Land Progress

Scott has been working SO HARD on our land.  He had one of his logging crews come and cut some trees.  He spent lots of time marking exactly which trees he wanted them to leave.  He made sure to leave enough trees to keep it completely private and very secluded.  He put up gates at each of the entrances.  I think it looks better than I had imagined!!  He went hunting there on the first day of hunting season and saw some does and a fawn.  The next part of the plan is to plant grass where the trees were cut. 

Thanksgiving '11

We have SO MUCH to be thankful for this year!!  We spent Thursday in Locust Fork frying turkeys, eating, and hunting.  Friday we went to Gadsden to see lots of family, eat, and shop.  Scott and I have been in our Auburn gear all week getting ready for Saturday's Iron Bowl!!

Thursday afternoon, Scott mentioned that he had never been Black Friday shopping and that he wanted to go at midnight.  I happily agreed and was glad to have a parter in crime.  We got a $49.99 iphone dock/alarm clock that I didn't know I wanted but LOVE.  We picked up some $1.96 DVDs for gifts.  We also waited in line to get a $498 51" flat screen.  We were able to get one, but we realized that it was way to big to fit in our entertainment center.  We decided not to buy it.  I think we just liked the idea of actually getting one of the much wanted gifts.  Just like last year, I ran into tons of people including my Sunday school girls, Alaina and Jerika.

We had over 35 people over for Maw. Maw.'s Thanksgiving.  We had a surprise sprinkle for my cousin Sarah who is due to have baby Caleb in 3 weeks!!

Storage Wars #2

We did it again.  And, this time we Rick bought a unit!!  Mom, Rick, Ian (Rick's grandson), and I all went to a storage auction in Albertville last weekend.  It was packed, but they had 11 units to auction.  We had a blast.  Ian even threw out a bid and raised his own grandfather $6. 

Storage Wars

Scott and I LOVE all the shows like Auction Hunters and Storage Wars that are on TV.  We decided to go to an auction in Cullman last Saturday morning.  IT WAS SO MUCH FUN.  We didn't buy a unit, but I did throw out a couple of bids.  The units sold for pretty cheap, but Scott and I knew it would be A LOT of work to clean them out and we didn't see anything we had to have.

On the shows, they get a lot of money for old slot machines.  We did see a slot machine in one of the units, but we didn't make a bid

Old toys also bring in a lot of money.  I have learned that they need to be in the box and in really good condition.  We passed on Stone Cold (one of Scott's favorites).

Below is Scott waiting on the auctioneer to arrive and get things started.  I was already embarrassing Scott at this point by taking pictures.  At least I was using my phone and not the big camera.

The auctioneer would open the unit door and give everybody 5 minutes to look inside. 

Scott was bending down looking under stuff.  Look who is embarrassing now.  At least he didn't bring a spot light.

Braids

Braids are very "in" right now.  Below of pictures of my fishtail braids from my iphone.