Paw Paws Place

During the week I noticed that some of my stucco was bulging a little. I took a putty knife and started to scrape a little off and continued until I scraped a lot off. I really had no idea what I was getting my self into but I found out quickly. The job was too small to call a stucco man and if he came he would have charged the heck out of me. So I took it upon my self to try and do the job myself. After the scraping I then painted a coat of concrete primer on it to help with the bonding and sealing. Then I began to stucco the next day, I could have done and will do a much better job next time. I really figured it out as I was finishing it up, but what the hay...did not cost me a bundle. As you can see I have now painted it and the new paint better hurry and fade or my neighbors will call code enforcement on me....ha I know you might ask, what the heck is that stuff, well it is another dish of tomato gravy over biscuits. A month or so ago I made tomato gravy using just plain diced to...

This past week end I took a stroll down memory lane. I coached little league football in the 70's and now I get to look at finished products. The head coach that you see is John Cucci, I coached John when he was 9,10 and 11 years old. He then went on to star at Manatee High School and then played at Marion Military Institute in Alabama. I can remember coaching and watching John play and I always hope that coach Kinnan would like what was sent to him. I believe he did, as John did an excellent job for Manatee. I guess he never forgot what was taught to him in little league as he now coaches it. And I might say he is very successful as a coach as he is undefeated. Oh, John is a fashion breaker, check out the new coaching hat! I saw some familiar faces out there, Bob Gagnon who is the principal at Manatee HS. I also saw coach Rod Frazier, he must have been on a recruiting mission for Manatee...ha. Kathleen Cucci who is John's wife was also there. She is the beautiful red head s...