Sirens Sounding

Well, we were interrupted this evening/morning. A tornado warning was placed for the Aberdeen area due to cloud circulations. Thankfully, it moved very quick, and to the N.E. But, it was neat to run outside to see the clouds light up with the lightening - very ominous. The rain was much needed since we are way under for the water table.
Unfortunately, no Dorothy, or little farm houses. DANG!!

Cool thing is, that when the sirens are sounded, they do a PA of the warning. NEAT!!

Friends!!

Are friend Kevin, and his wife Vicky, live in Collinsville, MS. His mom and dad live just down the road. And across the street from their current home, is the house that Kevin grew up in - I'll get that picture later. His parents are beautiful people. We felt very welcomed when we came over to visit. Had goobers for the first time - those are boiled peanuts for those of you not familiar - and they were real good. Mrs. Chesney is amazing, she has the most beautiful voice, so calming and reassuring.

This is Kevin's home:

It has a nice new front porch. I am going to steal it on of these days.

And this is the view across the street:

and this is my new friend-----DEMON COW!!!!!

She was the only one that actually came up to the fence to meet us. She sniffed my hand, and then sneezed on it. Oh well, another dairy product. She was a beauty though.

**Believe it or not, this is the actual size of our baby. Just 2" tall.

Wilson's Restaurant

Went to a new place to eat in Amory, MS, which is about 15 minutes away. Well, at first glance, Wilson's doesn't offer much in the decor category, but the food more than makes up for that. Even though the menu is light on items, it is not light on portions, or service.
Glenda got the hamburger plate with crinkle fries, salad bar, and drink for $6.95, and I got the BLT with spicy fries, salad bar, and drink for $6.75. Glenda's burger was awesome. It was handmade, not a frozen heap of stamped out meat. And my BLT sandwiches were great, too - crispy and not burnt.
They made a homemade Mustard salad dressing that was real good. I am not a big fan of honey mustard in any way, but this stuff changed my mind on that. It was made by our server, who is a friend of the owner. She helps her out when the owner has to go out and do personal errands. Wow, I'd like friends like that.
This is definitely a do over in my book. I would love to share this place with my family and friends. HINT HINT.

All the antiques in the restaurant are family items. They were the owners grandparents and parents items that are used to decorate the place. I thought it was kind of neat. 

The New Addition!!

Well, as you all know, I am the shopper in this household. God forbid I have a check card, or cash for that matter, in my pocket.

As Glenda and I were riding around in West Point, MS, I saw the shop - Mawmaw's Antiques - and asked - well OK I begged - for Glenda to stop by there. First thing out of her mouth was, "Don't buy anything", so of course I had NO intentions. But, there it was, an orphan lamp, all alone in a corner. Tears of heart wrenching love poured over me as I looked at the little fella. He was dusty, and need someone to lighten his little heart, so of course I "forced" myself to pull out the check card, and purchase his freedom. We hugged and cried because we both knew that life would be all the brighter in our little world on top of the piano. And here he sits to day, a little lamp with such a great future. Makes me want to cry, again. Sniff, sniff, sniff. (Is this just a little over dramatic?)

NAAAAAWWWW!!

Out and About!!

OK, Glenda and I decided to go and hunt for Beek's Cemetery late in the afternoon. Google maps is not alway correct, so this is just a fair warning. Well, after missing our turn off the first time, we headed back and turned down Beek's Road, not Burn's Cemetery Road as Google suggested - jerks! To say it was a narrow winding road would be an understatement, but it was. 
As we were head to the cemetery, we came across an abandoned house:

I so want to go inside and see what it looks like, but that will have to be on a nice early day, and it would have to  be Tommy and me.
On the other side of the road there were 3 smaller building. On of the buildings looked like this:

And, the other two looked about the same. 

As we were taking these pictures, Glenda and I heard rustling in the trees, and she started calling me to get back to the car. Well, as I was coming around to the back, I was about to take a picture of the other shed, and 3 young guys came up from behind this particular building. I said, "Hi guys, how are you doing"? They were very nice and said, "We are going to kill you!", and they pulled out there hunting knives and killed both of us. No, actually, they were very nice, but it unsettled Glenda pretty much, LOL!

Aberdeen BBQ and other BBQ places.

Well, I have to admit that the BBQ here in MS is wonderful, thus far. But, I have to admit, not everyones is that great.

Hank's

We ate the food from here for the first time today. As you can see, it is a neat place on the side of 45S heading towards Columbus, MS, just past Columbus AFB. I really liked the the place itself, but not too impressed with the food.

We got the BBQ Brisket and Pulled Pork BBQ with baked potato salad and cole slaw. We all agreed that the meats were pretty bland and the cole slaw was, too. We did enjoy the baked potato salad; it had a sour cream base and bacon bits, yum! We also got the peach cobbler, and that left little to the palette. It was soggy, and tasted like canned peaches and bread, yuck!

Over all, we really weren't that impressed with the food, but I was with the service. They were great.

Topp's

Now, if you wanna talk seriously awesome BBQ, well look no further. This is located just at the corner of Matubba and Commerce. It is a BBQ shack. They do all the BBQing in the front of the place, that way the smell will stop you in your tracks. We have gotten the Rib Tips, Ribs, Pulled Pork, and Catfish; the baked beans - not so great, Mustard Potato Salad, and cole slaw; not to mention the Topp's Dog - has cole slaw, mustard, ketchup, and who knows what else. But, Tommy said that he really like them and that we should all try them the next time around. When any of you get up here, we'll definitely take you here for some good eatin'.

Starting to Lighten Up

Hey everybody! AS some of you know, I love putting things together and creating lamp fixtures out of them. In the first picture, I ma showing you all a lamp shade that I had hand sewn from an old shade frame, scrap fabric, and crystals that had came from the World Bank in NY City - loooong story. It took me over 2 weeks to complete, along with many sore and bleeding fingers, but I think the beauty of it speaks for itself, something like labor, but I didn't have to raise it. Good thing.

The second one is a hanging lantern that Glenda and I bought from a flea market in DC, not to far from the stadium. It was a beautiful day, and as usual, you never have enough money to get all the things that you know you can use. Well, after too many years, I have finally created a hanging lantern out of the hanging lantern. What pure genius I am, bwahahahahahahaha!

I have starting taking the initiative in getting the lighting situation taken care of upstairs. I just took out the ceiling fixtures, and will be putting up at least one ceiling fan that I had redesigned, and will be creating the others as I go along. That project will be posted later - can we say WEEEEEEEE!!!

And here they are:

I love doing this stuff regardless of how aggravated I get. When all is said and done, I get to look at these. Any suggestions would be appreciated for projects that you think I could do and enjoy.