubbly and top begins to brown. Sprinkle with cheese and paprika just
before serving. Makes 4 servings.


Nutrition facts per serving:
calories: 551
total fat: 27g
saturated fat: 13g
cholesterol: 81mg
sodium: 1248mg
carbohydrate: 56g
fiber: 4g
protein: 22g
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Magnolia Park

We left Canyon Lake TX at 7:30 AM and arrived at the park about 2:00 PM.
We hit the ground running getting settled in and cleaned up so we are both a bit pooped this evening. We have had many visitors already getting us all up to speed on the changes that have taken place. The shuffleboard courts have been refurbished!! I know that will be a big surprise for a few of you. Larry has made new benches and they are talking of putting the scoreboards on the other end which makes sense all the way around when you stop to think about it.
There are other surprises too with people who do not plan to come back this year. Some have quit altogether and others are taking a year off. And here I thought I was going to have an easier time with the directory this year. NOT!!!
It feels good to be here and it always feels like home. The trip down was without incident and we are grateful.
I will try to post on both sites. I usually do personal stuff on www.brooker3.blogspot.com and Park stuff on www.magnolianews.blogspot.com. But it always seems to overlap. Aha!! I know! You will have to check both to see where we stand. Come on it isn't that tough as there is a link to the other one on each site. Right side near the top.

Pioneer Woman

Pioneer Lisa at St. Andrews bazaar

A Dam Walk

Beautiful walk this morning on the dam

Wurstfest

Smiling Boy



Pretty girl



Mike and Sharon

Click on: Wurstfest

A sweetie



From Austria


Hamhocks and Sauerkraut

We went to Wurstfest in New Braunfels TX with Mike and Sharon and Lisa and Terry. Beer, sausage, sauerkraut and lots and lots of music. Oompah and otherwise. We enjoyed it very much along with thousands of other people!!

Canyon Lake

Canyon Dam

Today Butch and I went for a walk on the dam. (2 miles)

In the dance hall

"I sat here happier than I ever was."



George Strait in his youth

Greune Texas

The dance hall at Gruene TX where parts of the movie 'Michael' with John Travolta were filmed.

Click on:The Gruene Hall



The antique shop. Sharon and Lisa are browsing.

And now...

In 2002 there was quite a flood in this area and in some places the scars are very apparent. This is where the water overflowed the lake and created the gorge in the picture below. In 2001 the land here looked the same as on both sides of this gorge



The picture below is near the historic town of Greune TX.

Rio Valley Resort @Canyon Lake

The Guadalupe River


We know we are south when we listen to the grackles and the mockingbirds. Nice walk today in the park and along the river.

Canyon Lake Texas

We arrived yesterday about 4 PM. We left the little nameless RV park in north Texas about 8:00 am, early for us. We came across 82 to I 35. We stayed on I 35 for as little time as possible. Picked up 380 west at Denton and took it to 281 south. Not a bad route really and one we would consider again.
Terry and Lisa stopped by and we went to a pizza place for supper last night. It was very good pizza and the place would land on our keeper list.
Today is a golf day for Butch and he is excited!!
More later...with pictures

This is how it is...

We left Carthage MO this morning about nine and we went into Oklahoma...yes, really!!!... then we picked up Hwy 69 heading south and we stayed on 69 until we came to 82 in north Texas. Turned west on 82 and found a little podunk rv park in the middle of nowhere and this is where we are spending the night.
We are headed for Canyon Lake Texas to see friends from Snow Mountain Ranch. Mike and Sharon Bryce and Terry and Lisa Linder. We have an ulterior motive. Butch has a bit of trouble making connections with people who love to play golf as much as he does and he knows Mike and Terry do thus we will be spending some time in the Canyon Lake area before heading to the valley.
So here we are at 4:20 PM. Butch is washing the bugs off the front of the moho and he has the hairclippers out and set up waiting for me to finish this and cut his hair. I am cheaper than Progreso and it looks about the same. Hehehe