Hey Everyone,
Well its another day in Paradise here on Poverty Hill. We're having a cold wave pass through, its down to almost 88. Thinkin about unpackin my sweaters and jackets.
...lol. Here it is mid August and I'm ready for the cool weather, gawd there is just no way to satisfy some people; In the winter I can't wait for the summer...
I'm really looking forward to this winter though, I'm gonna get to take my oldest Grandson hunting, I don't know who's more ready me or him....I was the same way with both of my sons, I wanted them to share my passion for hunting and game preservation.
Well it worked, they both do. Now during hunting season I can't get rid of them...laffin. They may not come up much during the year, but you can bet your sweet butt, come deer season, you'll see all you want of them and then some...joking.
I remember back when I took my youngest son deer hunting for the first time. We were up early, way before daylight, well actually I don't think Steve even went to sleep he was so excited. I prepared us a big breakfast and we ate and talked over "The Plan," to bring home some meat. Well it was about 10 degrees that morning, the frost was on the ground and we were walking into the woods just before daylight..brrrrrr it was cold. Steve had on so many clothes he looked like the Michelin Man on the tire commercial. Anyway we sat down and got quiet...Steve was looking around, wiggling, talking, all the things you're not supposed to do. I looked up and saw a huge deer standing not 40 yards away and nudged Steve. He saw the deer and got all excited. He raised his gun to his shoulder and fired a round at the big deer. To my amazment the deer just stood there and looked at us. He had missed, shaking so bad with excitment that he couldn't hold the gun steady. I smiled and looked at him and told him to reload and shoot again, well he did and the deer ran off, Steve missing it cleanly. He looked at me and started crying, I told him don't worry son there will be lots of deer in your life. He said I know Dad, but I got so excited I pee'd all over myself..........laffin. That was the end of that hunt......lol
So now I can't wait to take my Grandson, we'll see what happens with him.
Yall come if ya can, the doors always open.

Hugs n Handshakes

TW

Chillin

Hey Everyone,
Did ya ever have one of those days that you didn't want to do anything, I mean absolutely nothing. Well I've been having lots of those here lately, I just can't seem to get my motor running. Except for being short of breath, I really don't feel bad. Its just that I don't want to talk, socialize.........nothing.....thats what I want to do absolutely nothing, and that is definitely not like me. I'm not really depressed becuase I have nothing to be depressed about, I'm alive, I've been here lots longer than anyone said I would. I just don't know, maybe its like a friend of mine said, maybe its just the summertime blues. OK thats enuff of my belly aching.
Not much to report up here on Poverty Hill, just the heat. I've been hanging pretty close to the house, I usually go out every morning and tinker around until around 9am and then come back in and don't go back out until 6pm. That is unless I have something that I absolutely have to do, which isn't very often. I've always been an outdoors person, I love anything to do with the outdoors, but the heat has never bothered me like it has this year. I can't wait till it starts cooling off some so Levi and I can get out and walk in the woods. Laffin, I can open the door and ask Levi if he wants to go outside and he just looks at me as if asking, "Are you crazy"?
Think I'm gonna break out the ice cream maker today and make up some homemade strawberry ice cream, you know with the big chuncks of strawberry in it, mMMMMmmmmmmmmmm.
Well like I said not much to blog about, guess I'll get outta here and see if Miss Judi has anything she wants to do today. Hope everyone is doing good, till next time God Bless Yall and if ya over this way be sure and give us a holler. The doors aways open for ya.

Hugs and Handshakes

TW

Support Group Meeting

Heyz everyone, Ole TW has been chillin in the A/C. This has been a hot summer and still got lots of it to go. Hope yall stayin cool and beatin this heat. Well Missy Judi and I had a first this past week. We met some new friends, it was the first time since being diagnosed with Pulmonary Hypertension that we had ever met anyone else with this terrible disease. I was completely amazed, they all knew exactly what I was talking about, and better yet I understood what they were saying. You know things like, down days, shortness of breath, aches, pains....you know the regular PH thingy. I thought I was the only one in the world that knew what I was talking about.......lol....No, not really, I've learned a lot and met a lot of people on the PHA website. But the truth is it's entirely different being able to stand face to face with someone else who has PH. It was sorta like feeling right at home if ya know what i mean. Anyway we had a great time, met lots of new friends and we are looking forward to the next meeting. If ya get a chance and don't have another thing in the world to do, you could see our website along with a few pics we took at http://www.orgsites.com/ms/mobilephers/
Other than that not much is happening around here, I've been piddling around trying to keep from being bored. Miss Judi has been keeping a pretty tight rein on me, she acts like I'm sick or something......hmmmmmm. I still sneak off when she's not lookin though, just to look at the cows, or the garden..........life is good.
Well folks i better get offa here for now, thinkin about ramblin on down to the creek just to get outta the house, well not ramble, more like get on that fandangled four wheeler thang and ride. Yall come when ya can.....the door is always open here on Poverty Hill.

Hugs N Handshakes

TW

Hi Everyone, glad to see you could stop by. Lordy it has been "HOT" here, temps of 100+ about every day and the humidity is terrible. For a lil porker like me it makes getting outside to do anything just about impossible. I figure as long as the lectrik company keeps working, I'll keep the A/C pumpin though. I've mostly just been stayin inside watchin the tube and playin on the puter, but after a while you get tired of that. Ain't been much happenings going on around here if there was I'd know about it cause Miss Judi is in with the local gossip group and she hears everything.
I've been watching on the TV about the candidates for President, yeah I told ya I was bored. I've never been one big into politics because in the military we weren't allowed to voice our opinion and of course I was in the military for 29 years, so most of my life I haven't been much involved except to vote. Looks to me though we don't have a lot to choose from. I had someone ask me the other day how I was gonna vote. I just politely looked at him and told him "Secret Ballot". But really in truly I guess this is a history making year, with a woman and a black man running for president, the world is changing every day. I don't know whether its getting worse or getting better. I guess the main gripe that I would have is that it seems our country would rather give funds to other countries to take care of their people, than to take care of their own people right here in the United States. I'll never figure that one out. Looks almost like they have their priorities all messed up. Don't get me wrong, I'm a patriot, and love my country, but someone needs to take the bull by the horns and get it headed in the right direction. I'm wondering if any
of the candidate for President can do that. I guess we'll see!
I don't have those problems here on Poverty Hill, seeing as how I'm self appointed.
I take care of my people (Judi and myself), I send no money to other countries (because we don't have any), and I absolutely know for a fact who really runs things on Poverty Hill (Miss Judi). Guess thats enough for my political prowess.
Guess me and Miss Judi is going to our first Support Group Meeting in Mobile on Tuesday 29 July, we're looking forward to meeting everyone there. Judi and I have never met anyone else that has Pulmonary Hypertension, it will be nice to talk to someone that really understands and has the same problems. We went 5 years without a Support Group in our area and now within 2 months we have two of them, both within a 2 hour drive. I'm glad people are finally waking up and getting involved.
Well I've jabbered enough, I know by know you're bored so I'll hush and get off of here. Just remember if you're ever in our area, the door is always open, and you are truly welcome.

Hugs and Handshakes

TW

Boring Days on Poverty Hill

Hey Everyone, here it is Friday again, time sure does fly. I've been a lil busy lately, my rear end feels like it grown to my chair from sittin in front of this computer thang. I've been just a learning all kinds of new stuff and I may be gonna quit Mayorin and go into the website bizness. Yep thats right, the world wide web, sounds sorta important don't it? Naw not really, I just been buildin a website for my PH Support Group. It's sorta fun, but ya gotta know a little of that HTML language. I think it must be foreign, judgin by the name of it. Anyway its been a lot of fun making it, sorta kills the time in between my naps...LOL. Ole Levi my beloved companion and I have bout turned into couch potatoes, its been so hot I hate to even go outside before 6 or 7 o'clock, Poverty Hill time that is. I've bout picked outta peas so the pea pickin is coming to a close. Miss Judi has been a puttin em up in the freezer, what I ain't been eating. Nothin like a mess of fresh grown vegetables. Ya know thats something you don't see very much any more, people growing their own vegetables that is. I think people would rather buy em and pay a riciculous price than get out and do it themselves. Well, cepting those folks that don't have a place for a garden, then its understandable.
I don't know whats been wrong with me lately, I just haven't felt like doing much of anything. I don't feel sick, but I just don't have any energy and these chest pains have really been bothering me. The doc didn't see anything wrong when he did my left heart cath last month, well no more than was already there, but I just can't understand why I'm hurting like I am. Guess I'll just attribute it to gettin old, and thank the Lord I'm getting older...lol
Well not much to report, nothin much has been happening up on Poverty Hill. I guess things are good, no bad news is good news. I reckon I better be a moseyin, it's bout time for chores, Yall come back when ya can, maybe they'll be some happenins around here to tell ya about. Till then the doors always open.

Hugs N Handshakes

TW