Sunshine in da desert

Just got some pics back from the developers in New York City of the Christmas dinner. That would be Billy Bob in the center load'n up a plate.

Boy howdy....it were a wonderful night for sleep'n. Didn't get lower than 48 degs last night and I waked up to a beautiful sun shiny morn'n. Gonna charge them batteries slap up in nuttin flat. Got the door swung wide open for the dogs to go in and out...in and out and in and out. Crazy dogs!!

On the agenda today will be further construction on that solar oven and of course, sit'n on da porch sip'n a cup and do'n some think'n. Did ya know that a thoughtless mind gonna cause ya trouble??? Ya got to think!!!

Fount me a new blog to follow yesterday night....don't know how I fount it, but he's an old fart bout my age and he "makes stuff". Right down my line of think'n. Ya might wanna check him out....right over there in the right...call himself "Old Fool". Or....Click here.

Ok, I got stuff to do.....after I brew me up something to eat for breakfast.

Boy howdy, old Billy Bob done be piss off, mad like a dog...fight'n mad. So freak'n mad I could squeeze a grape. Well....maybe not that mad. I spend all afternoon build'n that inside box....beautiful job...to fit in that outside box...beautiful job...but the damn thing won't fit right. What they say in China..."this tea don't taste right"??? Oh well, tomorrow is another day.

Rekon we gonna have a big ol' bon fire tonight. Someone brung in a load of wood what from my house look like it gonna burn some BIG flames. I like fire.....big fires. I also like loud noises....like firecrackers and guns. Git all 'cited think'n bout it.

Ok....I'm out of here for the day. Dinner on the stove and almost time to fire up the campfire.
See's ya tomorrow...same time, same station.

Project day

Boy howdy, ain't this fun? Here I been sit'n round talk'n to myself...get'n some really weird answers to my questions most the time. But soon as I start post'n bout one the hardest decisions of my life, suggestions start fall'n out the sky. Suggestions what make me wanna do some think'n. Good suggestions.....'cept'n for that OGT feller. It ain't like I got a whole lifetime to decide something. I got to do something NOW. While I still can. Two years....sheesh!!!

Jist in case some you new folks don't have the slightest what I'm talk'n bout.....old Billy Bob ain't got no home....no place to live....lives on the street.....begg'n for food....worn out clothes....ain't got no money in his pockets....lost in a tangled world of misfits. Hehehehe....don't ya just love being retired.

Woke up so late this morn'n I was think'n it was tomorrow. Ain't nobody sleep till 9am. From the looks of things, today is gonna be another repeat of what yesterday was...what was a repeat of what the day before was. Clouds. Now I want you tell me how a guy gonna get any work done in this kind of weather? Sheesh!!! I had plans. Not only that, it's 52 degs out there and a cold breeze com'n out the north.

I got me two projects to get busy with, one inside and the other outside. I gonna build me one them "snuggie" thingys out one my blankets. A snuggie you say...what the hell is a snuggie??? It a blanket with sleeves, but old Billy Bob gonna make a custom designed wrap around jobber-do with a hood an big pockets. I could just go to Walmart an buy me one, but there ain't nuttin like a home brewed snuggie. Only problem is, I gonna be cuss'n and throw'n stuff like I always do when I break out that sew machine.

Did I ever tell ya bout the time....I were sew'n golf cart covers so's we could play golf in the snow....or what ever. Needles was a break'n, of course I were cuss'n, the dogs headed for safer grounds...outside in the cold, and my blood pressure went so high, I had'a go see the doctor.
He says, "do you have any stress in your life"??? LOLOLOLOL....hahahaha.....stress???? Have ya ever see an old man try to sew with a sew machine? Ain't no pretty picture.

Took me a drink that water I been get'n in the little town of Niland not 5 mile from camp. Boy Howdy, no wonder my coffee sucks. That some nasty tast'n stuff. Gonna have to fill one my big water jugs with some water out them water machine thingys. Don't care what it cost....I want good coffee. Ya think the water what mak'n old Billy Bob sick??? Nasty!!!! Ya would think I would fix my high dollar water filter....what been broke for 4 year. Bestest investment ya can make if'n ya travel all over the country fill'n up with all different kind of water. Put'n new water filter on my list of stuff.

Ok, it breakfast time and I got me some think'n to do.

Boy howdy, I done bout all the think'n an old feller can stand in one day.


Now for all you doubters out there, take a look see what old Billy Bob been do'n this afternoon. This happens to be my brand spank'n new solar oven.














The replacement for this old brand spank'n new cancer caus'n toxic fumes contraption. Don't EVER use styrofoam as an insulation in a solar oven.....ya gonna die.














Maybe gonna start on my other project tonight if'n we don't have a campfire. But before I do anything, I gots to pick up some this mess lay'n on da floor and fix me up something to eat.

Terlingua or Deming

Ok, here's the deal. Terlingua or Deming??? I been roll'n this question around in my mind for bout 6 years now and still don't know what I want to do. I know what I would like to do, but then I get to think'n bout the pros and cons. What there are many go'n each way. Like....where the hell is Walmart??? In Deming, it's just down the road a piece...like 5 miles. And then....where the hell is the golf course. In Deming, it's just down the road a piece....like 5 miles. And then, and then, and then..... But....I'm about burned out in Deming.

So...."what ya gonna do Billy Bob"??? Go sit on "da porch" and think bout it some more....that what I gonna do.

Weren't nuttin but clouds when I roll out of bed this morn'n....gonna be nuther one them days. Same as yesterday with no sunshine till the afternoon. Batteries took a beat'n from no charge time. Now, here it is 9:30 am, still only 53 degs and maybe, just maybe, a little sunshine gonna come my way.

I know what I need....a project. I'm so freak'n bored all I wanna do is play that Play Station and take naps. I go to bed right at 9pm every night and sleep till 7am....that way too much sleep...and a waste of precious time. Only dogs and cats sleep that much.

Got to think'n bout rebuild'n that solar oven just to be do'n something. I'm think'n a $50 investment in materials would be money in the bank. A trip to El Centro for materials...bout 50 mile, would get me out da house for a while, fresh air and a nice "ride" for the dogs. Then a couple three days cut'n wood and stuff, I have me a brand spank'n new solar oven.....what would work just fine in Terlingua....or Deming. As a matter fact, it would probably work other places too.

Got my propane yesterday so now I can crank up the heat all I want for the next 36 days. I weren't as low as I was think'n....only used 22.7 gallon....what is only .63 gallon a day. So...for $1.80 a day, old Billy Bob has been one warm dude.

Oh, did I tell ya...old pesky neighbor Wayne call me this morn'n....3 inches snow in Deming. Thought bout runn'n over there and take some pics, but by the time I get there....2 days, it all gonna be melted. Damn, I miss all the fun.

Well, here come the sunshine what mean I can go sit on "da porch" sip'n a cup and do some think'n.

Didn't take very much think'n. Took off on a nice long drive to El Centro and fount me a Lowes lumber sell'n place. For $61 and some change I got everything I need for my brand spank'n new solar oven. Got my drawing all made up and ready to go. Gonna break out that table saw and engine hoist tomorrow and cut me some stuff. Before I headed off to town, I checked the temp on the "old" solar oven....325 degs. Holy cows, it never been that hot before.

Sun just went down and it already cold.....58 degs an fall'n fast. Now I'm hungry.

Ok, now what

I didn't have food poisoning....Sheesh!!! What I had was a bad case of "funnel cake" squirts....or something like that.

Tiger Woods 2006.

Boy howdy....spent must a been 6 hours yesterday look'n at all kind of off grid sites. Not that I think'n of ever build'n a "shack" and giv'n up this "take your house with ya" lifestyle. But let me tell ya, there are some people liv'n in shacks in places ya can't get to with a Jeep. With that said, I ain't say'n I'm gonna give up the idea to build my dream RV shelter with a great big ol' covered patio on a little piece of property....close to a highway with a freshly graded dirt road leading up to my driveway. But before I do anything, I gots to go to town and buy me up some propane.

Speak'n of propane, I did me some re-figger'n and come to the conclusion that my use of propane needs to be trimmed. My God, who ever hear of using almost 3/4 gallon a day for heat and cook'n when ya out boondock'n in one of the three warmest places in the USA. It ain't got nothing to do with what it cost....it's that ride to town to fill up and the principal of the thing.

Now....with all that said and done, it's a beautiful sunshiny morning out there...thermometer sit'n right bout 56 degs. Not a cloud in the sky and expect'n to see 70 degs right shortly. Now what ya gonna do Billy Bob?? "Oh, I don't know, sit on "da porch and sip a cup"???

Disconnected all my water lines, electric hook up and sewer hose and headed off to town for propane. By the time I got there, they had done hung out a sign..."out of propane". Now what ya gonna do Billy Bob??? Well, it's like this...they gonna deliver a gazillion gallons propane tomorrow morn'n, so's I gonna unhook everything and head'em up back to town. Simply as that!!!!

Bout mid this afternoon, here come them nasty clouds what blocked beautiful sunshine to my solar panels what charges my high dollar battery bank. Well, instead of think'n bout conserv'n some the free electricity, I cranked up that play station for about 4 hours. Beat the hell out Tiger Woods and all them other rookies. Swak that ball 350 yard....BA BAMMMMM.

Speak'n of golf, there's a golf course only 20 mile from here. Maybe next week old Billy Bob be swak'n "real" golf balls. Anybody wanna go???

Food poisoning???

Have ya ever had a belly ache? Had dead rear??? Puked up some nasty tast'n stuff??? Well, that what old Billy Bob done....this time. Today I feel fit as a fiddle, got the bow all rosined up and ready for an excit'n day "do'n something". Note: Not all funnel cakes are the same. The grease were cheap stuff, the water was from Niland....that same nasty stuff I make my coffee out of and the cook were drink'n vodka from a jug. The batter was mixed with an old hammer drill with a piece of bail'n wire all twisted up. Now if'n that ain't a combination, what is?

Old Billy Bob woke up this morn'n think'n...."what ya gonna do today Mr Excitement"??? Two hours later and the only thing I came up with was.....how the hell ya gonna get that sticky burned marshmaller out that pan???

Look like we gonna have another one them no sunshine days again. Freak'n sky is covered everywhere with them cloud thingys. Posed to only make it to 58 degs today, but that ain't so bad consider'n.......

Went out and checked my propane tank last night....Oh Oh....that sucker sit'n right on "empty". Did ya know old Billy Bob has been camped at "da slabs" for over a month now? That mean I been use'n right at .657 gallon propane a day....what mean I been use'n $1.64 worth propane a day...what sound like to me....I need to conserve. That leaves me with only two choices, go get it filled or do with out heat. Damn, I hate to take "da house" to town. In the mean time, I think I'll just sit here sip'n a cup and think this situation out.

Cancer 'caus'n toxic fumes

Ok....here's the deal.....don't eat the jalepeno cornbread I made yesterday. I were barf'n an squirt'n come 2 am. So...the way I rekon it is that this thing has got to go. Can't burn it 'cause of the toxic fumes it gonna put off....and probably kill some body suck'n up them fumes.

Then my lady friend Hazel come over and asked if I got sick too....says everyone got sick. "If I got sick too"???? They didn't eat my jalepeno cornbread, but the whole campsite ate Tennessee Kens funnel cakes. Includ'n me.
Hmmmmm, now what ya gonne do Billy Bob???

Well shoot, fire up the solor oven and cook something. Something that will absorb styrofoam cancer caus'n toxic fumes. A big chunk of biscuit dough....what I did. When I opened the oven to take out a solar cooked biscuit, I could smell something unusual....cancer caus'n toxic fumes. That's it, I'm done, finished...solar cooked. Now let me see, for a hunerd dollar, I could build another solar oven....or I could put that hunerd dollar in my gas tank and go somewhere it's warm.
What would you do????

Santer Clouse foun't my door step with no problem last night. Brung me a coffee cup what he had a pic of hisself printed on the side. Three bags of that caramel popcorn with the little do-dads what stick in your throat and ya gasp for air try'n to dislodge that little do-dad. Old folk don't need to be gasp'n for air....we got enough problem now.

Christmas dinner were a smash hit. Had bout 25 folks eat'n up prime rib, oven baked ham, smashed taters, candied yams...a bunch other stuff I don't eat and a table full of arederves...little carrots, broccoli, maters, crackers & cheeses and all that stuff. Broke out 3 the biggest pies ya ever set yer eyes on.

Where Billy Bob

"Oh....where have you been Billy Bob, Billy Bob...where have you been charming Billy???"
Oh, I just been lay'n round, swak'n golf balls, read'n crap mind'n my own business and "do'n nuttin". Just the usual "slab city" retired, ain't got nuttin better to do stuff.

Hey....did ya know it's almost Christmas time?? Boy howdy, how time fly by. Here I were a month ago think'n I was gonna miss Thanksgiv'n dinner and here it is time to eat'em up some Christmas dinner.

Ok, for all you doubters out there, old Billy Bob cook up a pan of jalepeno cornbread this morn'n...in a 325 deg homemade solar oven....built by none other than Mr. Billy Bob his self. But.....I have a new problem. That foamboard I used in it's construction has got to go. Did you know....when ya heat styrofoam to close to 325 degs, it put off a gas....not a fart, if'n that what ya think'n, but some kind of cancer caus'n chemical gas....I guess it could cause cancer....everything else does. That jalepeno cornbread tastes great, but ya gotta hold your nose so's ya don't breath them fumes. If'n I'm sick tomorrow, then ya don't eat it either.

Tennessee Ken just fired up his generator what operates the deep fryer what gonna cook our funnel cakes. Holy crap that thing is loud....sound like one them homemade 5hp Briggs & Stratton, belt drive old Ford Motor Co. alternator jobber'dos. Boy howdy is old Billy Bob all work up an 'cited.

For those that are unaware, I have been elected again this year to be the official candied yam cooker feller. I rekon I'll put it all together tonight and throw it in the oven tomorrow afternoon.

Ok...that's it....ain't got no more to say.
Hope everyone has a great and joyous Christmas.

Blowed plumb off line

Boy howdy, why do this weather wanna treat me so? Here I waked up to a beautiful morn'n and by the time I had finished breakfast, here come da wind. Since I skeered of wind...'cause it breaks stuff, I went out and rolled up the awning fore it got flung over the top "da house" and end up in the neighbors front yard. Then, while I was sit'n here sip'n a cup, mind'n my own business, the wind done blowed my satellite dish round that pole point'n right at New York City. Then....when the wind calmed down to just a slight gale, I went to find what happen to MY satellite. I know it out there, I just can't see it. With the help of a couple homebrewed "satellite find'n" programs, I am finally back to clickity click click...naked chicks and stuff.

Done lost me a lawn chair somewhere. All the trash from across the road is in my flower garden and little rugs everywhere. Boy howdy...what a wind. Oh, by the way....that solar oven done blowed over too. Them new reflectors were cross the street in the bushes. No harm done though.....had they been covered with tin foil, they would'a been history.

So, for old Billy Bob, it's a sit inside, swak'n golf balls, sip'n a cup kind'a day.

Today is Monday Billy Bob....

Boy howdy, how do I get my days mixed up. I try my hardest to start each day on the right day, but somehows I lose a day in the process. Buy actually, it doesn't matter what day it is. I don't have a job, no special time to get up, no appointments, no bills to pay, no place to go.....my God, what to do with all this free time on my hands. Then I got to think'n....if'n I had taken that long drive to the lumber yard yesterday, it would have been closed and half my day would have been completely wasted. All 'cause I didn't know what day it was. Sheesh, life is hard on us old folks.

Well shoot....I want you look see outside. Clouds as far as the eye can see. Now this ain't right. I come all this distance to see sunshine every day, be nice and warm and sit on da porch sip'n a cup. Must be ol' winter time set'n in. Speak'n of winter....looks like we gonna get some at the slabs. Ain't gonna be no snow, if that what ya think'n, but it gonna get a mite chilly in the next few days. Something like lower 40's...at night and mid 60's day time. Brrrrrrr..... Gonna have to break out some winter clothes and bundle up.

I were look'n at that solar oven yesterday and got me one them wild hairs. "Billy Bob, since ya ain't got nuttin to do and ya lose track of what day it is, let's break out the table saw and engine hoist and rebuild that solar oven again". Yeah, I can do that. Built me a drawing and made me a list. Hmmmmm.....should I or shouldn't I???

Had us another outstand'n campfire last night...everyone sit'n round sip'n drinks, tell'n lies and boast'n bout life in general. Mostly lies. And here sit's old Billy Bob in the corner with nuttin to say. Kinda remind me the fish'n stories we used to tell....da big'un got away.

Boy howdy, I done run out of water. Ain't no biggie if'n ya knows where the water faucets are in town. Went an got me 14 gallon, come back to "da house" an put it in the tank. Then off to Brawley to pick up my drugs from Walmart, a few dollars pocket change and find a lumber yard to buy my parts for a brand spank'n new solar oven. Holy cows, did you see the price on that sheet of FRP?? $39.95....forget that crap. Then I got to think'n....when the sun is shin'n this old solar oven work just fine...now that the "heat leaks" are fixed. Haven't had a day of sunshine since I fixed the leaks, so don't know how hot it gonna get now. Today was a NO sunshine day all day long. Then....I picked up 14 more gallon water on the way home. Then I had'a charge my batteries...forgot to turn stuff off....12 amp hours every hour I were gone. Think Billy Bob.

I don't know how many time I say this, but I ain't put'n no stink'n tin foil on my solar oven....sheesh!!! It called "emergency solar blanket" from Walmart. Sheesh!!!! How many time I have to say"SHEESH"????

What day is it

Oh crap.....did ya forget to post this morn'n Billy Bob??? Hell no I didn't forget. Here's what happen.....when I took a look at my blog, it said Saturday... an I don't remember post'n nuttin this morn'n, but there it was...a Saturday post. BILLY BOB....LOOK AT THE FREAK'N CALENDER...TODAY IS SUNDAY....SHEESH!!!!

Lazy Saturday

Well, yesterday turned out to be so close to perfect, I was think'n I done waked up on some tropical island in the south Pacific. Even when the clouds rolled in I were still wipe'n little sweat beads from my brow. Just little bitty ones, but it were still hot. Today is expected to be a repeat of yesterday....without the clouds...hopefully.

Did some spearmint'n with the solar oven yesterday. Like about 4 hours worth. Made me some reflector add ons covered with that solar blanket material...boy howdy, you talk bout some bright shiny stuff. Duct taped them on to the other reflectors and walla....it get hot pretty darn quick. When it hit 300 degs, I throw me a pot on dinner in there....some kind of pork rib thingys and some taters, green beans and broccoli. That when I found a big heat leak what gotta be fix. Oh Oh.....here come a batch of clouds and the temp go way down below cook'n temp....225 degs. Pull that pot out and throwed on da stove....tasted terrible. So guess what old Billy Bob gonna be do'n today? That's right....fix this solar oven and bake me up a basketball loaf of bread...maybe.

Only bout 6 days till Christmas dinner at "da slabs". We gonna have a big ol' deep fried turkey, a somekind of ham with all that other stuff people eat for Christmas. Yum boy howdy...can hardly wait. I wonder if old Santa Clause know where I'm camped at this year. All he brought me last year was a can of stale nuts and a freak'n plant....what died in the first two weeks. It were ugly anyhows.

Ye old tater gun

Now what ya gonna do Billy Bob??? Here it is a beautiful day outside, warm, sun shin'n, ain't no clouds, not a care in the world and I ain't got nuttin to do.

Just checked my Coffee Mate and I think I can go one more day before I make a trip to Walmart. I could'a swore I had another container that stuff, but I can't find it no where. Got a nice list made up for my Walmart run, but I ain't in no mood to be driv'n all that distance right yet. I figger that Walmart gonna still be there tomorrow.

Old Uncle Ben posted a video yesterday bout spud guns. Boy howdy...ya talk bout fun, them spud guns be a blast. First one I built was just a "toy" compared to the other one I built. A high pressure pneumatic jobber'do what shot "bak'n taters" over 250 yards. That were one mean spud gun.

Did I ever tell ya bout the time....I were liv'n on "da boat" in the marina shoot'n my "toy" spud gun what used hair spray for propellant. After bout a 5# bag of taters, here come the cops....4 cars of them. Threatened to put me in jail. Took my spud gun never to see it again. Well that piss old Billy Bob...Barnacle Bill at the time....off. So's I put dry ice in some them 1 liter plastic bottles, with just a little water, put the cap on and throw it in the water. Boy howdy, you talk bout an explosion...whoa!!! Sound like dyno-mite.
Here come the cops....one more time....say'n "Billy Bob, ya press'n yer luck". Sheesh!!! What a bunch of party poopers. Since when is there a law against hav'n fun???

Now....back to reality.....gonna go sit on "da porch" and sip a cup. Do some think'n.

Well, got all my think'n took care of and decided to take that looooong trip to Walmart. Done spent more than I was expect'n to, but what the hell. Got enough stuff to last for the next two months.....maybe.

While attempting to polish the back side of my solar oven reflectors, I done figgered that was too much like work, and old Billy Bob ain't gonna get caught up in a day job. So's I got to think'n, cover them with tin foil....what gonna get all tore to hell. So's I got to think'n, if'n tin foil gonna get all tore up, why not use something more shiny....solar blanket material....$2.88 for enough to cover 10 sets of reflectors. Yep, that what I gonna do. Glue that stuff to some sheets of foamboard and be very careful not to scratch it. Yep...that what I gonna do.

On the way back from Walmart, we see this big ol' fake cow out front the cow feed farm....with a big ol' red nose. Will get a pic of it the next trip when back I go to pick up some drugs.

Oh boy howdy, we gonna have the rest that spaghetti out around a roar'n campfire again tonight. Maybe tonight I'll eat as much as I can and waller myself home like an old sow hog. Sounds good to me. Campfire starts in 30 minutes, so I'm out of here.

"That's all I have to say bout that"....GUMP

Bored slap out

Since I had nothing to write about yesterday, thought I would poke a few keys here this morning. kasunehhnxzhulajdhygvskdijsdjj.....how bout that???

Yesterday was another one them boring days where all I did was lay around. Finished reading a book, what I don't EVER do. First one in over 30 years. Broke out the Play Station and run my freak'n batteries down. But I did whoop Tiger by 6 strokes before I had to crank the generator to put some juice back in the batteries. Not a whole lot of sunshine on the solar panels yesterday and it looks bout the same today.

Some time in the next couple days I gonna make a trip to Walmart....20 miles. Done ate up all my chicken and pork chops. So....today will be spent mak'n up a list of stuff.

Boy howdy did we have a camp fire last night. Six of us was sit'n out there eat'n up some the best spaghetti I ever ate around a roar'n fire. Bout 8:30 I called it a day and retired to "da house"....with nuttin to do. Read some news, blogs and "groups" on the internet and went to bed.

Speak'n of the internet....has anyone noticed that there are less people than there was a year ago? Is it that they are getting bored or just down right "don't give a flip" no more? I know why my blog roll is down...'cause I ain't work'n on stuff and break'n it. Ya need a project Billy Bob.

Coming home the other day, I heared a new sound com'n out from under "that jeep". Clickity, clickity, clank clank...or something like that. Hmmmm....universal joints??? Climbed up under there and nope, not universal joints. What the hell now??? Hate this "that jeep". Anyone wanna buy a perfectly good '97 Jeep???

died last night

Boy howdy crapolas...what a night I had last night. I were hav'n a dream/nightmare bout die'n an I waked up 4 or 30 times with little goose bumps and sweat beads. Then I got to think'n, so what the big deal? I remember a few years back I were skeered to death....lol... that I was gonna die before I was ready. Ready ya say??? How the hell can someone be ready? Die'n ain't something ya just get ready for.

It weren't but 20 months ago and old Billy Bob done thought he done bit the dust. Three heart attacks in a two week period....what skeered hell out me. But something happen when I ended up in the hospital for open heart bypass surgery. I weren't skeered no more. I weren't the only one there and through open doors I could hear people cry'n an pray'n while clutch'n their bibles. But old Billy Bob just took it all with a grain of salt, not even think'n I could die.....poooof...just like that.

Three days after surgery I were lay'n on my "nap" couch in "da house" grinn'n from ear to ear, rais'n hell with pesky neighbor Wayne bout swak'n golf balls and want'n a smoke. Never a thought of what could have happen. I were alive and kick'n. But then....my life took on a different meaning. Things slowed down to a crawl....I weren't able to do "stuff" no more. This is it....ain't gonna get no better...take it or leave it. The last year has been good for me, swak'n golf balls, mak'n stuff and a few short trips in "Sally da house". I rekon I got lots to be thankful for, mainly to still be amungst the living and do'n the bestest I can.

Now....what did I give up. I gots a brand spank'n new bicycle I can't ride 'cause it got a flat tire. All my gold prospecting stuff is in storage. Don't chase the young wimmins no more. No more start'n a day early...unless it's tee time. No more put'n in a 6 hour day. No more walk'n the trash to the dumpster....ride in "that jeep". No more sleep'n all night long. No more eat'n big fat laden T-bone steak. Boy howdy, this sucks!!! But I have accepted and grown acustomed to "do'n nuttin".

Turned a little chilly last night but what a beautiful morning. All this sunshine make ya wanna go outside and sit on da porch sip'n a cup. What I did for a few hour. Now I gonna go back out there and eat me up a big bowl of homemade chicken/tater noodle soup.

Good to see OGT back.....where the hell ya been? Now where MsB and River?

Crawfish Sunday

Ho hum, what a boring life being retired, travel all over the country, no bills, two "hunt'n dogs", not a care in the world and still have nothing to do. Oh well, someone gotta do it.

Got up again this morning, not know'n for sure what day it is....think'n it were Monday. But then I got to think'n, I didn't eat crawfish jambalaya yesterday, so's this has to be Sunday. Chili Bob is brew'n up a batch of "cajun" stuff right now what we gonna be eat'em up after a bit. Then I got to think'n again, now where in the hell ya gonna find live crawfish in southern Ca.??? This ain't Louisiana ya know. I hear them dead'uns kill ya or make ya wish ya was dead. Hope old Chili Bob know what he do'n.

Didn't have a thing to do so's I put the awning out and sit on da porch sip'n a cup. Weren't an hour and here come the wind. What the hell??? Put that sucker right back up. Put 14 gallon fresh alkaline water in my fresh water tank. That give me bout 30 gallon what should last a couple weeks....if'n I only take "one" shower and do dishes weekly. Yep...that gonna work.

Thats all I did and have nuttin else to do the rest of the day. See what I tole ya....being retired sucks. I need a job at the bank...count'n money or something. Or maybe one them high flutin jobs...."hello, welcome to Walmart...have a nice day".

Beautiful day here at "da slabs". Bout 70 some odd degs, a few clouds and very little wind...now that the awning is back up. Go figger. Now I got myself three choices....read a book, play PlayStation or take a nap. Can anyone guess what I gonna do???

Cloudy Saturday

Too early to be play'n golf, so I gonna just sit here and write something.
Cloudy outside this morning. Bout 45 degs at 7am and the weather thingy says 65 for a high. Were hoping for a warmer day, but I rekon some body has to get this cold weather. But...why me? Had I knowed today was Saturday, old Billy Bob would'a stayed in bed under them warm covers for another hour.

Boy howdy did we have a camp fire last night. This guy Aaron just keep toss'n them sticks in there and fire were shoot'n 10 feet in the air. That feller Ken from Tennessee come drag'n in yesterday afternoon...park right in my front yard. Then here come the little lady Hazel from Canada...and park right in my front yard (Hazel may gonna be pull out today to places unknown). Somewhere warm I'm sure. Good to see her again.

I learnt something yesterday...not that I don't learn something every day. I were watch'n the news and these two fellers were discussin some off the wall stuff....when all a sudden this one feller turn on the other...all red face, puffed up, call'n names and fight'n mad....like a dog. All over one not agree'n with the other. Sheesh!!! Now is that any way for two grown adults to act? But then I got a think'n.....that happens every day, not only on the news where millions are watch'n. Remind me the time bout the loss of a good buddy over how to boil water.

Old uncle Ben mentioned his JD lawn mower the other day and I got to think'n....let's hop that sucker up...."tool man" style. Yank that Briggs & Stratton motor out that thing and put in a fuel injected dual overhead cam 4 cylinder 125 hp Chevy power plant engine in there. Boy howdy, now we cutt'n grass . What ya think???

Sit'n back wait'n

With the dawning of a new day.....what ever that means, there comes a time when ya got to just sit back and see what gonna happen. It ain't likely that something exciting will show up at my doorstep, but I gots both eyes peeled back look'n at the horizon.

Were right snappy this morning...something like bout 36 degs and 50 degs inside. Crank up this laptop and it went to mak'n all kind weird sounds. Little fan scream'n, hard drive click'n and hammer'n, screen flash'n on an off.....boy howdy. This baby need to go visit the "geek" squad.

Now, what I were talk'n bout......the beach is boring when ya live on it. Fish'n sucks when ya eat fish every day. Shrimp tastes like shoe leather when ya ain't got no chicken. Watermelon ain't nuttin but an apple in disguise. I hate apples.

Speak'n of watermellons, did I ever tell ya bout the time....we was at a farm auction back in 47' and there was this big ol' field of nuttin but watermelons. Gazillions of them. All shiny green stare'n up at the sun. Bout 10 of us little "heatherns" took to that field with watermelon eat'n on our mind. Well, I were just sit'n there mind'n my own business, eat'n a busted watermelon, when here come the local law enforcement. Little feller...remind me Barney Fife an sheriff Taylor. Well, we was bust'n and eat'n watermelon on that "other fellers" land what was sell'n them watermelon to the local grocery stores and we had done cut a big chunk out his profits......bout a hunerd them watermelon lay busted on the ground. Got a good whoop'n out that one. Just thought you should know.


Sure do need to make a trip to town today. Ain't got much water left after do'n dishes yesterday. Musta use 5 gallon. Had I allowed Lug Nut to wash the dishes, I would'a only use 2 gallon. He's a good dog. Very conservative and does a good job wash'n dishes. He finish and they go back in the cupboard all shiny clean.

Gonna fix me up some eat'n so's I'll be back....later.

Not a thing to say....

That's it.....nuttin!!!

Hurricane at da slabs

Holy crap, camp Billy Bob done got hit by a hurricane last night. I ain't kid'n, ya know. I bet'ya the wind was a blow'n 200 mph when all hell broke loose. My little blue tarp is gone....poooof....just like that. Everything what was stand'n up was lay'n down....solar oven (glass is safe), bbq grill sprawled out on the ground, Fred the duck lay'n over there in the bushes, chairs blowed over and last but not least, my Hughes satellite dish were dead slap lay'n on the ground....bent.

First thing I done was go pick'n up stuff...damn it's cold out there. Then I got to look'n at that satellite dish.....oh sh*t!!! It ain't never gonna work look'n all bent like that. But ya got to remember, old Billy Bob can fix stuff. Set 'er all back up with extra rock in da bucket and pointed it at a satellite. Hmmmmm, best signal I could get was 40...what ain't gonna do. Started bend'n stuff just for the hell of it and walla....things look'n up. I figgered I can't hurt it any more than it already is, so's I give it a "hard" adjustment what bend that sucker right back to a good signal. Yee Ha!!! Back online. Gonna be look'n for one them fiberglass dishes right quick like. Might even stake that tripod down like I sposed to.....rocks ain't heavy enough for 200 mile winds.

Now, bout that damn awning. Before the wind got too bad, I decided to roll that sucker up out the wind...just in case.....good move Billy Bob. Well......the sucker says, "I ain't gonna roll up". Remember the other day I was tell'n ya bout how proud I were that I done fixed that awning what wouldn't roll all the way out??? Yeah, I fixed it alright. Now what ya gonna do Billy Bob? "Punt, what else". I rekon I'll just undo the fix I did and hope for the best. Maybe one turn on only one spring at a time.....what ya think???

Now that the hurricane is over, it's absolutely beautiful out there. Not a puff of wind, sun shin'n and the temp is up to 56 after a low 42 this morning. Reminds me the time I were on my boat when a storm blowed in. Now I ain't talk'n bout no little storm...we talk'n storm. Everything not tied down was in the drink. My sliding hatch (door to landlubbers) blowed off like a frisbe....pooof...it were gone. Oh course it were rain'n buckets and I were soaked sit'n there pray'n for the rain gods to leave me lone. Sat out two hurricanes on that old 41 foot sailboat. Skeered to death.

Will be back later....got work to do.

Boy howdy, got all that stuff clean up in the yard and roll that awning out....just to take a look see. Well, it's like this, the damn thing roll all the way out and the damn thing roll all the way back in. Feel like one them springs is hang'n up in that there roller tube. So's, I smak it with a big ol' hammer....pow.....just like that. What can it hurt??? That all I did 'cept for tighten a couple bolts I left loose by accident. Gonna roll it up and down a few time just to make sure I fix it good this time.

Come Friday the weather thingy says we got another front headed this way. What the hell??? Ya don't rekon old Billy Bob's black cloud is back? I guess it's better than being out in the middle of no where freez'n my butt off...at least it don't freeze at da slabs.

Remember

Boy howdy, I want you look here. Water fall'n out the sky. Not much, but I would rekon we might get bout a gazillinth of an inch before this downpour is over. 50 degs. at Billy Bob's house.

Did my morning blog read'n, checked in at TFL chat room...naturally no one was talk'n..., put the dogs out to pee and now I have nuttin to do the rest of the day. Although, I do have a pile of dirty dishes and a full trash can what needs to go to town to the dumpster. Probably aughter pick up some fresh water since I only have bout 20 gallons left.

I usually don't talk bout wars and stuff, but since today is Dec. 7th, the day that the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, I tip my hat to all those that lost their lives that day and the millions that lost their lives fighting for our freedom following that day. There are reasons for war, but I still don't understand the concept of kill'n your neighbor over petty arguments. I remember many instances in the bars, the big burley fellers were always start'n some kind of ruckus and the little guy...me...always ended up with the black eyes, bumps and bruises. I was born only a couple months before WWII and some have blamed the whole thing on me. Weren't MY fault.

Old Uncle Ben was on a roll yesterday when he mentioned Hillary and I agree with his thoughts. She's a pretty big girl when she's spout'n off her mouth, but that woman is nuts. Along with her sister Nancy. Oh....did ya see the news where Hillary is flirt'n with that "young" dude??? Disgusting!!! Has she no shame like her dear beloved did? Is this "revenge" time???

Boring Sunday

Boy howdy, I can see it now. Another boring day at the slabs. Beautiful sunshine, gorgeous morning, no wind, not a cloud in the sky, birds sing'n and I have nothing to do. It's hell get'n old.

Had a friend tell me one time....if'n ya wanna really piss someone off, just ignore them . Well....that's only one way. Old Billy Bob know some other ways...from years of experience ya know. Like the time we was sit'n at the bar and my buddy went to "relieve" himself. I took his beer and filled it with water. Boy howdy was he pissed. Then there was the time...... Yep, that was a good'ern too. The sad part of being piss off is ya miss all the fun, sit in yer chair grumpy all day, watch TV, try your damnest to find fault and just plain turn ugly mean.....for the rest of your life. Ya know anybody like that??? So sad!!!

Ok.....time to go outside, sit on "da porch" and drink me up some coffee.

Why is it so freak'n hard to make oatmeal all full of lumps and resemble a glob of some crap ya wouldn't eat if'n ya was starv'n. That's what I get if'n I go out for oatmeal. I got to be do'n something wrong 'cause mine comes out all smooth and juicy. Oh well, I'm just learn'n bout this cook'n stuff and I hear practice makes perfect.

Well shoot....good thing I didn't decide to take off all my clothes and go swim'n. Sky done all clouded up, temp dropped a few degs and the wind started blow'n. So, it were back inside, brew up another pot of coffee and put the batteries back on the charger.

Guess I'll fire up the Play Station and swak me some golf balls. Speak'n of swak'n golf balls....I tee'd one up last night and wallap that thing a mile. Damn that felt good.

Hell no I ain't been fish'n. Can't even find a place to get to the canal. Ya rekon that why???

Oh, before I forget....and old feller went to the hot spring last week and drowned. He had just bought 40 acres of property, decided to take a dip and that was it...poooof...gone, just like that.

What? No stock reports???

Up bright and early this morning....Boy howdy did old Billy Bob have to pee. Since I were already up figgered I may as well stay up and drink me up some coffee. Fired up the Onan generator and I hears someone yell..."HEY!!!". Now, what's his problem? I'm mak'n coffee here.

Were a bit on the chilly side...bout 36 degs, but in 15 minutes Mr. Heater had it nice and comfy for that first cup'o. Lug Nut was "gone" for only a short time before he was knock'n on the door want'n back in. Sissy dog!!!

Made me up a couple big ol' pancakes with bout a pound of butter, a heap'n pile blackberry preserves and some them molasses stuff. Then I don't know what happen. All sudden old Billy Bob was get'n heavy eyes and kind of groggy. I either not get'n nuff sleep or I die'n. Hit that couch and I were out like a light. Hehehe....early naps are as good as late naps.

Last night I brewed me up some jalepeno chili spaghetti with that chili I made the other day. Well shoot, I want you look at all that spaghetti I done went and made up. Half a box. Way too much for just a couple bowls....and the birds don't eat spaghetti.

Speak'n of chili.....I had a neighbor buddy in Galveston, Texas what was my bestest friend. BBQ together. Cook stuff together. Drink beer together. Go fish'n together. You know all the things buddies do. Well, we were cook'n a pot of "mean" Texas chili one day...all kind'a good stuff in it. Then it started..."ya can't put "that" in chili". "Ya don't put "smushed" garic in chili". "Did ya just put beer in that chili"? And on and on and on. We was back an forth till we was all red face and ready to fight. Last beer, we parted way and ain't seen each other since. Just a thought.

Ain't been a bit of sunshine all day long......that is till I went outside and hook up my battery charger. Crank up the generator, charger crank'n out 40 amps and walla....here come the sun. I rekon an hour on the battery charger will be enough for the batteries to make it through a session of internet tonight. They was down to 60% this morning, what is lower than I like.


Still at odds what to do with this solar oven. Tinkered with the reflectors (adjustments) but to no avail...still only 275 degs. And I ain't put'n no stink'n tin foil on them. Gonna check out the hardware stores and see if I can find me some smooth alum sheets, polish them up like mirrors and be done with it. Should'a bought them in Deming when I had the chance.

That's all I have to say bout that....Billy Bob and Co.

Snow in Texas???

Boy howdy, did ya see the snow in Texas this morn'n??? What the hell??? I know what it is, global warm'n. What a bunch of bunk.Ya did google Climategate....right??? Grrrrrr....as old Uncle Ben would say.

It's so beautiful outside I just don't know what I'm gonna do with myself. I mean, just like lay'n on "da beach" on some tropical island. Nice little 5 mph breeze to keep ya cool. Not a cloud in the sky. Didn't I just say all that yesterday? Ya don't rekon it's gonna be like this forever do ya???

Speak'n of yesterday....I went off up the road a piece (17 mile) to a place call Bombay Beach think'n I were gonna see some of the old beach resorts what was built in the 60's when the Salton Sea were the place to go... (did ya know...the Salton Sea is 226 feets below sea level??). Well, "park road closed". What the hell??? Drove round the little burg for a few minutes and head'em back to Niland. Wasted trip. While just mind'n my own business, I went through one them check point places on the way. "Pull over there...get out the car". At least they didn't find the drugs....LOLOLOLOL....jus kid'n.

Now today, if'n I can find the place, I gonna go look see the mud volcanoes and the mud pots. Heared bout them last year, but I were too busy work'n on that cheap brand spank'n new China built generator to go see.


Ok...research to do...find them mud pots!!!

Go'n fish'n...maybe

Another beautiful morning in the middle of nowhere. Can you believe that??? Not a cloud in the sky, temp right on 51.9 degs @ 8am. Although it were a little chilly last night, old Billy Bob were snug as a bug all wrap up in them covers.

Don't know what Lug Nut was a chas'n, but that dog was burn'n rubber and kick'n up dust. You would have to see it to believe....hunerd miles an hour in 6 seconds flat.

Had another blog follower come by for a visit while ago. From Arkansause or Alleybaba....done forget...just like that. Don't ask me his name 'cause I done forget that too. Damn, it's hell get'n old. Anyhows, he a real nice guy, bout close to my age, camped out just up the road a piece....in Texas that could be 50 miles. Next time I see him, I'll write down his name and where he from. In the mean time, maybe he'll leave that important information in the comments section.

Ain't got a thing planned to do today. Thought about a little nap here in a few, but shoot, I'm bout napped out. Got up last night at 2am....just 'cause I didn't have nuttin better to do. Sit around smok'n and think'n bout go'n over there to the canal and throw'n a line in there...maybe catch me a fish. My luck, here would come the Fish and Game feller out the bushes say'n "what ya think ya do'n"??? Then of course the sheriff would show up, put me in handcuffs and haul me away....just for mind'n my own business. Law don't like old Billy Bob.

Got me a pile 'o dishes what is stacked up in the sink just wait'n. Well, far as I concerned, they can just sit there and wait till tomorrow. Neighbor feller brung me over a book to read this morning. If'n I read that sucker it gonna be the first book I read in years. I either gonna go to sleep or get bored.

Oh, fore I forget, the dinner last night was a hit. Had that beef stuff with mushrooms and artychokes and butter licked parmejohn (that's cheese)biscuits on top cooked up in a dutch oven. Boy howdy were it good. A little salad on the side made for some good eat'n.

Now what ya gonna do Billy Bob???

Gotta go somewheres

Imperial Sand Dunes
10 miles west of Yuma, Az.

Boy howdy what a great morning. I mean....great. Turn Lug Nut loose and he were gone...pooof...just like that. That dog can run.

Feel so good this morning I think maybe I'll take the dogs on a tour of the surrounding area. Need to go find me a little Christmas tree to put on the dash since I don't have a cat no more. Mikey used to knock all the ornaments off and play with them. Knock the tree down many times. Crazy cats!!!

Had a feller tell me this morning that my "jalepeno" chili ain't chili. What the hell is he think'n??? Using basically the same recipe, old Billy Bob jalepeno chili won second place in two chili cook offs in south Texas. Tell me it ain't chili....sheesh!!! In fact, think I'll have me some for breakfast with a couple over easy. Maybe make me some chili cornbread later in the day.....that is if'n the solar oven will get hot enough.

Well I done something, but ya ain't gonna like it. Ate me up some that delicious jelepeno chili with eggs and done got me a dose heartburn ya won't believe. Figgered I'ld walk it off, so's me and the kids went for a long walk...till I had'a head back to "da house" for alka seltzer. Then I sit on "da porch" jaw'n with a neighbor till I couldn't take no more that. Lay on the couch and got to think'n....wonder if the play station will still work. It do.

So...the rest of the afternoon I were swak'n golf balls with Tiger Woods. Might do some race car driv'n this evening. Hot damn, sure is good to be retired and have toys.

Gonna have dinner with Goofy Mary 'n Richard, Chili Bob and Seann. Some kind of beef stuff with artychokes. What the hell is a artychoke??? Anyhows, it'll probably be better than left over chili what make ya "sweat" like a basketball player. I'm being nice ya know!!!

Boy howdy has it ever been a great day. All but that solar oven.... 275 degs....what the hell???
So, there is no chili cornbread to rant and rave about. Sure do sound good though.

Hard work'n fool

Holy cows, now what Jimmy??? Where the hell is my post from this morning???? Sheesh!!!
Now I done forget what I were do'n. Gotta start all over.

Got up right bout still dark time, what I don't like to do 'cause I can't see a freak'n thing. Lug Nut took off like a bullet headed off over there where he see a rabbit yesterday. That dog can run!!!! Crazy dog. Poor little Sadie Mae ain't no way she can keep up.

Coffee tasted great this morning so I rekon I'm almost well. Went an look at the weather in Terlingua and Deming....no snow and 3 to 6 inches snow...in that order. Then I look at MY temp.....hehehehe....52 degs at 6:45am. By 7:30, it were 60 degs and get'n warmer.

Started polishing the solar oven reflectors for bout an hour while I were sit'n on "da porch". Put 'em back on and walla.....300 degs by 11am. So's I brewed up a big pot of "Billy Bob" jalepeno chile. Put it in the solar oven to simmer all afternoon. If it as good the last batch, it ain't gonna last very long. Old Billy Bob know how to "fix" stuff ya know.

Then I screwed some anchors into this hard gravel ground to tie the awning down just in case we get some 100 mph wind. I suppose it'll hold at 100 mph. Broke out my brand spank'n new adjustable leaf rake and raked the yard.....well just a little of it. Don't want to rush into too many projects at the same time. What I don't rake today, may still be there tomorrow.



Now that the chili is simmer'n, got the yard cleaned up, awning secure...how bout a little nap? Sounds good to me.......laters.

Now let me tell ya bout some Billy Bob Jalepeno chili. Boy howdy!!!
Need I say more???


Dark city right bout 4:45.....where the hell da sunshine? Can ya see the full moon right over my "Sally da house"?

Walk'n on solid ground

Boy howdy, what a beautiful day to be "do'n nuttin". Old Billy Bob wake up this morning feel'n like a brand spank'n new dollar bill.....not worth much but nice and crisp. I see all that dark out there and says, "what da hell ya do'n now"??? Bout that time, Lug Nut done see something he just gots to chase, so's I rolled out, let him out and he "gone". Sadie only 5 seconds behind.

Made me up a pot of coffee what I was able to get down a couple cups, slaped together some oatmeal with raisins what I got half that down. Then I got to think'n, Billy Bob, you almost well again. Just take it easy today and all will be just fine....so that what I been do'n.

Went outside to sit on "da porch" but the sun were so bright I had to let the awning out. What I did. But it don't go all the way out......hmmmmmm, what if'n I take that leg loose and make a turn...both ends of course....sheesh, I ain't dumb ya know. Yep, that done the trick. Just like pay'n a hunerd dollar to have it done by a professional. Billy Bob fix stuff ya know.....for free.

Got some military jets fly'n over the bombing range today, but I ain't hear nuttin blow up. I'm think'n that Obama feller has something to do with it....you know, cut costs so we can spend a trillion dollar on his health crap program. The guy is nuts I'm tell'n ya....nuts.

Speak'n of health care, who gonna take care of old Billy Bob when there ain't no more insurance? I pay'ed 40 years for the Medicare program and now they want that money to pay for another government program plus they gonna raise my rates to boot. It ain't right I tell ya, it ain't right. And did ya know, ya got to furnish your own propane or a cord of wood to be cremated?

I think I need a nap.....done piss myself plumb off.

I were look'n at the weather thingy this morn'n and Holy cows, Billy Bob the only one what ain't freez'n. Deming were 31 degs, Terlingua were something like 27 degs....but it were only 52 degs at the slabs. LOLOLOL....hahahaha.....love it!!! Ah....it only 82 degs right now.

Did I tell ya bout my solar oven with the brand spank'n new polished aluminum diamond plate reflectors what I pait $47 for???? Well the suckers don't work worth a flip. Them little diamond thingys send solar rays in every direction but the right direction. But wait, old Billy Bob can fix that. Go get a can of aluminum polish an shine up the other "flat" side. What ya think????

Now, before anyone suggests I cover the reflectors with tin foil....hehehehe River.....I fount my metal polish, broke out my little random orbital sander, throwed a paper towel on the bottom and applied a generous gob of polish....walla, that works. In the Navy, we had to shine out aluminum lockers mirror finish, so I got's experience.

Boy howdy do my brand spank'n new solar powered yard light look good out there shin'n on Fred and that damn cat. Thank ya Santer Cause.

Day three and still alive

Boy howdy, old Billy Bob feel'n better this morning. Think'n I'm gonna try a cup'o and see what happens. Hell, I thought I were gonna die out here in the middle of nowhere. Now I'm gonna just sit here and take it easy. Get down a cup of "mellow" coffee and see what gonna happen. Maybe eat up a scrambled egg......anything....I'm starved.

Did ya ever see a boy what ain't right? Boy howdy let me tell ya bout this little feller out here. He one them kind ya just want to "smak" right cross the head. But he got a daddy...be a big feller. This boy tell people "shut up", "git off my land", "keep yer dog over there" (speak'n of Lug Nut) and he run around like a little monkey. Yeah a monkey. Hope to hell he go to school tomorrow. Remind me of one my grandkids, Nick.

I don't drink no stink'n tequila. I don't drink no stink'n whiskey. An I ain't drunk no stink'n rum. But I did change my underwear just in case. Remind me the time I went to the hospital when I had one them heart attacks.....wooo howdy, were I in need of clean shorts. Just thought ya should know that. Listen to yer moma when she tell ya bout clean shorts.

Now I got a cup'o down, brewed me up two scrambled eggs what I eat most of with no ill effects. Wonder maybe if'n I should brew up a big pot of chicken, taters 'n noodles for the rest of the day.
Sounds good to me.

Holy cows, did ya see the weather in Deming? Poor old pesky neighbor Wayne gonna be get'n some snow. Sure glad I didn't wait another week or I would be right slap in the middle of a blizzard. Freez'n cold, burn'n up a ton of propane, can't play golf, lay'n on da couch watch'n tv and miserable as a duck with no water.

Now I gonna go sit outside and soak up some that warming sunshine.

Well, it weren't only Billy Bob what got sick. Other than myself, two others had the stomach rumbles. I tend to agree with the idea of possible food poison'n, but ya know, I ain't no doctor. With all the "stuff" I cook and eat, there ain't no way I can blame any kind sickness on me. Had a be the turkey 'cause turkeys eat poop....right???

Turkey hangover

Have ya even been so sick what ya thought you was gonna die? Yesterday reminded me of one them 60's Woodstock hangovers. Couldn't even keep water down....boy howdy are I sick.

Freak'n wind come up last night. That awning was a danc'n to the beat of someone down the road play'n some loud music. Now, here's old Billy Bob, out there in the cold (58 degs) fight'n with an awning what don't wanna go up. Ten minutes later and I were back inside barf'n up my guts one more time.

Today ain't look'n too good. Started out with some nice sunshine, but now there a big ol' cloud out there and the wind is cold. Well shoot, no wonder, the weather thingy says only 61 degs today. Old Billy Bob ain't gonna be out there play'n today. Move over Lug Nut, that my couch.

Knaw'n on a turkey leg

Boy howdy, would ya lookie at that sunshine in my front winder. I waked up at 5am think'n it were time to get up, but it weren't. Rolled out right bout 7am with the sun just com'n up. Sheesh....the days are only from 7am till 4:30pm. That ain't right. I were ready to hit the sack last night at 7pm, but knowed I would have to sleep for 12 hours just to see the sunshine again.

Ok, here's the deal. Old Billy Bob got to make some changes. Gonna have to change direction on "Sally da house" so's the solar panels are look'n at the sun. Yeah....that what I gonna do right now....in a few minutes after I get that other eye open. My batteries are low this morning cause I didn't conserve yesterday. Ain't like it were in Deming hooked up to 24 hour hi voltage power supply.

Old Billy Bob won't be mak'n no yams this year. Seems the little girl next door gonna make 'em this time. That's Chili Bob's granddaughter from COLD Colorado. They headed back that way this week end.....back to work. At least someone has a job!!!

Well, that was easy. Moved "Sally da house", "that jeep", satellite dish, solar oven and Fred "da duck". Got back online just like that. Solar panels are happy now and Lug Nut just come home to check up on me. He's a good dog!!!

Now I gotta set up camp. Put the brand spank'n new awning out, figger out where to plant the flag pole and make me a "sit'n" place. Boy howdy, I can hardly wait.

Guess I need to jump in "that jeep" and go look'n for OGT. He's lost I'm tell'n ya....lost.
Well, that didn't work.....the guy is lost I'm tell'n ya. My freak'n awning springs are too tight....won't roll all the way out....damn!!! Now how ya gonna "fix" that Billy Bob??? "I don't know that I will fix it".

Weren't no time at all and here come OGT right up to my front door. Seems he was go'n that way while at the same time I were go'n tuther way.






Now it's time for to gobble some turkey and stuff.








Yum Yum eat'em up!!!!

I call'em on da phone

That big ol' cover fall off on the floor last night and I didn't even care. Now that what I talk'n bout. If'n I was to tell ya the temp this morn'n, ya would be turn'n shades of green with envy. It were 61 degs...lololol....61 degs.....hahahaha. Are ya green yet???

Have ya ever been so angry/mad/pissed that ya want to squeeze a grape or bite a bolt in two? That what I been all morn'n try'n to get online with this damn satellite. I call up on da phone one them "silly language" talk'n technical support people over there in India and he was tell'n me all kind of stuff and I were...."ah, yeah....uh huh...ok....what ever...etc, etc, etc". I can't understand a f'n work he were say'n. Anyhows, they gonna call me in 2 or 3 days ....LOLOLOLOL....hahahahaha....right! So's here goes old Billy Bob tak'n stuff apart again, swak'n stuff with a wrench, push'n buttons and chang'n configgeration files. Hmmmmm, what this....force range???? Why not, nuttin else works. Walla, up pops the internet, just like that. Now I ain't gonna turn it off for nuttin. Probably run my batteries down so far I have to flic a bic to see if a light bulb is on.

Put the solar oven out this morning just to see it it still works. Well shoot, now what wrong? Two hours and only 250 degs. Then I got really sick, so I took a nap. Woke up and it were still 250 degs. Now what ya gonna do Billy Bob???

Boy howdy is Lug Nut in hog heaven. He been off all day play'n with all the other dogs, pee'n on every tire in camp, visit'n the neighbors dig'n holes and hav'n a blast. All the while, little Sadie Mae just sits lays under my chair think'n I'm gonna leave her here with all these strange people.

Two of the local "limpies" got in a hissy fit the other day over how to prepare garlic. One smashed it while the other chopped it. I would'a pay admission to see that hissy fit. I miss all the fun activities.

Hot??? You can bet your bippy it's hot. My t-meter says it's 97 degs, but it's in the sunshine. Weather thingy says it 78 degs. All I knose is, it's hot.

That OGT feller is supposed to be on his way to the slabs, but I ain't see him yet.

at da slabs

Boy howdy, it were just like go'n home after a vacation when I drove up in the driveway. Although I did move into the elite district after spend'n last winter in "da slums". Someone done camped out in the space I was a want'n, but this one will do till something better come along.

Yee God it were cold when I woke up this morning. I were 240 miles from the slabs, so don't go get'n any ideas that it's cold here. I figgered it would be like 40 degs or something like that, but it were 29 right bout the time the sun woke up. Ya know that me and da sun wakes up together, right???

First thing I done was to break out the internet satellite thingy and start point'n it at...what else, a satellite. Now what the hell's wrong this thing? Holy crap, I'm gonna be without the most important thing...internet. Hold on, if'n old Billy Bob can fix a flat tire, he can fix this thing. Break out some tools and take it apart!!! LOLOLOL....hahaha...yeah right. Anyhows, with both laptops run'n and push'n buttons, I finally got'er up an run'n on da internet. Trade secret so don't even ask.

Ol' Lug Nut knowed right where he were at when he jump out "da house". He were "gone"....just like that. He DID happen to come back a few times to check if'n I was still cuss'n and rais'n a fit. Old folk do that ya know. Lug Nut is a good dog. Crazy dog!!!

Not gonna even try to post a pic tonight....shoot, most ya already in bed. So's, old Billy Bob gonna be talkl'n to ya tomorrow.

Oh Crap...pain

Now what ya gonna do Billy Bob??

Woke up at 2am with these pains and ain't been back asleep since. Remember what I was tell'n ya bout pain what ain't sposed to be there? I ain't no spring chicken ya know, so when I have something like this pop up, I get's concerned/skeered.

I may not get out of here as predicted since I still have some stuff to do. Stuff that can only be done on a work week day. Pay a couple bills. But if'n ya look at it from an old retired farts viewpoint, it don't really matter.

Let me tell ya bout Walmart. I think Walmart is fall'n apart, management wise. I were in a hurry last night to replace my broke water jug and pick up a few other items. Well, there were no carts. They was all in da park'n lot. I spied one with a couple items in it and while the lady was off look'n at stuff, I snatched her cart. I know..... it's not the right thing to do, but old Billy Bob were in a rush. Had it happen to me many time. Now I'm even. Got all my stuff and headed to the front of the store. Grrrrrr.....only 2 lines open, both with a qazillion people waiting patiently. In the rush, the freak'n checker lady lost one my bags....it's her responsibility to spin the bag thingy and make sure the customer get ALL their bags. She had an attitude to start with. You would think they would be proud to be work'n at Walmart. But no, all they want to do is run ya through like a herd of cows and head for the break room and stuff their face with twinkies.

Anyhows, I don't feel good this morning. The above pains are in my chest. They either from work'n too hard, swing'n a golf ball swak'n stick too hard or I gonna die. But then again, it could be from all the excitement of go'n to "da slabs".
Boy howdy, look at the weather map and it gonna be just like summer in southern Ca. Day time temps in the upper 70's with lows in the upper 50's. Compared to Deming....highs in the low to mid 60's and lows in the upper 20's to low 30's. And a brand spank'n new cold front due here tomorrow.


Ok...7am. Gots stuff to do. Will make one more post before I pull out.

8:30am....everything right back on schedule just like I was plan'n, all them chest pains are off look'n for another place to pop up, but I ain't gonna leave till bout 10am. Still a little nippy out there. And I gots to eat something fore I take off. Damn, I hate to eat all the time. Seems a complete waste of time. How bout a big ol' fried balony and egg sandwich??? Sounds good to me.

Ok...gonna tear down my satellite dish. Catch ya somewhere's down the road.
"On the road again" (Wally)

One more day to departure

Up a little early this morn'n. Had'a pee really bad and the dogs wanted out. Seen a couple coyotes out there in Lug Nuts hunt'n grounds, but he stayed close to home this morning. Came back in after he watered the tires on "da jeep" and a couple big rocks....right back to bed.

Well, since I didn't get nuttin done yesterday, my "lay back" day today has been shot to hell. I'm think'n I need to find me a travel companion, not for the travel, but to help do all this "stuff" what gotta be done. Did I ever tell ya bout Vickie Lynn??? Boy howdy could that little girl do stuff. Never once did I go down the road with a dirty windshield like I do now. Too bad I couldn't afford her "smoke" and vodka.

Well here's yesterdays work list. Maybe I'll get 'er all done today.

[X] 1. Clean off the table...that mean put stuff where it go
[] 2. Put all that old mail in a box what is lay'n on the bedroom floor
[X] 3. Drain and fill da water tank with 40 gallon fresh water
[X] 4. Put propane tank and hose in "da jeep".....refill Monday morning
[] 5. Roll up da yard water hose
[X] 6. Clean "da porch"....right!!!...when I says clean, I don't mean "clean".
[] 7. Find a place for the da golf bag....where???
[] 8. Check running lights on "Sally da house"
[X] 9. Install air cleaner what is lay'n on da ground...that sucker don't fit...try again
[X] 10. Pick up meds and a few "eat'em ups" from Walmart
[] 11. Take a nap
[XXXXXX] 12. Take a much needed break....lol, love this one

Well, all go'n pretty good this morning. Had'a run that old pesky neighbor off. He were just sit' there say'n nuttin and doz'n off into ya ya land. Lug Nut is up at the Mexican bar again. That dog ain't right. Crazy dog!!!

LOLOLOL.....hahahaha, let me tell ya bout fill'n up them water jugs. I put the hose in one and turn on da water. Well, shoot, it should be full by now. Then I see's this water run'n out "that jeep". Great big ol' hole right there in the side the jug. Check the other one before I fill it. Off to Walmart for more water jugs. Guess I'll just eat out tonight so's I don't have any dishes to wash.

Ok, here's da plan, but everyone knows all bout plans.....like promises. Spend a month at the slabs do'n whatever. Then pack up and go to Yuma where "da pond" (Fortuna Pond) is located. Set up camp and catch me a mess them rainbow trout. Since it's BLM land, I'll only be there 14 days, unless I do like I did last year. Hide when the ranger comes round. Then back to the slabs....probably eat'em up all them trout....for another 2, 3, or 4 weeks. Now it's time to head back east. Yep, back to "da pond" for another 14 days (or more) and catch me up a bunch them rainbow trout. Did I mention I love to catch them fishes???

Prep Saturday

Now would ya lookie here??? My water hose is done froze up and I need my coffee. Some ya might think it unsanitary to use dog water for coffee, but I got to tell ya, it's as safe as water from the spigot. First, the water gonna get hot enough to burn the skin plumb off your body, so's there ain't gonna be no nasty germs swim'n in your cup. Second, that filter thingy gonna strain out all them dog hairs and anything else swim'n round in there. Ya want a cup????

Let me tell ya bout a blanket what ain't gonna stay on the bed. I got one them really slick $19 dollar Walmart 40 deg sleep'n bag all unzip'ed (cheaper than a brand spank'n new quilt), but that slick sucker just ain't gonna stay on the bed. Slide right off on da floor. Duct tape??? Safety pins??? Super glue???

Ok....here my list for the day.
[] 1. Clean off the table...that mean put stuff where it go
[] 2. Put all that old mail in a box what is lay'n on the bedroom floor
[] 3. Drain and fill da water tank with 40 gallon fresh water
[] 4. Put propane tank and hose in "da jeep".....refill Monday morning
[] 5. Roll up da yard water hose
[X] 6. Clean "da porch"....right!!!...when I says clean, I don't mean "clean".
[] 7. Find a place for the da golf bag....where???
[] 8. Check running lights on "Sally da house"
[] 9. Install air cleaner what is lay'n on da ground...that sucker don't fit...try again
[X] 10. Pick up meds and a few "eat'em ups" from Walmart
[] 11. Take a nap
[X] 12. Take a much needed break....lol, love this one

That should do it for the day and leave me free to "do'n nuttin" tomorrow.

HOLY CRAP!!!! Do you see what time it is??? Went off to town a long time ago, but ended up go'n down the road to get me some smokes from the Indian Smoke Shop. Then auto parts place and then a very crowded Walmart......Grrrrr to talk'n shoppers what block the isles. No respect at all. Guess that means no lay'n back tomorrow.

Speak'n of cell phones, did I ever tell ya bout the time....I were in line behind a nice look'n lady at Walmart. They was check'n and bag'n her goods when her cell phone rang. She were just a beat'n gums, paid for her stuff, turned and headed out the door...still beat'n gums. Ah lady, ya forgot your groceries. Yeah, she got her groceries, but they had to run her down in the park'n lot....still beat'n gums. Men don't do that ya know. In fact, most men don't know how to operate a cell phone in the first place, much less answer it. In fact, the only reason they do answer is 'cause they embarrassed by the stupid ring tone they have on it.

Got me up a nice little nap while an apple pie were bak'n in the oven. It don't look right, but I gonna eat it anyhows. In fact, it's an ugly apple pie.

A gazillion things to do

Crawled out of bed early this morning know'n I had a ton of stuff to do. And it were freak'n cold...not supposed to be, but it were...28 degs with right at 50 degs inside...that where I sleep ya know. Kick on the brand spank'n new Mr Heater and in nuttin flat, old Billy Bob be nice and warm.

[X] 1. Wash the freak'n dishes
[X] 2. Laundry....now ya gotta fold and put up
[X] 3. Pick up all tools
[X] 4. Put Fred in "da jeep"
[X] 5. Rake and pick in "da jeep"....where the hell my rake...Oh, there it is
[X] 6. Find a place for the air compressor....air up tires to 90#
...there went another $20 bill
[] 7. Return borrowed tools and ladder to pesky neighbor Wayne
[X] 8. Remove "dead" battery from where it at and put it over there with the other "dead" batteries
[] 9. Beat sand out of entry carpet, roll up and stow
[X] 10. Take 100#'s of "stuff" to dumpster
[] 11. Take a nap
[XXXXXXXXXX] 12. Take a much needed break

Now, if'n I can put a check mark in those 10 items, I will have had a great day. But, don't bet your youngest child that it'll happen.


The way I figger it, if'n I leave Deming on Monday, I will make the "slabs" just in time for Thanksgiving dinner at the Oasis. Boy howdy, did we ever have a feast last year. Two great big ol' deep fried juicy turkeys, all kind of taters, couple gallon of gravy, home baked breads and rolls and the biggest green salad ya ever see.....you know what we had....same crap ya have at home. Then there were every kinda pie, fruit salads, cake and 6 cans whip up cream. Fresh coffee, iced tea, JD and all the beer and wine ya can drink up. Dang, I can hardly wait.

Boy howdy, only an hour left of day light. Old Billy Bob work from sunup till sundown every day.
I think I did pretty good for one day. Come tomorrow, I should be all done and can sit back on "da porch" all day Sunday sipp'n coffee and "do'n nuttin".

Tomorrow I'll make a new list. Look'n round out there, I still got lots to do. Little things. Why do I have to do all this crap every time I take off somewhere?? Sheesh, stuff everywhere. You would think everything would be in it's place and ready to depart on a new journey at the snap of a finger snap. Speak'n of ginger snap....what is a ginger snap....why is it called a ginger snap and do ginger snaps really go snap??? Inquiring minds want to know.

WHY????

Why??? Have ya ever thought about "why"? I remember when I was just a tyke or what every ya want to call it, my favorite word was WHY. Why are ya beat'n me with a stick? Why can't I stay up and watch TV? Why is it rain'n? WHY WHY WHY.
Well I got to think'n, why do I blog? Blogs are like movies. They are like books. They are like go'n to the zoo to watch the monkeys mess around. Yes, blogs are a form of entertainment. I like to blog, if for nothing else, for my own entertainment.

Last night there was nothing on TV that interested me, so I went back and read my blog. After read'n some the stuff I wrote on this blog thingy, I was laugh'n, slap'n my knee and think'n....Billy Bob, you crazy. Oh nevermind...not important.

.........will finish this later....golf ball swak'n time.

Ok, that's it, ain't never gonna play golf again as long as I live. "What's the hell wrong with you Billy Bob....you play better than that". Ol pesky neighbor Wayne spank'ed me by 5 strokes.

Been hav'n me some second thoughts bout going to the slabs. But I can save me up bout $3000 if I go. The way I spend money, I need to be somewhere far far away from Walmart, not have access to them "brown trucks" and no golf course within 100 miles. Do ya know how much I spend a month on "stuff"??? Boy Howdy!!!

Lug Nut not do'n too good the last two days. His neck were all swole up so's I put some heat compresses on it. That opened him up for drainage. Seems like I gonna have to get a stronger antibotic prescribed by the local "death squad" vet. I done lost two cats from infection where they was in bar room fights. I sure don't wanna lose Lug Nut to the same thing.

Well shoot, here it is time for dinner again. I get so sick of eat'n every time I turn around. Now....what the hell am I gonna eat???

two trips to town

24 degs....yeah I can handle that. That is until I run out of propane. I always have electricity to fall back on with my two little 1500 watt cube heaters. Let's see....2 times 1500 divided by Br-549 carry the 1 plus 14.62 = right at 10,239 btu's. Yeah, that'll work. Anyone remember BR-549???

I were gonna make a morning post just for old Uncle Ben, but rekoned since I had the vacuum cleaner out I would vacuum "da laptop". Turn it off and lay it on the floor and vacuum away. Boy howdy yee haa. Turn it over and do the other side. Now I gots a rip snort'n hi speed internet clickity clickity click laptop. Ya aught'er hear that little fan...not a whisper. Bunch of dog hair come out them little holes.

What a testy day for old Billy Bob. Had'a make two trips to town to get this brand spank'n new air compressor hook up. Wasted way too much time try'n to make it so easy even a girl could operate it. Made a test run on two the back tires. Let some air out to 80# and pump'er up again. Well that didn't take long. Now for the front....well shoot, the air fill it up thingy won't fit...stems too short. Off to town and buy me some brand spank new valve stem extensions. Now it fit....BUT...the air goes in so slow it'll take 4 day to fill a tire. Draw'n board Billy Bob.....take it apart and fix it. Maybe ya got the extension too tight and squish'n that little gasket thingy. Have I ever mentioned "tomorrow"????

Hard decision bout what to eat for dinner. Were gonna have a big ol' T-bone steak, baked tater, mushroom gravy and corn on da cob. Since I had just enough chili left over, it were chili cheese fries with a whole chopped up white onion. Boy howdy!!!!

Frozen bones

I don't know bout the rest of ya, but old Billy Bob were cold all day long. I want ya to know that it got up to 59 degs today, but I were freez'n all day long. Sit outside this afternoon think'n I might pick up some that stuff lay'n on the ground. Nope, didn't do it. It were still there this morn'n, so it should still be there tomorrow.

That little piece of land I was look'n at in Terlingua, it bit the dust. Seems the seller made a mistake as to what piece of property they were selling. So, another one bites the dust.

Got my little brand spank'n new Hulk air compressor less then an hour ago. Plug it in, turn on that little switch and it purrrr'n like a brand spank'n new born huuuum'n bird. But WTH....hahahaha, bet ya thought I were gonna say F didn't ya.....it weren't mak'n no air pressure. So's I takes a look. Well what is this....where the little valve handle what ya turn to let out the water? Gone....busted off...just like that. Old Billy Bob know what to do...take it apart, what I did. Hmmmmm, I can fix this....what I did. Nuttin flat that sucker were up to 120# pressure. Now why can't I upload the pic???? Sheesh!!!That wasn't so hard. Just had to wait till Bloggle got their stuff together.

Too freak'n cold

It were so cold last night I thought I were gonna die. To test my ability to withstand extreme blizzard conditions, I decided to leave all sources of heat OFF for the night. Boy howdy, ain't gonna do that again. It got down to bout 24 degs and only a few more in my bed. Lug Nut crawled up under the covers say'n...."what the hell wrong with you, turn on some heat". By morning, it was cold enough inside to "test" my brand spank'n new Mr Heater. In less than 30 minutes it were nice and cozy.

Something strange happen to my back last night. I were lay'n on the couch watch'n some PBS stuff and I feel something "click" in my back. Then I noticed my hip had quit hurt'n....what hurt all the time. Most of the pain in my lower right back was gone. BUT, the other side start hurt'n. This happened one time before right after my surgery, but it only lasted for a day, then right back to the way it was. Hope this cure lasts for the rest of my life. Been tot'n this pain around for close to 20 years.

Wow, time flies when ya ain't "do'n nuttin". Here it is another week gone by and all that stuff I were gonna do last week is still sit'n in the same place. Procrastination may a good word to use at this time. Actually, I been put'n it off for a reason. It's not good to just rush into something like "work" when ya can sit back on " da porch" sip'n a cup and think'n. I learnt long time ago, what ya don't do today, will still be there tomorrow.


Not that I have anything planned for the day, but I gots to do something. If'n I'm gonna hit the road in time for Thanksgiving dinner at the slabs, I got to get busy. It's a beautiful sunshiny day out there, but still only 52 degs. in the sun. On "da porch", bout 45. Not much to do other than pick up stuff I throwed on the ground do'n other stuff. Probably change the air filter and hope my gas mileage goes back up. Got new spark plugs, but the book says change at 50,000 miles. Hope I don't lose then in the next 3 or 4 years.

Got a brand spank'n new air compressor com'n by UPS tomorrow. The last one I had bit the dust pump'n 90# air in the tires. Junk!!! But then again, old Billy Bob is knowed for buy'n junk. Old pesky neighbor Wayne traded his 100# Sears compressor for the one that bit the dust, but it would only pump to 85#s....what ain't enough. Damn, I got this motorhome overloaded and the tires are over 5 years old. Speak'n of tires, ya know how much a set of tires cost? Yep, $2400. Holy crap that would bust me for sure.

Ok....gotta do something.....be back laters.

LOLOLOL....HAHAHAHA....yeah right Billy Bob, ya gotta do something. Old pesky meighbor Wayne come over and we talked for waaaaay too long. Then I made me up a big ol'e sandwih for lunch what put me slap out for the count. "Knock'em out ham samich". Then I got to look'n at land again....what everyone know takes hours of research and button push'n. So here I am at 3pm with nothing to show for my day other than a full stomach and a great big nap. Sheesh!!!

Oh Oh....I'm think'n I spoke too quick bout my back heal'n. Yeah right!!! Started hurt'n in that right hip again, but still not as bad as usual. Did ya know that a bad back can make ya "do nuttin"???

Sure is nice outside......what ya think??? A cup of fresh "man" coffee and do some think'n???
Well....that didn't last very long. It's still too cold out there for a sissy like me. Back inside with nuttin to do. Well I guess I could vacuum and do the dishes again....nah....they'll still be there tomorrow.

Sunday morn'n don't give a flip

Boy howdy, old Billy Bob is in one them maniac depression moods. Seems like every time I gets all 'cited bout something, I get whak'ed in the nads or what ever ya call 'em. Makes me wanna go outside and smak a tree. Tree??? Are you nuts, there ain't no tree....go mess with that cactus garden.

Do ya ever talk to yourself? I was in a heated discussion the other day with my otherself bout what I gonna do on vacation. "I" wants to go fish'n, but "I" wants to just lay back and do nuttin. Then "I" wants to go to south Texas and "I" wants to go west to Ca. "I" wants to go "digg'n" for gold, but "I" says I can't do that no more. Sheesh....why the hell does "I" have to mess stuff up?

Oh Oh, I gots to go to the hardware store. Buy me up some plumbing fit'ns for my new gas line. Was gonna go yesterday, but knowed the hardware store were closed on Sunday. Old pesky neighbor Wayne told me it was Saturday.......what the hell does he know???
Be back in a flash....

Yeah right....back in a flash!!! Let me tell ya bout that gald darn hardware store. They ain't got nuttin for old Billy Bob...out of stock...OH, it'll be here tuesday....we quit stock'n that.....Grrrrrrr.
Ended up with enough fittings to make a temporary connection, what I like better than the first plan. Less hose lay'n on the floor to trip over early in the morn'n. But.....the only cut off valve is on the main propane tank what will shut off everything. More fittings to install separate cut off valve......but I'm still safe....no leaks.

A lazy saturday

Poor ol' Lug Nut don't be feel'n very good today. He had a rough night try'n to be comfortable. I was up check'n on him like every hour, so I didn't get much sleep either. Hate it when an animal gets hurt.

Boy howdy, I want ya lookie here, MsB is back. Welcome home little girl....we all miss ya when you're off gallivant'n round the country.

Made me a parts list for the gas line for my brand spank'n new high octane Mr Heater portable heater. Gonna be a lot simpler than I had expected. Only 10 feet from the propane tank and only one little compartment to go through....up through the floor and walla, I gots 26 gallons propane.

Been work'n inside today since it's windy outside. Ha ha ha, yeah work!!! Put'n a few groceries away ain't what ya call work. Wind just keeps right on blow'n and it gonna get worse. And it's chilly out there....what old Billy Bob don't like. If ya ever live in W.Va. ya know what I'm talk'n bout. Snow from late Nov till late March....now that some snow. And cold, let me tell ya bout cold. Boy howdy does it ever get cold in them mountains and hollers.

Maybe I need to make a pie. Sure could use something sweet for a change from all that burnt and bitter stuff I been eat'n. I did tell ya bout the gravy I made, right??? Burn the crap out it. Ya would think I were mak'n roux for gumbo. Speak'n of gumbo, did I ever tell ya bout the time I were mak'n a big ol' pot of chicken and sausage gumbo? All were go'n good till I forgot to stir the roux. Did ya know roux is called liquid fire??? Burn it slap up. Anyhows, instead of throw'n it out, I used it. Most God awful tast'n gumbo ya ever eat.

Here comes bad weather

Well Holy Crap!!! Here come that "norther" right out the north just like what the weather guy says. Won't be do'n nuttin outside for the next 4 or 5 days.

Them clouds we had all day yesterday held the heat in last night. Never got under 50 degs so didn't have to use any heat......but....old pesky neighbor Wayne come over this morning and left the door wide open. Then when he left, he left the door wide open....sheesh!!!

Decided I need to do something bout all this mess I got all over the place. Can't understand where all this mess come from. Just a week ago everything was spic and span clean.

Only a couple weeks and old Billy Bob gonna be "on the road again". Can't wait to get to the slabs and suffer without a/c, electricity, water and sewer.

Then off to "da pond" over in Yuma Az. to catch me a bunch them rainbow trout. They start stock'n the pond in Dec, so if'n I get there mid Jan, them fish all be settled down and hungry. Boy howdy, I love fish'n.



If'n I weren't such a sissy, I would blow up my little boat and paddle round and get to them secluded areas where them bass hang out. Oh, before I forget, I fount my old tackle boxes the other day. I thought someone had done stole them. Hmmmmm.....salt water stuff. There ain't no salt water in the desert.

That ol' black cloud come back to Billy Bobs house again. Bout 5pm, Lug Nut come drag'n home with blood all over him. He done went off somewhere and got his butt whooped pretty good. Cleaned up the blood and went look'n. Yep, it his blood....three little holes in his neck and one chewed up ear. Kind a reminds me the time I were in this biker bar and call one them burley bikers "tinker bell" 'cause he had a little bell on his "ass stomp'n" boot. Boy howdy....bumps and bruises.... can't people take a joke? Any hows, Lug Nut ate up a "special" hamburger for dinner and is rest'n on the couch. Bet ya he don't go to no more biker bars strut'n his stuff.