thanks for giving day

Over the river and through the woods to my mothers house I go ... All in all I had an OK holiday , I don't get along with my mother very well , But she begged me to go ... after hours of protest, I gave in and went.

The best part of the visit was that she lives up in the mountains (thick forest of pine trees) Waking up in the morning after it had snowed all night was breath-taking, I wish I had remembered my camera. It definately felt like a Holiday sitting in front of the fireplace, looking out the picture window, watching deer (a dow and 3 fawns) nibble grasses they found that wern't covered by the new snow , When I went out to the porch to smoke my stinkin' cigarettes the deer just looked at me, then kept on nibbling only a few feet away from me .. if I had some apples I'm sure they would have eaten out of my hand ... it was a perfect day to kick off the holiday season (next time I'll bring my camera)

My Boy Ben ... turned 30 THIRTY!!! the big 3-0 !!! ... golly how time flies , Happy Birthday Benji !!!

Happy Birthday Jack !!!

this really is becoming a "Birthday Blog" ... lots of Birthdays this time of year.

Well , time sure flies when you're having fun , I can't belive it has been a year since my last Birthday Pizza ... this summer went by too fast , but I did get out a lot and got a lot of excersise and a good tan !
Now I'm settleing down for winter ... I'll listen to a LOT of music and reminisce of the good ol' days, and play online spades with all my wonderful friends from all corners of the world, and hopefully meet some new ones.

It's time to turn on Led Zeppelin, light some insense, and fill up on Reese's peanut butter cups , but not ruin my appetite for pizza !

1965 Birthday ... laughing Jack ! ... smiling Jack ! ... Happy Jack ! ... Jackpot ! ... those are the nicnames I was given early in my life, I loved to laugh and I loved to be tickled ... Thank you ! to all of my friends who keep me happy and keep me laughing ... it's good medicine.

1966 Birthday ... it looks like everyone is enjoying my toys ! ... LOL ... Mom writes; The kids were all in the spirit of the party so they all drew pictures and made paper objects de'arte' and wrapped them up and gave them to Jack , Jack ooohed and aaahhed and I think Jack enjoyed them as much, if not more, then the "bought" presents. ... I think that really discribes my personality, I haven't changed much.