Topic: ALL IS WELL IN NOTESVILLE (Read 35309 times)

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #300 on:** January 04, 2008, 07:39:34 PM »

Quote from: vixmom on January 04, 2008, 07:37:24 PM

You cousin Debra has the same kitchen cabinets as we do!

My cousin Debra lives "out in the country".

vixmom · « **Reply #301 on:** January 04, 2008, 07:39:40 PM »

I think RLP's suggestipom of a film discussion is excellent... I hope I can be on enough to participate!

TCB · « **Reply #302 on:** January 04, 2008, 07:39:50 PM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on January 04, 2008, 03:36:03 PM

DR Jeanne - Have you read Michael Chabon's most recent work: the novellla, "The Final Solution", and "The Yiddish Policeman's Union"?

*And I just checked Amazon, and am wondering why I didn't realize he had a new book out this past October, hmm....

I believe Michael Chabon will be in the Tacoma area week after next.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #303 on:** January 04, 2008, 07:41:37 PM »

Here are others awaiting some scrumptious spaghetti:

My cousin-in-law David, my mother, my cousin Ashley, wife of David (and daughter of my cousin Butch and his first wife Pam), and my cousin Chad (cousin Debra's oldest...21 years old and a 2007 graduate from Clemson University).

TCB · « **Reply #304 on:** January 04, 2008, 07:42:20 PM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on January 04, 2008, 03:37:39 PM

DR Jennifer - ~~~~~FEEL BETTER VIBES TO YOU~~~~~

*And if the pain starts to get really sharp and painful, I'd go see a doctor ASAP - it could be something internal.

Something internal? How many vertabrae do you have on the outside of your body?

vixmom · « **Reply #305 on:** January 04, 2008, 07:42:24 PM »

"Suggestipom" of course meaning a suggestion of such wonderful significance that it has a figurative pom pom on top

I must learn how to type

FJL · « **Reply #306 on:** January 04, 2008, 07:42:31 PM »

Constantine Maroulis was just on Paula Dean's show, and sang a little opera. Sounded very good to me.

vixmom · « **Reply #307 on:** January 04, 2008, 07:43:39 PM »

Quote from: TCB on January 04, 2008, 07:42:20 PM

Something internal? How many vertabrae do you have on the outside of your body?

Depends on thr time of day....

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #308 on:** January 04, 2008, 07:44:44 PM »

DR Ron, you might want to remove your relatives' last names from your post. They may not want to be found via Google.

vixmom · « **Reply #309 on:** January 04, 2008, 07:45:12 PM »

Since I will NEVER catch up..... please fill me in on any news....any new jobs, homes, spouses, children, projects, awards....?

vixmom · « **Reply #310 on:** January 04, 2008, 07:45:53 PM »

any pcictures of you Mr. P?

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #311 on:** January 04, 2008, 07:48:48 PM »

When we moved from Johnston to Greenville in 1957, we first lived in a house on Dixie Avenue in a now-historic district that looks much the same now as it did then. When driving through, I get strong sensations of riding my bicycle along the streets and roller skating a downhill sidewalk.

The best house I lived in there was at 28 Blythewood Drive. It was on a street that separated my grandfather's street from the street that borders Bob Jones University! (BJU has bought up tons of neighborhood land over the past 30 years. At the time I lived there, BJU was a closed campus.

This is our house on Blythewood (the tree in the front yard was planted in the early 1960s after we moved in and my mom had the yard landscaped. Two scrubby pines were removed, shrubs were planted and a couple of trees,too. I never saw them get much taller than 12 feet. But that was 42 years ago!!!

TCB · « **Reply #312 on:** January 04, 2008, 07:54:23 PM »

Quote from: singdaw on January 04, 2008, 05:42:28 PM

Tonight I tried taking one final series of holiday light photos - this one house a few miles from me that really does it up, with enough display for ten normal houses. But the photos all came out blurry. So that will have to wait until next year when I will try again.

Maybe we could all chip-in and buy you a tripod!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #313 on:** January 04, 2008, 07:54:28 PM »

This will be my last photo this evening. This is my grandfather's house on Twinbrook Drive. Now, as then, it was a rather "nice" neighborhood for Greenville although it was much "newer". Today, it has a slightly "overgrown" look to it with huge trees and bushy shrubs. There is a creek that runs alongside the left side of the house and my grandmother had the far left bank beautifully landscaped. A small bridge linked the opposite bank in the back yard. I spent many hours of my early teens walking along that "left" bank while my folks were inside visiting/yakking with my "Papa"and"MaMa".

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #314 on:** January 04, 2008, 07:55:46 PM »

Quote from: vixmom on January 04, 2008, 07:45:53 PM

any pcictures of you Mr. P?

I don't do self-portraits, especially since the "ear incident".

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #315 on:** January 04, 2008, 07:56:49 PM »

Quote from: TCB on January 04, 2008, 07:54:23 PM

Maybe we could all chip-in and buy you a tripod!

I'm pretty sure that would add up to some serious jail time for all concerned, Tom...after all, that's interstate trafficking, isn't it?

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #316 on:** January 04, 2008, 07:59:11 PM »

Quote from: DearReaderLaura on January 04, 2008, 07:44:44 PM

DR Ron, you might want to remove your relatives' last names from your post. They may not want to be found via Google.

Absolutely! Splendid you pointed that out. I trust all our DRs, but the lurkers may be another story altogether.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #317 on:** January 04, 2008, 08:01:17 PM »

Quote from: vixmom on January 04, 2008, 07:38:29 PM

Your niece is a beauty!

If you mean Becky, she's my first cousin once removed. She's my mother's great niece.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #318 on:** January 04, 2008, 08:02:15 PM »

Quote from: vixmom on January 04, 2008, 07:39:40 PM

I think RLP's suggestipom of a film discussion is excellent... I hope I can be on enough to participate!

I hope you can stay awake during the movie. We'll deal with other issues when that's accomplished!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #319 on:** January 04, 2008, 08:02:31 PM »

DR Ron Pulliam - Lovely pics! Lovely houses! Lovely family!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #320 on:** January 04, 2008, 08:03:33 PM »

Time to watch some television (even reruns of Ghost Whisperer are fun).

And then there's the matter of getting some grub!

TCB · « **Reply #321 on:** January 04, 2008, 08:04:15 PM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on January 04, 2008, 07:34:54 PM

My Aunt Doris is taking wrap off a bowl of salad. Debra has just turned away from tasting my sauce, which is in that pot on the stove. And my 17-year-old cousin Becky is there because she's always around her Momma and DoDo (her name for my Aunt Doris) when food is being set out!

Ron, I never thought I would say this to you, but your DoDo is beautiful.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #322 on:** January 04, 2008, 08:05:14 PM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on January 04, 2008, 08:02:31 PM

DR Ron Pulliam - Lovely pics! Lovely houses! Lovely family!

Thanks for the lovely comments.

They are all, all of them, the reason I go "home to my roots" for two weeks each Christmas.

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #323 on:** January 04, 2008, 08:05:39 PM »

I'm glad you agree, DR Ron. One never knows who else reads these notes.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #324 on:** January 04, 2008, 08:06:04 PM »

Quote from: TCB on January 04, 2008, 08:04:15 PM

Ron, I never thought I would say this to you, but your DoDo is beautiful.

She was a finalist in the Mrs. South Carolina pageant three times. And she used to have a lovely singing voice.

Jeanne · « **Reply #325 on:** January 04, 2008, 08:07:55 PM »

Quote from: DERBRUCER on January 04, 2008, 02:21:17 PM

Good psycho-thriller and historical fiction combined.

der Brucer

Thanks, der B. Duly noted. will check it out.

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #326 on:** January 04, 2008, 08:08:10 PM »

Family is a wonderful thing. Usually.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #327 on:** January 04, 2008, 08:09:13 PM »

Quote from: DearReaderLaura on January 04, 2008, 08:05:39 PM

I'm glad you agree, DR Ron. One never knows who else reads these notes.

I have no idea whether anyone could find them via the internet or not, but they surely need no harassment for being related to me.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #328 on:** January 04, 2008, 08:10:09 PM »

Quote from: DearReaderLaura on January 04, 2008, 08:08:10 PM

Family is a wonderful thing. Usually.

Two weeks at Christmas generally yields sufficient exposure to last another year!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #329 on:** January 04, 2008, 08:11:03 PM »

Heck, I'm almost as bad as DR MissyKaren...

Will be back later, of course, but that's all for now.

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