My Last Great Adventure

End Of The Week Rambling  Friday 6/6/25 Its been a good week. Got quite a few things done. I thought I would muse about the military a bit.  This was a typical setting for relaxing between flight quarters when you were working the flight deck. This is sitting on the bow of the flight deck. No noise. Just the sound of the water breaking over the bow 60 feet below you and the wind in your face cruising thru the Med at 25 knots I liked being at sea. This was before the days of computers, e mail, phones, wifi calls to your family, etc. Books, music, letters, newspapers were the medium back then. The mail usually came twice a week, The separation from family and friends was easier without daily reminders of where you were not. The sleeping arrangements, food, noise, heat, odors, and 12 hour work shifts were tolerable and kept you occupied.  We didn't have civilian clothes so it was dress uniform for liberty. (In the last 6 months of my enlistment, that changed). We usually anc...

 Friday May 30 2025 It’s been a really quick week. It just seems like yesterday that I was watching the Harvest Church Sunday 0900 streaming service.  I was able to get to the Shelby Farms Market on Tuesday and pick up some fresh tomatoes.  Wednesday we had the Group dinner at the Pastors home. Burritos and all the fixings. Not to mention the spirited conversation afterwards. Today Friday, I was able to finish killing the weeds in the drainage areas of my back yard and east side. There is still a load of work left to be done in the back. I picked up some snacks and dinner at Piggly Wiggly. Currently I am watching a Clint Eastwood movie.  My feet and legs are not cooperating like they should. Maybe I’m thinking about how they worked 10 years ago. Getting old is a challenge.  There is a classic car show at LaBell Haven church tomorrow. I don’t know if my legs and back will let me do that or not. I can take a walker but just somehow, lookin at muscle cars with a wa...

 I just finished watching the NASCAR race at Martinsville. Earl was excited with the finish. It’s been a great weekend. Yesterday Jean and I watched the Chosen Last Supper movie and went out to eat.  Today we caught the early service at The Church of the Harvest. Great music and message today. Pastor Rob spoke about the roles of women in the church. I loved hearing his message as I have come out of 70 years of the Southern Baptist Convention. I have always believed that if it were not for women, the SBC would have fallen apart years ago. Harvest embraces roles for everyone willing to serve and that’s how it should be. In addition, the Harvest Kids were selling spaghetti meals as a fund raiser. I got 2 and Jean and I lunched together at her house.  My daughter Meredith and her husband Gus are coming back from Austin Texas after a mini vacation. I talked to my other daughter Chris last night. She is staying busy helping her Uncle Jerry with building a new house, working ove...

 March 29, 2025 Good evening. I just got back from watching “Chosen The Last Supper”. Good movie. Still has a couple of pieces to come to the theaters. Jean and I went to Mug Shots for dinner afterwards. It has been a good week, I closed on my cash out refi and got funded yesterday. First Horizon charged me a $15 transfer fee when I moved some money to savings. I did it electronically myself. I will be talking in person at First Horizon on Monday. I had my 6 month Urologist checkup on Thursday. I was in the building for 1 1/2 hours to get my BP checked, get punctured for blood and answer 5 minutes of questions for the good doctor. But I did get 5 needle puncture bruises while the nurse was learning how to draw blood. I think she is now eligible to get that license from Walmart now. I took Tracy to her doctor appointment afterwards while Jean took care of the baby. We all went to Applebees for dinner. My Cpap machine is allowing me to get a good nights sleep now. Mert and Gus are in...

Earl asked that I update our blog.   Good evening! It’s 6:26 on Tuesday March 11, 2025. I haven’t posted anything in a little while. Life is moving on since I fell in my kitchen and split my head open on Jan 10. My head is healing up but slowly. But life is moving on.  My relationship with Loretta (Jean) is greater than I could have ever imagined. She is an amazing, wonderful person. We both like so many of the same things. It’s surreal sometimes. I love her family and the interpersonal relationships between all of them.  I am still dealing with weakness in my knees and legs but I did manage to serve one Sunday as an usher at Church of the Harvest and have another couple of opportunities in the next few weeks. It is an amazing feeling when you walk into the sanctuary with about 5 minutes left before the praise team starts up. Kinda  gives you goose bumps. This is an amazing church. The kind of church I wish I had found in 1985.  My Bucket List has been whittled ...

 I am trying to get a few things done around the house today.  There was one spot on the carpet where the bloodstain from my fall didn't come completely out so I bought a small rug from Amazon. What do you think? One of my kitchen chairs decided to relax and drop a crossmember. I glued and clamped it. I also tightened all of the assembly hardware underneath. It was fairly loose. It is also the chair I sit in all the time. I think a couple of days drying will do the trick, then check the rest of the chairs and the table itself.  I started a firearms collection back in 2017. I've gotten to the point where I just don't go to the range much anymore and decided to try and turn a few of my weapons back into cash. I spoke with a couple of interested people. I'll let you know how it turns out.  Earl says hello. We've not done much together this week. I have his car seat ready to go. I was thinking about trying to get a photo of Earl and our Alderman, Dale Dickerson. What wo...

 Jan 24 Jean, Mert and I met my brother Mike and his wife Beth at Pete and Sams restaurant on Park Ave in Memphis today to celebrate my brothers’s 72nd birthday. The restaurant has these huge booths that will seat 8 people. I have never seen those before. Pete and Sams has been around forever. I ate there in the 70’s. They have a really good menu with something for everyone. I had the Beef Tender. Sirloin cooked in a wine sauce with peppers and onions. Pretty good but not the same product I remember. The wine sauce overpowered everything. Probably intentional? All the other food looked good. My brother got the ceremonial honeybun looking sweet cake with a candle. We sang to him and I think he enjoyed it all.