Farm March 2014

My two year old future reining champion.

Old man Diesel is patriotic. 

Ada Monroe loves her bed in the barn.

Mallie Belle Lovingood

One of my cutest greatest great nieces.   Mallie Belle

Step into Spring

"Step into Spring" at Hiwassee College with brunch and fashion show with The Lily Pad.  They were kind enough to ask me to model and LOVED their clothes.  Wish I'd had better posture lessons before hand.

Me and my nieces and great nieces

Great niece Mallie Belle.  Momma Jessie lets her

roll in the floor I guess when she is bored. lol

She's just so special!

Loved the polka dots I modeled. (Or should I 

say I tried to model.)

Brunch. YUM!

Cute polka dot dress

My fav dress and scarf.  My sweet cousin Sarah

went to The Lily Pad after the event to buy

me the scarf.  It had just sold!  She's so sweet

to think of me that way.

Hat contest number

Me and my sister Lynette and daughter Jessie who is

my niece.  Mallie Bell is My sister Lynette's granddaughter

and of course my great niece.  I love my family.

My niece Amber and sis in law Bridget

I love my family.  They are always supportive of me

anytime I am in need.  I sponsored a table at 

"Step into Spring" for us.

Back row: nieces Amber and Jessie, my sister Lynette,

my niece and friend Jennifer, my sis in law Bridget

Front: cousin Sarah, great nieces Bella and Mallie Belle.

Love them all so much!

Cousin Sarah and niece Amber competing in the hat

contest. Next year we'll all wear hats!

My sister Lynette, me and Mallie Belle

Who would have guessed....

Who would have thought that an attack by rose bushes and having proof of their viciousness stuck in my thumb and fingers would aggravate me as much as all the medical procedures in my past and the packing of infection I'm doing now?

I think I'll leave the stupid little thorns because it's freaking me out trying to pick them out with a safety pin....

Nashville Doc and Snow

My sister and I were talking tonight about my doctor's appointment Thursday in Nashville.   Seems every time  I go, which is once per week since December, it snows!  Crazy!  I've had to reschedule twice.  Sounds like there will be some snow Wednesday night.  Ugh...  This weather further complicates an already tough 3 hour drive to Nashville to see doctor....

Luckiest Dog Alive

My friend Connie's dog was on tonight's "The Walking Dead"!  Dually.  Dually was also in the movie "That Evening Sun" with Hal Holbrook a few years back.   

Tonight he was the luckiest dog in the world....

Me and Dually

Cold water but can't wait till spring....

Campaign Funnies

My family and biggest supporters. 

In 2008 election year I ran for Monroe County Trustee.  It was a tough year in more ways than just the physical and emotional brutal'ness of running a hard primary in spring and then the general election in fall.  My daddy died about a month before the primary.  It was so hard to not have him there when I won the primary.

But here is some political humor I have ran across since entering the world of politics.

Chris and I were campaigning door to door one Saturday in 2008.   He would pull in a drive and I'd jump out to go knock.  As I was approaching the porch of a house I saw something familiar. My yard signs! Probably 50 of them slung way up under the porch. Hmmm...this was not the home of a supporter of mine!   The people weren't home and I was flabbergasted.   Yard signs are expensive.  Very much so.  People for meanness will steal them. Teens will for jokes. But 50?  Whole new level.

Oh!  How I wish I'd had a phone with a camera! For that and for this:

A year after elections, 2009, I was driving through Vonore on HWY 411.  Now mind you, elections were over a year ago. Election signs were long gone. Suddenly a sign up ahead caught my eye.  It looked like one of my yard signs!  There was something over the middle but I could see the outer edges showing halves of lettering of which could only be my sign.

The closer I got I could see a piece of white notebook paper was stuck to middle of sing. Getting closer still I could read the words YARD SALE scrawled on the paper with an arrow pointing right.  Well. At least one sign was recycled for use.


The last cute funny I can think of.  A couple of years ago a friend was shopping in a local consignment store.   She was flipping through a rack and there suddenly was a "Hull for Trustee" t-shirt.  How funny.....

Jack's Haircut

Great nephew, two year old Jack, reading "The Buzz" while waiting for haircut from Jason at Jeff's Barber Shop in Madisonville.  Our friend Jeff Millsaps owns and gave Jack his very first haircut here when he was still considered a baby.

Now!  This is a barbershop!  

Deer.  Bear.  Boar.  Turkeys.  Ducks.  Barn wood.   This is the kind of barbershop I imagine Daryl Dixon from "The Walking Dead" would have gotten a haircut at pre-zombie days.

Jack

Turkey legs are coat hooks.

Employee Appreciation Day

Red Velvet cupcakes from Crowder's Creation for my staff on Employee Appreciation Day on Friday.

The Great Niece Again

Buddy for the night.  Great niece Bella who loves to fix my hair.

 

Chris's Mom

Chris's mom went through her surgery very well.  Chris is spending the night to care for her.  If all is well she will be coming home.

Bald River Falls with the Great Niece

Chelsea and I drove up to the falls tonight and of course stopped for a burger at The Beach after. Too cold outside to eat by the river but still tasted good sitting in the car with the heater.