James (Jim) Rookus

A Couple of BELATED Birthday's

Pam Hohnstreiter Zweig... 12/6

                           AND

Teri Sue Guhlstorf

Rapp ... 12/6 

HAPPY ...  HAPPY ... BIRTHDAY !!!

David Long

Marv,  As one old Marine would say to an old Army guy....knew it couldn't be a lobotomy - the bandage is on the wrong end  😂☹️😂!!!<>>

Marvin Theobald

Dave - Marines always confuse where the bandage goes since they have such bad luck when they think!

Marvin Theobald

I just got off the phone with Boo. Here is the latest! The good news is that she is home! The rest of the news is not what you would wish for. Her nourishment is 100% through a feeding tube and she has to "feed" the tube every 4 hours. She is not allowed to eat or drink anything through the mouth. In an attempt to make her laugh, I suggested just putting something delicious in her mouth to taste it and then spit it out. Hope! Not allowed.

The "food" she consumes has her blood chemistry out of whack and she has become very anemic. Consequently she is very tired and weak and has no energy. This is keeping her from getting the exercise she needs which is compounding her weakness. The feeding tube will continue to be her only source of food or drink until she passes a swallow test to verify there is no leakage in her esophagus. That is about two weeks away. She is hopeful that the next swallow test will give her the go ahead to consume real food in some form that will let her taste it.

As always, Boo is trying to keep a positive attitude and stay in good spirits but this a really frustrating and difficult thing to be dealing with. Her ability to talk is good but a little weak, tough I could not tell it on the phone. She feels she will be OK once this ordeal is behind her but it is going to be a long road to full recovery.

Marvin Theobald

One more thing on a lighter side!

James (Jim) Rookus

Happy Birthday 

SHARON BREEDLOVE KIRK   12/11

Hope your day is Happy and Blessed
 

David Long

Acapella   Can't spell it, but for you Acapella aficionados in the '64 Raiders, if you can get YouTube on your TV, pull up YouTube and search for PENTOMIX and watch/listen to their Christmas songs    I put it on about an hour ago and can't roll away from it  Enjoy   Sorry for any misspelling but autocorrect is not working and I don't have my glasses on so typing is kinda hit/misss  Cheers 

Regina (Sue) Petersen (Koppenhoefer)

Dave, so strange that you mentioned Pentatonix -- this came up in my Facebook memories today.  They are amazing!  You might also enjoy the group Home Free.  They are an amazing acapella group also.

Wendy Stephens (Cullen)

Got an artificial tree for the first time.  Best feature...built in lights!,  ill try to attach a picture and would love to see others. Well,  sorry but I forgot how.  

(As the website Administrator (Marvin T) I have the privilege of making special things happen - so Wendy's Christmas tree photo is now available. Merry Christmas Wendy!)

Marvin Theobald

My Christmas tree has not received any decorations yet but the lights and garland are still nice without them. Santa is here making his annual visit before hitting the skies. The lake has started freezing over and the recent snow has made it beautiful. It won't last long because we are expecting temperatures in the mid 40's for several days.

James (Jim) Rookus

Happy Birthday 

Marilyn Evans Tate 12/14

Hope your day is Special and Blessed

James (Jim) Rookus

AND the TREE is finally UP !

Karen Sue (Suzi) Denton (Merritt)

Happy Holidays to all!

 I wanted to say something about Patti's visitation.  It was very nice and the minister really knew Patti.  two of Patti's grandkids also spoke. She was really loved by her family and some of her friends including me. I still miss her and I'll think of something and I think all I need to call Patti and tell her except I can no longer do that she was a character and I've known her for many many many years. I know we all have to go sometime in, but it's still hard to see them go. 
 

RIP PATTI MILLER POPEJOY!!

Suzi

James (Jim) Rookus

5 ants rented an apartment with another group of 5 ants 

             They are now considered

                     "Tenants"

                  On an different topic 

Let's see if we can get pictures of at least 20

64 Raider CHRISTMAS TREES !!!

Regina (Sue) Petersen (Koppenhoefer)

Marv, please work your magic (Done )

Marvin Theobald

Rod Hayes requested a little help so below is his Christmas tree! He says "This is our first tree without all of the ornaments we've collected over the years. However, if you look close, you'll see a Santa Claus with a light on. I've had that now for 74 years. For those of you who are covered in snow, well, it's supposed to be 77 on Christmas Day here in Texas. Maybe one of the kids will get crazy and jump in the pool."

James (Jim) Rookus

GREAT START on seeing some beautiful decorated trees !

5 down, 15 to go !

WHERE does a SNOW MAN keep his money ?

Melvin (Mel) Theobald

Jim, I don't know about the snowman, but if I were him I'd keep plenty of cold cash in the icebox in case my other assets were frozen. I'm assuming you'll tell us the answer. Hmmm???

This joke came from my 10 year old granddaughter:

Why did everyone invite the mushroom to their Christmas party?

Because he was a fun-gi.

Sandra Jeakins (Singletary Sizemore)

Rod, what did you do with all of your ornaments?   I love all my ornaments that I've collected over the years and my tree is pretty full of them.  I've told my son not to let me go to Jeffrey Alan's next year.  I have no self-control and I don't need more ornaments.

I've enjoyed everybody's pictures.  Marvin, I'm sure Santa keeps you company, sitting in your living room.

I tried to put a picture of miy tree on here and it said "invalid file" or "URL is missing".  It did that the other day and the next day, it worked.  So I'll wait a day or so and maybe the next time I try, the picture will post.

(Sandy - The original file was .jfif so I did some internet research and learned that a URL code was necessary to upload a photo and .Jfif photo format does not have one. After more research I learned how to convert a .jfif file to a .jpg file which does have a URL code. That did the trick and I was then able to upload your photos. I surprised myself in solving this! Didn't think I was savvy enough to do it!  Very nice tree! Marvin)

David Brock

Jim-- My guess is that the snow man keeps his money in the SNOW bank. 

James (Jim) Rookus

Happy Birthday 

ANNIE SHIELDS VENTURA

Hope your day is Happy and Blessed

And ... MARVIN... you gave the correct answer to the snowman

Melvin (Mel) Theobald

Jim, I know people might get me and Marvin confused, being twins and all, but I think it was me who got the answer to your riddle. Just saying...

If that was the right answer, it was just a lucky guess from an old guy who has no filter in his frontal lobe. 

Marvin Theobald

Jim - I'm confused which is easy for me, but was Mel's answer "icebox" correct or did you mean Dave's answer "snow bank". For what it's worth I thought "snow bank' was a more satisfactory answer.

James (Jim) Rookus

WELL !!!   I really messsed up....

MEL, I didn't even see your answer,

DAVE BROCK.... your answer was the correct one !

Don't know where Marv came into the picture !

Blame it on SENIOR moment !

Sandra Jeakins (Singletary Sizemore)

Wow, Marvin!   You really went through hoops to get my pictures posted.  My Son took the pictures with his phone.  I'm not sure how or why they ended up like they did, instead of what they needed to be to be posted.  I never could have figured it out.  I'm proud of you, too.

Thank you so much.