Sgt. Clifton Yazzie

I saw your motorcade pass me on the road back to home. Home is where you should rest. Ride on brother and God be with you. Thank you.

Steelers are coming

Put on your hat and kick some Bronco ass!!!

Hello, My name is Jerome and I'm ...a...a...a Steelers Fan

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I'm a couch pimple in these times of the year...especially when the Pittsburgh Steelers are in the playoffs. I'm just sitting there festering , all red and angry, waiting to explode with black and gold joy. I have always been this way and I guess it's part of my upbringing. Really, either you were a pussy Cowboys fan or you were a Steel Curtain fan......I chose the latter. That's all I know how to be.

I remember when I was a kid in Window Rock, my folks would get us all in the family Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme and take the journey to my uncle's house in Fort Defiance to watch Sunday football. Yes, this day was fullfilled with the loudest cussing and drinking that the twin cities have ever seen. As I recall, my uncle's single wide trailer was kept at a balmy 85 degrees and filled with the aroma of hocks and beans with a splash of frybread crispyness...Bluebird Bah ala love, if you will, with a hint of Coors Light. Those were the days.

Well, the day ended with Black and Gold triumph in those days of Superbowl IX, X, XIII, and XIV...yes, a Steelers fan has been born and nurtured by the site of Jack Lambert and Franco Harris. In my later years playing at Window Rock High School, I wanted to wear the number 32 but some greedy dumdass nobody stole the jersey from the quanset hut at Judd Avey Memorial Field so I wore number 30...Stole my thunder.

You see my baby girls up there in the picture, although they'd rather be watching Dora the Explorer or drooling, deep inside, they are fans of the Black and Gold. Ha ha. It's always nice to hear my Boogah shout, "go Steelers!" Anyway, I hope to get back on the blog train as soon as I can. Between now and then, I'm a football freak.

GO SCOUTS!!!

GO STEELERS!!!!

Hey, who's your NFL team? Band wagon fans, please do not respond.

It always gets better

I hope things start to feel normal again. This Christmas season was very soul enriching but it was too very taxing on the emotions. Ah, it's always good to see my mom and my grandmother.....smelling and eating a pile of grandma's tortillas are always especially good. It makes me try to remember how my Nali's tortillas tasted...oh yeah, I remember. Ha ha. I recall one time at a Nakai Dine'e family reunion I had won the fried bread contest and I think it was that she was one of the judges. The fruit doesn't fall far from the tree. Hee hee.

Well, it was good to see my dad and my brother. My dad seem to be in good health but seemed to be still rather lonely since I left to live and working in Albuquerque. Hopefully it a few years I will earn my Professional Engineer's license and move back to the Farmington area, I really miss being able to go home and for my dad to come and visit his granddaughters. I know he was at his happiest when he was able to do this. I've got a year and a half before I'm eligible for the P.E. exam so hopefully it will be sooner than later. I do wish we could stay here in the Albuquerque area but my folks are getting to that age where I should be around for them.
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About a month ago I sold my little Toyota truck. I was kind of reluctant to part ways with it because it took me back and forth from Shiprock to Flagstaff while earning my degree at NAU. It was like a loyal horse. Oh well, I wasn't driving it at all, couldn't fit two carseats in it (two seater), and, plus, a stack of dead presidents made it kind of easy. An awesome Christmas morning was well worth it. Oh yeah, I'll be tripping over a buttload of My Little Ponies and Polly Pockets for a while. It all went pretty well and every body was happy with what they got and I was way happy I was able to give a little bit.



Oh yeah, I had to take care of my self too. Now my other truck goes VVRRRROOOOOOOOOOOMMMM!!!!! Ha ha. Twice Pipes, Baby!!!

One of the best parts of the whole season was to see my mom's excitement to get new lighting in her home. For years, she lived with some shitty floresent lights in her kitchen. She saw what I had done in my own kitchen so I thought that would be a good gift for her on Christmas.




As a kind of a poor kid growing up, this Christmas was one of the better ones despite some underlying problems. Really, being able to give instead of receiving is way better. I hope you all had a kick ass Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!!