Here's A Good Laugh !!!

A married couple was in a terrible accident where the man's face was severely burned.

The doctor told the husband that they couldn't graft any skin from his body because he was too skinny. So, the wife offered to donate some of her own skin.

However, the only skin on her body that the doctor felt was suitable would have to come from her buttocks. The husband and wife agreed that they would tell no one about where the skin came from, and they requested that the doctor also honor their secret. After all, this was a very delicate matter.

After the surgery was completed, everyone was astounded at the man's new face. He looked more handsome than he ever had before! All his friends and relatives just went on and on about his youthful beauty!

One day, he was alone with his wife, and he was overcome with emotion at her sacrifice. He said, "Dear, I just want to thank you for everything you did for me. How can I possibly repay you?"

"My darling," she replied, "I get all the thanks I need every time I see your mother kiss you on the cheek !!!!"

Poor Little Kitty!!

I ran over a cat yesterday.

I got to feeling bad about it, so I stopped at the next house I came too.

This little old lady came to the door.

I said, "Ma'am, do you have a cat?" She said she did.

I told her I had just hit one and wanted someone to know about it.

She said, "What did it look like?"

I said "Like this!"

















She said "No, no! Before you hit it!"


I said, "Like this!"










Hehehe Have a great day!!

Myrtle Beach, anyone??

Anyone interested in going to Myrtle Beach for Thanksgiving? We normally go down and were scheduled to go down Thanksgiving evening and spend Thursday and Friday night. Susans whole family has decided that they are going to go to the Smoky mountains then. We can't cancel the reservation, so if anyone would be interesed in going in place of us, give me a YELL!!
It is a condo on the Southern end of Myrtle. One bedroom with a King bed. There is also a Queen sized pull-out in the living room. We have stayed here several times before and they are very, very nice!

William Tell's Overture for Moms!!

This is hilarious!! It is everything that a Mom would say
in 24 hours - condensed to 2 min and 55 seconds!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxT5NwQUtVM

Check out my lastest wood creation!!

Personalized Solid Maple Cutting Board!
Up to 8 characters of your choice on Top and/or Bottom!!
Chamfered edges.
Routed finger-pulls on both ends.
Rubber non-skid feet.
Oil rubbed finish.
$25.00 each - (includes shipping)

I would be glad to make several of these if anyone
would be interested in them as Christmas gifts, etc.

My Hero !!!!!

Things I have learned living in Virginia!!

1. You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH them.
2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in Virginia.
3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in Virginia, plus a couple no one's seen before.
4. If it grows, it'll stick ya; if it crawls, it'll bite 'cha.
5. "Onced" and "Twiced" are words.
6. It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy.
7. "Jaw-P" means "Did ya'll go to the bathroom?"
8. People actually grow AND eat Okra.
9. "Fixinto" is one word.
10. There is no such thing as "lunch". There is only dinner and then there is supper.
11. Iced tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're two. We do like a little tea with our sugar!
12. Saying "I know you backwards and forwards" means "I know everything about you."
13. The word "Jeet" is actually a phrase meaning "Did you eat?"
14. You don't have to wear a watch because it doesn't matter what time it is. You work until you're done or it's too dark to see.

YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM Virginia IF:
1. You measure distance in minutes or hours.
2. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
3. You use "fix" as a verb. For example: "I'm fixing to go git some more ."
4. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal.
5. You know what a "DAWG" is.
6. You carry jumper cables in your car. (For your OWN car.)
7. You only own five spices: salt, pepper, Texas Pete, Tabasco and Ketchup.
8. The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require 6 pages for local gossip and motorsports.
9. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday. (This is in PA too!!)
10. You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit "a bit warm".
11. You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, still Summer and Christmas time.
12. Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past time known as "goin' Wal-martin" or off to "Wally World."
13. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good soup weather.
14. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola or pop... it's a Pepsi, (or Coke) regardless of brand or flavor.
15. Fried catfish is the other white meat.
16. We don't need no Driver's Ed. If our mama says we can drive, we can drive dag-nabbit.

You Might Be A Redneck If......!!!!!!

It's that time again!!!

Anyone care to make Apple Butter this weekend??
We will be starting early Saturday morning!!
Come enjoy the fun!!

We're On The Way !!!

Uncle Tim, are you ready for this !!!!! Woooo Hoooo!!!

Labor Day - Here We Come !!

Ok folks. To those of you who will be at the Hoch reunion
on Labor Day Weekend, you know we have the annual auction.
Here is one of the items I will be bringing for the auction.

These are Salad Tongs:
Flip them one way and they are spring loaded;
flip them the other way and they fold flat for storage!!!

We will have a few other neat items and Mikayla will also
be baking some ... :) ..... :) ..... :) .... to auction off!!!

Non-Typical !!!!!

Look what I saw Saturday on the fence here at the house!!!!

New Family Photos !!

What A Feast!!

This is what we had for supper Saturday night (before the crash)!!
Maybe I was just top-heavy!! :)

P.S. - It was very good !!!!!

Weeeee!! Oops!! OUCH!!!

Okay, so here I was trying to get a few miles on my old bicycle to try and keep ahead of my cousin Jason who is racking up the miles. Susan, the girls and I were taking a little ride. The girls had stopped to climb on up rock pile. I was riding around and I reached back to turn on my wheel-powered light. Just then I hit a patch of small, loose gravel. The gravel and my narrow wheels didn't mix real well!!

Here's what I wound up with:

My left arm wasn't to bad (It did bleed some) but my right arm had this hunk a meat just torn out!! (It didn't bleed at all) I should have went in and had stitches, but my insurance dosen't cover our local hospital, so I went to a nurse that goes to church with us. She bandaged it up and gave me supplies to take care of it. (This picture is after it has healed for a day. It looks pretty good compared to what it was!!)

Wooo Hooo !!!!

Not too often ya see a power bill like this!!

72nd Annual Galax Old Fiddlers Convention

Once again, we have the Fiddlers Convention in town.
Lots of good Bluegrass music to be heard (and some not so good)!

http://www.blueridgecountry98.com/bluegrassmusicstreamingonline.aspx

To those that may be interested, here is a link that will take get you a live feed of the music. The link is to our local radio station, but they won't go live to the Convention until about 6:00.

Thursday night, 6:00pm, starts the Clawhammer Banjo, Autoharp, and Guitar Competitions.

(Uncle Tim, you would enjoy the guitars. They should be on about 8:30-9:00.)

Friday and Saturday nights are the Bluegrass band competitions. They start at 6:00pm also. They generally sound pretty good unless they sing along with it. The singing gets a little screechy sometimes!! I prefer just the music, myself.

Heard A Lot Of Good Guitar Last Night!! Posted 8/10/07

My New Bumper Sticker !!!

I like it !!! Do you?? :)