11TH STRAIGHT YEAR

                         THE YANKEES WON ON OPENING DAY FOR THE 11TH YEAR IN A ROW.  SABATHIA LOST WEIGHT.  GRANDERSON HOMERED ON OPENING DAY FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW OFF THE DETROIT PITCHER COKE(FORMERLY A YANKEE) FOR WHOM HE WAS TRADED LAST YEAR.    STEINBRENNER'S GRAND DAUGHTER SANG THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.  IT WAS COLD-46 DEGREES.  A LOT OF FANS LEFT EARLY,  AN ERROR LEAD TO THE YANKEES' 5-3 LEAD IN THE 8TH.

YANKEES WIN WITH 41 YEAR OLD MARIANO RIVERA ON THE MOUND FOR HIS 16TH OPENING DAY AS A YANKEE AND OLDEST OPENER SAVE

                           SO ROOT FOR THE HOME TEAM WITH A BLOOP SINGLE BY SWISHER AND NOW IT'S 6-3.   CABRERA RAN HIM DOWN BUT IT WAS AN RBI SINGLE.  MARIANO CLOSES IT OUT IN THE NINTH FOR THE YANKEES.  AND IT'S THE OLD BALLGAME FROM 1PM TO 4:15 PM ON MARCH 31,2011 NYC OPENING DAY.

FOOLISH

LUCKY IN LOVE
LUCKY IN CARDS
DON'T PUSH YOUR LUCK
GOOD LUCK
FENG SHUI
WHY ME GOD?
THE LUCK OF THE IRISH
LUCKY PENNY
DUMB LUCK
IF IT WASN'T FOR BAD LUCK,I'D HAVE NO LUCK AT ALL

A GAMBLER WANTS TO LOSE
THE LONGER YOU PLAY, THE GREATER CHANCE YOU HAVE OF LOSING
WARREN BUFFETT NEVER PUTS BAD MONEY TO RECOUP LOSSES.
I HAVE STOCK IN THE ONLY COMPANY THAT BUFFET SOLD AT A LOSS.
BUFFETT NEVER BORROWS,DOESN'T MORTGAGE,AND DOESN'T MOVE.
HE'S OWNED THE SAME HOUSE FOR 30 YEARS.  HE'S ONE OF THE RICHEST MEN ON EARTH.  WHAT IS HE SAVING IT FOR?
BUFFET SAYS ALWAYS GET A PRICE BEFORE YOU DO A JOB.  HE LEARNED THAT AT AGE 9 WHEN HIS GRANDFATHER GAVE HIM A PALTRY AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR SHOVELING THE SNOW OFF A LONG DRIVEWAY.

BUFFETT''S ORIGINAL HOME-STILL STANDING-NOW THAT'S LUCK

SO YOU MAKE YOUR OWN LUCK

MEET THE METS

                                  IT DIDN'T RAIN,  THE METS WERE THERE.  ALL WAS WRIGHT.  IT WAS WERTH A TRIP TO THE WASHINGTON NATIONALS SPRING TRAINING STADIUM IN VIERA,FLORIDA  FOR THE LAST SPRING TRAINING GAME.  IT WAS OUR FIRST.  WE WERE IN THE BACK ROW UNDER THE OVERHANG WITHA BREEZE AT OUJR BACK AND NO RAYS ON OUR HEADS.  WE CHEERED INCLUDING THE SCRAWNY 88 YEAR OLD MAN IN FORNT OF US WHO WAS A WOUNDED WWII SAILOR AND READY TO CELEBRATE HIS 89TH BIRTHDAY TOMORROW.    WE SANG TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME WITH THE VIGOROUS BEER AND SODA VENDOR WHO LEAD THE SINGING ON TOP OF THE NATIONALS DUGOUT.  HE INCLUDED THE LINE THAT HE HOPED AND PRAYED THAT THE NATIONALS WOULD STAY IN VIERA INSTEAD OF BEING OUTSOURCED FROM THE SPACE COAST TO ARIZONA OR SOME OTHER FOREIGN COUNTRY.  TNE NATIONALS GAVE OUT LICENSE PLATE HOLDERS THAT SAID GO NATS!  IT WAS FAN APPRECIATION DAY AND THE NATS AND METS PUT ON A GOOD SHOW WITH HOMERS,BASE STEALING AND A DOUBLE BY THE YANKEE PITCHER.  THE NATS CLOSER WAS GIGANTIC AND SCARING.  THE METS COSER FRANCISCO RODRIQUEZ-K-ROD WASN'T AS SCAREY.  I GUESS HE CAN ONLY SUCKER PUNCH HIS FATHER-IN-LAW.  THE METS WON.

NATIONALS STADIUM-VIERA,FLORIDA BEFORE TAXPAYERS PAID FOR RED,WHITE AND BLUE SEATS AFTER THE ROYALS AND MARLINS LEFT

                                      EVENTUALLY IT DIDN'T MATTER WHO WON OR LOST.  IT WAS TIME FOR PIZZA DOWN THE STREET IN VIERA AT BROOKLYN PIZZA-SUPERB.  THEN THIS YANKEE WENT HOME TO TITUSVILLE WHERE ROCKETS TILL GLARE AND ARE BURSTING IN AIR UNTIL THE SPACE INDUSTRY IS OUTSOURCED AFTER APRIL 19TH-OUR LAST ENDEAVOUR.

PERTURBIA

                                       47 STATES HAVE DRUG(PAIN PILLS) REGISTRIES.  FLORIDA DOESN'T.  GOVERNOR SCOTT SAYS IT INVADES OUR PRIVACY.  HAVING YOUR SON'S NAME PUBLISHED IN THE PAPER FOR DRUGS IS INVASION OF PRIVACY.  PILLS ARE SOLD LEFT AND RIGHT ON THE CORNER IN FLORIDA.  THEY ARE TOO AVAILABLE AND OVERR PRESCRIBED.  THE DRUG EXPERMINENTER S GET HOOKED.  THEY STEAL AND KILL FOR MONEY TO GET THAT FIX.  DIDN'T YOU SEE FRANK SINATRA IN MAN WITH A GOLDEN  ARM. 

FLORIDAZED

                                        THE DRUG PUSHERS USED TO BE THE MAFIA.  NOW IT'S YOUR LOCAL PAIN CLINIC.  REGULATE IT.  IT'S OUT OF HAND.  EARTH TO GOVERNOR SCOTT ANBD IS OXYCONTIN PUSHER BUDDIES.  POT ISN'T LEGAL BUT ADDICTIVE PILLS ARE IN FLORIDAZE.   IT'S A LONG DAYS JOURNEY INTO NIGHT.

AIDS DAY

                                    TODAY WOULD HAVE BEEN MY YOUNGER BROTHER'S 49TH BIRTHDAY.  HE DIED OF AIDS WHEN HE WAS 38 ALONE IN FLORIDA.  HE WAS AT ST. ANTHONY'S HOSPITAL IN ST. PETERSBURG.  ACTUALLY I HELD HIS HAND UNTIL HE DIED.  HE WASN'T CONSCIOUS.  I SAID THE LORD IS MY SHEPHARD 23RD PSALM AT HIS BEDSIDE AND THEN WENT FOR A CUP OF COFFEE.  WHEN I RETURNED, THE NURSE TOLD ME HE WAS DEAD.  I CRIED LIKE A FOOL AT HIS FUNERAL READING THE 23RD PSALM.
                                    MY MOTHER WAS WITH MY BROTHER UNTIL THE LAST MONTH.  THE AIDS HAD ATTACKED HIS BRAIN.  HE HAD GONE BLIND IN ONE EYE.  HE WAS ACTING VERY CRAZY.  WE HAD HER LEAVE FLORIDA.  I THINK A FRIEND WAS GOING TO LOOK OUT FOR HIM.  BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT EVER HAPPENED.  I GUESS THE FRIEND GO HIM INTO ST. ANTHONY'S HOSPITAL.  ANYWAY I FLEW DOWN FROM NEW YORK AND WAS WITH HIM BEFORE HE DIED.  NO ONE ELSE WAS THERE.

                                       SOMETIMES OVER THE YEARS, I WOULD SAY HE DIED OF CANCER.  I NEVER DISCUSSED IT AT MY JOB.  THEY WERE NOT HE KIND OF PEOPLE YOU COULD TRUST.  AIDS WAS VERY TABOO BACK THEN.  KIND OF A MYSTERY STILL.  A FEW YEARS LATER, MEDICINES WERE DEVELOPED THAT COULD ARREST THE DISEASE KIND OF LIKE INSULIN DOES FOR DIABETES.
                                     ROCK HUDSON DIED OF AIDS AND ARTHUR ASHE TOO.  ELIZABETH TAYLOR WHO JUST DIED OF CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AT 79 DID ALOT FOR THE AIDS CAUSE.   NOW AIDS IS MAINLY OF CONCERN IN AFRICA WHERE PEOPLE DIE LEFT AND RIGHT BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO MEDICINE.  

MAGNIFICENT MCDOWELL

                                        YOU ARE ONLY AS SICK AS YOUR SECRETS-WHO AM I HIDING FROM?                 
                                          

DONALD TRUMP IS A BIRTHER

                      THE DONALD SLIMED PRESIDENT OBAMA.  HE TOOK SOME GREASE FROM HIS POMPADOUR AND SPREAD IT ALL OVER THE PRESIDENT'S REPUTATION.  THE DONALD TOLD THAT OTHER SLIME BALL GERALDO RIVERA THAT HE DEMANDS THE PRESIDENT TO PRODUCE  HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE TO PROVE THAT HE WAS BORN IN THE USA. 

                      I AM NOT SURPRISED AFTER SEEING TRUMP ON THE COMDEY CENTRAL ROAST.  I CALL ON THE DONALD TO PRODUCE THE NAME OF THE CHARITY WHO WOULD TAKE MONEY RAISED BY A ROAST WHICH SAID DISGUSTING,VULGAR AND VICIOUS THINGS ABOUT EVERY RACE,GENDER,NATIONALITY AND RELIGION INCLUDING TRUMP'S WIFE AND DAUGHTER.  HOW ANY MAN COULD LISTEN TO THAT VULGAR DRIVEL AND THEN HAVE THE AUDACITY TO SUGGEST THAT HE WOULD RUN FOR PRESIDENT.
                         WHO WILL BE TRUMP'S RUNNING MATE?  CHARLIE SHEEN?

Mussolini

                               JUST LIKE MUSSOLINI, THE ATTACK ON NORTH AFRICA IS STAGED FROM ITALY.  EUROPE IS MAKING A STAND FOR OIL IN THE NAME OF DEMOCRACY.  WHAT ELSE IS NEW?  FROM THE HALLS OF MONTEZUMA TO  THE SHORES OF TRIPOLI.  US PILOTS HAVE TAKEN UP THE WHITE MAN'S BURDEN.
                              THE WORLD ECONOMY CAN NO LONGER BE PROPPED UP BY EASY CREDIT.  SO NOW IT'S FIGHT WE MUST 'CAUSE OUR CAUSE IS JUST.  THIS TIME FRANCE IS IN ON IT AND THE ARAB LEAGUE TOO.  THEY WANT A PIECE OF THE OIL BOOM PIE BEFORE THE PROPPED UP GOVERNMENTS  FALL INTO ANARCHY. 
                        JUST LIKE EGYPT'S REVOLUTION, THE US PRETENDS THEY DIDN'T KNOW.  THE PRESIDENT OF THE USA WAS IN SOUTH AMERICA.  HABLA ESPANOL?  THE US DIDN'T KNOW THERE WERE NO WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION IN IRAQ.  THE US DIDN'T KNOW THE TWIN TOWERS AND WASHINGTON WOULD BE ATTACKED BY SUICIDE TERRORISTS.
                         AT REAGAN AIRPORT, THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER FELL ASLEEP THE OTHER NIGHT.  GOT ALARM CLOCKS?  CATTLE PRODS?  SOMETING TO KEEP HIM AWAKE.  WHO IS WATCHING THE STORE?  THERE'S MORE CONCERN ABOUT TEACHERS AND NURSES,THEIR JOB SECURITY AND SALARIES THAN THERE IS ABOUT TERRORISM,THE JAPAN TSUNAMI,OR OIL RIGS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO.

DIVIDE AND CONQUER  VENI VIDI VICI

                         HOW MUCH DID THIS US ROCKETS RED GLARE OVER LIBYA AS THE INSTRUMENT OF A DECAYINBG EUROPE COST THE US TAX PAYER?  IT WILL BE A GREAT DAY IN THE USA WHEN MORE MONEY IS SPENT ON EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE THAN WAR.  JUST LIKE WE BANKRUPTED THE RUSSIANS WITH STAR WARS.  EUROPE AND THE SHEIKS OF ARABI ARE BANKRUPTING US WITH THE NEW CRUSADES.

DEBBIE REYNOLDS WAS VILE

                        ON THE NIGHT ELIZABETH TAYLOR DIED, DEBBIE REYNOLDS REVEALED LITTLE PERSONAL SECRETS ABOUT ELIZABETH.  I TURNED OFF THE JOY BEHAR SHOW AND WILL NEVER WATCH IT AGAIN.   IT WAS VILE TO TALK ABOUT THE DEAD IN SUCH A FRIVOLOUS MANNER.  I GUESS IT WAS REVENGE FOR TAYLOR STEALING REYNOLD'S HUSBAND.  IT WAS COLD.  THAT'S HOW REVENGE IS BEST SERVED WITH A KNIFE.  IT WAS AS INSENSITIVE AS CARRIE FISHER OUTING JOHN TRAVOLTA A YEAR AFTER HIS SON DIED AND HIS WIFE GAVE BIRTH TO TWINS.  I KNEW CARRIE WAS BIPOLAR.  I GUESS DEBBIE IS TOO PLUS SENILE TO BOOT.
                           THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS BLACK.  SO I'VE TIRED OF CHELSEA HANDLER MAKING DEMEANING REMARKS ABOUT BLACKS.  I WOULDN'T GIVE HER 50 CENTS TO HEAR ANOTHER OF HER COMEDY SHOWS.  AFTER LATELY IS EVEN WORSE.  SO IT'S OVER CHELSEA.  I'VE TIRED OF YOUR ANTI:   BLACK,RED HEADS, ASIANS, MEXICANS,CO WORKERS AND COMICS, AND YOUR FAMILY.  THE ONLY THING CHELSEA IS PRO IS GAYS AND VODKA MAYBE EVEN COCAINE.  VILE JUST LIKE GILBERT GOTTFRIED WHO LOST HIS AFLACK JOB OVER INSENSITIVE TWEETS ABOUT THE TSUNAMI IN JAPAN.  I WATCHED THE DONALD TRUMP ROAST.  IT WAS BEYOND VULGAR.  IT DEGRADED TRUMP'S WIFE AND DAUGHTER NOT TO MENTION EVERYONE ELSE ON STAGE.  GILBERT GOTTFRIED WAS ONE OF THE MOST INSENSITIVE.

A BEAUTIFUL WORLD RUINED BY CRASS,CRUDE CRUEL PEOPLE

                                HOW DONALD TRUMP COULD EVER EXPECT TO BE PRESIDENT AFTER SITTING THROUGH THAT TRASH IS BEYOND ME.   HE OBVIOUSLY WILL DO ANYTHING FOR MONEY.  IT WAS CHARITY.  WHAT CHARITY WANTS OR NEEDS THAT VULGAR DISGUSTING KIND OF MONEY?

SUNSET WRITING

                          I USED TO WRITE AT SUNRISE.  IT TOOK UP MY WHOLE DAY.  BY THE TIMEIT WAS OVER, I WAS TOO TIRED AND HUNGRY TO DO ANYTHING ELSE.  SO NOW I WRITE AT SUNSET.  I TOOK A NAP AFTER EXERCISING,SWIMMING AND BICYCLING.  THEN I HAD DINNER AND NOW AT SUNSET I'M ABOUT TO WRITE.
                         GOVERNOR SCOTT SIGNED THE NO TENURE FOR TEACHERS AND MERIT PAY FOR THE GOOD TEACHERS SURROUNDED BY BLACK STUDENTS.  WHERE THE BLACK TEACHERS WERE I DON'T KNOW.  IT'S LAST HIRED FIRST FIRED USUALLY FOR BLACK PEOPLE AND WOMEN.  I WONDER IF THE CHILDREN KNOW.  NEXT ON THE GOVERNOR'S AGENDA IS TO ELIMINATE STATE HOSPITALS(PUBLIC).  HE USED TO BE AFILIATED WITH PRIVAGTE HOSPITALS.  THAT'S HOW GOVERNOR  SCOTT MADE HIS MILLIONS PLUS SOME MEDICARE SCAMMING.  I GUESS WHEN HE ELIMINATES PUBLIC HOSPITALS HE'LL BE SURROUNDED BY BLACK PATIENTS.  CHARTER SCHOOLS AND VOUCHERS ARE SUPPOSED TO HELP BLACKS TO.. IT SOUND S MAINLY LIKE SEGREGATION TO ME.  DO HOMESCHOOLERS,CHARTER SCHOOLS AND PRIVATE/PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS TAKE FCATS.  HOW INTEGRATED ARE THEY?  WHAT PERCENTAGE OF NEEDY,DISABLED, OR MENTALLY CHALLENGED STUDENTS DO THEY SERVE?
                                 SO AS THE SUN SETS WE SAY GOODBYE TO TENURE IN FLORIDA SCHOOLS AND HELLO TO MERIT PAY.  THE PURPOSE OF TENURE IS TO GUARANTEE THAT TEACHERS ARE NOT REPLACED BY BILLY BOB'S COUSIN FOR NO REASON,ARE NOT JUDGED BY LOOKS, OR  ARE WOMEN REPLACED BY MEN WHO NEED TO SUPPORT A FAMILY.   OF COURSE RACE,GENDER, RELIGION AND NATIONAL ORIGIN ARE ALL CRITERIA FOR HIRING OR FIRING SOMEONE CACHED IN JIM CROW LAWS.

MONA LISA IS NOT SMILING. SHE'S A FORMER FLORIDA TEACHER WHO LOST TENURE RIGHTS, WAS REPLACED  BY A GOOD OL' BOYS FRIEND AND NOW SERVES PIZZA WITH A MASTERS DEGREE-  MAMMA MIA,MAMMA MIA

                                 SO IN WOMENS HISTORY MONTH A MAINLY FEMALE PROFESSION -ONE OF HTE OLDEST BUT NOTHE OLDEST IS ATTACKED BY THE FLORIDA GOOD OLD BOYS.  JUST AS I PREDICTED NURSES ARE NEXT.  PUBLIC HOSPITALS ARE ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK.  MOST NURSES ARE FEMALES TOO.  DUH?

THANKYOU

                                THE FEMALE LA CITA GOLF COURSE WORKER JUST BLEW AND RAKED ALL THE LEAVES AND OAK TREE DROPPINGS (POLLEN AND SEEDS)  OFF THE CART PATH BEHIND MY TOWNHOUSE.  HOORAY.  IT'S ALL PREPARATION FOR THE MEMBER-GUEST TOURNAMENT THIS WEEKEND.

DUH

HOW I SPENT MY WINTER VACATION

SUNNY

PARROT HEAD

THE END -KSC

USING RUSSIANS AND PRIVATE ENTERPRISE TO LAUNCH ROCKETS

LAUNCH PAD BEING DISMANTLED -KENNEDY SPACE CENTER ON THE WAY TO THE BEACH

                              BEACHED YESTERDAY AND POOLED TODAY.  HOORAY!  SUNSET AND SUNRISE

WHY I MOVED TO TITUSVILLE,FLORIDA

                                         I'M OFTEN ASKED WHY WE MOVED TO TITUSVILLE,FLORIDA.  AS MY BLOG TITLE YANKE SUGGESTS WE ARE NORTHERNERS.  WE MOVED HERE BECUASE FOUR 2004 HURRICANES DID ENOUGH DAMAGE TO OUR BEACHSIDE CONDOMINIUM THAT WE BOUGHT IN 1999 FOR $70,00 FROM MY HUSBAND'S FAMILY AFTER HIS PARENTS DIED THAT IT HAD TO BE GUTTED DOWN TO THE STUDS.  SO WE SOLD IT WITHOUT ANY WALLS FOR $230,000 IN  MARCH OF 2005.  WE HAD QUICKLY BOUGHT A TITUSVILLE HOME ON THE SHERWOOD GOLF COURSE IN NOVEMBER 2004 WITH A POOL ON THE 7TH FAIRWAY.
                                           WE MOVED TO TITUSVILLE BECAUSE THERE'S A NATIONAL SEASHORE WITH 25 MILES OF UNSPOILED BEACH EXCEPT FOR A ROCKET BLASTING OFF NOW AND THEN. OUR BEACHSSIDE TOWN HAD EVERY INCH OF BEACH LINED WITH CONDOMINIUMS EXCEPT WHERE THE WOMENS CLUB RAISED MONEY TO SAVE THE BEACH-SATELLITE BEACH THAT IS.   IN 2010, THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER BLASTED OFF MORE THAN 5 SPACE SHUTTLES FROM IT'S LAUNCH PADS ON THE OCEAN NOT TO MENTION SPACE X FROM CAPE CANAVERAL.  NOW THAT'S EXCITEMENT AS WE VIEW THE LAUNCHES FROM THE SHORES OF THE INDIAN RIVER IN TITUSVILLE.
                                                  TITUSVILLE HAS 4 GOLF COURSES OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.  IT HAS A NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE ON MERRITT ISLAND.  IT HAS THE ST. JOHN'S RIVER  WITH A ZILLION ALLIGATORS,SWAMPS,HUNTING GROUNDS,TRAILS FOR HIKING AND NATURE VIEWING.  THE TOWN HAS A MASSIVE INDIAN RIVER FLOWING BY THAT'S IDEAL FOR BOATING.   IT HAS THE ENCHANTED FOREST COUNTY NATURE PARK, THE FOX LAKE PICNIC PARK AND THE CHAIN OF LAKES SOCCER FIELDS AND RIVER PARK.  WE HAVE A WETLALNDS NEAR OUR DUMP ON ROUTE 50 JUST LIKE VIERA.  UP ROUTE TOWARD ORLANDO, THERE'S TOSOHATCHEE STATE PRESERVE,THE ORLANDO WETLANDS, FORT CHRISTMAS, JUNGLE WORLD WITH THE WORLD'S LARGEST ALLIGATOR(MANMADE-IT'S THE ENTRANCE AND GIFT SHOP) AND THE MIDWAY AIRBOAT RIDES.  BITHLO HAS STOCK CAR RACING AND OF COURSE ORLANDO WITH DISNEY WORLD,UNIVERSAL,SEA WORLD AND MAGIC PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL IS A WORLD WIDE TOURIST DESTINATION.
                                               EVERY CHAIN RESTAURANT AND SHOPPING CENTER IN THE WORLD IS LOCATED IN ORLANDO 20 MILES AWAY FROM TITUSVILLE.  TITUSVILLE HAS A FEW CHAINS(TARGET,HOME DEPOT,LOWES,MARSHALLS,SEARS,AND JC PENNEY FOR STORES AND MCDONALDS,TACO BELL,WWENDYS ETC. FOR RESTAURANTS).  YES VIRGINIA WE HAVE A STARBUCKS EVEN THOUGH FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS GO TO STARBUCKS.
                                             MOST OF TITUSVILLE'S RESTAURANTS ARE LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED.  WE HAVE DIXIE CROSSROADS, PAUL'S SMOKEHOUSE,LA BAMBA, KLOIBERS COBBLER, CAFE CHOCOLAT, STEVE'S DINER,OUR PLACE, DOGS ARE US, AND MANY MORE.  THEY ARE ALL A LITLE TATTERED AT THE EDGES AS REMNANTS FROM THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTERS HEY DAY IN THE 60'S,70'S,80'S AND 90'S.  BUT THEY ARE NOT PLASTIC,COOKIE CUTTER REPLICAS OF EVERY TOWN IN AMERICA.  THEY HAVE HEART, PERSONALITY AND ARE GENUINE. 
                                              THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IS STUPENDOUS.  ROCKETS BLAST OFF FROM THERE FREQUENTLY AND WILL CONTINUE TO BLAST OFF AFTER THE SHUTTLE IS OUTSOURCED TO RUSSIA FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS UNTIL WE HEAD TO MARS, AN ASTEROID OR BEYOND.  THE PHASING OUT OF THE SHUTTLE HAS BEEN COMPOUNDED BY THE ALMOST WORLD WIDE DEPRESSION IN 2008 FOMENTED BY RISKY GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT OF WALL STREET, THE HOUSING MARKET AND MORTGAGES.    THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN HITS TITUSVILLE HARD BECAUSE IT COMES JUST AS IT'S MAIN INDUSTRY LAYS OFF 6,000 OR MORE WORKERS.  BUT THAT IS BEYOND OUR CONTROL.  THE FLORIDA STATE GOVERNMENT'S FIRST AGENDA IS TO ATTACK THE ONLY PEOPLE GAINFULLY EMPLOYED IN FLORIDA AND OF COURSE WOMEN MAINLY-TEACHERS.  BULLIES ALWAYS ATTACK WHEN YOU ARE WEAKEST.  WOMEN EMPLPOYEES ARE AN EASY TARGET.  THE GOVERNOR IS IN PANAMA PROMOTING BUSINESS WHILE WOMEN ARE BEING ATTACKED IN FLORIDA.  HE'LL SIGN THE BILL WHEN HE RETURNS.  I DIGRESS.
                                           IT'S THE SUNSHINE STATE.  TOURISM RULES.  TITUSVILLE IS PERFECT FOR NATURE LOVERS,BEACH LOVERS AND GOLFERS.  YOU HIKE,SWIM,AND GOLF  JUST LIKE YOU DO EVERYWHERE ELSE IN FLORIDA.   IT'S NOT MIAMI.  THERE'S LESS CRIME,TRAFFIC,KIM KARDASHIAN WANNABES, CONGESTION AND GREED.  THAT'S A GOOD THING.  DOES THE NAME MIAMI VICE OR CSI MIAMI RING A BELL?  HAVE YOU EVER READ A CARL HIASSEN NOVEL?  TITUSVILLE POSSESSES EVERYTHING CARL LOVES.  MIAMI HAS WHAT HE HATES-PHONINESS,POLLUTERS AND DEVELOPERS OUT TO BUILD ON EVERY PIECE OF LAND IN FLORIDA.  CARL HIASSEN WHO GREW UP IN MIAMI MOVED NORTH.  SKINNY DIP,SICK PUPPY,TOURIST SEASON AND STAR ISLAND WERE ENOUGH FOR HIM.

DAYTONA BEACH IS ONE HOUR AWAY-BIKE WEEK ON THE BOARDWALK 2011

                                           SO TITUSVILLE ROLLS ON THE RIVER WITH NATURE,ROCKETS,GOLF,OCEAN,ALLIGATORS,AND REALITY.  SO GET REAL.  MOVE TO TITUSVILLE.  IT'S A BARGAIN.  WE MOVED ACROSS TOWN  TO LA CITA BECAUSE THE GOLF COURSE IS BETTER.AND PRIVATE.   SHERWOOD ADVERTISED AS THE CHEAPEST GOLF RON THE SPACE COAST.  NOW THE NEW OWNERS HAVE PUT IN NEW GREENS AND COMPLETELY REFURBISHED THE COURSE.  SO WHAT'S NOT TO LIKE?

ST. PATRICK

ST. PATRICK SLEPT HERE AT BALLYBUNION

ST. PAT'S 3 SISTERS TURNED TO STONE

OUT OF BOUNDS-IRELAND

BALLYBUNION ST. PAT ALWATS SHOT PAR HERE-  WHY NOT IT WAS 

FOUNDED BY ST.PAT

LISTEN

             MY HOROSCOPE SAYS LISTEN INSTEAD OF EXPRESSING OPINIONS.  ODDLY I HAD THE SAME VIBRATION.  I'M TIRED OF CHANGING THE WORLD.  IT'S TIME TO REFLECT,IGNORE,CONSIDER,QUIET DOWN AND LISTEN.   THAT'S A RELIEF.  IT'S NOT EASY SAVING THE WORLD DAY AFTER DAY. 
                     HITLER ROSE INTO POWER BECAUSE PEOPLE LOST THE WILL TO THINK.  THEY JUST SAID OK-BURN BOOKS,JEWS AND INVADE NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES.  THAT'S THE SOLUTION.  THE REST OF THE WORLD IGNORED IT TOO. 

GROUND ZERO -NYC-LISTEN

                     FINALLY ACTION HAD TO BE TAKEN BY THE USA TO PREVENT WORLD DOMINATION BY THE NAZIS.  IT WASN'T UNTIL PEARL HARBOR THAT THE USA GOT INVOLVED.

TITUSVILLE WARBIRD AIR SHOW

BIG BIRD

GOD IS MY CO-PILOT

COMING IN ON A WING AND A PRAYER

TITUSVILLE WARBIRD MUSEUM

ONE HUNDRED YEARS

KILCONLY GIRL MOVES TO THE USA

                                       MY MOTHER WOULD HAVE BEEN 100 ON MARCH 13,2011.  SHE DIED OF BLADDER CANCER WHEN SHE WAS 93,ONE MONTH BEFORE HER 94TH BIRTHDAY ON THE DAY AFTER VALENTINE'S DAY.   HER FUNERAL WAS ON MOTHER'S DAY.  I GUESS AT ST TERESA'S IN  NORTH TARRYTOWN.  THE RECEPTION WAS A T A CASTLE LIKE BUILDING ON THE HUDSON.
                                       SO SHE WENT FROM A LITTLE VILLAGE IN IRELAND AT AGE 16 T PORTLANDT, MAINE,TO SCARSDALE, TO MICHIGAN,TO WHITE PLAINS, TO FLORIDA, TO SAG HARBOR AND FINALLY TO CAPE COD AND FINALLY TO A CASTLE ON THE HUDSON.
                                        MOM WAS NEVER SICK UNTIL SHE DEVELOPED BLADDER CANCER IN HER 90'S.  IT WAS INOPERABLE AT HER AGE AND JUST RAN ITS COURSE.  AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF,SHE DIED IN HER SLEEP.  THERE WERE A FEW ANNOYING OPERATIONS BY THE UROLOGIST CAUSING INCONTINENCE AND DVT IN HER LEGS.  BUT ON THE WHOLE IT WAS A SLOW BUT PEACEFUL ENDING.

MOM MARRIED A MCDOWELL

                                           MOM DIDN'T GO BACK TO IRELAND UNTIL SHE WAS 85.  IRELAND WAS MUCH MORE PROSPEROUS.  BUT THEY DON'T TEAR DOWN RUINS.  THEY JUST BUILD A NEW HOUSE ON THE LAND.  SO MOM WAS UPSET TO SEE HER FAMILY HOME OUTSIDE GALWAY WITH BOARDED UP WINDOWS AND WEEDS IN THE LAWN.  STILL IT WAS A GOOD TRIP WITH SOJOURNS TO THE CLIFFS OF MOHER,GALWAY CITY, THE BURREN AND THEN ARMAGH IN THE NORTH WHERE HER YOUNGER SISTER LIVED.  MOM'S SISTER WAS 6 WHEN MOM LEFT IRELAND IN 1928.  THEY HADN'T SEEN EACH OTHER SINCE THEN.

BULLYING AND WOMENS HISTORY MONTH

                                WOMEN DID NOT GET THE VOTE UNTIL THE 1920'S IN THE USA.  THAT'S AFTER THE SLAVES WERE FREED AND GIVEN VOTING RIGHTS.  BULLIES IN THE STATE LEGISLATURES AND GOVERNOR MANSIONS ARE TRYING TO TAKE AWAY WOMENS' RIGHTS TO A DECENT WAGE, JOB TENURE, AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING SINCE MOST TEACHERS ARE WOMEN. 
                                  SCHOOLTEACHERS WHO ARE MAINLY WOMEN HAVE HIGHER EDUCATION DEGREES THAN MOST AMERICANS, LEGISLATORS, GOVERNORS,CONGRESSMEN, CABINETS AND PRESIDENTS.  TEACHING IS ONE OF THE FEW JOBS THAT CAN'T BE OUTSOURCED BY RICH BUSINESSMEN TO CHINA.

DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THE AVERAGE FEMA;E TEACHER MAKES?  THEY HAVE HEALTH BENEFITS TOO.  AND TENURE.  AND RETIREMENT BENEFITS. AND MORE.  REPUBLICANS ONLY HAVE HOUSES IN TH EHAMPTONS.  THEY MUST PAY FOR HEALTH INSURANCE.  SINFUL? EH?  NURSES GET TOO MUCH MONEY TOO!   WE DOCTORS AND DRUG COMPANIES ARE HORRIFIED!!!  OUTSOURCE THEM TOO.  OH WE CAN'T UNLESS WE FLY OUR PATIENTS TO CHINA.  GOT ACUPUNCTURE?

                                     STOP BULLYING WOMEN ESPECIALLY DURING MARCH =WOMENS HISTORY MONTH.   YOU GO GIRLS!!!!   I DECLARE A STRIKE BY ALL WOMEN TO SUPPORT FEMALE SCHOOL TEACHERS AND THEIR RIGHT TO A PIECE OF THE GOOD OL' BOYS PIE.

ARACHNOPHOBIA

                                       JUST LIKEQUOQUEEGUE IN MOBY DICK,THE BIKER FROM WISCONSIN CARRIED HIS COFFIN WITH HIM.  HE WAS THE FRIENDLIEST OF MEN WITH A LOVELY COUNTRY CLUB LIKE SEDATE WIFE WHO DID SODOKU ON A NEARBY BENCHWHILE HE PROMOTED HIS SCAREY BIKE AND TARANTULA FANG.    HE TOLD EVERYONE REPEATING THE STORY ONE HUNDRED TIMES AT THE BIKE SHOW ON THE BOARDWALK IN DAYTONA BEACH THAT HE'D BEEN BITTEN BY HIS PET TARANTULA ONCE ON FATHER'S DAY LAST YEAR.  HE FELT THE VENOM RUN UP HIS ARM AND INTO HIS BODY.  BUT IT WASN'T A FULL BITE AND HE'S NOT ALLERGIC TO SPIDER BITES.   STILL HE CARRIED HIS COFFIN WITH HIM ON THE BACK OF HIS SCULZ MOTORCYCLE DECORATED WITH SKULLS AND SNAKES.  A SKELETON SAT IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT WITH THE ACE OF CLUBS IN ITS POCKET. 
                                         THE MAN FROM WISCONSIN WOULD BE HEADING BACK HOME AFTER THE COMPETITION BECAUSE HIS SODUKU PLAYING WIFE HAD TO GO TO WORK.  HE WOULD TAKE BACK A THIRD PLACE PLAQUE BEATEN OUT BY A DRAGON BIKE AND AN ORANGE SKULL DECORATED BIKE FROM QUEBEC WITH JE ME SOUVIENS WRITTEN ON THE BACK DISCREETLY ABOVE THE LICENSE PLATE.  THE CHEESE HEAD FROM WISCONSIN WON SEVERAL FIRST PLACES AT HOTELS AND SHOWS AROUND DAYTONA DURING  DAYTONA'S 70TH BIKE WEEK.
                                              PREACHER WITH A TATTOO ON HIS FOREARM THAT SAYS VENGEANCE IS MINE WHO RAN THE BOARDWALK SHOW DID NOT REWARD THE SPIDERMAN WITH A BIG AWARD.  THE ORANGE SKULL BIKE FROM QUEBEC WON BEST IN SHOW AND LEFT WITH A LARGE BRASS TROPHY.  JE ME SOUVIENS-SAID THE SPIDERMAN AS HE RODE OFF THE BOARDWALK WITH HIS WIFE ON BACK OF HIS SCULZ BIKE AND HIS COFFIN TRAILING BEHIND.  THE COFFIN WAS 90 YEARS OLD AND HAD BEEN SENT FROM AFRICA WITH A BODY IN IT.  IT WAS SMALL AS IF A CHILD HAD BEEN IN IT.   SPIDERMAN BOUGHT IT FROM A MORTICIAN IN WISCONSIN.  HIS SPIDER WAS 12 YEARS OLD.  SPIDERS CAN LIVE TO 25 YEARS OR MORE.  HOW LONG A SPIDERMAN CAN LIVE IS NOT KNOWN.
                                        HIS WISCONIN LICENSE PLATE WAS SCULZ.  WHEN HE RETURNS TO WISCONSIN,HIS COFFIN CAN BE USED TO BURY PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RIGHTS TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.  HOPEFULLY HIS WIFE WILL STILL HAVE A JOB AND IS NNOT A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN. ACTUALLY HER HUSBAND SPIDERMAN WAS ONE OF THE MISSING DEMOCRAT LEGISLATORS WHO TOOK A FURLOUGH OUT OF STATE SO AS TO NOT BE PARTY TO THE UNION BUSTING TACTICS OF THE REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR AND STATE REPS.  

SUNNY FLORIDA IN MARCH BUT TOO COOL FOR SPIDERMAN TO COLLECT SPIDERS TO BRING BACK TO THE SQUARE HEADS IN WISCONSIN

                                         SO LOOK OUT FOR DEMOCRATS SPEWING PRO LABOR VENOM.  LOOK FOR THE UNION LABEL.   I COULDA BEEN A CONTENDER SAID SPIDERMAN AS HE ZOOMED OUT OF FLORIDA WITH HIS COFFIN RATTLING BEHIND. 

RADICAL STREAK

                       MY HOROSCOPE SAYS TO TAKE CHANCES AND DON'T SUPPRESS MY RADICAL STREAK.  ALSO I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO BLAME RADICAL IDEAS ON ANYONE ELSE-JUST MOI.

                         RADICAL DUDE PLUS A TSUNAMI FROM A GIGANTIC JAPANESES EARTHQUAKE JUST HIT HAWAII-MAUII.  NEXT IS CALIFORNIA.  I'M OFF TO HAWAII IN JULY.  RADICAL DUDE.

                          RIGHT NOW I'M OFF TO BIKE WEEK IN DAYTONA ON A COOL SUNNY WINDY DAY IN MY MIATA.  RADICAL DUDE.  TOP DOWN-NOT.  TATTOOS-NOT.  DRINKING SHOTS OFF OF MUSCULAR MENS' CHESTS-NOT.

                            SAYONARA, ALOHA,MAHALO AND DAKINE.
                            HANG LOOSE

DAYTONA BEACHED

                             DUDE

PLEASING VENUS IS HARMONIZING WITH LUCKY JUPITER

                              DON'T GET GREEDY-SAYS MY HOROSCOPE.  HOW DOES IT KNOW?  I AM TEMPTED TO BUY,SELL,TRADE OR BARTER ALMOST ANYTHING.  UH OH!

                               A MARDI GRAS DINNER AT CHEF LARRY'S ,AN ANNIVERSARY DINNER AT PORTOFINO AND A SUCCESSFUL LANDING (FOR THE LAST TIME ) OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY ISN'T ENOUGH.  I WANT MORE,MORE,MORE!  WHOA NELLIE!

                                   IS THAT ALL THERE IS?  FOR WHITE GIRLS WHO CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW WAS ENOUGH.  SO IT'S THE DAWNING OF THE AGE OF AQUARIOUS,AQUARIOUS!  

                                         RAINY DAYS AND THURSDAYS ALWAYS GET ME DOWN.   RAIN DROPS ARE FALLING ON MY HEAD.  ACTUALLY THEY WERE FALLING ON THE HEAD OF THE MAN WHO MOWS THE SIXTH GREEN EVERY DAY BEFORE THE BOYS OF WINTER PLAY GOLF.  HE SCURRIES AROUND THE GREEN SOMETIMES EVEN RUNNING GETTING IT READY FOR THE FIST FOURSOME. 
                                         EACH DAY THE GREEN IS CUT,LEAVES BLOWN AND A NEW GOLF HOLE CUT JUST AFTER THE CRACK OF DAWN.  LATER MORE MOWERS,BLOWERS,FERTILIZING MACHINES TEND TO THE GREEN AND FAIRWAY.  THAT'S DONE ON ALL 18-365 DAYS A YEAR. 
                                          THE WORKERS ARE YOUNGER AND THIN.  THE GOLFERS ARE OLD AND FAT.  SOME CAN BARELY WALK ACROSS THE GREEN TO ADDRESS THEIR BALL FOR A PUTT.  THEY ALL ZOOM AROUND IN CARTS.  THE WOMEN ARE USUALLY SLIMMER AND HEALTHIER.  THEY NEVER PLAYED FOOTBALL OR WERE IN A WAR.

NUMBER ONE HANDICAP HOLE ON THE COURSE

                                            WELCOME TO TIGER'S WORLD.  DO YOU BLAME HIM FOR CRAVING SOME EXCITEMENT AFTER A DOSE OF COUNTRY CLUB LIFE.

SIMPLY THE BEST

LAUNCHED OUT

                                      THE SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY LANDED AT THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER TWO MINUTES AFTER A GIGANTIC LOUD SONIC BOOM WAS HEARD IN TITUSVILLE,FLORIDA AT PAUL'S SMOKE HOUSE PARKING LOT ON THE SHORES OF THE INDIAN RIVER ACROSS FROM THE VEHICLE ASSEMBLY BUILDING AT KSC.  THE ORBITER WAS SPECTACULAR AS IT GLIDED OVER MERRITT ISLAND FROM THE NORTH TO THE LANDING STRIP.  IT WAS VERY EXCITING.
                                          MEANWHILE AT THE TITUSVILLE LA CITA COUNTRY CLUB PLAY PROCEEDED WITH MAYBE A GLANCE UP AFTER THE TREMENDOUS BOOM.  IT WAS THE LAST FLIGHT OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY BUT A TEE TIME IS A TEE TIME IS A TEE TIME.  THE BOYS OF WINTER WERE HITTIN G BALLS ON THE LA CITA RANGE.  LIFE GOES ON.  EH?
                                          SO THE BIKERS AND TOURISTS STOPPED BY THE RIVER TO VIEW THE SHUTTLE LAND BUT NOT TITUSVILLE'S GOLFERS.  THEIR EYES WERE ON THAT LITTLE WHITE BALL AS IT SAILED TOWARD THE SAND TRAP.

TEE TIME

                                           C'EST LA TEE.  EH?!?

DISCOVERY LANDS FOR LAST TIME TODAY AT KSC IN FLA

NEVER MORE-QUOTE THE RAVEN-NEVER MORE
IT AIN'T OVER UNTIL THE FAT LADY SINGS.  SHE'LL SING TODAY AT KSC NEAR TITUSVILLE,FLORIDA AS THE SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY LANDS JUST BEFORE NOON FOR THE LAST TIME.  DEORBIT BURN WILL BE AT 10:52 AM.  THE SPACE SHUTTLE WILL FLY OVER THE STATE OF FORIDA FROM SARASOTA TO TITUSVILLE. THEN DISCOVERY WILL BE PUT IN A MUSEUM .  AFTER TWO MORE FLIGHTS FROM KSC, THE RUSSIANS WILL TAKE OVER BLASTING ASTRONAUTS UP TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.  ALSO THERE WILL BE PRIVATELY RUN SPACE TAXI UP TO THE ISS FROM THE USA. 

MARDI GRAS

                                      IT IS MARDI GRAS TODAY.  IT'S ALSO CARNIVAL.  FAT TUESDAY IS THE TRANSLATION FROM THE FRENCH.  PROTESTANTS CALL IT SHROVE TUESDAY.  THEY EAT PANCAKES.  THE REST OF THE CHRISTIAN WORLD PARTIES HEARTY.  SOME DO IT FOR A WHOLE MONTH WITH CARNIVAL PARADES AND PARTIES.  IT ALL CULMINATES ON THE TUESDAY BEFORE ASH WEDNESDAY.  THEN UNTIL EASTER, CHRISTIANS ARE SUPPOSED TO GIVE UP EXCESS FOOD AND CELEBRATIONS.  THE EXCEPTION IS ST.PATRICK'S DAY IN THE USA.  SO PARTY HEARTY BEGINS AGAIN IN A WEEK OR TWO.
                                        SO EAT,DRINK AND BE MERRY FOR TOMORROW WE GO ON AN AUSTERITY BUDGET FOR FOOD,DRINK AND PARTIES.    SO LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL.  THEN IT'S 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS OF DEPRIVATION.  THAT'S NOT A BAD THING IN AN OVERWEIGHT NATION.
                                             SO IT'S MARDI GRAS POUR LE NATION GRAS.  LAISSEZ LES BONS TEMPS ROULER.
                                            AU REVOIR    NOUS IRONS CHZ CHEF LARRY A TITUSVILLE,FLA.

LAISSEZ LES BONS TEMPS ROULER

TOMORROW THE SPACE SHUTTLE LANDS AT HE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER FOR THE LAST TIME AT 11:58 AM.  LATER IN THE DAY THE SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR WILL BE ROLLED OUT TO THE LAUNCH PAD FOR ITS APRIL BLAST OFF.  CONGRESSWOMAN GIFFORDS'  HUSBAND MARK KELLY WILL BE THE PILOT ON THAT ONE.  HIS  TWIN BROTHER IS STILL UP AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. HE STILL HASN'T  SEEN HIS WOUNDED AND NOW DISABLED SISTER-IN-LAW GABRIELLE GIFFORDS.  SHE'LL BE AT THE APRIL LAUNCH FROM KSC NEAR TITUSVILLE,FL.

LAST ROAD TRIP

                             WE WENT TO DELAND AND ORLANDO FROM TITUSVILLE.  ALL MY HUSBAND DID WAS COMPLAIN ABOUT GAS PRICES.   WE HAVE A 1985 DIESEL MERCEDES.  FUEL IS 3$3.79 A GALLON AND ONLY GOING HIGHER.  IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF UNREST IN LIBYA OR SOMETHING.  AS IF WE DON'T KNOW THE CIA FOMENTED THIS INSURRECTION TO DEPOSE DESPOTS WHO HAVE A STRANGLEHOLD ON OUR ECONOMY WITH THEIR HIGH PRICED OIL.  WE CAN NO LONGER LET THE RICH GET RICHER SO IT'S SAYONARA QUADDAFFI DUCK AND MOW A MAR BABY.
                              I DIGRESS.  WHAT ELSE IS NEW?  DELAND WAS GRAND WITH BIKERS CONGREGATING PEACEFULLY INA TOWN THAT CLOSES DOWN ON SUNDAYS.  THEN IT WAS ON TO UNIVERSAL ORLANDO TO SEE LYNYRD SKYNYRD TO HEAR NORTHERNERS LIKE NEIL YOUNG CASTIGATED AS A NYC DRUMMER KEPT THE BEAT.  SWEET HOM ALABAMA,LITTLE GIRL, SMELL AND FREEBIRD WERE SUNG ON THE UNIVERSAL STAGE BY THE REPLACEMENTS FOR THE SKYNYRD ORIGINALS WHO DIED YEARS AGO IN A ;PLANE CRASH.  JELLO SHOTS  AND BEER WAS SOLD. BUT THE CROWD WAS PEACEFUL ON A GLORIOUS FLORIDA MARCH NIGHT. SO TELL NEA YOUNG, SOUTHERN MAN DON'T NEED HIM AROUND.
                                WE WERE ALL FREE BIRDS UNTIL GAS PRICES STARTED GOING UP TO THE PREDICTED $5.00 BY JUNE.    SO HANG ONTO YOUR US DOLLARS,THE USA WILL RISE AGAIN.  IN THE MEANTIME GOT SOLAR?  IT'S THE SUNSHINE STATE-HELLO?!?

SOARING GAS PRICES-THE SECOND HIGHEST TWO WEEK GAS PRICE INCREASE EVER

                                  ON SATURDAY THERE WAS A TRAFFIC JAM BECAUSE OF AN ACCIDENT AND HIGH VOLUME TRAFFIC ON I-4.  EARTH TO GOVERNOR SCOTT:  WE NEED RAILROADS OR BUSES OR SOMETHING.  NO WAY ARE WE TRAVELING AND PAYING $5.00 A GALLON TO TOUR THE SUNSHINE STATE.  GOT BATTERIES?  ELECTRIC CARS ARE STARTING TO LOOK GOOD.  CAN YOU DRIVE YOUR GOLF CART ON THE HIGHWAY?
                                  TOURISM IS FLORIDA'S MAIN INDUSTRY.  WHO CAN AFFORD TO TRAVEL WITH GAS SO HIGH?  MAYBE WE CAN BORROW THE GOVERNOR'S PRIVATE PLANE.

HURSTON HOME EXTREME MAKEOVER IN CANAVERAL GROVES,FLORIDA

VISITOR PLAYING IN THE 7 YEAR OLD'S TEACUP RIDE BEDROOM

KITCHEN BREAKFAST NOOK MADE FROM 737 CABIN

737 BODY AS A WALL IN THE MAIN ENTRANCE

EXTREME MAKEOVER-HURSTON HOME BY LIFESTYLE HOMES BUILT IN ONE WEEK

                         ALL THE HURSTONS WERE HOME WHEN WE WENT TO THEIR OPEN HOUSE LAST SATURDAY TO TOUR THEIR NEW HOME ON MERRITT ISLAND.  MOM AND DAD WERE IN THE LIVING ROOM.  THE GUITAR PLAYING SON WAS IN HIS SURFER THEME BEDROOM. ,THE 17 YEAR OLD GIRL WAS IN HER TV REPORTER THEME BEDROOM BEING CHARMING AND INTELLIGENT.  HER LITTLE 7 EAR OLD SISTER WITH MISSING FRONT TEETH WAS SCURRYING AROUND THE YARD ON A TOY FIRE ENGINE.
                           WE ALL GAVE A $10 CONTRIBUTION OR MORE TO THEIR MISSION TO BRING WATER PURIFIERS TO REMOTE PARTS OF HAITI BY PLANE FROM THE USA. THEN WE REMOVED OUR SHOES AND TOURED THE HOME WHICH WE HAD SEEN CONSTRUCTED ON THE ABC TELEVISION SHOW EXTREME HOME MAKEOVER.  IT TOOK ONE WEEK TO DEMOLISH THE OLD ONE AND BUILD THE NEW ONE BY LIFESTYLE HOMES AND A ZILLION VOLUNTEERS.
                             THE HURSTON HOME LOOKED GREAT.  IT WAS SMALLER THAN IT LOOKED ON TELEVISION.  THE CABIN OF A 737 FORMED THE ENTRANCE WALL INTO THE HOME. THE CABIN SEATS WERE ON THE OTHER SIDE IN THE KITCHEN.  ON TELEVISION, IT LOOKED A LITTLE OVER THE TOP.  BUT IN PERSON, THE 737 LOOKED PERFECT IN THE PILOT' HOME.   THE LARGE TEA CUPS IN THE LITTLE GIRL'S BEDROOM REMINISCENT OF THE DISNEY TEACUP RIDE FROM ALICE IN WONDERLAND  WERE FANTASTIC.
                               A MAN WHO MANUFACTURES THE WATER PURIFIERS LOCALLY DEMONSTRATED THEM FILTERING DIRTY WATER ON THE BACK PORCH.  THE ONLY THING MISSING WAS THE MISSION'S AIRPLANE.  IT WAS AT THE SPACE COAST AIRPORT IN TITUSVILLE.
                              THE HURSTONS WERE POLITE AND FRIENDLY AS WE TOURED THEIR HOME.  IT WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR A CONTRIBUTION TO THEIR CLEAN WATER MISSION FOR TWO SATURDAYS FROM 9-3.  GOODNESS IS ITS OWN REWARD.  BUT A NEW HOME FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN THEIR MOBILE HOME UNTIL THEY COULD FIND TIME TO REPAIR THEIR WATER DAMAGED HOME WAS WELL DESERVED AND WELL DONE.  IT WAS CREATIVE BUT PRACTICAL. 

FLORIDA

                        DO RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS.