Happy Tuesday

Wow, been too long since I posted.  My bad.

Let me fill you in on the weekend.  There's a little town not far from where I live (in fact it's the town I go to for dialysis) and there is a Masonic Home for Children there.  This past weekend they had their Homecoming.  A Shriners parade, a BBQ cookoff, and musical entertainment.  Well, in the South we are very picky about our BBQ.  Especially those of us who grew up with North Carolina BBQ.  Nothing else like it anywhere.  It's da bomb!  As we walked up to the grounds to get a good spot for the parade, the smell of all that bbq and ribs and chicken cooking was enough to make you slap your grandma.  I mean it smelled GOOD.

The parade was fun.  Shriners in their costumes, driving their little vehicles.  I was missing my brother in law. He was a Shriner and he had one of the little mini-rigs.  But I bet he was watching from upstairs :)  All was well until this one car came by with a hillbilly on it, who had a gun. Which he proceeded to fire.  Right in front of me.  Made me jump.  If I didn't have kidney failure I probably would have wet my pants.

It was a bit chilly with the wind blowing, so after the parade we went back to the car to warm up for a bit.  Then it was time to eat!!!  MMMMMM MMMMMM.  It was an all you can eat deal.  WOOHOO!  I had 3 different kinds of bbq, 2 different kinds of ribs, a piece of bbq chicken, and a piece of fried chicken.  Well, not all at one time. I brought some of it home for dinner and it was still yummy then.

THEN, time for the music.  While they were setting up the stage, I wandered over to the table where they were selling CDs.  There was a guy there...white hair, white moustache and beard, wearing sunglasses.  I heard him talking and thought 'wow, he sounds like T. Graham Brown', but the last time I had see him, he's been real heavy and this guy wasn't.  So I went back to our seats and pointed him out to my sister and said 'I think that's T. Graham Brown'.  Well, sure enough, it was.  He was really looking good and he sounded even better.  He hasn't lost a THING with his voice.  I mean he belted those songs out.  I was right on the front 'row' and got some good pictures of him.  He sang for about an hour and a half, and then said he'd sign autographs.  I hustled over to the table and he was so NICE.  Very friendly and personable.  I was like a 15 year old meeting a celebrity for the first time.  I was grinning like a possum.  I got to talk to him for a couple of minutes, got an autograph, AND my picture taken with him.  Awesome!!  But it really was a great time.  So support your local Masons and Shriners.  They do great things :)

So that's been my excitement for the week.  Now I'm looking forward to the weekend.  We're going to Floyd, VA, to Schoolhouse Fabrics.  A 3 story former school now FILLED with fabrics and notions.  OMG.  I don't know if I can contain myself :)

I better go check on the trolls.  I'm sure they're out of control by now.

Til later,
Morado