Does the swine flu only afflict the portly and the poor?

The recent warm weather allowed William and I a chance to refresh the pool area. We installed a 60" plasma TV so we could lounge about in our bathing suits and keep up with the latest "goings on".

All the hubub about the swine flu really got us to thinkin' (thats southern for thinking). Maybe it's true that the swine flu strikes down the poor and the portly. If you're penniless AND heavyset...you're in trouble LOL. The words "natural selection" come to mind. The man upstairs really does smile on thin winners!

We're giving up giving for Lent!

Helloooo - sorry for the long absence. We just had too many trips to beautiful sandy places to find time to blog! Shame on all you people out there who are hoarding their money instead of spending it in nice places like Costa Rica to help the US economy. Where is your sense of patriotism?

Anywaaaaay, I just wanted to say that for Lent, William and I have decided to give up giving to charity! See all those people spinning the "Wheel of Money?" We are all a little bit tired of giving to people who don't take that money and spend it on new electronic consumer goods and fancy figurine imports. Instead, they are being selfish and saving this money, or buying health care. How does that help our country? I'll tell you how - it doesn't! Shame on you.

So, we fell liberated that we can give this up for Lent. Have fun without us, all you lazybone PWOMs!

toodles!

I have wonderful looking feet

It's true. I'm really not sure if it's the Jenkin's family DNA or our upper class lifestyle but my tootsies are superb!!! And you know what my feet love, Jimmy Choo's....

It's good to be back in the US of A!

We're back in God's country (literally) as of last night. We're gentry here in the US, but overseas we are truly royalty. The resort was lovely, we appreciated all the wonderful well groomed attendants. Once we got away from the resort we found too many grimy and grubby people. I've posted some pics of the trip on facebook! It's a busy week for us, we have decided to accept a last minute invite to Tampa for the big game. TTLY!

Good riddance - evictions are easy when you're overseas

It's early here in Peru, I've just ordered room service and was checking emal when I got the good news that we finally were able to evict Mamsy and Gramps. For years we've tolerated this couple who own (or should i say "used" to own) a small farm next to the southern border of Pepper Creek. I had worked diligently behind the scenes to pay off the back taxes on their ramshackle farm. Friday the sherrif (after a little coaxing) evicted these two and we were able to add another 2 acres to Pepper Creek. I'm not sure where they'll end up, but suffice it to say they still hadn't taken down their plastic xmas yard art. Good riddance Mamsy and Gramps, depart from us we never knew yee!

Detour to South America!

Dear friends I'm journaling this message as we travel abroad. Mexico was glorious, however it was quite dirty and the weather turned a bit. William called our travel agent and we took a detour to Peru to attend a Yoga summit. The plane flight was so smooth I was able to read the entire book of Revelations! (my favorite)...so add another achievement as I have now read God's entire book 12 times!!! More to come!

Back to school for Bethany and Standish

Peppercreek Ranch is much quieter these days. Bethany resumes her studies at Harding where she hopes to continue finger puppet ministry and have a paying job as a landowner. There are sooooo many rules for evicting people and with this tough economy it's good to get as much info as possible on it! Standish is a senior at Northern Iowa and got an invite from a friend of a friend to go see Kurt Warner (former Iowa Barnstormer!) play in the Superbowl. Glenn still struggles with obesity, latent anger, and lethargy (fancy word for lazy!). That's all for now, got to get the new car cleaned (again!!!).

Dipping our toe in a new pool!

William and I have decided to try our hand at the "hard money lending game". There is so much opportunity these days to capitalize on the financial woes and distress of others that we couldn't pass it up! We don't know a whole lot about it, just that we lend money to those that are experiencing financial turmoil and if they don't pay then we can TAKE some of their possessions (cars, jewelry, electronics, gold and more!!). I swear, it really is exciting to hear William practice his lines like "If you don't pay, you'll PAY!" and "Squeeze them till they hurt Gail".

The "Flu"?!? comes to Pepper Creek

Hiemal weather came to to Pepper Creek Ranch© this week, and with the chill a most absurd illness. Glen came down with something called “the Flu” which is much worse that it’s short name implies. We thought that BioFixx (our natural remedy company) would prevent us from suffering “the scourge of the penniless” but Glen’s poor constitution makes him a target. He kept all of us awake for a week. He started with throat clearing and progressed to a deep hacking cough and then to hocking up all sorts of things in the early morning hours. From there he spent the better part of each day sprinting to the bathroom, whining about the sweats and “vomiting”. We had to put the staff in quarantine as William felt they were responsible for getting Glen sick. I’m not sure if it was their poor diet or economic status but either way we’ve taken appropriate steps so it won’t happen again. William and I have decided to rekindle our love for each other at the private villa south of Cancun. I can't wait to feel the stress of our daily lives melt away under the warm Carribbean sun and cool peenya coladas!!!

Yes, we are an "investuous" family!

One of our dear friends (or fans) called us "Investuous" and it is sooo true. It's one of the neatest adjectives I've heard in awhile. We love "investizing" in winners and projects that help our money grow. In fact we only put our money where we expect a 2x return. That allows us to live in such a grand "hovel" (pronouned Hoe Val and that is french for expensive and grand).

People you may know....

ME! I finally got around to getting a facebook account. Can't wait to hear from all of our dearest friends!

Don't pets make our lives richer?!...

Of course they do! Just ask our dear friends Ed and Peggy Farnham! We met them out in Hawaii, they're wintering in the South Pacific and we were blessed enough to catch them on their tour!

Funny story!

A funny thing happened at church today! When the collection plate was being passed around, William just passed it on without putting anything in (we donate on our own schedule). Some lady that we don't know right next to us saw it and said "don't you have money?" to which William responded "You're darn right I'm rich!"

It gave me goosebumps! I'm so proud of him!

2008 The Year in Review!

The Year in Review Xmas Style! (short version)

M: “Must haves” became “Do haves”!
E: Everyone loves our new cat Ezekiel
R: Riding our horses makes me happy!
R: Rolling pastures = lots o’ land
Y: You’ll be green with envy over our Trebuchet!

C: Can’t stop making money – yay for BioFixx!
H: Hands for finger puppeting! (Bethany!)
R: Rising above our station in life
I: Interesting smells from Glen’s bedroom
S: Showing off our new addition to Peppercreek Ranch!
T: Thinking of how blessed people are to know us
M: Music makes William calmer
A: Ask me how much weight I’ve lost!
S: Squaredancing for money

Why do poor people let themselves go?!

As I sit here in the warm pacific sun of Maui (I'm still on vacation!)it's easy to organize my thoughts for the new year. One thing that really sticks in my craw is: WHY are poor people so fat?? It makes you wonder if those photos they show from Africa are even real?!? Those people are too skinny to be poor. I suppose it's all contrived by the left wing media with a little photo-shop/Dumbledore-like magic. I've noticed an overwhelming number of PWOM's (People WithOut Money) have greasy out-of-date hair styles, a lack of fashion. Let's not sugar coat things by calling them "husky" or "pretty plus", they are FAT FAT FAT! Anywho, like we always say at Peppercreek Ranch, you gotta be thin to win! And you know we win, cause we're thin!

Recession, Schesmession

I seem to be hearing on my favorite conservative news station (FOX!) that we are in a "recession." People seem to be very concerned about their "four-oh-one-kays", whatever that is. All I know is that my darling husband William hasn't had any problems at all! Some of the stocks he bought this year only gained 80% :( but some did really good like MXC which went up something like 300% from when we got it. Is that good? I really don't see what's so hard about making money! All it takes is a little elbow grease and some "stick to it-ness". If you ask me all these gloom and doom people are just whiners. PWOMs are like that though I think (I don't really know any of those people).

Here's hoping 2009 widens our fortune and expands our footprint of success.

The day for cheapos ;-)

Well, I'm sure you know that today (the day after baby Jesus's birthday) is a biiiig day for poor people everywhere. As a person of means, I don't see the point of running around the stores with all those PWOMs (People WithOut Money) frantically trying to buy old wrapping paper, returned XXXL fatty clothes, and tacky christmas tree ornaments! Why not just buy the good stuff without all the silly whining about how much it costs! Don't they have access to the interweb? I see those frantic people looking for "deals" and I just cover my mouth and giggle! He he! Where does all that cheapo cost cutting get you anyway? You don't see rich people doing it, so it must not matter that much, otherwise all the PWOMs would be rich too!

Here's hoping you're not one of those PWOMs embarrasing themselves today!

Isn't Wal-Mart Wonderful?

Dear Friends, isn't it comforting to know that when you need something that a retailer will really go the extra mile and be there for you! 2 years ago William and I worked for a local citizen action group to get a new supercenter (#3 in our town) built. We worked tirelessly to rid our fair city of those atrocious little independent stores that are high priced and don't offer the convenient shopping hours. I must admit, there was a certain joy watching these "little barons of greed" go out of business one by one. So today I can stand proud and do my last minute shopping at the Walmart Supercenter! You know what's funny and really justifies what we tried to convey...people don't get trampled at little stores..only Walmart because Walmart has what the people want...so much so that they'll run over the slow people! LOL

What's wrong with Hawaii?

The answer my pale skinned, homebound, freckle faced friends is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!

Yes, We've decided to take another trip out to Hawaii. Our annual trip will take place 2 days after Xmas! (First we have to winterize PepperCreek ranch) It's so exciting, William has already booked his tee times and I have my spa treatments lined up! Nothing says Happy Holidays like the warm pacific sun. I must say, William's bonus check was much larger than expected this year.

So think of us while you're freezing your pa-toot's off. We'll have white sand on our toes and peenya coladas on our tongues!

I'll be sure to update the site with pictures upon our return!

Aloha to me!

Shopping makes me super happy!

What a craaazy week! I spent much of last week making sure the staff had Peppercreek Ranch looking festive. I did have to let Esmerelda go :(, like William always says "Show up on time or don't show up at all!". Anyway, I did some internnet marketing on Tuesday and then the last few days I flew down to New Orleans for some "Antiqueing". Bethany and I bought so many wonderful gifts..and I confess most of them were for us ;). Anywho, so xmas is approaching fast and I really love those last minute shopping deals. There are sooooo many presents under our tree, but i don't like to pass up a deal. One good tip I have for shopping is to get yourself a "handicap sticker", if you know the right doctor he can issue you a temporary one! I tell ya ladies, it is soooo convenient parking close to the store. Tomorrow I think I'm going to go ahead and get that new car....nothing says Merry Christmas like a new car smell. Take care!