Monday, May 19, 2008
I hit it big time!
My fortune:
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Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 16:59:34 -0400 (EDT)
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From: "Dr. William H. McCarroll"
Greetings!
I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable
Bank Draft of $1,000.000.00 (One Million United States Dollars),but I did not hear from you since that time. Then I went and deposited the Draft with FedEx COURIER SERVICE,West Africa,I travelled out of the country for a 3 Months Course and I will not come back till end of July.
What you have to do now is to contact the FedEx COURIER SERVICE as soon aspossible to know when they will deliver your package to you because of the expiring date.
For your information, I have paid for the delivering charge,Insurance premium and clearance Certificate Fee of the Cheque showing that it is not a Drug Money or meant to sponsor Terrorist attack in your Country.
The only money you will send to the FedEx COURIER SERVICE to deliver your Draft direct to your postal Address in your country is $100.00 USD only being Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so far.
Again,don't be deceived by anybody to pay any other money except
$100.00 USD Dollars you are to pay the Security Keeping Fee.
I would have paid that but they said no because they don't know when you will contact them and in case of demurrage. You have to contact the FedEx COURIER SERVICE now for the delivery of your Draft with this information bellow and call fedex about the parcel;
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Contact Person: Mr. Barin White
Email Address: fedx.org@live.com
Telephone: +234 80742 524 83
Telephone: +234 80742 524 83
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Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address; Direct
telephone number; Do send it to them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery and ask them to give you the tracking number to enable you track your package over there and know when it will get to your address.
Yours Faithfully,
Dr. William H. McCarroll
Labels: Jim's Life, Luck
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Don't complain about your hot dog, it could be a lot worse
Food from the LORD:
4 The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, "If only we had meat to eat!
5 We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost—also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic.
6 But now we have lost our appetite; we never see anything but this manna!"
Numbers 11:4-6 NIV
31 Now a wind went out from the LORD and drove quail in from the sea. It brought them down all around the camp to about three feet above the ground, as far as a day's walk in any direction.
32 All that day and night and all the next day the people went out and gathered quail. No one gathered less than ten homers. Then they spread them out all around the camp.
33 But while the meat was still between their teeth and before it could be consumed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and he struck them with a severe plague.
34 Therefore the place was named Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved other food.
Read the entire Numbers, Chapter 11 (click)
Labels: Bible, Eating, Food, Sunday
Friday, May 16, 2008
And? A little quiz here
UPDATE (answer):
Thanks for trying guys, I know you aren't mind readers.
This is my simple way of fixing my hot dog buns, pictures below.
Lay the hot dog bun down on the cutting board, sliced side up.
With a sharp knife, cut a new opening, pretty well straight downward. Be careful to not reach the bottom of the bun.
Slice sideways from on cut to another. Life out the wedge of bread.
Prepare one (or a half) slice of no fat cheese cut into strips to lay in the newly cut valley in the bun.
Toast the bun, open side down laid ON TOP of the toaster. Before toasting, place the cut out portion(s) standing up in the toaster well to toast them as well.
Quickly lay the cheese into the warm bun slice place.
Place a wiener onto the cheese slices.
Put the hot dog sandwich in the microwave oven, heat for approximately 20 seconds until the cheese begins to melt.
Serve with condiments of your choice. I prefer relish and mustard as the picture shows.
Approximately 310 calories using regular 8 to a pound Oscar Meyer wieners.
ANSWER TO THE QUIZ QUESTION:
You can see, the long pieces are what has been removed from three hot dog buns.
The smaller pieces on the left have been rescued from the toaster.
Now, use these pieces as croutons for soup, salad, or eating. You could also saute them with butter and garlic for a really yummy snack.
At our house Adi eats these as treats as Mrs. Jim and I eat our hot dogs.
Labels: Quiz, Things to know
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Adi Can . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Go for a ride with her doggie friend, Annie
This is Annie, the dogs had a reunion at the vets office Monday and are now going for a short ride--Adi, where are you?. Annie was there for Spring allergy treatment, Adi had come to get her stitches removed and get some more help with her allergies.

This was a long time-no-see meeting with my friend. Both our families had lived in Friendswood (Texas) and we belonged to the same church and socialized quite a bit. Now that we are in the Conroe area, we don't get together so often.
It seems all our lives have become busier since retirement. But I'm sure we will fix this pretty soon.
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[click here for super size picture]
Please note that our Mustang is older and black The younger generation goes for the red ones, especially these girls.
Labels: Adi, Adi Can, Cars, Doctoring, Dogs, Friends, Health, Humor, Jim's Life, Mustang, People, Stories, Things to know
Monday, May 12, 2008
Blue-eyed long-eared short-legged Kentucky hill JPEG
So here is my Blue-eyed long-eared short-legged Kentucky hill JPEG, for her and the rest of you, this is what the one I saw looked like the best I can remember.
One other thing, this drawing or any improvement thereon by the artist, Jim, aka jimmiehov, is copyrighted by Jim, jimmiehov©2008 and may not be reproduced or copied in any way without permission from and acknowledgement to Jim, aka jimmiehov.
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....©2008 Jim, jimmiehov
Labels: Animals, Art, Blogging, Jim Does, Things to know
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Mother's Day USA 2008

Have you told your Mother "thank you, Mom" today?
God used your Mother just for your being!
Psalm 139:13 (NIV)
The entire Psalm 139
Labels: Bible, Church Signs, Sunday
Friday, May 09, 2008
June Bug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No, it's May, 2008, bug
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Let me tell you about my operation
It all started a few of weeks ago. Jim had given me a bath and was drying my feet.
Then he gave my right paw a big squeeze and talked about a tick! I almost panicked, "A tick! A tick! O my goodness (OMG stands for this in Jim's house)! A tick!"
Mrs. Jim was called, partly because Jim was hurting my paw and partly because he didn't have his glasses on. Mrs. Jim said, no, that wasn't a tick. "TYG! (Thank you goodness) I hate ticks."
It isn't the ticks I hate so badly, it is the pulling of them off. Invariably the head, full of blood, stays in my bod. That means get out the hot matchstick ends to burn them out and to burn them dead.
You see, ticks will live without a body and just work their way further into your skin. Sucking blood as they go.
If it wasn't a tick, then Jim said we would get Dr. Hablinski have a look at it. We went right away that afternoon. Dr. said it wasn't a bug or a boil, but it looked like I had another tumor (link to the last one).
Since it came on so soon after the last one, he wanted to take the tumor off. And while it was going off, I would be asleep and he would like to clean my teeth too. We made an appointment for May 1st.
Along with the appointment was a package of 18 pills, with the directions to take two a day starting five days before my surgery. Jim said they were 250 Clavamox, an antibiotic to stave off infection of my heart. I have a heart murmur of 'two.' (Jim takes Amoxilin before his dental procedures too, he has a 'double heart murmur "of two" scaled.')
I really enjoyed my car ride, but then I saw we were at my vet's office. Now I like Dr. Hablinski a lot, but just a lot of times they mess with my body and I don't like that. I don't like shots either, but there were no shots today (while Jim was there).
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"They're taking me away, they're taking me away!"
"I think I should get paid for this pose"
"I smell trouble here"
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"It won't hurt, sweet heart
She's a nice lady, she likes puppies
Everybody here likes Adi
You'll be all better real soon
I'll come to get you in just a little bit"
Now that it was over, our ride home was fine!
But, did they hurt me? It must have hurt because look at my foot and all the stitches they put in. And clean your teeth? Of course that hurts.
Only thing was, I really didn't feel a thing after the needle stuck me. Yes, there was a scary needle and it didn't hurt like it looked. In fact, I was so at ease that I slept a lot.
When I woke up, it was all done. I heard them calling Jim to come get me in about half an hour.
He got right over here. Was I ever glad to see him. They said I ran all over the vet's waiting room and into the first observation room for quite a little while. Then I settle down in time to hear that I would still have to take my antibiotics 'til they were finished, keep the halo on for ten days and AFTER the stitches were removed, and cool it for the rest of the day on half rations. Boy! A poor doggie girl isn't even supposed to eat much after a grueling ordeal like this.
. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .
So I lay around this retirement house with Mrs. Jim and Jim. We did go for a go golf cart ride one day to get the mail. I think we will do that again today.
The cyst? Doc's office called this morning and left a message, THEY were all gone. It was an "abnormal benign tumor." That is good news but we will ask but I think some bad because it was a tumor and not an ordinary cyst.
Labels: Adi, Animals, By Adi, Cars, Dogs, Foot, Status Report
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Fifty years (plus) ago today
Jim's Little Blog post # 1001
I went into the U.S. Army and stayed there for five years. My first two weeks were at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, all the rest was in Texas.
Labels: Jim's Life, Status Report, Texas, Travel
Monday, May 05, 2008
Happy Cinco de Mayo Day! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . My 1000th post on this blog today
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Your favorite Mexican fellow?
Can he sing?
..
Things I learned from reading the Houston Chronicle today (5-5-2008:
1. April, May, and June are girl months, they hang out together.
Family Circus comic strip
2. Adam and Eve had a very happy marriage.
He didn't have to listen to her about
all the men she could have married.
She didn't have to listen to him about
the way his mother cooked.
Bill Kerley, Jokes on Us
Sunday, May 04, 2008
And they're off! Running the race set before them!

Derby Day # 134 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. One and a half miles.
Did your horse win the Kentucky Derby? I hope so, especially if you had a wager on him. And if he finished but didn't win at least he/she set the race set before him/her.
Are you running a good race? Do you run the race set before you?
Paul (??) had these words for his fellow Christians: [large picture] [super sized]
1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.
2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
Hebrews 12:1-3 (NIV)
And in a race, only one gets the prize!
So then, in Paul's words about running the race to his fellow Christians at Corinth:
24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.
25 Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.
1 Corinthians 9:24,25 (NIV)
Labels: Animals, Bible, Church, Church Signs, Sunday
Jamie did show this nice video that I could relate to. The Watch Maker is good for kids. I once belonged to the Elgin National Watch Makers Union of America so it appealed to me. Go see this short video, I recommend it.
Saturday, May 03, 2008
Why I stopped buying clothes
I bought two pair six years ago, they were $1.00 each at WalMart in their Fall Clearance Sale.
The Kids and Mrs. Jim buy them for me.
I am getting them trained pretty good. Most of the time the clothes even fit.
More than half of the clothes people buy are golf shirts. I have them trained for this too, they MUST HAVE A POCKET. But not very many golf shirts have pockets any more so a lot I get don't have them. Mrs. Jim is best at finding ones with pockets.
Money or gift cards are next in line for what people give. They think I will buy me some new clothes but that seldom happens.
Mrs. Jim is my fashion director.
They things I buy for myself generally don't match or aren't stylish. When I dress up I ask her how my clothes will look, quite often even before I even put them on. She buys me very fashionable duds if I will just wear them.
I am a retired college teacher, professors are supposed to look seedy.
And I do.
Now I need reader help. I started this post back in February with a topic outline having only the first three reasons and no explanations.
I have forgotten any other ideas I had on why I stopped buying clothes but I know there are many more.
Your input won't hurt my feelings and will help a lot with this post.
Thank you.
BIG NOTE HERE!!!!
MaryT, this is not the kind of help I wanted or needed!!
MaryT, aka the teach, of the Work of the Poet has tagged me. I soon will dutifully and reluctantly answer as I always have dutifully and reluctantly before. Some of you may remember my humble efforts. (link)
However, as you will see in Item # 8, there is a catch. I am supposed to tag in turn five of my blogging friends. I have many blogging friends and I do not wish to be unfair and show partiality or the likes, so please, could I have five volunteers to be tagged? Please?
These are what you would asked to answer when you volunteer:
1. What was I doing 10 years ago?
2. What are 5 Things on my To-Do List for today:
3. Snacks I Enjoy:
4. Things I would do if I were a Billionaire:
5. Three Of My Bad Habits:
6. 5 Places I have Lived:
7. Jobs I Have Had:
8. 5 People I Want To Know More About:I Am Tagging:
See, that isn't hard.
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So volunteers, please volunteer now!!
Labels: Humor, Jim Does, Jim's Life, Status Report, Things to know
Friday, May 02, 2008
He said everything went pretty well except that we won't be eating peanuts anymore.
Labels: Adi, By Adi, Family, Jim's Life
Thursday, May 01, 2008
"Nothing by mouth to eat or drink after midnight" [two of us]

[large picture] Please note the doggie halo collar again. [super sized]

[Adi's large picture] [Adi's super sized] [Jim's large picture] [Jim's super sized]
Adi goes under the anesthetic, knife, and scraper. We go in at 9:00 to Dr. Hablinski at the Willis Animal Clinic.
She will have another cyst removed (link to previous surgery) from her right front paw topside. While she is under Dr. Hablinski will clean her teeth. She has had her teeth cleaned once before, also under anesthetic.
Of course she had to be squeaky clean. She tolerates her bath but really gets frisky after.
I will be on a liquid diet today as Friday (5-2-2008) I will go in to St. Lukes at the Woodlands at 9:00 for a colonoscopy.
Both of us can have our meds, Friday until I get back home it is nothing by mouth except for my blood pressure pill and a sip of water.
Labels: Adi, Animals, Doctoring, Dogs, Jim's Life, Status Report, YouTube



