Fa, A Long, Long Way To Run

When I was a kid I thought the trip to Mt. Pleasant took f-o-r-e-v-e-r. Dad would usually break up the long trip by a quick stop at Dairy Queen in Gilmer, about 45 minutes away, and half way there. He'd let us get a Coke and ice cream (or a Dilly Bar or Ice Cream Sandwich). Mom would always tell me when I complained that she and her sisters had a similar journey from MP to Cooper to visit her grandparents. She told me they would play a game to see who could be the first to spot the Cooper water tower. My sister and I would play "Beetle!" to pass the time.

Friday, Christmas Day, we made the marathon journey to MP to my Aunt Jana's for Christmas dinner number 3, and the G-man and Maddie opened presents from the cousins and aunts. Saturday we went back up to MP for dinner number 4 and had Brunch with Maw-Maw. It was great. We had eggs, ham, sausage and gravy with her famous rolls. I topped it off with an apple dumpling and Christmas was officially over.

When we were there Saturday, I got an old stove we had in our shop on Parkway. It was rusting in the barn. I cleaned it up and am preparing to put it in my barn. Here is a picture of Maddie with the flue. No, she's not sick. I told her it looked like she had the flue, and she thought it was corny.

Today G-man checked his game camera and had 56 pictures. They were mostly of deer. There were several photos taken about 20 minutes before he picked it up at 4:40pm.

This one was smiling for the camera.