I apologize for missing a few days, but I am traveling this week; this morning I am in Demopolis, “the City of the People.” For your perusal, I have pulled from the files an old A&J from 1989. There was a lot of this sort of interaction in the early years of Arlo & Janis. Janis’ self-image was not very strong, to say the least. She matured considerably over the years and, as a result, began to be drawn better.
90 responses to “Habitual Offender”
Hi, sand! Missed you!
Debbe, I used to have a hard time getting my Mom to eat and drink, too…but she would always remind me when it was time for her tea and cookies. I used to tell her that she was lucky I was a better kid than she was. 😉 She agreed.
Sand we miss you so much. Are you back in Texas at the ranch?
Here’s an inspiring video for all of us who might be thinking of slowing down. Shot in 1982 and 35 years ago, Tina Turner and Proud Mary. Still touring with a great body and totally awesome legs.
https://youtu.be/EqIpkMDRjYw
And this by the way is one of her longest versions with lots of dancing and legs, both slow and easy and fast and rough. Wake up call.
And here’s her 77 th birthday video. Ain’t giving up at all even if my legs are shorter.
https://youtu.be/r16UkiI5wjY
Debbe: If Daddy isn’t eating and wants a cookie, I would almost be inclined to give it to him. I know, empty, bad calories, but sometimes just eating something is an accomplishment. Hey, it’s your call. I feel your pain
I agree. I fed my mother a far more fat laden, calorie laden diet than I would eat. She was so malnourished and dehydrated when I moved her to Oklahoma that I decided that if she’d eat it hardly mattered at her age and went for stuff like bacon, sausage, eggs, biscuits and gravy, mashed potatoes and gravy, fried chicken livers.
Not my diet but mama was my mama.
Back from the doctor…Dad has gained two pounds, blood pressure 127/73, and oxygen level was at 92….Doc told him that what ever it was I was doing….to keep it up.
Steve, I do give him his treats…his favorite is the devil’s food, chocolate covered cookies from, you got it, $ General…hey, $1 a box, and I have to hide them. He drinks two generic ‘Boosts a day plus a multi vitamin….doc approved of that.
Oh, and Steve, thank you so much for your input…it is very much appreciated.
Chicken livers!!! Oh my cat…I’ve got to get some tomorrow…local Marathon/eatery has them frying all the time. Wilma, my friend, works there on a part time basis…she just celebrated her 67th birthday. She’s been my life line here, and I do compensate her, I never take a friend for granted…never.
Jackie, I had heard Tina has her legs insured for a million dollars…..”proud Mary keeps on burning”….if one has the bucks, vanity is not too far behind 🙂
….AND YES, it was about time the Sandman dropped in….and how is Loon???
…gottta go, the Five is on
Mark….why did I know you’d post that link??
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Smigz…love your memory, thanks for sharing it with us 🙂
Debbe this post is for you. It is a pizza shop known as Sam and Ella’s Chicken Palace or sometimes Sam and Ella’s Chicken House. They do not serve chicken. They do have thousands of chicken figurines and kitchen decorations, all kinds of things brought in by customers.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1749313555380378&id=100009052528502
Jackie, when growing up we had a cookie jar that was a chicken. The lid was the hen laying on her nest, and the base (where the cookies were stashed) was her ‘nest’. Think I’m going to look for a pic of it…..
This is almost a look a like……loved that cookie jar 🙂
https://www.google.com/search?q=old+chicken+cookie+jars&rlz=1C1CHZL_enUS735US735&espv=2&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj0uYD-xsrSAhUp6YMKHdPBBTIQsAQITA&biw=1366&bih=638#imgrc=ON9TaZNOtXBMiM:
You’ll need to scroll down a little to see the big picl
Debbe, thanks for the memory. This is what my grandmother stored our cookie treats in: http://www.sundryshop.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/58283/pottery3/American-Bisque-Magic-Bunny-Rabbit-Vintage-Cookie-Jar-a.jpg
Rabbit popping out of a top hat!
One of the centers we have looked at for my father-in-law, whose dementia is progressing distressingly quickly, said that they always allow AND have sweets. In many cases of dementia, the sense of taste is altered and many things lose flavor. Apparently sugar/sweet persists the longest. I’m told that frequently a couple of teaspoons of sugar might be added to vegetables or even protein!
Just gave Dad his treat…a chocolate, devil’s food cookie and his ‘boost’. Have fillded up his cup with chocolate milk for those middle of the night ‘runs’….he does love his chocolate milk.
And David, I do believe you have a point there. I’ve tried juices such as the V8 smoothies (love them) and anything with a little bit of fruity tartness he does not like. Decaf tea and electrolyte fortified bottle water is what I keep next to him.
Used to reuse a bottle to keep on that table top, then I switched to just a glass…..until I saw little ‘Fluff and Puff” drinking out of the glass 🙂 Dad said she’s the Queen and she can drink out of anything she wants…I now keep a bottle of the water (with lid) and a glass of water on his table.
Hey, if it brings joy and a smile to his heart….I don’t care….I only told him NOT to drink out of the glass, the bottled water was his….told him I didn’t need to be cleaning up his “fur balls” !!!!!
Little Miss Fluff and Puff is short legged, beige and white semi long hair with little tufts of fur sticking out of her ears and paws…she is a beautiful cat with a great, curious personality.
Good night my friends…..
But before I go……GR 😉 been listening to a lot of Chrissie….oh, what to post….
went for the video…. 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7Hy7uAb_eU
Two extracts from today’s emails, one edited:
Myers, P.Z., biol. prof. (b. 9 Mar 1957). If you’ve got a belief that withers in the face of observations of the natural world, you ought to rethink your beliefs—rethinking the world isn’t an option. A.W.A.Day170309
http://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/03/09/azure-window-rock-formation-collapses
Physics happens. Peace,
It been a long time since there’s been a golf joke here (have we ever had a golf joke here?), so…
Two women were playing golf. One teed off and watched in horror as her ball went directly toward a foursome of men playing the next hole. The ball hit one of the men. He immediately clasped his hands together at his groin, fell to the ground and proceeded to roll around in agony.
The woman rushed down to the man, who was lying in the fetal position, and immediately began to apologize. “Please allow me to help. I’m a Physiotherapist, and I know I could relieve your pain if you’d allow me” she told him.
“Oh, no, I’ll be all right. I’ll be fine in a few minutes,” the man replied.
At her persistence, however, he finally allowed her to help. She gently took his hands away and laid them to the side, loosened his pants and put her hands inside. She administered tender and artful massage for a couple of minutes and asked, “How does that feel?”
“Feels great” he replied. “But I still think my thumb’s broken.”
Ghost you should be ashamed. Laughing anyway.
Thanks Ghost. I really needed that laugh.
http://www.grimmy.com/images/MGG_Archive/MGG_2017/MGG-2017-03-07.gif
Here’s one for Jackie: http://www.grimmy.com/images/MGG_Archive/MGG_2017/MGG-2017-03-05.gif
I know the oyster discussion’s past, but I can’ t resist: http://www.grimmy.com/images/MGG_Archive/MGG_2017/MGG-2017-02-28.gif
No, he shouldn’t. Delightful. But, if my thumb were broken, not sure the pain could be ignored. Maybe if I were still as young as whenever. Peace,
emb, a comedian once pointed out that while in the company of other men, most men will pretend an injury does not really hurt, while if they lightly bump their heads on a cabinet door at home, they will act like they have been hit by shrapnel.
Sam and Ella’s? Oh, I just got it.