Have We Got a Frag For You!!!!

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Tomorrow's Friday, which gives me license to fragment all I want, and I want PLENTY!!! Thanks to our bloggy friend Mrs. 4444 for hosting this "partay." When you finish up fraggin' 'round here, please click on the link at the end of this post to frag around with all the OTHER party goers.

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A few days ago when I said this blog would be HIBERNATING for football season, I began to get "don't stay away forever" comments from my nearest and dearest bloggy buddies.

Not to worry - - - I didn't really MEAN I would hibernate for the ENTIRE football season, I was just making a feeble attempt to 'splain why I won't be blogging as FREQUENTLY as is my norm. Good news - - - I'll still be blogging.

Or not good news if you prefer.

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It's not just the college games themselves that keep my football season time occupied.

See, I made up this Pick 'Em game - - - and one game expanded into three this season!

The game is written, produced, and directed by me. Kinda handy for controlling all the rules. ;-)

These are the tools of my commishedness trade.


This is where I compile all the picks - - - orange circles are "sole predictions" which will earn their picker double points if only they win.

Simple thing for Ball State to beat Clemson IN Death Valley on Saturday, don't'cha think???

HA!!!


And then after the games are played, this is where I tally up all the scores.

Of course, I also e-mail out all these steps to the players since we are scattered all across the globe.

I can tell ya it's a very good thing that I can COMMISH this game so well, 'cause I surely don't seem to be able to WIN it.

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The Cincinnati Bearcats quarterback's name is Munchie Legaux. (pronounced Le Go)

How awesome is THAT?

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Fisherhubby in his faux fan gear. Don't let him fool ya - - - he's a stinkin' Gator fan.

He's just trying to do in Rome as the Romans do.

I'm the genuine Wisconsin fan, and don't anyone forget it, k?

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Sister Pam and BIL Joe spent three days here last week.

This is proof positive that Joe really DOES know how to dress.

When Isaac was making for landfall, and seeing as P & J live in southwest Florida, and since they were already in Indiana at the time, Pam used her powers of persuasion to talk Joe into coming up to what he thinks is the ALWAYS frozen tundra for a visit.

I believe he forced her to resort to tears.

Anyway, while they were here we took in the "sights."


You might notice the "bored out of their skulls" looks on FH's and BIL Joe's faces - - - that's 'cause I whipped the car into a big old mansion that said it was open that day and we were immediately sucked into a 2 hour tour.

We thought we were on Gilligan's Island for a while there.

I doubt I EVER live that decision down - - - but I did it for YOU my bloggy readers. Pictures of that house will be forthcoming at some future date.


Everyone was a lot happier with the boating excursion.


Although I think they did get a little bored with my camera always pointing in their faces.

They knew where these pictures would end up.

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This is the self-same barn on the farm where my grandparents raised my mom and her 8 siblings.

Yes, I said 8.

That was the small family - - - dad is one of 13.

Anyway, I've been wanting to pull in the LONG driveway up to this farm, even though we don't know the current residents from Adam - or Eve for that matter, and snap a picture of Grandpa's barn.

I decided that was the day.

When we got to the end of the long drive - - - we discovered in the place of the old farmhouse, which is long gone, there is now a dumpy looking trailer with some kind of an addition built on.

Fisherhubby said he'd seen plenty of horror movies (yes he watches those by the dozens) that were less scary looking than that place.

I started to open the door to get out to shoot the shot.

YOU'RE NOT GETTING OUT ARE YOU????

No one is home, why not?

'Cause this is where 4 teenage girls get cut up with a chain saw in the movies!!!

Well then, it's a good thing we aren't teenage girls, isn't it?

See - - - I sacrificed my safety just for a bloggy shot to share with all of y'all. I'm just unselfish that way.

Don't worry - - - the guy with the chainsaw just missed severing my head from my neck and I returned safe and sound to blog about it.

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Who knew there was such a thing as a lake mower to mow up all those water weeds????

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When our oldest son, Kelly, was about 12 or 13 he used to "become" a character he named George, and George called me Kingda.

George USED the name Kingda to get Kelly out of trouble with his mother.

As in, when Kelly saw his mother's wrath about to fall, George would suddenly pipe up: "I sorry, Kingda!" in a really pitiful and repentant voice.

Yes, of COURSE it worked.

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I want to try one of these, then if I like it I want to GET one of these.

I'm just sayin'

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This is Sister Pam and BIL Joe sayin' good-bye to their Hoosier grans, Finley and Cohan. Cuteness all around.

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And SPEAKING of grans - - - this was the first day of first grade for Mackinley.


See that little orneriness ooozing out of him??? He's had to "flip" to his yellow card several days already in the 2+ weeks he's been back in school. (It's an elementary discipline thing)

I told his mommy to stop worrying - - - yellow is just a little tiny warning.

Because, MY GRANDSON is perfect you know.


And this is Piper's first ever day of preschool.


And she's making a "point" of showing off her cute little outfit.

Now mommy has several hours each week of home-aloneness. She's not too sure yet if she likes that or not. I told her she will LOVE it.

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Here it is, the end of this week's frags. I KNOW it's still Thursday afternoon, but I totally MISSED fragging last week, and I've been so in absentia from blog land this week I'm just gonna go right ahead and hit "publish post."

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