Wizard 106 Hosts Le Bonheur "Miracle Maker" Radiothon

Another great event I will be getting to help with. I helped last year & it was terrific. My Wednesday night Kindergarten class for the last 2 years have been Change Wizards & we are right now in the process of our 3rd year. Both years each class has collected around $250.

Wizard 106 Hosts Le Bonheur "Miracle Maker" Radiothon
Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center and Wizard 106 will host the 8th Annual Radiothon at the Mall at Barnes Crossing in Tupelo, MS. All proceeds will benefit the children' s hospital.
The on-air Radiothon will run:
Wednesday, Sept. 10, 6 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 11, 6 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 12, 6 a.m. – noon
We need your help! Call in during the Radiothon and be a Miracle Maker by pledging $15 a month for 12 months. Also, you can help the patients at Le Bonheur by participating in the Change Wizards program. Collect change from your co-workers, customers and friends. For more information about the Radiothon or Change Wizards, contact the Le Bonheur Regional Development Office at 662-348-5505.
Before, during or after the Radiothon, you can support Le Bonheur by visiting www.lebonheur.org/donatenow.

When you give, please direct your donation towards the Tupelo Radiothon.
Start Date and Time:
September 10, 2008 on 6:00 AM
End Date and Time:
September 12, 2008 on 12:00 PM
Address:
The Mall at Barnes Crossing1001 Barnes Crossing Rd # 106Tupelo, Mississippi MAP

For more information please contact: Connie Haygood

Missing my Hometown

After visiting a site tonight I miss my hometown once again. Here is what is going on at the moment. Once a month we have what is called First Sunday / First Monday Trade Day. I remember always being drug uptown or downtown as we call it. I would love to be drug now to it. Anytime I am back home I make a point to go. Labor Day is one of the largest.
I spotted my Aunt Lottie in a picture. Not hard to spot her. ......."Quilts and Crafts" lady.

Go take a look at some of my hometown HERE & HERE & HERE ALSO.

Take a look at a bit of the history of how it started.

Meet the new Mayor, my cousin, Mayor Elect Melton Potter.

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

My Brother-in-law

My brother-in-law is Director of Missions for Sand Mountain Baptist Association & sent me this link to the update of rebuilding. We are all very proud of him.
Ignore the Marshall County thing, the woman didn't know if she was in Jackson or Marshall County. She is in Jackson County! They also took out every refence to Jesus they could possible do. Here is what my BIL sent me.

"1. They again edited out all my references to Christ, faith, the Lord, and Christians.
2. I shared something from the story of the Good Samaritan and they only used the last part, which didn’t make sense without the whole story. Here’s what I shared – “There are four characters in the story of the Good Samaritan. One had the attitude, ‘What’s yours is mine, I’ll take it.’ Two had the attitude, ‘What’s mine is mine, I’ll keep it.’ The Good Samaritan had the attitude, ‘What’s mine is yours, I’ll give it’.” And then what you see on the video – “The community, the churches, they’ve had the attitude “What’s ours is yours, we’ll give it….”
3. The story was titled “Marshall County…” instead of “Jackson County…”

Oh well."

http://www.waff.com/global/video/flash/popupplayer.asp?ClipID1=2857464&h1=Marshall%20County%20Recovery%20Team%20Nears%20End%20of%20Project&vt1=v&at1=Video%20Player&d1=112067&LaunchPageAdTag=Video%20Player&activePane=info&rnd=12765544

The big "R"

Well we all come to a time in our lives we start thinking the big "R". Retirement. We have in the last few years leased all our vehicles. Well now in our 40's we are thinking long term vehicles. If you can say long term. We want something we can get paid off quick but still be worth driving after. Well no cute-little-sporty-great-gas-mileage car for us. Gas prices just seem to go back & forth but for now we will try this. Jeff had been looking for days on end. I still had my heart set on an SUV because of the convenience of it having two growing boys. My Dodge Durango lease was up last September & now the Ford Explorer truck is up this month. I had wanted a 3rd row seating. Of all places Jeff checks e-Bay & finds several that fit what we wanted. A couple did not work out but found this one in Texas. He & Chris (our 10 year old flew to Dallas Texas Friday night, sealed the deal Saturday morning & drove the Denali home by Saturday night. Fully loaded with all the bells & whistles. Not to bad for a 2006 model. Now we have to look for that cute-little-sporty-great-gas-mileage car to save on what this monster will soak up.

Chris really enjoyed flying with his dad. His 3rd trip on an airplane. Jeff travels alot so once they made it to the airport in Memphis he upgraded to First Class & Chris thought that was just the best. Well if this is a blessed life then I guess we have it. We have worked so hard for the things we have in life but sometimes just the simple things in life like sitting in First Class is all you need.

Well off to bed I hope I go. I just finished stuffing envelopes that were invites to a family reunion back home. So much sadness this past year but now a time to come together & see family that you may never get the chance to see again. You never know in life.

Quote added

I added a little quote to this photo. I have always loved this little saying I heard years ago.

Letter from a friend

I received this from a friend on mine today.


Hello all my dear friends I do hope you will repost this to all your loved ones.
As many of you know a week ago today I lost two very special people, my 5 yr old great niece and 20 yr old step-daughter due to a 4 wheeler accident. No one knows what happened other than she lost control of the vehicle. Wearing a helmet may have saved the 20 yr olds life but the 5 yr old was cut in half.
Today just a week to the day later I got a call from a church member that there will be no church due to one of the members 14 yr old son some how lost control of his 4 wheeler and is being transported to the hospital. While we still don't know the extent of his injuries luckily he was wearing a helmet. His name is Alex if you could keep him on your prayer list.
He is a very experienced driver of 4 wheelers & been doing it since he was little.
Please if you own a 4 wheeler make sure you use all precautions. Don't put small children on it. I seen a lady on my way home today driving a 4 wheeler with a child who didn't even look 3 sitting in the front.
Remember life is short. Don't make it shorter then it has to be.
Love your friend,
Michelle Webb

Storms moving through Tupelo

The cloud that lingered after the heavy rain passed through.

Got a nice light show from it.

The show that followed.

Can anyone relate?

Sad addition

Be sure & visit my other blog & read the post of "Sad Addition".
We lost a beloved family pet that I had the privilege to be a pet parent to.

Click on........ DeerField Point

Storms today

Well I'm not saying we didn't need the rain but........I could do without the strong storms. I went to drop my son off at a swimming party & before I could make it back rain hit like BAMM. Could barely see to make it to my driveway. Jeff had Matthew go & get in the inside bathroom until it passed over. Matthew took what was important to him. Our newest cat, MAC. Some kind of strong wind had dropped down. I had a plastic Adirondack chair on the front porch that wound up broken in pieces in a neighbors yard & several things blown around the yard. One of my poor little crepe myrtles about 8' tall didn't fair very well. You can see in the picture. Alot of limbs were down in our yard. I messed up an umbrella walking under a tree. About the time I went under a big limb fell & hit me. My umbrella that is. Our neighbor was not so fortunate. Bradford Pears are notorious for breaking in the slightest wind. They had 3 cars buried in one that snapped. Not much damage but still a headache to deal with. My neighbor had 2 sections of their fence fell into the other neighbors yard. That can be put back up. They have their house for sale also & the real estate sign was flat on the ground. I went back to pickup my son from the swim party. They didn't get the bad stuff from the storm but swimming was out. For some odd reason the hostess did not want water fried kids at the party. (I am kidding) They still had alot of fun there inside playing.

Any of my family that knows me can guess what I grabbed to go back out & pick up Chris from the party. DING DING DING We have a winner........my camera. Come on a storm comes over & me not take it with me. Get real.

My poor little crepe myrtle

Limbs scattered in the yard

The one that got me

My neighbor that didn't fair as well. 3 vehicles under this.

My husband in yellow. Mention a chain saw & tools & they are like kids.

KIDS ARE QUICK

Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it!

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TEACHER: Maria, go to the map and find North America

MARIA: Here it is.

TEACHER: Correct. Now class, who discovered America ?

CLASS: Maria.

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TEACHER: John , why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?

JOHN: You told me to do it without using tables.

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TEACHER: Glenn , how do you spell 'crocodile?'

GLENN: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L'

TEACHER: No, that's wrong

GLENN: Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it.

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TEACHER: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?

DONALD: H I J K L M N O.

TEACHER: What are you talking about?

DONALD: Yesterday you said it's H to O.

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TEACHER: Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn't have ten years ago. WINNIE: Me!

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TEACHER: Glen, why do you always get so dirty?

GLEN: Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are.

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TEACHER: Millie, give me a sentence starting with 'I.'

MILLIE: I is..

TEACHER: No, Millie..... Always say, 'I am.'

MILLIE: All right... ;'I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.'

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TEACHER: George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry tree, but also admitted it. Now, Louie, do you know why his father didn't punish him?

LOUIS: Because George still had the axe in his hand.

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TEACHER: Now, Simon, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?

SIMON: No sir, I don't have to, my Mom is a good cook.

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TEACHER: Clyde , your composition on 'My Dog' is exactly the same as your brother's. Did you copy his?

CLYDE : No, sir. It's the same dog.

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TEACHER: Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?

HAROLD: A teacher

And our pick is...

Prince Blackey Mackey Patty

"MAC" for short

We decided to adopt a kitten from our litter that we fostered.

I wish I could have kept them all but......well 9 kittens is a bit much.

Mac was our pick. Can't really pinpoint the reason we decided on him. All the kittens were so adorable. If you can click on his picture zoom into his tag on his collar. I found this little clip at PetSmart. It has a skull & cross bones & reads "Bad Kitty". It was too cute to pass up. Poor baby has surgery Tuesday for his snipe snipe surgery.

SPAY NEUTER - SPAY NEUTER - SPAY NEUTER - SPAY NEUTER

My newest bandwagon remember!

I always pass this sign on my side of town. I hate it when people think their pets are throw away pets. i.e.--You get a job out of town but you don't move your pet with you. Wake up--you picked it as a new family member. Stick to your comittment. It isn't a piece of trash to dump off somewhere.

Sorry up on that bandwagon again!

Thank you Dr. Kirkpatrick & Dr. Ganas' office for the sign!

Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody.

This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody.

There was an important job to be done and Everybody was asked to do it.

Everybody was sure Somebody would do it.

Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it.

Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody's job.

Everybody thought Anybody could do it but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it.

It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.

Happy Birthday Alicia

~HAPPY 22nd BIRTHDAY TO MY FIRSTBORN~

ALICIA

Seems like yesterday that these photo's were took. Now she has her own baby in her lap. Happy birthday to my daughter. We love you.

Mom, Dad & your brothers