Have You Ever Seen This?

Good evening all of you.  Hope you are staying cool and having a good week.  This morning we started out rather early because we were taking my cousin Kathy(who is more like a sister) and her hubby to the VA hospital in Montgomery, Ala where her hubby was having test.  It's a little over 2 hours away and with an hour time zone change we were up and about before the daylight dawned.

Upon entering the hospital  grounds,flags were flying and it made me stop and reflect on how proud I am to be an American and to pause and in silence honor those who have given their lives and so much of themselves for our country.

We drove around and left them at the entrance and upon leaving the hospital this is what we saw.

Okay, I am not a famous world traveler, but have visited many different states.  We have driven on the interstates, back roads, thru large cities and small towns, subdivisions, and communities, but I have never seen a speed limit sign that states you have to go 19 miles per hours.  Maybe 15, 20, 35, etc.  but 19??? 

Have you?  I thought it was right funny, so we circled and came upon it again, so I could share  it with you.   Were we going  19, probably not.. more like 10,,, barely creeping so I could get a picture.  I questioned Mr. P. and he just laughed and said ,"You want to know why they did it,,,, For this reason, it got your attention!" Well if that was the reason, it sure worked for me, and now all of you know , too.  See I told you , It don't take much to make me smile.

After the test, we shopped for awhile and found this neat place to eat lunch.  Now if you are hungrey,or dieting you might just want to skip these photos.  It was a neat place called "Country's Barbecue"

No, nothing fancy on the outside,  ahhh, we were in ALA, yea the pick-up out front, but the smell once you pulled into the place was wonderful.  BBQ smoking over an open pit..... yea, wonderful even tho the temp on the car showed 100 degrees.

Sorry it was kinda dark inside, but the inside was "country".  The walls were decorated with old advertising tins.  Was such a neat place.

Look at this gigantic rocking chair.  Darbee Rae couldn't wait to get her picture taken in it,  The seat was almost as tall as I was. 

And the food was delicious.  Yes, I did say a BBQ place , but this southern gal can never turn down buttermilk battered fried chicken.   Yummy!

They made sure you had plenty to drink,,, A QUART jar of iced tea.  Didn't need refills with these jars.

Okay, don't leave me here.  Under the pickles on our plates was a sampling of onions and they were to die for.  They called them BBQ onions.  Don't YUK on me, they were different, no BBQ sauce but kinda sweet and sour.  Delicious.  We ordered a side and shared.  Are you hungrey yet? Well we left there with take out boxes and we were stuffed..  A great place to have lunch.

We stopped at a neat thrift store on the way home.  I got lots of goodies, most I can't share ( heeehee) but nothing even  close to what  ANGIE finds when she goes to Goodwill. I think I could take lessons from her!!

Most of you know I love coffee mugs.  Loved these because they looked like pottery and  loved the square handles. They had that good feel to them, and go well with the pitcher and dishes I posted about a good while back.

Just regular old "snuff glasses" we have always called them,because snuff use to come in them.  There is a story behind these great finds.  When Mr. P and I married , he kept a snuff glass close to the sink to drink water from when he came in from outside.  Little old ladies would give him one now and then, and for all the years we have been married (38) he has had a snuff glass to drink from.  Until just recently.  The last one got broken.  I have bought small plastic glasses from the Dollar Tree, small glass glasses from Old Time Pottery and have I satisfied the Mister?   Not until today!!! He now has his glass back, in fact four of them.  Don't you gals wish you could make your hubby as happy as I made mine for 50 cents each?

Loved this sleigh.  They were having a Christmas in July sale and all Christmas items were 75% off.  What a steal this was.  Can't wait to prim it up a bit and decorate with it for Christmas. Buying Christmas when the temps are in the triple digets??   I know ,,,, but it was fun,

Okay, I have kept you long enough.  Hope you have had a great day as well.  Off to work on some prim items I hope to share with you soon.  

If you want to read something that will make you laugh skip on over to  Holly's blog and read her post tonight.

Until next time, thanks for stopping by.  I cherish our visit.