Oh what do we do in the WINTERTIME?

There's nothing like sharing popsicles in January!

Popcorn Buddies

Check this video out of Samuel and his good friend Mitchell.

Back to my roots...

Almost heaven, west virginia Blue ridge mountains, shenandoah river Life is old there, older than the trees Younger than the mountains, blowing like a breeze Country roads, take me home To the place, I be-long West virginia, mountain momma Take me home, country roads

I grew up in West Virgina. There are several things I love about my home state. One of which is the natural beauty it holds. I have lived in a few places and I have to say, West Virginia is gorgeous. There are breathtaking views, flowing rivers and forests surrounding you in every direction. Another thing I love about West Virginia is its history. I love that as the Civil War was forming the people in the western part of Virginia differed greatly with the eastern on the issues surrounding what led to the Civil War. So, we became our own state, and took the political stance of being against slavery. I love the brick roads and old homes. The house I grew up in was old, and I mean OLD. Not as old as they come there, I mean it was only around 100 years old. It had the neatest hidden room behind the closet my dad kept his guns in. It was used to store whiskey during the Prohibition. We just danced in the darkness and cobwebs while my dad had the guns out and cleaning them. Another thing I love is the humble people there. Most of them have nothing and have never known what it is like to have money. It is a coal mining state, what could be more humble then working in the earth for barely anything? I asked my mom once why so many people are over weight that live in WV. She told me it is because they learned to fry everything in lard, she said it made them full faster and was cheaper. Sad, true, but also humbling. The last thing I love about WV is its news. I remember going home a few years ago and turning on the t.v. to watch the news. This was the evening report:
"Breaking news: The Mountaineer Restarant has made less money than McDonalds in the last year!" And I'm thinking, WHAT! The Mountaineer has some of the worst food out there, but it's open 24 hours, and you can't beat that! Then I realize that noone was shot that day, or mugged. There wasn't even a car accident to report on. It is along these lines that I have something to share. My father lives in a county called Calhoun. They do have cities in WV but many of them are too small so they just say they live in such-and-such county. This county has a news publication they post online. Every so often I go online and check it out for fun. Here's the link...
http://www.hurherald.com/


What I love about the cite:
-the Obits are at the top of the list
-The paper admits that it's a questionable publication
- There's hardly ever negative news on the cite
-It's FUNNY!

Check out the opinions and comments section...

http://www.hurherald.com/cgi-bin/db_scripts/articles?Action=user_view_cat&db=articles_hurherald&cat=26

A very special talent

Some children are born showing signs of having special talents. There are those born loving art from an early age, others that are musically inclined even as an infant. Some love books, the outdoors and cooking with mom.

Well, mine loves to CLEAN.

Someday, he will uses HIS special skills to woo and impress a girl
and these special skills of his will make that girl very happy.

My first 5K

Today I ran my first race. My Ragnar team has told me I need to have my 1st race out of the way before the big relay race so I decided there was no better day than the beginning of a new year. The run was good (other than the fact that I wanted to puke the whole time- I think it was nerves, but it was weird.) Here are my results. There were 300 people in the race. I ran it in 26 minutes, I was the 25th woman in (out 0f 135) and I was 6th place in my division (they gave out awards for the top 5 in each division!)