STRIKE A POSE
(With friends and surprises!)

As I’m writing this newsletter, I can hear the song, Play That Funky Music White Boy. It’s not on the radio—it’s down at our grill a quarter of a mile from our park model. Glad I love the song because it’s LOUD!!!

 

What were some of your favorite songs from when you were growing up? (I share mine at the end).

 

Speaking of growing up. I’m on Facebook three years ago and I saw a post from Bruce (see photo above), who was a classmate of mine. He and his wife were heading to Mesa, Arizona.
 
I had no idea they came to Arizona in the winter. We got together with them countless times that year and those that followed. Earlier this year, they bought a park model in where we live.
 
The other lady in the photo is Kathy. She, too, was a classmate of ours. When I talked to her on her b-day this past January, I invited her and her hubby down to Arizona. Lo and behold, they took me up on the offer. WOOHOO!
 
The three of us got together (with our spouses). We called it a Mini 50^th Class Reunion. What makes this so extraordinary is the three of us went through kindergarten to senior year together.
 
Besides that, Bruce and I can boast that we were in the 1^st Baptist Church’s nursery together. And with Kathy and I – our moms were in the same room at the hospital, getting ready to have us. I was born on January 3, and she came on January 4. Still hard to believe!!!
 
Fun was had by all!!!
 
I’ll ask you another questions – Do you have a story about a longtime friend from school that you’re still in touch with? If you do, please share it with me.  
 

Speaking of friends, we met a couple in the park the first year we came here. A few weeks ago, they delivered the above cribbage board to us. It was a Just Because gift. Can I hear some oohs and aahs out there? Derek made this beautiful work of art.
 
When he handed it to me, he pointed out the dark line on the moose and said, “You just never know what the wood will look like when you cut into it.” Ray and I told him at the same time, “We think it’s perfect.”
 
Derek, a job well done!
 

This part may be more geared toward the women in the group, but men, if you’ve had a Glamour Shot done, I’d like to see yours too. This photo was mine from almost thirty years ago.
 
A friend and I went together to have it done. We had a blast. What we laughed the most at was when she dressed up in a Wonder Woman costume. I wish I could find it and put it on here. HA!!!
 
Please, if you’ve had a Glamour Shot done and can find the picture, send it to me. I'd love to see it.
 
WRITING NEWS: 
I’m over 7,000 words on my WIP (work in progress). YEAH!!! I’m having fun with Miss Bell’s Bounty of Benevolence. Can’t wait to get it into your hands later this year.
 

 

March Madness: Instead of naming this section what I did, I should have titled it – Maggie’s Madness. The photo is her NOT waiting patiently for her dinner. Reason for my delay: I was trying to get in some extra steps that day, and she was having none of it. “Mom, bring me my food. Now! HA!!!
  
Until next time…

PS: My other favorite songs from the 60s and 70s were from the Eagles, the Guess Who, Lobo, Bread, Barry Manilow, and countless others. Yes, our generation had the BEST music.
 
PSS: If you didn’t see February’s newsletter, here is the link: http://mailchi.mp/b22ac004eb78/janettas-february-x0x0-newsletter-6691387
 

Janetta Fudge Messmer - Author of Christian Comedy/Romances

“Turning Life Into Comedy”
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