Some things I enjoy...

The Lady of my ol' ranch house and I recently watched a DVD by Elizabeth Gaskell called "Wives and Daughters". It was my first exposure to Elizabeth Gaskell and I enjoyed it enormously. We have enjoyed watching such things together very much... ...we also noted how very similar Jane Austin's work is. In fact we have managed to collect DVDs of all (I think) of her stuff except "Northanger Abby" and we even have some repeats---some A&E and BBC productions of the same thing like "Pride and Prejudice" (one of my favorites) and have watched most of them repeatedly.
Now I'm not too sure what Ol' 'Lanche thinks of these stories---I tend to get the idea he would rather be grazing out of earshot somewhere when we go to watching them. But I do wonder if there are a few other folks who like these sort of things too. What say you all?

Friends...

Ol' 'Lanche and I really appreciate our friends. We love 'em all. It seems to me like I'm especially blessed with all the friends that I have. I suppose everyone feels the same way pretty much but I just wanted to say so "out loud". After all, the scriptures do teach us that hidden love is worse than an open rebuke (Prov 27:5). I seem to recall a buncha years ago being brought up short by that scripture and have tried to be a better person in that regard than I was before.
Anyhow, I wasn't thinkin' of doin' a sermon---I was actually thinkin' on how much a couple of my friends have really showed me love recently. One of them actually volunteered to do yard work for me---mowing lawns and such. He's been a real Pal and I love hanging out with him and doing all kinds of fun stuff like lookin' at cars, motorcycles, trucks, trains and more.
Another friend (a very awesome and special person) having heard of my being ill recently (I am quite well now, Thank our God who heals) sent me one of those Hallmark Get well e-cards or whatever they're called and it absolutely made my day, week, month...!!! In fact I've pulled it up to see it more than just once---it was just way cool and cute and got me to chucklin' for quite a spell and still spurs a silly grin on my ol' mug whenever I happen to think of it---and somehow I just felt better all over for having received it!!! It even tickled Ol' 'Lanche's funny bone!!!
Now this blogging thing. Ol' 'Lanche and I kinda cotton to it! We like being able to stay in touch with our friends this way---it's awesome!!! May the good things it inspires in us continue...

YAY!!! It's Baseball Season!!!

I suppose ya'lls mostly know by now thet Ol' 'Lanche and I are San Francisco Giants fans. We are hoping for them to be in the World Series this year. Not only that but to WIN the World Series decisively. In fact we are hoping for a Red Sox vs. Giants World Series where the Red Sox get trounced and the Giants win it all! GO GIANTS!!! Now let the sagebrush rustle in the breeze... 8~)