Postcard Friendship Friday (01/30)

My sweet friend Marie at Viola! Cpaphil Vintage Postcards is up to something. She asked me to put a postcard on my blog today, so, this is what this post is all about. Check out her site for more details ... :o)

Here ya go Marie! Careful there ... it's an old card. Don't wanna damage it.


What is she up too .... ???? Let's go see ...


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Savannah National Wildlife Refuge

We went migratory bird watching in the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge yesterday. I had to punch out early but I'm glad I made the effort to go. It was overcast and rainy most of the day but we still had fun.

The whole album is on-line at this link, for anyone interested. :o)

Savannah National Wildlife Refuge
It's actually located in South Carolina
just to the northeast of Savannah, Georgia.
Common Shovelers (Duck)
Common Shoveler (Duck)
Coots crossing the road
Alligators on the banks
Just a pretty, tranquil scene.
Cormorants and one Anhinga on the bottom limb
Bald Eagle
China Berry Tree
Great Blue Heron
Shhhh, look, a Wild Sparky!
(This is what I enjoy when I'm not
searching for missing Sapphires
and saving blog buddies from shark infested pools.)
The country sure has cute guys. [Hi Sweetie!]
The Weyenhauser Pulp Plant is a bit of a smelly blight,
but it's jobs for many.

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Tan Lines And The Weather

more animals
The weather has been so yucky here of late. I would welcome even odd tan lines right now.

I'm sitting here, waiting for the doctor's office to call about my soon to be neck surgery. It's almost lunch time people! (Have they forgotten? Lost my phone number? Should I call them??)

[pacing the floor]

And it just rains ... and rains ... and gets colder ... then it's overcast ... then it rains again. So depressing.

[heavy sigh] [more pacing]

Could someone pretty pleeeeeze with sugar on top send some warmth and sunshine!!? I need to get out of this house! I need to get some delta breeze on my knees! It sure would cheer me up to no end! For me, motorcycling is my 'drug' ... my therapy in a world of tedium and madness. Going without the wind in my face for too long makes me weird(er). HA!

My First Motorcycle
1979 Kawasaki KZ650
Oh, by the way, the above photo of the very cute kitty is from a fun website with a silly name: Lolcats 'n Funny Pictures of Cats. I've bookmarked it for future, um, 'reference'. [smile]

Stay tuned Sports Fans ...

*** UPDATE AT 3:20 PM - Doctors office said the surgery will be February 4th (Wednesday). The 'procedure' will be out-patient! Too cool! :o))) I like sleeping in my own bed. ***


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We Only Want To Help You

I've decided not to worry about things anymore.

Didn't you hear? We will now be living on the "Big Rock Candy Mountain". Milk and honey will soon be flowing from the water tap.


All the terrorists at Guantanamo will be released and in gratitude will convince their brethren to lay down their arms and come to "Obamastock" to join in the great love-in.

We will all soon enjoy "free" health care which will encompass all those nasty "unwanted" unborn babies. They will be eliminated for our convenience.

Those mean 'ol Republicans and Christians who keep getting in the way of all our FUN will quit listening to Rush Limbaugh and talk radio, because HE said so, and join the love-in.

We won't have to worry about taxes because all those mean old rich people will finally have to pay everything they make in taxes instead of just the lowly 40%.

And all those disgusting fat people who eat the 'wrong' foods or drink the 'wrong' drinks will pay more taxes. All those taxes will help them lose weight.

The rich, seeing how life is so easy now, will simply stop working at growing businesses, inventing devices to save lives and new jobs and all that other stressful stuff, and join the love-in too.

And we will all be "re-educated" at the Obama camps.

Well, I don't know about you, but I can't hardly wait 'til all these great things come to pass, so I'm putting on my old bell-bottoms, digging my old "Rolling Stones" and "Doors" LP's out of the closet, and searching for my tie-dyed T-shirts ...


... Because "The Age of Aquarius" finally has arrived!

The great rock star god, Obama will supply our every need ... and for anyone who buys into this, I have a gold mine for sale in Patterson .... cheap.



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I've Gotta Pain In The ....

Well, all those years of gardening have finally caught up with me. As my stepmom would have said, "the wages of sin, my dear" and then laugh. She had such a sense of humor.


I met with the surgeon in Savannah today. Here’s the doctors report in a nutshell (with deepest apologizes to all my medical bloggy friends, consider me medically differently disabled) …


My C-3 is degenerated from age.
Between C-4 and C-5 there is a tear.
Between C-5 and C-6 there is a tear and a herniated disc. The nerve is bulging out and getting pinched. Thus, the pain.


Doc takes the disk from out between C 5 and C 6, cleans the area, removes a teeny tiny piece of bone, crumbles the bone, lay that aside, screws a small titanium plate to hold C 5 and C 6 in place and properly spaced, sprinkles the powdered bone on the area. The area quickly grows back like new.

He said I don’t have to wear a neck brace and I only have to spend one night in Hospital. I could go home the day of the surgery if we lived closer to said Doc but he will be 2 hours from our home. Since we live so far out in the country, Doc worries about my going home and having a problem and not being near medical care.

All I know is, I want ice cream afterwards! LOL

Boy, before you know it, medical care will be like on Star Trek after all. We’ll have medical personnel that can wave a wand over the affected area and you’re healed!

Dr. "Bones" McCoy
Cool deal.

But for now, we must rely on the “old” methods of anesthesia, a sharp knife and a skilled hand. Updates to follow. The Doc's office sent me home with some Celebrex is calling me Monday to let me know when to report to Hospital.

A Few Medical Links Concerning This Procedure:
http://www.eorthopod.com/public/patient_education/6452/neck_pain.html
http://www.doereport.com/generateexhibit.php?ID=808

** UPDATE 26 January 2009: Surgery is scheduled for February 4th (Wednesday). It will done as an out-patient procedure. God bless! ***

PS: Many of y’all have very kindly been asking about our 4 year old niece, Amberlee. Happily she is on the road to recovery. Poor little thing has pneumonia. The fever broke yesterday and the doctor has her on a nebulizer inhaler and multiple antibiotics. We’re praying for a rapid recovery. Thanks y’all for your prayers!

Amberlee


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Condoleezza Rice, Class Act

So, I was sitting here, talking to Sweetie about current events, and I asked him, "I wonder what Condoleezza Rice will do now?" Sweetie said he heard that Miss Rice signed up with the William Morris Agency of New York.

I found the article about her signing with the Agency ... isn't the internet wonderful!? We have access to instant information at our fingertips.


Condoleezza Rice is a former professor and Stanford University provost has been in the Bush administration since its beginning, first as national security adviser and then as secretary of state. "In addition to her political career, Rice is an accomplished concert pianist as well as a big-time National Football League fan." I didn't know that but I do know that Miss Rice speaks fluent Russian. She certainly is quite accomplished.

Well, I hope that whatever her new career choice is that she can do something that is enjoyable and fulfilling. She certainly deserves it. The liberal press and other small minded people had a hayday ridiculing this fine lady. I'll miss her gentle way of speaking, and insightful interviews.

God speed Miss Rice and Thank You for serving our country so well. You are one Class Act that will be hard to follow.


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The Zero Motorcycle

I learned of this nifty little machine today. It's called the Zero Motorcycle. "Zero" for the zero emissions, I guess. I think it's wonderful! Right now it can only go 40 miles on one charge, but the inventor said the battery is completely non-toxic. It's not heavy on the horsepower but the bike can smoke the tires sitting still. The "CC" designation, if it was a fuel type vehicle, would be around 250cc (according to the video). Anyway, watch the clip. It's pretty interesting. I like quiet vehicles and this may be the wave of the future.

The Zero Motorcycle Demo In Jay Leno's Garage
Found At This Link

I tried to embed the video here, but for some reason it wouldn't work this time (computer gremlins again). The link will open in a new window so y'all won't lose your place. Enjoy! :o)

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