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Thursday, December 21, 2006
HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS !!
We'll probably be absent from bloggerland for
a few days,so here we are to say that we hope
ya'll have the Very Best Christmas Ever !!!!!
a few days,so here we are to say that we hope
ya'll have the Very Best Christmas Ever !!!!!
Monday, December 18, 2006
West Virginians - Ya Gotta Luv Em!!
BECKLEY, W.Va. - David Woods' Oldsmobile obviously needed
some work, lest of which was a fourth tire. But that didn't stop
the 30-year-old Meadow Bridge man from driving the older
model car on three tires and a rim to the local auto parts store
Wednesday night. He didn't make it far.
Beckley Police Detective Sgts. Dean Bailey & Gant Montgomery
said the car was speeding and "all over the road." Police also
noticed that the car's front fender was off and debris was falling
from the car. As the officers caught up with the Oldsmobile, it
swerved sideways, apparently because it was riding on three
tires and a rim. The car finally stopped behind an auto parts store.
Police later arrested Woods and charged him with driving under
the influence after he failed field sobriety tests. Bailey said the
man told him he was en route to Auto Zone to buy parts for his
car and thought he could make it.
some work, lest of which was a fourth tire. But that didn't stop
the 30-year-old Meadow Bridge man from driving the older
model car on three tires and a rim to the local auto parts store
Wednesday night. He didn't make it far.
Beckley Police Detective Sgts. Dean Bailey & Gant Montgomery
said the car was speeding and "all over the road." Police also
noticed that the car's front fender was off and debris was falling
from the car. As the officers caught up with the Oldsmobile, it
swerved sideways, apparently because it was riding on three
tires and a rim. The car finally stopped behind an auto parts store.
Police later arrested Woods and charged him with driving under
the influence after he failed field sobriety tests. Bailey said the
man told him he was en route to Auto Zone to buy parts for his
car and thought he could make it.
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
SHE IS IN HEAVEN THIS MORNING !!!
Susan's Grandma Smith (her Dad's Mom) went home to Heaven
this morning about 3:30!!! She was 87. Would have been 88 in
January She had struggled quite a while with Congestive Heart
Failure and had not been doing very well for about 6 months now.
She told us all yesterday to have a good Christmas, and said she
was going to spend Christmas in Heaven this year.
We said it will be her best Christmas ever!
She is the one who baby-sat our girls. She kept Mikayla until she
started school and kept Natalie until about a year ago. As you can
tell, the girls just about loved her more than they love
me & Susan!! And she loved them back!
SHE HAD THEM BOTH TOTALLY SPOILED!!
We Love You Grandma, and we'll miss you !!!
this morning about 3:30!!! She was 87. Would have been 88 in
January She had struggled quite a while with Congestive Heart
Failure and had not been doing very well for about 6 months now.
She told us all yesterday to have a good Christmas, and said she
was going to spend Christmas in Heaven this year.
We said it will be her best Christmas ever!
She is the one who baby-sat our girls. She kept Mikayla until she
started school and kept Natalie until about a year ago. As you can
tell, the girls just about loved her more than they love
me & Susan!! And she loved them back!
SHE HAD THEM BOTH TOTALLY SPOILED!!
We Love You Grandma, and we'll miss you !!!
Thursday, December 07, 2006
Tis' the Season To Be Jolly .....
If you've ever been to 'The Dixie Stampede' Christmas Show
and seen Skeeter come out singing his rendition of 'Have A Holly
Jolly Christmas, you'll know how I'm feeling this year...
"Holly Jolly, Holly Jolly Christmas, "Holly Jolly, Holly Jolly Christmas ...!
Enough sillyness. Here is a picture of some of our inside
decorating. I think everything looks real nice this year.
(Gram, see the christmas quilt you made!!)
and seen Skeeter come out singing his rendition of 'Have A Holly
Jolly Christmas, you'll know how I'm feeling this year...
"Holly Jolly, Holly Jolly Christmas, "Holly Jolly, Holly Jolly Christmas ...!
Enough sillyness. Here is a picture of some of our inside
decorating. I think everything looks real nice this year.
(Gram, see the christmas quilt you made!!)
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
The Decorating Is Done !!
We got almost all of our decorating done Tuesday night.
Now if we can just find time to enjoy it.
Here is a night shot of the front of the house.
Another one from the side.
Now if we can just find time to enjoy it.
Here is a night shot of the front of the house.
Another one from the side.
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Happy Thanksgiving !!!
May your stuffing be tasty
May your turkey plump,
May your potatoes and gravy
Have nary a lump.
May your yams be delicious
And your pies take the prize,
And may your Thanksgiving dinner
Stay off your thighs!
Anonymous
May your turkey plump,
May your potatoes and gravy
Have nary a lump.
May your yams be delicious
And your pies take the prize,
And may your Thanksgiving dinner
Stay off your thighs!
Anonymous
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Time For An Update!
Alright! Alright! Time to get back to some serious blogging!!
Not a whole lot been happening, but here are a couple of
neat things I have found lately.
Check out this comedy clip from Aaron Wilburn. It should
bring a laugh or two!!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=egCeIwjIuZM
Also, here is one especially for Uncle Tim. Check out
this kid on the Guitar. Totally awsome!!!
http://www.holylemon.com/GuitarSkills.html
Not a whole lot been happening, but here are a couple of
neat things I have found lately.
Check out this comedy clip from Aaron Wilburn. It should
bring a laugh or two!!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=egCeIwjIuZM
Also, here is one especially for Uncle Tim. Check out
this kid on the Guitar. Totally awsome!!!
http://www.holylemon.com/GuitarSkills.html
Hokies vs. Demon Deacons
OK all you football fans out there. What about them there
Virginia Tech Hokies! Did they stomp Wake Forest or what?
I say they beat em like a drum!! 27-6
Not that I care anything about it, but I drive past the
Wake Forest stadium every morning and the coach had
the football team out on the field at 6:30 AM on Monday.
Guess he was trying to teach them a thing or two.
I thought it was kinda comical!!!!!
Virginia Tech Hokies! Did they stomp Wake Forest or what?
I say they beat em like a drum!! 27-6
Not that I care anything about it, but I drive past the
Wake Forest stadium every morning and the coach had
the football team out on the field at 6:30 AM on Monday.
Guess he was trying to teach them a thing or two.
I thought it was kinda comical!!!!!
Thursday, November 02, 2006
CHECK THIS OUT !!
Below is a picture of Susan's brother - Dr. Mark Smith - with President Bush.
Mark was at a campaign dinner for "Pryce for Congress" in Ohio.
President Bush was there and spoke/chatted quite a while with them.
Each year Mark gets a little deeper into politics. Two years ago, he
had Ollie North come to Indiana for a speaking engagement. Mark
had my Father-in-law come up and they chauffeured him around.
They called one of the men in our church that had been in the
82nd Airborne and had Ollie talk to him too.
I've always said that Mark will be President one day!
WAY TO GO MARK !!! CONGRATULATIONS !!!
Mark was at a campaign dinner for "Pryce for Congress" in Ohio.
President Bush was there and spoke/chatted quite a while with them.
Each year Mark gets a little deeper into politics. Two years ago, he
had Ollie North come to Indiana for a speaking engagement. Mark
had my Father-in-law come up and they chauffeured him around.
They called one of the men in our church that had been in the
82nd Airborne and had Ollie talk to him too.
I've always said that Mark will be President one day!
WAY TO GO MARK !!! CONGRATULATIONS !!!
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Fall Is Here !!!
In case you haven't noticed - IT'S FALL !
This year the colors took a while to come out,
but when they did, they were beautiful!!! I took
this picture a couple of miles from the house on
the Blue Ridge Parkway. This is looking down
off the mountain into North Carolina.
This year the colors took a while to come out,
but when they did, they were beautiful!!! I took
this picture a couple of miles from the house on
the Blue Ridge Parkway. This is looking down
off the mountain into North Carolina.
Friday, October 20, 2006
Racing potties is town's specialty!!
CHECK THIS OUT !! (I missed it this year)
The town of Independence hosts the only privy race in the state at its Fall Foliage Festival. (Independence is our County Seat)
INDEPENDENCE -- If the Grand Privy Race were the Tour de France, the Lightning Lube team would play the role of Lance Armstrong. The six-man team maneuvered their outhouse-on-wheels with speed and drill-sergeant precision, their grip so sure on the $500 first-place prize that the only suspense at Saturday's competition was over who would come in second. During a break between rounds, longtime Privy Race veteran Chad Fitzgerald pointed to Travis Jones, co-owner of the Lightning Lube garage. "He provides our steroids," Fitzgerald joked. One might as well call them state champions. There isn't another outhouse race in Virginia, though there is a national race held each year in Gravel Switch, Ky. Nestled south of Point Lookout Mountain in Grayson County, the small town of Independence has hosted this lighthearted lark for more than 30 years as part of its annual fall festival. Town officials are hoping to call more attention to the event, and the town itself, by lobbying for official state recognition as Virginia's privy racing site. There's no word so far on whether this will happen. "We're pulling for it, though," said Doug Carrico, 56, a member of the Grayson County Board of Supervisors. Quite a bit more goes on at the Fall Foliage Festival, including the selling of arts and crafts, music and the cooking of sweet-smelling popcorn. But once the races start, "All the crafts and the music kind of take a back seat," Carrico said. The man who thought up the race, former public works director Darrell Ward, described its creation this way: "Somebody said we need to do something unique, and I should've kept my mouth shut." But despite Ward's mock humiliation, he remains a key organizer of the race. On Saturday, he organized the heats, lined the teams up along Main Street and yelled to start them running. Of the racing potties, which bore resemblance to go-karts, the black-and-yellow Lightning Lube rolled quickest, with team members switching positions the way the rules require as if they'd practiced for months. They went on to their sixth team win. The rickety-looking but lightweight outhouse pushed by the Grayson County Republicans won the $300 second prize. The Mill Creek Arts two-seater, the Double Dumper Express, came in third for $200. The Grayson County Democrats, an all-woman team, showed a lot of spirit, but in the end they were bested by The Bad Boys Gotcha Covered, a shiny black john manned by a team of boys no older than 13. A group of friends who dubbed themselves the Soggy Bottom Boys spent five weeks, off and on, turning their mobile outhouse into a working dump truck, with a truck bed that could actually raise. Unfortunately, the contraption proved too unwieldy to be seriously competitive. The team did win a people's choice vote for style, however. Their prize: a trophy, and a complimentary roll of toilet paper.
The town of Independence hosts the only privy race in the state at its Fall Foliage Festival. (Independence is our County Seat)
INDEPENDENCE -- If the Grand Privy Race were the Tour de France, the Lightning Lube team would play the role of Lance Armstrong. The six-man team maneuvered their outhouse-on-wheels with speed and drill-sergeant precision, their grip so sure on the $500 first-place prize that the only suspense at Saturday's competition was over who would come in second. During a break between rounds, longtime Privy Race veteran Chad Fitzgerald pointed to Travis Jones, co-owner of the Lightning Lube garage. "He provides our steroids," Fitzgerald joked. One might as well call them state champions. There isn't another outhouse race in Virginia, though there is a national race held each year in Gravel Switch, Ky. Nestled south of Point Lookout Mountain in Grayson County, the small town of Independence has hosted this lighthearted lark for more than 30 years as part of its annual fall festival. Town officials are hoping to call more attention to the event, and the town itself, by lobbying for official state recognition as Virginia's privy racing site. There's no word so far on whether this will happen. "We're pulling for it, though," said Doug Carrico, 56, a member of the Grayson County Board of Supervisors. Quite a bit more goes on at the Fall Foliage Festival, including the selling of arts and crafts, music and the cooking of sweet-smelling popcorn. But once the races start, "All the crafts and the music kind of take a back seat," Carrico said. The man who thought up the race, former public works director Darrell Ward, described its creation this way: "Somebody said we need to do something unique, and I should've kept my mouth shut." But despite Ward's mock humiliation, he remains a key organizer of the race. On Saturday, he organized the heats, lined the teams up along Main Street and yelled to start them running. Of the racing potties, which bore resemblance to go-karts, the black-and-yellow Lightning Lube rolled quickest, with team members switching positions the way the rules require as if they'd practiced for months. They went on to their sixth team win. The rickety-looking but lightweight outhouse pushed by the Grayson County Republicans won the $300 second prize. The Mill Creek Arts two-seater, the Double Dumper Express, came in third for $200. The Grayson County Democrats, an all-woman team, showed a lot of spirit, but in the end they were bested by The Bad Boys Gotcha Covered, a shiny black john manned by a team of boys no older than 13. A group of friends who dubbed themselves the Soggy Bottom Boys spent five weeks, off and on, turning their mobile outhouse into a working dump truck, with a truck bed that could actually raise. Unfortunately, the contraption proved too unwieldy to be seriously competitive. The team did win a people's choice vote for style, however. Their prize: a trophy, and a complimentary roll of toilet paper.
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Horse girls!!
Here is another picture from Saturday. My father-in-law
has a horse and he was letting the kids ride her. This was
the first time the girls were brave enough to get on her.
Her name is Penny and the girls have fed her carrots,
corn etc all summer, so they have enjoyed her. She is in
the field right beside our house.
has a horse and he was letting the kids ride her. This was
the first time the girls were brave enough to get on her.
Her name is Penny and the girls have fed her carrots,
corn etc all summer, so they have enjoyed her. She is in
the field right beside our house.
Monday, October 16, 2006
Apple Butter !!!
We started the day off at 6:00 AM. Had the kettle
on the fire by 6:20. It was just my Father-In-Law,
my Brother-In-Law and his son, and myself.
Had a good cold frosty morning until about 8:30,
then the sun came out and it got windy.
Here are a few pictures from Saturday.
on the fire by 6:20. It was just my Father-In-Law,
my Brother-In-Law and his son, and myself.
Had a good cold frosty morning until about 8:30,
then the sun came out and it got windy.
Here are a few pictures from Saturday.
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Just Changing Light-bulbs !!!
Had to get a little creative to replace a bulb
at the church this week. I just couldn't
figure out why they insisted that they have
a prayer meeting while I changed it !!!
at the church this week. I just couldn't
figure out why they insisted that they have
a prayer meeting while I changed it !!!
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Apple Butter !!!
Need something to do this weekend? We are going to be
making a kettle of Apple Butter on Saturday. We do it at
Susan's parents and cook dinner over the fire also.......
Fried Taters, Pinto Beans, Cornbread..........
Come See Us !!
making a kettle of Apple Butter on Saturday. We do it at
Susan's parents and cook dinner over the fire also.......
Fried Taters, Pinto Beans, Cornbread..........
Come See Us !!
Monday, October 02, 2006
New Church Windows !!!
We are in the process of remodeling our church.
Our stained glass windows were installed this week!!
The windows we had were like a frosted orange, and were
looking horrible. What a difference they made!!!
Here are a couple of the windows. (There are 10 in all.)
Jesus blessing the children medallion.
The medallions are hand-painted. Awsome detail!!!
(They are painted in layers, and then put in the oven
between layers at 1000's of degrees of heat)
Our stained glass windows were installed this week!!
The windows we had were like a frosted orange, and were
looking horrible. What a difference they made!!!
Here are a couple of the windows. (There are 10 in all.)
Jesus blessing the children medallion.
The medallions are hand-painted. Awsome detail!!!
(They are painted in layers, and then put in the oven
between layers at 1000's of degrees of heat)
Close enough to be twins?
Here is a picture of the girls. One is Mikayla and
the other is Natalie. Same age and same dress!!
Do you know which is which?
the other is Natalie. Same age and same dress!!
Do you know which is which?
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Mayberry Days!!
We are about 25 minutes away from Mt. Airy, NC, which
is Andy Griffith's hometown. This weekend was 'Mayberry Days'.
We drove thru town Saturday evening to see what was going on.
There had been quite a bit happening but they were finishing
up when we drove thru. We did see Floyd's Barber shop,
Snappy Lunch, and also about 8 of the patrol cars like the picture
below. As we were leaving we saw a golf cart coming down the
street. The fellow on it looked just like Goober - hat, white shirt,
black pants, and even had the rag in the back pocket. Pretty Cool, huh !!
is Andy Griffith's hometown. This weekend was 'Mayberry Days'.
We drove thru town Saturday evening to see what was going on.
There had been quite a bit happening but they were finishing
up when we drove thru. We did see Floyd's Barber shop,
Snappy Lunch, and also about 8 of the patrol cars like the picture
below. As we were leaving we saw a golf cart coming down the
street. The fellow on it looked just like Goober - hat, white shirt,
black pants, and even had the rag in the back pocket. Pretty Cool, huh !!
Monday, September 25, 2006
Anne Of Green Gables
Saturday night I took Susan to see a production
of the musical "Anne Of Green Gables", based on
the book by L. M. Montgomery. It is about an
orphan girl who gets adopted by a brother
and sister, but it was supposed to be a boy they
were adopting. Anyhow, this musical was the best
one we have seen - hands down. (We've seen several)
The girl playing the part of Anne played it exactly like the book.
It was wonderful !!
of the musical "Anne Of Green Gables", based on
the book by L. M. Montgomery. It is about an
orphan girl who gets adopted by a brother
and sister, but it was supposed to be a boy they
were adopting. Anyhow, this musical was the best
one we have seen - hands down. (We've seen several)
The girl playing the part of Anne played it exactly like the book.
It was wonderful !!
OKLAHOMA
Last week-end, we took the girls to a local Dinner
Theatre to see a production of the musical
OKLAHOMA !! It was great and we all had a good time.
If you've never seen a production of it, you need to
look it up sometime. You will go around singing
several of the songs for days:
"Everything's Up To Date In Kansas City",
"Surrey With The Fringe On Top",
"Oh What a Beautiful Mornin".......
Theatre to see a production of the musical
OKLAHOMA !! It was great and we all had a good time.
If you've never seen a production of it, you need to
look it up sometime. You will go around singing
several of the songs for days:
"Everything's Up To Date In Kansas City",
"Surrey With The Fringe On Top",
"Oh What a Beautiful Mornin".......
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Alright, Alright!! Yes, I know it's time to do some
more posting but I just hadn't found the time
to sit down and do it.
We finally recovered from our NY road trip.
It was a long one, but it was great to see everyone,
although I didn't like the circumstances.
As you can see, the girls were tired of traveling
too. We hadn't been on the road long Saturday
afternoon and they were both out cold.
For the record, we traveled 1,750 miles that weekend!
more posting but I just hadn't found the time
to sit down and do it.
We finally recovered from our NY road trip.
It was a long one, but it was great to see everyone,
although I didn't like the circumstances.
As you can see, the girls were tired of traveling
too. We hadn't been on the road long Saturday
afternoon and they were both out cold.
For the record, we traveled 1,750 miles that weekend!
Special thanks to Charlie for taking us over to
the Ranch early Saturday morning. I wanted
to go over and see it again. It had been 17 years
since I had been there. Not a whole lot had changed.
Here is a nice picture of the upper house. It
looks real neat with the mountains in the background.
Also a shot of the Ski Jumps. This was taken
on the Lodge Rd.
the Ranch early Saturday morning. I wanted
to go over and see it again. It had been 17 years
since I had been there. Not a whole lot had changed.
Here is a nice picture of the upper house. It
looks real neat with the mountains in the background.
Also a shot of the Ski Jumps. This was taken
on the Lodge Rd.
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