texas ground hog, winterize, boo ben, wanta know?

TEXAS GROUND HOG
well this texas ground hog lives in this area
he did not see his shadow yesterday
yea!!!!
spring is near

he must not be a razorback cause he would not need the
jacket or the heat lamp

no this aint right
guess hes warm though

thanks kc, cc, cc, or nc for pic

WINTERIZE
well if you need to read this and you live around here then
its too late
maybe next year or maybe the next round next week

drip your faucets
glad i did not fix that leaking shower my wife she has been
after me to do-it probably kept things from freezing

if things did freeze if you can find where make sure this is
well insulated for next time
learned my lesson year one after i put in my rainwater system
with multple tanks and pipes, some not covered well, one of
them froze
that wasnt a fun day to go to work

you can quickly use old wadded up newspapers to cover pipes
faucets or even lay on the ground over pipes

after my freezing experience i went over all my pipes and faucets
and insulated and built up the soil over pipes and, knock knock,
have not had a frozen pipe since

this will be the true test this week

remember sometimes you dont know things have frozen until after
things have thawed :(

BOO BEN
from yahoo this am
most unpopular nfl football player in the super bowl  is ben roethlisberger
he is 3 times more disliked than any other player

more men know the date of the super bowl than their anniversary

WANTA KNOW?
whats the point of knowing if there is no effective treatments or cure
thats one view point

when you receive a positive test you are receiving a death sentence
not soon but in the near future
forget a face, loose your keys, forget a name and you are reminded
of the diagnosis every day

if you know and things deteriorate then you have to give up the car
keys and the check book (thats scarey)

you can arrange for long term care, get  a living will, update your
will, get durable power of attorney, get health care power of
attorney, do a bucket list of things to do, and preserve memories
(which im leaving a record of my journey and my past in this blog
so family can look back and know about my journey)

i wanta know and am glad i know

ralph waldo emerson had dementia in his 60s
when asked how he felt he would say 'quite well, i have lost my
mental faculties but am perfectly well.'

from an article by dr corey patterson in the chicago tribune

the organicgreen doctor

groundhog day, its cold here, no neuro appt, heritage ministries

GROUNDHOG DAY
its groundhog day
if its cloudy its good
if its sunny its bad
well maybe itll be good
if he sees his shadow thats more weeks of bad weather
if he doesnt see his shadow thats means early spring
yes

come on punxsutawnwy phil do your thing
we want early spring

ITS COLD HERE
its so cold that it would freeze a ........
its so cold that words freeze in the air
it so cold that we emptied the freezer and got inside to stay warm
its so cold that the snowflakes froze in the air
its so cold that the politicians put their hands in their own pockets
its so cold that you have to kick a hole in the air to go outside
its so cold here im going to just stay inside and keep my wood
stove going all day

now appreciate living where i do as up north this is what they
put up with all year

NO NEUROLOGY APPOINTMENT
weather too bad to get to appointment
will update when appointment is redone

HERITAGE MINISTRIES
this is not a plug for religious stuff
its a plug for a good stop off place to eat when
traveling between waco texas and dallas texas

yesterday my wife she and i did not make it to my appointment
in dallas because of the ice and cold weather that prevented us
from making it all the way there

we decided to stop off here for lunch
we had the jalapeño sweet potato soup that warms you up
from the heat of the soup and the mild heat from the jalapeño
plus we sat in front of the fireplace
we also had the turkey wrap and their home made pecan pie
with a cup of coffee (me) and a cup of hot tea (my wife she)
we felt better and warmer when we left

we also bought 3 of their home made cheeses-roasted garllic
montasio, the horseradish pecan cheddar, and the blueberry havarti

a bad thing can definitely be a good thing

the heritage ministries is a religious group that raises its own
meats, grains, vegetables, herbs, milk, makes their own cheeses
on a 500 acre farm-of course all done organically
they hand make furniture, have their own grist mill, own forge,
and do fiber crafts
they have a gift shop and a country store
they also provide self tours of their operations
its located near  a small town called elm mott just north of waco

their website is www.homesteadheritage.com
worth the stop

the organicgreen doctor

pay now pay later, kexy, neurology appointment, basketball

PAY NOW PAY LATER
if we dont pay now well pay later
am talking about school funding
this state has a lot to loose by not funding education

people are moving to this state  in large numbers
corporations and businesses are moving here in large numbers
will poor funding of schools which will eventually lead to
poor performance slow this growth down
probably
the worse is that the people and the jobs we want to come to this
state could be affected

there is $830 million dollars of stimulus money sitting in
washington waiting for texas to accept it
this money is for texas schools
the governor and other politicians are not doing what needs to
be done to get the money here

my wife shes school district would get $6.5 million of that
money
guess theres a few jobs, services, or other activities that could be
saved with that money

if we dont provide a good educational system and support
for the students well pay for it later

money spent on children from the prenatal period to 5 years old
is a very critical time
money spent then can prevent $40-50,000 a year it cost to
house an inmate
problem is some of these programs are also being cut

pay now or pay later

KEXY 
was told i was kexy
thought they meant i was sexy
looked it up
guess it wasnt a compliment

would rather be squireferous

youll just have to look it up

NEUROLOGY APPOINTMENT 
today i have a neurology appointment for follow up
after starting the aricept
i also will have my genetic blood work drawn today
thats the first step to help verify a future diagnosis
the test is a dna test for the apoe gene
hoping for the non sucky one

then i will schedule my lumbar punture for the amyloid and tau
proteins that can be abnormal in alzhiemers disease
then after that will have the pet scan done which measures
activity in the brain
people with alzheimers even real early alzheimers have a certain
pattern that shows up on the scan

could be a good month or a bad month

BASKETBALL
horns beat the aggies
the game was over with early
this could be texass year
next year the draft make suck players away
better enjoy this year

the organicgreen doctor