SUPPOSEDLY if you've seen over 85 films, you have no life. Mark the ones you've seen. There are 239films on this list.Copy this list, go to your own Facebook account, paste this as a note. Then, put x's next to the films you've seen, add them up, change the header adding your number, and click post at the bottom.
(x ) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(x) Grease
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest
( ) Boondock Saints
(x) Fight Club
( ) Starsky and Hutch
( ) Neverending Story
(x ) Blazing Saddles
( x) AirplaneTotal:7
() The Princess Bride
( ) Anchorman
() Napoleon Dynamite
( ) Labyrinth
() Saw
( ) Saw II
( ) White Noise
(x) White Oleander
() Anger Management
(x) 50 First Dates
() The Princess Diaries
() The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Total so far: 9
() Scream
() Scream 2
() Scream 3
(X) Scary Movie
() Scary Movie 2
() Scary Movie 3
() Scary Movie 4
(x) American Pie
(x) American Pie 2
() American Wedding
( ) American Pie Band Camp
Total so far: 12
(x ) Harry Potter 1
(x) Harry Potter 2
() Harry Potter 3
() Harry Potter 4
() Resident Evil 1
() Resident Evil 2
(x) The Wedding Singer
( ) Little Black Book
( ) The Village
() Lilo & Stitch
Total so far: 15
() Finding Nemo
( ) Finding Neverland
( x) Signs
(x) The Grinch
() Texas Chainsaw Massacre
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
(x) White Chicks
(x) Butterfly Effect
(x) 13 Going on 30
() I, Robot
( ) Robots
Total so far: 20
(x ) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
( ) Universal Soldier
(x ) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
(x) Along Came Polly
(x ) Deep Impact
() KingPin
(x) Never Been Kissed
(x) Meet The Parents
(x) Meet the Fockers
(x) Eight Crazy Nights
(x ) Joe Dirt
(x ) KING KONG (1933)
Total so far: 30
( ) A Cinderella Story
() The Terminal
() The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( ) Passport to Paris
(x) Dumb & Dumber
( ) Dumber & Dumberer
() Final Destination
() Final Destination 2
() Final Destination 3
( ) Halloween
( ) The Ring
( ) The Ring 2
( ) Surviving X-MAS
() Flubber
Total so far: 31
( ) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
(x ) Practical Magic
( ) Chicago
( ) Ghost Ship
( ) From Hell
() Hellboy
( ) Secret Window
() I Am Sam
() The Whole Nine Yards
( ) The Whole Ten Yards
Total so far:32
( x) The Day After Tomorrow
( ) Child's Play
( ) Seed of Chucky
( ) Bride of Chucky
(x) Ten Things I Hate About You
(x) Just Married
( ) Gothika
( ) Nightmare on Elm Street
(x) Sixteen Candles
(x) Remember the Titans
( ) Coach Carter
() The Grudge
( ) The Grudge 2
(x) The Mask
( ) Son Of The Mask
Total so far: 38
(x) Bad Boys
() Bad Boys 2
() Joy Ride
() Lucky Number Slevin
(x ) Ocean's Eleven
() Ocean's Twelve
( x) Bourne Identity
(x ) Bourne Supremecy
( x) Lone Star
( ) Bedazzled
( x) Predator I
() Predator II
( ) The Fog
(x ) Ice Age
() Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
() Curious George
Total so far: 45
(x) Independence Day
(x) Cujo
( ) A Bronx Tale
( ) Darkness Falls
(x ) Christine
(x) ET
( x) Children of the Corn
(x) My Bosses Daughter
(x) Maid in Manhattan
( ) War of the Worlds
(x) Rush Hour
(x ) Rush Hour 2
Total so far: 54
( ) Best Bet
(x) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
() She's All That
( ) Calendar Girls
( ) Sideways
() Mars Attacks
() Event Horizon
() Ever After
(x) Wizard of Oz
(x) Forrest Gump
(x ) Big Trouble in Little China
( x) The Terminator
( x) The Terminator 2
( x) The Terminator 3
Total so far: 61
(x ) X-Men
(x ) X-2
( )X-3
(x) Spider-Man
( ) Spider-Man 2
() Sky High
(x ) Jeepers Creepers
( ) Jeepers Creepers 2
(x ) Catch Me If You Can
() The Little Mermaid
( x) Freaky Friday (1976)
( ) Reign of Fire
( ) The Skulls
(x) Cruel Intentions
( ) Cruel Intentions 2
(x) The Hot Chick
(x) Shrek
(x) Shrek 2
Total so far: 71
() Swimfan
(x ) Miracle on 34th street
(x) Old School
() The Notebook
( ) K-Pax
() Krippendorf's Tribe
() A Walk to Remember
( ) Ice Castles
() Boogeyman
(x) The 40-year-old Virgin
Total so far: 74
(x ) Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
(x ) Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
(x ) Lord of the Rings Return Of the King
( x) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
( x) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(x ) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Total so far: 80
( )Baseketball
() Hostel
( ) Waiting for Guffman
( ) House of 1000 Corpses
( ) Devils Rejects
(x) Elf
(x ) Highlander
( ) Mothman Prophecies
() American History X
( ) Three
Total so far: 82
( ) The Jacket
( ) Kung Fu Hustle
( ) Shaolin Soccer
( ) Night Watch
() Monsters Inc.
(x) Titanic
() Monty Python and the Holy Grail
( ) Shaun Of the Dead
(x ) Willard
Total so far: 84
( ) High Tension
( ) Club Dread
(x ) Hulk
( ) Dawn Of the Dead
(x) Hook
( ) Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
() 28 days later
( ) Orgazmo
( ) Phantasm
(x ) Waterworld
Total so far: 87
() Kill Bill vol 1
( ) Kill Bill vol 2
( ) Mortal Kombat
() Wolf Creek
( ) Kingdom of Heaven
( ) the Hills Have Eyes
( ) I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman
( ) The Last House on the Left
( ) Re-Animator
( ) Army of Darkness
Total so far: 87
(x ) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
(X)Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones( ) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
(x ) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
( x) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
(x ) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
( ) Ewoks Caravan Of Courage
( ) Ewoks The Battle For Endor
Total so far: 92
(x) The Matrix
( ) The Matrix Reloaded
( ) The Matrix Revolutions
( ) Animatrix
( ) Evil Dead
( ) Evil Dead 2
( ) Team America: World Police
( ) Red Dragon
(x) Silence of the Lambs
( ) Hannibal
Total so far: 94
(x ) Dirty Harry
(x ) Magnum Force
(x ) The Enforcer
(x ) Sudden Impact
() The Dead Pool
(x ) Every Which Way But Loose
Total so far: 99
(x ) The Blues Brothers
(x) Ferris Bueller's Day Off
() Rent
( x) Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
(x) The Untouchables
Total all together: 103
Monday, June 08, 2009
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Snips and snails and puppy dog tails…
Becky & Billy 
Tony
My sissy and I were the only children in our household for four years before we were blessed, again, with a brother. My “big brother” Billy came along and then the next year we got the baby, Tony.
As I’ve said in a previous post, sissy and I fought tooth and nail through most of our childhood. Well, brothers weren’t any different. (Maybe I’m suffering from some sort of ME syndrome?) My little brothers were horrendous! They would tattle on the least little thing…especially Tony. They went through all my school yearbooks and drew moustaches on all the cute guys; they were always loud and boisterous. Every time I had a date, they would hide and watch me – occasionally saying things like “kiss him Mara”, or “Mara and so & so sitting in a tree…” They were so embarrassing!
But, like my relationship with my sissy, we have since grown and now I do love my brothers’ soooo much!
Billy, my “big brother,” has really made me so proud. He and his wife, Becky, have bought some land and are working to get a new home on it. They have a really large family – Leigh Ann, Kitty and April (from Becky’s previous marriage,) Zack (from Billy’s previous marriage) and their little ones: Mason, Walker and Lessie. Billy works with concrete and builds the stuff that’s under sidewalks and such. Becky works part-time for the local school district substitute teaching. She also raises and sells some of the prettiest kitties’ I’ve ever seen. They’re called rag dolls and they’re so darling.
Tony (the baby) – which I nicknamed TJ de Bozo when we were small, is also someone I’m quite proud of. He works with my honey, doing upholstery. He just bought his first motorcycle a couple of weeks ago. So maybe we’ll be riding together soon. He has two sons, Billy and Dylan. Billy is attending college and Dylan just aced his algebra test at high school.
I am so blessed to have been able to grow up with these guys and the blessings continue because we’ve become closer and we all know we can depend on each other.
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Carol; March 29, 1955 - March 31, 2009
Carol was a cousin, a mentor and a friend. She was bubbly and always had some comic comeback to everything anyone would say.
We all lived on the loop. She and, our cousin, Karen were always hanging out together. They were the ones mom and dad called when they needed a babysitter. When I was a small child, I was in awe of Carol and Karen. They were so grown up. They went to high school and basketball games and always had so much FUN. They listened to rock-n-roll records and hung out at my grandma's house.
Later, when I was a teenager, Carol lived with her mom. We would all hang out at her house, and every Friday and Saturday night we'd load up in her little pinto head out to cruise SW city. It was a teen ritual and Carol made sure we all got back home safely.
After I graduated, we sorta went our seperate ways...I would see her and her mom occassionally at the family get-to-gethers. I never knew her health was failing. She was always the same snappy comeback, bubbly Carol that I'd always loved.
I will miss her, but I'm praying that her pain has left and she's sitting at God's knee making him laugh until he cries.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
The Bucket List
The Bucket List. Place an X by all the things you've done and remove the X from the ones you have not.
To do this, go to “notes” under tabs on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, do the list and tag 25 people (in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.)
If you don't see the Tag people in the upper right hand corner you are in the wrong place.)
Things you have done during your lifetime:
() Gone on a blind date
(x) Skipped school
(x) Watched someone die
() Been to Canada
() Been to Mexico
(x) Been to Florida
() Been to Hawaii
(x) Been on a plane
(x ) Been on a helicopter
(X) Been lost
() Gone to Washington, DC
(X) Swam in the ocean
(X) Cried yourself to sleep
(X) Played cops and robbers
( ) Recently colored with crayons
(x) Sang Karaoke
(x) Paid for a meal with only coins
( ) Been to the top of the St. Louis Arch
(X) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't.
(x) Made prank phone calls
() Walked down Bourbon Street in New Orleans
(x) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose & elsewhere
(X) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
( ) Danced in the rain-naked
(X) Written a letter to Santa Claus
(X) Been kissed under the mistletoe
(x) Watched the sunrise with someone
(X) Blown bubbles
(X) Gone ice-skating
(x) Made a snowman
(X) Gone to the movies
(x) Been deep sea fishing
(X) Driven across the United States
() Been in a hot air balloon
( ) Been sky diving
( ) Gone snowmobiling
( ) Lived in more than one country
(X) Lay down outside at night and admired the stars while listening to the crickets
(X) Seen a falling star and made a wish
() Enjoyed the beauty of Old Faithful Geyser
() Seen the Statue of Liberty
( ) Gone to the top of Seattle Space Needle - been but too cloudy to go to the top
() Been on a cruise
( ) Traveled by train
(x ) Traveled by motorcycle
(X) Been horse back riding
() Ridden on a San Francisco Cable Car
(x) Seen the Liberty Bell / Independence Hall
(x) Been to Disneyland --- or Disney World
(x) Truly believe in the power of prayer
( ) Been in a rain forest
() Seen whales in the ocean
() Been to Niagara Falls
( ) Ridden on an elephant
( ) Swam with dolphins
( ) Been to the Olympics
( ) Walked on the Great Wall of China
( ) Been to the Sydney Opera House
() Saw and heard a glacier calf
( ) Been spinnaker flying
(X) Been water-skiing
() Been snow-skiing
() Been to Westminster Abbey
( ) Been to the Louvre
( ) Swam in the Mediterranean
( ) Visited the Vatican
( ) Been to the Taj Mahal
( ) Been to a Major League Baseball game
() Visited Mt Rushmore
() Looked out over the Grand Canyon
() Visited all 50 states
(x) Been to a Nascar Race
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Hitting It BIG!
With all the economy in the tank and most of us living paycheck to paycheck we all wish we had a couple of $$’s more. On March 6, 2007 the biggest payout in any lottery was paid out, $390 million. For the sake of this list let’s make it an even $400 million.
List the top 25 things you would do or purchase if you won the lottery and your payout was $400 million?
WELL, the first thing would be to get that money into my Fidelity Account so it would continue to make me more money!!!
Then, I would go buy his and hers custom made H-D screaming eagles - for my honey and me.
Then, I would buy my mom and honey's mom and dad a new home of their choice, where-ever they would want it to be.
Then, I would buy all my neices and nephews a car of their choice and of course all their educational dreams would come true.
Then, I would try my best to make all my and my honey's bro's and sis's dreams come true.
Then, I would buy about a hundred or so acres somewhere in North Arkansas.
Then, I would build a really big modern house, complete with all the most up-to-date appliances and technological toys.
It would also have a state of the art kennel and doggie friendly grounds for my babies.
Then, I would retire from my L/A job and move there.
Then, I would hire a very reliable staff to take care of all the maintenance and up-keep of my house and my babies.
Then, my honey and me, we would hit the road and travel the good ol' USA for the next 2 or 3 years or so on our new bikes.
Then, we would do all of it, again.
OMGosh!, can anyone spend 400 million dollars in one lifetime?
- I would donate funds to non-profit kennels and wild-life sanctuaries, to Susan G. Komen's, to the transplant center at UAMS, and a little bit to the Red Cross.
I would also give major bucks to some of my friends that really need a little help - but they would never know it was me that gave it to them.
Then, I would buy my honey a really big boat and not just a slip, but a whole dock - at the LR Yacht Club.
Then, we would set sail up and down the AR, MS rivers, of course our boat would have a bay just for our HD bikes, so we could ride when got to where were going.
Of course, every year I would host a huge family/friends reunion. It would be a catered affair at my big house in the hills of AR.
I don't think I made 25, I think I ran out of money. :-(
But, I sure had fun while it lasted.....
Monday, November 03, 2008
AHH! Retirement!
Last week was their last week to have to “punch the time clock!” Although, they’re not “officially” retired until the end of the year – they don’t have to report to work – EVER.
I think that this is the ultimate accomplishment in life.
To be able to sleep to 7 am, or go to Eureka on a whim – what a life that would be. To stay home, maybe dig a garden, or give the dogs a bath on a Wednesday, or go to the early movie. There are so many new liberties that come with retirement.
So CONGRATULATIONS! Mom and Daddy-Bill – YOU’VE EARNED IT, SO ENJOY!
I love you both – SOO MUCH!
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
Have you registered for the Race?
Just a quick reminder that the deadline to register for the race and have your race for the cure t-shirt mailed to you is Friday, September 26th at midnight.
It is NOT the last chance to register. You can still register online until Wednesday, October 8th at midnight. But, you must pick up your shirt at Race Space (which is located in the Pleasant Ridge Town Center just west of the intersection of I430 and Cantrell Road with Fresh Market and Belk) or on race morning at the Race Registration Tent in its new location at 4th and Arch.
You may also register at Race Space which will be open beginning Friday, September 26th until Friday, October 10 at 2:00 p.m. And you may register on race day!!
This link will take you to our registration page.
http://race.komenarkansas.org/site/TR/Race/General?fr_id=1030&pg=entry&JServSessionIdr001=v99fj3r0d2.app8b
This 15th anniversary race is going to be our biggest and BEST ever. So please join us in downtown Little Rock on Saturday, October 11th. Remember, "This One's for the Girls".
Thursday, September 18, 2008
What's in a name?
| What Tamara Means |
 You tend to travel often, to fairly random locations. You're most comfortable when you're far away from home. You are quite passionate and easily tempted. Your impulses sometimes get you into trouble. You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection. You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive. You have the classic "Type A" personality. You are confident, self assured, and capable. You are not easily intimidated. You master any and all skills easily. You don't have to work hard for what you want. You make your life out to be exactly how you want it. And you'll knock down anyone who gets in your way! You are wild, crazy, and a huge rebel. You're always up to something. You have a ton of energy, and most people can't handle you. You're very intense. You definitely are a handful, and you're likely to get in trouble. But your kind of trouble is a lot of fun. |
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Friday, September 05, 2008
2008 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE COMPARISON TALKING POINTS
ISSUE | JOHN McCAIN | BARAK OBAMA | |
Favors new drilling offshore US | Yes | No | |
Will appoint judges who interpret the law not make it | Yes | No | |
| Yes | No | |
Amount of time served in the US Senate | 22 YEARS | 173 DAYS | |
Will institute a socialized national health care plan | No | Yes | |
Supports abortion throughout the pregnancy | No | Yes | |
Would pull troops out of Iraq immediately | No | Yes | |
Supports gun ownership rights | Yes | No | |
Supports homosexual marriage | No | Yes | |
Proposed programs will mean a huge tax increase | No | Yes | |
Voted against making English the official language | No | Yes | |
Voted to give Social Security benefits to illegals | No | Yes | |
CAPITAL GAINS TAX | |||
MCCAIN | 0% on home sales up to $500,000 per home (couples). McCain does not propose any change in existing home sales income tax. | ||
OBAMA | 28% on profit from ALL home sales. (How does this affect you? If you sell your home and make a profit, you will pay 28% of your gain on taxes. If you are heading toward retirement and would like to down-size your home or move into a retirement community, 28% of the money you make from your home will go to taxes. This proposal will adversely affect the elderly who are counting on the income from their homes as part of their retirement income.) | ||
DIVIDEND TAX | |||
MCCAIN | 15% (no change) | ||
OBAMA | 39.6% - (How will this affect you? If you have any money invested in stock market, IRA, mutual funds, college funds, life insurance, retirement accounts, or anything that pays or reinvests dividends, you will now be paying nearly 40% of the money earned on taxes if Obama becomes president. The experts predict that 'Higher tax rates on dividends and capital gains would crash the stock market, yet do absolutely nothing to cut the deficit.') | ||
INCOME TAX | |||
MCCAIN (no changes) | Single making 30K - tax $4,500 | ||
OBAMA (reversion to pre-Bush tax cuts) | Single making 30K - tax $8,400 | ||
INHERITANCE TAX | |||
MCCAIN | - 0% (No change, Bush repealed this tax) | ||
OBAMA | Restore the inheritance tax Many families have lost businesses, farms, ranches, and homes that have been in their families for generations because they could not afford the inheritance tax. Those willing their assets to loved ones will only lose them to these taxes. | ||
NEW TAXES PROPOSED BY OBAMA | |||
New government taxes proposed on homes that are more than 2400 square feet. New gasoline taxes (as if gas weren't high enough already) New taxes on natural resources consumption (heating gas, water, electricity) New taxes on retirement accounts, and last but not least....New taxes to pay for socialized medicine so we can receive the same level of medical care as other third-world countries!!! | |||
You can verify the above at the following web sites:
° http://money.cnn.com/news/specials/election/2008/index.html
° http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/issues/issues.taxes.html
° http://elections.foxnews.com/?s=proposed+taxes
° http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/candidates/barack_obama/
° http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/candidates/john_mccain/
° http://bulletin.aarp.org/yourworld/politics/articles/mccain_obama_offer_different_visions_on_taxes.html
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Awesome Speech!
Our last governor, Mike Huckbee, was a speaker at the Republican Convention last night. If you didn't get to hear it - check him out.
Gov. Huckabee was my pick for the nomination.
And, after this speech - I'd bet you'd wish you'd chosen him too.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Yes ma'am, I worked there.
I worked for the local ARC for over 16 years. (If you know me, you know what that stands for.)
I was laid off in 1996. I worked in just about every position at ARC.
From calling in blood donors; working in the mail room – printing a million + “learn to swim” applications;
to the safety office – signing up class participants and teaching or scheduling volunteer teachers for first aid/CPR and swimming courses;
then on to the public information office – working fund raisers and designing brochures and reports;
until finally I was the assistant to the chapter manager – which was really a great job, too.
I really loved working there. The volunteers were down to earth and real. I even got to work a disaster during my last year. It was very hard work, but very rewarding as well. The feeling you get when you help someone who has just lost everything they own is - impossible to describe. It’s a good feeling with a LOT of sadness surrounding the feeling.
The disaster I worked was the 1996 Ft. Smith Tornado. The twister leveled a couple of neighborhoods just outside of town. A child was killed, many were injured and many homes were destroyed.
I just cannot imagine going through something like that. Those poor people were left without anything. Everything they owned was strewn from Ft. Smith to Ozark. As a volunteer, I interviewed the displaced to try and determine their immediate needs. It was so sad. Some, who barely had anything to begin with, had nothing now. And they were just so grateful to get a mop, broom and a bucket.
I really miss my old friends from the ARC. They (the volunteers) really are a great group of people.
Hey! It's Not HOT!
Well, it's now August. And, unlike all our other Augusts this one is really great. It started out HOT, but last week through the weekend, (my weekend ended Monday,) it has really been very comfortable.
That's just one of the many reasons I so love my Arkansas. Just when you think you've got the weather figured out - Arkansas will make you love her all over again.
This morning is great. I almost needed a light jacket (IN ARKANSAS, IN AUGUST.) That is so unheard of. Usually, by this time of the year, we are always inside, in the AC, dreading to have to go outside, for any reason. The humidity alone is enough to keep the faint of heart from leaving their cool home.
We usually have those sultry summer nights. It's probably almost like a rain forest when the humidity rises on those days that are 100+. I know many people who cannot live in Arkansas because of it.
For instance, Tim's Aunt - who comes from West Texas. She and Uncle Mike moved here from Big Spring - many years ago. She was so miserable and voiced her dislike of Arkansas regularly. (This attitude was from someone who lived in a desert.) She constantly longed for her - flat, no trees, disgusting water, arid and hot - beloved West Texas. Finally, he had heard enough, he packed her up and took her home. He passed away several years later; she and their son are still in West Texas.
So we'll enjoy this cool August for a while. I'm sure the summer is not through with us yet. But, I'm hoping for an early - long fall season this year.
Thursday, August 07, 2008
LOL
see more dog pictures
A friend sent me this website to view…
http://ihasahotdog.com/
It is so funny. People send in their doggie pics and others make up the captions for the photo. I found the one above and loved it. It is so funny, so cute and so Arkansas! Check out the site.
Monday, July 21, 2008
I have a memory...
I want to play too... Thanks Dr. Lynne... this should be a great game!
Here are the directions:
1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you.
It's actually pretty cool (and funny) to see the responses.
If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. :)
Thursday, May 22, 2008
YAY!! It's perfect for the ride.....
Don't know when I'll have another moment to blog...the sun is up and the day's are becoming perfect for the ride, so I'll probably be on the back of the bike - A L O T! from now till Christmas..
We have a few rides planned already and I'm keeping our trailer packed for those "spur of the moment" trips that my husband is very well known for.
So, until my next blog - Look for those motorcycles! and Ride Safe.
M
Sunday, May 04, 2008
May 3, 2008 Ride to Mount Magazine, AR
All in all, it turned out to be a pretty nice day for a ride. We met Andy, Rick, Deb, Arthur, Susie and Steve at the Shell on Hwy 10. Then rode to Williams Junction to meet Mary, Keith and Sherman. Then we rode in to Perryville and met Terry and Mike (and Mike's new baby)
More Memory Questions...
So far, I received some very nice responses about my Memory Questions. Just please remember...the answers are from MY memory and I'm not declaring that I remembered the correct answers.... Just as I figured "someone" would surely let me know if I were wrong.
So, Mike has informed me that the Uncles Frank & Butch's gas station was a "Champlin" Not Champion.
Here's a few more... see how you do....
1. What was on the road between Aunt Dorothy's and Aunt Lillian's House?
2. What was the name of the lady who had big flower garden, and hand - made quilts? She lived next door to Aunt Lillian.
3.What kind of vehicle did Leonard drive?
4.We couldn't see Betty's house from the road...because?
5.What was the school bus driver's name that lived on Katillus Road?
6. Do you recall the names of our school bus drivers through the years?
1. A 4 - square and a 3 - circle games that we would play after school on the road.
2. Mrs. Lancaster, I use to mow her yard for her sometimes - she would pay me with a beautiful bouquet of fresh cut flowers. And, on stormy nights she would call Momma and ask if I could spend the night with her - she didn't like to be alone.
3. A Panel Wagon, he never drove anything else. When he got a different vehicle, he got another Panel Wagon.
4. The hedges grew so tall you couldn't see the house. Eventually they trimmed them down and, even later, removed them.
5. Mrs. Knowles.
6. I remember Mr. Jones and Mr. Carter as our bus drivers.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
New Elementary School in our old neighborhood.
Well, I've told you all the family (with the exception of Uncle Frank's, and Aunt Margaret's) have left our old homesteads on Taylor Loop. Now they are going to build a new public elementary school on the site. Here is the details on a meeting coming up soon:
Meeting To Discuss Elementary School Project In West Little Rock
The Little Rock School District will conduct an informal neighborhood meeting to discuss the current status and strategic planning for the proposed new elementary school in west Little Rock. That school will be built on the southwest corner of Cantrell Road & West Taylor Loop Road.
The off-site roadway and utility adjustment plans are nearing completion, with construction of that portion of work soon to follow.
The Little Rock School District will make the area residents aware of the anticipated construction schedules, as well as, how traffic will be addressed during construction.
Representatives of the Little Rock School District and Mehlburger Brawley, the consulting engineers, will be on hand to make the presentation. In addition, representatives from the City of Little Rock will attend. A question and answer session will follow.
The meeting will begin at 6:00 p.m. tonight at the Thompson Library on Rahling Circle.
Wouldn't it be cool, and appropriate, to name the new school: Bisbee Elementary, or the Lessie L. Bisbee Elementary School.
Especially since so many Bisbee children were raised right there on that site - She actually watched everyone of us as we grew up. She gave just about all of us a pair of stripe-ped stockings on more than one occasion. I think it would be very fitting to have that happen.
Oh, and one more thing....their mascot should be a Chihuahua.
Maybe they should have negotiated that in the contracts when the property was sold.
