Home.............

"The mountains are calling, and I must go".

While the clean up here continues and people are trying to recover from the devastating flood we've had, my parents are suffering their own unbelievable nightmare.....These beautiful mountains that I grew up in are threatening to destroy my parents home....Several years ago a large gas company drilled a well and access road on top of the mountain behind my parents house, so much erosion and damage was caused that basically it is a volcano waiting to explode......They woke up one morning with part of the mountain coming toward their living room...I am home helping my family pack up a home that my grandparents built.....Waiting on the corporate world to put a price on a lifetime of memories..........

Waiting for the Sun...........

Today there was an 80% chance of rain but thank God the sun came out.....It was hot and humid.....and muddy.....But the water is starting to go down and people are seeing the damage that's been done. Our governor declared our county and 16 others a state of emergency...Our county water source has been flooded so we are boiling water and being very grateful we have a dry house, many homes and roads are still flooded and will not be passable for a long time...They are calling this an historic flood for Metro Atlanta....We will only suffer damage from erosion and will need to do a lot of cleaning up....We are very, very, blessed...Others are not so fortunate...So many are in shelters and others are without flood insurance....My thoughts and prayers are with so many tonight...

A River Runs Through It.............

In 2007 the governor of Georgia declared a state of emergency because of a severe drought, our beautiful state along with Alabama and parts of Tennessee have suffered greatly over the years and penalties for outside watering have been steep, at times, if caught watering your flowers or garden you could get up to a $1,500.00 fine.....What rain we have had hasn't really brought the rain deficit up to where it needs to be......But for the past few days, we have seen our share of rain....Try 16 inches of it in two days.......This is what once was our garden, it sits near a "small creek" that usually is a steady stream but now is a raging riving....All of our fall vegetables are gone along with the remaining summer ones...

Considering some people have lost their homes today, our garden and yard are nothing....It took my husband 4 hours to get home today just trying to find a way that wasn't flooded......Our forecast...More Rain tonight and tomorrow.....

Not really sure where the mailbox post came from, but I hope that's all they lost....Sorry the quality of the photos aren't great....It's really hard to focus your camera when your standing in risings water in a torrential down pour with intense lighting....The things we do for our blogs......

Rainy Day Blues...Warning This Post Makes Absolutely No Sense.........

Have you ever had one of those days where you just wanted to stay in your pajamas and not do anything else but breath, I'm talking a full blown no makeup, hair pulled up on your head and leave your bra on the chair days (of course, I'm praying we don't have company show up, this would be a terrifying site). Well, today was and continues to be my day...Nothing is pleasing to me today, I wouldn't change clothes for a two for one sale of my favorite cleaning supplies...and speaking of cleaning, it's been minimal today....My beloved has been in here several times to see if I am ready to leave my Dungeon of Despair (bedroom).....Twice he tried to tempt me with Brad Pitt in Troy and Legends of the Fall....But I wasn't interested.....He just came in with an offer for ice cream..I turned it down.....I think he's ready to call in reinforcements, especially since there's not been a crazed woman cleaning, canning, preserving or baking today.....I'm sure me turning down Brad Pitt and ice cream has worried him, but rest assured, if Mr. Pitt shows up with a bowl of ice cream I promise to shower and put on my underwear. Instead, here I lie, in the dungeon of despair talking to you about my lack of underwear......

I don't know if it's the weather that has me down, (it's been raining for what seems like weeks) or if it's the slight hint of fall coming on that has me bummed out....I don't get all excited with fall like a lot of people, I try to hold on to summer as long as I can, give me the hot weather, beach and the pool...Fall time for some reason depresses me...Of course I'm not sure why I get to concerned, Georgia doesn't really have four seasons...We have hot weather one day and a bit cooler the next....As far as snow goes...we've heard about it, and if we really want to see it, we go to the Smoky Mountains or sometimes North Georgia.

I have actually been roaming through the house today and watched a few Patrick Swayze tributes, I have been a big fan of his long before his spin at the pottery wheel with Demi Moore or those famous lines, "Nobody, puts baby in a corner"....And every woman I knew was glued to the television when he appeared as the dashing and brave Orry Main in the mini series North and South....And for all the critics who said Road House was a flop....Anything with Patrick Swayze and Sam Elliot in it, is any woman's dream....Sesame Street could be sexy with those two in it.....Wow, a post about no make-up, no underwear, the weather and Patrick Swayze.......I should title this post Another Menopausal Meltdown instead of Rainy day Blues, But I refuse to talk about my uncontrollable hot flashes and crazy mood swings........Why, because I'm sure your tired of hearing about it and thoughts of several more years of this kind of agonizing fun makes me want to run away from home and join the circus.........That's it, I'm going dig out my cut off blue jean shorts, start smoking and get a job at the Tilt-a-Whirl, the fairs in town next week.......

Trying Hard to Figure it Out............

I know when you start talking about strange phenomena or any type of paranormal activities it brings up a lot of mixed feelings in people. But trust me, I'm just like most of you and I know what the bible says or doesn't say about ghost or spirits, but nothing can explain all the things I saw growing up or the things that we are experiencing in our home now...Those were and these are real.....


It had been quite for several days and I thought we were in the clear until a few days ago...I grew up around a lot of unexplained things and can tell my share of "ghost" stories, but when its happening in my house I want a little more explanation.....I have done a little research and found out that our house sits where a barn and horse farm were (no big deal, since were not hearing horses)...In our garden, I was told that numerous Indian artifacts have been found, and we are only a couple miles from several civil war battle sites so I guess anything is possible. I'm just not sure why it's took almost four years to act up.... A lot of y'all had some very supportive comments and I really appreciated them.....Going back to the basement to work today....What ever this thing is loves it when we are down there.........I will keep you posted

What's up with the feathers Lady Gaga............

I don't think I've ever watched the VMA'S, of course since Kanye West had his little outburst on stage and rudely shocked Taylor Swift, it's been all over the Internet...I've never been a fan of Kanye's, that man has more issues than me.....I really did feel sorry for her and thought she handled herself like a professional..... if it would have been me, I'm sure I would have wanted to hit him over the head with my award....However, one video that I saw both shocked and caused me to roll over in the floor laughing...Lady Gaga, need I say more, I'm all for being different and creative, but going from covered with blood one minute to wearing a white feather wreath arond your face the next....too funny...Apparently she's some kind of musical genius who learned to play the piano at age four, wrote her first piano ballad at thirteen and showed up at the VMA'S with Kermit the Frog......Talk about issues (Maybe she should start hanging out with Kanye)......She always travels with a great big entourage and you would think that out of all those people someone would have the guts to look at her and say, "Seriously, are you really wearing that out in public"....Could you imagine sitting beside her at the VMA'S for a couple hours trying your best to keep a "Poker Face" while she is wearing this............

Celebrity or not, you know as soon as Beyonce got in her limo she laughed so hard she probably wet her pants.........I know I would have......

Strange Occurrence's Around The Palace..........

Considering the last thing I posted was Ramblings of a Insane Woman, I thought long and hard before posting this, because I'm sure what some of you will be thinking after you read this post....This is a severely menopausal insomniac with a cleaning fetish.....I know...I have issues, But I also have something else and last night was the first time we shared our "little secret" with our wonderful friends (who by the way, will probably never step foot back in our house)..Here goes....Remember, opinions are welcome and needed........Several months ago we started hearing little odd noises, not the normal house settling noises but much louder...So loud that my husband the big skeptic came into the house calling my name to see what in the world I was destroying, when he didn't see me or my vehicle he thought someone had broke into our house(I was gone to the store at this time)...He told me about it when I got home and I told him that I was awoke from the same noises one morning after working night shift....We never talked about it again (I refused).....Until........I was getting ready to run some errands and I heard what I thought was him call my name, I actually came out of the bedroom and was having a "why are you home so early,"conversation with him, when no one was in the house....I know what your thinking...This nut ball blogs about cleaning, lack of sleep and going insane...Well, she has achieved her goal...........But you see, Mr Sexy Calves is perfectly normal and very very skeptical....So when he started telling me about how he would get up and go in the kitchen and come back to the living room only to find the remote control on different chairs or on the stairs, we started paying more attention......I've heard the voices twice which is two times to much for me..........What really made me crazy was the other day........I was cleaning in our basement when I started hearing someone walking in my kitchen, then the living room....I was terrified, I had a radio on in the basement surely the robbers wasn't deaf.....So, up the stairs I went...I had 911 dialed in ready to press send and armed with a BB Gun...It's the only thing I had that was intimidating ..Other than the mess in the basement....I open the door like Annie Oakley............NO ONE........NOWHERE IN MY HOUSE..........Looking back, that was the dumbest thing I could have done, if someone was there, I could have been killed...........But my little outburst only made things worse...All day the noises where heard, at one point walking back to my bedroom....I turned the radio up a little louder and stayed there until my husband came home........Our house is only four years old and all of the duct work and plumbing are in the attic......Remember, opinions are welcome....So, whats your...Are we crazy.......Or do I need to pack up and move........

Ramblings of a Insane Woman.......

Lately I've been Oppressed, DE-Pressed and just in a Mess....I am totally convinced that I'm loosing my mind...I haven't had more than a couple hours of sleep a night in weeks (I've always had insomnia, but this is ridiculous).....Last night,while on one of my late night cleaning sprees,I told my beloved that I couldn't wait until I had my breakdown....Because then the people in the institution would give me something to knock me out......Without looking up from the television he said, "I'll be glad to knock you out now"......Dear.........I thanked him and passed on his offer....

When I do sleep I dream of Brad Pitt and Gerald Butler in Medieval custom fighting to the death over me, while I sit in a purple chair eating popcorn (secretly hoping for a tie)....

In 1987 I had a hysterectomy, My uterus is sitting in a jar of formalin at a university hospital as we speak, terrorizing young medical students...Some young buck surgeon thought it would be great to leave me with one tiny little ovary, which I'm sure has now turned into Rosemary's Baby...It continues to make my life and every living breathing creature within a ten mile radius of me.....miserable....

I'm not all hot flash's and mood swings, I'm a cleaning, canning, preserving maniac....That's what I am....I was dusting a bookshelf when I had a overwhelming urge to put the books in alphabetical order... I sat back and looked at the books and thought....It would make more sense for me to run naked with a pair of scissor through our neighborhood, than to do that.....



My beloved walked in the room looked at me and said,"Your making me tired, you should stop for the day...Don't worry, I'll make sure I make enough messes for you to have something to do tomorrow"...... He tries so hard to make me happy........One day I will get really crazy and tell you about when we first got married....My husband had been a widower for many years and I had been single for a long time....It was like Barbie moves in with G.I.Joe and lives in the Jungle...

If the words pressure washing a commode tells you anything....

I said it was all Ramblings of a Insane Woman didn't I...........

Just For Aunt G........

I want to wish my Aunt G a Happy Birthday....Yesterday was her birthday and I forgot it, so I am trying to make up for it by sending her these flowers....How's it working Aunt G?

Love you Bunches

Hippie Chick

Canning with the Queen.....

It's catchy, if I was looking for a new blog title...Lord knows I have been on a canning frenzy lately.....Today it was these beauties here.... Peach Preserves from beautiful Georgia peaches...This is the first ones out of the pressure cooker and boy are they nice....

I only suffered minor injuries with this batch...A blister on my foot..Here's a little FYI....When sugar and fruit come to a rolling boil, you should stay out of it's way....It can get ugly.

All Jacked Up.....

Check out this okra will ya! Its like okra on steroid's....Were not sure what type it is, but compared to our regular okra it didn't take much of this to fill a freezer bag.... I have taken it on myself to name it, Mamma Jamma...Why you ask...Cause this is one Bad Mamma Jamma...And we have a ton of this stuff...