That's my story....

 

This story has been told many a times and I am sure differs some between my brother and sisters and myself.

When we were younger, and would go back to where my Daddy grew up. They lived down in Sinkin Cove right down Mont Eagle Mountain in TN/ He would tell us stories to keep us entertained on the way.

One of my favorites that always comes to mind was about this one time when he went fishing.........

I would imagine it was probably that time of year when spring was turning into summer. The air was clean and crisp, not yet to hot, but no where near cool. Something my Daddy like to do was go fishing.

There was this one time Daddy had caught this catfish. He put it on the line on the bank, and ever so often he would throw some water on it to keep it alive. After awhile, that catfish started breathing on its own, out of the water!

So Daddy let it off the line, and it eventually started moving around on the bank. By the time Daddy left it was moving pretty good on its own, so good that it followed Daddy home. So the catfish became Daddy’s pet. It would follow him everywhere.

One day as Daddy was heading off to school, he was crossing a little foot bridge that crossed over the creek. There was a slat missing in the bridge, and Daddy didn’t think anything about. The catfish had followed Daddy though and as Daddy got a little ways past where the slat was missing, he heard a splash. Realizing what had happened he turned around and ran back to that spot on the bridge. He looked down through the opening and saw his pet catfish belly up in the creek. The poor thing had drowned. :(

That’s my Daddy’s story and I am sticking to it. :)

You go PoGo

 

Did you have a Pogo stick when you were younger???  We did, but I was not very good at it.  My specialty was walking on coffee cans with strings that my Daddy made me.  Now when I got older like 12 or something I did have a pogo ball.  Now that I could handle.  I think the pogo stick  was one of Lisa favorites though.  I wonder if it was the cause of any of her broken arms????

Guess what my Daddy got some of the grandkids for Christmas????

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I told them "Don't go pogo right now, its raining and if you hit a slick spot it will fly out from under you!"

Did they listen?? Noooooo!!  Did they almost fall??? Yessss!!

Robin did take some good shots of them with my camera though.  Lets take a look.

 

Jim Wes

Robert Kate

Branden

L. L. got one also, but he had to leave for a basketball game and did not get to play with his here.  When I got home, he started using the pogo stick, but not like you would think, he started using it as a machine gun.  Yep sounds like him.  Well at least he can't break his arm again that way.  :)

Did you have a pogo stick?  How many jumps were you able to get to before falling off?  I think I might have been able to get to three.  Yeah I know pitiful, I am telling you I was much better on the coffee can stilt things.

A.E.P. # 2

 

 

Alternate Eating Plan Rule # 2

 

Don't let the pregnant girl (who used to be my partner in eating all things healthy) in the office bring you down with her.  Don't let the excuse, "but the baby wants some chocolate", cause you to fall further into the pit.  Remember in March she will loose some of that weight in one day, and you wont.  Keep focusing on loosing the weight that you have gained with her so far. (Sympathy eating with her)

~Love Ya J  :) ~

Surprise!!!

 

Syds best friend Jessi turned 15 the other day.  Syd and their other friend Megan wanted to do something special for Jessi.  So they decided to throw her a surprise birthday party.  Unfortunately  Megan had prior plans for the date they had for the party, so she did not make it.  :(

Sunday afternoon Syd, myself, and three other friends descended on Jessi's house.

She had no idea we were coming, so she was lying on the couch watching tv, probably ready to take a nap.  We got there and said surprise and go get ready.  Have you been around 5 teenage girls trying to get ready, even if its only one that is actually getting ready.

 

This right here is a momentous occasion.  Jess never, and I mean NEVER likes to wear real shoes.  Flip flops and flip flops only for that girl.  Even if its 20 degrees outside, but since everyone else had boots on, Jess wore her super cute black boots.

Then Jess opened some presents...

Syd gave her socks, long tall socks, cause thats what she likes to wear for cheerleading practice.  Thats her dad Ricky, hi Ricky.  Everyone say hi to Ricky.  He reads, but never comments.

So this is our group and we are ready to go.....

But go where???????

Jess has no idea where we are going, or what we are doing.  ~insert evil laugh~

We blindfolded her so she would not know where we were going.

~insert evil laugh again~

So we lead her down the cobblestone sidewalks of downtown.....

I believe this is right after Syd almost hurt them both, after tripping over the sidewalk.

And here we are at the entrance of a very special place....

Santa's Village!!!!!!!!

We had our picture made with (Notice how I say we and I am in none of the pictures)

A Gingerbread Man

A penguin...actually it was a penguin and an elf, but I did not have permission from the elf so he did not get to be in the picture.

Then with some super cute, groovy, makes everything look all psychedelic and stuff glasses.....

 

Then we passed through the seven levels of the Candy Cane forest, through the sea of swirly twirly gum drops, and then we walked through the Lincoln Tunnel. Ok not really, we went to the icicle maze Woooooo...

Notice that it is just Syd and Jess, the others were waiting in line for hot chocolate

Did I mention that it was freezing?  After quite mild weather, old man winter decided to show up for a little while on our little excursion.

While they were still waiting on hot chocolate (they had to wait forever), Syd and Jess went to go make cookies.

Waiting in line.....

 

Icing the cookies....

Eating the cookies.....

So we meet back up with the others, still waiting in line....

Here we are on the sled at the children around the world area.

Then we were off to our next location.  I didn't get any pictures there.  I did not want to get my camera taken up.  We went and saw "Twilight"!!  That was my third time to see the movie.  At the movie we picked up another girl, and after the movie we lost two girls. 

We went and ventured through Target for awhile and then we went home.  Thats my story and I am sticking to it!

I do not know what that is in their hands or where it came from.  You believe me right???

A.E.P # 1

Alternate Eating Plan Rule # 1 -

Don't beat yourself up for eating a cheeseburger and french fries (From a greasy diner, the best cheeseburgers you can get!)after your son's basketball game. I mean it was totally celebratory, they won their second game (all season!). Everyone knows that celebration dinners are totally calorie and fat free. ~duh~

(Tomorrow is another day)