Ozan Winery

Last Saturday Ron surprised with a date. He had planned the whole thing by himself! We went to Ozan Vineyards in Calera, Al. Yes, can you believe that there is a vineyard in Alabama? There are actually a few vineyards in Alabama. This one had eight different wines that where made there. There is a peach wine that is made with the peaches from Chilton County, where we live in it. This was Ron's favorite and the only one he drank. It was a fun day we had a box lunch there and took a train ride. After it was all over we left with a FEW bottles of wine to carry home with us if you can believe it or not!
If anyone is ever near Calera, AL and wants to visit this vineyard I would highly recommend it.



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Lack of Blogging

Wow, I can't believe that the last blog I posted was in May. Things are so busy with us lately that I barely have time to reply to emails. I have know been at my new job for a little over 2 months and I still love it. Even though I am only home 1/2 of the week. Most of my travels will be in Al and the panhandle of FL. That is my territory, and what a great one it is.
Ron and the pups are getting us to the change. Missie has ran off twice and returned both times. I think she was rebelling against the change around here. Hopefully, she'll stay around here and not run away again!

New Car!

Here are the pictures of my new car. I love it!!!

RAK

What is RAK you ask? It is a Random Act of Kindness. What have done lately that was a RAK?

Last week I was at the mall and waiting for a parking space. Now usually I would not wait but, this was a prime space and it was raining therefore, walking far was not something I wanted to do.

The car I was waiting on took forever the lady had two children and a SUV which she had trouble driving but, that is another story. After, pulling into the parking space and getting out of my car I noticed there was a bank card on the ground. I am not sure who it belonged to but, I assumed it was the car prior to me. Immediately I called the number on the back of the card and reported it lost and destroyed it. ~What a good feeling I had afterwards. There should be more honest people in the world.~

To me this was a RAK if I would have been in the other shoe and lost my bankcard this is what I would have wanted.

Now, my challenge to each of you is to perform a RAK at least once a week. I am on a mission to perform my RAK for this week.

Mental Health Month

May is National Mental Health Month. It seems like more and more people each day are stricken with some type of mental health. When you watch the news you see more suicides and individuals taken the lives of young children.

I would like for everyone to be aware of the signs of depression. There are many types of mental health but, depression affects more people every day that what we realize.

KNOW THE SIGNS

The signs and symptoms of clinical depression are:

• Persistent sad, anxious or "empty" mood n Changes in sleep patterns
• Reduced appetite and weight loss, or increased appetite and weight gain
• Loss of pleasure and interest in once-enjoyable activities, including sex
• Restlessness, irritability
• Persistent physical symptoms that do not respond to treatment, such as chronic pain or digestive disorders
• Difficulty concentrating at work or at school, or difficulty remembering things or making decisions
• Fatigue or loss of energy n Feeling guilty, hopeless or worthless
• Thoughts of suicide or death

If you experience five or more of these symptoms for two weeks or longer, you could have clinical depression. See a doctor or qualified mental health professional for help, right away.

For more information on mental health please visit www.mentalhealthamerica.net

Chuck E Cheese's

This past Sunday we meet my sister and her in-laws in Tuscaloosa, AL at Chuck E Cheese's. We had a great visit and enjoyed getting to see everyone. Karlie and Abbie are growing soooo fast it's a shame we don't get to see them more.

Game Room is Complete

We are 99.99% complete with the game room and it looks great. After testing 4 different colors that we did not like we where able to find one that looks great. I love completing a house project!!!

Game Room

We have finally decided to update our game room. Here are some pics of part one of the project. We are painting along the upper part and will put wayne's coating along the bottom with a trim to separate the two. I'll post more pics of the progress as it gets close to completion.

Mardi Gras Break

During the Mardi Gras break this year Christopher and Cody, my two youngest brothers came up here for a visit. They where here from Saturday till Wednesday. We had a busy house during there visit. On Saturday night we where up till midnight rocking and playing Guitar Hero.
Day two we spent time outside enjoying the nice weather. And on day three we decided to venture out on the Cub. And of course I found a mud hole to venture thru or at least I thought that I would. We definitely got stuck! Luckily Ron was able to get us out with the tractor. The rest of their time here we spent outside soaking up the sun.








They where sad to leave their big sister.

My First Deer

Here are some pictures of the first deer that I killed. Can you believe it? I still can't the feeling was a rush and exciting at the same time.

Winter Wonderland

I can't believe that snow actually fell in Alabama. We have had snow before but, not since we moved out to the country. It was very pretty. I took allot of pictures so we could always remember the snow day!
The dogs did not care for it at first. It took us getting outside with them. I think they just wanted to play.There is still some snow on the ground this morning and our snowman is still alive. I am sure by tomorrow all of the snow will be gone :( Oh well at least we got to experience some sort of winter wonderland this year.

Christmas Eve at the Oldson's

We finally made it to Mobile. Ron was sick all day on Sunday so we ended up leaving for Mobile on Monday. What a great time we had once we got there. It was nice seeing everyone and spending time catching up.

Little Visitors

What a great surprise, Yogi and Christy stopped to spend the night at our house while on their way to Mobile. Yogi has grown up so much and he enjoyed the Spider Man Lego set that Santa left at Aunt Marie and Uncle Ron's. We really enjoyed getting to spend time with them. I wished they lived closer so we could spend more time together. Ever time we see Yogi he begins to look at act more like his daddy! Christy is going to have her hands full in the upcoming years.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to everyone... from Ron, Marie, Missie, Dixie, Spook, and Sophie Lackey