Diet coke and cigarettes

Howdy Y'all,
It's actually daytime and K let me have the computer. She is going down to her boyfriends house this afternoon. I am kicked back with a diet coke and a coffin nail.

Went to subway and had lunch. Picked up C some white chocolate/macadamia nut cookies. Came back home and picked up Harley. We went into the big city to pet super mart. Picked up some doggie treats, a collar, leash and a chew toy. Continued on to C's work and brought her the cookies and a visit with Harley.

C loves to show Harley to her friends at work. He is a cutie. When I am out there is always somebody wanting to pet him.

Harley does not like his leash! It may take him awhile to get use to it. He does not like being locked up in his crate either. I had to let him out on the way there. He was frustrating for awhile and then settled down to resting in my lap. He's a beagle so he's stubborn, but I think I can work with him. Takes patience.

I am waiting for C to get off work in a little while and we will see what our evening will be like. I have the night off.

Y'all take care!!
Cornbread

Hello from the swamp

Hey Y'all!!
Today was a pleasant day. I got to see dad. Picked up some of my favorite cigars from the store in the town he is in. C brought home some food from work so no going out tonite. I did stay gone most of the day but it was nice. I had to leave Harley Barkinson at home thou cause I didn't want to take him to the nursing home.

C is asleep on the couch. K has gone to bed. Harley is in his room, but not asleep. He keeps whining wanting to get out. Hope he doesn't wake C up. I will wake her up before I go to bed so she can get in her bed. I decided to let her sleep awhile cause she is tired.

I am taking my antibiotics like I should. I damn shure don't want to get sick again. My colonoscopy has been put off for a month because of my hospital stay this weekend. I'm glad. I am generally feeling good. Still a little weary as I heal up. It doesn't stop me from going and doing what I need to. I will return to work Tuesday night.

K wants me to pick her up tomorrow from school on my bike. I told her I would if the weather is nice. Speaking of my harley, I have 85 bucks worth of synthetic oil, filter and gaskets to do a oil change, tranny oil change and primary oil change on it. Yeah the shit is expensive. That's the only thing bad about owning a harley. HD stands for "high dollar". One of the brothers from the club is going to help me do it. There is actually more involved than just changing the fluids and I have not done one in awhile. I have to start doing it myself since I can no longer afford to take it to the shop. It needs a back tire too, but that is going to have to wait. I like harleys. Hell I even named my dog Harley. Pain in the ass sometimes, expensive to maintain, But there is something about 'em ya cain't help but love.

Well Hope your life is doin' fine!!
Cornbread

Hospitalized

Hey Y'all,
Ive been in the hospital Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Made it home Sunday afternoon.

Thursday night when I got off work my guts were hurting pretty bad and C wanted me to go to the hospital then. It's a three hour drive for me to the V.A. hospital. I was tired and the pain was bearable and I figured it would go away in the morning. Maby I strained myself or ate some bad Chinese food or something. The next morning about 11am it felt like somebody was ramming a baseball bat in my gut over and over again and it would make me holler. I was doubled over going OWWWWWW!!!!! and the dog was howling OOOOOOOO!!!!! Talk about crazy. I called C at work and told her I needed to go to the hospital. She picked me up and off we went.

K was at school and forgot her key that morning. I was fortunate I had just filled up Harley's water and he had enough food. K couldn't get into the house. She spent the weekend with one of the brothers from the motorcycle club we are close to.

I saw the doctors at the emergency room. I had blood work, pee test, cat scan, xray, and two different doctors stuck their fingers up my ass. The cat scan showed I had a serious infection in my colon. I was admitted and put on intravenous antibiotics around the clock with a few hours break in between. I started feeling better Sunday so they let me come home with oral antibiotics. No more percocet though cause the pain has gone away. I like percocet too much anyway.

The brothers from the chapter of my motorcycle club where the V.A. hospital is located were real good to me and C. C was having to sleep in a waiting room cause they wouldn't let her sleep in my room. The first night she didn't hardly sleep at all. One or two phone calls and the V.P. from the chapter and his girlfriend put her up for the night, let her get a shower and fed her. Really took good care of her. I am grateful to them.

My brothers from the club here at home took good care of me too. It is a good thing we are there for each other. Being in the club is amazing.

Well that's been my adventure. Hope everyone is well out there!!!

Take Care!!
Cornbread

Howdy from here

Hey Y'all,
Everyone is in bed as usual. I am not far from it myself.

I am proud of myself. Cooked baked chicken quarters and yellow rice for dinner tonite. I have not cooked much in a long time and I am having to relearn how to. Supper turned out pretty good for not cooking supper in years.

Took K to the bank and let her cash her final paycheck from dairy queen. She drove. We took the dirt road into town. It's been raining around here so it was a little soft. It made her nervous, but she did just fine. We came home and picked up her boyfriend and his brother. Later on we met C at wal mart and did some shopping.

I am going to see dad tomorrow in the morning and my brother S is supposed to pick him up in the afternoon. He is going to take him out to his house.

Sir Harley Barkinson is doing fine. Still not eating as much as I would like. K gets him to eat a little. He is settling down more readily when we put him in the laundry room. That's a blessing. I fell asleep holding him today and he stayed right there in my arm snoozing away. I know I am going to turn him into a lap dog, but I can't resist holding him all the time. He is the sweetest puppy.

I have a colonoscopy coming up in a week which means I have to stop taking my beloved BC powders. I take them everyday and today is the first day without them. My head feels like a melon and my body aches. I am not looking forwards to the procedure or the preparation for it. I have been knocked out, but not by a doctor. I am a little nervous going under anesthesia. That stuff I have to drink to clean me out does not excite me and not eating for a day will be horrible. But it has to be done. That's what happens as we get older.

Well, I don't know of too much. Hope everyone is doing well.

Take care,
Cornbread

Back tonite for another post

Howdy,
I've seemed to have my nights and days swapped around more than ever. Up all night, sleep all day. C has gone to bed, K has gone to bed and the pup seems to have settled in. Last night he was quiet until I got in my chair and then every time I would fire up a cigarette he would wake up and Howl!!!!! It was a long night. Tonite I have him in the laundry room. So far he is being good.

Today was a lazy day for me. I slept most of it away and didn't get much accomplished. I did Get by the post office and mailed off some bills and got K to the store so she could buy some school supplies. This evening when C got home we went out to the local restaurant and had supper as a family. Today was my day off. I like living near our one stoplight town.

K got Harley to eat today by pushing a pellet of dog food in his mouth. He chowed down then. Ate about a quarter of a bowl full. I am relieved to see him eat. He still hasn't took a poop, but that will come with time. We gave him his heart worm prevent pill and his flea preventive tonite. C is concerned I am holding him too much and letting him sleep on my chest more than I should.

K goes back to school after a three day weekend. She had MLK day off. Her boyfriend is supposed to be sworn in to the army reserves tomorrow if his knee checks out. K has her reserves. She is nervous about him going in.

C is doing well except for lack of sleep the last few nights because of the pup howling. We are trying different things to deal with it like putting him in the laundry room instead of at the foot of my chair. We are learning. We wanted a dog so all this is expected. Trial and error. I hope having this pup doesn't wear thin with C. She wanted one really bad. She has a good attitude about it all.

I hope one day when we get on track of saving money I can get my teacup poodle. Harley is like a kid to me though. He certainly is part of the family.

Well Y'all that's about all I know for now.

Y'all take care now, Ya hear?
Cornbread

New pup!

Howdy Folks!
Well we got a new pup. We got it from the flea market. We found out later when we visited the vet at petsmart that it wasn't a good idea to get pets from the flea market. It seems parvo is rampant there with 80% of the dogs they see from the flea market having it.
Fortunately our pup tested negative for everything except round worms. It really had K upset until we found out he was o.k. We have him set up on a health plan and will be taking him there about every three weeks. He has a appointment next week on Saturday to see how the round worm medicine is doing and to check him out. He isn't eating much which has me a little concerned.

We got a beagle. K has been pushing for a beagle. We looked at all the dogs and were eyeing basset hound pups. K went over to the beagle cage and there were three of them all huddled up together with their eyes closed. It was a cold damp rainy day and there was a light on the cage. The nice lady pulled them out and K picked the runt of the litter and held it for a minute then said "look at him". I looked at the pup and he looked at me. Then she said "want to hold him?" It was pretty much over then. We walked away and checked another place and came back and got the beagle pup. Smart kid. The price was right too. I saved a hundred bucks over what I would have paid for the other breeds we were looking at. He doesn't have papers, but that doesn't matter to us. We love him.

We took him directly to petsmart to pick up supplies and it happened the vet was open on Sunday there, so we checked him in. We got what we needed at petsmart and took him home. I had to go to work and C's car was at the bar so I dropped them off and went on to work. We had been tossing around different names all day and while we were riding back we settled on Harley. And yes Windfall he does howl!!!! I didn't get a lot of sleep last night. Tonite when I put him in his crate at the foot of my chair he didn't whine or howl a lot. That's a good sign.

I still want a teacup poodle, black and precious. One day when we can afford it after we raise Harley, maby we will get one. But for now I got to say having Harley is wonderful. He sleeps on my chest. I guess he likes my heartbeat and my breathing seems to calm him down. I don't mind the howling and stuff. We are all working on house training him to use the puppy pads. I guess I love that little critter.

Well that's the biggest thing happening in our lives right now. It's a cold winters nite tonight. It's supposed to drop to 25. The heat is constantly running. We have the faucets dripping so maby the well won't freeze up again like last time.

I'm going to surf the net a little more and open a few emails. I have been away from the computer like usual on the weekends.

Y'all take care!
Cornbread

Howdy from me to you!

Hey Folks!
Got off work a little while ago. C brought cookies home from work. We laid down and cuddled and now she has gone to sleep. I shure do love that gal. K is in the bed but I can hear her coughing. Now it's my time on the computer.

K quit her part time job today. She had asked her boss to reduce her hours, but instead her boss added more on. We have put a limit on the hours she can work while going to school to 20 hours per week. This week she worked 37. It's too much for her. She is making a's and b's in school and she wants to keep that up. She has a boyfriend that she doesn't get to see much of either. We miss seeing her, and she misses us. She wanted to quit and we told her that we will give her a allowance if she will keep the house clean. It will be a fraction of what she was making while working but will give her a little mad money. I like the idea of her having a job and responsibility and so does C. But not if it is to the point that she is unhappy and falling asleep in class.

We are looking into getting a dog. K has been begging me for one for awhile now and C wants one really bad. I have said no way for the longest time, but I relented. We want one that is already house broken and not a puppy. I already checked with my insurance agent to find out the breeds I can't have. K wants a beagle and I want a teacup poodle. Yeah imagine me. Big ol' tattooed biker dude wanting a teacup poodle. I can't afford a teacup, but we are looking around at what is out there. We have found out that adopting from a shelter is a big pain in the ass with all these different stipulations like: fenced in yard, home inspections, waiting periods, fees and all kinds of hassles. It's just not worth it. We have turned to the papers to see what is out there. I am kind of excited now and looking forwards to it. It will be a big step for us as a family. I personally have not had a pet in about 17 years. K has been heartbroken over pets in the past cause she has had to give up so many of them for negative reasons like their asshole roommates. I could tell you some stories, but I will leave that for another time. C has respected my right to say no to a pet. I have had a change of heart because of that and I know they really want one. I like animals, but I know they can be a lot of responsibility. I feel like that if we can all accept that responsibility as a family it will work. Did I mention I am excited now?

Well listen, I am going to settle into my chair and let my mind unwind.

Y'all take care!
Cornbread

Tired but can't sleep- Thats a bite!!!

Howdy Folks,

Have not posted the last few days cause I have been either doing stuff with the club, sleeping or working. Mostly working. I am supposed to be asleep now but my eyes are wide open.

Friday night there was a fight at the bar, but I missed it. I didn't work that night. The rest of the weekend was quiet but I had to work a lot of hours.

C and I had a nice evening together. We saw her boss at one of his restaurants and he bought us dinner. Then we picked up some Cinnamon rolls and strolled around the mall. It's nice to hang out with my sweetheart.

Saw dad today at the nursing home. The lady across the hall died. For him it is like loosing a neighbor. Other than that he seemed to be doing O.K.

It's in the 30s tonight and tomorrow night it's supposed to be in the 20s. Cold weather for a day or two and then it will warm up for a day or two. Crazy Georgia weather.

Well Listen, I'm going to try and go to sleep.

Take care!

Cornbread

Another quiet night at the bar

Howdy folks!!
Got off work a little while ago. Came home and fixed some ramen noodles with a egg cracked in it. Good hot late night meal. Got to go grocery shopping soon and pick up stuff that is quick and easy to fix when I get home. Running low.

C and I have opposite schedules with her working in the daytime and I at night, it is hard to get together to do things except on the weekends. The weekends always seem busy for us.

Tonite at the bar was quiet. We had karaoke. That crowd is usually no problem. The were some ladies that came in tonite who's brother had died about 6 months back. He use to bounce there a long time ago under one of the former owners. They remembered the place and came there to party and remember him. I thought it was kind of cool.

C's cold is getting worse. She is one who never gets sick. Even all the times when I have been so sick it's all that I can do to function, she never gets sick. I left work tonight and brought her some cold medicine. I came home and she was sleeping good. I usually wake her up and kiss her good night to let her know I am home. Tonite I let her sleep.

Well, I'm winding down. I am going to get in my easy chair and smoke a few cigarettes and then go to sleep. I don't know if I have ever mentioned this, but C sleeps in the bed and I sleep in my chair in the living room. I have sleep apnea and it helps if I sleep sitting up. I sleep better and I don't stop breathing as much. I don't wake her when I am up moving around at 3 in the morning either.

Y'all take care!
Cornbread

Good evening!!!

Hey Folks,
It's a little after midnight. C has gone to bed as well as K.

It's been a long week. Earlier this week I had to take C up to the VA out of town for a visit to their emergency room. Nothing life threatening. We just needed to go and that was the best time to go. We got there at 11:30 at night and she didn't get seen till 5 that morning. She kept getting bumped back for more serious cases. We made it back home at around 8 that morning, after being up all night and driving 3 hours one way to get there. C got a few hours sleep and her boss let her come in late for work.

I've been doing O.K. Getting over a cold that K gave to me and now C has it. I guess we just pass around the love. K went back to school Tuesday and went back to work too. She is doing well.

Saw dad today. He is doing O.K. His girlfriend was there for a visit. He is always in good spirits when she is around.

Gas is over 3 bucks a gallon here. The weather is hot for this time of year. In the 70s.

Not a lot to post tonite. It's my night off. I'm wide awake. Thought I would say howdy!

Y'all take care now, Ya hear?

6am sunday and another post

Hey Folks,
Been up all night. Got off work and had to straiten out some bullshit for a friend. Came home and made C and I bacon and eggs. C is in the bed sleeping right now. I have a headache and can't sleep. But hey breakfast at 5am with the woman I love was great. Bless her heart she is so tired though. I was sitting in my chair trying to go to sleep and it wasn't 5 minutes and I could hear her sawing logs.

I asked C about my last post. I didn't mean to sound like I was destitute with nothing to eat. Things have not got that bad yet. Just a little tight that's all. We are doing well and the bills are paid.

Talked to my Godmother yesterday who I haven't spoken to in awhile. Caught up on things. It was really great to talk to her. I don't go to church anymore which I am shure the catholic church considers a sin. But hey I don't consider myself tied to any denomination anymore. I believe God is everywhere.

My mind is fried right now from thinking about some of the bullshit that is going on between people I know at the bar. When it's your friends it's hard not to get involved to some point. I hate seeing people getting used or someone being a user. Even if I know them it pisses me off.

Well listen I really do need to get in my chair and try to get some sleep.

Y'all take care!
Cornbread

2:30 am and I thought I would post

Hey Y'all!
It has been colder than a well diggers ass down here the last few nights. Right now it's in the upper 20's. (28-30f) Last night I didn't drip my water till I got home from work at about 1 am. It was 25 by then. My well froze up. This morning I was up and on the phone with the well guy. I went out and bought a propane torch and started heating pipes until I got it unfroze. Finally got the water back on about 11 this morning. Man what a pain in the ass. All because I didn't check the weather and thought it was supposed to be warming up last night. When it got cold I didn't think to tell C to drip the pipes. I was at work and she was at home. Her and I both had to call the sheriff on the neighbors who were having a very loud party down the block from the house and keeping everybody awake. I guess I had my mind on that.

C is from Michigan and they have heaters on all their pipes that they turn on every winter so frozen pipes aren't a problem as much. Down here in the south it's a whole lot different with maintaining a well in cold weather instead of using public water like she is use to up north. We got schooled and I am kicking myself in the ass for letting it happen. My dad taught me better. Needless to say the faucets are dripping tonite.

Things are a little tight right now with the small paychecks from the last few weeks but we are getting by. I overspent this week. Man a hundred bucks ain't nothing nowadays. Everything is so expensive since the last time I lived on my own. I am use to having money in the bank and not having to worry about my spending within reason. Since I have invested everything in this house and land I am having to get better at using my money wisely. I don't think I have caught on yet. More schooling. I have been truly poor before with barely enough money to put gas in my truck and eat but that has been awhile ago. I am having to relearn or call up those lessons from the past and it's not been easy. It's all habits and being smart. If you think you never stop learning or have to relearn things in life, your right. I know I can do it. I just stumble and have to get on my feet again. I am not going to let my family go down. One thing I have learned is God will provide for my needs, I just have to be a good steward of what he gives me.

Well listen it's after 3 as I finish this so I am going to go in the living room and get in my chair and smoke a few cigarettes.

Take care!
Cornbread