Our Area Had A Visitor...

First let me say to all our friends and family in the Mid-Atlantic and up to the Northeast...Thoughts and prayers are with you all tonight as you endure this hurricane. Stay safe....

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After our garage sale on Saturday I found out from the boys former kindergarten teacher that Congressman Ryan would be making a campaign stop in our area today. I was "over the moon" excited, this was huge news for our area, no one famous ever comes here and I did not want to miss the opportunity.
Senior said I could keep the boys out of school, so they could attend. I wanted them to see Mr. Ryan and be a witness to some local history. I was happy and proud to pull the boys out of school today because not only does this affect my generation, but theirs as well....

We went through the gates around 11:45, Ryan was not due to speak until 2pm. But we went with friends and they boys had another little girl to play and chase around. I was pretty proud of both boys, they sat on a blanket and for having to wait 2 hours, they behaved very well.

Some one snuck signs in and the kids got a photo op:

 

 

After listening to several local politicans, it was finally time for the Congressman to come out on stage :

 

He first spoke about the hurricane, and concern for the folks up north. The campaign is dispatching buses to be loaded with relief supplies, and sending them in to the hard hit areas after the danger has passed. He also spoke about our local military and the impact it has. He looked across the crowd, and you felt like he was talking directly to you. He acknowledged all the children there with parents, and reminded us how the current administration is leaving them this mountain of debt. The message he spoke resonated with all of us in attendance. At the end, our applaud was loud and thunderous.

 



I have been very fortuante over the years to get to see in person our elected officials, in 1988 as a high school senior I got to see Ronald Reagan, then in 2003 George W. Bush came to one of the military bases and spoke. And now today, I can say and so can my children that we got to see Paul Ryan the next Vice President.

Girl vs Atheist

What is it with us Blogger Girls ?

Ick! I am feeling my good Friend Kymbers pain today. Headache, cramps...ick! not feeling good at all. My monthly moon phase is at her peak . Here it is 12:30, I am still in my jammies, and so are the boys. Even our poor puppy Ruger is feeling under the weather, I think he ate something out in the yard, because he came in yacking. So he is resting in his cage.
I am not going to complain to much about it.  Because, happy for today and not next weekend during our camping trip, which also happens to be the weekend before Senior and Mines 18 year anniversary.   : )

 The dark clouds have left, and God has blessed us with a beautiful Sunday.
We are invited tonight to our neighbors church for their annual "Trunk or Treat" festival- The church goes over the top and it is lots of fun for the kids, but I am not sure I am even feeling up to that. I want to for the boys. If I can shake this headache, then I will.

Again more prayers today for our friends and family to the north..Hurricane Sandy is going to make things interesting for them over the next couple of days. I hope all is prepared, and folks are not taking this monster storm lightly. Please stay safe up there..

Tomorrow is a big day, but that is all I will say for now. You must check back tomorrow if you want to find out why......  : )

Garage Sale Saturday

Today was the Saturday I have been planning for a couple of weeks now. Our community wide garage sale.
The weather was dreary, cloudy, and incredibly windy. The wind was so strong that Senior and I both have headaches now.
All week I battled the boys about selling toys. Everytime I put something in a box, little ND started to cry...Oh how I felt awful !. I tried telling him we need money so we can buy new ones...I don't think he cared. They were his toys, and he loves them. Then I thought how I felt when I traded in my Jeep. I could sympathize with him, and I caved.

So today, I got up early, made coffee, dressed warmly and set up in the driveway. I had lots of old halloween costumes, some scrapbook supplies, toys, boy clothes,and other odds and end. I don't think I sold one odd or end. It was mainly the clothes and toys people were after. Which was a sign of the kind of economy we are in. I even had some pint and jelly canning jars out. Only one person looked at them and then she thought my 8.00 for the entire box was too high.

Then Senior added some more guy appropriate items. Most of those sold. I was surprised by the men who were out shopping..again-you can tell what kind of economy we have.

In the end, it was a good day for us, we brought in 80.00, didn't sell everything, donated what we had left over. Which always makes me feel good to be able to make a charitable donation and help people out.

Welcome and Such....

We got some new followers to my clothesline. A big hearty Welcome goes out to :
Sweetvintageofmine,Beth Marie, Sweet Marie,  and Graybeard. Thank  you for hitting my follower button. I will try to do my best to respond to all your comments. I hope I have
 not forgotten anyone-If So then please accept my apologies.

Some have wonderful blogs of their own that I have stopped by and checked out. So go over and tell them I said "Hello".
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Now that we have the formalities out of the way, my hubby  at his blog: SENIOR'S MESS did an outstanding post last night about our Excel Food Prep list that we use. He meticulously developed it and did a in depth post on the subject. I recommend you check it out if you want to get your food preps better organized. Its always nice to  know what exactly what you have and for how many days.

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Hurricane Sandy is off our coast and we are enjoying cloudy skies and wind. I do pray for those folks in the mid-Atlantic and northeast who are in her sights. They say a 100 year storm is in the making. Stock up and get prepared now.
So with our weather today being kind of crummy, Senior and I took off to the gun range. It has been a little while since our last day there, and he has been wanting to try out the new Blackout 300 he built.
here is a sampling of my groupings :

This is with my Glock--okay so I got a few shots in the black..

 

 

With my Ruger 10/22 and the Archangel Conversion

yea I think I killed the guy !

 





Picture of the Day...

It has been a while since I posted one of these. So here you go. This is a car wash in Tennessee...looks like those voters have their minds made up.

Good Gawwd Thats a Big Tater!

What is it about a cool fall day and sweet potatoes? They just seem to go hand in hand. I remember as a kid, I loved them so much. I would cut up my pork chop and mix it all together.

 Tonight for our supper, we are having left over ribs from Sunday; everyone wants corn, but not me.  I don’t care for canned yams, or sweet potato soufflé. Just give me the red beauty baked in the oven, and smothered in butter.

 So, I took off to the produce stand. Much of what they had was from Georgia and small.  When I get a sweet tater, I want a big one.

Then I found another box. Yeah that is what I am talking about!

Big, red, and sweet and exactly, what I needed to bring a smile to my face.

I get the kids, home and walk in with my treasured beauty.

Wash it off, and then Senior says: “good gawwd that’s big!
Are you hungry or something?”

“Why yes I am, is that a problem”? I said with a raised eyebrow….

“Uh no..just sayin..thats big”

“MmmmHmmmm” I say

 

I clean up my tater, and wrap her in foil. I preheat the oven to 390 and gently place it on the rack to bake. Ohhh! I can’t wait to inhale that delicious smell at supper time. To cut her open and let my taste buds absorb my first sweet potato of the fall season