SUNDAY FUNDAY - JUNE 5, 2022

 SUNDAY FUNDAY

JUNE 5, 2022

HAPPY JUNE!!!

June is bustin out all over - from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Musical - Carousel.

June is bustin' out all over

All over the meadow and the hill

Buds're bustin' outa bushes

And the rompin' river pushes

Ev'ry little wheel that wheels beside the mill

June is bustin' out all over

The feelin' is gettin' so intense

That the young Virginia creepers

Have been huggin' the bejeepers

Outta all the mornin' glories on the fence!

Because it's June!

June, June, June

Just because it's June, June, June!

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(I grew up as many of you did - with Rodgers and Hammerstein Musicals)

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On the other hand, this starts summer - June, July, and August.  Tuesday June 21st is the official start of summer when the sun reaches its farthest north point.  And, June 21st in the Northern Hemisphere is the day with the longest sunlight (some say the longest day).

Sweden and other European countries celebrate “Midsummer’s Day”.  Shakespeare wrote a comedy “A Midsummer Night's Dream” (I played Oberon many years ago in high school).

Summer brings memories of swimming, baseball/softball, bike riding, playing outside until night.  

Nat King Cole sang this:

Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer

Those days of soda and pretzels and beer

Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer

You'll wish that summer could always be here

THE LOVING SPOONFULS HAD A HIT WITH THIS:

Hot town, summer in the city

Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty

Been down, isn't it a pity?

Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city

All around, people looking half dead

Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head

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SUMMER ACTIVITIES

I also remember the Summer Reading Program at the Cedar Rapids Library.  I was an avid reader and in summer I read a lot.  There were various prize levels.  We could get tickets to see a Cedar Rapids minor league baseball game.  (The name changed as the team changed affiliation with different major league teams.  I remember them mostly as the Cedar Rapids Reds - affiliated with the Cincinnati Reds.)

One other prize I remember is you could get the deed to a 1 inch by 1 inch property in Alaska.  (I wonder if I still own that property!!).  This was about the time that Alaska became a state (1959).  

I remember the day I decided I could go “upstairs” to the main library from the kids section in the basement/lower level.  I remember the record section and checking out Tschaikowski’s Symphonies. 

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As I became a teenager, you could play golf at Ellis Park golf course for 50 cents on certain days of the week.  I wrote my bike, balancing my golf bag on my back to the course.  I also remember the day I sliced five golf balls into a yard next to the course, and the day I took 12 shots on a par 3 hole!!

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In college, I worked a summer at the Ellis Park Swimming Pool.  Boy did I have a great tan that summer!!!

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SUMMER JOKES/STORIES:

A sweet grandmother telephoned St. Joseph's Hospital. She timidly asked, "Is it possible to speak to someone who can tell me how a patient is doing?" The operator said, "I'll be glad to help, dear. What's the name and room number of the patient?"

The grandmother in her weak, tremulous voice said, ``Norma Findlay, Room 302." The operator replied, "Let me put you on hold while I check with the nurse's station for that room."

After a few minutes, the operator returned to the phone and said,

"I have good news. Her nurse just told me that Norma is doing well. Her blood pressure is fine; her blood work just came back normal and her Physician, Dr. Cohen, has scheduled her to be discharged tomorrow."

The grandmother said, "Thank you. That's wonderful. I was so worried. God bless you for the good News."

The operator replied, "You're more than welcome. Is Norma your daughter?"

The grandmother said, "No, I'm Norma Findlay in Room 302. No one tells me anything."

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The local news station was interviewing an 86-year-old lady because she had just gotten married for the fourth time.

The interviewer asked her questions about her life, about what it felt like to be marrying again at 86, and then about her new husband's occupation.. "He's a funeral director," she answered. "Interesting," the newsman thought... He then asked her if she wouldn't mind telling him a little about her first three husbands and what they did for a living.

She paused for a few moments, needing time to reflect on all those years. After a short time, a smile came to her face and she answered proudly, explaining that she had first married a banker when she was in her 20's, then a circus ringmaster when in her 40's, and a preacher when in her 60's, and now - in her 80's - a funeral director.

The interviewer looked at her, quite astonished, and asked why she had married four men with such diverse careers.

She smiled and explained, "I married one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, and four to go."

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A man and woman had been married for more than 65 years. They had shared everything. They had talked about everything. They had kept no secrets from each other, except that the little old woman had a shoe box in the top of her closet that she had cautioned her husband never to open or ask her about.

For all of these years, he had never thought about the box, but one day, the little old woman got very sick and the doctor said she would not recover.

In trying to sort out their affairs, the little old man took down the shoe box and took it to his wife's bedside.

She agreed that it was time that he should know what was in the box. When he opened it, he found two crocheted dolls and a stack of money totaling $95,000.

He asked her about the contents. "When we were to be married," she said, "my grandmother told me the secret of a happy marriage was to never argue. She told me that if I ever got angry with you, I should just keep quiet and crochet a doll."

The little old man was so moved; he had to fight back tears. Only two precious dolls were in the box. She had only been angry with him two times in all those years of living and loving. He almost burst with happiness.

"Honey," he said, "that explains the dolls, but what about all of this money? Where did it come from?"

"Oh," she said. "That's the money I made from selling the dolls."

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MISCELLANEOUS

The Fire Ants held the “End of Season” event last weekend.  In shortened games, we won two games (out of two).  Then we divided by ages - the Second Wind Seniors 69 and up (our oldest Granny was 82); The Magnificent Middles (63 to 68); and the Fortunately Fit (50 to 62).  

 

I’m the organizer for the San Gabriel Brass for the summer.  We are looking for places to play - any ideas?

(You can tell by our socks which team each was on.  The Yellow socks are Georgetown FireAnts, the Green socks are the Waco Six Shooters, the Red, White, and Blue socks are Harker Heights Old Glories, and Blue socks are the Round Rock Rockettes!!)

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WRAP-UP

Let’s enjoy summer - stay cool, keep hydrated, and let LOVE WIN!!!

 

Karen
June 5th, 2022