St. Augustine, Florida

St. Augustine, Florida
May 24, 2013

Luee

Luee
We adopted Luee from the Humane Society in 1996. He was 2 years old, but still a pup. He has slowed down a bit; his age is catching up to him. He is the best dog anyone could ever have. Luee had to be put to sleep on April 15, 2009. Rest in Peace Pup.

Christmas Eve 2012

Christmas Eve 2012

NINA HULA 7/28/2012

NINA HULA 7/28/2012

Jeff, Sam, Nina and Ian

Jeff, Sam, Nina and Ian
Ian's Graduation from Kindergarten

Luck Be A Lady

Luck Be A Lady

Little GQ 12/12

Little GQ 12/12

Christmas 2012

Christmas 2012

Joey and Elizabeth

Joey and Elizabeth

Nina June 2013

Nina June 2013

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

IDIOTS AND SWEET THINGS


Good Morning Guys and Dolls:

Here’s hoping all of you had a nice 3 day weekend if it was made available to you. Ours was spent doing a little bathroom renovation, some shopping and of course what would be a holiday without a doctor visit. Sorry to say, getting old is a bitch.

This morning was an extremely foggy day here in Central Florida driving to work. Now we have road idiots here and than we have super road idiots. As bad as the fog was early today I had to have Tonya Tailgate ride my butt as I was doing the speed limit of 55 mph. Upon reaching the divided highway portion, old Tanya zipped around me cell phone in hand giving me a dirty look; I immediately proceeded to give her the Polish up yours sign in full glory. Continuing onto work I noticed other idiots with no lights on making life miserable for normal drivers to see them. I gave up and made God my co-pilot for the rest of the journey to work.

Now on a lighter and sweeter note. We all know Sweetheart Candies, those little heart shaped Valentine’s Day candy notes. I never knew they were made by Necco; I love Necco wafers by the way. Printing on those hearts started in the 1860’s by Daniel Chase, brother of Necco founder Oliver Kasey Chase. The candy was often used for weddings and had such witty sayings as: “Married in pink, he will take a drink”, “Married in White, you have chosen right”, and Married in Satin, Love will be not lasting.” Of course the candies were a little larger then. As time progressed the candies became smaller and the sayings had to fit like “Be Mine”, “Love You” etc. In the 1990’s the sayings had to go along with the times like, “E-Mail Me”, “Fax Me” and even “Call Me.” All I can say to this is I’ll take a Candy Cigarette any day please.

Have a great day Speakies and be careful out there.

2 comments:

Mack said...

Hi JoeZ:)

I am 100% with you on bad drivers.
In snow or rain or fog so many
accidents would not happen if folks would just slow down.

I remember candy cigarettes:)
I also remember those caramel
candies with a cream center but
forget what they were called:)

JoeZ said...

I remember the chocolate cigarettes too. All that penny candy was great.