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Where are ya'll hiding? Inquiring minds want to know!

                        "Southern Women"

                         This was sent to me by the wife of my dear friend,

                          jfore.
        Southern women appreciate their natural assets:
        Clean skin.
        A winning smile.
        That unforgettable Southern drawl.

        Southern women know their manners:
        'Yes, ma'am.'
        'Yes, sir.'
        'Why, no, Billy!'

One good thing has come out of all this rain for me and it's truly a blessing! My 1.4 acre spring fed pond had all but dried up, except for where the spring "feeds" it. Thanks to Faye, it's back up to it's normal level. Unfortunately, that also means the once hidden, extremely aggressive Water Moccasins will be emerging, too. After the hurricanes, our pastures literally had HUNDREDS of them, everywhere you looked. As we did before the hhurricanes we moved our horses before Faye hit, to my Uncle's place, because he has  bigger, higher pastures than ours. I'm still thankful that I have my pond "back"! There is always a blessing, in every disaster, if you look closely enough! Thank You, GOD!

This guy I know was driving around the backwoods of Tennessee, and he saw this sign in front of a broken down shanty-style house that said:

"TALKING DOG FOR SALE!"

He got out of his truck, and went up to the door and banged on it. A man answered, and asked him if he was there about the dog. My friend said that he was. The man said the dog was out in the back yard. My friend walked out to the back yard, and saw a nice looking Labrador Retriever sitting beside a doghouse. "You talk?" My friend asked the dog.                                                   
       "Yup!" The dog replied, wagging his tail.                                                  
               

After my friend recovered from his shock,  he asked the dog, "So, what's your story?"                                                The Lab looked up, and said, "Well, I discovered I could talk when I was pretty young and I wanted to help the Government, so I told the CIA. In no time, they had me jetting from country to country, sitting in rooms with spies and world leaders, because nobody figured a dog would be eavesdropping. I was one of their most valuable spies, for eight years running. But all that jetting around tired me out, and I knew I wasn't getting any younger, so I signed up for a job at the airport, to do some undercover security, wandering near suspicious characters and listening in. I uncovered some incredible dealings and was awarded a bunch of medals. I got married, had a mess of puppies, and now I'm just retired."                               My friend was so amazed, he just walked away, back to the owners house. "How much do you want for your dog?" He asked.                                                 
     "Ten bucks." The man said.                     "Ten dollars? That dog is amazing. Why on earth are you selling him so cheap?" My friend asked incredulously.

"Because he's a liar. He never did any of that stuff!" The guy told him.

Will it smack our fannies, and call us,

"DARLIN' "?

When will we know where it will go? Just how close to our fannies will the storm come? I have my own little "spinning board" tacked to my kitchen wall. I can flick the arrow with my finger, and the "spinner" goes around, and hopefully, the section where it lands will tell me what to eapect, and how close the storms will come to my fanny. The categories of sections are as follows:

1. Slap in the middle of your fanny, it's really gonna sting!

2. Kinda near your fanny, it will only hurt a little!

3. Not close enough to sting your fanny that bad!

4. Far enough away, you'll only feel the breeze pass by your fanny!

5. Not close enough to your fanny, for you to even know that anything even happened at all!

One of my bestest buddies, jfore is always sending me really good stuff. Check this out!

Written by John Hawkins of Townhall.com

With  apologies to Jeff Foxworthy, you just might be a liberal if...

* You're sure the Constitution explicitly guarantees the right to abortion and gay marriage, but not the right to own a handgun.

* You think Dan Quayle is the dumbest Vice-President we ever had because he believed a flash card that misspelled "potato," but think Obama is a genius despite the fact he believes we have more than 57 states.

* You'd be more upset about your favorite candidate being endorsed by the NRA than the Communist Party.

* You think the same criminals who use guns in the commission of a crime will just hand them over to comply with the law if guns are made illegal.

* You know that 86% of all income taxes are paid by the top 25% of income earners and you still feel that the rich "aren't paying their fair share of the taxes."

* You put a higher priority on oil pipelines possibly inconveniencing a few caribou than you do on lowering the price of gas for everyone in the country by drilling ANWR.

* You're worried that Osama Bin Laden might not get a fair trial if we capture him, but want George Bush thrown in prison for being too zealous in protecting us from Al-Qaeda.

* You get infuriated when you hear about the CEO of a Fortune 500 company making tens of millions of dollars, but don't see a problem with an actor, basketball player, or trial lawyer making the same amount.

* You're constantly seeing subtle, coded racism in campaign ads, but see nothing racist about blacks being promoted over more qualified white applicants because of Affirmative Action.

* You think it's obscene that oil companies are allowed to make 8.3 cents per gallon in profit with gas prices this high, but would never suggest cutting the 13 cents per gallon they pay on taxes to reduce the price of gas.

* You think George Bush is a chickenhawk because he wanted to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan despite the fact that he only served in the National Guard, but you don't think the same about Barack Obama, who has never served in the military and probably couldn't find either country on a map without help.

* You think protesting outside of abortion clinics is extremism and should be illegal, but carrying around giant puppet heads while wearing a t-shirt that compares Bush to Hitler is just exercising your First Amendment rights.

* You think the case for global warming is proven without a shadow of a doubt, but that we need another century or two worth of evidence to figure out if capitalism and free markets work better than socialism.

* You believe the best way to fix the government screwing something up in the market is with...drumroll, please...more government intervention.

* You think the first thing we should have done when Russia invaded Georgia was to take the matter to the United Nations, where Russia sits on the UN Security Council.

* You spend your days criticizing the use of private jets, SUVS, and luxurious houses that consume enormous amounts of resources and then ride in an SUV to the airport, get on your private plane, and fly home to your luxurious house.

* You have more nice things to say about countries like Cuba and France than you do about your own country.

* You think the war in Iraq is unwinnable, but victory in the war on poverty is going to happen any day now if we can just get the Democrats back in charge.

* You won't even support English as our national language, but can't seem to understand why people worry about tens of millions of illegal aliens changing our culture.

* You think censorship is absolutely wrong; except when it's applied to conservatives on college campuses or on talk radio via the fairness doctrine.

* You get more upset about an American soldier accidentally killing a civilian than you do about a terrorist deliberately blowing up a school bus full of kids.

* You think Fox News is hopelessly biased to the right, but MSNBC, CNN, NBC, ABC, and CBS call it right down the middle.

* You think the real hero of the Cold War was Mikhail Gorbachev.

* You couldn't care less about what Americans in states like Kansas or Virginia think of you, but you would be greatly upset if a Frenchman gave you a dirty look because you're an American.

* You think kids in public schools should have to watch Earth in the Balance and read Heather Has Two Mommies, but no piece of literature with the word "Jesus" on it should be allowed within a hundred yards of a school.

I couldn't stop laughing when I read this. I all ready know who is going to wear the shoes that fit this !!!!!

An 11 year old robs a Walgreens? What is an 11 year old doing so UNSUPERVISED, that his PARENTS don't know where the little BRAT is long enough, that he even has enough free, UNACCOUNTABLE TIME ON HIS GRUBBY  LITTLE HANDS to pull it off in the first place? The parents should be going to jail, right along with him! An 11 year old IS NOT old enough to be UNSUPERVISED for longer than say, 15 minutes at a time, SO HOW DID THIS HAPPEN IN THE FIRST PLACE??????

IT ALL starts at   H  O  M  E  !!!!!

Is it just a matter of time before the real QUIETUS comes tumbling down on the Anthony's, and all the deep, sinister, esoteric, montrosities of what REALLY happened to little Caylee Anthony are finally revealed? From the way "Grandma Cindy" was flipping out when she called 911, it goes without saying that her concern for little Caylee is genuine. I still think she's sick in her heart, "putting the pieces of the puzzle together," which by now, must be revealing to her a very ghastly image. Now she seems more focused on the well-being of her daughter, Casey, Caylee's Momma, who is probably the ONLY one who REALLY knows what happened to "Baby Caylee." Lord knows, MOST Momma's would be out of their minds, inconsolable, after their baby had been missing for 31 minutes, never mind 31 days. THAT'S 44,640 minutes of NOT KNOWING where your baby is! How could she be so calm, cool and collected, without being guilty of some horrendous, atrocity against her child? Borrowed a shovel from the neighbors, eluded her parents questions and requests to see their Granddaughter, failed to cooperate with the authorities, won't look a camera in the lens, much less speak to the media, it never stops, and the scale keeps tipping against Casey Anthony. CSI's, their lab reports, the recovery teams and the "dogs" are closing in. It's just a matter of time, before the clouds burst open, and the truth comes pouring out! It won't be good, but at least it will be over. Poor little Caylee Anthony.

We ALL know better, that is, ANYONE with a lick of sense SHOULD know better by now, that you don't joke around in an airport, or on an airplane about having a gun,  (loaded or otherwise) a bomb, an explosive device or of any intention of hijacking the plane. If you do, your fanny WILL be carted off, and you will be in more trouble than you could ever imagine!  But how about if you are downtown, with a belly-full of "Miss Maimie's Home-Cooked Bar-B-Cue," standing in the "teller's line" of your bank, and you jokingly turn to the customer behind you, and say out loud, "Ya know, they're about to go under here, so I'm making my final withdrawal, by golly!" And the next thing you know, bank guards rush out from all corners of the bank, guns drawn, furious expressions on their faces, grab you by the collar and the back of your britches, and slam you face down onto the gritty, linoleum floor. You feel that Bar-B-Cue swirling in your belly, as you sputter, "What is the problem? I'm not doing anything! I'm just making a withdrawal!"                   What you are about to find out is that you have just violated Georgia's Depression-era law that makes it a Felony to spread or publish false information about the financial solvency of any financial institution to meet its obligations. And, you my friend are going to go to jail. If you have not been humiliated enough by the "swat-team" take-down impersonation, stand-by. You could also be looking at a hefty $10,000.00 fine. So you think it's a violation of your 1st Amendment Right to Free Speech? NOT! There are a few slightly lower standards when it comes to "commercial speech." The Georgian Law stands today. I'll remember to watch my P's and Q's when I'm in Georgia!     I can still  say,

"Well smack my fanny, and call me Darlin' " while I'm there, right?

 There have been  9 CONFIRMED cases of 

Equine Encephalitis here in Volusia County. Earlier this week, we were with neighbors down the street who called us to come and "take a look" at one of their horses that was "down and acting strangely." As soon as we saw the animal sweating, staggering, heaving, struggling to stand, eyes rolling, and obviously  suffering, we recognized the signs most dreaded by any horse owner of the deadly Encephalitis Virus. We immediately asked them if the horses shots were up to date. They admitted that they were NOT. After calling 8 Veterinarians, we were FINALLY able to get one to come out. (It WAS Sunday, and it WAS late, and the other 7 Veterinarians didn't know these people, so it was understandable why they either refused the call, or were putting their own clients first)The Veterinarian who arrived checked the suffering animal over carefully, drew blood, shook his head, wiped his eyes and turned to the people and said," I know what is wrong with your horse, and I don't need the results of the blood in this vial to tell me what the diagnosis is. Your horse has Encephalitis, and he isn't going to make it. He's suffering terribly, as you can see, and I think you should put him down right now." The owners agreed, and the poor horse was put to "sleep." By law, the vial of blood was sent off for confirmation of the Vet's suspicions.

Several years ago, we went through a similar experience with a roping horse we had by the name of "Bubba." The virus not only did all of the above symptoms to him, it also changed his personality! He became hostile, trying to "stomp" anything that came near him. He HAD been vaccinated, BUT that was before the "Western Equine Encephalitis Vaccine" had been invented. There are now 2, both "Eastern and Western Equine Encephalitis Vaccines," contained in one vaccine. We vaccinate our horses every 3 months, just to be safe. If you are a horse owner, I IMPLORE you to get your horses vaccinated!  The "East-Western Equine Encephalitis" variety is available at your feed stores.  Don't let your horse get this, it is the most AWFUL way to watch a horse die, it's pure suffering!

All righty, now GRANDPA!  I don't want to hear ONE WORD from you, 15 or 16 years from now, okay? I'm just tellin' you now, so you can pass it on.... your little  "Sugar Pie"  may be an "older woman," but.............. LOOK OUT WORLD, BECAUSE HERE HE IS.....

Don't say I didn't tell ya, now!

It may not be the most popular, politically correct, well liked, or socially acceptable category, but it's where I fall. YUP! I'm in the newly categorized slot of where the "minority of Americans" fall who "Approve of George W. Bush." According to a recent poll of Americans, only 28% approve of our President, George W. Bush. I have been, and will continue to be, a steadfast supporter of our President. I never have, nor will I ever believe, that the current state of our economy is entirely his fault. I still believe he did the right thing, based on what WE, as a Country, knew at the time, by attacking Iraq. I don't believe for one second that 9/11 was an "inside job," that Katrina's aftermath was intentionally mishandled by him alone, that he is the cause of Global Warming, or that he is a mass murderer. I don't care if I am a minority in my belief's, either. I DO CARE that my family and I live HERE, in THIS great land of the FREE, the home of the BRAVE, and I THANK GOD, everyday that we were born AMERICANS!

Around the time this picture was taken, my parents learned I had a severe, and potentially fatal allergy to bees. (that's me on the left in the wagon)

In addition to being a dairy, chicken and crop farmer, my Grandpa also raised honey bees. I dearly loved his honey, and would "slip a jar" every chance I got. I still love honey, and I'm still deathly allergic to bees. Ironically, the name "Deborah" means "The Bee." My Grandpa and Daddy always called me "Sugarbaby," my Dad still does. This was my license plate for years.

 Do any of you have a specialty tag? Does your name have a meaning that fits you, like mine does?

The Grand Jury has just indicted the low-down prison inmate, Enoch Hall, who brutally ambushed, then  attacked, raped  and stabbed to death the beloved prison guard, Donna Fitzgerald. Enoch Hall was all ready serving 2 life sentences for brutally raping, kidnapping and nearly killing another woman. His criminal record is one of great length. I'm willing to bet he'll be convicted of his crimes against her, and be given the Death Penalty. Now, here's my question:  When he gets the Death Penalty, since we all KNOW it will take 20 years to "put him to sleep",  Why can't we just "pop him in the head" now, and get it over with? Why do we have to waste our good tax dollars on someone who has no value for the life of another human being? He'll be living in the "Lap of Starke Luxury," eating "country fried steak" and mashed 'taters, while some homeless people will be going hungry. Why should people like him, and the others sitting on Death Row take so long to execute? It should be done immediately, within 24 hours of the sentence being handed down!