I'm a new Great Aunt Again!

The proud daddy of our newest family member!
9 lbs. 5 oz and 21 inches long; he's a big boy! Michael Harrison! My niece M. and my great niece K, with baby Michael Harrison. From what I hear, she's an awfully protective big sister...and doesn't really want to share her baby brother with anyone yet! See below, that's her pushing her uncle J. away from her baby brother...LOL!

Well, Tuesday, November 11th, Veterans day was an exciting day for our family as we welcomed my great-nephew into the world. It's a little hard for me to even grasp that I'm old enough to have "great" nieces and nephews but it's a fact and I'm blessed to have them.

My oldest niece, M., gave birth to a 9 lb. 5 oz, 21 inch long baby boy; Michael Harrison and both mom and baby are healthy and are doing well and will probably go home tomorrow. I'm so happy for his mom and dad as they are the proud parents of my adorable great niece K. and unfortunately lost a baby in between these two cuties. So, congrats M. & R. & K.! I'm so happy for all of you!

Ouch! How much does a donkey bite hurt?! High Cotton Trip Part 4

Okay, so, we get "sweet" Maggie into her new temporary pen that T.'s dad built for her and everything seems to be going pretty well. It started to rain a little on us so after everyone got her settled we had all went into the house to eat some home made chili and visit and get the food ready for tomorrow.

(Pay attention - you see C. above showing me Maggie's chops - in a little while you'll see just what those chops can do...especially to human flesh!)

Then, T. went outside (to partake in a little bad habit...LOL) and we hear her calling for us to "help", "help" really loud! We all go running outside and see where poor Maggie had apparently tried to jump the fence in her new pen and she got her leg caught! It was pretty scary and L.. had to run to get the fence cutters while T & C tried to calm Maggie down until they could get her loose!

Then, as I supervise from the porch (yep, I'm lame like that as I know nothing about about tending to injured donkeys...) I hear

"HELP ME, HELP ME" as sweet C. yells for help! No, that's not her stuck in the bale of hay (but I did see this along the route when I was out shopping on Saturday) but it should have been! You see, that "sweet Maggie" had chomped down onto her forearm while they were trying to get her loose from the fence!

The following picture is a shot of what C's arm looked like immediately following the donkey bite: (p.s. Another reason why I told them that I never wanted a donkey or a jackass as a present...LOL)

OUCH! Doctor Doolittle is one tough chick! I couldn't believe that this didn't break the skin as all I could picture was that we were fixing to have to find an emergency room and try and explain how she got bit by a donkey....LOL! Whew, after all this excitement, we've got to go in the house and get ready for our big day tomorrow. Never a dull day with Thelma & Louise....!

High Cotton 65 Mile Yard Sale Trip - Part 5 - Sale Day!

Yep, you guessed it - it's Sale Day and we're up before dawn to get T & C's food booth all set up and ready to go before the crowd all arrive to shop at 7:00 a.m.. So, we all got up at 5:00 a.m., got ready, and headed to the downtown area where we were setting up the booth and got to work.

Here's T & C, and T's dad helping out, getting all set up and ready to sell their sausage dogs, homemade caramel corn (which was sooooo yummy), hot chocolate packages and drinks. Oh yeah, I helped too, in between taking pictures and getting excited about shopping on the sale!

They had to make sure the grill was up and running so you could smell that yummy sausage cooking at the crack of dawn and we were almost there.

Okay, so the sun is up, the food is out and almost ready to go and T & C are ready for their first customers! Now that we've got them ready to go, it's time for me to head out to my first sales and I didn't have to go far to find some awesome stuff! I went down just the other side of the library where they were set up and found these two very nice ladies and some great deals. Keep reading for more on that.

Oh yeah, see that little shelf just to the left of the table, I had just went down the street and bought that for $5.00 and brought it back for C. to haul back home for me in the now empty horse trailer, and these hard working girls put it to work for them as well as a display shelf and it turned out quite cute for them!

So, here's the first two ladies that I went and shopped with and they had great prices and we love that! I got 2 silk floral wreaths for $1.00 each, a horse hair wall decoration that I gave to C. for $2.00, a cookbook for $0.50, a laminated Coca Cola sign that I put on my fridge for $0.50 and some costume jewelry for $1.00.

Then, I went across the street where some more nice women and men were set up in what appeared to be an old gas station or something and I got some awesome Pyrex dishes that I love, and old red pyrex bowl, a cute denim purse, and an awesome yellow 50's cookie jar. See the pictures and you'll see what I'm talking about.

The Mirro Cookie maker and set of Red Lustro Ware Canisters came from the same group of ladies and were my favorite finds of the trip. I'd been looking for the Red Lustro Ware canisters for about 3 years and these were in great shape and were a good price - only $18.00 for the set. I see them go for $40.00 and more on ebay so I was fired up! I had found the Mirro Cookie maker booklet awhile back at a yard sale but it was just the booklet, imagine how happy I was to find the cookie press on this trip for $5.00. Can't wait to make Christmas sugar cookies in all kinds of cute shapes! The cute Christmas Table runner I found was only $0.50 and they even threw in a free T-shirt from some sort of local town run!

Anyone that knows me also knows I can hardly pass up a cute purse and I found this awesome silver one from two women called the "Girly Girlz" for a mere $2.00! It has one messed up latch but let's keep that as our little secret...shhhhhh....Isn't it sassy!
And, last but not least, I also found the cool glass jar with the gold starburst lid for $1.00 and the awesome turquoise glass dish for $2.00.

So, as you can see from all these postings of the 65 Mile High Cotton Yard Sale trip, we had a great time, found great treasures and had great laughs! Can't wait to do it again next year!

High Cotton Yard Sale Trip - Part 3 - Surprise Delivery!

It's time for the Surprise Delivery! You'll see T. as she waits behind the trailer (with no brake lights and no left blinker....LOL... good thing my NIL doesn't work for the Ag Dept. in GA....)to have our big reveal!

As you can see, we reached our final destination, T's dad and stepmom's place, and what you should know is that I didn't know that the donkey was a surprise until we were pulling up in the driveway and C. told me over the walkies, as we followed D. on the fourwheeler to the house. They live in a beautiful home that is out in the country and pretty dark, so needless to say, I was a little concerned that she wouldn't want our special delivery! But, no problem there as D. is another Doctor Doolittle, like C. is, and was thrilled with her surprise!

As you can see, Maggie was very happy to be out of the trailer and met all the family, including all the dogs.

What you'll also see here is the little baby dear, Bambi, who has taken up as a pet or a part of the family that met us upon our arrival. It was pretty amazing that this baby dear let us all feed her, pet her and be right by her as we got there; what an amazing experience. That shows you how at home animals feel at their place and they also made us feel very at home as well; thanks L. & D. and H.!

High Cotton 65 Mile Yard Sale Trip - Part 2

Okay, so, we're hitting the road and it will take us about 2 hours to reach our destination. We've both got our GPS navigation systems on board so we're sure not to get lost on the way with poor Maggie riding in the trailer to her new home. As you'll see, we had to make a pit stop at good 'ole DQ for some food and of course a couple of Peanut Buster Parfaits! (I know, I know, I shouldn't be eating those due to my diabetic situation but I just couldn't help myself; there's something about junk food and road trips that just go hand in hand!

(Oh, look closely at the shot of Ruby on my dashboard, where she pretty much hung out the entire trip, and over her shoulder you'll see Maggie's trailer - and yes, it FINALLY DOES have tags - but the left blinker and brake lights didn't want to work - it's always something with "Thelma & Louise"! Luckily, I stayed right on their bumper so no law enforcement officer would notice the lack of lighting on the trailer...LOL!

This was Sunset in Camilla, GA - probably shouldn't really take pictures and drive but I didn't want to miss this moment in the day. We were talking between vehicles and really admiring God's handiwork. It was more amazing than this picture shows but you can just imagine....

High Cotton Yard Sale Trip & Ruby Hits the Road! Part 1

Wow, was this a fun weekend or what?! I was so excited that T. & C. asked me to go along with them to the 65 mile High Cotton Yard Sale trip that runs from Fort Gaines, GA to Camilla, Ga on old Hwy 37 . You know from previous posts how much I love any yard sale and especially the kind that runs for miles, and miles, and miles...oh, I almost broke out in song!

So, I took off from work a little early on Friday, the 8th and headed out to C's house where we had to load up the jackass, yeah, you read that right, we had to load up the jackass or donkey depending on what you want to call Maggie and got ready to hit the road! T.'s dad and stepmom were so nice to invite us to stay with them so that helped out a lot and we were taking Maggie a/k/a "the jackass" to D. (T's stepmom) for a surprise for her birthday.

Look here for the pictures of how all that went down...

First, we had to pack up the truck with all the food stuff for T & C to sell so they worked hard and got that took care of lickety split! You see, they were going to work for the day and I, of course, was going to shop! Me & Ruby, that is, and you'll see her show up in the following pictures as she helped us get ready, kept me company on the road, shopped on the trip and overall, she had a great trip. Oh yeah, she's got her full name now - Ruby Rita (yeah, you guessed it "Rita" is short for Margarita...even though we didn't consume any on this trip). Check her out as she had a great time too. You'll see her walkie talkie that we used to talk between our vehicles as we made our road trip up to the sale!

Look how T. mounted the trailer hitch in order to help C. line up the truck with the hitch...careful T., don't let that thing slip and hurt yourself...Okay, now that we got the trailer hooked up, the food loaded and our walkie talkies in each vehicle, it's time to go to the pasture and load up Maggie for the trip...as you'll see, this took a bit of doing and I pretty much was a spectator and photographer for this event. It was gorgeous out here where C. keeps her donkeys and horses and they had to work their "_sses" off to get our jackass ready for her trip! Get it?! LOL!

Okay, so far, so good, notice how T. & C. were "bribing" little Maggie with some food...well, it does take a little bit of coaxing to load a baby donkey, who has never even been in a trailer, much less left their mother, to load up and take a road trip to a new home. Check out these pictures of T & C getting Maggie into the trailer while all I had to do was take pictures and close the door REAL quick, once we got her in there. Whew!


C'mon C. - you can do it, pull that donkey with all of your might...

That's it, she's getting closer....now, what I don't have a picture of (because I was actually trying to help out a little more at this point by closing the door, is that C. tied the rope into the side of the trailer and T. got in there to make sure it stayed and C. got out, lifted Maggie by her belly and she was in! Whew, did I say again how much I don't want to be responsible for any animals or their transport....

But, now we're ready, the food is loaded, Ruby is loaded, and sweet little Miss Maggie is loaded up and ready to hit the road! We head out to Georgia and checking out this view just one more time.