Happy 21st Birthday, Beth

Today is my youngest child's 21st birthday. She's been looking forward to this day for a long, long time. Now I am offically "OLD". Where did the time go? Where is that time of snuggles and hugs? I am sure that my Baby she will always be. But she on her own, now. Doing very well for herself.


I recall Carol Burnette singing this song on her show, long ago.



Where are you goin' my little one, little one?
Where are you goin' my baby my own?
Turn around and you're two
Turn around and you're four
Turn around and you're a young girl
Going out the door


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Turn around
Turn around
Turn around and you're a young girl
Going out of the door
(Turn around and you're a young wife
With babes of your own)

Where are you goin' my little one, little one?
Little dirndles and petticoats, where have you gone?
Turn around and you're tiny
Turn around and you're grown
Turn around and you're a young wifeWith babes of your own

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Where are you goin' my little one, little one?
Where are you goin' my baby my own?


Beth isn't a Mom, yet. She's still looking for a boy friend, even. I am not so sure I'm ready for her to be a Mom, that would mean I'm really old, then.

Memphis TN

We have been here a month, now. Been driving around. Went past Graceland. Can't believe how much they want a person to pay, just to look around. $30 is a bit too much.

We went to Beale Street this weekend. We have had a week of rain, and we didn't stop the first time. We went back today, and walked 6 blocks. 3 down and 3 back up. We stopped and picked up some post cards. I saw a cookbook, but didn't want to pay $5.00 for a book only half full of recipes. the back of each page was empty so you could write your own recipe into it.

We did stop to read the street side history markers. Very intresting what all happend in Memphis back in the early part of the 1900's.

We went into the "Hard Rock" cafe, but didn't eat there. It didn't look like much, to us. (Sorry) We walked back up the street and ate at the Beale Street Blues Cafe. We had Catfish, with Steak Fries and cole slaw. The slaw was not much at all. No flavor to it. The catfish was good. It all came to the table hot, Piping Hot.

The rain has finally stopped, but none of the museums are open here on Mondays. Since we don't know if Jerry will be working tomorrow or not, we don't make any plans. I hope he works. but there is a chance that this job is over with as well. There is some problem with permits and I don't know the whole story, but it's meant that Jerry has had 4 days off work, three of them full pay and one he still got his per diem for.

While doing a search for "something" to do, I found out that there is a Putt Putt gold center here in town. That is where we headed first. We did good to get our game in before the rain started back up. We love playing mini golf.

The dogs don't like the rain much and hate being stuck in the room all the time as well. Taking them out between the worst of the rain is intresting. When it did dry up some. I let them play for a while but they didn't like the wet grass much.

un-offically Fall

I wish someone would tell the weather that it's un-offically Fall. We are back in the 90's again. Jerry ended up taking Sunday off. I call it a mental Health day. If his boss would have asked, Jerry was prepared to tell him he had heart problems. He didn't have the heart to go in, that day. From looks of things, his next day off may be Monday. There is something being installed this weekend while the plant isn't on full service that all the electrictions need to be there for. I would rather he have a weekday off any way. We can get more done that way. Of course, I'll try to have all the mondain stuff like shopping and laundry done so we can go and relax or sight see, what ever it is Jerry wants to do.

Labor Day Weekend

Labor Day Weekend. Jerry has to Labor all weekend long. I don't know what all I'll be doing. I do need the van at least one day, so I can do the laundry. Jerry "should" have next Sunday off. With a shut down, he's working 11 1/2 hours a day, 13 days on, one day off. I want to do some shopping while I have the van. There are a couple of Malls close by, that I can get to. As well as many small shopping centers. Not that I'll have a lot of money to work with, but a little. I am in a swap for Fall and want to see what's out there, before I decide just what will go into the box.

Kelly Kat decided that he didn't want to be on the road any more and stayed at Heather's house. He got out of the van through a window I was sure was rolled up enough that he couldn't get out. Oh well. Heather will keep an eye out for him. I do miss him from time to time.

Macon and Rocky are keeping me busy. I have to walk them at least every three hours. I can't seem to convience them that if they can sleep all night long without going out that they can go for more than three hours during the day. Macon still can't seem to hold on long enough to make it to the grass. At least we have a door to the outside and he's trying his best. Most times it's while we are walking the back side of this motel and no one is in the rooms back there. Rain washes it off. We did have some rain today.

The trees here are still very green. There are a couple of trees out back that are turning a yellow. I'm not sure if it's because of season change or because we havn't had much rain in the last couple of weeks.

Got to go, Jerry just called, he's on his way home from work, we need to go get his check cashed and we will eat out, tonight.