the final score is 36 - NUTTIN'

~ THE STREAK ENDS & THE TRADITION TAKES OVER.....ROLL TIDE ROLL !!!!

~RUTABAGA~ I LUV'EM

I'VE HEARD MY BROTHER-IN LAW HAMP SAY A HUNDRED TIMES, "JUDY,COOK ME A RUTABAGER!" I'LL SAY THIS I'M 34 yrs OLD & I JUST ATE RUTABAGA'S FOR THE 1st TIME & I LOVE THEM!! YUMM-OLA!! THEY SAY IT'S HARD TO "PEEL" IT'S WAX COATED SO YOU HAVE TO GET THROUGH ALL THAT THEN DICE IT UP AS IF YOU WAS DOING STEWED POTATOES WITH A LITTLE BUTTER OR MEAT TO SEASON THEM. YUMMY TO MY TUM-TUM TUMMY. I REALLY DON'T NEED TO BE LOOKING FOR ANYTHING NEW TO EAT I MUST ADMIT! BUT I'M WEAK!!! :)

~HAPPY THANKSGIVING~

As always we had way to much food! It was great, we had house full of friends & family. The weather was wonderful, after we ate we all went outside to pick up a few pecans. Granny has already took 2 loads to the "pecan cracker" her total to date is 225lbs ! The boys enjoyed throwing footballs/basketballs up in the trees to knock down more pecans. It was so much fun!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY IT'S MILLER-TIME !!!!!

WE WENT OVER TO THE MILLER'S SAT. NIGHT FOR GEORGE'S BIRTHDAY & TO WATCH THE TX & OKLAHOMA GAME. WE SURPRISED MR. MILLER W/ BALLOONS & CAKE. HE TREATED US W/ HIS "HOUSE RECIPE" CHILI! HE SPARED US & LEFT OUT SOME OF THE CAYENNE PEPPER! IT WAS SO GOOD!!! ~ WE LOVE YOU GEORGE!!

what a beautiful mess I'm in..

Well.........Jeff told me Sunday night he was going to Orlando and he'd be home Thurs. night late. I had a frontal lobe air pocket & thought since I was off on Tues. for the holiday(VET's DAY) I could knock out the painting job of our bedroom! For the love of Calcutta what was I thinking! So....... I got my paint, a moved furniture in a rage Monday night until about 1 in the morning. Jake & Delora came by & helped for several hours. I primed the walls which was a very odd pea green color! Yikes ! So i was up at 6 a.m. on Tues to go at it again. I was setting at the hardware store at 3 min's after eight to get me a different color to help w/ the green primer, mind you all our furniture is in the LR floor & all the contents of the closets is in a very strowed fashion! So I take a small break at lunch to take mother to get her flu shot, gro. & lunch, while I'm getting her checked out at Wal-MART around 2 Tues my sister/law Judy calls just checking in, she says she just talk w/ Jeff & they'll be home around midnight tonite (tues night)!! SOOOOOOOOOO........... I just have to do the best I could w/ what i could & face the fiddler! He stayed home & worked for 2 whole days while I was at work, we put the last little touch up on it Sunday eve! It was a ordeal, but well worth it I just love,love, love IT! :)

Just for the Record.....

~I'm so ready to get tangled up in some Tinsel !!! FA-la-la-LA!!!!!

oh Tater !!

~SWEET POTATO DUMPLINGS~

1 pkg sweet potato patties (cut in half)

2 pkg crescent rolls

2 cups of O.J.

2cups sugar

1 1/2 sticks butter

1 T. cornstarch

1 t. vanilla flavoring

Roll each potato half in a crescent triangle. Place in a baking dish.

Heat OJ,sugar,butter & cornstarch in a sauce pan; add vanilla flavoring.

Pour over dumplings & bake @ 350 for 45 minutes or until crescent rolls are brown.

Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar when done.

YUMMY to my TUM-TUM-TUMMY!!!

A "DOSE" OF COCOA WILL DO YE GOOD!

We got home from our trip & I got what little washing I had started, when we left I had a 1/2 bushel of Granny Smith apples at the back door. Would you know they was still there when I got back!!! SO....I started 2 crock-pots of apple butter. Jeff was catching up on his college football jargon. He sneaked to the front door & let Cocoa in for a "treat" for me & her too! He thinks I'm not "right" cause we have full conversations! She doesn't bother anything she lays in the kitchen floor & will "wag" her tail. I just decided to join her today!! ~Enjoy! :0)

CHATTANOOGA

WE LOVE TO TAKE A TRIP TO CHATTANOOGA WHENEVER WE CAN SNEAK OFF. YOU COULDN'T HAVE PICKED A BETTER TIME, THE LEAVES WAS EVERY COLOR IN THE RAINBOW. THE WEATHER WAS CHILLY IN THE MORNINGS & JUST RIGHT AFTER THE FOG LIFTED. WE HAD THE BEST TIME DOING ALMOST NOTHING! WE SHOPPED A LITTLE WHILE JEFF "PACED" HUNTING A T.V. IN THE MALL, HE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE MAN IN THE SEARS WOULDN'T TURN THE FOOTBALL GAMES ON FOR HIM?! MR MILLER WENT ON A "GOOSE CHASE" (DANG,GPS's) TO HUNT ME A BREAD/BAKERY COMPANY! WE GOT IN THERE & QUICKLY LEFT $$$$$$$ THEY WERE PROUD OF THEIR MUFFINS! IT WAS FUN ANYWAY...MY FAVORITE WAS THE TRAIN RIDE!! WE RODE OVER TO EAST CHATTANOOGA, IT WAS SO NICE!

.....seashells from the seashore

~~My Seashell Vase!!
(in a snooty voice) ;)

...this is what I came up with so far the shells we picked up

while walking on the beach!

some of my favorite things...

I will post from time to time some favorite random things! I know you wouldn't expect that of me....... so here it goes!!! I look for these little guys every morning on my way to work! I tried to get a picture the other morning when they got a brand new roll of hay. The little fellows live up the road from me & i enjoy watching them. They probably had wished I didn't interrupt their breakfast for a picture! I got tickled whistling at them, I wanted their ears up in the picture! You can tell where some have been eating & left the holes :)

I Liked this......

~Instead of complaining that the rose bush

is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn

bush has roses~

oh DEER !!!

We got fresh prints at the pond, them deer have be doing some drinking!

Verbena!

We went to the races the first of Oct. and in Helen's flowerbed she had a small "clump" hot pink verbena. Well, it has showed out & quadrupled in size!! It has almost smothered her little concrete rabbit that is peeping out on the other side! I just thought you'd like to see this!!

'cause Sunny said so !!

Sunny had said in a post she couldn't live w/o her Ped Egg, to make a long story short I battled w/ buying it, I picked up to only put it back.... on & on!! Sooooo

after I got it ,looking at the directions an all that I got tickled! I was wondering how I could explain this to the ER doctor! It truly looks like a small cheese grater I will admit. I did "grit" my teeth & close one eye in the beginning. I LOVE IT! I just LOVE it! I want to go on tour & spread the word & do just random folks feet for them !! It's gross but true!

Horton-Vegas?

WE'LL IF YOU WERE TO TRY TO CALL OR CONTACT GRANNY & YOU DO NOT GET HER...PLEASE DON'T BE ALARMED! SHE MAY IGNORE US FOR A WHILE, BEAR & MELISSA DROPPED BY THIS EVENING WITH HER A SURPRISE. THEY BROUGHT HER A REAL SLOT MACHINE! IT HAVE THE LIGHTS, SOUNDS & EVEN THE COINS DUMPING INTO THE TRAY!! SHE IS SO EXCITED!! TO PUT IT SHORT & SWEET........."GRANNY'S GOT HER GAME ON!"

SHRIMP FESTIVAL '08

I'M TRYING TO GET CAUGHT UP FROM A GREAT VACATION! IT DON'T LOOK LIKE I'M MAKING ANY PROGRESS, BUT IT WAS WELL WORTH IT ALL!! IT WAS SO NICE EVERYDAY, ME & JEFF GOT OUT A COUPLE OF MORNINGS EARLY PICKED UP SEASHELLS! THEY WERE EVERYWHERE I FOUND 2 PERFECT SAND DOLLARS TOO!
THE FESTIVAL WAS SO FUN BESIDES THE VENDORS, A BAND WAS ALWAYS SINGING ON ONE OF THE TWO STAGES. OUR FAVORITE IS ON THURS. NIGHT "TIP TOPS". WE SHOPPED A LITTLE, ATE ALOT! THE MILLERS GOT THERE FRI. EVE. & WE WERE ABLE TO SEE THEM & WATCH A FOOTBALL GAME OR TWO! WE BOILED PEANUTS & ATE ON THEM MOST OF THE WEEK! WE WAS ABLE TO GO TO BAHAMA BOB'S ON TUES NIGHT, THEY HAVE THE BEST FISH! WE GOT THE PECAN CRUSTED PANGA!! YUM-O!!

WE ALWAYS HAVE THE BEST TIME WITH JUDY & HAMP ! THANKS FOR PUTTING UP WITH US TWO & ESPECIALLY W/ JEFF TOO! ;)

Let's go racing!!!!!!!!

It was a rowdy weekend for the races at T'dega!! It was exciting up until the last checkered flag dropped & Tony Stewart won!!! We always have so much fun! We love to hang out at Kathy's on the lake! It's always quite & peaceful there, well until that Jerry gets cranked up ! He probably would say that about me too! :) HEHAHE !

~HOMESTEAD HOLLOW~

Jeff treated me & stopped by Homestead Hollow on the way to T'dega for the races! I love to go an look at the crafts. We also sneaked us in a fried pie. I got sweet pot. & He got apple! They were so good! You couldn't ordered any better weather for the day if you tried to!

CANNED APPLE PIE FILLING

~My mother made this several years ago I think it's a good idea for my fellow apple hackers! It's time to take advantage of all those apples. With this easy recipe you can have a homemade apple pie in about 20 mins! Just pop the jar & grab your pie shell (FYI= i copied this from "little house" on my blog roll cause we couldn't find mothers copy. Please see their blog & go to "canning" & you can view more helpful pic's about this :)

Ingredients:

4 1/2 cups white sugar

1 Cup cornstarch

2 tsp. ground cinnamon

1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg

2 teaspoons salt

10 cups water

3 T. lemon juice

6 pounds apples

Directions:

1. In a large pan, mix sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon and nutmeg. Add salt and water and mix well. Bring to a boil and cook until thick and bubbly. Remove from heat and add lemon juice.2. Sterilize canning jars, lids and rings by boiling them in a large pot of water.3. Peel, core, and slice apples. Pack the sliced apples into hot canning jars, leaving a 3/4 inch head space.4. Fill jars with hot syrup and gently remove air bubbles with a plastic knife (metal may promote cracks in the jars).5. Put lids on and process in a water bath canner for 20 minutes.

RECIPE ROUND-UP ......YE-HAW

OVEN - ROASTED VEGETABLES

2-3 med sweet potatoes

2 med. onions (yellow/red)

1 lg. green bell pepper

1 lg. red bell pepper

whole/sliced mushrooms

cloves of garlic

baby carrots

cherry tomato

2 Tbs olive oil

1 Tb Italian spice

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut/peel potatoes into 1 inch pieces. Cut onions into 1/2 inch wedges. Cut peppers into 1 inch pieces. Peel garlic cloves. In roasting pan, toss vegetables with oil and herbs until coated good. Roast 30-45mins until potatoes tender, stirring occasionally.

~ i love these for a snack & i've eaten them at b'fast too! haheha!

TAGGED FOR THE OL' 34th BIRTHDAY YEAR.

~WELL ONCE AGAIN THAT DANG SUNNY (see JILLIAN'S JOURNAL ) HAS GOT ME INTO SOMETHING ELSE! IT WAS ALWAYS HER WHEN WE WAS GROWING UP! I NEVER DID ANYTHING WITHOUT THEM MAKING ME! =) SHE HAS TAGGED ME & I MUST COME CLEAN W/ 34 THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT ME.... BOY, ARE YOU IN FOR A TREAT!

~this pic. is from 10th grade & mrs. ray made me be the easter bunny for the easter parade in the downtown mall

1. an overused quote of mine "It'll be ok."

2. i love to sing bits of commercials to the top of my lungs.

(Jeff don't love it at all)

3. i get very tickled when i'm nervous?

4. i got a collection of old oil cans.

5. i grieve for my "deddy" every day.

6. i always wanted to be a waitress.

7. i love most dogs!

8. most of the time i'm very patient,

except with rude/ugly people!

9. i could listen to Christmas music all year.

10. i love to get my hair done!

11. i kissed my husband first. ;0)

12. i was the baseball queen in '77

13. i met dale earnhardt sr.

14. i love garlic, but once ate part of a chicken liver, YUCK!

15. i love to go to yard sales/thrift stores.

16. i caught our kitchen on fire, Christmas break 7th grade.

17. i played softball for YEARS, i usually was the catcher.

18. i was made to take swimming lessons when i was about

5 cause i climbed the high dive a little to early for some people!

19. i love to wear overalls. (i wish i had a red pair)

20. i'll talk to just about anyone/anywhere (shocker huh?)

22. i love flowers/flowering trees or shrubs

23. i LOVE lil' mom & pop dinners or restaurants.

24. i prefer the back roads vs. highways & interstates .

25. i love my husband more than he'll ever know!

26. i love to goto any "festivals" during the year

27. i've learned the older i get, the more important

your TRUE friends & TRUE family are!

28. politicians/hypocrites make me nauseous.

29. i love watching those "How's it made?" & surgery shows!

30. i usually eat a tomato sandwich for b'fast! ~yummy

31. i'm usually very frugal.

32. i make the most awful tea ever!

33. if i've made my mind up to do something, i'm usually very determined. (good/bad)

34. i procrastinate, then try to conquer Rome in a day

HERE HE IS.......

I GOT HOME FROM WORKING AT MOTHERS & STILL HAD A TRUCK LOAD OF CORN & MARTY BROUGHT US SOME HAY TOO! SO I TORE INTO ANOTHER PROJECT HERE AT HOME! GRANNY & JEFF JUST LET ME GO, I REALLY DO BELIEVE THEY ARE JUST WAITING TO SEE WHAT'S UP NEXT!! THEY WE'RE GOOD TO TELL ME WHAT I NEEDED WHERE & HELPED ME ARRANGE! I HOPE YOU ENJOY IT AS MUCH AS I DO!!

I love this time of year! I just love it!

~This is Helen's fall decorations! We scattered & piddled all day Sunday and this is what we came up with, we hope you like it! This is the second year she has entered the Boaz Harvest Festival yard contest, last year she placed 3rd! :)

The night the lights went out in Georgia!

What a Game!!! It was Great!! We sent them ol' DAWGS to the pound w/ their black jersey's!!! Alabama tore them up! The final score was 41-30! We always have a great time w/ the Miller's, you can't beat a good football game & wonderful friends! Thanks George & Georgette for putting up w/ us!!! We love y'all!!

A Crow Mtn. Run !!

Sunny & Amy made a Crow Mtn. apple run last week & I had my first "go" at apple butter! It was a little messy at first, but well worth it in the end!

B.O.L.O

A.K.A= BE ON LOOK OUT! I HAVE BEEN BITTEN BY THE FALL BUG!! AS SOME OF YOU KNOW I LOVE TO DOODLE UP FOR FALL & IT'S NOW OFFICIALLY ON!! HELEN IS GETTING READY TO FIX HER YARD UP TOO! THIS WILL BE THE 2ND YEAR FOR HER IN THE HARVEST FESTIVAL COMPETITION(she got 3rd last yr), SO I THOUGHT I NEEDED ME ONE TOO!! GET READY HORTON!! HERE I COME!!!