Photo Tag Challenge--Number 8 It Is

I've been tagged by Home to the World to do this photo tag challenge. Here are the rules:

1) Go to your photo files, select the 8th photo folder.
2) Select the 8th photo in that folder.
3) Post that photo along with the story behind it.
4) Then challenge 8 blogging friends to do the same!
Easy peasy!

Okay, this is a picture of me from 1964 in our backyard.  While others were in the pool, I acted as lifeguard.  I rolled up a newspaper for my horn to announce rest times--yes I did.  You see, I didn't like the water, or going barefoot.  Look close and you will see I am wearing socks with my swimsuit!  My dad got us a 3-ft. pool and we had a lot of fun with it.  Although I didn't like to swim or even go in it, I did enjoy playing with boats and army men in the water from outside the pool.  Go ahead, laugh.

Now, doesn't this sound like fun?  Feel free to copy the rules and participate in this photo challenge if you wish.  Of course, a link back here would be appreciated.  Oh, and if you laughed at me when you read this or looked at my picture, consider yourself tagged and do this challenge!

To find out more about my book and why I wrote it, read the Foreword here. Tweet This

Bookworm Meme--I've Been Tagged!

I've been tagged with the Bookworm meme by Page over at The Road I'm Traveling. Here's how this meme works:

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next two to five sentences.
5. Don’t dig for your favorite book, the cool book or the intellectual one. Pick the Closest.
6. Tag five people to do the same

My Funny Dad, Harry is the closest book to me. I have a small pile of copies on the end table near my computer which I have on hand for direct sales or for marketing purposes. It only seems appropriate for this blog to do this book. Although my dad had a lot of books, most of them I have sold or given away and they were mostly books about.

Here is the excerpt from page 56 of the book I wrote about my dad:

"He (Sweet Thing) would lick himself so much, that his fur seemed to wear off. Finally, after much persistence, I persuaded dad to take them to the vet. Neither had ever gone before. The vet I used for my cats was very good but it would have been almost an hour drive from dad's house so we looked for some place closer. I made the appointments and left work early to go with dad to the vet for the first time."

This section is about Sylvester's and Sweet Thing's first trip to the vet. Harry and the vet did not click at all!

I am tagging the following:
Tina at Creative Nerd
Signe Says
Small Town Mommie
Frogs in My Formula
Life With Kim
Polly at Random Ramblings

Four Things

The Zoo Crew tagged "My Funny Dad, Harry" blog so here are the responses I think my dad would give:

Four jobs I've had:
1) bicycle repair shop
2) tying knots on a production line
3) packaging designer a St. Regis Paper Company
4) church elder, trustee, treasurer (volunteer)

Four movies I can watch over and over
Never watched movies.

Four places I've lived:
1) Garrettesville, Ohio
2) Parma, Ohio
3) Cleveland, Ohio

Four TV shows I love:
1) Perry Mason
2) Andy Griffith
3) Matlock
4) All In The Family

Four places I've vacationed
1) Florida (before marriage)
2) Pennsylvania (Took kids to Fairyland Forest)
3) Massachusetts (relatives)
4) Niagra Falls (One-day trip with our family)

Four of my favorite dishes
1) Mashed potatoes
2) Ice Cream (He'd sometimes have it for breakfast!)
3) Graham Crackers
4) Pie
(is it any wonder he was diabetic???)

Four sites I visit daily
(I'm sure this refers to computer sites, but he didn't go on any daily so I'll list the places he went daily)
1) Front porch to feed cats and put out fresh water.
2) Upstairs to feed cats and clean litter boxes.
3) Basement or Garage to build stuff.
4) Afternoon nap in a chair.

Four places I would rather be right now
1) No where could beat heaven!


People I tag:

- Ubiquitous, a caffinated student blog

- Lesson in Life

- A Simple Life

- Is 8 Enough

- Karen and Gerard Zemek

- Mums Gotta.com

Please link to me in your post as well! Think of it as free blogertisement.