Sunday in Lexington...

Hi all! I was showing mom how to transfer her pictures from her camera to her computer and we wanted to post the pictures from Outback on here for everyone to see! We will get our next trip planned before too long!

Love and hugs! - Sarah

This is a funny that I thought would brighten everyone's day!

This is hilarious as all get out and if you don't smile and laugh something is wrong and we need to get you to a doctor! The laughter catches like crazy and I laughed so hard I cried!
Enjoy!!

Listen to the guy in the middle when he laughs....
Turn up the speakers I was crying with laughter.
I hope you enjoy this as much as I did!
Double-click or copy and paste:
http://videos.komando.com/2008/06/04/mans-surprising-laugh/
Click arrow to play

Oh Yeah I Forgot....

It's me again! I forgot I was going to put a picture of Jenn's desk on here. If any of you all remember mom's smaller wooden desk that she used, she gave it to Jenn and I have redone it too. I have been in a fixer upper mode lately and just wanted to revitalize furniture. Nothing like hand me downs redone!!

Also, I wanted to tell everyone that I really enjoyed getting to see everyone that I did. I wish everyone could have been there and gone with us, but...there is always next time we go. We will have to make plans and meet up in Lexington again in about another 3 or 4 months. Whenever everyone is available and has time.

XOXOXOX

-Sarah- :)

Ta-da!! Here is the finished product...

So....I am pretty much so finished with mom's basement. I need to put up a couple of little things still and mom is going to do some kind of paint job on the grey primer wall. Other than that I just have furniture to move around. YAY!!!

Here are some of the pictures that I took today as I was setting stuff up. I am proud of her basement now!! LOL! It looks much more up-to-date and alot brighter as you can tell. Now if we can just the upstairs finished, mom will be rockin' in a completely re-finished house...at least on the inside.

XOXOXOXO

History Lesson on Kentucky

For those of you who live in Kentucky
you might find this interesting.
And for those of you who don't,
YOU might also find this interesting.

Today's history lesson!

1792 - Kentucky was the first state on the western frontier to join the Union .


1816 - (first promoted) Mammoth Cave , with 336+ miles of mapped passages, is the world's longest cave. It is 379 feet deep and contains at least 5 levels of passages. It's second only to Niagara Falls as the most popular tourist attraction in the US . It became a National Park on July 1, 1941.

1856 - The first enamel bathtub was made in Louisville .

1883 - The first electric light bulb was shown in Louisville . Thomas Alva Edison introduced his invention to crowds at the Southern Exposition.

1887 - Mother's Day was first observed in Henderson by teacher Mary S. Wilson. It became a national holiday in 1916.

1893 - 'Happy Birthday to You', probably the most sung song in the world,
was written by two Louisville sisters - Mildred and Patricia Hill.

Late 19th century - Bibb lettuce was first cultivated by Jack Bibb in Frankfort , Kentucky

1896 - The first (known) set of all male quintuplets was born in Paducah .

1934 - Cheeseburgers were first tasted at Kaelin's Restaurant in Louisville .

1937 - The first Wigwam Village Motel, with units in the shape of a 'teepee', was built by Frank A. Redford in Cave City

The world's largest baseball bat, a full one hundred twenty (120) feet tall
and weighing 68,000 pounds, can be seen at the Louisville Slugger Museum in Louisville (Jefferson Co.).

Chevrolet Corvettes are manufactured only in Bowling Green .

Covington (St. Mary's Cathedral-Basilica of the Assumption) is home
to the world's largest hand blown stained glass window in existence.
It measures an astounding 24 feet by 67 feet and contains 117 different figures.

The world's largest crucifix, standing at sixty (60) feet tall, is in Bardstown (Nelson Co..).

Fort Knox holds more than $6 billion worth of gold - the largest amount stored anywhere in the world.

The JIF plant in Lexington is the world's largest peanut butter producing facility.

Kentucky has more resort parks than any other state in the nation.

Middlesboro is the only United States city built inside a meteor crater.

Newport is home to The World Peace Bell, the world's largest free-swinging bell.

Pike County is the world's largest producer of coal.

Pikeville annually leads the nation (per capita) in consumption of Pepsi-Cola.

Post-It Notes are made exclusively in Cynthiana , Ky.

Shaker Village ( Pleasant Hill ) is the largest historic community of its kind in the United States

Christian County is 'wet', while Bourbon County is 'dry'.
('wet 'sells liquor; 'dry' does not)

Barren County has the most fertile land in the state.

Lake Cumberland has more miles of shoreline than the state of Florida .

Kentucky is best known for its beautiful blue grass. And, let us not forget about the basketball and the Race Horses !!

And then there more interesting things about this state................For example, below are some 'rules for rural Kentucky '.



THE RULES OF RURAL Kentucky
ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Listen up City Slickers !

1. Pull your droopy pants up. You look like an idiot.

2. Turn your cap right, your head isn't crooked.

3. Let's get this straight; it's called a 'dirt road..' I drive a pickup truck because I want to. No matter how slow you drive, you're going to get dust on your Lexus. Drive it or get out of the way.

4. They are cattle. They're live steaks. That's why they smell funny to you. But they smell like money to us. Get over it. Don't like it? Rt. 80 goes east and west, I-75 goes north and south. Pick one.

5. So you have a $60,000 car. We're impressed. We have $150,000 corn pickers and hay balers that are driven only 3 weeks a year.

6. So every person in Southern Kentucky waves. It's called being friendly. Try to understand the concept.

7. If that cell phone rings while an 8-point buck and 3 does are coming in, we WILL shoot it out of your hand. You better hope you don't have it up to your ear at the time.

8. Yeah, we eat taters & gravy, beans & cornbread. You really want sushi & caviar? It's available, at the corner bait shop.

9. The 'Opener' refers to the first day of deer season. It's a religious holiday held the closest Saturday to the first of November.

10... We open doors for women. That is applied to all women, regardless of age.

11. No, there's no 'vegetarian special' on the menu. Order steak.
Or you can order the Chef's Salad and pick off the 2 pounds of ham & turkey.

12. When we fill out a table, there are three main dishes: meats, vegetables, and breads. We use three spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup.
Oh, yeah....We don't care what you folks in Cincinnati call that stuff you eat...IT AIN'T REAL CHILI!!

13. You bring 'coke' into my house, it better be brown, wet and served over ice.

14. You bring 'Mary Jane' into my house, she better be cute, know how to shoot, drive a truck, and have long hair.

15. College and High School Football is as important here as the Lakers and the Knicks, and a dang site more fun to watch.

16. Yeah, we have golf courses. But don't hit the water hazards- - it spooks the fish.

17. Colleges? We have them all over. We have State Universities , Community Colleges, and Vo-techs. They come outta there with an education plus a love for God and country, and they still wave at everybody when they come for the holidays.

18. We have a whole ton of folks in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines. So don't mess with us. If you do, you will get whipped by the best.

19. Turn down that blasted car stereo! That thumpity-thump crap ain't music, anyway. We don't want to hear it anymore than we want to see your boxers. Refer back to #1.

20. 4 inches isn't a blizzard - it's a flurry. Drive like you got some sense in it, and DON'T take all our bread, milk, and bleach from the grocery stores. This ain't Alaska , worst case you may have to live a whole day without croissants. The pickups with snow blades will have you out the next day.

A true Kentuckian will send this on!!!

Just another post...

So anyhow, I don't know if I am the only one reading and posting on here, but what the heck is going on with all of ya'll??? I know everybody else has stuff going on that they want to blog about so I think we all need to start typing!! LOL! Anyhow, I wanted to light a fire under some keyboards and hopefully everybody will start getting on here.

As for our girls day out, we were wondering if anyone is interested or if anyone is able to go? I had posted a comment to the other post about our girl's day out that I can't go on the 21st....it's my husband's birthday. I am game for any other weekend though. We need to set a date and get together and go see the boy's in Lexington. Ya'll give me a yell back or post a comment whichever. My home number is 606-425-5494 and if I don't answer, leave me a message or you can call mom and let her know.

Love and hugs to all!

Shazam and here's mom's basement!

LOL!!! So I finally remembered to take my camera to mom's with me so I could get some pictures of the on-going work we are doing out there.

Here are a few of the basement. The one of the floor that looks just like concrete with junk is the semi-before picture...the original floor was the lovely brown (faded orange) indoor/outdoor carpet from the 70's when the house was built that bubby and JD pulled up. I am almost finished with the floor (3/4 of the way there) and only have 1/4 of the floor to do along with rearranging the furniture and putting up new baseboards. The floor is a tan epoxy with blue, black and white paint sprinkles in it. The steps are no longer the lovely greenish colored shag carpet as you all can see and they are now the tan epoxy paint with blue glitter in the sealer that we put on them. The walls...no longer white primer and wood grain paneling, they are now soft yellow. It is still a work in progress, but will hopefully be finished soon!

Anyhow, mom said that when she is finished de-cluttering her house we are going to take pictures of the furniture that will be up for grabs and we will get them posted on here for everyone to take a look and put in their request(s).

I hope everyone is doing good and until next time....HUGS and LOTS OF LOVE!

-Sarah-

Girls day out?

Hi girls! So me and mom were talking this morning and wanted to throw an idea out there to see if there would be interest. We thought about us having a girls day out in Lexington so we can make sure the men are doing good and see what we can do to help them out or make their stay in Lex a little more comfortable. Plus that we want a shopping day out....LOL! Anyhow, we were discussing possibly the 21st or the 28th of February for our outing. You all let me know if either of the Saturdays will work for you all and we will see if we can't get together for the day. I figure we can check on the men in Lex and go to lunch/dinner and go shopping. (We should hopefully have tax money back at that point to where we can at least treat ourselves a little bit.) Anyhow, you all let me or momma know and we will get something set up.

We got more snow this morning and school is out again today, hopefully there is more coming our way over the next couple of days. I will try to get some pictures of my pet project at mom's house up on here in the next little bit too. You all will be suprised, suprised, suprised!

Anyhow, Love to everyone and hugs....we will be back on here later!

xoxoxoxo