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MUSHY'S MOOCHINGS
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A sixties kind of guy remembering the past and the lessons learned. I'm passing on what I've mooched from from life in hopes of sparking memories and helping others. It's just my life as best I can make it.
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ON SETTLERS RIDGE
It was Katie Bug’s birthday this week and she decided that the family should celebrate the occasion in Gatlinburg, sitting high atop a mountain top! So, that’s what happened. Wednesday morning we all woke up bright and early and started the 80 ...
YE OLDE STEAK HOUSE
Sunday evening found Judy and me out for a belated birthday meal at Ye Olde Steak House, which is just a few miles outside of Knoxville on Chapman Highway. I don’t think I have ever eaten there, but it’s a chinch I will again. The food is aweso...
TAKING IN THE BLESSINGS OF LIFE
Monday was my birthday and today was Judy’s…we were twins you know! Mom took us out to eat yesterday in honor of the occasions. I didn’t want her to pay, but since we took her all around Turkey Creek shopping, she insisted…so thanks mom!...
KATIE BUG ATTENDS HER FIRST PROM
Let me take a moment to post (brag) about my granddaughter’s first prom! Kaitlyn (Katie Bug) and Zack have been excited for weeks about attending their junior year prom. The day finally arrived for them and members of both families met at Katie...
HIKING IN THE CLOUDS
Katie Bug and her beau Zack were to be out of school today, so Judy and I told them we would take them hiking at Burgess Falls. However, Wednesday started off under heavy clouds, no rain, just low clouds, and cool temps. Therefore, we decided to sa...
EASTER AT GRANNY’S
Judy (a.k.a. Granny) always cooks on Easter and Christmas Day, and this Easter was no exception. After gorging ourselves Saturday at the warm-up posted below, Judy and I shared the preparation of pork tenderloin in the crock-pot, with potatoes a...
HIKING WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE
So, in an effort to find a little snow, we traveled up to Frozen Head State Park, about 10 miles, or so, from where we live. Katie, and her beau Zack, wanted to go too, so we hopped in my truck and headed out.We were disappointed to find no snow on ...
A GOOD DAY FOR LEFTOVERS!
Judy, Katie, and I went to our “hide-out” today and walked off a little Thanksgiving. It wasn’t the best of days for a hike, since it drizzled on us, but we enjoyed it just the same. I pushed the ISO setting on my Nikon S7c to get more ...
SITTIN’ ‘ROUND AND RIDIN’ THE STREETS
My daughter Tracy had a hysterectomy Tuesday, and so Judy and I drove separately to the hospital. Judy knew Tracy would want her to spend the night with her, so that way I had a way home. Of course Eddie, my son-in-law, was there, and so wa...
THINKING ‘BOUT MY CRAZY GRANDDAUGHTER
We haven’t seen Katie Bug in a few days and I had to revert to looking back at some photos of her to remember what she looked like! Well, that’s not entirely true, but that is what we tell her when we talk to her of the phone. Her boyfri...
TACOS AND PUPPY DOGS
Monday night was taco night at Tracy’s. No, it’s not a tradition, but about once a month Tracy decides to make her mom some delicious tacos. So, Judy and I throw a diet Mountain Dew and Coke into the car and drive the 15 to 20 miles across th...
SUNDAY MORNING ROXY COMING DOWN
Judy and I don’t usually have too much company on Sunday mornings, but Katie Bug spent the night Saturday, so she could have some of Papaw’s famous pancakes. After breakfast, Tracy came in, carrying her new “daughter” Roxy, a cute litt...
MY SATURDAY DATE
Katie Bug drove me to Wild Wings Saturday for a little birthday celebration for the old man! I have to admit, I was a little nervous as I got into her Granny’s car with her at the wheel, but by the time we hit Hwy. 61 and headed northeast to...
REMEMBER YOUR FIRST CAR?
Katie Bug was visiting Thursday evening when the phone rang. It was Tracy, her mother, so I handed the phone to Katie. Suddenly she screamed and made the gesture I captured at right! The scream pierced both mine and Judy’s ears, but we guess...
FRIDAY WITH THE LADIES
Friday was the monthly meeting of Judy and her gal friends for lunch. She talked Katie Bug into going along, and I tagged along as far as Wild Wings! While the “hen” party was underway, I was sitting at Wild Wings watching UT play American, ...
WA’URMELON TOEZ
You’ve all seen her fancy colored fingernails in So Long Nigel, so you might as well see her “wa’urmelon toez,” as she called them, using her best English accent! An accent that is quite good, if I may say so. She’s pretty gifted in m...
SO LONG NIGEL
“G'day mates, ya wan’a have a par'ee? Well, it’s not a real par'ee, is mor lik’a autopsy!” Look at the pretty little hand with its festooned nails on the right and tell me if you think they could cut up a pet’s dead little body and...
MY BUCKET LIST
If I were doing a “bucket list,” I would have to include lunch with the family at the Smoky Mountain Brewery, a movie afterwards, and then to come home and find my book in the mail one more time! That’s the summary of today, and it was so n...
