LANDING ON THE MOON

Today is the anniversary of the landing on the moon. I can remember my Dad not believing this really happened he was convinced that they landed in the desert . And today there are still many people who believe this really never took place.

I have read several articles on this matter and found this one interesting http://www.thekeyboard.org.uk/Did%20we%20land%20on%20the%20Moon.htm anyway I was one of the ones that watched this unfold on the TV.. I guess at that time in history it was hard to believe that man could accomplish something like that. I know I would sit outside after that and look up at the moon and it just almost seemed impossible that this could be true. And now at 59 I have seen other things happen in this world that seem just as hard to believe that are true. I think that sometime the whole picture of thing seem to hard for us to understand at that time. And now looking back landing on the moon doesn't seem like that big of a deal. We have come so far with our space program since July 20 so many years ago . But it has its place and importance in history like everything else. And I am not saying it wasn't a very important step for the human race. It has lead us to so many other things and helped us learn so much more about the world we live in.

A LITTLE LOOK BACK AT THE PAST (1958)

I thought it would be fun to take a look back at the past. I was 8 years old and did not really care about the price of anything. Today that is almost all we think about and how everything but our wages are going up.
I went to school in Roxie , Ms. We only had about 12 kids in my grade. Let me see if I can remember them and name them..Evelyn Downer, Terry Woodyear, Cheryl Graves, Helen Jackson, Carolyn Liest and Linda Priest (Me Ha Ha) Danny Farr, Terry Hammack, Wayne Beach , Paul Wayne Combs, David Seales and Johnny Jackson. These are the one I remember. We had 2 grades to the room. While the teacher taught one grade the other grade was assigned work to do. LOL I remember how upset everyone was when the cokes went from 5 cents to 6 cents.
When I was in about the 1st through the 3rd it had all 12 grades. Then it changed and it only went to the 8th grade. You would have an eighth grade graduation and then move on to the larger school in Meadville where I graduated . I can still remember my first day there. I was shy and didn't know many people, just our little group. As luck would have it I didn't get classes with a single kid from Roxie. The school was so big and it was so many people. Almost as many people in my 9th grade class as it was in the whole school at Roxie. But thanks to some nice girl who took pitty on me in no time I knew my way around.

So her is a look back at some things in 1958

What Happened 50 years ago in 1958
Including Prices Recession starts to bite in America with 7.0% ( 5.2 million ) people unemployed
The average wages per year is $4.600.00
The average cost of a new home $12,750.00A
Gallon of Gas cost 25 cents
Toyota and Datsun Cars go on sale in The US
The First US Passenger Jets come into service with the Boeing 707
Elvis Presley is inducted into the Army.
US Nuclear Submarine " Nautilus " passes under Ice Cap at North Pole
The Wham-O company introduces the Hula Hoop
Alaska becomes the 49th State
The Microchip ( the magic chip that makes all our PC's work ) first developed in US by Intel
The Munich air disaster in which 7 Manchester United Players died
Popular Singers in 1958 included
Elvis Presley singing Jailhouse Rock,
Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald,
Jerry Lee Lewis singing Great Balls Of Fire
Popular Films Included
The Bridge on the River Kwai and Vertigo
Some of The Cars You May Have Bought 50 years ago
Austin Healey Bug Eyed Sprite ( $1,795 )
Chrysler New Yorker ( $4,347 )
Ford Edsel Corsiar ( $3,346 )
Oldsmobile, Super 88 ( $2,958 )
Studebaker Starlight President ( $2695 )
Some of The Other Everyday items you may have bought 50 years ago
Chromecraft 7 piece Dinette Set $149.99
Ronson Electric Shaver $12.88
Philco Black and White TV 20 inches $229.95
Bananas 27 cents for 2 pounds
Campbells Tomato Soup 10 cents
Sirloin Steak 55 cents per pound
Pork Roast 42 cents per pound
A new home in Long Beach California with 3 bedroom 2 bathrooms , built in kitchen , ceramic tiles , breakfast bar and brick fireplace on large lots From $17,700

Oh those were the days. But I think these prices were just as hard to meet as the prices of today.

Have a Great Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A fun email from a friend !

Doctors have concluded that if you find the man in the coffee beans in 3 seconds, the right half of your brain is better developed than most people. If you find the man between 3 seconds and 1 minute, the right half of the brain is developed normally. If you find the man between 1 minute and 3 minutes, then the right half of your brain is functioning slowly and you need to eat more protein. If you have not found the man after 3 minutes, the advice is to look for more of this type of exercise to make that part of the brain stronger!!!

And, yes, the man is really there!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY

It has been almost 32 years since my Dad passed away and I miss him just as much today as I did when he first passed away. There are so many times that I want to talk to him. He could always make me laugh . He always had a story about when he was younger. I think I love his ghost stories the most. You see my Dad really believe in ghost. I guess that is where I get my interest in the subject. I can remember a pond that he would not go by after dark lol. When he would tell these stories to us we would laugh till tears rolled down our cheek at the funny way he would tell them.

One of my favorite stories that he would tell us was about one night when they went coon hunting.. He told how the moon was shinning bright that night. The dog got on the trail of something right off that night. It made a loud thundering sound as the dogs chased it. The dogs we so far ahead of them that Daddy could not see what they were after. They ran and bark at what every this was until they tree it in the middle of the pasture. It was an old dead tree. The tree was so big around and limbs branching out , and in the moon light looked at a distance almost look like a giant standing in the middle of the pasture. They tried to make the dogs leave the tree but each time they would pull them away . The dogs would go back to that tree. So when the finally had enough ,two of the men went back to the house to get a saw to cut the tree down . My Dad and one of my Uncle's stayed to see if anything tried to come down. When the other 2 men returned with the saw it was just beginning to get daylight..As they sawed the tree they hear this sound and heard something hit the ground and the dogs were off again. Daddy said it sound like some kind of large animal when it hit the ground, but they saw nothing . It was light enough that they could see the dogs running and it seems that they were only chasing air.. He was convinced that it was some kind of spirit. You could tell but the way he told the story that he really believed what he was saying. Now whether this was true or not I don't know . But I do know that looking back and remembering my Dad tell this story, that he did have a very unusual experience that nite.

And sometime when I am sitting thinking about him and want to see him the most. I can get a faint smell of pipe tobacco. He always smoked and pipe. And when I smell that pipe tobacco I am reminded of one of his funny little stories. Who knows maybe that is his way of letting me know he is still watching over me.

So Happy Birthday Daddy.
Love you lots
Your Baby Girl

Family Reunion

This is the whole bunch

This is the first cousin that attended

Joy, Betty, Troy, Willie , Ginger, and Jim

And Jacky and Linda in the back

We had our Priest Family Reunion a little while back . It was so much fun getting together. It was at Lake Lincoln. This is a really pretty place. I had never been there before. We had a really good turn out. We had plenty of food and entertainment that day..Some of the second cousins brought sound equipment and sang for us. We dance, ate , and talked about the last time we were together. We decided that we are going to do this every year. It had been about 3 years since we were together and we have lost several members of our family. It was a very good day for me. My family is one of the most important parts of my life.

Jacky and I took our camper and spent the night. We have really been enjoying our camper. It is nice just to get away if only for a night or 2.