I just received this picture. Do any of you know who this is...? He is a long lost cousin, but who is it?
Picture sent in by Jo Jo
This is a picture of Jon
Monday, June 16, 2008
Saturday, June 14, 2008
The Shoe Box
A man and woman had been married for more than 60 years. They had
shared everything. They had talked about everything. They had kept no secrets from each other, except that the little old woman had a shoe box in the top of her closet that she had cautioned her husband never to open or ask her about.
For all of these years, he had never thought about the box, but one
day the little old woman got very sick and the doctor said she would not recover.
In trying to sort out their affairs, the little old man took down the
shoe box and took it to his wife's bedside.
She agreed that it was time that he should know what was in the box.
When he opened it, he found two crocheted dolls and a stack of money totaling $95,000.
He asked her about the contents. 'When we were to be married,' she
said, 'my grandmother told me the secret of a happy marriage was to never argue. She told me that if I ever got angry with you, I should just keep quiet and crochet a doll.'
The little old man was so moved, he had to fight back tears. Only two
precious dolls were in the box. She had only been angry with him two times in all those years of living and loving. He almost burst with happiness.
'Honey,' he said, 'that explains the doll, but what about all of this
money? Where did it come from?'
'Oh,' she said, 'that's the money I made from selling the dolls.'
A Prayer.......
Dear Lord, I pray for Wisdom to understand my man; Love to forgive
him; And Patience for his moods; Because Lord, if I pray for Strength,
I'll beat him to death, because I don't know how to crochet.
shared everything. They had talked about everything. They had kept no secrets from each other, except that the little old woman had a shoe box in the top of her closet that she had cautioned her husband never to open or ask her about.
For all of these years, he had never thought about the box, but one
day the little old woman got very sick and the doctor said she would not recover.
In trying to sort out their affairs, the little old man took down the
shoe box and took it to his wife's bedside.
She agreed that it was time that he should know what was in the box.
When he opened it, he found two crocheted dolls and a stack of money totaling $95,000.
He asked her about the contents. 'When we were to be married,' she
said, 'my grandmother told me the secret of a happy marriage was to never argue. She told me that if I ever got angry with you, I should just keep quiet and crochet a doll.'
The little old man was so moved, he had to fight back tears. Only two
precious dolls were in the box. She had only been angry with him two times in all those years of living and loving. He almost burst with happiness.
'Honey,' he said, 'that explains the doll, but what about all of this
money? Where did it come from?'
'Oh,' she said, 'that's the money I made from selling the dolls.'
A Prayer.......
Dear Lord, I pray for Wisdom to understand my man; Love to forgive
him; And Patience for his moods; Because Lord, if I pray for Strength,
I'll beat him to death, because I don't know how to crochet.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
COMPLIMENTS TO THE HAMITER FAMILY CHEF'S (past and present)
* Aunt Glenn * For absolutely the very best Pecan Pie and Chocolate Brownies. Chef Bobby Flay should have had a "Throw-Down" with her on her dessert preps. Bobby would have lost.
* My dear sister, Kay * Kay could cook about any meal, but her Shrimp entrees and oven cooked roasts (beef or pork) were out of this world!
* Aunt Hattie * For the best fresh peas and beans with salt pork and her pan fried "cold water" cornbread. If you haven't had her fried cornbread you are missing out! Also noted are her desserts of Blond Brownies and Chocolate Pies.
* Uncle R. E. * For his famous Barbecued Pork, on an open pit, with hands down the best sauce in the USA. Also for his Sugar Cane Syrup. Now Robert could have helped him, but I would think he would have had the late night shift of keeping the fire going.
* Aunt Alma * Our outdoor grilling Aunt. She knows more about grills than "Lowe's knows". She also makes wonderful desserts. But some of us eat to many desserts and if you spell "DESSERTS" backwards, you are "STRESSED". Among her desserts are: Banana Pudding and Coconut cake. Soothing, "get ya well", meals include Chicken & Dumplings. Her meals are no like Sandra Lee and her Simi-Homemade recipes. They are real meals from scratch.
* Uncle Clarence * I really think Aunt Alma taught him how to cook? But he makes the best Breakfast and fries the most delicious Pork Chops you have ever had.
* Aunt Arlene* For the very best Berry Cobblers, Cakes, and Coconut Pies. She is also noted for her "Debbie" beans.
* My mother, Gladys * What can you say about a person who had to prepare a minimum of twenty-four (24) meals a day. That's unless it wasn't the Sunday you had the Preacher and his family over for a meal. Mother made the best casseroles, especially her Chicken & Rice casseroles. She also cooked Pot Roasts, mouth watering Bean Soup, skillet Cream Corn, and Southern Fried Chicken.
* Aunt Nettie * I really never had a meal at her house that I can remember, but she would bring very good Pinto Beans and Fried Potatoes to the church for "Dinner-on-the Grounds". And as you know there is never anything left to take home...
* Aunt Bonnie * Now here is a lady that Paula Deen needs to take cooking lessons from. She prepares 5 Star Course Meals every day. And she can do all these meals by noon. At times, she uses her wood burning oven to get that aroma of real southern style cooking. It will really get those olfactory sense's going. Aunt Bonnie also makes great "Orange Peel" candy.
Johnny Hamiter
* My dear sister, Kay * Kay could cook about any meal, but her Shrimp entrees and oven cooked roasts (beef or pork) were out of this world!
* Aunt Hattie * For the best fresh peas and beans with salt pork and her pan fried "cold water" cornbread. If you haven't had her fried cornbread you are missing out! Also noted are her desserts of Blond Brownies and Chocolate Pies.
* Uncle R. E. * For his famous Barbecued Pork, on an open pit, with hands down the best sauce in the USA. Also for his Sugar Cane Syrup. Now Robert could have helped him, but I would think he would have had the late night shift of keeping the fire going.
* Aunt Alma * Our outdoor grilling Aunt. She knows more about grills than "Lowe's knows". She also makes wonderful desserts. But some of us eat to many desserts and if you spell "DESSERTS" backwards, you are "STRESSED". Among her desserts are: Banana Pudding and Coconut cake. Soothing, "get ya well", meals include Chicken & Dumplings. Her meals are no like Sandra Lee and her Simi-Homemade recipes. They are real meals from scratch.
* Uncle Clarence * I really think Aunt Alma taught him how to cook? But he makes the best Breakfast and fries the most delicious Pork Chops you have ever had.
* Aunt Arlene* For the very best Berry Cobblers, Cakes, and Coconut Pies. She is also noted for her "Debbie" beans.
* My mother, Gladys * What can you say about a person who had to prepare a minimum of twenty-four (24) meals a day. That's unless it wasn't the Sunday you had the Preacher and his family over for a meal. Mother made the best casseroles, especially her Chicken & Rice casseroles. She also cooked Pot Roasts, mouth watering Bean Soup, skillet Cream Corn, and Southern Fried Chicken.
* Aunt Nettie * I really never had a meal at her house that I can remember, but she would bring very good Pinto Beans and Fried Potatoes to the church for "Dinner-on-the Grounds". And as you know there is never anything left to take home...
* Aunt Bonnie * Now here is a lady that Paula Deen needs to take cooking lessons from. She prepares 5 Star Course Meals every day. And she can do all these meals by noon. At times, she uses her wood burning oven to get that aroma of real southern style cooking. It will really get those olfactory sense's going. Aunt Bonnie also makes great "Orange Peel" candy.
Johnny Hamiter
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
A Smart Way To Get Your Kids To Visit On Their Dollar!
JOKE
An elderly man in Phoenix calls his son Bob in New York and says, I hate to ruin your day, but your mother and I are divorcing. Forty-five years of misery is enough! I’m sick of her, and I’m sick of talking about this, so call your sister in Boston and tell her, and then hangs up. The son frantically calls his sister, who goes nuts upon hearing the news. She calls her father and yells, You are not getting a divorce! Bob and I will be there tomorrow. Until then, don’t do a single thing, do you hear me? The father hangs up the phone, turns to his wife, and says, It worked! The kids are coming for a visit, and they’re paying their own way!
Bouncing Bundle of Joy! Who is this newborn?
Everyone, I received this picture tonight and all it said was behold the megababy.....
Now I know who it is but do you? I was there when this bouncing bundle of joy entered the world....... Anyone want to guess who this newborn is?
Picture submitted by
Trae Carrington
Everyone Loved Uncle Roy
Lea Ann reminded me of a vacation we went on one year. It was me and Lea Ann , mama and daddy, Aunt Hattie and Uncle Roy and my grandma…. We all went to the Ozarks and camped at the Koa campground… we loved it up there Lea Ann and I would go swimming everyday which was absolutely the most fun. I even got to practice my life saving skills on her in the pool though she had to simulate drowning (I had to help her with that) (she didn’t like it either) and then I rescued her from the pool…we won’t go into that because I think she Is still mad at me over that one. Anyway, when it storms up there it storms and any of you that remember Uncle Roy really well should know that he loved to collect license plates from everywhere. He had a bunch of them. Well all of you also know that Aunt Hattie was always afraid of storms and did her best to make sure she would pull us out in the middle of them to run from them no matter what time of the night it was and it didn’t matter if we were heading straight at them as long as we were either at Uncle Clydes, Mama’s or Papa Obe’s. So you can get the picture at the end of the story Uncle Roy was in big trouble….Back to the camping trip….!!! One night it starts storming really bad. We had a cab over camper and Aunt Hattie and Uncle Roy had a pull tent camper. Lea Ann and I were sleeping with Aunt Hattie and Uncle Roy.. Well the storm comes up and we all evacuate to the cab over with mama and daddy and grandma…. All of us meaning me, Lea Ann and Aunt Hattie… well at first Aunt Hattie was freaking out over the storm (Uncle Roy wasn’t on her radar…) I mean the camper was rocking, the wind was howling and we thought we were going to blow away. Then she realized Uncle Roy wasn’t in there….. She was upset…. !!!!!
Aunt Hattie: I wonder where Roy is? I can’t believe he is out here wandering around in the middle of the storm! He’s gonna get killed!
We were all trying to figure out what he could be doing so we thought maybe he went to the camp ground office to the bathroom or something. So we waited a little while and then started looking out the windows for him….low and behold there was uncle Roy in the middle of the storm wandering around the camp ground looking for license plates. I’m pretty sure he even found one or two the storm blew up….I know he didn’t remove any from people’s cars while it was storming.. Uncle Roy was in the dog house over that one....
I can hear Aunt Hattie right now…. Royyyyyyy what are you doing.. don’t you know its storming out there you need to get in here Roy…….
Anyway, that was Uncle Roy…. I always wondered how he got so many license plates…….. Oh, and by the way, Uncle Roy was just as unconcerned about that storm as Aunt Hattie was freaking out….
Everyone loved Uncle Roy. I will always remember the love he gave me and how much he loved Andrea... Andrea has never forgotten Uncle Roy and never will till this day she still talks about him and I will always have memories that can never be taken away...... I know that he was always loved by all of us. He was a wonderful uncle and made a big impression in my life. I just wish Andrea could have had him in her life longer.
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