From inside a handbasket

This picture actually has nothing to do with this episode of Splendora's Blog. I just really like it. It was taken in Alaska and it was a beautiful spot.

I didn't go to Church today (gasp). I woke up with a headache and stayed home while Phil went to help Kathy do the Godly Play group. He also skipped the service. We are trying to get accustomed to a new routine on Sundays.

I got the new Peggle Nights game and spent about 4 hours today playing it. It is mindless fun!

We watched the documentary film "I'm Your Man' tonight. It is a tribute to my favorite poet...Leonard Cohen. In one of the interviews he said something about life being easier when you cease to be the hero of your own drama and stop expecting victories. We both liked that comment.

Thanks again to Leonard..

"Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in..."

I read an interview with Elizabeth Edwards and she mentioned the song "Anthem" on 'The Future ' CD. I hadn't listed to this in a while and so I put in on my iPod. It is almost a perfect song.

Go Pokes!

I was finally able to put Jordan's OSU overalls on her. I bought them when she was about 3 months old and they are a size 18 months...so I've had to wait a bit.
Phil and I took her to the park today and she got her clothes wet in the fountain. When we got home, the only thing I had to put on her was this outfit. At least that's the story that her OU loving mom gets told.
She has a leaf on her head because she likes leaves and wanted this one on her head.
She is quite the outdoors girl. She likes to be outside and she likes walking around barefoot.

It's raining, it's pouring...

We've been watching the Weather Channel and checking the radar as Hurricane Ike dumps its leftover water on Muskogee. Hurricane rain is different somehow...kinda salty. Of course, we are having nothing like what people have endured in Texas. It is odd to have the rain swirling in from the east instead of the southwest. I do have a great umbrella to use, so I will not get too wet when I go out. I just keep thinking that "a hard rain is gonna fall."

I've been eagerly watching the construction of the new Braums that is being built across from the Health Dept. Every day I see more progress being made. It won't be long before the glorious new, big, drive-thru Braums has its grand opening. For those readers who aren't able to see this magnificent building project, I've included a picture. This is just one of those things that make living in Muskogee worthwhile.

Updating last 10 weeks.

Since today is Labor Day and I have done NO labor all day...or all weekend, I am going to labor on updating my blog.
New developments in my life:
1. Got a great new refrigerator with freezer on the bottom!
2. Signed up for Schwans' food delivery of frozen foods to put in my new refrigerator with the bottom freezer.
3. Learned that going on a cruise is the ultimate vacation and that I was born to cruise.
4. Learned that Alaska is a great vacation spot.
5. Enjoyed chasing Jordan around now that she is walking/running.
6. Said goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye to really good friends. Still having some issues with the departure of the Woodliff family.
7. Finished selling property in Edmond...load of bricks off my back.
8. Discovered the Schwans' "Black Raspberry Supreme" ice cream is really yummy.
9. Got an IPhone and have had great fun playing with everything on it.

I don't want to hurt my brain, so that's all I can post tonight.

Mouse Obit

I just received a copy of this obituary and thought I'd pass it along:





From the Rodent Gazette


Thursday, June 12, 2008



We mourn the passing of our beloved great grandfather, grandfather, father, brother, son, nephew and friend, Artoo Biscuit Abukcheech son of the late Chompers and Nibbles (Keegoomsk) Abukcheech who was taken suddenly from us in a tragic food foraging accident. Artoo was on his usual nightly forage (always providing for his growing family) and mistook a lethal trap for the humane trap that had always been available for him. He died instantly.
He leaves to mourn his passing his wife Snickers, sons, daughters, grand and great grandchildren and other family members too numerous to mention.
A memorial service will be held at First Lutheran Church in Muskogee (where many of his family have been deported) on Monday June 16th at 1 am. Officiating will be the Reverend Panya Achbor. In lieu of flowers, the family requests peanut butter crackers all around.