KFC Murfreesboro, Tn
Gotta try their new grilled chicken!
Very good!

Mr Turnip!
Middleburg, Tn

Red Robin Jackson, Tn
This is only a half salad
But it was plenty!
Very Good!

Golden Eagle Mongolian Grill
Murfreesboro, Tn

Sweet Christmas Treats!

Homemade sushi
Yummy!
I didn't have any seaweed
But it was great nonetheless !

My new favorite place to eat!
Nashville, Tn

Good Morning!!!

Trying something new!

Trying to learn how to post to blog via I phone! Hope it works so here goes!

Sent from my iPhone

Technology With Drawls

Wow! Life sure has changed in the last 10 or so years! I don't believe I even got on the net until after I was married. Even then it was very minimal. Now it seems that if I cant check my email or update my blog or log on to FB , I'm lost and can't seem to function! So for all of you "sweet loving people" who have been hounding me to update here I am. I will not mention any names but she is my dearest mother! "hmm hmm" We have been very busy since leaving Tn and traveled many miles. We have been to Fl and are now in Tx. I do believe that one of the Ten Plagues in the OT had to be sand gnats! If they wasn't they sure should have been! When me and the kids left Fl we looked like we had the chicken pocks, our legs and arms were eat to pieces! Michael must have stunk because they didn't bother him to bad (LOL). Other than that and the fact that we have no cell service and no net in Horse Shoe our visit there was very nice! Revival with the Butlers was very good also. Then we moved on to Dundee Fl which is about a half an hour past Orlando. We had four services there with Bro. Watson and visited another church in Arbondale for an ALJC conference they were having and heard two wonderful messages by Bro. Hammond from Ga. From there we left on Wednesday and headed to Tx it was a total of 1038 miles from Dundee to Clutte. We made several stops along the way, my favorite was Foley Al. We stayed at a small campground that also had a 9 hole par 3 golf course. We arrived late afternoon and was able to play 18 holes before dark. What a fun family outing. I even beat Michael :) How sweet the taste of victory! This was Thursday evening and Saturday was Rebekah's 8th birthday and Foley has a Lambert's Cafe, so guess where we ate supper! You got it the home of the Great throwed rolls! It was delicious!!!! Then we took a short drive down to the beaches of Gulfport Al. Beautiful even by the moon light! The kids played in the sand and we all walked down to the water. The winds were ferocious. All together it made a nice mini vacation. Then it was back to I-10 ( I will elaborate later) for the rest of the trip. Thank You Jesus for keeping your protecting angels around us and our home. I am very thankful and blessed. We made it to Clutte before lunch on Saturday and spent the rest of the day celebrating my sweet princess birthday! She got a new bike from mom, dad and bubba and some twinkle toes from Normie and a dress from the Mo's. We went bowling and ate at El Toro! She had a wonderful time!
On another note, I promised an update on the yellow bug. It is coming I promise, as soon as I can find the the memory card and reader from our camera. So for now you will have to suffer and keep on looking at the slide of the kids. So sorry! Now that we will be stationed here for awhile I have full computer access at the library, which is very close and will hopefully be updating more often. Maybe I said Maybe! Be Blessed!

Dream Come True

Many years ago..... My sweet sixteen I asked my dad for a Yellow VW Bug. Well he got me one, but it was about big enough for my big toe! It was a sixteen inch die cast yellow VW. My son now plays with it. That was some 15 years ago and my dream of owning a bug has never died. This year on the 9th day of Feb my husband and I will celebrate our 14th wedding anniversary. Friday the traveling preacher made about a 300 mile round trip to somewhere in Atlanta Ga to retrieve this beautiful 1967 Yellow VW Bug. He told me he was giving me an early anniversary gift and left about 7:30 am and didn't return until 10:00 pm. He fought snow, sleet and horrible traffic to make this life long dream of mine come true. I had no idea what he had planned and when he returned and asked if I wanted what he had gotten me I was a little put out when he told me to close my eyes and hold out my hand. I couldn't believe that he had driven that far and spent that much time to bring back some thing I could hold in my hand! He handed me the keys and I think I knew instantly what he had brought me home. I raced to the door and there on an 18 ft car hauler sat the most beautiful sight, glistening in the snow, was my lil bug. Sure shes gonna need a little TLC but hey don't every girl. Mike (that's the traveling preacher) has been wanting for a long time to restore and old car. So this is really a dream come true for both of us. We are wanting to restore her to her some what original state. I will be posting updates as we go. Thank You my sweet love for making my "Dream Come True" :)

Whats up with the name?

This started out as a joke but has really got me to thinking..... Have you ever been to Tellico Plains Tn ? If you happen to go be sure to take along some dramamine and chewing gum for it is a long winding way upwards. I have yet to figure out why they call it plains seeing that it is the top of a mountain. And better yet some one sent me an invitation to a wrap party.. its some kind of wrap that is supposed to take off inches. If i were to use it they will have to call it the mummy, cause I would want them to wrap me from head to toe! ( no offense if the person who sent the invite is reading this.) This one is my personal favorite a woman's magazine that promises how to take off 10 lbs in 2 weeks or how to melt off inches and eat any thing you want and on the same cover have pics and tear out recipes for "make any day better brownies". Kinda a double standard dontcha think? (refer to mag pic) So this is where the thinking started... I was reading the other night in Romans 2:21-24 (read it) it talks about teaching other people and not ourselves it says that it dishonourest God! When people look at me do they see the name I wear "JESUS" or do they see something else? So many people to day label themselves as Christians but do not bear the fruit thereof! If we are Christians that simply means to be Christ like. When people look at me I want them to see him! How do I get there by simply creating a relationship with Him! Growing up church was all about rules and regulations, things I could and couldn't do, say, go or wear. I never really created a real relationship Jesus. So now that leaves me a couple steps behind right? Well maybe not, it did instill in me a standard that separates me from the world. But the difference now is I do it because I want to be pleasing to Christ, not because its a code I have to follow. I do it out of Love! I love Jesus and the way I live is just a small way I can show him that I do. I do not begrudge my raising, I am honored to have been raised in the home I was, but this is something mom and dad cant do for me. I want to wear His name with pride and I don't want people to be asking ... Hey whats up with the name?

First time for every thing.

I have began my journey as a blogger through the sheer genius and inspiration of my dear sister-in-law Kris. Give honor where honor is due, Thanks dear! I have got thousands of ideas running through my head and hopefully with patience and prayer at least some of my brainstorms will come to pass. A few things off the start I am an awful typer, punctuater and a worse yet speller. So please overlook these poor habits of mine. I am too quick to speak my mind and not quick enough to forgive. I have many faults but am trying very hard to overcome them. I am hoping that I have finally found a place to say how I really feel and not be to quickly judged. My outlook on this year is for a healthy mind and body. I have attempted these things many times before and have many times before failed. Even though, I am reminded of this scripture Phil. 3:13 ... Forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before. I cannot dwell on my past failures but have to have the faith that this time I shall succeed! I have claimed Peace of Mind, for mine always seems to be in an uproar as of late. Come embark on this wild and crazy journey of my life. Until next time :)