Keep on Rolling Baby!

Well, I just can't seem to get my 600 series no matter how hard I try or how good I bowl. Saturday Jan. 28th we bowled in a tournament and I bowled like crap but tonight I bowled my highest series so far a 583 only 17 pins from the 600 I wanted to get. I probably could have got it to but I bowled 3 splits in a row and only picked up one. And amazingly I picked up all my ten pins which is very hard for me to do. I shouldn't be so hard on myself but I wanted that 600 series really bad. I guess the Lord is trying to keep me humble and not letting me get a big head or something. My first game I bowled a 192 the second game I bowled a 201 and needed a 207 the last game but came up 17 pins short and bowled a 190. I would have got it if I hadn't bowled those splits. I guess there will be a next time. But I have to be happy anyways for beating my 569 series which was my highest until tonight. Ok enough about bowling! But I have nothing else to say so this is a good place to end.

Redneck Homes for Uncle Tim

Hey, I think I found you some House's you'd like

Owner's Quote:

"When we bought the place in '73 it was in pretty rough shape. But with some hard work, TLC and the help of several of our unemployed friends... well, see for yourself! It's a dream bungalow."

Special Features:

* Front yard has plenty of space for kids to play or shoot at passing vehicles.

* "NO TRESPASSING" sign on garage door guaranteed to keep undesirables out (white trash hate it when you rifle through their junk).

* Notice old single bed headboard next to front door (broken when father got too excited in daughter's room).

* "Lawn furniture" in front of garage perfect for sitting around, drinking cheap liquor and harassing passing ladies of the night.

Owner's Quote:
"A restaurant on Scott Road went belly up a few years ago. I took one look at their awning and knew that with a few minor modifications it'd be perfect for my place. The only thing that sucks is after driving home drunk I have to pull myself up that bloody winding staircase!"

Special Features:

* Lovely awnings - perfect for produce vendors & garage sale peddlers; also a great place at top of stairs for all you to use when that quick change of disguise is required! Giant tear in awning from when owner threw his mother out the window during a card game dispute.

* Foliage in foreground adds quaint charm to home-made aluminum fence.

* House needs some repairs but nothing that a man can't accomplish with a pry bar, door shimmy and a shotgun. Maintenance is minimal for a family always on the run.

* Spiral staircase is prominently featured on outside of house as it was too big to fit through the doorway.

* Garage only used on Sundays.

* Well designed privacy fence - low landscaping costs, and overhead wiring - with capacity to power a "growing" family.

* Plenty of parking for at least three flatdeck trucks.

* Priced to sell as owner is moving to a tax free haven for the next 5 to 10 years.

Owner's Quote:
"Yeah, sure it's got a narrow front door, eh. So? We haven't used it for over 20 years. Well, at least since the old lady couldn't fit her rear end through it."

Special Features:

* Tucked away in a grove of moth-infested trees, this is the perfect love nest. And the better trees (dead & rotting) attract hundreds of woodpeckers - great for musicians and the hard of hearing!

* BEST FEATURE: Garage has it's own fireplace - check out the chimney!

* Shanty style greenhouse next to driveway large enough for at least two dozen pot plants.

* Eye catching window coverings.

* Wild rhubarb invading front yard is a nice addition to the quality landscaping.

* Conveniently situated to view recent rash of drive-by shootings.

* Money no problem - professional onsite laundering services available.

Owner's Quote:

"After we got ripped off five or six times we decided to do something about it. A six-foot chain link fence with barbed wire and 5 dobermans did the job. It also makes our son feel more at home when he visits on day passes from Matsqui Prison."

Special Features:

* These folks are so paranoid they put the bird house OUTSIDE the fence (see middle right of photo).

* Enough dandelions to supply a herb wholesaler for two years. Hold on - maybe those thiefs were after the dandelion wine?

* I still don't know if the rotting stench was of animal, human or alien origin.

* Pamper yourself! Quicksand in backyard can be used for uninvited guest's swimming pool.

Owner's Quote:

"Why are you taking pictures of my house? Gimme that camera, you wiseass jerk!"

[Leroy was hostile at first, thinking I was from Revenue Canada. He warmed up after I told him his home would be featured on the internet along with his telephone number so chicks could call him. Ended up drinking homemade firewater with him on the rear patio until a police raid next door put an end to our socializing...]

Special Features:

* Five foot clearance in carport perfect for diminutive folks.

* Tasteful "Termites Not Welcome" mailbox sign has worked for 3 of the last 5 years!

* "Sub Par" rating comes from rusted roof pipes (ripped off from a vintage WW II Russian submarine) - great for closeup views of night traffic and roving drug dealers.

* Peeling paint on siding gives this showhome the hot new "distressed" look.

* Tenants live rent-flea (6,500 cockroaches can't be wrong).

* Never worry about dry rot again - this has plenty!

* Don't let the surrounding low rental condos fool you - this one's a steal (it's steal on the market after 18 years).

See anything you like? Uncle Tim? LOL just kidding... just thought these were funny and since you were house hunting I thought I'd post it on my Blog for you to see it too!

And Last but not Least .......

GO! PITTSBURG STEELERS!!!! WOOO HOOO!!!!

OK I'M A BLONDE......

Pittsburg did make it to the Super Bowl and they don't Play next week. should have checked out their web page first before I wrote the first Blog lol But they will still Win lol Not sure who they will be playing against yet though. guess I will find out wont I lol.

WOO HOO STEELERS!!!!!!!

Well, another victory for the Pittsburg Steelers!!! I have all the faith they will go to the Super Bowl and Win it this year. Last year I cried when they lost but they had a tuff team to play. Both teams were 15-1. But this year I'm hoping they will win. At least they beat the snot out of the Broncos ha ha ha. Sorry Uncle Tim maybe next year want some tissues? You at least stuck up for your team and that is admirable but the Steelers didn't show any mercy on your team. It was fun wish I could have watched the Game with you that would have been even better to rub it in. Like I said we should have made a bet on the game I could have used the extra bucks. (snickers) Well you can cheer me on for the next 2 weeks. We are having a Super Bowl party at the Bowling alley. Yes I have to bowl during the game which will be a distraction and I prolly won't Bowl very good lol. As long as they keep tommy Maddox out of the game we will be ok lol. I guess I don't have much else to say right now except....

GO STEELERS!!!!!

BEN ROCKS!!!!

Don't live life in the gutter!

Bowling to me... is similar to life in general. Sometimes life can put you in the gutter and you feel like your at the lowest point and you can't get any lower. But then instead of gutter balls you start throwing your ball where it stays on the lane. Practicing harder to get those strikes and spares. But still you end up throwing splits or can't pick up your spares. Same as life and relationships you break up and seem to not be able to pick up the pieces of your life. Then you learn from your mistakes and you start throwing more spares and more strikes, and life seems to be good for awhile then all of a sudden your throw your ball wrong or drop it, back to the gutter you go. Life will always have its ups and downs. And so will bowling. You can't throw a perfect game continously game after game. And life will never be the same day after day. So try not to let life get you in the gutter.

Sorry I don't have much to say today. Waiting to watch the game tomorrow and see the Steelers win!

Kick the Broncos in the @$$

GO.... STEELERS...... GO!!!!!!!!!

More Bowling!!!

I went to see my doctor (psychiatrist) I just think He is such a nice man. I've been seeing him as a patient for about 2 years now. I suffer from some social anxiety among other things. I know what your thinking ..How cam I have social anxiety if I bowl so much. Well Bowling is part of my therapy so to say. Dr. Gates wants me to get out of the house or otherwise I'd just stay home and never go anywhere, so in order to get me out of the house it has to be something that I really like enough to make me get enough motivation to do it. Now I have my anxiety as I'm bowling too especially If I think that I'm being watched. So I will stand there and let the people on both sides of me go first so nobody is waiting on me. And I bowl with people on my teams that encourage me when I'm down on my game and cheer for me when I'm having a good game. Plus they all have bad days too.

Sunday night I bowl with Krystal, Chad and Larry. Krystal will have her good moments but she has a lower average then I do. Chad is like me he can have excellent games one week and crappy games the next. Larry is a very good bowler and he never puts any of us down or makes us feel like he's better then us. He has a 196 average. And tries to help us improve by telling us little things that he can see from standing back and watching and tells us what we need to do to fix it. Well I don't think I'll ever be able to pick the ten pin up everytime like him especially throwing a curve ball. But I am getting better at picking up the 7 pin and all he had to tell me was to roll the ball don't throw it and it goes there all by itself. Larry is also fun to bowl with because he can make us laugh til our stomachs hurt. Try bowling and laughing at the same time. It doesn't work to well.

Monday night I bowl with Missy, Regina and most of the time her husband Randy. We have had trouble keeping a 4th person on this night. Randy doesn't really want to bowl with us but he does it cause we force him too. lol He just bowled a 768 series last night. And is first place team in the city doubles this year. Regina and me are the same age and we have fun. When we are doing well and winning we (try to dance ) like M.c. Hammer's "can't touch this" and it makes everyone laugh. We also have to get serious and talk to our balls sometimes lol no pun intended. Sometimes we have to put our balls in time out. Sometimes acting stupid can be fun lol. Missy is Steve Ernst's wife. My ex- husband is Paul Ernst, Steve's brother. When I broke up with Paul, Missy and Stevie told me "just because your not with Paul anymore doesn't mean we can't still be friends. So that really meant a lot to me. And I still keep our friendship going. Missy is fun to bowl with too. She mostly just laughs at me and Regina. Bowling on this team there is no pressure of what place your in we just go to have a good time.

Thursday night we have 5 of us and no schedule to rotate bowlers. So we just all go and decide when we get there who's bowling lol. Kathy, Debbie, and Brenda are all sisters. So we get the see them pick on each other and that's funny sometimes. Brenda is married to Paul's oldest brother Mark and they own the bowling alley "lake Shore Lanes". They have a house that truly would be my dream house. It's gorgeous. They have a huge yard and pond. They have a huge ox roast every summer. I didn't go last year because I didn't want to see Paul there. Plus I was with Bill doing other things like camping etc. This last thanksgiving and Christmas Brenda and Mark was running one of the local food pantries and bought some of the food themselves and the bowling alley pitched in some too. Laurie is fun to bowl with she is the other person on our team. The end of the month of January our team (all 5 of us) is going to bowl in a tournament. Only 1st and 2nd place teams of the first half out of all the leagues during the week are bowling in this tournament. We got lucky. 2nd place team on our league couldn't bowl ( I think because they only had 4 people and they need 5) so it got handed to us. It is going to be a handicap tournament too so Brenda says we have a good chance of winning it. Yeah right Brenda!!! I'll do my best. That's all I can do.

Well I don't mean to bore everyone with all the bowling stuff but that's all I could think of to talk about. Dr. Gates said that blogging is a good way to talk about things. ( because I don't like going to group therapy) but this is kind of a group therapy. I try to not write about really depressing things because I want people to read my blogs and if it's depressing then who wants to read it. Plus I'm not good at sharing that much about myself yet.

correction to Bill's story

Obviously I'm not a fishing person because if i was I would have known the difference between trout line and trotline. Lol ya gotta love me anyways I tried. I'm sure you guys out there gota laugh outta that. Yes dad it was a Blonde moment. Sheesh give me a break! Anyways it was trotlines that Bill had out there not trout lines. But you prolly knew that already I'm sure. Hey nobody is perfect. I'm not that's for sure.

Bill's fishing stories

Well, Since there are a few people reading my blog that like to fish, I thought I would share a fishing story that my boyfriend Bill told to me.

He used to live in Texas when he was married to his first wife, bout' years or so ago. He lived close to the bayou down there not sure of the name of it, anyways he worked 3rd shift and when he got off work he would go to the bayou and check on his trout lines. He would tie one end of the line to a tree and tie trout lines with swivels and hooks about every 5 feet apart off the main line until he had about 150 hooks out there in the water.

Well, one day after he got off work it had rained the night before and the water level had rose higher then his line was, so it was under the water level and he had to lean over the boat and hold his breath and submerge the upper part of his body into the water so he could reach far enough to grab his line. He had a friend with his that day and he was doing the same thing. There were a lot of hooks they had to check out. After they were done they were headed back to shore and seen a alligator on the banks about 6 to 8 feet long. His friend said to Bill "there are alligators that big in here?" Bill never really thought that there was alligators that big in there just smaller ones like 4 feet or so. Then his friend said again " and we had our heads in the water? What were we thinking?" I told him when he told me that you were checking your lines and baiting them again and the whole time you was alligator bait with your heads in the water like that. But I watch the discovery channel a lot and already know that alligators aren't usually aggressive animals. But I still wouldn't have my head in the water like they did.

Another quick story because it starts out the same almost, Bill's out there in the lake pulling up one of his trout lines and this one that he's pulling on is really heavy. He's pulling it slow so he doesn't snap his line and pulls more and more until he seen two eyeballs, spaced 3 feet apart. He had a catfish that was big enough to swallow him whole on the end of that trout line. It had obviously eaten another fish that was caught on that line. As soon as that catfish seen Bill it turned and snapped that line and it was gone.

"Talk about the fish that got away." he said he would have cut the line anyways. There was no way he was going to put that thing in the boat with him.

Here are some links about huge catfish like Bill seen.

http://www.snopes.com/critters/lurkers/catfish.htm

http://www.arkansassportsmanmag.com/fishing/catfish-fishing/ar_aa080404a/

I'm not dead yet.. so I'll keep on bowling!!!

It's been a difficult past few days. I'm only 32 soon to be 33 years old but arthritis has settled in my joints already. This time its been my back hurting the most but close behind that is my knees. I love to bowl and sometimes my arthritis can get in the way of bowling any good games.

I currently Bowl on 3 leagues. Sunday, Monday, and Thursday. Sunday is a mixed men and women league and my average that night is 155. Monday is also a mixed men and women league and my average that night is 160. Thursday is just a womens league and my average that night is a 165. Sometimes bowling my averages can be difficult when my knees and ankles hurt or my fingers and wrists or elbows. My arthritis seems to be everywhere i bend now and thats not good because I still have a lot of years left to go and from here on out looks like I'm going to have a lot of pain to go with those years.

I haven't thrown in the towel just yet on bowling. As long as i can still hang onto the ball and walk I'll give it my best shot. I may not get any better then what I am able to do now, even though I'd like to Bowl at least one 600 series before I die. Or better then that. But I can complain I think I'm a decent bowler anyways. The first half of bowling has ended and our Thursday team took all the awards for highest team series ,highest team acutal pins, Highest game, and Highest average. The highest game was Laurie a girl on our team she bowled a 259 and Brenda, Laurie, and I have the highest averages in the whole womens league. Brenda has a 168 mine is 165 and Laurie's is a 163. I also won a few pins and patches and I got 2 towels for star of the month but on 2 seperate leagues. Also had my name in the paper for my 223 game and last Thursday I Bowled a 231 so it will probably be in the newspaper again. That's all I have to say for now I guess. Til I write again ......God Bless!

AMEN ANDY ROONEY !

Andy Rooney said on "60 Minutes" a few weeks back:

I don't think being a minority makes you a victim of anything except numbers.

The only things I can think of that are truly discriminatory are things like the United Negro College Fund, Jet Magazine, Black Entertainment Television, and Miss Black America.

Try to have things like the UnitedCaucasianCollege Fund,

Cloud Magazine, White Entertainment Television, or Miss White America; and see what happens...Jesse Jackson will be knocking down your door!!!

Guns do not make you a killer. I think killing makes you a killer. You can kill someone with a baseball bat or a car, but no one is trying to ban you from driving to the ball game.

I believe they are called the Boy Scouts for a reason, that is why there are no girls allowed. Girls belong in the Girl Scouts! ARE YOU LISTENING MARTHA BURKE?

I have the right "NOT" to be tolerant of others because they are different, weird, or tick me off.

When 70% of the people who get arrested are black, in cities where 70% of the population is black, that is not racial profiling, it is the Law of Probability.

I believe that if you are selling me a milkshake, a pack of cigarettes, a newspaper or a hotel room, you must do it in English! As a matter of fact, if you want to be an American citizen, you should have to speak... " English!"

I think the police should have every right to shoot your sorry ass if you threaten them after they tell you to stop. If you can't understand the word "freeze" or "stop" in English, see the above bold words!

My father and grandfather didn't die in vain so you can leave the countries you were born in to come over and disrespect ours.

I don't think just because you were not born in this country, you are qualified for any special loan programs, government sponsored bank loans or tax breaks, etc., so you can open a hotel, coffee shop, trinket store, or any other business.

We did not go to the aid of certain foreign countries and risk our lives in wars to defend their freedoms, so that decades later they could come over here and tell us our constitution is a living document; and open to their interpretations.

I think that if you feel homosexuality is wrong, it is not a phobia, it is an opinion.

I don't hate the rich. I don't pity the poor.

I think Bill Gates has every right to keep every penny he made and continue to make more. If it ticks you off, go and invent the next operating system that's better, and put your name on the building.

I know pro wrestling is fake, but so are movies and television. That doesn't stop you from watching them.

It doesn't take a whole village to raise a child right, but it does take a parent to stand up to the kid; and smack their little behinds when necessary, and say "NO!"

I think tattoos and piercing are fine if you want them, but please don't pretend they are a political statement. And, please, stay home until that new lip ring heals. I don't want to look at your ugly infected mouth as you serve me French fries!

I am sick of "Political Correctness."

I know a lot of black people, and not a single one of them was born in Africa; so how can they be "African-Americans"?

Besides, Africa is a continent.

I don't go around saying I am a European-American

because my great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather was from Europe

I am proud to be from America and nowhere else.

And if you don't like my point of view, tough...

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!

It is said that 86% of Americans believe in God.

Therefore I have a very hard time understanding why there is such a problem in having

"In God We Trust" on our money

and having "God" in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Why don't we just tell the 14% to Shut Up and BE QUIET!!!

Just a few words from me: Holly!
I can't believe he said all that ,but it expresses my views exactly. I AGREE!!

I added the cartoons to this statement that Andy Rooney made

just so it wouldn't be so boring to read.

Sorry if you think it was too long!