Rainy days

Well, here it is, Saturday, and I slept late this morning. Big mistake when I wanted to mow the yard today! It has been raining every day for about a month now. Not all day, but every day!
So I get up and fix breakfast, grits and toast with jelly. Research tire prices while eating and try to decide what tires I'm gonna put on the truck. Finally get off my ass and go out to mow the yard.
I'm working real hard to get my yard back in shape after a costly mistake with Tru-Green lawn services. They just about killed my yard. I have been following the advice of my good friend and neighbor, Tom, in the care of it since firing Tru-Green. It is starting to show signs of improvement too!!!
The last piece of advice he gave me was to raise the height of my blade on the mower. Can't argue with a guy who has the best looking lawn in the hood..So I raise the height on my mower and go to town. I love cutting grass, especially since I have a riding lawn mower. I get 3/4 of the way thru mowing the yard when it starts pouring down rain.... Shit. I wait for an hour and it is still raining, Shit again. It looks as though I am gonna have to wait for tomorrow before I can finish, unless it stops soon...
Note to self, get your lazy ass up earlier and knock it out. It supposed to rain again tomorrow.
Also, tell Madison to leave her key to the truck next time she and Austin go on a road trip....👀

A rare gem of a website that a friend turned me onto

Live From Daryl's House: This Month's Episode

 This is sooooo much like Hall & Oates it's unreal, but it is a new song by Daryl. Totally blows me away! I can listen to it over and over..... Had to share with whomever stumbles across this obscure little site! Enjoy!

What's so difficult?

I'm sitting here at IHOP trying to decide what to order. The booth next to me contains three young ladies and a single young man. The man is trying to tell the waitress that he ordered something last week, and the waitress is trying to tell him they don't offer that combination. However she is suggesting he get a certain item And the all you can eat pancakes can be ordered as a side. Dude, the girl works here and it is obvious, at least to me, that she knows what the hell she is talking about.
Quit trying to tell her she is wrong and go with it so she can get your order in and the girls, who are embarrassed, can eat too!!! I just want to tell the stupid little fuck to shut up!!!! This is just another shining example of my ever decreasing tolerance for stupid shit....

Changes....

The older I get the more resistant to change I become. It doesn't seem to matter what the change is either. Shit, it seems the only change I can accept and look forward to is changing my underwear!!! One of my co-workers made the comment about being gone within the next year and it brought immediate anxiety. He is a big part of our team and my memory..
Then the other day Chris made the comment about looking for a job in Jacksonville, and I can't get it outta my head. If that happens my daughter and granddaughter will more than likely follow. Now the thought of my grandbaby being gone has me terrified. I've been thru this already with both of my girls. Their Moms married Navy men and got stationed elsewhere. I remember the pain of missing my girls like it was yesterday. The fear of Ava being gone has me in turmoil. I don't think I'll be able to deal with it as I did with my girls. My heart is aching with the fear of separation.
I know that change is inevitable... But I don't have to like it one damned bit.

Misadventure in the digital realm...

Getting ready to go get some breakfast with Chris on the bikes. Nice and sunny and HOT!!!! This getting old stuff really sucks... Can't take the heat like I used to. We need to plan out what we're gonna do with Ava this afternoon. Today is Grandpa, Pop Pop, & Ava time!!!!
At The Awful Waffle waiting on a seat. Seems as though most everyone is hungry and had the same idea... Dammit Man!
Made it to Eastern Shore Harley, got a new Helmet. It was on sale and the girl gave me an additional discount on top of that. Chris got the same deal, so now we are gonna be twins.

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I took advantage of the wonderful weather we have been experiencing for the past week or so today with my Husband-In-Law Chris. This morning was rather cool and the thin skin and blood of this Old Bastid required the usage of my jacket. The bike made a funky noise a couple of times today like a lifter not filling up with oil or something. Gonna have to take it in to Martin to have it maintenanced soon...

Chris was feeling kinda spunky this morning as is evidenced by the video. He rolled on me after we took a turn onto a country road and thought he was gonna cut me down....NOT..... I dropped down a gear real quick to get my RPM's up and walked away after his bike stuttered due to hitting the rev limiter...yep, that's what the boy gets for trying to sneak up on this old man!!!!

Stray Thoughts.

I was driving Ava home the other day after Chris and I had dinner with her. She was in her car seat all secure and happy. I try to keep an eye on her with my vanity mirror on my visor. So there she was just swaying to the music and watching everything, carefree and happy. I flashed back to when Caitlin was that young, not so hard to do since Ava looks an awful lot like her, and remembered how much I love her and how I wanted to protect her from anything that would be harmful and give her a better life. I wanted to be the best Dad ever and lavish this child with gifts of great magnitude and wisdom and a fairy tale story  of a life.

Then Madison came along and I had those very feelings again with her, I had such great dreams of giving everything I could to my kids. Any material thing and the wisdom thing again with a strong sense of self and family. Solidly cemented, grounded and focused on attaining greatness in life, all of those things that I managed to screw up in my life, I wanted for them. I don't know how successful I was, and that won't really be known as life evolves and takes it's twist and turns constantly challenging me and my work with my daughters. I love them more today than I did back when they were small, and that rush of emotion was what consumed me as I watched my grandchild so carefree and innocent.

To my girls, Caitlin, Madison, and Ava, I love you more than I can ever say or show you.

I actually wrote this some time back, quite a while back actually. I obviously did not publish it as I thought I had, So, here it is a couple of years later but the sentiment is still the same....... I Love My Kids and My Grandkids So Much!!!