Christmas Decorating at Work

 

 

Well what do you do when you work all the time?

 

You use up all your Christmas decorating mojo at work

 

and that's why you don't have even one Christmas sprinkle

 

at your house.

 

So let's see what's going on at Tucker ATV shall we?

 

I made the guys build me a front porch in our lawn mower/ home section.

 

I have loved decorating it!

 

 

Meanwhile my front porch at home looks like this.

 

 

They want to know where the Christmas treats are!

 

 

Back at Tucker ATV I have put out several trees surrounded by my woodland creatures.

 



 

 

While working on the computer (cough cough) I found this!

 

The Shepherd on the Search

 

What a great idea!  It's like the elf on the shelf but the shepherd

 

is looking for the baby Jesus. 

 

Isn't that a great idea?!



 

And now that I'm off the subject of Christmas decorating let me tell you what happened to

 

us the other day.

 

Someone paid over $4000 in $1.00 gold coins and 50 cent pieces and $2.00 bills!!!

 

He asked my husband if we would take it and he said sure and then brought it to me and my

 

co-worker to count. (dagger eyes)

 



 

 

Thank goodness someone brought oreo bites or we wouldn't have made it...:)

 



 

 

Back to Christmas decorating.....oh wait that's a pic of me at work.

 

Welcome to Tucker ATV....may I help you?

 

Don't I sound professional.....if they only knew....bahahaha!

 

I did put this sign up to warn them.

 

Don't you love my chicken nesting boxes....they hold my tshirts...:)

 

You knew I was going to put my chicken theme in there somewhere didn't you?

 



 

I decorated the boat.....lol...yes a boat!  That's a whole other story on how

 

I went to a flea market and called Shannon and told him I bought a rotten

 

boat.  Sheesh...who knew he was having such a hard time seeing my "vision"

 

of the store......heehee.  And it didn't help that they had to mount it high

 

up on the wall.........vision- people!!  Focus!!

 



 

 

The deer had to have hats and scarves....:)

 

They are looking at the boat......they don't "get the vision" either....

 



 

 

And then came the 12' tree!

 

That was an entire day in Hobby Lobby to buy enough ornaments for the tree.

 

"Yes, dear we HAD to have these ornaments......if you have a 12' tree then you

 

have to have a ton of ornaments.  How important was it for us to make a profit

 

this year anyway??????"

 



 

 

I didn't even show y'all the Man Cave area.  Oh this was so much fun!

 



 

I need to get better pics.  The Man Cave has a swing in it and a tire wall and a couch etc.

 

I will get better pics of the entire store and do a post on it later.

 

So now you know why my house has nothing Christmasy in it at all.

 

I'm jingled out!

 

So from all of us at Tucker ATV we wish you a

 

VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

 

 

 

 

 



Father's Day Fiasco

 

 

 

Hello!

 

I hope everyone enjoyed the Father's Day weekend!

 

My dad's church hosted a father/daughter banquet Saturday and my mom

 

told my sister and I that dad wanted us to go with him....

 

what can you say?

 

So I texted my sister (who lives a state away) and broke the news

 

to her.

 

We laughed about us probably being the oldest daughters there (and we were).

 

We get to the small church and they had decorated it so cute.

 

 

We have arrived!

 

Yes my sister and I are complete opposites...she looks like mom and I look like dad.

 

And you will soon hear that I act like him also.

 

It was a small group of about 20 people and we had a wonderful speaker that also

 

sang a few songs.

 

We were in a small room so the speaker was about 10 feet away from us.

 

I take my phone in to take photos and I put it on mute (I'm not rude ya know).

 

My dad was sitting across the table from my sister and I.

 

He picked up my phone from the table and I'm in a panic because dad and cell phones

 

are a disaster waiting to happen.

 

He looks at the time and whispers/not whispers ( I don't know where he learned to whisper)

 

"is today Friday?"

 

I'm mortified and I'm shaking my head and barely whisper back "no...it's Saturday."

 

Dad whispers/notwhispers.... "I think the car race is on!"

 

I thought we were about to have to get up and take him home but we stayed.

 

As he put my phone back on the table (in this very quiet room),

 

my phone says "I'm sorry, I could not understand what you were asking?"

 

EEEKKK!!!  SIRI!!!!

 

My sister's eyes are screaming at me "DO SOMETHING!!!!"

 

What could I do.....it was done.

 

So we just tried to shrink down and not move for the rest of the night....but no.

 

This little girl was sitting next to us..........adorable!

 

 

And she was perfectly good and quiet until my dad started playing with her,

 

throwing napkins at her until she erupted in giggles and talking to him.

 

Her mom got on to her and I got on to dad.

 

Finally the speaker asked if he could pray before we ate and he asked if fathers and daughters could

 

hold hands.

 

Well my family loves each other dearly but we have never done much holding hands etc

 

so I though it would be nice to capture this rare photo.

 

While my head was bowed I did lift up my camera and tried to guess what angle

 

to hold it and I quickly held the volume button on the side ( I just learned that this will snap

 

a photo on the IPhone) because I didn't want to be rude during the prayer.

 

(barely got my hands in dad's)

 

 

 

But of course something had to go wrong..........

 

my camera went noisily .....clickclickclickclickclickclickclickclick

 

clickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclick

 

640 pictures!!!!!!!!!!

 

WHYYYYYY???????

 

Again.....my poor sister is kicking me under the table!

 

I promise y'all I do not intentionally do these things.

 

We eat and win some door prizes....my dad won the visor that is in every photo...

 

my mom is going to kill him....lol. If you look at my first photo dad is also

 

suppose to be wearing a tie...lol.

 

 

It was a great banquet and I apologized to the host and speaker for our noise.

 

Everyone left and of course this Walker crew couldn't do that normally!

 

Somebody locked the keys in the truck!!!!

 

 

 

Don't y'all want us to come to all of your functions?

 

shaking my head..........typical.

 

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

 

Or better

 

 

 

And that concludes our Father's Day fiasco.

 

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Black Gold......Redneck Style

 

 

 

(Beverly Hillbillies Theme)

 

 

 

Come and listen to my story

 

'Bout a man named Shannon

 

A sweet redneck man

 

wondering why his wife is fannin'

 

 

they rode one day

 

and was cruisin' with his nets

 

and up through the ground came a bubblin' reds

 

crawdads that is, freshwater lobsters.

 

Well first thing you know ol Shannon's here and there

 

he says to his wife "pick your feet up" and she glared

 

 

 

she said Redneck Island is the place I want to be

 

get me out of this mud, I'm gettin' hun-ger-y

 

KFC, chicken that is..yum..yum

 

 

 Now it's time to say goodbye to Shannon and his kin

 

and they would like to thank you folks fer kindly dropping in

 

 

Your all invited back next week to this locality

 

to have a heapin' help of their hospitality

 

 

Redneck, that is,,,

 

set a spell...take your shoes off

 

 

 

 

Y'all come back now y'here?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Love and a Root Canal....

 

 

What do you do after you've been married 31 years???

 One goes to work and the other one gets a root canal. Hope the next 31 are just as exciting...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So after I get back from the dentist the conversation goes like this.

 Shannon : I know you don't feel like going somewhere tonight but I will make it up to you and we will go somewhere real soon. I love you.

 

 Me: Awww...if my wipsh wash not numb I would kish you.....I wufsh you too. Oopsh....sorry I swobbered on yoush arm.

‪#‎winningatromance‬ ‪#‎31years

 

 

 

(later that night)

 

Now this is how you celebrate...11:00 ice cream

 

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The Crazy Chicken Lady Goes On A Cruise - Part Two

 

 

CRAZY CHICKEN LADY GOES ON A CRUISE

 

PART TWO

 

 

 

 

Well here we are in Progreso, Mexico!

 

Progreso

Yucatn

Progreso is a port city in the Mexican state of Yucatán, located on the Gulf of Mexico in the north-west of the state some 30 minutes north of state capital Mérida by highway. As of the Mexican census of 2010, Progreso had an official population of 37,369 inhabitants, the sixth largest community in the state in population.

 

 

 

It's only four of us on this trip.  We all went different ways today.

 

Some stayed on the ship and others just went to a beach.

 

But we decided to go to this place!

 

 

Mayan & Spanish Settlement Dzibilchaltun Ruins are located near the colonial city of Merida, Yucatan. Dzibilchaltun was a large settlement and still occupied when the Spanish arrived during the 1500s. Archaeologists estimate there were as many as 200,000 inhabitants and 8,400 buildings during its history with artifacts dating back to the middle of the classic period (700 – 800 A.D.)  Highlights are the large plaza, sacbe trails, the Temple of the Dolls, and the Open Chapel, an unusual amphitheater shaped structure (I could not for the life of me get this to center)    



But first we must get there!!!

 

We leave the ship and board a bus with our tour guide, Jose!

We were so excited and lucky because Jose said we were the

first bus to leave and we would be the first to get there

and it would not be so crowded.

yay!!!  We all cheered!!

But little did my bus mates know that they had let a

little lady on the bus named Lisa.

And very soon our bus started spitting and sputtering...

and before you could say "the Lisa factor"

we were sitting on the side of the road watching

allllll  of the other tour buses passing us by.

Why did I sit so close to the engine?

Jose then jumps off of the bus and hails another bus and away he went!

Wha???

What do we do now?

It wasn't long however before Jose was back and they tinkered

with the bus and we were back on the road.

Hooray!!

What I really loved about Progreso was it was not some tourist attraction.

Jose kept telling us it was the "real" Mexico.

We just saw real towns, and houses and people going about

their work.

 I thought it was great!  Although I never saw a chicken?

We finally made it to the Mayan ruins and I will tell you

it was hot, people!!

And we went in February!!

I don't think you could stand to listen (although it was interesting but a little too long) to the history of this place during
the hotter months.

 

 

 

 

It was really neat and I'm glad we went but the best part

was this natural grotto or cenote is what they called it.

Cenote Xlakah is a beautiful freshwater pool located to the side of the main plaza. It was the city’s freshwater source and perhaps the main reason the Maya chose this location to build their settlement. Water from Cenote Xlakah would have been perfect for residential drinking water and irrigation of their fields. Under the surface, Cenote Xlakah reaches depths of 44 meters (144 feet). According to the plaque near the water’s edge, Xlakah means “old town” in Maya. The cenote was first explored from 1957-59 when thousands of pottery shards and urns were found in the water along with wood, stone and bone artifacts. The earthenware dates to the Late Classic Periods of 600-1000 A.D -

We loved it and the little fish would give you a pedicure.

We walked back to the entrance of the ruins and they have this outdoor eating area.

I don't know if we were just hungry but it was the best, authentic

Mexican food that we had the entire trip!!

After we ate Jose loaded us all up and took us to a beach!

 

It was pretty touristy...is that a word?

 

I mean that there were a lot of people there and so many

 

trying to sell you something.

 

 

What???  Did you say homemade marange bites?

 

How fast can we get our money out?

 

And then we spotted it!!

 

We spotted on the beach, a tent set up with 4 massage tables

 

calling our names.

 

We couldn't get there fast enough.

 

In my frenzy to get on a table I completely forgot that I was

 

not wearing a bathing suit under my clothes like my friends were.

 

(If any men read my blog this would be a good place to stop reading....too much female information coming up.)

 

Not only was I lying beside the girl in the pink.....scroll back up

 

one photo.....yep....her.....

 

I had on capris and a regular top.

 

I just assumed the massage girl would just do the best she could

 

outside of my clothes.....but ohhhhhh I was wrong.

 

These girls are good and quick and you can tell they've done this

 

hundreds if not thousands of times.

 

I'm lying with my face mushed down on the (face holder??)

 

looking at the sand and she starts pulling my shirt up and I'm

 

thinking well I guess that's okay.

 

And then she moves my arm and lifts my head and pop!! my shirt is off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I am horrified!! 

 

And then I realize that not only am I lying there in my bra

 

but I am lying there with 2 bras on!!!!!!!

 

The horror!!!!

 

(sometimes I wear two for extra support....I know that's just weird but it really works....don't judge!!  if you don't have the "big" girl problem then you have no idea the things you will do for support!)

 

I can't lift up from the table because then I will be totally exposed to everyone outside the tent...the tent is not closed!!

 

I am dying!!  Trisha (the beauty in pink) is dying also...

 

because she has heard me panic and say I have two bras on and

 

she can see what is happening from her table and she was

 

laughing so hard!

 

And then I could feel the massage girl....unhook, unhook, unhook,

unhook, unhook, unhook,

 

Oh dear....

 

and she was speaking  to the other massage girls    

 

"mahkd,m dllsejm., shelsk, lkdi , 2bras, hhahahaha"

 

I die...

 

"The Lisa Factor" strikes again...

 

So much for "relaxing" during my massage.

 

We finally get done and the massage girl is like

 

hook, hook, hook,  sigh.....hook, hook, hook

 

back on the clothes go.

 

And back to the ship we go!! (look, Trisha is still laughing)

 

Other than the massage debacle I really loved this day!!

 

We now are back on the ship and the ship starts heading home and we are getting

 

more delirious by the minute.

 

I love this photo...:)

(don't worry they will charge it to your visa)

 

 

Isn't that a beautiful group?!!

Each night we would come up the stairs and everyone that was a

little early would have to stand around in the elevator lobby area

and wait on the dining room to open their doors.

We met a lot of very nice people as we all stood around and talked.

One night we are talking to a group and for some reason I don't

do well with crowds, and talking, and I think I get nervous

and just say anything....my words are like vomit....I just

throw them at you.  Do you hear a warning coming up?

This man was saying something about his wife getting ready

and he was talking about how nice everyone looked and

before you could say "The Lisa Factor" I am blurting out

"these are pajama pants......and I think I've worn them the whole trip."

Of course no one knew what to say....they just stared.

Why did I say that???? 

They were black capris, yes they were black capri pajama

pants but no one knew that.....................until I told them..

sigh......

I think we were all ready to head home to some normal sized servings... although this chicken bite and potato bite were good.

I had to go straight to the pizza bar right after dinner...and maybe the ice cream bar.


It was time to head home....

we've had a great time!

 

 

The wind made for a rough ride home.

 

One night we were already in bed when we heard a commotion

 

out in the hall. 

 

We went out and people were talking about

 

the ice cream machine had fallen over because of the rough seas.

 

Boy I couldn't get my clothes on fast enough....I needed to

 

check on the ice cream machine!!

 

The last day we tried one last time to win this money....

 

we didn't win...but some lucky people did.

 

 

One last sunset....

 

 

one last look around the ship...

 

 

We are close enough to home that we have internet...

 

Here's a photo for my face book friends...

 

 

And just like that.....we are home....well, New Orleans.

 

 

What an excellent, marvelous, wonderful time we had

 

and I love each and every one of these special ladies

 

that made it so fun for me!!

 

A trip of a lifetime with life long friends and

 

memories we will never forget!!

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(thank you readers for hanging in there....I know this was a long post)