AFTR's Daily Commute

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 7:22 am

So it's Sunday morning and Hubby has to work. I've been multi-tasking as usual. Doing the laundry, sitting here on my computer, and watching movies on TV. I'm currently catching "Desire in the Dust', a black and white southern soap opera from the 60's. The "hero" sulks or storms around in a sweaty shirt with rolled up sleeves to show off his manly biceps. I don't consider him the hero, though. There's sex, crime, and madness. The climax is coming...gotta go. :wah:

Desire in the Dust (1960) - IMDb

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 4:26 pm

A few weeks ago, Hubby and I had our flu shots at the wellness center at work. Have you had a flu shot this season? What are your thoughts about the flu shot?

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/season/

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 4:38 pm

:wah: Just popped into my head and I had to share..................

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Fri Oct 14, 2011 4:45 pm

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 7:29 am

More nostalgia with Hank Sr.

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 12:43 pm

The windows of the world are covered with rain,

Where is the sunshine we once knew?

Ev'rybody knows when little children play

They need a sunny day to grow straight and tall.

Let the sun shine through.

The windows of the world are covered with rain,

When will those black skies turn to blue?

Ev'rybody knows when boys grow into men

They start to wonder when their country will call.

Let the sun shine through.

The windows of the world are covered with rain,

What is the whole world coming to?

Ev'rybody knows when men can not be friends

Their quarrel often ends where some have to die.

Let the sun shine through.

The windows of the world are covered with rain,

There must be something we can do.

Ev'rybody knows whenever rain appears

It's really angel tears.

How long must they cry?

Let the sun shine through.

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 4:15 pm

What was life like 100 years ago? How much did certain foods cost? What was a typical menu? What songs were popular?

The 1900's

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:22 pm

Feel like a "good read" from the past?

Evangeline

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 4:33 pm

They're coming home!

Yesterday.......Today.......................................and Tomorrow?

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 11:52 am

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along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 3:49 pm

At work, I in-process newhires. So, I see alot of applications. Today, for the second time, I saw the same response to the question, "Have you ever been charged with a felony?" The answer, "Yes, for having an affair that was not consentual."

What?!!!! Is this the new term for "rape"?

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Wed Oct 26, 2011 3:35 pm

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.

George Eliot

:)

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 3:20 pm

A haunted hayride...........

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 5:28 am

Today, just for fun..old photgraphs, Halloween style:

Haunted Air: Spooky, Vintage American Halloween Photos | Entertainment | Haunted Air 13a | TIME.com

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 3:43 pm

"Could Be Halloween

Yowling, prowling, growling cat

Why do you switch your tail like that?

Why do your eyes flash gold and green?

Could be--must be--Halloween!

Slinky, inky, blinky cat,

Why do you arch your back like that?

What scary creatures have you seen?

Could be--must be- Halloween!"

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along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 2:57 pm

November Night

By Adelaide Crapsey 1878–1914

Listen. .

With faint dry sound,

Like steps of passing ghosts,

The leaves, frost-crisp'd, break from the trees

And fall.

A little about the poet:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_Crapsey

Adelaide Crapsey

Among the bumble-bees in red-top hay, a freckled field of brown-eyed Susans dripping yellow leaves in July,

I read your heart in a book.

And your mouth of blue pansy—I know somewhere I have seen it rain-shattered.

And I have seen a woman with her head flung between her naked knees, and her head held there listening to the sea, the great naked sea shouldering a load of salt.

And the blue pansy mouth sang to the sea:

Mother of God, I’m so little a thing,

Let me sing longer,

Only a little longer.

And the sea shouldered its salt in long gray combers hauling new shapes on the beach sand.

Carl Sandburg

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along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Fri Nov 04, 2011 3:38 pm

"How silently they tumble down

And come to rest upon the ground

To lay a carpet, rich and rare,

Beneath the trees without a care,

Content to sleep, their work well done,

Colors gleaming in the sun.

At other times, they wildly fly

Until they nearly reach the sky.

Twisting, turning through the air

Till all the trees stand stark and bare.

Exhausted, drop to earth below

To wait, like children, for the snow."

- Elsie N. Brady, Leaves

Click on the pic below to watch them fall.

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along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 6:07 am

I think these are cool.

Vintage Airstream Home

Have you ever been in one?

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along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 6:25 am

So many of us in the States have just set our clocks back one hour. It's going to be dark sooner in the evenings. Winter is coming. Cabin Fever.

8 Ways to Beat the Daylight Saving Blues - - TIME Healthland

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 3:44 pm

My horoscope for today:

November 07, 2011

Leo (7/23-8/22)

Simply by going through your normal routine today, you will encounter something new that changes how you see many things. Get ready to meet someone who will change your opinion about an issue you hold near and dear to your heart. It may turn out that you didn't have all the information you needed. This person will give it to you, but not in a preachy in-your-face way. Just by telling their story, they will show you that you were wrong before.

Has this ever happened to you?

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 4:29 pm

Motoring

(Mickey Stevenson/Ivy Jo Hunter/Phil Jones)

Hey everybody, come on, let's go for a ride, motor baby

Grab your baby & put him right by your side, motor baby

Now we'll drive down Main Street & then we're goin' over the hill, motor baby

Now we're gonna have a lot of fun

Turn your motor on & let it run, motor baby

Now put both hands on the wheel like a real good driver should, motor baby

Now lock your doors, make sure that you check your hood, motor baby

Be sure you're not movin' too fast; we want this thing to last, motor baby

Hey now, we're gonna motor all night long

& when it starts to rain, turn your wipers on, motor baby

(instrumental)

Hey, turn your motor on & rev it up fast

Now put it in gear & step on the gas & you're motorin', motor baby

Hey everybody, come on, let's go for a ride, motor baby

Grab your baby & put him right by your side, motor baby

Now, we're gonna motor all night long

& when it starts to rain, turn your wipers on, motor baby

Motorin', motor baby

Hey, we're gonna have a lot of fun

Turn on your motor & let it run, motor baby

...& fade

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:04 pm

Stopping by to give you a (((((HUG)))))

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 3:51 pm

Thank you, Hope!

:-6 So glad you stopped by.

I will be away from my computer for a few days. Going on vacation in the mountains. We usually consider this our autumn quest, but it may turn out to be more of a winter quest. :wah: Hubby and I are both looking forward to it nonetheless. It's nice to get away for awhile. I should return with pics to post. Keep the homefires burning here at FG.

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Thu Nov 17, 2011 3:53 pm

We're back. We had a great time but the six hour trip and unloading the truck, and a little unpacking and a little shopping has made us near exhausted. It's nice to be home though. So...I shall be back soon after I have rested and yeah, I do have some pics.

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Fri Nov 18, 2011 12:36 pm

Some sights from Pigeon Forge, Tennesse.

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along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Sat Nov 19, 2011 2:51 pm

Views from around and from within an old church in North Carolina.

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along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 1:09 pm

Just a some fun things we saw on our vacation.......

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along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Mon Nov 21, 2011 5:37 pm

Old homestead...............new chickens....North Carolina

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along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Thu Nov 24, 2011 4:20 pm

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. ~John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 4:27 pm

Here I am, Lord Hymn

I, the Lord of sea and sky,

I have heard my people cry.

All who dwell in dark and sin

My hand will save.

I who made the stars of night,

I will make their darkness bright.

Who will bear my light to them?

Whom shall I send?

Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord?

I have heard You calling in the night.

I will go, Lord, if You lead me.

I will hold your people in my heart.

I, the Lord of snow and rain,

I have borne my people's pain.

I have wept for love of them.

They turn away.

I will break their hearts of stone,

Give them hearts for love alone.

I will speak my Word to them.

Whom shall I send?

I the Lord of wind and flame,

I will tend the poor and lame.

I will set a feast for them.

My hand will save.

Finest bread I will provide

Till their hearts be satisfied.

I will give my life to them.

Whom shall I send?

Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord?

I have heard You calling in the night.

I will go, Lord, if You lead me.

I will hold your people in my heart.

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 11:39 am

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 4:06 pm

Advent Traditions

The Meaning of Advent

Advent means "the coming of the Savior". It is the period of preparation for the celebration of the birth of Christ on Christmas day. It refers to the four weeks before Christmas. It begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas which is oftentimes the Sunday after Thanksgiving. It is a time of hope and anticipation of the coming of Christ.

Advent Wreath

The four sundays of advent are often celebrated with four candles on an Advent Wreath, with one to be lit each Sunday. The first, second and fourth candles are traditionally purple, but the third candle is rose-colored. A fifth white candle is often lit on Christmas day in the center of the Advent wreath.

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along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 4:12 pm

I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys. ~Charles Dickens

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 4:24 pm

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along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 12:14 pm

Hubby and I passed by a little church along side the road on our way to Savannah today. There were some cars parked there and little sign out front that said simply, "Autumn Leaves

Jesus Doesn't"

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Mon Dec 05, 2011 4:13 pm

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tabby · Post by **tabby** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 5:05 pm

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What a beautiful voice!

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:44 pm

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along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 2:31 pm

An exerpt from "The Homecoming" aired on TV in the early 70's:

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 12:19 pm

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:57 pm

The only white landscape we see where we live right now is the occasional cotton field.

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 5:03 pm

Atleast the war in Iraq is officially over .

the grumps · Post by **the grumps** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 4:26 pm

hi diana

just like to wish you and hubby happy xmas and hope you enjoyed your holiday ( vacation)

you should try england sometime

AA grumpy

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 4:14 pm

Hey grumpy! Thanks for popping in and posting.

Christmas in my world: We will not get an holiday vacation from our job. However, we will get paid for Christmas Sunday. I have sent a few Christmas cards and wrapped a few gifts. I have my little Christmas tree lit up in our living room. This time of year I always wish I could be 3 places at one time. Here, ofcourse with Hubby and two of my adult children. :-4 But also in North Dakota with other son and his wife and my grandchildren and in Maryland with my Dad and brothers and sisters.

Money is just too tight...even with Hubby and I working. But, I am determined to count my blessing and hold the true meaning of Christmas in my heart.

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 5:02 pm

Take a few minutes and watch this poignant little cartoon: