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Hey y'all, I got my mid-term grade last week. I made an A! I have a 3.34 grade point average. It's not the best but it's way better than the worse so I'm happy! I take my finals on December 21 and then I think I'm going to rest a spell. I didn't know learning was so hard!!!!!!!!!!

My husband says all I do is hit the books. But it is fun going to school again after all these years. My proctor is impressed, he was sure I had missed some questions on my first test but I aced it! It took a lot of prayer, sweat and study to make that 100, though, I couldn't have done it otherwise. I've never been to college before and I didn't realize just how hard it is.

They don't mess around there. You either get it or you don't. It's up to you 'cause they don't wait on you to catch up.

If you know any veterans, be sure to tell them thank you this weekend. Sunday is Veterans' Day. I went to a Veterans' Reception today in Lexington and played patriotic music while they were having their refreshments. They didn't throw me out so I guess I did okay. LOL

And remember:

If you meet me and forget me, you've lost nothing; if you meet Jesus Christ and forget Him, you've lost everything.

And:

If life gives you lemons, then just take those letters and rearrange them into a great big smile. (:_+)

Hope to be back soon, cya.  

Well, I just had to drop in and give you an update. I take my first 2 tests tomorrow (Wednesday). I'm behind because I got knocked by my own car onto an asphalt parking lot. (That didn't seem fair to me, if you're going to get knocked down, it looks like it COULD be by someone else's car!. LOL) Long story short, I was laid up 3 weeks, am okay now and am catching up as fast as I can on my college course. I am anxious to get these 2 tests over with and get started on studying for the 3rd one.

I ran across this really cute book report supposedly written by a child about the Bible and I just had to pop in and share it with you so here goes and believe me when I say, you're going to love it!

THE BIBLE AS TOLD BY A CHILD

In the beginning, which occurred near the start, there was nothing but God, darkness, and some gas. The Bible says, "The Lord thy God is one," but I think He must be a lot older than that. Anyway, God said, "Give me a light!" and someone did. Then God made the world.

He split the Adam and made Eve. Adam and Eve were naked, but they weren't embarrassed because mirrors hadn't been invented yet. Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating one bad apple, so they were driven from the Garden of Eden. Not sure what they were driven in though, because they didn't have cars.

Adam and Eve had a son, Cain, who hated his brother as long as he was Abel. Pretty soon all of the early people died off, except for Methuselah, who lived to be like a million or something.

One of the next important people was Noah, who was a good guy, but one of his kids was kind of a ham. Noah built a large boat and put his  family and some animals on it. He asked some other people to join him, but they said they would have to take a rain check.

After Noah came Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Jacob was more famous than his brother, Esau, because Esau sold Jacob his birthmark in exchange for some pot roast. Jacob had a son named Joseph who wore a really loud sports coat.

Another important Bible guy is Moses, whose real name was Charlton Heston. Moses led the Israel Lights out of Egypt and away from the evil Pharaoh after God sent ten plagues on Pharaoh's people. These plagues included frogs, mice, lice, bowels, and no cable. God fed the Israel Lights everyday with manicotti. Then He gave them His top Ten Commandments.

These include don't lie, cheat, smoke, dance, or covet your neighbor's bottom (the Bible uses a bad word for bottom that I'm not supposed to say. But my Dad uses it sometimes when he talks about the President). Oh, yeah, I just thought of one more: Humor they father
and they mother.

One of Moses' best helpers was Joshua who was the first Bible guy to use spies. Joshua fought the battle of Geritol and the fence fell over on the town.

After Joshua came David. He got to be king by killing a giant with a slingshot. He had a son named Solomon who had about 300 wives and 500 porcupines. My teacher says he was wise, but that doesn't sound
very wise to me.

After Solomon there were a bunch of major league prophets. One of these was Jonah, who was swallowed by a big whale and then barfed up on the shore.

There were also some minor league prophets, but I guess we don't know much about them.

After the Old Testament came the New Testament. Jesus is the star of the New Testament. He was born in Bethlehem in a barn. (I wish I had been born in a barn, too, because my mom is always saying to me, "Close the door! Were you born in a barn" It would be nice to be able to say, "Yes mom, don't you remember, I was."

During His life, Jesus had many arguments with sinners like the Pharisees and the Republicans. Jesus also had twelve opossums. The worst one was Judas Asparagus. Judas was so evil that they named a terrible vegetable after him.

Jesus was a great man. He healed many leopards and even preached to some Germans on the Mount. But the Republicans and all those guys put Jesus on trial before Pontius the Pilot. Pilot didn't stickup for Jesus. He just washed his hands instead.

Anyways, Jesus died for our sins, then came back to life again. He went up to Heaven but will be back at the end of the Aluminum. His return is foretold in the book of Revolution.

If you meet me and forget me, you've lost nothing; if you meet Jesus Christ and forget him, you've lost everything.

If life gives you limes, turn the letters around and make them into a smile!!!!!!

Well, I’m going back to school! I don’t know how good a student I will be at 67 years old because as I am forever saying; my rememberer is not as good as it used to be. LOL

I have an opportunity to take a Bible course in Old Testament Survey: Law and History from the Free Will Baptist Bible College in Nashville Tennessee. It is on a series of DVD’s but is the regular course that I would get if I were in the class room and I have to have a proctor when I take my test or any quizzes and have lots and lots and lots of scripture to read and memory verses to memorize and scripture reports to make.

One of the reports is to put myself in Hagar’s place when Sarai has Abraham chase her out of the camp into the desert with Isaac and leave them there to die and tell how I feel. The other is to put myself in Hannah’s place in the temple when she is praying to God for a child and how I feel because I am barren.

Then there are several more reports that I don’t know what the topic is about yet because they tell you as you need to know. But that just lets you know how busy I’m going to be. I have 17 verses to memorize between now and December 10.

The reason I’m telling you this is to let you know that I probably won’t have time to do blogs; or if I do them, it won’t be as often. I will, however, be checking in from time to time to see what’s happening. I’ve enjoyed my time with you and I will be back just as soon as I can. I just can’t handle college, my blogging and my health all at the same time. LOL I found out at my check up that I have low potassium (2.9) and low platelet count. I know now why I feel so lazy anyway. LOL

God bless you all and I love you each and all. (Even you Axehead.)

If you meet me and forget me, you’ve lost nothing; if you meet Jesus Christ and forget Him, you’ve lost everything.

A friend from my church sent me this email today and I loved it so much because it reminded me of my own childhood that I wanted to share it with you. The Author is unknown …

The last 4 words in red are my own. J

Black and White

(Under age 40? You won’t understand.)

You could hardly see for all the snow,

Spread the rabbit ears as far as they go.

Pull a chair up to the TV set,

“Good Night, David. Good Night, Chet.”

My Mom used to cut chicken, chop eggs and spread mayo on the same cutting board with the same knife and no bleach, but we didn’t seem to get food poisoning.

My Mom used to defrost hamburger on the counter AND I used to eat it raw sometimes, too. Our school sandwiches were wrapped in wax paper in a brown paper bag, not in ice-pack coolers, but I can’t remember getting e.coli.

Almost all of us would have rather gone swimming in the lake instead of a pristine pool (talk about boring), no beach closures then.

The term cell phone would have conjured up a phone in a jail cell, and a pager was the school PA system.

We all took gym, not PE … and risked permanent injury with a pair of high top Ked’s (only worn in gym) instead of having cross-training athletic shoes with air cushion soles and built in light reflectors. I can’t recall any injuries but they must have happened because they tell us how much safer we are now.

Flunking gym was not an option … even for stupid kids! I guess PE must be much harder than gym.

Speaking of school, we all said prayers and sang the national anthem, and staying in detention after school caught all sorts of negative attention.

We must have had horribly damaged psyches. What an archaic health system we had then. Remember school nurses? Ours wore a hat and everything.

I thought that I was supposed to accomplish something before I was allowed to be proud of myself.

I just can’t recall how bored we were without computers, Play Station, Nintendo, X-box or 270 digital TV cable stations.

Oh yeah … and where was the Benadryl and sterilization kit when I got that bee sting? I could have been killed!

We played “king of the hill” on piles of gravel left on vacant construction sites, and when we got hurt, Mom pulled out the 48-cent bottle of Mercurochrome (kids liked it better because it didn’t sting like iodine did) and then we got our  behind spanked.

Now it’s a trip to the emergency room, followed by a 10-day dose of a $49 bottle of antibiotics, and Mom calls the attorney to sue the contractor for leaving a horribly vicious pile of gravel where it was such a threat.

We didn’t act up at the neighbor’s house either because if we did, we got our behinds spanked there and then we got them spanked again when we got home.

I recall Donny Reynolds from next door coming over and doing his tricks on the front stoop, just before he fell off. Little did his Mom know that she could have owned our house; instead, she picked him up and swatted him for being such a goof. It was a neighborhood run amuck.

To top it off, not a single person I knew had ever been told that they were from a dysfunctional family. How could we possibly have known that?

We needed to get into group therapy and anger management classes. We were obviously so duped by so many societal ills that we didn’t even notice that the entire country wasn’t taking Prozac! How did we ever survive?

LOVE TO ALL OF US WHO SHARED THIS ERA, AND TO ALL WHO DIDN’T; SORRY FOR WHAT YOU MISSED. I WOULDN’T TRADE IT FOR ANYTHING. WE HAD A BALL!

If you meet me and forget me, you’ve lost nothing; if you meet Jesus Christ and forget Him, you’ve lost everything.

Bye now, have a wonderful day in the Lord.

Happy Grandparents’ Day!

          This was on the back of my church bulletin this morning and I just had to share it with you because I think it is so adorable and so true. The title of it is:

THOUGHTS ON BEING A GRANDPARENT

·        What a bargain grandchildren are! I give mine loose change, and they give me a million dollars worth of pleasure.

·        Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild.

·        Grandmothers are moms with lots of frosting.

·        A grandparent is a babysitter who watches the kids instead of T.V.

·        Becoming a grandmother is wonderful. One moment, you’re just a mother. The next you are all-wise and prehistoric.

·        Grandchildren don’t stay young forever, which is good because Grandpas have only so many horsey rides in them.

·        Grandmothers always make you feel like she has been waiting all day just to see you and now her day is complete.

·        Grandmothers hold our tiny hands for just a little while, but our hearts forever.

·        Grandmothers never run out of hugs, cookies or treats.

·        If I had known how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren, I would have had them first.

·        My grandchildren believe I’m the oldest thing in the world. After two or three hours with them, I believe it too.

·        It’s such a grand thing to be a mother of a mother; that’s why the world calls her a grandmother.

·        Grandchildren are God’s way of compensating us for growing old.

·        The best baby-sitters, of course, are the baby’s grandparents. You feel completely comfortable entrusting your baby to them for long periods, which is why most grandparents flee to Florida.

·        Grandparents are short on criticism and long on love.

·        A grandparent is old on the outside, but young on the inside.

·        One of the most powerful handclasps is that of a new grandbaby around the finger of a grandfather.

·        It’s amazing how grandparents seem so young once you become one.

·        If your baby is beautiful, perfect, never cries or fusses, sleeps on schedule, burps on demand and is an angel virtually all the time, you’re the grandma.

If you can think of any others, please feel free to add them. Of course, you all know my grandson is a genius and not only that; he is polite and helps the teacher. And before you start throwing things at me, I’m going to shut up and close this blog. LOL

If you meet me and forget me, you’ve lost nothing; if you meet Jesus Christ and forget Him you’ve lost everything.

I received this email from a nurse friend of mine and thought it was worth passing on. I will repeat it in its entirety.

SCHOOL ANSWERING MACHINE

This is hilarious – no wonder some people were offended! This is the message that the Pacific Palisades High School (California) staff voted unanimously to record on their school telephone answering machine. This is the actual message for the school.

This came about because they implemented a policy requiring students and parents to be responsible for their children’s absences and missing homework. The school and teachers are being sued by parents who want their children’s failing grades changed to passing grades – even though those children were absent 15-30 times during the semester and did not complete enough schoolwork to pass their classes.

The outgoing message:

·        To lie about why your child is absent – Press 1

·        To make excuses for why your child did not do his work – Press 2

·        To complain about what we do – Press 3

·        To swear at staff members – Press 4

·        To ask why you didn’t get information that was already enclosed in your newsletter and several flyers mailed to you – Press 5

·        If you want us to raise your child – Press 6

·        If you want to reach out and touch, slap or hit someone – Press 7

·        To request another teacher, for the third time this year – Press 8

·        To complain about bus transportation – Press 9

·        To complain about school lunches – Press 0

·        If you realize this is the real world and your child must be accountable and responsible for his/her own behavior, class work, homework and that it’s not the teachers’ fault for your child’s lack of effort: Hang up and have a nice day!

·        If you want this in Spanish, you must be in the wrong country.

Any teachers out there want to comment on this message?

I know that teaching is hard; I worked in the classroom as an assistant for 15 years. It sounds to me, however, as if this message has gone just a little bit overboard. Of course, I haven’t been in the classroom in 17 years so I don’t know what it is like now but this sounds a little harsh to me. I know there are always some rough kids to handle and some rough parents but there are more good than bad or at least it was when I was in the classroom. Have things really changed that much to warrant a message like this? I’d really like to hear from some of you public school teachers about your views on this subject. I know it’s getting worse, but I didn’t think it had gotten this bad.

On the surface, it sounds funny, but then stop and read what they are saying to the parents. They’ve called them liars, complainers, accused them of wanting to fight with the teachers and told the Hispanics to go back to their own country. I don’t think any of this is befitting the teaching profession.

If you meet me and forget me, you’ve lost nothing; if you meet Jesus Christ and forget Him, you’ve lost everything.

Did you ever get writer’s block? Well, that’s what I have now. That’s very unusual for me because if you haven’t figured it out by now, I am well known for my mouth. I am known for picking up foot and placing said foot in mouth, but today, I can think of absolutely nothing to talk about.

So, that is what my blog is going to be about, absolutely nothing. Just idle chatter, chitchat, nil, zit, whatever you want to call it, it useless void, something to fill up the page and to waste your time and mine.

We all need to sit back once in a while and just do absolutely nothing but waste time and relax. I’ve been doing a lot of that recently. Frankly, it’s getting a little bit boring. I’m ready to get out of the house (prison) and start living again. I’m tired of looking at four walls and taking care of myself and watching my diet and trying to get healthy again. I want to get out and have some FUN.

But, I guess I’ll stay at home and be a good little girl like the doctor says and just have idle chatter, chitchat and do nothing. I go in for a check up on the 13th of this month, however, and I hope I get the all clear and then “watch out” here I go!

I do have a few exciting things on the horizon. I’ve been invited as a “special guest” to the kick-off party to those that are going to the NC Senior Games. I suppose because I am an Ambassador for the Games. Also, Senior Day at the Davidson County Fair is on the 20th of this month and I’m always involved in that, but the very best part is HOMECOMING.

That’s right; my church’s Homecoming is on September 16 which, as you know, is one week from this Sunday. We have big plans for the day. A professor from our Bible College is coming to deliver the morning message and we have singers coming from the Coast and from Reidsville and we have some of the best cooks in the county. You ought to fix a covered dish and come join us. We’ll have a “Singing” after lunch to finish off the afternoon. It is Lakeview Free Will Baptist on the corner of Nova and Johnson Street in High Point. Just keep going on past Oak View Baptist and past the fire department and you’ll see us down there on the left. We’re a friendly bunch of people and we’ll make you feel right at home. You’ll see me up at the piano but I’ll speak to you as quickly as I can.

Well, for someone who didn’t have anything to say, I did a pretty good job of filling up the page, didn’t I. I told you I was known for my mouth. I can’t help it, I just love to talk and I love people and I can’t stand having to stay at home all the time. HELP!!!!!!!!! LOL

If you meet me and forget me, you’ve lost nothing; if you meet Jesus Christ and forget Him, you’ve lost everything.

I'm back, sorry it's been a few days but I've been taking my doctor's advice and taking it easy and trying to get over this pneumonia. I think I 'm just about well. I finish up my antibiotic tomorrow. We'll see how I feel then.

A man was flying from Seattle to San Francisco. Unepectedly, the plane stopped in Sacramento.  The flight attendant explained that there would be a delay, and if the passengers wanted to get off the aircraft, the plane would reboard in 50 minutes.

Everybody got off the plane except one gentleman who was blind.

A passenger had noticed him as he walked by and could tell the gentleman was blind because his seeing eye dog lay quietly underneath the seats in front of him throughout the entire flight.

He could also tell the blind man had flown this very flight before because the pilot approached and  calling the blind man by name, said, "Keith, we're in Sacramento for almost an hour. Would you like to get off and stretch your legs?"

The blind man replied, "No thanks, but maybe my dog would like to stretch his legs."

Picture this: All the people in the gate area came to a complete standstill when they looked up and saw the pilot walk off the plane with a seeing eye dog! The pilot was even wearing sunglasses. People scattered. They not only tried to change planes, but they were trying to change airlines!

Remember things aren't always as they appear, so keep the faith!

                                                     
        ________Reflections

Don't forget now:

If you meet me and forget me, you've lost nothing; if you meet Jesus Christ and forget Him, you've lost everything.

Have a wonderful day in the Lord.

Davidson County Woman Wins 2007 Ms. NC Senior America Title

Loretta Parks of Lexington is still glowing after being crowned the 2007 Ms. North Carolina Senior America in a pageant Tuesday afternoon at the Moore County Enrichment Center in Pinehurst. 

Parks, the 2006 Ms. Senior Davidson County, was crowned by outgoing Davidson County resident and Ms. N.C. Senior America, Sue Nance, after winning over the judges in the areas of interview, evening gown, talent and philosophy of life.

Eleven women, from across NC, ranging in age from 63 to 86 competed for the state title. In addition to Parks, four Thomasville residents, Shirley Jones-Byrd, Jeanette Wilkie, Ida Brinkley and Lucille Grayson also competed for the title.  

Davidson County has fared well in the pageant as this is the second year a resident has taken the crown. In addition to Parks bringing home the title, Jeanette Wilkie took 2nd runner up and tied with Lu Grayson for the Ms. Congeniality award.

Pageant hosts, Ms. Senior America, Inc., based in New Jersey, is the world's first and foremost pageant to emphasize and give honor to women who have reached the "Age of Elegance."  It is a search for the gracious lady who best exemplifies the dignity, maturity and inner beauty of all senior Americans.

As Ms. North Carolina Senior America, Parks will be representing North Carolina in various events throughout the reigning year and competing against representatives from across the United States in the "Ms. Senior America Pageant 2007, National Finals. The Finals will be held November 5 through 11, 2007 at the Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.  

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Photo attached: (l to r) 2007 Ms. Senior Davidson Co., Ginger Foster; 2007 Ms. N.C. Senior America, Loretta Parks; 2nd runner-up and Ms. Congeniality, Jeanette Wilkie; Ms. Congeniality, Lu Grayson; Ida Brinkley.

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For Interviews:

Loretta Parks, Ms. North Carolina Senior America can be reached at 336.752.2623. 

For more information on the Senior America Pageant and Senior America, Inc., go to http://www.senioramerica.org

Thessia L. Everhart

Senior Center Coordinator

Davidson County Department of Senior Services
211 West Colonial Drive
Thomasville, NC 27360
 
Phone: 336.474.2627

Fax: 336.472.5634

I have place the photo in my album for you to see.

Don't forget to go to Sunday School and Church tomorrow. Bye now.

If you meet me and forget me, you've lost nothing; if you meet Jesus Christ and forget Him, you've lost everything.

Well, I received word from my test and it was much better than I thought. I have pneumonia, now you may wonder why I’m relieved that I have pneumonia, believe me that is a blessing and I’m very grateful that is all it is.

You see, serious lung disease runs in my family. My father and his sister both died with complications from emphysema, I had two siblings that had pulmonary fibrosis which has a life expectancy of 2 years after diagnosis, one of which contracted lung cancer and died before the fibrosis could take him. My mother lost a lung to cancer and my sister is recovering from lung cancer now. So you can see why I’m grateful that it’s “only” pneumonia. I don’t know how long I’ve had it but it’s been several weeks because that’s how long I’ve been sick and blamed the hot weather for feeling so poorly. The lung scan was a routine check.

I still have the nodule in my right lung but it has been the same size for two years. So far, so good; with the Lord’s help it will stay that size or disappear.

The doctor gave me an antibiotic and told me to take it for a week and if I’m not better he will give me more of it. I’m just praising the Lord for His goodness and kindness in watching over me, after all, He is the Great Physician.

Thanks to all of you that said you prayed for me. I appreciate it very much. Prayers work miracles through God.

If you meet me and forget me, you’ve lost nothing; if you meet Jesus Christ and forget Him, you’ve lost everything.

Bye not, have a blessed day.

IT’S SO HOT AND DRY IN NORTH CAROLINA …

• The birds have to use potholders to pull the worms out of the ground.

• The trees are whistling for the dogs.

• The best parking place is determined by the shade instead of distance.

• Hot water comes from both taps.

• You can make sun tea instantly.

• You learn that a seat belt buckle makes a pretty good branding iron.

• The temperature drops below 95 F (35 C) and you feel a little chilly.

• You discover that in July it only takes two fingers to steer your car.

• You discover that you can get sunburned through your car window.

• You actually burn your hand opening the car door.

• You break into a sweat the instant you step outside at 7:30 AM.

• Your biggest bicycle wreck fear is, “What if I get knocked out and end up lying on the pavement and cook to death?”

• You realize that asphalt has a liquid stage.

• The potatoes cook underground, so all you have to do is pull one out and add butter.

• The cows are giving evaporated milk.

• Farmers are feeding their chickens crushed ice to keep them from laying boiled eggs.

IT’S SO DRY IN NORTH CAROLINA:

• That the Baptists are starting to baptize by sprinkling,

• The Methodists are using wet-wipes,

• The Presbyterians are giving rain checks

• And the Catholics are praying for the wine to turn back to water!

 WE NEED RAIN, FOLKS!

If you meet me and forget me, you’ve lost nothing; if you meet Jesus Christ and forget Him, you’ve lost everything.

AND THE NEW MS. NORTH CAROLINA SENIOR AMERICA 2007-2008 IS … MS. LORETTA PARKS

          Loretta served as Ms. Senior Davidson County 2006-2007 and resides in Linwood, NC. Her talent was singing. She has a lovely voice and sings country/western. She could very easily sing at the Grand Old Opry in Nashville.

          I wish Loretta the best as she begins her reign as Ms. NC Senior America and as she goes on to the Ms. Senior America Pageant this fall.

          And now on to something else that I received from my friend that sends me so many emails. I liked it; it addresses the race issue and was written by a black man. I will quote the email in its entirety.

“Hi, gotta like this Guy.

This was written by a black gentleman in Texas and is so funny. What a great sense of humor and creativity!!!

                   When I was born, I was BLACK,

                   When I grew up, I was BLACK,

                   When I was in the sun, I stayed BLACK,    

                   BLACK

                   When I was scared, I was BLACK,

                   When I was sick, I was BLACK,

                   And when I die, I’ll still be BLACK.

                   NOW, You "white" folks …

                   When you’re born, you’re PINK

                   When you grow-up, you’re WHITE,

                   When you go in the sun, you get RED,

                   When you’re cold, you turn BLUE,

                   When you’re scared, you turn YELLOW,

                   When you get sick, you turn GREEN,

                   When you bruise, you turn PURPLE,

                   And when you die, you look GRAY.

                   So who y’all callin’ COLORED folks?”

Remember, if you meet me and forget me, you've lost nothing; if you meet Jesus Christ and forget Him, you've lost everything.

God bless and have a wonderful day. Bye now.

It’s that time of year again! It’s time for the Ms. North Carolina Senior America Pageant! This year it will be held in Pinehurst at the Senior Enrichment Center on

I’m pleased to announce that four of my friends are running for the title of Ms. North Carolina Senior America 2007-2008. I don’t know who to root for because I love them all. I wish they could all win but, of course, they can’t.

One of them, Jeanette Wilkie, ran in 2005 and came in first runner up and I believe that Lu Grayson ran one year and came in first runner up about 12 years ago. I am so excited for these ladies. All four of them deserve the title, they all would make wonderful representatives for the seniors of North Carolina and would be well qualified to go on to the Ms. Senior America Pageant in the fall.

The pageant is tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 PM and as soon as I find out if either of the four won or even placed, I will write a blog and let you know. I have a picture in my album that shows the four of them pictured with the current Ms. NC Senior America who just happens to be Ms. Senior Davidson County 2005.

The late Maxine Reid, Ms. Sr. Davidson County 1995 was also a Ms. NC Senior America, so Davidson County has been well represented at the Ms. NC Senior America Pageant.

I wish all of these ladies the best of luck and I hope you all come back with a trophy. (It could happen.) 

Remember if you meet me and forget me, you've lost nothing; if you meet Jesus Christ and forget Him, you've lost everything.

Bye now, have a wonderful day.

I’ve been writing a lot about past memories lately. Maybe it’s because I’ve received what could be some bad news from the doctor. I will let you know after further tests if it is bad news or if everything is all right. In the meantime, please bear with me as I go down memory lane. LOL

This is an email that a friend of mine sent me today (she hasn’t heard of my news from the doctor so this is purely coincidental that she is sending me all these emails). I thought I would pass it on because I’m sure a lot of you grandmother’s remember these and a lot of you younger people will probably get a kick out of it.

          THINGS YOU DON’T HEAR ANYMORE

Be sure and refill the ice trays, we’re going to have company after while.

Watch for the postman, I want to get this letter in the mail today.

Quit slamming that screen door!

Be sure to pull the windows down when you leave, it looks like it might shower – and bring in the clothes on the line, too.

Don’t forget to wind the clock before you go to bed.

Wash your feet before you go to bed, they are nasty from playing bare footed outside all day.

Why can’t you remember to roll up your pants legs? Getting them caught in the bicycle chain so many times is tearing them up.

You have worn the knees out of that pair of pants so many times there is nothing left to put a patch on.

Don’t you go outside with your good school clothes on!

Hang up your Sunday School clothes, you know you need to pass them down to your brother/sister in good condition.

Go comb your hair. It looks like the rats have nested in it all night.

Be sure and pour the cream off the top of the milk when you open the new bottle. I need it for baking and for Pa’s coffee.

Take that empty bottle to the store with you so you won’t have to pay a deposit on another one.

Put a dish towel over the cake so the flies won’t get on it.

Quit jumping on the floor! I have a cake in the oven and you are going to make it fall if you don’t quit!

Let me know when the Fuller Brush man comes by, I need a few things from him.

You boys stay close by, the car may not start and I’ll need you to help push it off.

There’s a dollar in my purse, go by the service station and get five gallons of gas when you start to town.

Open the back door and see if we can get a breeze through here, it’s getting hot.

You can walk to the store; it won’t hurt you to get some exercise. Maybe you will learn to be more careful with your bicycle.

Don’t sit too close to the TV; it is hard on your eyes!

If you pull that stunt again, I’m going to wear you out!

Don’t lose that button; I’ll sew it back on after while.

Wash under your neck before you come to the table, you have beads of dirt and sweat all under there.

Get up from under that sewing machine, pumping it messes up the thread!

Do you want to go get me a switch?

No! I don’t have five cents for you to go to the show! Do you think money grows on trees?

If you get a spanking in school and I find out about it, you will get another one when you get home.

Quit crossing your eyes! They will get hung that way!

It is “Yes sir!” and “No sir” to me and your elders young man, and don’t you forget it!

While we are at Aunt Mary’s and Uncle John’s you kids eat when the adults get through and I don’t want to hear “I don’t like this stuff.”

You better keep your mouth shut and eat everything on your plate.

Well, that ought to keep us remembering some of the finer things of the past; some good and some not so good, and young man, if I hear you repeat one word of this I will beat the daylights out of you, do you understand that?

Well, this was a long one, but I hope that you got through it and that you enjoyed it. I hope that you chuckled a few times, I know I did.

And remember:

If you meet me and forget me, you’ve lost nothing; if you meet Jesus Christ and forget Him, you’ve lost everything.

Bye Bye now and have a wonderful day in the Lord.

A good Bible verse to remember is 1 Corinthians 10:31 “Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.”

It is also an excellent verse to live by.

Here is the rest of the You’re Older Than Dirt that I promised  you.  I have to admit that I remember everyone of them! I must be OLDER THAN DIRT, but that’s okay ‘cause those memories are the best part of my life. LOL

My dad was cleaning out my grandmother’s house after she died and he brought me an old Royal Crown Cola bottle. In the bottle top was a stopper with a bunch of holes in it. I knew immediately what it was, but my daughter had no idea. She thought they had tried to make it a salt shaker or something. I knew it as the bottle that sat on the end of the ironing board to “sprinkle” clothes with water because we didn’t have steam irons. Man, I am old.

How many of these do you remember?

·        Head lights dimmer switches on the floor

·        Ignition switches on the dashboard

·        Heaters mounted on the inside of the firewall

·        Real ice boxes

·        Pant leg clips for bicycles without chain guards

·        Soldering irons you heat on a gas burnerI

·        Using hand signals for cars without turn signals

OLDER THAN DIRT QUIZ: count only the ones you remember NOT the ones you were told about Ratings at the bottom.

Blackjack chewing gum

Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water

Candy cigarettes

Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles

Coffee shops or diners with tableside juke boxes (my father-in-law had one, ouch)

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