Happy Friday!!!!!!!!!

I hope everyone has had a nice week. Mine has been pretty busy with errands, working in my flowers and house work. Seems like there's always something to do.

We have wonderful neighbors and two of them have gardens. They share their items with everyone in the neighborhood. Everything they bring to us taste so good. YUM!!!! There's nothing any better than fresh produce.

Any plans for the weekend? We don't really have much going on. Terry came up last weekend and helped us cut down some tree limbs and straighten up a couple big bushes. He loved using the chainsaw. He worked it like a pro. We ended up completely filling the bed of our truck with all the debri. Never thought we would have that much but when we went to the compost to dump it we had a total of 220 pounds. That's a lot of branches.

That's about all the scoop on the happenings in Marion. Take care and have a nice weekend.

Our trip to TN

Hi,
Bob and I went to TN to visit dad this week. Bobby, Benita and Robert were there also. We had a good time visiting with everyone. While there we went to a couple great places. One was a house that looks like a spaceship. It is so cool. If you have $134,000 the house can be yours. Below are a couple pictures. You can also go on the Internet and do a virtual tour of the house. The first picture is a staircase that goes up into the house. It's the only way into the house.

We also went to the Jack Daniels Brewery in Lynchburg, TN. Their operation is amazing. Your not able to sample the liquor because it's a dry county but you get to go into the factory, which is huge, and see every aspect of how they make the product. The factory is very large and it takes about a hour to do the tour. The first picture is of the old office that Jack Daniels used to work from when he was living. The guy in the straw hat and bib overalls was our tour guide. He did a wonderful job!

In the picture above Robert is standing next to a bronze statue of Jack Daniels. In the background is a natural spring. The water from the spring is used to make Jack Daniels whiskey.

Before you go on the tour they have a building that has several displays that explain the process of making Jack Daniels. Bob is the one in the middle, blue shirt with tan shorts, checking out one of the displays.

Above is Bobby and Robert in front of another statue of Jack Daniels. Check out how much taller Robert is than Bobby!!! :)

Bob, Robert and I went fishing also. Well, I should say Robert and I went fishing. Bob took care of stringing our fishing poles, putting the crickets on the hooks, untangling our lines and whatever else we needed. I did catch a fish though. Dad called it a Brine. It wasn't real big but I was so proud...

We went to mom's grave which is something we do every time we go to TN. We got some really pretty flowers for her grave. It's amazing how nice they keep that cemetery. The workers do a good job.

Dad and I went walking one morning at a walking track in Dayton. They have walking trails that start on one side of highway 27 then you go under the highway to another large walking area. The scenery was really nice. You had a lot of trees and water to look at . Dad and I walked 3 miles at about 3.4 mph. I was so proud of us.

Also, I talked to Kathy today. As most of you know her whole family has had Swine Flu. Thankfully she said their all over it now. She said Martin had it the worse. For her and Dwayne the worst part was headache but Martin ran a real high temperature, vomiting and also the headache. Martin is fine now and he is back to playing soccer.

I have more pictures and will try to get them posted soon. Have a good weekend. Take care.