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2025 12 08 – A Day (#300) in the Life, but who counting?

Dad came out last night and told me of a tale from his youth.

“When I was about 10 years old tinsel cost $3.00 for a box. We didn’t have that type of money to waste. There was a store near the A&P Grocery Store where father (Virgil Cochran) worked that had a tree on display covered top to bottom with tinsel.

After Christmas, I was walking in the alleyway behind the A&P, and they had put the tree out for the trash folks to pickup. I went home and got bags and then went back and cleaned that tree of tinsel. That tinsel lasted till I moved away for college.”

God bless

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2025 11 25 – A Day in the life #287 but who’s counting

Purewick delivery showed up today from a Sunday order. First order of business at the home was get it operational again while cleaning mother up. Father didn’t give her pain meds prior to the procedure. We had to deal with the “my back hurts,” “something is here or here on my back stabbing me,” and the general appreciation/bitching of getting the bed and body cleaned again.

Aimee and I are exhausted from the nursing job we have to perform every night with the two of them, bless their souls.

Ya’ll enjoy the time with your parents even if it’s this “stuff” too.

God bless

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2025 11 16 – A Day in the Life #278 but who’s counting

Viva Anne Deaton Saunders (Jones) – Celebration of life November 16, 2025

Viva Anne Deaton Saunders (Jones). 82. of Murrells Inlet, S.C., passed away peacefully at her home on October 31. 2025. She was born or November 18, 1942, in Troy, N.C., to Ernest Lee Deaton Sr. and Maddie Viva Deaton of Troy.

Viva is survived by her daughter, Aimee Cochran. and her husband, Daniel; two grandchildren, Christopher Cochran and his wife. Elizabeth of Murrells Inlet. SC Ashley Aldridge and her husband, Jacob, of Denver Colorado.

Viva retired from North Carolina State University as the head of Admissions and was part owner of Cary Art and Frame in Cary, N.C.

She loved taking long walks on the beach, collecting seashells. shark teeth. and sea glass along the way.

A Service of Celebration will be held at 3:00 p.m. or Saturday, November 15, at First Wesleyan Church in Troy, N.C

God bless.

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2025 11 01 – A Day in the Life #264 (but who’s counting?)

Aimee and I visited with Mc Millan-Small Funeral Home today at the early bloody hour of 9am after 72 hours of limited sleep so that the final arrangements of Viva Anne Deaton Saunders (Jones) could be completed. They were “short staffed” and thus Aimee couldn’t see her mother for the final times prior to the service.

The first cousin in Troy, North Carolina we just got to know in the last couple of years, surprisingly, is setting up a service without any input from Aimee the ONLY living family member. This “kind-hearted” help, unrequested and partly needed, is over fucking stepping their bounds by miles. This isn’t the first time this person that has appeared out of no where after knowing the Deaton, Saunders and Jones for well over 40 years wants to control what the heck is the the “end-of-life” for Aimee and Viva’s time on Earth? That my friend is a major, WTF – BTFO Please!

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2025 10 24 – Day #256 But who’s counting, right Stacey?

Happy birthday to my surviving sibling. He’s old too *wink*

Dad’s HHR broke; not taking it back; taking it back; not taking it back; need gas; dashboard is not reliable. You name it, the Chevy HHR has reached “end-of-life” too, imho. But we are going on down the road via the great work at Auto Works (843) 957-2780 on Husted Rd. and Labonte St. in Conway, South Carolina. They have done a stellar job at finding a part and getting the vehicle operational again.

My vehicle choked and gagged today too. My battery installed in 2018 failed today. Nathan and crew were fast and furious at fixing the part on the 2012 Frontier. *cheers*

Got all clippings done this afternoon. The dogs loved the pork chop bone(s) after I had my leftover lunch from last night’s dinner.

Remember, God bless.

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