Life as I live it

Several years ago we lived on a short dead gravel road by a small AG&F lake. Our neighbor owned "free range" chickens and one ...

One pound gain for the week.

Hearing grumbling about $3 a gallon gasoline. That is not the case with the El Dorado, Arkansas school students. El Dorado is the home of M...

I met another backpacker this week but he was not what I would consider your usual (if there is such a thing) vagabond. He had his backpack...

221 lbs. and holding.

"Robbing Peter to pay Paul" is generally referring to taking money from one bill to pay another. My "Robbing Peter to pay Pau...

One half pound is not much but at least I'm headed in the right direction again. I was a little surprised I hadn't gained this week ...

Actually that is the brand name of the vent fans in the ceiling of our rv. Fan-Tastic fans are the standard by which all other fans are judg...

Back in August when I bought my 2006 Dodge 2500 diesel truck, I knew I wanted to install a better trailer hitch. The stock hitch was not he...

My mom lived around Sparkman, Arkansas as a girl. She would tell stories about the dances that everyone attended. Often they would last all...

The new year started with me having a better outlook and a renewed quest to accomplish all the things that need to be in place before I reti...

For a couple of years I have been reading a blog about a female taxi cab driver in New York City. I have not linked to her before because ...

On Thursday after Christmas, I started seeing more rv's heading south and on Friday I decided to count them to see just how many I was a...

Another week that my weight stayed at 221.5 pds . With the holidays I should feel fortunate I haven't gained more. Over this week maybe...

My weigh in this week was another disappointment. I gained a pound and my weight is now 222.5 pds. Too may Xmas parties ( another excuse, I ...

Why are we feeding corn (ethanol) to our cars. Most of that ethanol is corn based. One estimate is it takes 1 gallon of fuel (gas or diesel)...

Week three weigh-in. The GOOD, my way too tight jeans are now a comfortable fit, my sugar levels are lower (about 100) , and my blood pressu...

It is hard to believe it had been a year since I wrote about my new truck . I have been the only one to drive the truck, but it is not the ...

I mean good old American football. Don't get me started on soccer or the metric system and this whole "one world" thing. Ame...

A while back I mentioned I was having some problems because I was letting my stomach rule my life. When I said I was on the wrong side of 22...