GOIN TO THE LONE STAR STATE.

Tomorrow I will be going to the Lone Star State. In case some of you don't know that would be TEXAS. Songs like Yellow Rose of Texas and The Eyes Of Texas Are Upon You are just a couple of songs that reflect on the biggest state in the union. I was first introduced to Texas by way of a little town, I do mean little, that being Shiner. Population 2007 now 2003 now that my daughter and three kids moved out. Killeen is now their new home.
The reason for the trip is to return my two grand kids who have spent three weeks with me. It was fun and I'm sure they had a good time here and at my camper where they had unlimited fun. Now it's time to return to football practice and getting ready for school.
I'm driving and will have the company of three of my grand kids, Angelica, Spencer and Delaney.
When I drop them off I will stay approx three weeks and then return home. I will miss them but there is always next year and trips in between.
Looking forward to a nice trip.

SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP!!!!

I have been watching America's Got Talent since it started and find that there is one thing that really makes me mad. When a talent comes out on stage and starts to sing, dance or whatever, the audience starts screaming and yelling to the point that you can't hear the entertainer sing or do whatever they do.
To the audience. SIT DOWN, SHUT UP AND CHEER AAAAFFFFFTTTTEEEEERRRR THE PERFORMER FINISHES.
NUFF SAID.

AMERICA'S GOT TALENT FINAL PICKS.

If you have been watching this program you know that last night was the night that the choosing of the 48 contestants was completed and I must say that most of my favorites were chosen.
I'm still upset about the women who hand whistles and the other that sings off key. Another that was put through to Hollywood that I thought should not be there was the guy who did impressions of Clint Eastwood and Arnold S. but this time did a stint on waking up and getting ready for work.
Others much, much better could be there in his place.
Are the judges worthy of being able to pick the good talent?

AMERICA'S GOT TALENT.

Are you watching America's Got Talent? I like the show and watch it faithfully. At times I do not agree with the judges. Last night started the eliminations to choose the persons going for the $1,000,000.00 and the Las Vegas show.
I must admit the judges must have been drinking something. They sent some good talent home while keeping terrible ones. For instance, how about the red headed women in her 70 who can not sing on key or play the piano. She should have definitely been sent home or the older women who did hand whistling, she should have went too. Do they keep these people as a joke and letting good talent go home? If that is the case I think that, that is terrible. Those two people will never win the contest and if they did who would want to listen to them put on a show in Las Vegas for an hour and who would sign them to a record contract or be hired to do a nightly show. Come on judges, don't piss us off.

THE 4TH IS OVER!!!!!

My Fourth of July weekend actually started on Thursday with the arrival of my daughter and her family from Texas. Actually there were six of them. Lorri, Jeremy, Spencer, Aiddin, Angelica and Destiny. Jeremy is a career Army man Staff Sargent who arrived back from Iraq last December. On this trip he had a few firsts in him life. For dinner on Thursday we had pan pizza which Jeremy has never had and an original cheese pizza. They don't make pizza in Texas like they do here. Another first for him was the granddaddy of them all, THE SLIDER from White Castle. He made the mistake of having the night before he left for home. My daughter who also had them said they made many stops along the way because of them.
To get back to the weekend. On Friday we went to my camper where we spent the day and night, returning to my home late Saturday.
It's Lorri's belief that the 4th is not the 4th without seeing a parade. On the 4th after all the scrambling around we got to the Merrillville, IN parade where all had a good time and Lorri was satisfied. From there we went to my daughter Julie's house for a BBQ and the celebration of my and her daughter, Delaney's, birthday. After the traditional singing of Happy Birthday, do we have to pay royalties to someone for doing that?, we went outside for fireworks. Julies neighbor had a cannon in his yard and when that thing went off, the whole neighborhood shook. As the night progressed the fireworks became more and more and louder and louder. This went on far into the night. I must mention that Lorri stopped in Missouri at a place called Boomland. Many of you might have been there yourself. It's on I57 just over the Illinois line. I can't begin to describe what they bought but it was alot. She said her husband was like a kid in a candy store. So with the combination of Julie's neighbor and Lorri's fireworks it went on for hours. It's a good thing everyone on the block was invited to the parties.
Around midnight our party broke up because Lorri and her family were leaving the next morning, but Julie said her neighbors party was still going at 3a.m along with the fireworks.
The next morning my son, Kevin took us out for breakfast and after that we came back to my house where everyone said their goodbye's and Lorri was on her way back to Texas at 12p.m leaving Angelica and Spencer with me for a couple of weeks at which time I will take them back to Texas