NOVEMBER 7, 2007

~~~HAPPY BIRTHDAY VERA~~~
GRANNY HAD A BIG DAY, SHE RECEIVED ALMOST 2 DOZEN CARDS!! SHE HAD SEVERAL CALLS & WAS MENTIONED ON THE RADIO BY A FEW OF HER FRIENDS FROM AROUND TOWN. SHE GOT TO PICK WHERE SHE WANTED SUPPER, WE HAD A GOOD VISIT & LOTS OF LAUGHS !! AS ALWAYS ATE WAY TO MUCH!!!

HAPPY THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!!!

I CAME ACROSS THESE FEW THINGS TODAY IN A EMAIL & I THOUGHT I'D SHARE THEM WITH YOU TO PONDER ON FOR A SECOND............. I LOVED THEM!!!


~IF YOU SPEND TOUR TIME REGRETTING YESTERDAY, AND WORRYING ABOUT TOMORROW, THEN YOU HAVE NO TIME TO BE THANKFUL FOR TODAY!

~~LIFE MAY NOT BE THE PARTY WE HOPED FOR, BUT WHILE WE'RE HERE WE SHOULD DANCE!!

~~~LIFE IS SHORT, BREAK THE RULES, FORGIVE QUICKLY, KISS SLOWLY, LOVE TRULY, LAUGH UNCONTROLLABLY, AND NEVER REGRET ANYTHING THAT MADE YOU SMILE!!!

HORTON'S NEWEST POTATO FARMER!!

LOOK OUT UNCLE MELVIN.............................. WELL I LOOKED OUT THIS MORNING & DISCOVERED THAT O' JACK FROST HAS LEFT HIS MARK ON MY BELOVED POTATO VINE! IT WAS IN THE FLOWER BED JEFF BUILT ME BACK IN THE SPRING, SO AFTER I HEARD THIS WEEKS WEATHER FORECAST I WENT OUT ON A LIMB & DECIDED I HAD BETTER CUT IT BACK TODAY! I GOT IT ALL CUT BACK & PILED ON THE MULE TO TAKE OFF & I THOUGHT I'LL JUST PULL UP THE REST OF IT UP!! WELL I DID, OH MY LORDY :0 AFTER ABOUT 10 MIN'S OF DIGGING I HAD A PILE OF POTATO'S!!!!! 25LBS & YES I DID WEIGH THEM!!

RAGGEDY ANN !!

THERE WASN'T ANY MONSTERS AT OUR HOUSE ON HALLOWEEN, IT WAS ONLY A SWEET RAGGEDY ANN!!

pretty pansies

I love these pansies I guess it's because it'll be the last flowers you get to see before the really cold weather comes & freezes up everything!! We went up to Jeff's grandparent's homeplace & found this old piece of a plow. He gave it a good coat of paint, I thought it turned out pretty!!

THE ATLANTA RACE

MY MOTHER & MY BROTHER MARTY GAVE US 2 TICKETS TO ATLANTA RACE FOR A WEDDING PRESENT! THE DAY WOULD HAVE BEEN PERFECT IF JR. COULD HAVE PULLED IT OFF, INSTEAD HIS WHEEL CAME OFF WHEN HE WAS JUST ABOUT TO GO FOR IT!!! JIMMIE JOHNSON WENT ON TO WIN THE RACE :(

RAMMER JAMMER!!!!!!

GOOD GOSH WHAT A DAY!!!! THE WEATHER WAS GREAT & THE BALL GAME WAS NOTHING SHORT OF WONDERFUL!! ALABAMA BEAT TENNESSEE 41-17.THE PLACE WAS WILD, IT WAS ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS!! I'M SO GLAD WE ONLY HEARD "ROCKY TOP" ONE TIME!! (YUCK) I HOPE THEM BOYS WILL REST UP W/ A WEEK OFF & BE READY FOR LSU!

FOGGY MORNING IN HORTON!

WE WERE GETTING PACKED THIS MORNING TO GO TO THE ALABAMA /TENNESSEE FOOTBALL GAME. THE SUN WAS SHINING THUR THE FOG & THE TREES IN THE PASTURE ACROSS THE ROAD FROM OUR HOUSE, IT IS ALWAYS SO PRETTY!!

TALLADEGA SUPER SPEEDWAY!!!

WE WENT TO TALLADEGA THIS WEEKEND, THE WEATHER WAS JUST RIGHT FOR THE ARCA RACE FRIDAY EVE.! THAT'S FRANK KIMMEL IN THE #46 CAR ALSO AT THIS RACE WAS DARIO FRANCHITTIE(ASHLEY JUDD'S HUSBAND) IT WAS HIS FIRST "NASCAR" RACE, HE HAS RACED FOR YEARS ON THE INDY CIRCUIT, CAN'T WAIT TIL APRIL MAYBE WE'LL BE ABLE TO GO AGAIN!!

COCOA IS SPOILED!

SHE LOVES TO RIDE ON ANYTHING!!!! SHE CAN BE ACROSS THE FIELD SNOOPING OUT AT THE NEIGHBORS "SCRAP PILE" & IF YOU CRANK UP THAT RED "MULE" & SHE COMES RUNNING AS IF IT WAS A KID HEARING THE MUSIC FROM A ICE CREAM TRUCK FROM 2 MILES AWAY!!! SHE IS SO FUNNY & SHE HAS HER DESIGNATED SPOT ALSO! WHEN SHE IS IN HER SEAT HER TAIL HANGS OFF & BRUSHES THE HAY AS WE'RE GOING ACROSS THE FIELD TO THE POND!! WE DON'T LET HER RIDE ALL THE TIME CAUSE SHE NEEDS TO RUN & GET ALL THE EXERCISE SHE CAN!! I SHOULD BR RUNNING WITH HER ALSO! :)

*HOMESTEAD HOLLOW*

me & Jeff loaded up & took off fri morning towards Kathy's place at the lake & made a pit stop by Homestead Hollow!!!!! it was so much fun we just looked at all the craft booths everyone had set up & as always our favorite part is hunting something to eat!!!

WE NEED SOME RAIN!!!!!

THE POOR POND IS ALMOST DRY!!!! YOU CAN SEE ABOUT 8- 10 FEET OF THE DRAIN PIPE!! JEFF SAYS IT'S THE LOWEST HE'S EVER SEEN IT!! WE JUST GOTTA HAVE SOME RAIN FAST, I CAN'T BE THE "CATFISH QUEEN" WITH A DRY POND NOW CAN I? ;)

we won 3rd place!!!!!!!!! ye-who!!!

HERE'S " MISS PRISSY" THE SCARECROW!! YOU SHOULD STOP BY & SEE HER ANYTIME YOU HAVE A MINUTE SHE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU!!

O'PUMPKIN TREE.....

I KNOW YOUR THINKING WHAT IN THE "SAM HILL" IS THIS? WELL, IT'S A PUMPKIN TREE!!! AS IN MOST CASES THE PICTURES DOES NOT DO IT JUSTICE!!

JEFF HAD OTHER COMMENTS FOR IT FOLLOWED BY A GOOD "BELLY LAUGH"!

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO LEAVE ME A COMMENT, GO AHEAD I CAN TAKE IT!!

I TOOK THE HONORS OF GIVING YOU 2 VIEWS OF THE TREE TO GIVE YOU THE

FULL EFFECT!!!!!! THANKS FOR LOOKING & LAUGHING!!!! :)

MISS ALYSSA SAYS "ROLL TIDE" !!!!!

THIS LIL' MISS ALYSSA, SHE IS JUDY & HAMP'S GRANDDAUGHTER. EVEN IF LIVE IN SOUTH CAROLINA "LAND OF THE GAMECOCK'S" & HER MOTHER ALISON IS A GEORGIA BULLDOGS FAN, JUDY IS STILL TRYING TO MOLD HER TO BE ONE OF THE SMALLEST CRIMSON TIDE FANS YET!! SHE'S A SWEET GIRL I HEAR LOTS OF TALES ABOUT WHAT HER & MISS JUDY GETS IN TO DURING THEIR DAYS TOGETHER! SHE LOVES TO HELP HAMP IN THE YARD & EATING CORN ON THE COB!!! MAYBE SHE'LL GET TO VISIT US SOON IN ALABAMA!

PUMPKINS!!!!!

THE HARVEST FEST. IS OCT. 5-6, & THE BEAUTIFICATION BROAD HAS ASKED FOLKS TO DECORATE THEIR YARD OR BUSINESSES & THEY'LL BE JUDGED NEXT WED. OR THURS, SO HELEN SAID SHE WANTED TO ENTER THE CONTEST & 1ST PLACE IS $100. SO WE'VE GATHERED UP STUFF FROM HERE TO THERE FOR HER "FALL" SCENE. THE PICTURE ABOVE IS "THE COLVIN'S" THEY LIVE AT RODENTOWN & STARTED RAISING PUMPKINS & GOURDS OF ALL SIZES & COLORS, WHEN THEIR CHILDREN WAS YOUNGER WANTED THEIR "OWN" CHRISTMAS MONEY. IT'S JUST A SITE TO SEE THEY HAVE THE PRETTIEST PLACE! IN SHORT ME & HELEN LOADED UP YESTERDAY AT LUNCH & TORE OUT TO GET HER SOME PUMPKINS!! I'LL POST A PICTURE OF HER SCENE LATER FOR YOU THAT WON'T HAVE A CHANCE TO RIDE BY. IF YOU'D LIKE DIRECTIONS TO GET YOU SOME PUMPKINS JUST YE'LL AT ME ANYTIME!!

ROLLLLLLL TIDE ROLL!!!!!

YEAH ALABAMA.............. WE WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GET TICKETS TO ALABAMA & ARKANSAS GAME THIS WEEKEND! IT WAS A "NERVE RACKER"! WE HAD SO MUCH FUN, THE WEATHER WAS GREAT, IT WAS WARM THE DAY WHILE WERE WALKING AROUND & SHOPPING ON THE STRIP, IT COOLED OFF THAT EVENING FOR THE KICKOFF AROUND 5:30P.M. IT WAS THE BEST DAY EVER!! ALABAMA WON 41-38!

MISS JILLIAN

WE HAD A SURPRISE VISIT SAT. EVENING FROM MISS JILLIAN, SHE STOPPED BY FOR A FEW MINUTES TO GIVE MR. JEFF HIS BIRTHDAY PRESENT! SHE GOT TO PLAY WITH MISS MADDIE LYNN, THE "GIGGLE-BOXES" STOP PLAYING LONG ENOUGH TO POSE FOR A QUICK PICTURE! SUNNY SAID JILLIAN PRACTICED SINGING "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" ALL THE WAY TO OUR HOUSE.

MADDIE SAYS "SHEESE"

WELL YOU'VE MEET MISS MADDIE BEFORE, WE DON'T GET TO SEE THEM AS MUCH AS WE WANT TO!! SO I LOVE TO ROUGH HER UP & WE DO PRETTY MUCH WHAT ME & MADDIE WANTS TO WHEN SHE'S AROUND!!!! I WAS REACHING TO GET MY CAMERA & SHE JUST YELLED OUTTA NO WHERE "SHEESE" !! IT'S THE FUNNIEST THING EVER!! SO SHE KNOWS WHEN SOMEONE IS ABOUT TO TAKE HER PICTURE TO SAY "CHEESE" & SMILE REAL BIG!! THAT'S EMILY, MADDIE'S MOTHER IN BEHIND JEFF.

i LOVE this time of year!!!!!!!!

~ I absolutely love this time of year!! I get just giddy thinking about it!! It is my all time favorite!!!! I love the the lil' nip in the air in the morning's, football games, mums, pumpkins & the leaves changing colors!!

~HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEFF~

SEPT. 10, 2007
JEFF HAD A FULL DAY ON HIS BIRTHDAY, IT STARTED OUT WITH ALABAMA BEATING VANDERBILT & SOUTH CAROLINA WON OVER GEORGIA! I THINK HE WAS TICKLED THAT AUBURN GOT BEAT ON THE LAST PLAY AT MIDNIGHT!!!! IN THE MIDDLE OF THESE GAMES HE ALSO TRIED TO HELP DALE JR. IN THE RICHMOND RACE!!

I'M BATMAN!!

I JUST WANTED EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT YOU SHOULD FEEL REAL "SAFE" CAUSE OF THIS LIL' MAN!! BY DAY HE IS A FIREFIGHTER THAT WOULD HELP YOU ANYTIME YOU CALLED ON HIM. BY NIGHT HE TURNS IN TO "BATMAN" AS YOU CAN SEE HE'S IN FULL COSTUME, BUT SOMETIMES HE JUST LIKES TO PUT ON HIS ALABAMA HAT & HIS BOOTS & WORK AROUND THE HOUSE!!! I'M VERY PROUD OF JOHN TYLER HE STARTED "KIDDIE KOLLEGE THIS WEEK & WAS A "BIG BOY".

MEET COCOA...

FROM TIME TO TIME IN MY POST OR PICTURES YOU MAY SEE SOMEONE IN THE BACKGROUND, HER NAME IS "COCOA" SHE IS A 3 1/2 YR OLD CHOCOLATE LAB. SHE DON'T THINK SHE'S A "D-O-G". I DON'T HAVE THE HEART TO TELL HER ANY DIFFERENT! SHE'S VERY FUNNY SHE LOVES TO SWIM IN THE POND & IS VERY NOSEY, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE FISHING! WE USE OLD BREAD FOR FISH FEED & THE FISH MUST HURRY & GET THEIR SHARE OR SHE'LL SWIM OUT & GOBBLE IT UP!! SHE'LL BE THE FIRST ONE TO JUMP ON THE MOWER WITH ME OR RIDE IN THE MULE. WE LOVE HER SHE'S A GREAT D-O-G!

~ALABAMA FOOTBALL~

JEFF CAN'T WAIT FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL TO START!! HE GET'S SO EXCITED WHEN ALABAMA PLAYS. WE HAVE SO MUCH FUN WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO GO TO THE GAMES, WE ALSO ENJOY HAVING ALL OUR FRIENDS OVER TO WATCH THE GAMES AT THE HOUSE TOO!! ROLL TIDE ROLL!!!!

ONLY 1 MOON IN HORTON!

I'VE WAITED FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS ON MONDAY 27th CAUSE SOMEONE & I DON'T KNOW WHO? SAID THAT WE WOULD HAVE 2 MOONS THAT NIGHT WE'LL I DIDN'T SEE "DOODLE" WHEN I LOOKED OUT UNTIL I WENT TO BED AROUND 11p.m. WELL JEFF SAID HE HEARD WE'D BE ABLE TO SEE THEM AT 4:30 IN THE MORNING!!! NEEDLESS TO SAY HE WAS WONDERING AROUND IN THE YARD LOOKIN' FOR THEM AT 4 IN THE MORNING & I WAS FAST ASLEEP!!

UNCLE MELVIN'S SUNFLOWERS

I CAME ACROSS ON OF THE MOST PRETTIEST SITES I'VE SEEN IN AWHILE THIS WEEKEND! UNCLE MELVIN PLANTED A FIELD OF SUNFLOWERS IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS A MILLION OF THEM, THEY WERE TRYING SO HARD TO HOLD THEIR FACE UP TOWARDS THE SUN! I GOT ME A COUPLE TO ENJOY FOR A DAY OR SO. I LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR, BUT THE HEAT ALWAYS GETS MOST OF THE FLOWERS. THE BIRDS WILL ENJOY THEM ALSO!

DESTIN 2007

Aug. 18-Aug 23rd.

i was fortunate enough to get to join my sisters & mother in-law & aunt Eugenia to the beach!! it was great!!! we had the best time, most of it was out on the beach, the weather was wonderful most of the time it stayed in the high 90's! we'd lay out for half the day then of course come in & get ready to eat & SHOP & hunt something to eat again!! we didn't even put a dent in the stores down there!!! that just gives us a excuse to go back next year!! i saved the bread from our meals & chip crumbs to feed the seagulls i loved it until some wanted to sneak up behind me, that wasn't to funny to me!! they really mean business! thanks Kathy for a great time!!!

and the winner is...Georgette!!!!

IT WAS A TOUGH ROAD TO HOLD BUT GEORGETTE HELD ON TILL THE END & WAS THE FIRST PLACE WINNER! AFTER A EXHUSTING TRIP ON THE 18mile LOOP ON A 11speed BIKE OR WAS IT A 11 mile LOOP ON A 18speed BIKE? THIS IS GEORGE'S FAVORITE STORY!!!

NESHOBA CO. FAIR

~EST. 1889 IT'S THE STATES ONLY LICENSED HORSE TRACK & THE NATIONS LARGEST CAMPGROUND. IT HAS BEEN ON THE NATIONS REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES SINCE 1980. IT'S LIKE "TAILGATING" ONLY W/ CABINS!! EACH CABIN HAS BEEN HANDED DOWN THROUGH THE YEARS TO FAMILY MEMBERS & IT'S VERY RARE FOR ONE TO BE ON THE MARKET FOR SALE!! THE CABINS ARE VERY COLORFULL, YOU CAN PAINT IT OR DECORATE IT ANYWAY YOU LIKE!! SOME ARE "BEACHY" COLORS & SOME ARE OL'MISS OR MISSISSPPI STATE FANS. THE MANNING FAMILY HAS A CABIN ALSO!(ARCHIE,PAYTON & ELI) THE CABINS ARE SO NEAT & THERE IS ABOUT 600 OR MORE OF THEM! THEY ARE ABOUT 30FEET WIDE & 50 FEET DEEP, YOU CAN MAKE YOU CABIN AS TALL AS YOU WANT SOME ARE SINGLE LEVEL AND SOME ARE 3 STORY HIGH. THE FOLKS WE VISITED WAS THE REA'S , HE OWNS THE CAR SALE THAT JEFF GOES TO IN PEARL, MS. THE FAIR IS A WEEK LONG EVENT AT THE END OF JULY IT HAS TONS OF GOOD FOOD,RIDES & THE BEST CONCERTS EACH NIGHT! FOR MORE INFO GOTO NESHOBACOUNTYFAIR.ORG

RIVERBEND 2007

THIS IS ONE OF THE POST THAT I'M TRYING TO PLAY CATCH UP WITH, THE WEEKEND AFTER WE GOT MARRIED FOR OUR HONEYMOON, WE WENT TO CHATTANOOGA, TN FOR THE RIVERBEND FEST. IT WAS JUNE 8-16TH IT WAS SO MUCH FUN, THEY CLOSE THE DOWNTOWN AREA OFF & SET UP 5-6 STAGES MOST OF THE TIME SOMEONE WAS SINGING!! ONE NIGHT IT WAS EARTH, WIND & FIRE, STEVE MILLER BAND & ALOT OF OTHERS! THE BEST NIGHT WAS SAT. SOME OF OUR FRIENDS (JIM & MARILYN) CAME UP FOR THE NIGHT & WE TOOK THE RIVERBOAT DINNER CRUISE & WATCH THE FIREWORKS & RANDY OWENS CONCERT FROM THE WATER!!! IT WAS THE BEST & THE FOOD WAS GREAT TOO!! WHEN WE WASN'T DOWNTOWN WE JUST RODE AROUND & LOOKED THERE IS ALOT TO SEE IN CHATTANOOGA WE WENT TO THE ZOO & THE TRAIN YARD ALSO!