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Hi Family!Here's the schedule for meals during our foray to the mountains. Anything wrong or bad, take it up with G-ma. I'm declaring her the boss-lady.Have a great week!Laura Marie24thChristmas Chili (g-ville burkas)25thDinner provided by cousins: Laura Marie: Pies and Cake Sam: Mac & Cheese and probably something else Amy: Rolls and table setting Andrew: Drinks Zach& Stacy: Salad Scott & Todd: drugs and fruit The Kings: Ham and Turkey26thbirthday dinner by Nashville burkas27thdinner by Whalen familyOatmeal daily by Uncle PaulBreakfast by Butcheggs, OJ, Milk by Aunt Rosebring lunches, cereal, and drinks for your own family
Gma will bring her famous green salad of course..I'll also bring two pounds of bacon .

Thanksgiving 2006

Gma and Gpa spent Thanksgiving morning trying to get 12 chairs around the big table and WE DID IT!
Butch has a nice beard. The Whalen boys all look handsome and healthy. The Burka girls and Stacy are more beautiful every day. Rose is so funny when she talks about living alone for three months while Paul is in Ireland. She will quit brushing her teeth and let her nails grow long..she pulled her hair down in her face and changed in front of our eyes while she was talking about it...Joquita brought some amazing food...The pound cake was out of this world. Paul fixed flaming sweet potato casserole. It was so spectacular that alarms went off in the house.

People were trapped around the table after they ate and so we had a long talk before dessert was served. We had fun talking about Christmas..Everybody had an opinion so we voted: drawing names for a $10.00 Christmas gift won. Laura took charge and passed the basket of names and mailed the remaining 6 to Nashville. Laura will send a Christmas menu to everybody later. Rose may bring some personalized stockings for cards or very small items ... this is optional.

We had fun with our grand-dogs. They liked each other until the unfortunate incident of Teddy finding Carson eating out of Teddy's bowl. We kept them separated the rest of the day, but we are hoping they will make friends at Christmas. If not, we have four floors so we can keep a pet on each floor. Lizzy is invited to stay in the balcony with Scott. Teddy is afraid of Rose's cats so there should be no problem.

Thinkin bout Thanksgiving

I heard from Zachary yesterday and he says that he and Stacy will definitely be here for Thanksgiving. The last time they were here was Thanksgiving 2005, and they were part of the work crew that widened my path and washed all the windows and power washed the front porch. Wait until you see the path this year Zachary...It has stepping stones on it from the last big party on Yarnell Road.
I was looking for a recipe and I fount the menu from Thanksgiving 1999:
Turkey, dressing, cranberry jelly, gravy, ham, sweet potato casserole, broccoli salad, green jello salad, crockpot spinach, fresh veggies, homemade bread, red velvet cake, pumpkin pie, chocolate brownie pie, seven layer bars, tea, coffee..
We had 17 people here that year.
Do you remember the year that we had a hardship table? It was out on the screen porch and it was cold . We asked for volunteers to sit out there and our boy scouts and Uncle Paul were the tough ones. They ate with their coats on.
This year Rose wants everybody at the same table so she can look at her children. She thinks we can push the small table up against the big one. It will take our engineers to figure it our.

Leaves

We went looking for leaves yesterday and we had a beautiful drive. We started at Norris Dam and went across the mountain to Cove Lake. We took a walk through the woods at Cove Lake. The restaurant was closed so we decided to drive through Powell Valley to Cumberland Gap. We were driving beside the mountains all the way and the sun was shining on the leaves...all orange and red and russet and yellow. so beautiful...The only restaurant in the little town of Cumberland Gap was closed so the ate a corndog and a milkshake at the old drugstore. The town was full of high school students who were carrying pumpkins around. They were decorating the town for Halloween. They said it would be pretty at night with all the jack-o-laterns lit.
We came home by way of Clinch mountain. There were beautiful views and no crowds there like the Smokies. The leaves in our yard are still beautiful...When we got home, Mike was mowing our yard and mulching leaves...It don't get no better.

Nice October Weekend

David Burka had a birthday on Saturday, Oct. 7 . He and Melissa arrived in Knoxville on Thursday night . On Friday morning, Gpa and Gma took them to the trail for their "spend the night at Mt. Leconte trip". First we stopped at the Apple Barn for a birthday breakfast. We drove to the Mt. Leconte trailhead and left David's car; then we drove them to Newfound Gap where they hit the AT trail. We walked a ways with them, but the trail was too rocky for us. We drove to Clingman's dome and walked up to the tower. It was beautiful and clear with clouds coming and going...very cold and windy on top of the tower. The leaves have changed on Climgman's Dome...all gold and yellow.The hikers got back here in Saturday night in time to eat white beans and cornbread and slaw made by Gpa. They went to church with us Sunday morning and we took David to Austins for the senior meal.

Weekend in Greenville

Gma and Gpa drove over the mountain to Greenville on Friday. We went by way of the Blue Ridge Parkway and Pisgah; just a few trees had color, but it was beautiful on the Parkway. It took us all day to get there. When we got to Greenville , Joquita was in the kitchen with her new stove in the middle of the kitchen floor. Butch had gone to Home Depot to get a fitting for the stove. Joquita had a big dinner planned for all of us, but she didn't have a stove to cook on and Butch cut the wire to the microwave while he was working on the stove. Well she had cooked beef in the crockpot, so she moved the microwave to another plug to heat the rest of the dinner. She fed us in shifts while Butch and John worked on the stove. She managed to serve a delicious dinner anyway. When Laura and Julie and Joe came with an apple pie that Laura had made, we had dessert. Butch worked on the stove from 4:00 p.m. until 11:30 p.m. and next day until noon. He and John rested on the couch after that and watched eight football games.
On Saturday morning we girls and Joe went to the Race for the Cure. Joe ran the first race in 23 minutes and he and Laura and Julie ran the second race in 29 minutes. It was a beautiful day in Greenville . We had some of Butch's famous ribs for dinner Saturday night. Joquita and Amy and Gma went to a play in downtown Greenville...INTO THE WOODS.
On Sunday Butch took us to Clemson to church with Laura. Laura gave us a tour of Clemson, a beautiful college town, and we visited her apartment. She's up three flights of stairs so she gets lots of exercise.
On Sunday afternoon we all went to downtown Greenville which is a beautiful park. We walked on the paths by the river and checked out the shops and the ice cream parlors. People were strolling and lots of them had their dogs with them. Flowers were everywhere and outdoor cafes..such a pretty place.
We had a wonderful time and we got to see our granddaughters. They are more beautiful than ever . Oh yes, we met Cameron. And he does look like Brad Pit.

Sam's Birthday Party

Sam Whalen was 24 years old on Sept. 14. We went to Yarnell Rd. last night to help him celebrate. Paul cooked steakes and Rose did potatoes and trimmings. We had been missing those cookouts that they do so well. Kiley came to the party . Andrew was invited, but he had to work until 9:30 p.m. Sam got a new laptop, and two tickets to the game, and some money, for his birthday. Sam and Kiley are going to the game today. It will be Kiley's first experience at a UT game. We'll watch Florida and Tennessee play on TV. Sam looks GOOD ...Here's a picture...

56th anniversary, Sept. 10, 1950

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We went to Gatlinburg for our celebration of 56 years together..Imagine that!! We stopped at the Apple Barn for our free breakfast compliments of cousin Bon..We stayed at the River House which is the closest motel to the park. We walked up the river trail to Sugarlands Center and we watched the movie there...(good place to rest.) We ate supper at our favorite Italian Restaurant and sat outside afterwards in the Elks Plaza and watched a free Appalachian Grass concert. Next day after breakfast at the Pancake House, of course , we drove the Roaring Fork road . We couldn't find a parking place at the Rainbow Falls trail so we stopped at the Grotto Falls and walked to the falls. It was a pretty hike and we talked to lots of people along the way. Since we are the locals, people ask us about the mountains...We walked the streets of Gatlinburg later and JMB bought me a new watch at the Acorn...one designed for small wrists...We visited with our Square Dance friends, the Kings, who work at the Candy Shop. That evening we ate ribs at Calhouns and the waitress brought us a huge strawberry shortcake with two spoons...(for our anniversary). Yesterday morning we walked up the airport road , ate breakfast at the Log Cabin then stopped at Laurel Falls to walk that trail with our 5 minute friends. It's like New York City..you talk to people and find out all about them in 5 minutes...then you never see them again. We have friends now in Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, etc..Some of them rode motorcycles to Gburg.. After we left the falls, we drove to Metcalf Bottoms and then across our new shortcut from Wears Valley Rd to New Era Road to Chapman Highway. We avoided the traffic in Sevierville and Townsend. We got home in 45 minutes...!!

Well it was a lot of walking and a lot of eating...We had a good time.

Labor Day Weekend

Gpa and Gma drove to Nashville Saturday morning. We stopped in Harriman to eat breakfast and got on the interstate there. We stopped again in Crossville and shopped at the outlet mall. I bought some pants and a sweater at the Koret outlet store. After visiting every rest stop we arrived in Mt. Juliet at noon. David and Scott and Todd were madly cleaning house...David was rushing around putting things in order and Scott and Todd were making up the guest bed for us. Melissa arrived later. She had been taking Kevin and Summer(Connie's children} for a tour of Nashville. They had eaten lunch at the Wild Horse Saloon, so Melissa fixed us a soy butter sandwich and a piece of Tang pie.
David and Gpa and Gma took a long walk to Charlie Daniels park David said it was at least two miles.
Nancy and Clancy arrived, and we girls started putting together beef and chicken kebobs for supper...Melissa made peach ice cream to go with the Rhubarb Strawberry Pie for supper. Scott was the grill man and he cooked the kebobs . Melissa put together an eggplant dish. OH yes we had crab stuffed mushrooms on the skewers too.
All this happened while the UT California game was going on.We enjoyed watching David watch the game. He played hard!!! Todd and Allison arrived to watch the game. That made 11 people for supper. It was all delicious...
Sunday we all went to church and then back to the house for a wonderful lasagna lunch with Melissa's delicious chopped salad . And some more of those good deserts with added carrot cake that Nancy brought.
We had another walk with David..Their place is in such a nice neighborhood for walking .
Sunday night after church we went to visit Nancy and Clancy in their new house. It is so nice and in a quiet little neighborhood that has the nickname..Mayberry. It's close to a huge new shopping center with a super Krogers and Target , Pennys, and every other shop you can think of.
Nancy and Summer served pizza for supper...
We got to talk to our grandsons and to see them all dressed up at church..What a treat!
Melissa and David went all out to entertain us.. It was wonderful.

Downtown Saturday

JMB and LAB went to the big city this morning. We parked in the free parking garage right behind Market Square, and we walked to Gay Street to see the big Suffragette Parade. Our friend Nan Scott was in charge so we went to support her. A bunch of ladies dressed in old fashioned white dresses and hats walked along shouting..."We want the Vote" There were three men in the back with a sign that said "Ratify the amendment." Then the old cars rolled by with period dressed men and women in them... Last were horses with the girls dressed in long dresses and riding side saddle! After a ceremony on Market Square they unveiled the Suffragettee Statue...very pretty...
The Mast Store on Gay street was having a grand opening .We browsed and I bought a shirt and a watch. We had a fun morning..

Saturday Walk

We hadn't walked all week because of our busy schedule..so yesterday we drove to the Rifle Range County Park and walked the trail that goes behind the houses. The land that couldn't be developed is covered with iron weed and many wild flowers. It was in the direct sun, so we drove to Adair Park after that and walked the shady trail. . We stopped by the Marble Slab and got waffle cones; I got Rocky Road which is double chocolate mixed with marshmallows, walnuts and chocolate chips.
After all the icecream we decided we needed to walk some more...We walked a mile around Fountain City Park, and then we came home to wash the Taurus and watch the birds and finish the jigsaw puzzle.

Fun Day With Rose

Rose and Gma went back to station WDVX to the Blue Plate Special and heard another good singer....Larry Stephenson. He and his band arrived in a huge bus from Nashville. Then we went to market square where Rose shopped at the Vagabond shop. We ate lunch at a new market square restaurant ...different chickpea carama deep fried thing with black beans and rice and tofu . We bought corn and peppers and green beans at the farmer's market..
Then we took off for Sevierville. We found the museum closed, but we went across the street and talked to Bon. His son Brian told us where to find the genealogy section of the Sevierville library so we spent two hours there. We found pictures of my grandparents house and lots of information about the Murphys.
There was an article about the fire at my grandmother's house. She had told me about it. She was ready for Christmas and had all the presents wrapped and the pies and cakes made for Christmas dinner and she left the house to go visit her sister. The house caught on fire and burned down. Some of her furniture was saved, but they had to move to a new house. There is a good picture of their house in the book that Rose bought.
Rose wanted to look for my great great grandfather's tombstone, so we drove to Murphy's chapel and searched the graveyard there. Rose started scraping grass and dirt off a stone and there it was!! It said: James Crawford Murphy founder of Murphy College. It was like a treasure hunt, and we found the treasure! Rose took lots of pictures.

Station WDVX

Our Senior Sinners group from church went to the Knoxville Welcome Center on Gay Street today. Station WDVX broadcasts there live everyday at noon . It's called the Blue Plate Special. It was nice blue grass music. Mark Barker was one of the performers..He played guitar and sang. The Wright Brothers were good too..This is a East Tennessee radio station 89.9 fm or you can get it on the internet..A group of Japanese students were there so I said "Conishiwa "to them and they were surprised...They said "Hi" and giggled.
Some of us old timers remember when the Midday Merrygoround was broadcast from Gay Street every day. The performers would come out on the sidewalk and play.

Long Walk

Yesterday we walked from the house to Fountain City Park..It's the first time we walked that route since all our leg problems ..We went down Eldridge Rd. and then the sidewalk on Broadway to the park. A Smoky Mountain Fudge ice cream cone at the Creamery gave us enough energy to get back home. Last night the Misfits had a hamburger party at church ..It was fun. Ronnie gave us some tomatoes from his garden...

Murphy Reunion

We went to the Murphy reunion yesterday..Paul and Rose picked us up and David and Melissa went with us. We went the back way to Bears Crossing .....Chapman Highway to New Era Road. It was a pretty lodge with log cabin decor and lots of windows...Jo Ann was there with Charlie and their son Wayne and his two children. Wayne led the prayer before we ate..He's a Baptist preacher and his brother Larry is a Baptist preacher . Bill's son Warren was there. I had never met him, but I felt close to him because of Bill and Pat. I had been in their wedding..Pat was in my sorority at UT. Bill was a Methodist preacher. He was Jo Ann's brother.

Jo Ann's sister ,Sara Sue , was there from New York with her children from California and Spain She had two small grandchildren. Martha and her family came in late ..I didn't get to taste her kidney bean salad, because I was through eating when she got there.. Vickie and Sharon and Jonathan came with Ryan and Lauren. Jimmy Murphy was cooking the hamburgers . Dale, his wife, was there, and their son Darryl came in with his wife and three children .Darryl was one of my students in my library at West Hills .Elementary. He remembered me but he didn't know we were kin ...

I was impressed with the Murphy men..Yes they were getting bald, but they were handsome men and they were so warm and friendly like the Irish. Rose says the Irish Lads are like that.

Rose had all her genealogy papers with her and she was busy with people the whole time. They all gathered around her and helped her sort out the family names.

Cousin Bon didn't show up. I had talked to Nancy earlier and she had promised to try to come. I'll have to call him and tell him what he missed.

John (Martha's brother} had planned to come with his family from Florida but he called that he couldn't get away.

Sara said that she had been to see Mary Charles (Martha's sister in New York} and she had told Sara that she felt left out of the family. It was a sad story that still hurts me..Martha's Mother died right after she was born, and their father took Mary Charles and John to Florida ..He remarried , but they had a hard time, and Mary Charles told Sara that Mary , their stepmother ,had kicked them out of the house when they were 18. They had such a loving family in Seveirville, but they never knew it. Mamaw took Martha and raised her, and when she graduated from high school she came to Knoxville to live with us. She went to beauty school here and that's where she met Walter.

It was a wonderful time for me and I appreciated my family taking me and waiting around while I talked to everybody. They seemed to enjoy it too.

ice cream cones

For the last four nights we have gone to Fountain City Park to walk around three times...(a mile) , and then we go get an ice cream cone at the creamery or at the new marble slab. At the marble slab we get double chocolate with cherries ..At the creamery we get raspberry chocolate truffle. Good!! It has been so hot that we have to stay in until 8:00 p.m. We still go out in the mornings to exercise class and to the swim class. The rest of the day we read or work jigsaw puzzle...Rose gets home today, so perhaps our lives will get more exciting...

My beautiful granddaughters

And their Dad ain't bad looking either..

It's Raining !

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It rained all night and it's still raining here. We won't go to Yarnell today because we were planning to pick blueberries and water everything. Andrew was watering the yard when I talked to him Thursday, so everything should be good over there.
There is a good picture of Teddy on his blog. He can block a doorway when he stretches out.
I read Scott's version of his biopsy...I said "Oh ,Ohh "when I read it. I'm glad it's over. I think it's raining in Nashville today...That won't help the moving in party, but I'm sure they will get it
done.
I went out to lunch with Betty and Glenda yesterday...so much fun...We ate a tiny salad at the Chinzy Rose..It cost $8.00..I was still hungry after I ate so we toured the art gallery which is at the old library building and then we went to the creamery for ice cream. It was good but not as good as the new marble slab at our new shopping center.
We have another new shopping center going up where the old water company building used to be. That's where gpa worked for years. There is a contest to name the new center and we have entered numerous names...
Our friend Bernice,who lives on Curtis went out yesterday morning to walk her two dogs and she was attacked by two boxers. She barely made it home and Tim took her to the emergency room. She has wounds all over with some muscle gone in her arm. She has to have rabies shots and tetanus shots and they have to change the dressing real often to check for infection.

I miss my wild Irish Rose..

She is far away in Limerick ..I hope she is getting a rest in that hotel with the pool and the workout room and all . Paul will be off this Sunday, and I'm sure they will go sightseeing. Paul emailed today that Rose was on a tour with some other folks. There are cliffs and ruins and things to see around there.
They are planning to move to another hotel with internet connections so that she can keep us up to date. We are on our way to visit Andrew. We're taking Kentucky Fried Chicken and a chocolate cake and some green salad. We're going to pick blueberries and check out the garden. Thank goodness we had a good rain last night, so maybe Rose's trees and flowers are okay. Andrew sounded like he would be glad to see us. He's probably in bed asleep when we get there, but we know how to get in without setting off the alarm...It should be an interesting day.

Ireland

Rose is going to Ireland
I helped her pack on Wednesday. We made decisions about shoes and jackets, etc. She will pack some warm clothes and some summer things too. There's a workout room in the hotel and an indoor swimming pool, so she packed shorts and tee shirts . She walked me through the process of getting into her house and not setting off the alarm. .She walked me around her yard and showed me things that will need to be watered if the drought continues. She has done a beautiful job with her yard this summer. The raised garden is pretty and full of good veggies. There are tomato plants with big green tomatoes, and the beans and blueberries will be ready to harvest soon.
Gpa and I will go over a few times while she is gone to make sure everything is okay. Sam will be in England the same time they are in Ireland..so it's up to us and Andrew to keep things going.

Islamorada Fish Company

This is a great restaurant in Islamorada in the Florida Keys. A restaurant opened in Sevierville from the same chain. It is connected to the Bass Pro Shop so we took the Pruetts and checked it out yesterday. It advertised fresh seafood , and for land-locked Sevierville, it was really good . We ordered grilled shrimp and shrimp grits. I had a coupon out of the paper for a free dessert with the meal , so we had brownies with chocolate and vanilla ice cream . Then we went to their house and ate watermelon...No wonder I didn't sleep good that night..too much good food.

Doctor visit

My leg had been bothering me with the glob of tissue on my calf moving every time I walked . This is where I had the big hematoma from the car accident two years ago. Tom Kelly , my therapist, said I should go to the orthopedic doctor... On Friday I went to KOC in Powell and saw Ron Hawkins...nice young man who took a lot of time with me. He said I had a severe case of bursitis although it wasn't real painful. It was swollen and he gave me a cortisone shot to reduce the inflammation and told me to wear an ace bandage when I walk. I told him I was scared of cortisone, but he said one shot wouldn't hurt me. My leg felt better yesterday and wonderful today. I can see how people could get hooked on drugs...ha..

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4th of July

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We had a grand time yesterday. It was an impromptu fourth of July party. Last year it was the big golf tournament and everybody in the family came except Todd and Melissa. This year there was no plan...We just called Rose and told her we were available to come over and that we would put up her curtain in the dining room...Two days ago Gpa and Boys put up the new curtain in the living room and her bedroom. She had been trying to get them up for Years she says...We took bangers (that's what Paul eats in Ireland...they are white sausages) and we took our free watermelon, and stuff for s'mores...
Sam and Andrew and Gpa put up the curtain and Rose worked on the draping of it so it would fit her window. Gma is the idea and advice person on these projects...very tiring job. Rose did a good job on the curtains because she is experienced in framing work. Gnma served bangers for lunch and after the work was over ,we had watermelon and then jumped into the pool. Gpa ate 8 pieces of watermelon so he had a little tummy ache . It was so good to be with Sam and Andrew. They were with us all day ..Sam fixed wonderful baked beans for supper and Andrew grilled hamburgers.
We all watched the shuttle Discovery launch together...What a Great Fourth!!!!

Christmas in the mountains

Christmas thoughts...Sam says he wants to cook macaroni and cheese (Paula Dean's recipe) and baked beans for Christmas dinner. Joquita suggested that the grandchildren cook the Christmas dinner...good idea!
How about Christmas Eve Chili and candlelight bingo on our first night at the cabin?
Paul has volunteered to do breakfast ..

Nicodemus Plant

On television this morning there was a spot about the Nicodemus Plant. A group of neighbors were seated around a big plant in their front yard and a woman was reading out of the bible...John 3 ,4 : How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be born!"

Then they watched the yellow flowers open. Well it was our evening primrose plant..just bigger than ours because it had full sun. We used to have 9:00 p.m. parties to watch the evening primrose open. I never heard of the Nicodemus plant before.

bicycles

Dorothy Langley came by this morning and loaded our bicycles into her truck.She's having a yard sale to make money to go to Romania . We gave her the helmets and the baskets and chains and the history of the bicycles. Somehow it was a sadder time for us than when we sold the motor home. The boy's bicycle was first David's and then Butches . John fixed it up and loaded it on the motor home when we first retired and made our big trip out west. My bicycle came from a yard sale at Martha's . They were on the front of the Honey all the way across country...We got them off one time in Oregon.
When we started going to Key Largo for the winter we parked the Honey and used the bicycles for transportation. The bicycle trail runs the length of Key Largo and we made many trips on it. We bought baskets so that we could go grocery shopping , and we rode to Harriets for breakfast , and to the flea market and serveral times we rode to Pennakamp which was about three miles north of America Outdoors. We rode south to Taviner one day...about four miles..We rode up to the Baptist Church on Sundays and chained our bikes to a palm tree. There were always people on the trail and most of them were people we knew. We loaded the bicycles on the Honey and drove down to Key West several times. We would park the Honey in the shade at the museum parking lot and leave Garvey there. We rode the bicycles all over Key West. We would go down to the southern-most point and ride along the beach.
When we camped on the Everglades on the way home from Key Largo, we would take an all day trip to the Anhinga Trail; where the alligators and birds lived. One day the crows got our lunch while we were walking the trail and they ate our peanut butter sandwiches. We had some good dirt trail rides in the Everglades and in Oscar Shearer State Park...That's the park where the scrub jays live. They landed on my head and shoulders and just sat there.
We rode the bicycles around the seven mile loop in Cades Cove while we were camping up there; several times we rode it half way. On one of our rides in Cades Cove my brakes failed and I went sailing down the hill past John yelling for him to get out of my way. I stopped on a convenient pile of dirt. The campground at Elkmont was a good place to ride, and the Big Meadows campground in Townsend is where we got on the trail and rode the length of Townsend. We took the bicycles to Big Ridge several times.
Well, that's another thing we have given up in our old age..We sure do miss dancing and bicycle riding and camping. Well we can still swim and exercise and walk and go to yard sales...

Stepping Stones

Trip to Dayton, TN

June 11,2006
Paul and Rose drove us to Dayton Church of Christ for Sunday School and Church where David and Melissa and Todd were conducting a campaign with 50 people from Mount Juliet . After dinner on the grounds, Paul drove the family around Dayton and Gpa narrated. He pointed out..the house where his grandparents lived, his school, the lake where he fished, the spot where his mother was born, the courthouse where the monkey trial was held, the Morgan furniture company (owned by his uncle) Bryan college (named for William Jennings Bryan) and many other landmarks.
We went to Buttram cemetery where His grandmother and grandfather are buried. (Lawrence E. Cunnyngham and Pearl
Morgan Cunnyngham.) Most of the Morgans and Cunnynghams are buried there, but we happened upon JMB's great grandfather's grave in an older cemetery. Rose took pictures of the tombstones for her family records.

Blood Pressure Monitor

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JMB is taking his blood pressure with the new OMRON monitor...The pressure was good yesterday morning...155 0ver 79...In the afternoon he was feeling dizzy and the pressure was 79 over 45...

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Trip to West Knoxville..
June 9, 2006
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We met Pat and Bill Davy at The Olive Garden today. Traffic was terrible on I-40 . I had asked Rose about the West Hills exit, but I found out about it the hard way. Trucks everywhere and construction on the exit. Bad. We stopped at McKays on the way home and got some videos of movies we haven't seen. We haven't seen hardly any so we just picked out some that looked like LIGHT FUNNY entertainment. I don't think VANILLA SKY qualifies, but it does have Tom Cruise in it.

Pizza Pickles and Potato Chips

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June 8, 2006
Glenda and I went to see Betty today in Maryville. Betty took us to her favorite goodwill stores and to Hobby Lobby. Hobby Lobby now has 100% wool yarn for felting. I may get some for a winter purse. I got some black cotton yarn for a summer..fall pocketbook . I found the crochet pattern in the book that Rose loaned me..."stich'nbitch crochet". We all spent about three dollars and we got new clothes, shoes, and garden decorations. I got a lovely rock for my path, and a pure linen blouse. Betty took us to Schloskies for lunch. We ordered the thing she always orders which was vegetarian pizza and jalapeno potato chips . When we picked up the pizza we got big dill pickles with it. So our lunch was pizza ,potato chips ,and pickles ..very strange. I highly recommend it. Good!
We had a great time...It was a nice girls day out...

Stepping Stones

Wednesday, June 7 (Stacy's birthday)

Rose had all the materials for making stepping stones at her Memorial Day Party. She had forms like cake covers, square pans, round bowls. She sprayed them with Pam and mixed the concrete. While it was wet, we put our decorations on top of the concrete. Rose had painted some rocks and pieces of clay in pretty colors...she had sprayed some rocks gold. All we had to do was place them in our own design. After they dried I brought them home and Gpa and I placed them on The Path..We decided to place them by age from oldest member of the family (Gpa)to the youngest...(Amy)..There are two missing...Scott and Sam.... We left two places for them.