Lucky Me

Saying for the Day: Luck is what you make of it.

Some people are lucky and some aren’t. Take me for example.
Last month I:
Entered 465 lotto tickets for a million and won nothing.
Entered 248 lotto tickets for a half a million and won nothing.
Entered 248 lottery tickets for a new car and won nothing.
Entered 1200 chances at IWON.Com for $10,000 and won nothing
Entered 3100 trys at 6 big prizes worth around $3000 And won nothing
Spun the Iwon prize wheel 1550 time and won nothing.
Scratched 310 online scratch cards worth up to $25,000 and won nothing.
Entered 76 other contests and won nothing.
All of these were free.
Now that’s luck.
But in fact I am the luckiest guy that I know. Why?
Because:
I live in the United States.
I have Medicare.
I have a house to live in.
I have all the food I need.
I have a van to visit my children in.
Twice they expected me to die but I didn’t. I’m still here.
I married the most wonderful woman in the world.
I am still married to that wonderful woman though I don’t deserve her.
I have three of the finest children you will find anywhere.
I have five wonderful grandchildren
I have multiple friends in this community.
I have a nice community of blogging friends.
I have a God who called me from atheism to faith and has upheld me ever since and probably before.
So you see you don’t get any luckier than I am.

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News from Pigeon Falls– The little town in my garage where the trains still run and there is a mystery around every corner– Eino stopped in to Nancy’s to cry on her shoulder. His attempt to find out about the stone statue seems to be at dead end and he doesn’t know where to go next. Nancy suggested he contact the FBI with a missing persons concern. Robert Stenwall, the Hermit, has been missing for some time and they might be able to help find him or at least find some more parts of the puzzle. So yesterday afternoon Eino called the FBI office .Told the man in charge that Stenwall just disappeared and nobody has heard from him since. His house now stands empty. The man in the office took down the information and said he would get back to Eino. Eino left out the part about the stone statue because he was afraid it might cause them to think he was some kind of nut.
Nancy says people are confused as to which candidate to vote for as governor . According to the TV adds one candidate has failed as governor and has let dangerous criminals run free and the other sends much needed jobs to china and can’t tell the truth. What a choice.
Dr. Fortress is running a special train for deer hunters. It will stop along the route near some of the camps where the hunting ( and other activities) take place. One hunter from lower Michigan’s wife put a thread across the zipper of his gun case. When he came home it was still there. What in the world was he hunting without a gun?
Here is a Pigeon Falls soup recipe . Pour one can of chicken stock into kettle . Add three large bottles of whiskey, one large bottle of rum, one can of tomato soup, stir and serve. Do not heat. One Pigeon Falls resident didn’t heed the don’t heat part of the recipe and blew a hole in the ceiling of the camp.
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Today's Link- New York Nitty-Gritty-Remember to put the words Dr. John in the comment to get those pretty as a picture JCPOINTS- Check HERE for your total.
When Betty gets up she will draw for today's prize winner. Notice we have added some new pricless (without value) prizes to the Pic a Prize list. You could be the winner.

And now what almost nobody has been breatlessly awaiting. B etty draws;

A very quiet drumroll

And the winner is Bazz27.

He only had 484 chances so as Luck goes he is pretty lucky. The top person had 1714 chances.

Well Bazza27 you need to go to the Pic a Prize List and tell us the number of the prize you want.
We had another family come and look at the house so its still possible it could get sold. My sister called and we talked about her upcoming trip to New York. She invited us to her place for Thanksgiving but I think we will have Thanksgiving in the new house if poosible. I tried to get a hotel room in Green Bay for next weekend but their were no vacancies in the ten motels I checked. So I guess we are staying with Pennie. In the afternoon we began to take down the 027 layout pictured above. It was kind of a sad time. Well I need a breathing treatment.
GBYA