Down Goes Betty!!

Betty was a huge part of Royann's and My life. She has been with us through thick and thin. We made many trips and had a lot of heart to heart discussions in Betty on our way back to Muscle Shoals, Al. We have had Betty since we got married and she will be missed greatly. Her transmission and electric dash instruments started going out last week and I started thinking I would hate to have a new baby and wife on the side of the road with a dead Betty.She had close to 200,000 miles and has given us her all. The thing I will always remember about Betty is the way she would growl at people walking down the sidewalks and cars in the lane next to her. She would especially growl when a good looking BMW or Cadillac would pull up beside her. (She had a problem with her muffler, so it sounded like growling and she would talk to us and passers by.) We took the plunge and got another Tahoe last week. It is basic everything in it. We think we stole it. It has 20,000 miles on it and belonged to the GM of Gray-Daniels before us. We had to buy from Gray-Daniels because they are big supporters of 4-h. Betty gave off one last growl when they pulled it around to switch stuff out of vehicles. I don't know if it was because she thought we were racist(Betty was black and the new truck is white) jealous, tired, or just telling us she loved us one last time. I want to think it was the latter.


We will miss you and always remember you Betty!

Some Things Aren't Always as Glamorous as We Thought!!

When I was a young kid I went to Mid-South Wrestling with my uncles and cousins. We had a great uncle that would not miss a match when it would come to the Civic Center in Greenwood, Ms. He couldn't drive so I think that is why we went. My Dad and uncles would load up and make the trip to Greenwood just for him. Even though these were the days when it wasn't much of a Soap Opera and it was more wrestling than talking. My Dad would always remind us it was fake and just enjoy my uncles having a good time. There were good guys and bad guys back then. I remember my cousin one time getting so scared of Kamala he climbed under his chair when he came out. Kamala was no little man. He was 6'10 and 450 lbs. I ran into a few years back in Como, MS where he is a truck driver now and told him the story. We always pulled for the Junk Yard Dog because he was from Tchula. Any way back to the story, I rented the Civic Center this past weekend to host The CTA Reunion. The first thoughts that popped into my mind was being a kid and going to those wrestling matches with my uncle. He is dead now. I remember as a kid watching as the wrestlers came out of their dressing rooms to the excitement of the crowd and thinking about what five-star accommodations they must have had back there before coming out. I remember thinking they must have a state of the art gym, five star food, gold plated toilets, and this huge glamorous dressing rooms. All my hopes were dashed this weekend when I made the trip back to the dressing rooms. This is what I found:



We had better accommodations in our basketball locker room at MDCC.

The Loves Of My Life

4 weeks till we meet either Ann Fleming or Bradley Wilson?????


Does anyone think Kitt is getting a little jealous already?

Maybe The Dingo Ate Your Baby!!

One of the best lines from the show "Seinfield". I thought about this when I rode by this car seat. I also thought that somebody had to be real mad to throw this thing out.


The baby did survive the crash though and crawled away with only a few minor cuts and bruises.