Saying Goodbye to OLD FRIENDS

     We all know there comes a time in a man's life where he has to say good bye to old friends, something that has been with him for many years, through the good times and the bad but none the less ready when called.  Well that happened to me today!!!!  I couldn't believe that after 6+ plus years it was time to move on but there was just no turning back.

THAT IS MY FINGER NOT MY TOE!!!!

Yep after 6 six years it was time for new shoes.  God they had been with me training for the Disney marathon, many work hours, lots of traveling but it was time to let them go.  I had done everything I could do to save them but when it is time to go you just have to let them go.  What a sad time but I shall carry on and make due.
      Speaking of making changes, my wife finally gave in and got a new Christmas tree this year.  When we first moved into this house some 12 years ago one of the things that came with it was a 12 foot Christmas tree!!  Imagine our excitement when we discovered it in the basement.  One problem was that the box that it was stored in had gotten wet and was practically useless.  I still remember that first time we put it up, we thought it would take weeks for us to get it together and on Halloween night we started putting it together!!  It wasn't as hard as we thought and it was done that night!   It has seen it's share of great joy and hard times.  As the years passed it became smaller and smaller because the base just was worn out.   Over the past few years we had to run guide wires from the ceiling and the walls just to keep it upright.  Many a cat has knocked over that tree and it too has made its last stand.  Lynn would spend hours upon hours putting on the lights and then calling for me when it began to lean over.  When we re-did the living room I even installed an extra hook in the ceiling to tie off the tree so that it wouldn't fall but even that couldn't save it in the end.  So today we took the big step and got a new tree!!  PRE-LIT even!!!  It was up in less than an  hour and it looks great.  Still no ornaments yet but that won't be long coming.  It has been a magical day around the Carter household, new shoes and a new Christmas tree!  How lucky can one man be.  I don't think I can stand anymore excitement!!!

NOW ISN'T THAT SOMETHING!!!

Also this weeks begins the countdown to the BIG game - the IRON BOWL and to show our support for the Auburn Tigers I made a little ornament to put out by the mailbox!

YEP - ORANGE AND BLUE FLAMINGOS!!!!!

It has been fun this week looking at all the posts on FB from games in the past on both sides.  Anyone not from this state or that didn't graduate or attend Auburn University or the University of Alabama just don't realize what this means to everyone.  Did you know that this Saturday Auburn will become one of the largest cities in the State of Alabama?  It is true, the population will grow by some 150,000 people, of course not all those will be at the game but who cares.  Many people come just to tail gate and hang out with friends and will watch the game on TV outside the stadium just to be able to say they were there.  There has not been a game of this magnitude in many years.   

     In my next post I will share some of my memories of this GIGANTIC series.  For now I wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving, be safe and as always a special thanks to those men and women who will be working to keep us safe and not spending the day with their families!!!

WAR EAGLE!!!!!