YOU NAME IT! CONTE$T IS OVER!

The contest is closed and the judging complete. Follow the link given below to find out who won. Boy, did I EVER get some great entries! I want to thank each of you for hilariously funny captions and for being such loyal readers.

This was so much fun, and you wouldn't believe the number of entries I had to judge, so given all of that, next month's newsletter will include a new contest just in time for Christmas. The prizes will be ----whoops, I can't tell you that! You'll just have to wait and see.

I had previously stated that there were THREE PICTURES and that meant THREE WINNERS. Math . . . stay in school. However, after going through all the entries, two of them forced me into a tie situation.

To see who won, click HERE!

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And now . . . on with da show---

ALL THINGS ROYAL

I'm Confused; again.

Don't get me wrong, I love Fall. The cooler weather, the leaves changing and making rainbows on the mountainside, chili with beans, and ahhhh yes, Thanksgiving; where families gather together and eat themselves into a stupor. (Burp)

But I'm confused. Would somebody please tell me when we started letting one season piggyback another?

Exactly WHAT season is it now? Summer? Fall? Winter already? Is it time for Jack-O-Lanterns or Turkey and dressing?

When I was growing up, we identified the season like this:

Spring = rain/flowers, SPRING BREAK from school
Summer = No school, VACATION
Fall = HALLOWEEN and THANKSGIVING, breaks from school
Winter = CHRISTMAS, and if we were lucky, 1/2 inch of snow in a nearby State and no school

Why yes, I hated school. How did you know? Okay, so maybe I wasn't exactly a scholar and some may have even dubbed me the Valedictorian of Summer School, but at least back then we knew what season it was by our beloved HOLIDAYS.

Case in point; this weekend as I was getting my Halloween candy "for the childdddddren," I couldn't help but notice that both sides of the checkout lane were covered with tinsel, Santa-shaped candy bars, red and white stockings, and a magazine headline that read, "10 Easy Steps to Combine the Holidays." Do WHAT?!

Combine the holidays? I haven't even enjoyed the bags and bags of chocolate I bought, ahh . . . for the childdddddren.

But that's not the worst of it. I walked outside of THAT- PLACE-WE-HATE-TO-SHOP-AT-BUT-IT'S-CHEAP, and there, smack dab in the side parking lot was a man selling CHRISTMAS TREES. Call me crazy, but it's hard to get serious about buying an geniune artificial Christmas tree in 98-degree weather from a guy who's wearing shorts, flip flops, a baseball cap that says, "Proud Member of the Bubba Club," and a T-shirt barely covering his potbelly-BubbaNESS. Ew.

Then right next to the Hunk-a-nator was another setup, only they were selling the inflatable $100.00 "lawn art" as its called nowadays; an oversized balloon they'll gladly inflate for a small, additional inflated cost. Pumpkin-heads with scary faces, Creepy Witches, Bats, Vampires, and Werewolfs; all the things that make small children cry and are guaranteed to give them nightmares for years to come. But flip those babies over and you got Rudolph, Mrs. Claus, the big guy himself, and an assorted array of elfs. What a deal. (Want Rudolph's nose to light up? Add five bucks. Ten more will get you reindeer poop).

I asked both guys at the same time, almost shouting to the air, "How can you do this? You're messing with the natural order of things!"

Their reply? "It's for the childdddddren." Sigh.


Till next time ~~~ QJJ

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Daily Royal Flush:

Life is like a dog-sled team. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.
~ Lewis Grizzard

and another fav . . .

People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
~Elizabeth Kubler Ross

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~NEW~
Happy Birthday to YOU!
Is it your birthday next month? Come on, let us celebrate with you! I promise not to sing. Pinkie swear.

Just drop me an email and let me know you'll be having yet another birthday (haha...ahem) and I'll put it in the newsletter. Please only send in birthdays for yourself. You don't have to give the year, or even the day if you don't want to share it. But let us celebrate your special day, won't you? I mean I did pinkie swear ...

AND NOWWWWW....Here's the latest list of Birthday Babes and Boys!

Mary Lee Goodwin, TN - July 11
Vicki Hawkins, TN - July 19
Mary Alice, AL - July 31
Karen Gilliam, AL - August 11
Paulette McMurry - August 17
p.m.terrell, NC - August 25
James P. Wilbourn, AL - August 25
Pamela June Kimmell, VA - September 25

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