Iron Bowl - Alabama 36 Auburn 0

The Iron Bowl is the common name for the annual college football game between the University of Alabama Crimson Tide and the Auburn University Tigers. The series is considered one of the best and most hard fought rivalries in all of sports.

This year Alabama broke Auburn's six year winning streak with a 36-0 shutout. It was also Alabama's first win against Auburn in Tuscaloosa.

It's been such a great season for all of us Alabama fans.

We're anxiously awaiting the game against Florida and Alabama next weekend, even if Alabama doesn't win that game we still couldn't be more proud of our team!

Rollllllllllllll Tide Rolllllllllllllllllllll!

My Black Friday

I hope everyone had a nice Black Friday. Mine was pretty good, I got my Christmas present a little early. I should say Christmas and Birthday presents for the next few years!
I got a new-to-me vehicle .... it's a Toyota Sequoia. I hate having another vehicle pmt, it's been really nice not having one but my car was getting on up there in miles and with all we do with our antiques and the trips we have to make to the hospital for Molly's hospital stays I did need something bigger.
I'm sure we'll enjoy it, I just really hope the gas prices stay around what they are now and don't go back up.

Now about today - Rollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Tide Rollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll !!!!!!!!!!!

Christmas Edition Of Getting To Know You

Christmas Edition of Getting to Know You

Welcome to the Christmas edition of getting to know your blogging friends. Okay, here's what you're supposed to do, and try not to be a SCROOGE!!! Copy this blog post and then post it on your blog with the changes in answers so that they apply to you......Tis the Season to be NICE!

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? gift bags are pretty but opening a wrapped gift is much more fun
2. Real tree or Artificial? Artificial
3. When do you put up the tree? usually the weekend after Thanksgiving
4. When do you take the tree down? depends, sometimes the day after Christmas, sometimes I wait until New Years
5. Do you like eggnog? yea
6. Favorite gift received as a child? Easy Bake Oven
7. Hardest person to buy for? my mom and mother in law
8. Easiest person to buy for? Molly
9. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes, my mother in law gave us a really nice Home Interior set of her's , I haven't put it out the past few years though because I am worried our cat will break something.
10.Do you send cards or email cards? both
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Ummm, they've all been good
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? A Christmas Story
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? I'm a last minute shopper usually
14. Ever recycled a Christmas present? yea, shhhhh don't tell anyone though
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? dressing
16. Lights on the tree? white lights
17. Favorite Christmas song? Jingle Bells
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? go to my parents
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's? I don't think so
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? a bow
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? usually let the kids open one Christmas Eve, and the rest of them Christmas morning
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? Just the stress of worrying what to get people, but this year things are gonna be more calm I hope because we're not planning on spending a whole lot in the first place.
23. Favorite ornament theme or color? I like mostly red, all the different colors people use are pretty but for me red is for Christmas and is just beautiful on a Christmas tree.
24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Ham, dressing, potato salad, etc.
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? I got my Christmas present yesterday, a new to me vehicle.
26. Who is most likely to respond to this? Ummmm, not sure
27. Who is least likely to respond to this? not sure

Happy Thanksgiving

A Special Birthday

Happy birthday to my mother. Molly and I went and bought her a gift and card and took it to her this evening and visited with her for a little while. I think she was kind of bored and lonely since my dad had to work a really long day so she suggested me, her and Molly ride around looking at Christmas lights, there weren't alot up but we did see several.
After leaving her house me and Molly met Steve in town for supper at a Mexican restaurant, it was good but ughhhh not so fun getting home so late with so many things that need to be done. I'm such a procrastinator, should have made the cornbread today for my dressing tomorrow, of course I didn't though so in the morning I have to really get up and get on the ball. Thank goodness we're not having our Thanksgiving meal until tomorrow night when Steve gets off work so it will be nice not having to rush so much.
I will be so happy when my honey actually has a Thanksgiving and Christmas day off, just doesn't seem right with him being gone to work on those holidays. :-(

Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving - Gobble till you Wobble! Haha .... that's probably what I'll do.

I Need Ideas !

I have signed up for a secret Santa Swap and I really need help with some ideas of what sort of gift I could buy. I need to spend at least $30 but don't mind if I go over a little.

It is really hard to think of something to buy for someone you don't know, I have visited this person's blog but really didn't get any hints as to what they may like. I have thought of a few things but then I think no I wouldn't be to excited about recieving that myself, then I'm back where I started from, wondering what to buy.

Help please.......any good gift ideas? I have gone shopping a couple of times but just end up going in circles. This was supposed to be fun, not cause headaches.

Happy Anniversary Mama & Daddy

On this day 41 years ago my parents were married.

Back in 1967 at the time of their marriage my mom was finishing up high school and my dad was heading off to Germany after joining the army. After my dad's return they moved from Alabama and made their home in Columbus, MS. In 1970 they brought a beautiful bouncing baby girl (that would be me, hahaha!) into the world, then in 1978 they brought another beautiful girl (my sister, Pam) into the world.

They are the grandparents of 8 , all the kids love them both but believe me I don't think there is another "Papa" in the world like my daddy.

In this day and time it is a real honor to say I have parents who have been together so long. I wish them many, many more years of happiness together.

E! News

I wanted to thank everyone for your kind comments, today I am feeling better. It is amazing how just getting out of the house sometimes for a little while can make such a difference.

Also, a little bit of news to share, E! entertainment television has named the sexiest woman in the world and darn, it wasn't me !

(hope you all know I'm just joking ........ not that I expected it really be me or anything, my husband said it should have been though, now isn't that sweet - wonder what he wants?!?!? haha!)

Anyway, back to the sexiest woman in the world, her name is Karolina Kurkova and here's a photo of her:

Really sad though because see, they could have had this (haha, hope you know I'm only joking again!) HAHAHAHA .........

This is a old photo of me from Dec. 2007, Me and Molly were home alone one night so we did our hair and makeup and took pictures, we played "Model", I try to do fun stuff with Molly, hopefully we're making fun memories she'll never forget. About this picture I miss my short hair so much, I really think it looks better on me short but for my sweet husband I try to let it grow, you know most men love longer hair even though they may not all admit it.

I Wish

I wish I could say I'm loving this cooler weather,

but I'm not ... it's just so depressing to me.

I wish I could say I've been having a great week,

but for some reason I just haven't ... maybe next week will be better.

I wish I was ready for the holidays,

but I just can't seem to get in the holiday spirit, I don't even want to put up a Christmas tree, but I have kids so of course I will.

I wish I could be a better wife, wish my best friend (husband) could see things different, understand things more sometimes.

But so many things seem to come before what should matter most and sometimes things are said that shouldn't be said ...

I've just had one of those weeks where I could just crawl in a hole somewhere and hybernate forever all by myself.

I hope things brighten up soon , I'm ready to smile a sincere smile.

Alabama 32 - Mississippi State 7

Last night we went to the Bama vs State game, we had a good time other than the cold weather. The worst part was walking so far. We had to park farther away than we've ever had to before and the wind was blowing right in our faces as we were walking. Once we got in the stadium and got in our seats it felt better.

We were so proud of Bama for winning because for the past two years Mississippi State has beat us.

Wes my Honey, Molly and me

The next game for Bama is Auburn which is always a great game because there's such a big rivalry there. Hopefully we can beat them to remain undefeated.

Always The Winner To Me

Last night was the Christmas pageant at Molly's school. Molly didn't place this year but oh my goodness, she was so beautiful and did such a great job up on the stage. We're always so proud of her!

I never participated in a pageant when I was younger and I really guess it's a good thing I never did, then again I don't think being in one and not placing would have bothered me as bad as my sweet baby being in one and not placing. She just has the biggest heart and I just feel she deserves the best of everything. I get frustrated the judges don't see things my way.

Every year I say I never want her to be in another one but she loves them and wants to be in them so who knows, this time next year you'll probably be reading another post from me, complaining about pageants and how unfair they seem. I mean my goodness, there were 14 girls in her age division, to pay to enter a pageant, spend all that money on dresses and line them all up for three complete strangers to pick who/what they're looking for on that particular day, it's just all crazy to me. I know my child is beautiful, I know she's a great person ... that should be all that matters.

Molly and her best friend, Penni.

Molly & Cheyanne

Cheyenne was the winner in her age division, she's such a beautiful girl on the inside and out. Molly and one of her good friends, Sierra
Molly and our little great niece, Adrian. Adrian got 2nd runner up in her division.

Veterans Day

There are several veterans I know that I could talk about today, as a matter of fact my husband has a nephew (Brandon) in Iraq right now serving his 2nd term, he is scheduled to be back in the U.S. in December, hopefully never to have to return to Iraq again, he has two small children (ages 6 and 8) who need their daddy home. In between the two terms in Iraq he spent one in South Korea, you can tell by these 3 terms he's barely got to spend anytime with his 2 children or wife. My maternal grandfather is a WW2 Veteran. In Nov. 1943 at the age of 18 he enlisted at Fort McClellan. He was one among the approximate 16 million men and women that served in the U.S. Armed Forces during WW2.

The winters were very cold in Europe, due to this and the fact the winter clothing issued to American soldiers in 1944-45 was inadequate there was a large number of cold casualties. Trench foot and frostbite together have accounted for over 1 million U.S. casualties in WW1, WW11 and the Korean War. My grandfather was one of the soldiers that suffered from severe frostbite, he didn't see very much battle time because of his frostbite, he was evacuated to a hospital in Paris where he spent 3 months. He came very close to losing both feet but fortunately made a full recovery and returned home to Alabama where he went back and finished high school, sadly the school burned before he ever received his diploma. He went on to marry my grandmother and father two children, he's the grandfather of three and the great grandfather of six.

He turned 83 years old this past July and is just doing great...I wish I had a picture of him in his military uniform but I don't so I'll just share this picture of him, it was taken in the late 60's.

My Dad joined the Army after graduating high school, he was in the Army during the time of Vietnam but didn't participate in the Vietnam war, he was stationed in Germany where he was a military police. My uncle (my mom's brother) is a Vietnam veteran, he served two terms, there are many more family members I could mention but instead I will just say I salute all the veterans out there today and I'm one American that is very proud of the service you provided to our country.

Monday Monday

Monday again, if only Friday's rolled around as fast as Monday's seem to.

The kids are out of school tomorrow so we'll be busy (after sleeping late of course) getting a few things ready for the Christmas pageant coming up Thursday night. Molly is so excited, I know she's gonna do great and can't wait to see her up there struttin' her stuff. They had practice yesterday afternoon, there are 13 girls in her age division, grades 7 - 9. Oh wouldn't you just hate to be a judge, I couldn't do it. I do hope everything is fair though, I often wonder.

To change the subject, this morning I heard a noise from one of our chickens, I looked out the back door, there was a fox chasing a chicken. It was a beautiful fox but I still didn't want it to eat my poor ole chicken. I know we're really gonna miss Abby (our dog that's missing) because when she was here we never had to worry about anything like that.
Wish I could have taken a picture of the fox to share with you but I was more worried about the chicken. The chicken is ok, she just has no tail feathers left, poor ole girl. I had to scream "get out of here" a few times before the fox took off running. We're going to have to set the live trap to try to catch him and relocate him to an area away from here.

Yea Alabama !

Alabama 27 - LSU 21


"Yea, Alabama!"

Yea, Alabama! Crimson Tide!

Every 'Bama man's behind you,

Hit your stride!

Go teach the Bulldogs to behave,

Send the Yellow Jackets to a watery grave!

And if a man starts to weaken,That's his shame!

For 'Bama's pluck and grit

Have writ her name in crimson flame!

Fight on, fight on, fight on, men!

Remember the Rose Bowl we'll win then!

So go, roll to victory,

Hit your stride,

You're Dixie's football pride, Crimson Tide!

Living And Learning

I have decided being a parent means never having worry free days. It's funny that my oldest child is 22 and I'm just now really figuring this out. I have also learned that no matter how much you talk to your children and try to teach them right they are going to do things that aren't always right sometimes. Guess that is just part of growing up, and that saying is true "You live and you learn". My son pulled a stunt last night and I really pray he learned his lesson. Getting the call scared the crap out of me because the first thing that came to mind was he'd had a wreck. Thank goodness he was ok and hadn't had an accident. I hate to go saying what had happened, I will respect my son's privacy and won't say but I do pray he learned his lesson, that's all I'll say about it. (it didn't involve drugs or anything like that)

I have always tried to be open and honest with my children. My oldest daughter was sometimes allowed to do more than alot of her friends but I can say she was always really good about letting me know where she was going and who she was going with, and she was always home by the time she said she would be. She turned out great and is one of the sweetest people I've ever known.

I try to always treat my son the same way, he is really a sweet boy, and I have never had any trouble from him. Not alot of boys at nearly 17 will still hug their parents or grandparents and tell them he loves them even in public, I'm really proud of the sweet person he is. He is truly an outdoor person, he loves hunting and fishing like no other person I have ever seen. Over the past couple of years he has a new obsession, dirt track racing. I am proud to see him growing up and enjoying these things. I am proud he is able to get out and meet people and make new friends through these things he likes to do. But there is a part of me that sometimes wishes I could just go back to those days where he was happy as could be just out playing in the dirt with a toy tractor, or dumping the box of hot wheels in the middle of the living room floor playing.

This past year has been harder on me than any year in my life, I realize how fast time is flying by, I think so much about times from the past and wish it was possible just to go back to when they were little. I also think of not allowing my youngest child to ever leave home without me until she's 30 yrs old. Oh if only it was that simple!

A Walk In The Fall

Yesterday my honey and I took a walk back behind our home, it was such a beautiful day. We knew we better get out and enjoy it while we could. We had a good time, I did get very tired and we did see a few snakes other than that we had a blast just walking and talking...Ohhhh how I love country living and having places like this to get out and enjoy.

The pond back behind our home, isn't it pretty. It's such a peaceful place.

The Luxapilila Creek (the Lux) which runs back behind our home.

38 yrs old and this is the first lizard I've ever held.

Walking the rails ...
The Lux at a different location, so pretty!

Awful picture of me, but the water was so clear, I just had to get in it and wade around, I just love creeks and streams. Burrrrr the water was like ice! Ok, on our way out of the woods from the creek we walked up on this, it almost gave me a heart attack!
This was a very pretty area, all the trees over the tracks, but leaves were everywhere and I was really worried about snakes after the one we'd just seen. Good thing we were on the lookout, snake on the tracks...by this time I was totally freaked out and ready to head back home.
We decided to cut through a neighbor's farm (a couple of miles from our home) to head back home, I was ready to get out of the leaves because of the snakes!

I Went To Dreamland

The Dreamland I'm talking about is probably not the one you're thinking about.

The Dreamland I'm talking about is a restaurant and they have about the BEST bbq ribs ever I think! Their quote is "Ain't nothing like'em nowhere" and believe me, I don't think there is.

Steve and I went to Tuscaloosa today just for a fun day off to ourselves and while there we stopped and had lunch at Dreamland. Ohhhhhhhhhhhh my goodness, if you're ever in the Tuscaloosa area or Birmingham you have to try it, they have restaurants in both locations ( I also think they have other locations in the South, but not sure where). We ate at the original restaurant, it was opened some 50 yrs ago by John "Big Daddy" Bishop it's very nostalgic. When you go there be ready for some ribs because that is all they serve, no side orders, other than banana pudding which was also great! For appetizer you are served loaf bread and bbq sauce, now when I looked at it I thought what. But ohhhh my goodness, the bread was so good dunked in the bbq sauce. And their sweet tea,,,,,ohhhhhh I think it was the best I've ever had. Wish I could make it that way, don't know what it is but funny how tea is always better in restaurants than it is at home, wonder why? What's their trick?

Ok....gonna tease you all now with a few food shots.

Road to Suffrage

On this Election day I can't help but think what a battle it was for women to get where we are in the world today as far as being allowed to vote. The first women's rights meeting was held way back in 1848. Seventy years would pass before the Nineteenth amendment would pass on August 26, 1920 allowing women the right to vote.

It's really sad to me that so many people don't exercise their right to vote, men or women...

You can bet this proud American woman will be heading to the polls today to very proudly vote for John Sidney McCain and I'll be thinking of those women in the above photo marching for my rights way back in 1912.

Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone

Well, she's not exactly little but I still wonder where she's gone.

Let me tell you a little about her. Her name is Abby, we have had Abby for probably close to 7 years now. She's a black lab mix. Abby is such a sweet dog, she never roamed away from home and every time you would pull up in the driveway Abby would come greet you, of course when you started walking she'd lay right in front of you on her back wanting her belly scratched. She was such a sweet dog.

I remember the first time we saw Abby, we were down at the pond behind our house fishing and Wesley brought her home from his dad's. I thought ohhhh my goodness, what are we going to do with this dog, she was just so hyper, running all over the place, jumping up on everyone. Well after a couple of years we realized that Abby was one of a kind, such a sweet dog. She loved trying to talk to you and she was so jealous, if there was another dog around getting more attention than her she didn't like it at all, she'd run up and put her paw on you wanting you to pet her. We feel almost certain that Abby must have died because as I said she never roamed away from home. Things sure are different now without her, night time is much quieter also, Abby loved barking at night. We always joked that she sat and watched for us to turn off all the lights and then she'd start barking.

She hasn't been seen since last Thursday, we have looked everywhere we can think to look and there's no sign of her, maybe she will show back up but until then I'll be wondering where she's gone ...

Roll Tide

Friday night we debated as to what we were going to do Saturday. We knew the weather was supposed to be nice, and Steve had the day off. Well we slept late Saturday morning and at 10:30am our phone rang, It was my mother in law asking if we wanted tickets to the Alabama ballgame, Steve's aunt had 3 to sell. Yeaaaaaaa, there was our something fun to do. Only one thing, we were all in our pj's, hadn't ate breakfast and Molly's breathing treatment hadn't been done and Tuscaloosa is an hour away, the game started at 2pm. Talk about rushing, we made it to our seats in the stadium 10 minutes before kickoff.

Of course we had a blast, Alabama won! Rollllllllllllllllllllll Tide .....

Since Texas Tech. beat Texas last night and Texas was in the #1 spot, Alabama got moved up. We're # 1 !!!!!

If you live in Alabama you are most likely a Alabama or Auburn fan. I am so proud to be a Bama fan. Roll Tide was one of the first things I was ever taught to say, of course the reason I was taught that was so I could say it to family members who were Auburn fans.

If you have never gone to a game in Tuscaloosa I highly recommend that be something you do. There is nothing else like it. The atmosphere is just amazing, and no matter times how many times you hear the Million Dollar Band play "Yea Alabama" you still get chills.

Here are a few pictures from our fun day at the Bama game.

Kickoff

Me, Molly and Steve

Molly and Steve

Such a beautiful campus, I love all of the old trees

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