Tuesday 26 February 2013

Happy Birthday Johnny

Today Johnny Cash would have celebrated his 81st Birthday, having been born this day in 1932.  Johnny Cash was one of my father, Fritz's favourite Country Artist back in his day.  I can remember my dad playing a train on the harmonica.  It really was something to hear my dad play that harmonica when I was a little girl.

"Last Year I paid tribute for a week to the Man in Black and my Father, Harold "Fritz" Edwin Masterson HERE.  My dad sure loved Johnny Cash, and I sure LOVED my Dad."

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I asked Rob what his favourite Johnny Cash song was and he said hiswas ...."One Piece At A Time".




Mine was "Sunday Morning Coming Down".  A Legend indeed was the "Man in Black", as was my Dad, "Fritz", to me.  I still, after 31 Years this June miss my Dad.

I have been feeling pretty overwhelmed and somewhat melancholy today.  It took me the longest time to get motivated, but finally I somehow managed.

At some point this morning a Purolater truck pulled in our lane way.  The box I had retrieved contained a brand new Panasonic set of phones to replace the Vtech set, not very old, that had been giving me grief by not charging properly on the main base, nor picking up phone messages properly.  We have a Phone & Wire Care Plan with Bell Canada, so the phone was sent to us by Bell "NO CHARGE", but really I pay for the "extra" every month, so in reality not really being "FREE" after all.

"I was happy to disconnect the Vtech and get the Panasonic from its box and charged up.  I actually had a Panasonic phone quite a while ago that lasted us for years; really it had been one of our more dependable phones."


I got going on the "Crabby Cabbie" books finally by the time late morning had come around, while Rob headed outside to get the soggy heavy snow cleaned up from our drive way.

"It took him a bit, but he got it cleared up with a couple of huge piles of snow made."


We have been forecasted a storm coming our way, so Rob wanted to get it cleaned up before another "dump" of snow goes on top of it.  I spoke to a friend who lives just outside of the Kitchener area who had told me they were getting freezing rain there already.  I DO NOT like freezing rain whatsoever !

This afternoon I had my appointment to have my neck x-ray done, so downtown Wiarton I headed to the Wiarton Grey Bruce Health Center for my 2 pm appointment.

The girl got me set up in front of the machine holding a 10 lb weight in each hand to weight my arms down.  I had a dizzy spell take over, along with numbness in each arm.  I had to take a seat for a bit before we carried on with the remainder of the x-rays.  The whole time I was thinking if anything was going to happen I couldn't have been in a better place for it to do so then at a Hospital.  Ha !

Once I was done at that appointment Rob took me around to Gateway Haven to drop off Mother's OHIP card to them.  I also went up to see Mom to take her Kleenex she had wanted in the full size boxes, rather then the little ones the home provides.  I also took the new Sear's Spring Catalogue so Mom could go through to pick out what colours she would like the new nighties I am going to order for her to be.

Off we headed downtown again as we had a 3:30 pm appointment with our Bank.

With a bit of time to put in before the appointment I went to the Pharmacy to get my new pain medications, then popped into a couple of stores to browse for a bit.  I was so happy to find the lady spoke to us ... thanks for doing so Linda !  It was really nice to meet a lady who is a member of Cindy's Recipe Exchange on Facebook, and who also reads my blog every day.  I can't wait until the knitting group Linda is hostess to in her Wiarton home starts up again, as I am looking forward to "check" it out when it does.

By the time our appointment was finished up with at the Bank, we never arrived back home until going on until 5 pm.  No thought put much into Dinner today, I fell back on something I always can rely on when "stuck" for what to have.

"Fried up "crisp" Bacon, Home fries, Whole Wheat Toast served up with a Cheese Omelette.  A meal that never fails to please our palates."


  Do you think with puppies around I would not have my daily fill of "puppy love" and "puppy smells" ?  of course not.  Check out Cuteness on the Move, HERE.

Okay I am tired, but warm being snug as a bug inside our home away from the North Easterly Winds outside our doors, "Just North of Wiarton & South of the Checkerboard".

16 comments:

  1. Oh your life is so busy I wish you would feel better it is always so much harder when you yourself is not feeling well.
    Take care I do hope we do not get that freezing rain either. Snow I am OK with. Take care of yourself OK. B

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  2. Cindy... Having so much snow and freezing rain there, do you have to worry about getting the wet heavy snow off your roof? I've been hearing about the big storm in the Mid West and how they are advising people to take the snow off roofs. All that weight can cause roofs to collapse. Bess

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    1. Fortunately Bess we never had much snow on our roof with the prevailing westerly winds we receive. I think most of the cottagers hire people in the winter to shovel their roofs.

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  3. My husbands band plays quite a few Johnny Cash songs- the are fun! Don't know if you are aware but your favourite wasn't actually written by John but by Khris Kristofferson? It's one of my favourites as well!
    Let's hope this is the last blast of winter- I am growing very weary of winter time commuting

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    1. Yes I knew Kris wrote the song; him and Johnny did it together a few times, but I always loved it when Johnny sang it.

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  4. Your Mum will be a popular gal with a Sears catalog in her room. Granny LOVED it when I brought her the catalogs. She just loved to look at the stuff in them. The staff would plop down on her bed and have a gander at them and have a little visit. She was deaf so visual stimulation was a big deal for her.
    We're supposed to get a dump of snow too. My nephew in Sarnia was telling my sister that they are getting rain right now too.

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  5. So what did the X ray show?? And it's so exciting to meet your follower in person :)

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    1. I won't know until I go back to the Dr. next week, Lena. Oh yes it was exciting

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  6. Enjoyed that Johnny Cash song - hadn't heard it before.

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  7. Love Johnny Cash - awesome tribute!
    Aimee

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  8. My parents were Johnny Cash fans so listened to a lot of Johnny Cash growing up! Sounds like you had quite a day and not all good:( Love seeing your precious puppies! How can you not enjoy getting puppy love?!!!

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  9. Hi Cindy! I want to thank you my Secret Sister gift...it arrived early this morning. I felt sorry for the mailman as I had yet to clear the heavy snow that had accumulated through the night. Dark chocolate and tea with special tin...my favourite night time treat, tea towels, my favourite facial sunscreen...how did you know, Mom's Cafe magnet, a 'well healed' pie server, and those adorable bunny salt and pepper shakers in their own little basket...love it!!! Thank you, thank you for your thoughtful gifts. :) I hope to be posting all about it on Friday. As for this weather...let's hope it doesn't all freeze! :)

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    1. Susan I am so happy you received your Secret Sister Gift so quickly, as I had just mailed it Monday. I am even happier that you were pleased with what it held. Yes I too am hoping this slush and mush does not all freeze.

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  10. A fry up rates as a good meal!

    A few weeks back I was watching a documentary on the hymn Amazing Grace. Johnny Cash was speaking about what the tune meant to him personally, and he remarked on how we can build prisons for ourselves, with walls not made of steel or stone, but of anger or in his case, addiction. It really resonated with me.

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  11. I remember watching that too at one point, or hearing him on a program saying this William. It really makes perfect sense.

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  12. I love Johnny Cash too! You really have had a lot of snow this year haven't you. x

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