Facts about 1953....

A few facts about the year 1953

The first tator tots were served

Lucy and Ricky welcomed Little Ricky on I Love Lucy

Walt Disney introduced Peter Pan

Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay were the first to

successfully climb Mount Everest

John F Kennedy married Jacqueline Bouvier

Hank Williams was at the top of the hit list

with "Your cheatin' heart"

Cars looked like this......

The Drifters were singing "Money Honey..."

The first Corvette was introduced

3 color traffic lights first appeared

Playboy Magazine debuted with Marilyn Monroe as the feature

The first TV Guide was introduced

Kellogg's introduced Sugar Smacks

The Academy Awards was televised for the first time

Contact paper first appeared

Ian Fleming published the first James Bond Novel,

Casino Royale

Dow Chemical created Saran Wrap

Unemployment was at 2.9%

Red Buttons and Howdy Doody were the TV shows of choice

The first successful Open Heart Surgery was

performed in Philadelphia

Westinghouse introduced the first color TV

and it sold for $1175.00

The New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers were in the World Series

Dwight D Eisenhower was President of the United States

Burt Baskin and Irv Robbins decided to open an ice cream shop

Gas was 22 cents a gallon and stamps were 3 cents

The average priced home was $17,500.00

Instant Tea made it's debut

As for July 6th, the following people were born:

George W Bush

Sylvester Stalone

Nancy Reagan

AND

Danny Ray Fenter

I love you.....Happy Birthday!!!!

P.K.

June bugs in July

This would be the reason that Danny ALWAYS says....

"Please don't turn on the pool light!"

As you can see, we didn't listen last night.

Made them ALL cry in a matter of seconds...

Hope everyone had a great 4th of July. We did here at The Fenter Funny Farm, and my feet are sore again to prove it. Ashley, Tazz, Colton, and Dylan came over as well as Dallas, and a family of friends of Ashley and Tazz...Mark, Emma, Jordan, Kylie (the cutest little blonde you've ever seen!) and one of their son's friend. Cooked, stayed in the pool all day, and then the traditional "shoot fireworks over the lake."

Picture this, there are 4 kids under the age of 10, it's almost 11pm and everyone (the guys, the kids and Chelsey) is loaded up to go down to the lake and shoot off the big cannon, huge fire, and loud noise fireworks. I walk outside and say "OH NOOOOOO, YOU KIDDOS ARE NOT GOING DOWN THERE." Good grief, all fell to pieces on me, crying, stomping around, and just being mad in general. I then dropped "might be a snake down there" card.....they didn't care. "We're NOT going to watch the fireworks." So....they stomp to the back yard, and we kinda force them to watch the 15 minutes of fireworks and all say "is that all?" With tears still streaming down most of their faces. Oh well, they didn't fall in the lake, get bit by a snake or lose their hearing!

Didn't get to bed until almost 1am this morning, but had a blast. A nap will likely be part of my day. Always enjoy Ashley time, she was running around in a red, white and blue top hat....a sight to see. Happy 5th all! :-)..Pam

When you work 10-15 hours a day....

When you work 10-15 hours a day for almost a month....

You forget what real traffic is like.

Your flower beds get taken over by grass and weeds.

Your hubby says "I've missed you."

You forget what a treat it is to get home and be able to enjoy the patio. (Remember, I am TERRIFIED of the dark, so when I get home late, I RUN into the house)

You realize that summer tv is not worth a flip.

You miss a day or two posting on your blog.

You have sore feet from running around the office, which has very thin carpet and no pad at all.

And you realize that your post a few weeks ago, about slowing down, enjoying life and not working all the time just went to sh*t.....

Oh, and when you get home, eat and go to bed, you gain ten MORE pounds....I am going to have to visit Jenny Craig and start exercising again. After my feet stop being sore!

XOXO,
Pam

P.S. Mom, hope you and Aunt Barbara are having fun...only a short while longer and your home to Texas.

Tax credit?

Not sure Obama thought about the effect of the Tax Credit on those of us in the Mortgage business......let's just say I'm proud to have lived thru it! Not even going to count the number of hours spent in the office in the past couple of weeks. Tomorrow I SHALL be home on time...

Update over the past couple of days. Chelsey DID get her license...NOT Monday, she failed to yield in one spot and ummm.... failed. She can parallel park, but can't yield. Tuesday she returned, after being BEYOND mad Monday, and passes......I'll just have to remind her of those triangle signs.

Colby is working out every morning and I think it's kicking his butt, because he's home tonight and already in bed.

Danny has mowed today. Sounds like such a simple task, but we have a LOT of grass....when I got home, he had tears rolling, from allergies...

Glad June is over, bring on July!!!!

Pam

Dang it's HOT!!!

I shall give up my traditional orange text color for RED today. Dang it's hot. Have been in the house all day, except to run to the grocery store. I hate cold weather, so I shall not complain about 100 degrees.

Can't believe June is almost behind us. The kids will be back in school before we know it. And best of all FOOTBALL will begin again. Everyone in the town starts talking about the upcoming season, as soon as school is out.

Have had a house of teens today....least they are all here and not out in trouble someplace! One of them just asked Danny if he'd moved from his chair all day. I refrained from answering for him.

XOXO,
Pam

P.S. Chelsey gets her license tomorrow, if she can parallel park that is. Wonder why on earth they still have that as part of the driving test? Gosh knows it's a rarity these days to park that way.

Choctaw run

Made a run to Choctaw tonight....that place is WAY to close to our house. Danny and I made it there in 49 minutes. Amazing when all the road construction is completed, just how fast the trip is. And NO, didn't win, but enjoyed it as always.

Colby at Tylers. Lauren here with Chelsey. Everyone one is safe and sound!

PF