My Wonderful Award.............

BEAUTIFUL BLOGGER AWARD
Thanks to my wonderful Kentucky friend Andora for giving me this award..Please visit her blog at http://www.andoraslife.blogspot.com/ If you want to see her amazing photography and read about the beautiful life she lives in the mountains of Kentucky..She's the proud Mama of two Marines, and I'm lucky to have her as a Bloggie friend!!! Thanks again Andora...

Here are the rules...You need to say something nice about the person who gave you the award, copy and paste, share a few little personal details about yourself, and pass it on...

Your suppose to share ten things people don't already know about you and pass this award to ten other bloggers. My blog is like a diary, if I think it,I write it, therefore you know it...Maybe here are a few things you don't know...

1. I absolutely hate perfume (on me).I have never found anything that I can stand, on a very rare occasion I will use Dolce and Gabbana Light Blue Body Lotion.

2. I have walked with a limp for the past ten years...No matter how pretty the shoes or how expensive the purse is....You can't make a limp sexy....

I have degenerative arthritis, I've had several total knee replacements, my right hip and shoulder are shot....But I can still walk and I keep my sense of humor. When I was working full time I took anywhere from twelve to fourteen ibuprofen a day for the pain...."Hey, it's better than crack".......

3. I suffer from insomnia...Always have...

4. I am the middle child...( That should explain everything)

5. We didn't have indoor plumbing until I was a teenager..(Shaving your legs in a galvanized wash tub was not fun, especially when your tall).

I know, that's not ten..... But I tell y'all so much stuff already.....

Here's my ten...

Jenn at http://www.ordinarychristianwomansheart.blogspot.com/

Linda at http://www.lindamblog.blogspot.com/

Buttercup at http://www.buttercupcountsherblessings.blogspot.com/

Sandie at http://www.chattycrone.blogspot.com/

Jann at http://www.jellenblackhills.blogspot.com/

Mona at http://www.girlinmontana.blogspot.com/

Linda at http://www.truthfultidbits.blogspot.com/

Kelly at http://www.myvoicemyview.blogspot.com/

Linda at http://www.ljm-alacarte.blogspot.com/

Monica at http://www.corgi-express.blogspot.com/

You ladies make blogging fun...

Something New From Organically Yours.....

I've been busy making gift boxes for my little side business, I hope I came up with a cute idea here...What do you think? Here's two of them.

Set includes

8 oz jar Foaming Body Butter (with Jojoba Beads for exfoliation)

4 oz jar of Moisturizing Body Lotion

5 oz bar of Soap

1 tin or tube of Lip Balm in assorted flavor's

And I asked my daughter to hand paint a soap dish to finish the set off....

All products are Organic and Natural and comes in any scent you like...

A Day In The Life Of............

I did an assignment for Photography class called A day in life of_____(something). I choose a park bench.....My series started out simple enough, I choose an early morning shot before the days activities began.....

I believe park benches are romantic, and it just so happened that I captured a sweet couple sharing a romantic moment.....How lucky was I.....(Thank you sweet romantic couple, A.K.A. my daughter and son in law)

There was the Mother trying to read her magazine while her boys played...

The runner cooling down

And the ice cream that wasn't wanted......

But my favorite was this, my honorable mention....While walking through the park with my daughter we stumbled across this site

I wasn't sure if we had came across a crime scene or a homeless Waffle House worker, but then again it could be a transvestite who loved to trout fish....This picture needs color for you to really appreciate it...When do you walk upon a park bench with a can of trout bait, a empty pack of twix candy bars, a curtain and a Waffle House hat hanging on it...On the ground was three BIG bras, a girdle, flip flops, a house coat (not a robe, there's a difference) and a very sequined patriotic sweater....This was definitely a photo opportunity

If park benches could only talk......

Happy Birthday Hope......

Happy, Happy Birthday to my dear friend Hope.....We've been through a lot of things together, but one thing is certain......You will still be older than me!!!!!

I love you girl!!!

My Thoughts On A Sad Tragedy.........

Most of you know that I grew up in the same coal fields as those killed in that horrible disaster in southern WV. My brother actually worked with one of those men. My heart breaks for the families of those that have lost loved ones and I know that the entire community for each grieves. Miners are a close knit brotherhood, much like firemen or policemen...They know the dangers that lie inside a mountain of coal each time they go underground, just like a firemen knows a building is burning, he doesn't let that stop him, he proudly does his job....

I know what it's like to wait by a phone when you've heard of an accident and I know what its like to meet a ambulance at the Emergency Room, hoping for the best...My Grandfathers were coal miners, my Daddy was a coal miner, so are my brothers, and numerous family members....I remember when I was a teenager and Daddy would talk about how high the mine was...24 inches...I couldn't image working for 8-12 hours Monday-Saturday in the dark in 24 inches (that's the height of a coffee table), you eat in that, go to the bathroom in that and work hard in that, you don't come out until your shift is over....A lot of people around here (Atlanta) always ask me why people live that kind of life...it's simple...It's a way of life in Appalachia, a way to support your family and the only thing that most know. And one they take a great deal of pride in.. There's an old saying "When a boy becomes a man, slap a shovel in his hands"....

I'm proud of my mining heritage, when I was a little girl I thought every bodies Daddy was a coal miner...I spoke to my family yesterday, they were telling me about the protesters standing only a few yards away from the families awaiting news of loved, environmentalist holding signs that said things like, "Let them burn"...Fools that don't realize without people like these who risk their life everyday they wouldn't be able to flip a switch and have electricity at night....This broke my Daddy's heart...When I drive home to visit my family, the last two hours of the trip are filled with me passing coal mine after coal mine...When I start seeing those mines I get my second wind...Because after a long drive, I know I'm almost home...It's sad that protesters used that as their opportunity, and wanted to stand next to family with those horrible signs...As for me, I will mourn the loss of these men and keep their families in my prayers. Such a sad tragedy indeed....