Happy Labor Day!

Today may be Labor Day to most of you, but in our town, It's Mule Day! Always great family fun, and for any of you who missed the Hee Haw skit we did at Grandmother's party at the Gin.......well here's your chance to see it again! Complete with Minnie Pearl, Roy Clark and the gang! Y'all come now, ya hear?!


When a farmer runs for an office how does he show up for the Mule Day parade?.....how else but this?!?!

Hillbilly Holiday!

...so, I know I left you guys hangin' yesterday for my pics of Mule Day. Right? I mean, you spent your entire day just waiting for me to get home and post them? Ha!

Well, I ended up with 67 pics from the day and wanted to share as many of the hillbilly colorful attractions as possible, so I decided to go with a PhotoShow.

You'll notice a couple of "heads" in some of my photos. One of them stepped directly...DIRECTLY (as in I could taste the Aqua Net!) in front of me when she saw Teddy Gentry (of the country music supergroup Alabama) who was the Grand Marshal of the parade.

Lady, I don't know where you're from, but if you want to see Teddy up close and personal, just head on down to the Walmart(k). He buys birdseed by the buggyfull there all the time. Quite the nature lover that Teddy. Or head over to Verizon, he was one of my regular customers when I ran the place worked there. They all were!

Kelly, Randy's wife, once sent me flowers for being such an awesome Verizon Wireless employee. Well, I was an awesome employee, but I guess she forgot about the time she dog cussed me when I worked at Walmart in high school. The new(looooong time ago!) check reader ate a big fat hole in her check.......She. Was. Mad. I guess she couldn't afford to waste another check. haha!

Where was I?...lol! Chasing a mule?

The other "head" in the picture is of this woman who stood by us, on top of us, in front of us, and literally STOPPED THE PARADE at one point to snap a pic of the horseless stagecoach with her cell phone. She was a hoot!

If you don't have your volume on, turn it on. It's actually on the page, not the Photoshow, and takes a few seconds to load. The music adds to the mood! This is actual music played on the stage yesterday! (kidding!..lol)

...and don't forget, you can still enter the Mule Day Giveaway through September 9!

Mule Day Giveaway!

.....(or as those of you not from Itty Bitty, Alabama might call it.) The Labor Day kickoff of the I love Fall Giveaway, hosted by Laurel Wreath!

But if you were to live in my town, you'd know that today is Mule Day! Mule Day is the annual Labor Day celebration we host here each year where thousands (seriously, thousands!) of people descend on us here in Itty Bitty for a day of draft horse pulls, mule competitions, car shows, pony rides, ect, and it's all kicked off by a parade down the main highway ('cause we don't have streets here!)...oh, and most importantly the FOOD!

I promise to delight you with photos from the day's festivities once I return, but in the meantime, lets get to the giveaways!

In honor of my Mule Day/I love Fall Giveaway, I present to you my giveaway for today, I like to call it BBQ Dreams!:

This lovely prize package includes the following:

Sugar & Grits: A book about four strong women with a dash of sweetness.....and a heart for God!

Our Daily Bread, The Joy of New Life!: A Special edition of ODB designed for new parents. A fantastic devotional to help encourage and inspire parents of young children in their daily walk with God. (2 copies, 1 to keep, 1 to give away!)

Now, if you live anywhere in Alabama, Mississippi, or Tennessee you have no doubt heard of and love these next two items. If not, you can get it here and simply must try it! No self respecting southerner would dare attempt a BBQ without it!

Big Bob Gibson Championship Red Sauce (1 bottle) (this is awesome in hamburgers!)

Big Bob Gibson Original White Sauce (1 bottle)

....and a few other things to enhance your holiday BBQ experience!

Grill It Quick Cookbook, The Pampered Chef

Grilling Planks, The Pampered Chef

Microfiber Dishtowel, The Pampered Chef

Large Serving Spatula, The Pampered Chef (just plain perfect for removing burgers from the grill!)

Chillzanne Rectangular Server, The Pampered Chef (for keeping those cold items @ your BBQ perfectly chilled!)


....did ya'll notice that every single thing in my prize packet had something to do with food?...and did I mention I'm a Pampered Chef a time or twenty?

Now, all you have to do to enter is to leave a comment! (be sure to leave me an email addy so I can contact you if you win!) I will be picking a number at random and announcing the winner on September 10, along with all the other winner's of Laurel's fabulous I love Fall Giveaways. You can enter to win until 6 PM CST September 9. Giveaway open to U.S. and Canada only.

Remember, you don't have to have a blog to enter! Just be sure to leave me your email address so I can contact you! ...and if you haven't already, be sure to visit Laurel, she just might have a little surprise for ya over at her place!

Happy Mule Day!

Update: Mule Day Pics are up! Check them out!