I really enjoyed watching America's Got Talent last evening. Kaitlyn, The Wright Kids, Queen Emily, and Strings, just to mention a few. But my favorite still is Neal E. Boyd. His forte is opera, but he has done a good job stepping into other arrangements during the competition. He brings a very pure, strong voice, that can rattle the rafters!


He was my pick early and and still is.


I couldn't resist looking at the top 100 High School Football Teams in the U.S.. A healthy sprinkling of Texas schools scatter throughout. Euless Trinity is number one, Southlake Carol made the list as did Odessa Permian. (I guess Permian found their Mojo).

By the way, Happy Birthday Coach. I tried to call but never got through (I didn't try too hard with it being game day).


I talked with Edwin in Bishop this morning. They have one module to haul. They have found they lack between 800 and 900 acres. May be next week they will finish up.

I worked on the "project" yesterday morning. Nothing technical, mainly just washing it down and getting it cleaned up. The last thing I did was put the hitch on it and pin it. I was looking back at the operators platform when I was stepping off the pan. I had my hammer and a pry bar in my hands as I started toward my pickup. I wasn't paying attention and stepped under and in a huge healthy tumble weed. Immediately I began to lose my balance as I struggled to free my feet and stay up right! As I stumbled closer to my truck I finally decided it would be better to fall than run head long into my pickup. I fell in short order. Luckily I was by myself and I wasn't hurt badly. My left knee has been giving me fits and the fall gave it more cause. By the time I had driven home, my back was telling me to be kind.

This morning my back is better but my knee is not as forgiving.

This past week Krl went to Doctor Brown, her foot doctor. We were optimistic that he would remove the air boot after our previous visit. They did new x-rays as soon as she went back and shortly the doctor came in to examine Krl and the film. Much to her dismay, she has another broken bone. How? When We don't know. I can't understand how this could happen with the boot on. Doctor Brown simply said her bones are bad. Worst thing is she is only two months into her bone building therapy and they have told us not to expect any noticeable improvement for at least six months. I visited with Pat a little and she thinks they can give Krl shots to enhance her bone therapy. I sure hope so.

Flashback! As I kid, I always brushed my teeth with Crest. That was what Mom bought and I used it until about twenty years ago when I revolted. I changed over to Colgate. I don't know why, my check ups will reveal a single filling from when I was about eleven or twelve years old. For whatever reasons I changed. I found I liked the Colgate mint very much. My problem is that by the time I buy a new tube, they have so many variants. "Cool Mint", "with baking soda", "with brighteners", "mint stripe", and the list goes on and on. A few weeks ago I inspected my tube before I went to the store. I wanted no room for error. When I arrived on the toothpaste aisle, I began eliminating variants that I knew I did not want. Finally I decided on "electric mint green". I thought they has just expanded on the mint green. Wrong. It is a lime green with brightening flakes and is about the worst tasting toothpaste I have ever experience. I'll use it, because I am not that wasteful, but I doubt I will struggle to get that last dab out of the tube. In the mean time I am going to look at what Crest has to offer.

Things were so simple when there weren't so many choices.

One other note, "what goes around comes around". Heh! Heh!

Have a day!

FATHER, heal my aches and pains. I lift up Krl for YOUR gifts of healing. Help us to be what we proclaim to be by our actions and not just by words.