Old films and forgotten memories

Have you ever cleaned out your closet or places that you put things and forgot about? And when you look in the box, you find an old camera with film still in it? Or you find a roll of film that was never developed? There are memories in the camera or film that you would be so surprised and happy to find. Question is: Do they still develope those old rolls of film? And do you know that there's a websight where a man developed old films that he found and you can see them on his website? Pretty interesting. It's http://westfordcomp.com/updated/found.htm

Backache and stone

Last weekend I had the worse back pain. I figured it was because I was playing basketball (just dribbling) with Dallas in the kitchen. She loved the way I'd bounce the ball over her head. Anyway, I thought that is what caused my pain. Oh, not counting that I have to be her horsey. Did you ever see a 65 year old on all fours walking through the house with a 2 1/2 year old on her back? That's me! By Monday I couldn't even get out of a chair, it hurt so bad. I was already scheduled for a minor surgery on Wednesday. It was a cat scan but since I'm allergic to contrast dye, they had to give it to me internally. It was also a cystogram. They found a stone in my left kidney! No wonder it hurt so bad! I've had the same back ache before so maybe I've had stones before. I don't know anyone in my family that had kidney stones...except my son, Denny, had one recently. I forgot about that. Hmm. I must have inherited it from him! I'm getting better now, no back pain anymore. Have a nice weekend, y'all.

Jordan

Here are some pictures of Jordan that I got from his Facebook album.

Facebook

I signed on with Facebook yesterday. I already have people as friends that I am so glad to hear from. Colleen was my boss but also my friend at Meijer. I am so happy for her. She married someone that is really good for her. And her three kids all turned out so good. What a beautiful person she is. And, Lisa. She's been my friend for a long time. Gotta love her! I added Nancy C who shares a sister-in-law with me. Nancy's brother married Denny's sister. I worked with Nancy at Meijer. Bruce, my Allen buddy who seems to get me started on all of these things is my friend. You can check out his blog at cribbageflatsouthwest.blogspot.com. He is a great writer and you'd love his blog. I'm also a 'friend' with my grandson, Jordan! Now that's cool to be a friend on Facebook with your grandson, isn't it? Anyway, if you're in Facebook, add me as your friend.


Colleen and her family and Lisa Henry

Quiz: How Old Are You Really?

From the following list of 25 items, count all the ones that you remember -- not the ones you were told about! How to score yourself is at the end.

Blackjack chewing gum
Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar-water
Candy cigarettes
Soda-pop machines that dispensed bottles
Coffee shops with tableside jukeboxes
Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers
Party lines
Newsreels before the movie
P. F. Flyers
Butch wax
Telephone numbers with a word prefix (e.g., Olive - 6933)
Peashooters
Howdy Doody
45-RPM records ... and 78-RPM records
S&H Green Stamps
Hi-fi systems
Metal ice trays with lever
Mimeograph paper
Blue flashbulb
Packards
Rollerskate keys
Cork popguns
Drive-in theaters
Studebakers
Washtub wringers
If you remembered!
0 - 5 = You're still young
6 - 10 = You are getting older
11 - 15 = Don't tell your age
16 - 25 = You're older than you think!

Hard of Hearing

Morris, an 82-year-old man, went to the doctor to get a physical.
A few days later the doctor saw Morris walking down the street with a gorgeous young lady on his arm.
A couple of days later, the doctor spoke to Morris and said, "You're really doing great, aren't you?" Morris replied, "Just doing what you said, Doctor, 'Get a hot mamma and be cheerful.'" The doctor said, "I didn't say that. I said you got a heart mummer and be careful."

Stamps!

The price for a first-class mail stamp will increase 2 cents to 44 cents, starting May 11.

The Postal Service said the price increase was necessary because of rising production costs. Under law, the price of stamps is not allowed to rise faster than the U.S. consumer price index, which measures inflation.

According to a written release, the increase will cost the typical family about $3 a year.

I can remember when we paid 2¢ for a stamp. Yes, I was just a little girl! I think that the Post Office is feeling the pinch because of on-line payments and emails and even catalogs. I don't mail much except I send post cards with the Post Crossing that I belong to. I wonder if the price will go up for that too. It's 94¢ for a stamp to go overseas now! And last week two of my post cards were destroyed by the post office. Hmmmm. Didn't send me the money back! Anyway, I guess we'll just have to grin and pay for the increase. I wonder what the price will be for a stamp when I get old... That's correct! I'm not old yet! Older but not old. Funny that the correct sequence of old is 'old, older, oldest. But, with most of us seniors, the older comes first! I don't consider myself OLD. I'm just OLDER.

Flowers are 'springing' up!

I have little purple flowers growing in my front yard and some little red ones in the back. Eat your hearts out, Michigan gardeners! I love it that I'm seeing little buds all over my bushes and plants. And my honeysuckle vines have flowers on them too! I'll be planting some plants that Donna Cross gave me. I'll plant them next week. It should be safe to plant them without worry of a frost. I hope. I hope.
O'Ley is still doing good. I thought that I'd be losing him by now but he's hanging in there. He eats all the time. I should knock on wood.
Willow is getting fat! I think he must weigh 30 pounds now.
Denny is doing really well with his diabetic diet. I'm shocked that he's sticking to it. I guess he knows now that it's a serious disease.

Jordan is 21

I can't believe that Jordan is all grown up. It seemed like yesterday that we used to 'hang out' together when his mom and dad were working. Grandpa also worked nights, driving truck. Jordan was just a little tyke then. He still remembers some of the things we did. We'd watch Shaka Zulu almost every night. I recorded the series and he loved it. And we'd watch the movie "Willow". He never got tired of watching it. We'd eat garlic chip crackers. Oh, I can't forget that we'd watch Steve Erkel say "Did I do that?" Jordan did a good job of copying him. I had three lizards in an aquarium. We'd go to the pet store to get crickets to feed them. Sometimes we'd go to Mr Lee's Chicken Coop to get our supper or we'd go to Little Caesar's to get bread sticks. Jordan was around 5 when we did all of these things. One time we were on our way home from Litle Caesars and saw a bunch of police cars around a house. They were putting yellow tape around the yard. We found out that the man in the house killed his family and then killed himself. Jordan thought that it was quite something. Well, O.K. so did I. Not much excitement around the neighborhood. One night Jordan and I went to Meijers to get a few things. When we left the store, a real big storm had rolled in. The store had a big glassed in entrance and there were a lot of people watching the rain fall and the real high winds blow. I told Jordan that they were crazy to stand in a glassed in area. We ran for it. When we got to the car, we were soaked. It rained so hard that we had to pull off the road on the expressway and wait for the rain to slow down because it was pouring so hard that we couldn't see. We got home and sat by the window watching the lightening and listening to the thunder. One good thing about it was he was never afraid of storms.
Time sure went fast. Now he's in his third year of college. He grew up to be a very nice young man. Always polite and never fails to show us his gratitude for anything that we give him or doing things with him. We still go to a movie whenever we can. Which reminds me of one more thing. when he was around 4 years old, we went to a movie. A lady sitting a couple of rows ahead of us was talking during the movie. All of a sudden, Jordan blurted out. "IF YOU PEOPLE DON'T STOP TALKING, I'M GOING TO GO GET THE MANAGER"! Believe me! They shut right up.