Tried to get pictures of the flowers we planted yesterday, our daffodills, and the Pear trees in full bloom but my camera isn't cooperating today.
SO...I'll just tell you. Yesterday it was 72 and we worked in flower beds.
Today it's only 66 but Ted got the garden tilled this morning and we planted raddises, lettuce, and some wild flowers.
I heard some bees in the trees, not the birds and the bees, just bees and that's a sure sign of spring. YEA!!!!
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
HOUSE ON THE LAKE
Many of you know we bought a little bitty house on Tim's Ford Lake ninteen years ago. We lived there almost ten years. It was the neatest place. Very small but we had good times there and Ted built the steps down to the lake and had a dock built. We bought a boat and had a lot of fun with that old boat.
We had an addition put on and Ted built a beautiful new deck. Then some guy drove by one day and said, "Still want to sell your house?" Ted said , "well, maybe". The guys asked what he wanted. Ted told him and he said, "O.K.". SOLD
ANYWAY, that was in 2002 and we ended up building this house.
Today we went to Winchester to the dentist and we always end our trip to Winchester by driving out by OUR LITTLE HOUSE. Today there was a FOR SALE sign up and we called to see how much they wanted. I think we have both toyed with the idea of someday living back there.
Well, the asking price is a mere - BIG DRUM ROLL here - $294,000
Our hearts both sank a little as I repeated the amount to Ted and we drove off.
We had an addition put on and Ted built a beautiful new deck. Then some guy drove by one day and said, "Still want to sell your house?" Ted said , "well, maybe". The guys asked what he wanted. Ted told him and he said, "O.K.". SOLD
ANYWAY, that was in 2002 and we ended up building this house.
Today we went to Winchester to the dentist and we always end our trip to Winchester by driving out by OUR LITTLE HOUSE. Today there was a FOR SALE sign up and we called to see how much they wanted. I think we have both toyed with the idea of someday living back there.
Well, the asking price is a mere - BIG DRUM ROLL here - $294,000
Our hearts both sank a little as I repeated the amount to Ted and we drove off.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
FAT TUESDAY
Well, last year we were in Baldwin, LA for FAT TUESDAY. It was great. We had never been there for Mardi Gras before but HAD gone to a parade a few years ago. This was different though.
UMCOR Sager Brown closes for Mardi Gras. EVERYTHING closes for Mardi Gras. It's a celebration and if people in Louisiana know how to do ONE thing, it's celebrate.
There were parades everywhere. Every little town had a parade. They took high school bands all around and those kids marched in every parade they could.
I had a favorite little "hole in the wall" restaurant I liked to go to in Franklin, LA and suggested to Ted we might go in there for lunch, then stand in front of his restaurant to watch the parade. BUT...when we got in there they were closed. It was Mardi Gras.
Later I chided him for being closed and he looked at me like I was from Mars and said, "IT WAS MARDI GRAS" we don't open on that day. I had to be impressed that they weren't there to collect the almighty dollar.
I wish there was some kind of celebration around here but of course we are too civilized up here in Tennessee. Well, not really. I did see that Belle Meade had a parade but I live 50 miles from there.
Oh well, memories are good.
UMCOR Sager Brown closes for Mardi Gras. EVERYTHING closes for Mardi Gras. It's a celebration and if people in Louisiana know how to do ONE thing, it's celebrate.
There were parades everywhere. Every little town had a parade. They took high school bands all around and those kids marched in every parade they could.
I had a favorite little "hole in the wall" restaurant I liked to go to in Franklin, LA and suggested to Ted we might go in there for lunch, then stand in front of his restaurant to watch the parade. BUT...when we got in there they were closed. It was Mardi Gras.
Later I chided him for being closed and he looked at me like I was from Mars and said, "IT WAS MARDI GRAS" we don't open on that day. I had to be impressed that they weren't there to collect the almighty dollar.
I wish there was some kind of celebration around here but of course we are too civilized up here in Tennessee. Well, not really. I did see that Belle Meade had a parade but I live 50 miles from there.
Oh well, memories are good.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Footprints To Our Hearts
We have six of the most exceptional grandchildren. If you don't believe, it just ask us. They all have different, wonderful gifts to share and we relish watching them develop those gifts. I wish I could live long enough to see all of them choose their lifes vocation but that's not going to happen.
We never know what they are really thinking of us but every now and then something will happen that gives us insight as to how they feel about us.
This past week-end was such an insight.
We picked Benjamin up from school Friday and he was planning on spending the week-end, which he did. We had already gotten his clothes from Connie and she also gave us a package that we were not to open until he was with us.
When we got home we came inside and he took the gift and said that we could now open it. Below is what we received. He drew around his own feet and then painted them. But...the inscription on the painting is what really got us.
To Grandma and Grandad, Love You Guys - Benjamin
We never know what they are really thinking of us but every now and then something will happen that gives us insight as to how they feel about us.
This past week-end was such an insight.
We picked Benjamin up from school Friday and he was planning on spending the week-end, which he did. We had already gotten his clothes from Connie and she also gave us a package that we were not to open until he was with us.
When we got home we came inside and he took the gift and said that we could now open it. Below is what we received. He drew around his own feet and then painted them. But...the inscription on the painting is what really got us.
To Grandma and Grandad, Love You Guys - Benjamin
Friday, March 4, 2011
FLOWERS
Every year about this time I start finding a bouquet of flowers in my kitchen. I never hear a delivery man or a truck, they just magically appear. Here are the one's I found yesterday.
Today we go to the Nashville Lawn & Garden show and I drool all over the place.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
BIG NEWS
No, I'm not expecting. THANK GOD.
But...the big news down here is a new amusement park up the road. This is to be 1500 acres of fun, hotels, water parks, businesses and will employ between 15,000 and 20,000 people. That's a LOT of people.
Property value is bound to go up. It went up drastically in Branson but so did all the traffic. We know now we do NOT want to be here when it is completed. And...there is a lot of talk but they haven't even bought the land yet.
Now we don't know if we should stay here another year or get out while we can still drive over to I-65. We saw what Silver Dollar City did to Branson and people around here haven't got a clue.
We sold our house in Brentwood for just a little more than we paid for it. Two years later the man next door sold his for $250,000 more than we got. We sold our house at the lake and doubled the amount we paid for it. Five years later the lot next door went for more than we sold our house for. I had told Ted if we sold this they'd probably discover oil out here the next year. Maybe so.
We aren't counting the money yet and if a buyer comes along I'm sure we will sell just to be out of it.
But...the big news down here is a new amusement park up the road. This is to be 1500 acres of fun, hotels, water parks, businesses and will employ between 15,000 and 20,000 people. That's a LOT of people.
Property value is bound to go up. It went up drastically in Branson but so did all the traffic. We know now we do NOT want to be here when it is completed. And...there is a lot of talk but they haven't even bought the land yet.
Now we don't know if we should stay here another year or get out while we can still drive over to I-65. We saw what Silver Dollar City did to Branson and people around here haven't got a clue.
We sold our house in Brentwood for just a little more than we paid for it. Two years later the man next door sold his for $250,000 more than we got. We sold our house at the lake and doubled the amount we paid for it. Five years later the lot next door went for more than we sold our house for. I had told Ted if we sold this they'd probably discover oil out here the next year. Maybe so.
We aren't counting the money yet and if a buyer comes along I'm sure we will sell just to be out of it.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
TELEMARKETER
Well, a lot has been happening. Nothing outstanding but today I got a good laugh from a phone call.
Anyone that knows me knows I do not like TELEMARKETERS. I REALLY DO NOT LIKE THEM. Sometimes they have no idea who they are calling, much less what they are calling about. They usually give themselves away by asking if this is "Ellen TINGSLEY" and of course I know right away they want money.
One time Connie had one call her on a Sunday afternoon and she was so sweet. When she finished I told her she needed a lesson from her mother on how to handle them. She very quietly said, "Mom, they are working". She was right.
I think of that often and try to be nicer but usually the IRISH blood just gurgles out of me before I know what happend.
HOWEVER, today I had a call and this voice said, "Elaine Tingley?" "No", I said. The voice said, "This isn't Elaine Tingley?" "No", I said. Poor guy said, "Well, I must have the wrong number." I said I guessed he did and hung up. I laughed for a good 5 minutes.
Anyone that knows me knows I do not like TELEMARKETERS. I REALLY DO NOT LIKE THEM. Sometimes they have no idea who they are calling, much less what they are calling about. They usually give themselves away by asking if this is "Ellen TINGSLEY" and of course I know right away they want money.
One time Connie had one call her on a Sunday afternoon and she was so sweet. When she finished I told her she needed a lesson from her mother on how to handle them. She very quietly said, "Mom, they are working". She was right.
I think of that often and try to be nicer but usually the IRISH blood just gurgles out of me before I know what happend.
HOWEVER, today I had a call and this voice said, "Elaine Tingley?" "No", I said. The voice said, "This isn't Elaine Tingley?" "No", I said. Poor guy said, "Well, I must have the wrong number." I said I guessed he did and hung up. I laughed for a good 5 minutes.
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