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I don't have alot of news reguarding the job interviews yet. I have not heard from them yet so i'am in the waiting mode.The photo above is one of my favorite place Glacier National Park which is just south of Yellowstone. Its really beauitful and the lakes are crystal clear and alot of wildlife such as moose,deer,elf,ram,bear ect.We went out to a Mexican restuarant and the both us are extremely FULL and we are about to explode....I have something funny to share.This morning i was looking for work on careerbuilder and i found a job description that was very funny to me. It read that you be a good crimmial and have a good crimmial history. I bursted out laughing.So in other words crimmials have preference.
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full - Music:oldies
This morning is a frosty one with thick ice build up on the cars.Look at the ice in our back yard in the photo above,Ha ha.... Yesterday i had a good interview with Steritech. They are a pest control and food quality control company exclusively for high end commerical restuarants,hotels,hospitals ect.There is 2 weeks training in charlotte plus another 4 weeks training with a supervisor. They offer a company vechile to take home,100% medical coverage,10 holidays,2 weeks vacation and bonus's to start out. I should find out something this afternoon if i have a second interview. This morning i have an interview with Swisher Hyigene for a service route position. I have alot of bathroom experience so i should fit right in.This job is basically a route sales job with some installations. They do not work night nor weekends so that is a plus. An update on Anna. She came down with strep thoart over the weekend and went to the doctor on Monday and got some medication and we talked to her yesterday and she is doing better.
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good
This morning we are waking up to frost and the current temp is 23 burrrr. That is cold for this time of year.Todays high is 46 with a low of 28.I am not sure its November its feel like January.The photo above is a picture of the Apple Barn .We stopped in Seiversville Tennessee on our way back from Michigan. We spent the night in Powell Tn just outside of knoxville and then we were on our way to Maw and Paws house and stopped at the Apple barn and went through the Smokey Mountains and stopped at Cherokee North Carolina.To my surprise there was a Big Boy hamburger restuarant in Cherokee, also Cherokee has adopted a bear theme and thought out the town you will be cerimac bears.If nothing changes we are looking forward to coming up to the hills for Thanksgiving at Bobbi house. Both Anna and Marshall will be coming up this year and they both will probably be their on Wednesday night. I am still not sure when we are leaving it will be either Wednesday night or Thursday morning.We both are looking forward to having Thanksgiving with Family.Todays featured state is Alabama ....Did you know these interesting facts about Alabama???
*Alabama first introduced mardi gras to the western world..
*The first electric trolley system was introduced in Montgomery in 1886.
*Montgomery is the capital and birthplace of the Confederate states of America.
*Hank Aaron was born in Mobile in 1934.
*Huntsville is known as the rocket capital of the world.
*The word Alabama means tribal town in the creek indian language.
*Mobile is named after the Mauvilla indians.
*Blount county was formed in Feb 7 1817 and is older that the state.
*Nat King Cole was born in Montgomery in 1919.
*Winston County is often called the free state of Winston. It gained the name during the civil war.
*Pecan is the offical state nut.
*Alabama became the 22nd state in Dec 14 1819.
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relaxed
These are photos of Gaylord Michigan which is the town that my Dad lives in.The town decided in the 60's to have an alpine theme through out there town and have adopted Pontresina Switzerland as there sister city.The photo above is a picture of an alpine theme restuarant established in 1919. One other unique thing about Gaylord Michigan is that throughout that town there are different kinds and colors of ceramic bears.When we on our way back to North Carolina we stopped in Cherokee North Carolina and they too have ceramic bears throughout the town as well.Today we are expecting a frontal system coming through the state and rain is expected for thursday, friday and some saturday and a significant cooling trend is expected on Saturday with a high of 58.
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content
The pictures above are photos of my Dads new house in the woods near Gaylord Michigan. There are several small lakes near by and alot of deer in the area. The living room has alot of windows and a skylight in it.They house is very spacious and has alot of pine wood in it. They have a huge backyard i think its 20 acres with a large garden in the back and a barn that my dad is constant trying to remodel.Next week on Monday and Thursday i have two job interviews with Merita bread as route sales rep and with Cintas a uniform Company as a Service sales rep. I am still having alot of pain with my elbow and it have been icing it down every day.This morning we are expecting a cool front along with some rain to be pushing into our area but no significant rainfall is expected and we will have sunny skies by the afternoon.Todays featured state is the great state of Texas.Did you know these interesting facts about Texas.
*Texas is the only states to have 6 different nation flags fly over it, Spain,France,Mexico,Confederate States,Republic of Texas.
*The King Ranch of Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.
*Texas is the leading producer of wool in the U.S.
*Texas boasts the nations largest white tailed deer herd.
*Caddo lake is the only natural lake in Texas.
*Austin is considered the live music captial of the world.
*Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885.
*The first suspension bridge in the U.S. was built in Waco in 1870.
*Texas comes from the Hasiani Indian word Tejas meaning friends or allies.
*Texas largest county is Brewster county with 6,208 square miles.
*The states cattle population is estimated to be near 16 million.
*Laredo is the nations largest inland port.
*The Flagship Hotel on Seaward Blvd in Galveston is the only in North America built entirely over water.
*Texas is the only state to enter the nation by treaty instead of territorial annexation.
*Brazoria county has more species of birds than any other area comparable area in North America.
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Today we are planing on going to the Farmers Market in Downtown WIlmington.There was a small farmers market a few years ago and it moved out and about 3 years ago Wilmington started one downtown and we have never been. The market has given the downtown business's a boost especially in the fall months.Today is suppose to be beauitful with sunny skies and the temp around 72.According to Gasbuddy.com here are the top ten states for gas
1. Oklahoma 2.04
2. Iowa 2.08
3.Missouri 2.10
4.Kansas 2.12
5.Ohio 2.14
6.Arkansas 2.14
7.Minnestoa 2.14
8.Texas 2.18
9.Kentucky 2.21
Mississippi 2.22
Here are some random gas prices across the U.S.A.
Kansas city 1.93
Tulsa 2.00
Dayton Ohio 2.06
Atlanta 2.24
Savannah 2.30
Charlotte 2.46
Anchorage 3.24
New York CIty 2.88
Raleigh 2.55
Charleston 2.58
Boston 2.46
Nashville 2.40
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The top picture is a photo of Mackinaw Island on a hill over looking an arch over Lake Huron. The bottom photo was taken on the boat dock at Mackinac City and we were waiting on star line cruise boat to take us to Mackinac Island. The water is very clear and deep in Lake Huron and as you can tell the shoreline is sandy.Last night i had a terrible sinsus headache over the eyes for hours and had a hard time going to sleep. I feel much better today. I heard on the news that western carolina had some snow and this morning we had frost on our windshields and more frost is expected for tommorrow morning.Dont forget to set your clocks back this weekend..Todays featured state is Virginia ...Do you know these facts about VIrginia???
*The major cash crop of Virginia is tobacco.
*Virginia is known as the birthplace of the Nation.
*The state nickname is Old Dominon
*Virginia had 3 state captials Richmond, Williamsburg,Jamestown
*Eight Presidents were born in Virginia...George Washington,Thomas Jefferson,James Madison,James Monroe,William Harrison,John Tyler,Zachary Taylor,Woodrow Wilson.
*The Pentagon building in Arlington is the largest office building in the world.
*The pentagon has 68,000 miles of internal phone lines.
*Virginia has been dubbed as the internet captail of the world.
*The Cheapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel is the worlds largest bridge-tunnel complex.
*Jamestown was the first English settlement in the U,S,
*The college of William and Mary in Williamsburg is the second oldest college in the U.S. founded in 1693.
*The states of Kentucky and West Virginia was formed from sections of the state of Virginia.
*The worlds only oyster muesuem is located on Chincoteague island.
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The first photo is a picture of the HA Penny bridge is Dublin Ireland. I have customized my i google page and i get a European photo of the day from Europe and the photo of the day was this HA Penny bridge. The second photo is a picture of a sign of HA Penny a shop in Frankenmuth Michigan while we were on vacation.Today has been a sunny day with the temp in the mid 60's and a cooling trend is expected for the next few days and rain on the weekend.Todays featured state is Mississippi did you know these facta about Mississippi???
*Bordens consended milk was first canned in Liberty Mississippi.
*The worlds largest catcus plantation is in Edwards Mississippi.
*H.T. Merrill from Lupka MS performed the first round trip trans altantic flight.
*William grant Still of woodsville composed the afro-american symphony.
*The first nuclear submarine in the south was produced in Mississippi.
*The largest Bible Binding plant in the nation is Norris book binding company in Greenwood Mississippi.
*David Harrison of Columbus Mississippi owns the patent to the soft cover seat...Over 1 million sold each year... Is he any relation to the Harrison family in the Granite falls area????
*The first football player on the Wheaties box was Walter Payton of Columbus Mississippi.
*Natchez Mississippi has more than 500 places on the Historical register.
*The Vicksburg cemetary is the second largest cemetary in the nation.
*Root beer was invented in Bilioxi in 1898 by Edward Barq
*Vardaman is called the Sweet potato capital of the world.
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Its been cool on the coast for the past few days and we have a slight warm up with the temp in the mid 70's and the lows in the mid 40's tonight however the rest of the week the lows will be in the 50's. Gas is $2.92 Wilmington and in Tulsa where my sister Hollie lives gas is around $2.40.According to the consumer report money adviser i get each month stated look for these items to be on sale..Toys,autos,bikes, computers.Today i went to the church to help clean up the insides and tommorrow me and a friend are going to trim and mow the church lawn.Todays featured state is New Hampshire. Did you know these facts about New Hampshire???
* New Hampshire was one of the original 13 colonies.
* Alan Sheppard who was the first American in space is from East Derry New Hampshire.
*Levi Hutchins of Concord invented the alarm clock in 1787.
*Dover was settled in 1623 the oldest pernament settlement in New Hampshire.
*The first free pubic library in the U.S. was established in Peterborogh.
*The belknap mill built at laconia in 1823 is the oldest unaltered brick knitting mill in America.
*The first capital city was in exeter.
*New Hampshire present constiution was adopted in 1784, its the second oldest in the country.
* Captain John Smith named New Hampshire after the town of Hampshire England.
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This is what Venice looks like from the canal. There are motorized gongola boats. Venice is actually on an island.People do live in the houses in the water. I would not recomend going there in the summer because it does stink. Some of the buildings are historical and beauitful and the Italian cusine is really good. There is alot of painters and catherdals in Venices.Its quiet the tourist trap in some areas.Today i have not been feeling well. I have been a bit dizzy,light headed and a bit sick to my stomach at times. A case of the blahs.The clouds,rains and a cool front is moving in our area and we are expecting rain and cool temps this evening.Cindy also is a bit under the weather as well.Todays featured state is Maryland. Did you know these facts about Maryland?*1830 Baltimore and Ohio railroad Company built the first railroad station in Baltimore.
*King Williams school was the first school in the US in 1696
*The First dental school opened at University of Maryland
* Babe Ruth was born in Baltimore
*Annapolis is known as the sailing capital.
*The Maryland state house is the oldest state capital in continious legislative use.
*Maryland was the first state to enact worker compensation laws in 1902.
*Havre de Grace is know as the decoy capital of the world.
*The Methodist Church of America was first organized in1784 at Perry Hall.
*New Market ,Maryland is known as the Anitque capital.
*Maryland is the nations leading producers of blue crabs and soft clams
*Tilghman Island is the home of the skipjacks,the only commerical sailing fleet in North America.
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blah
The photo above is a picture of Cindy by a beauitful fountain in Frankenmuth Michigan and the back building has some murals painted on it.Today was a sunny and beauitful day with the temp in the mid 80's and tommorrow is more of the same before the cool front and rain comes in late Thursday evening.We just got done eating dinner.Tonight we had ham steaks with mashed potatos,corn and biscuits.Todays featured state is Arizona...Did you know these interesting facts about Arizona?/
*Arizona leads the nation in copper production.
*Pertified wood is the offical state fossil which come from the pertified forest in northeastern Arizona.
*Blue and Gold are Arizona state colors
*Mount Humphrey north of Flagstaff is the highest mountain at 12,643 feet.*
Hopi Indians of Arizona are noted for growing multiple colored corn
*The bola tie is the offical necktie of Arizona.
*Saguro cactus age is determined by its height.
*Arizona became the 48th state in Feb 14 1912
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This photo above is a picture of the star line boat we took from Mackinac city to Mackinac Island. They called these boats rooster tails. It was a beauitful day when we rode the boat with the temps in the lower 70's. The island is in Lake Huron and you can see the Mackinac bridge on the way there. Last night Marshall arrived from Atlanta and Anna was very surprised. This morning Cindy made blue berry pancakes and it was very good. Later in the day we celebrated Anna's birthday. Today has been rainy and overcast all day long and more of the same is expected for tommorrow.I have not been feeling good today a bit under the weather.Todays featured state is Iowa.Did you know these facts about Iowa?.
*Strawberry Point is the home of the world largest strawberry.
*Elk Horn is the largest Danish settlement is the U.S.
*The states lowest elevation is at 480 feet in lee county.
*Quaker Oats in Cedar Rapids is the largest cereral company in the World.
*Wright county has the highest percentage of grade A topsoil in the nation
*Sabula is Iowa's only town on an island.
*Van Meter Iowa is the home of baseball home of framer Bob Feller
*Lowa state University is the oldest land grant unversity in the USA.
*Herbert Hoover the 31st president was born in West Branch, Iowa.
*Kalona is the Largest Amish commuinty west of the Mississippi
*Dubuque is the oldest city in the state.
*Crystal lake is the home of the statue of the world largest bullhead fish
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lethargic
This photo above is a picture of the covered bridge which is next to the Bavarian Inn Restuarant we ate in Frankenmuth Michigan. The bridge is over a small river and the bank is flush and beauitful and the weather was really nice went we were there with sunny skies in the upper 70's. Attention to all Tommorrow is the birthday of one Anna banana who will be the big 19.Please sent funny e cards.Today i have been busy running errands today and had lunch with a friend. Tonight we are expecting more rain and the next few days the weatherman is calling for rain.Todays gas in Wilmington is 3.31 at GoGas.Todays featured state of facts is Missouri. Did you know these interesting Facts about Missiouri>
* The state animal is the Mule.
*St. Louis is called the Gateway to the west... and the Home of the Blues..
* Warsaw, Missouri holds the state record for the lowest temp at -40 in Feb 13 1905 and in July 14 1954 recorded 118 degrees.
* Kansas city has more miles of boulevalds than Paris and more fountains than any city expect Rome.
*The Tallest documented man in the world Robert Wadlow at 8 feet 11 inches from St Louis.
*Missouri was named after the Missouri Indians meaning Town of large canoes.
*in 1865 Missouri became the first state to free its slaves..
*Soybeans is Missouri's biggest crop.
*Missouri ties Tennessee as the most neighborly and borders 8 states.
*Kansas City as more freeways miles per capita that any metro area with more than 1 million residents.
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calm
We are finally back from Michigan and had a wonderul trip. This is a photo at the restuarant we ate at in Frankenmuth Michigan called the Bavarian Inn and the food was delicious. The whole town of Frankenmuth is in Bavarian style.The restuarant had murails in each section of the restaurants.We had some Frankenmuth chicken,sourbrauten and wienner schienzel and it all was very good.Frankenmuth is the home the worlds largest Christmas store Bronners.We were unable to see Bronners because time ran out.The town has a covered bridge over a river which has alot of weeping willows it was just beauitful and the weather was really nice with the temp in the upper 70's. When we left for Michigan we had a tropical storm Kyle come through with heavy winds of 50 mph and cool temps, However the more north we went the warmer it was.We went through winston-salem to I-77 on our way through Virginia,West Virginia,Ohio and them Michigan.We stopped off in Sugar Creek ohio which is known as Little Switzerland and visited the town and saw some amish people driving their wagon and then went to Berlin Ohio and saw the Heini Cheese Haus and traveled though Amish country.Its a different way of life and quiet interesting and then made out way to our hotel west of Cleveland in Elyria,Ohio at the Holiday inn and the room was nice and clean.By far Ohio and Michigan were the cheapest states for Gas.When we came back from my dads we paid 3.269 per gallon in Michigan about 3 miles from the Ohio border and a few miles ahead we saw a sign for 3.219. If you want to find out your local gas prices or you are going on a trip go www.gasbuddy.com and will give you an actual account of your local and U.S gas prices check it out.Todays Top ten List is the 10 cheapest gas states
2.Kansas 3.04
3. Iowa 3.07
4.Minnestoa 3.10
5.New Jersey 3.13
6.Missouri 3.14
7.Nebraska 3.20
8.Delware 3.21
9.Ohio 3.23
10 Massachuetts 3.29
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We are packed and ready to motor to Michigan tommorrow morning.According to the local news we will be waking up to an off shore storm with heavy rain and 30 to 40 mph winds.By the time we get to Raleigh we should be out of the rain and thunderstorms.I found a picture of Bob fishing on the shore of Lake Michigan. Ha Ha..
I would like to get into the Raleigh,Durham area before 7am. I know from past experience traveling west bound on I-40 there is a traffic jam in the Raleigh/Durham from 7am to 9am.Todays featured state is Wisconsin.Did you know these interesting facts about Wisconsin?
*Wausau,Wisconsin is the Ginseng captial of the world
*Wisconsin nickname is the Badger state
*Noah's Ark in the Wisconsin Dells is the worlds largest Water themed park
*Potosi,Wisconsin is the Catfish capital of the world.
*The National Freshwater fishing hall of fame in Hayward is shaped like a Muskie.
*Milwaukee is the Home of Harley Davidson
*Bloomer,Wisconsin it the Jump rope capital of the World.
*Green Bay is Wisconsin's oldest City.
*Two Rivers.Wisconsin is the home of the Ice cream Sundae.
*The Hamburger Hall of Fame is located in Seymour.
*Stugeron Bay is the Shipbuilding Capital of the Great Lakes.
*Sheboyan is the bratwurst capital of the world
*The original Barbie is from Willows,Wisconsin and Barbie full name is The Barbie Millicent Roberts.
*Monroe,Wisconsin is the Swiss capital of the world.
*The Republican Party was founded in Ripon,Wisconsin in 1854.
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anxious
Today was overcast for most of the day with light rain in the morning.Tommorrow i plan on going to Sams Club to get 2 new front tires for the Michigan trip.I have not been feeling well today my stomach has been tossing and turning since last night.Hopefully it will calm down soom. Todays Featured state is Minnesota and the photos above are of Lake Superior and Duluth . Did you know these exciting facts about Minnesota?
The Mall of America in Bloomington is the size of 78 football fields.
*The Nations first better business bureau was founded in Minneapolis in 1912.
*The Guthrie Theather is the largest regional theather in the country.
*Minnesota has 90,000 miles of shoreline more than California,Hawaii,Florida conbined.
*Rochester Mn is the Home of the Mayo Clinic.
*The stapler was invented in Spring valley MN.
*Tonka trucks are developed and manufactured in Minnetoka.mn
*Hormel Company of Austin minnestoa marketed canned Ham in 1926 and The Hormel company introduced Spam in 1937.
*Polaris industries of Roseau Mn Invented the snowmobile.
*Minneapolis scrupture garden is the largest urban scrupture garden in the country.
*Minnesotan broadcaster Halsey Hall was the first to say Holy Cow during a baseball broadcast...
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Yesterday we were busy on Mapquest, google maps mapping our way to and from Michigan and getting detailed maps at the places we will be staying at in Elyria,Ohio and Knoxville and we planning on visiting Frankenmuth Michigan which is know as little Bravia and the home of the worlds largest Christmas Store. We got a map of Knoxville to find out way to the House of Prayer in Knoxville. We also found out the a large section of I-40 in Knoxville is under construction so we are planning our way around that and we plan on staying in Powell Tn which is North of Knoxville.The Photo above is one of my favorite places to visit which is Glacier National Park just 10 miles south of Yellowstone National Park. I think Glacier is more scenic and they have crystal clear lakes just beauitful. Yesterday i was getting the car ready for the trip by doing an oil change and checking all the fluids and cleaning the insides of the car. Todays Featured state is Montana.Did you Know these facts about Montana?
*Montana has the Largest Migatory elk herd in the nation
*An average square mile of Land in Montana contains 1.4 elk. 1.4 pronghorn antelope and 3.3 deer
*In 1888 Helena had more Millionaires per captia than any other city in the world.
*Miles city is known as the Cowboy capital
*Yellowstone Park in the first National Park in the Nation.
*Montana has the largest Grizzly population in the lower 48 states.
*Montana is nicknamd the treasure state
*Bitteroot is the offical state flower
*The highest point in the state is at Granite Peak At 12,779 feet
* Glacier National Park Has 250 lakes within its boundaries.
*Montana comes from the spanish word Mountain.
*The Montana state Motto oro y plata means gold and silver.
*Montana is the home of 7 indian reservations.
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Here are some fall foliage photos of upper and lower Michigan.Hopefully we will be able to see the colors change on our vacation starting next week.On our way back we are planning on going through Knoxille and then through the smoky Mountains hopefully the colors we will changing there too. Today i have been busy mowing the lawn.According to the weather man we are suppose to get some rain tommorrow and i had to mow before we leave for Michigan. Here are some fascinating facts about Indiana....
* Santa Claus Indiana receives Half a Million letters around Christimas time
* David Letterman was born In Indianapolis
*Indiana means " The land of Indians"
*Studenbaker of South Bend was the largest producer of Horse drawn Carriages
*Munices Ball state University was mostly funded and built by the founders of the ball corporation which made glass canning jars..
*Peru Indiana was known as the Circus capital of America
*The American Federation of Labor (AFL) was first organized In Terre Haute
*Red Skeleton was born in Vincenness,Indiana
*Historic Parke County has 32 covered bridges and is the covered bridges capital of the world
- Mood: cheerful
The photos above are of Frankenmuth Michigan which is known as little Bravia and is the home of Bonners which is the worlds largest Christmas Store not pictured.As you enter Bonners they have two 40 foot toy soilders as you come in and the Town is a replica of German buildings .shops and restaurants as seen on the photo on the left.The photo on the right is Zehnders Restaurant and they are noted for chicken and German food. Today probably was the last day of heat for us this year when the temp was in the 90's however a cool front is moving in with rain for the next few days and the temp will hover around 80.The past few days i have been having trouble getting to sleep and have been feeling groggy during the daytime. Tommorrow is the big day to get that nagging tooth out. Hoorah..Yesterday afternoon and today the anitbotics are working and i am not in as much pain as i had been.
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sleepy
The photo above is a picture of the Mighty Mackinaw bridge which connects the lower and upper pennisula of Michigan and goes over the the straits of Lake Huron and Michigan. We will be going over this bridge. Its the longest suspension bridge in the world over 5 miles long.We should be in time to see some fall foilage in Michigan which should be beauitful.The temp at that time of year in late September and early October should be around 70. I spoke to my daughter Laura this morning who lives way up north In Grand Forks North Dakota. She is a college student learning to become a surgical tech. She informed me that she had the honor society. She has been working alot along with school and has been working out at the gym.I just spoke to Cindy who just got out of her Saturday morning womens Bible study meeting. I have been having a hankering for some finger lickin Chicken. So she has gone KFC or Smithfield to get some. Yum Yum. I can't wait until Tuesday to get this tooth pulled. Its really been bothering me. I have been taking antibotics for the infection and pain medicine when needed. When it wears off it really hurts. Today is a hot and humid,sticky,Sunny Saturday which the temp is suppose to reach near 90 and more of the same for Sunday.
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