The Shelby County Antique Car and Air Show!!

Danny& I were given tickets to attend the Air Show today at the Shelby County Airport. We got there around 10:45 am and it was \~HOT~/!! We walked around to all the boths and I got all kinds of free stuff (pencils, pens, rulers, calculator, Channel 42 News coffee mug, pencil sharpener, little hand-held fan, tootsie rolls and a couple Christian bracelets). Then we walked over to look at all the antique cars, found a shaded spot for our chairs ate a italian sausage (4 me) a hotdog (4 Danny) and waited for the Air-show to begin.
While sitting there we watched the planes taking off that were taking passengers up for a birds-eye view. As the last plane took up in the air Danny noticed a little boy waving from the plane to somebody down in the crowd, which was probably his Mom. We found out later that it was the plane that crashed at the end of the runway, killing the little 11 year old boy, his Dad and the pilot. We didn't see it go down ourselves because of the way we had our chairs facing. My heart goes out to the families. I can't imagine what the Mother to this little boy is going through; losing her husband and son while watching. So tragic!!
I have the article about the crash posted below.

Fatal Plane Crash at Shelby County Air Show!!

Plane Crash In Shelby County
News42 WIAT
Saturday, September 23, 2006
It happened in a blink of the eye. A small four-seat plane nose-dived to the ground, just seconds after taking off.
The accident happened just before 1:00pm on Saturday.
The pilot of the Beechcraft Bonanza was giving rides to the public when tragedy struck.
The victims were a father and his 11-year old son from Brent, and a 62-year old pilot out of Indian Springs.
Witnesses at the scene reported hearing the engine stop. "It sounded like the engine backfired, quit and made a sharp left turn, trying to comeback to the runway, it stalled and went down at the end of the runway," said James Hulgan.
"I turned around, heard the plane engine shutdown, when I looked at it, the landing gear was up and it just disappeared," said witness Rusty Moore.
The airshow was delayed thirty minutes. It got underway at 2:00pm, and will continue on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the National Transportation Safety Board and the FAA are investigating the cause of the crash.

This story can be found at: http://www.wiat.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WIAT/MGArticle/IAT_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149190785181&path=!news

MY 55th Birthday and 1st Anniversary!!

Friday was my 1st Anniversary for my Gastric By-Pass. I have lost between 116 and 120 lbs, and I have gained a new freedom. No ,more panic disorder. It still raises its old ugly head at me sometimes thru certain situations but I am able to work my way thru it. After 10 years of dealing with it you learn the ropes and meds 'DO' help. Don't let anyone tell you they don't. They can always find one that will work for you. Just don't abuse them!



Yesterday Danny took me to the 'Heart of Dixie' Railroad Museum in Calera, Ala and we took a train ride. It was so much fun. It took us thru the backwoods of Calera. The weather was very pleasant and there was a nice breeze. From there we went to Cracker Barrel and ate a really nice meal. We LOVE Cracker Barrel. After we ate we went and parked ourselves in a couple of those nice rockin' chairs on their front porch and enjoyed watching the people coming in and out of the restaurant. Then we went on down to Wal-Mart and I got me a yummy watermelon and some yarn that they had in a clearance buggy (Crystal informed me about and I couldn't pass it up) to make me a shawl out of. That will be my present to me plus the fact that I refuse to cook today even though Danny keeps telling me how hungry he is!!

4 THINGS!!

4 jobs I've had:
GM Manager at Pelham Winn Dixie
MIT (manager in training) at Lane Bryant at the Galleria
Book-keeper for Kmart Automotive on Greensprings Hwy
Book-keeper for Siluria Textiles

4 Movies I can watch over and over:
The Quiet Man with John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara
Jesus of Nazareth
Gone With the Wind
Any Shirley Temple movie

4 Places I've lived:
Birmingham, Ala
Beville, Texas
Helena, Ala
Pelham, Ala

4 Places I've vacationed:
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Panama City, Florida
Gulf Shores, Alabama

4 of my favorite dishes:
Pizza with lots of mushrooms, olives, onions and cheese
Sushi
Anything Mexican
Rueben Sandwich

4 sites I visit regular:
ebay
amazon
several blogs
my email

4 places I would rather be right now:
Sitting out on the beach after sunset with Danny.
Back in High School knowing what I know now.
Having a fireside chat with all my deceased ancestors.
At my front door, being handed a check from the Publishers Clearing House for
several million dollars.

SO VERY SAD!

We may not agree with her Anna Nicole's life style but she loved her son. This is so tragic to me. It totally breaks my heart. I can't imagine the heartbreak she is going thru at the moment over the sudden death of her son and on top of just giving birth to her baby girl.
Entertainment News- Anna Nicole's Son Died During Hospital Visit - AOL News :

Birthday Celebration!

Mercy taking my picture as I took hers.


We celebrated Danny's birthday today. I cooked beef-tips and gravy, rice, green beans, yeast rolls, sweet tea and home-made coconut cream pies instead of birthday cake (Danny's choice)!
Keith, Lindy and Mercy came over as well as Danny's brother Mike and his wife Donna. Crystal and Daniel are still sick so I carried them some food over to them.
We had a great time. Lindy went to lay down with Mercy to get her to sleep but Mercy got Lindy to sleep instead. Keith went on to church and we stayed here to have some fun with Mercy while Lindy slept. Mercy is so full of energy and she has a very short attention span. The only time that you can get her to be still is to put in a Dora dvd. Praise God for Dora!! hahaha.
Danny and I enjoy her so much.

THANK YOU STACI!!

September 17th will be my 55th birthday! I got a early birthday present today from my adopted daughter, Staci. She knows I love cherries and teapots. She has contributed to my collection of treasures several times. I received this beautiful cherry vase today in the mail. I LOVE it!! Now every time I go buy groceries I will be buying me a bunch of fresh cut flowers to display in my vase. Thank you very much Staci. It will be displayed and used proudly!

"CONGRATULATIONS"!!

My sister, Diane and her daughter, Laurie, were baptized today.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY STAN!!

Danny and Stan share the same birthday! September 7, 1953! Was a very GOOD year.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY" DANNY!!!

Just wanted to wish the most desirable and intoxicating man alive, MY husband, Danny, a wonderfully blissful, and very blessed "HAPPY BIRTHDAY"! May God bless you with many more to come and that you get to spend them all with ME!!

Pappa and Mercy at the Petting Farm

Pappa and Mercy!

WAR EAGLE!!!

WAR EAGLE!!!!!!!!!

Our week-end with "MERCY"!!

Danny and I had the great pleasure of being able to have our Grand-daughter, Mercy, over to spend all day Saturday and then spend the night with us Saturday night. She is such a joy!
Danny went and picked her up Saturday morning. When he got back with her I was still asleep but not for long. I heard "WAKE-UP"! I turned over and there they stood grinning from ear to ear. I guess my day was to start whether I was ready or not.
We messed around the house for a couple hours, ate lunch, and while Mercy took her nap, I took a shower and got ready to go to the Petting Farm at Oak Mountain. Danny has been planning this for weeks.
After she got up, had a snack, we loaded up. On the way there Mercy spoke up, "Pappa! Don't take me home!" Danny didn't hear what she said, so I told her that we weren't taking her home, that we were going to see the animals.
We finally got to the petting farm and she was so excited. The only problem was, we got there 15 minutes before they closed. We weren't aware that they closed early on Saturday so we had a quick visit with all the animals. Mercy and Pappa had a great time. Dannt kept reminiscing back to the times he would bring Keith to the Petting Farm when he was little. We see so much of Keith in Mercy. It didn't take much coaxing at all to get her to pet the donkeys. She loved it. I think she petted everyone of them there. She even wanted to go into their corrals with them. We had a rushed visit but Pappa promised to bring her back one day when we could stay longer and maybe get to see more.
From there we went in search of the swings and slides. We found them and the swings were great but the slide was VERY tall. We only let her go down it twice with Danny climbing all the way up with her and me meeting her half way down. I'm too old for that. Nerves can't handle the though of her maybe falling over the side. This is why God gives babies to younger people.
After that we walked the nature trail and then down by the lake.
When we got back home, Mercy and I made some sugar cookies with sprinkles. That was fun.
Then I break out the play dought and play dough factory. We had a blast with that.
She spent the night with us and then we took her to church where we met up with Keith and Lindy. We hope that this is just the beginning of many more fun filled times with Mercy.

This would have been posted days ago but I have been trying to download pictures with it, but for some reason BLOGGER won't let me. GGGRRRRR!!!