Valentines @ the beach was GREAT!

We had the best time at the beach w/ Judy & Hamp we got there Tues. night & stayed thru Sun. the weather was great & oh my at the food!!!! I know I ate way too much!!! We shopped in between catching the races that were going on in Daytona, We went to a great lil' place called "Rafters" & watched the Twin 150's! On Sat. we went to the Orange Beach Shrimp Festival it had crafts & a car show & I bought a few raffle tickets & WON!!! I never win "doodle". We got back to the house (Gulf Shores) & the D.J called & ask if we could come back over, needless to say we "burnt some rubber"!!! ;0)

GERBER BABY?

SHE'S PRETTY CLOSE TO BEING THE GERBER BABY! IT'S MISS MADDIE LYNN THE GUTHRIE'S BABY!

a very simple man...

JAN 13,2008

I've tried all day to think of one word to describe my uncle Ronald & I couldn't just settle on one I got pretty close on a few of them and my favorite ones are SIMPLE, ELITE, PRIDE, KINDEST & WARMHEARTED! The more I thought about it I came to pick "Simple" He was all of the above & He was the same where ever he was or who he was with, It didn't matter to him. I think he was most happiest at home watching ballgames w/ Blake & he was always #1 at being "Pop" not just only to Peyton & "Goose". He was also "POP" to about 5-6 dozen of babies he's helped raise with my aunt Cindy with over the years! He was the "Genuine" kind you never had to ask him for help cause he'd already be there for you! I never told him but after my "Deddy" passed away in Oct. of 2000, I guess I clung to him cause they were alot alike from their laugh to telling tall-tales to their olive colored skin. I will miss our phone calls about absolutely nothin' to one of my favorites when he called me & told me about one of his new "medicine" that he'd just got & we just both laughed so hard about it! He just had away about him that even as sick as he still wanted to make "you" feel comfortable! He was never quick to judge you! He was the kind of person you'd want in your "corner" I am So happy that he was always in my little corner of this world! What this world needs in a few more like RONALD DIAMOND! ~~~~I MISS & LOVE YOU~~~~"JILL-LA"

HERE'S MADDIE LOU!!

WE HAD A GREAT VISIT WITH DOC, EMILY & MISS MADDIE LYNN!! IT WAS SO FUNNY WATCHING MADDIE OPENING HER PRESENTS & PUTTING ON HER NEW "LICK-UP" WHICH IS KNOWN AS "LIPSTICK" TO YOU & ME! BEFORE THE DAY WAS OVER WE ALL HAD ON OUR "LICK-UP". SHE RODE HER HORSE ALL OVER THE HOUSE. SHE LEARNED TO HIT HER HIP & YELL "YA" THAT HE'D GO FASTER!

JEFF & JILL'S CHRISTMAS!

WE HAD A WONDERFUL PEACEFUL CHRISTMAS! WE WERE BUSY RUNNING AROUND TOWN & GETTING READY, AS ALWAYS WE HAD WAY TO MUCH TO MUNCH & EAT ON!! JEFF SURPRISED ME & GOT ME SOME DIAMOND EARRINGS & CLOTHES & FILLED MY STOCKING UP! I LOVE TO HAVE OUR STOCKINGS FULL OF EVERYTHING HANGING FROM OUR MANTLE. HE GOT CLOTHES & I THINK HIS FAVORITE WAS THE COVERED BRIDGE BIRD FEEDER. MY FAVORITE PART IS HAVING CHRISTMAS ALL OVER THE HOUSE & DECORATING OUR TREE WITH ALL OUR ORNAMENTS WE'VE GATHERED UP THUR THE YEAR FROM OUR TRIPS TO EITHER THE BEACH OR G'BURG, FOOTBALL GAME & RACES .

CHRISTMAS CAROLERS

WHILE WE WAS ABOUT TO EAT MY MOTHERS FOR OUR CHRISTMAS WE HAD A SURPRISE VISIT FROM THE CAROLERS AT FIRST BAPTIST BOAZ ABOUT 20-25 STOOD IN THE RAIN & SANG 3-4 CHRISTMAS CAROLS & VISITED FOR A FEW MINUTES BEFORE MOVING TO THEIR NEXT STOP. WE HAD A BIG TIME & A HOUSEFUL, WE ALSO CELEBRATED CHRISTMAS THAT NIGHT W/ WILL, DIANE & TYLER "T"! SHARON MAYS JOINED US ALSO

~miller christmas~

We always have a great time with the Miller's, you can always count on tons of laughs & great music! Lynn will also have David's favorite song ready to go! I think Mr. Miller looks like He needs to be on the sideline with that hat on!!! We loved our gifts especially our fishing picture it was Great!

CHRISTMAS COLVIN STYLE

WE DON'T GET TO SEE THE COLVINS AS MUCH AS WE LIKE TO, THEY STAY BUSY W/ A HOUSEFUL OF GRANBABIES & FOREVER GETTING INTO SOME KIND OF ADVENTURE. WE GOT TO GO OUT FOR SUPPER & VISIT FOR A WHILE DURING CHRISTMAS! THEY ARE ALWAYS FULL OF FUNNY TALES, WHICH IS USUALLY SOMETHING MR. JIM HAS GOTTEN HIMSELF INTO!!! THEY GOT US THIS BEAUTIFUL PLANTER FOR CHRISTMAS!

The Winfrey Christmas

THE WHOLE BUNCH CAME IN FOR CHRISTMAS! WE ALL WENT UOP TO MIKE & DELORA'S HOUSE. IT WAS GREAT! WE HAD WAY TO MUCH FOOD & LOTS OF FUN WITH KATHY'S "CHRISTMAS TREE GAME!" I HOPE IT'LL BE A ANNUAL EVENT AT THE WINFREY CHRISTMAS'S TO COME!! THE LITTLE ONES HAD A BIG TIME AS ALWAYS OPENING & PLAYING WITH THEIR GIFTS!

a cocoa christmas!

AS YOU CAN SEE COCOA IS NOT TO HAPPY WITH ME WITH THE SANTA HAT I JUST COULDN'T HELP DOING IT . SHE'S THE SWEETEST DOG EVER!!

A TIRED CHRISTMAS PRINCESS

I HAD A LOVELY VISIT FROM A CHRISTMAS PRINCESS, SHE WAS TIRED & HADN'T HAD HER NAP FOR THE DAY! SHE STILL LET ME POKE & LOVE ON HER AS ALWAYS! I HOPE SHE LIKED HER UNNECESSARY CHRISTMAS GIFTS, I KNOW SHE LOVES TO DRESS UP & BE A SILLY GIRL!!!

christmas lights

~~I LOVE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS!!! ME & JAKE ATTEMPTED TO PUT SOME UP, & BLEW'EM UP FASTER THAN WE COULD REPLACE THEM! THANKS TO JEFF & A GOOD SUNNY DAY WE WAS ABLE TO "DECK THE HALLS"

AUNT HELEN THRASHER

DURING THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAYS WE WENT FOR A OVER-DUE VISIT TO CROSSVILLE & VISITED W/ MY AUNT HELEN THRASHER, SHE IS THE OLDEST OF MY "DEDDY'S" 10 SIBLINGS. SHE LIVES AT THE CROSSVILLE NURSING HOME. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND SHE KEEPS THE REST OF THEM UP THERE "IN LINE!" & THINGS RUNNING SMOOTHLY

SOUTH CAROLINA COMPANY

WE HAD SOME VISITORS IN TO SHARE THANKSGIVING W/ US FROM SOUTH CAROLINA. ALYSSA & ALLISON BROWN CAME IN W/ JUDY & HAMP! ALLISON IS HAMP'S DAUGHTER, WE CAN'T WAIT MAYBE THEY CAN COME BACK IN THE SUMMERTIME & FISH WITH US!

ROTTEN BALLGAME!!!

Well the ballgame pretty much was just pitiful!!! Alabama lost to La. Monroe 21-14.!!! We had a great time with our friends Gary & Deb, after the game we tried to make the best of the situation & just go to the Houndstooth, which is always a exciting & fun. Anybody who knows Jeff knows that when Alabama loses the last thing he wants to do is eat anything, well to make a long story short we stopped at about 8 a.m. in Oneonta & we got a biscuit that morning & we didn't eat again until about 8:30 p.m. that night at a Barnhills in the middle of "Downtown" Birmingham!! Needless to say that buffet won't be the same! We was sick from eating way to much, way to late !!

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!!!! :)