“The Election Isn’t Over…We’ve Already “Won”…”

Huh…Tiffany said this to Michael and me last night…“we’ve already won”,  she wasn’t talking about the winning number

of votes but the value of running this campaign in our great nation!!!

 

This is Tiffany’s fiancé…

Mr. Randy Smith of Jackson, TN. is running for the Republican nomination to run

as their candidate for the eighth Congressional District of Tennessee.

 

This is Tiffany and Randy…Randy is the chef at Baudo’s Restaurant in Jackson…

and what a chef…here’s what we had to eat after talking to Randy and Tiffany and some of their children…

 

Michael had the stuffed Grouper….with that gorgeous sauce…

 

This is my chicken Picatta…I cut it so you could see that luscious chicken and that

sauce was a lovely light lemony concoction…served with pasta…it was divine!!!

 

This is Randy showing us his antique wine press…Randy’s Grandfather actually used this press

in Chicago…(not in TN). I love that they can display something that has a lovely family history.

Family and the love of family is such an important characteristic for a political candidate…

Randy told me about his children with a beaming face and a giggle that only a Grandad can carry off.

Yes, he is the grandfather of Connor, who is one year old. Connor’s Dad is Randy’s oldest son Dion.

Sydney is Randy’s adult daughter and …

 

This is the hug that I caught between Randy and Nicoletta…Nicoletta is 10 years old and a

darling little lady!!!

 

“Lemme see that…”…my first photo caught this little guy, Peyton who is four…that’s not furry hair, it’s a hat…

 

This is Mr. Jackson, who is six, he came prepared!!! …for anything…

 

This family portrait says it all…Randy Smith…YOU HAVE ALREADY WON and it

is not even election day!!! You’ve won the love and respect of a great number

of people, including your family, in the eighth congressional district. You won our hearts and respect the first time you

whipped that tattered copy of the Constitution out of your breast pocket…and it wasn’t a political ploy…because we know

that you believe in that document and honor all of the people who have fought so diligently to preserve it.

 

 

You’ve WON because these two ladies, Tiffany and your beautiful Mother, Sharon know exactly who you are

and where you stand. YOU’VE WON because you devoted four years during Desert Storm in the US Navy serving

aviation ordnance for the A-6.

 

You’ve already  WON because these precious people are safe…

 

You’ve already WON because of your work and support of all these people…silently and in the background…

like so many heroes do…

You’ve weathered this tough campaign at your own expense. You and Tiffany have conducted the most respectful campaign

of all the candidates. My compliments to the two of you for not allowing negativity to taint your campaign.

 

This is Randy Smith and his political opponents

Dr. Ron Kirkland

Mr. Steve Fincher

Dr. George Flinn

I have met and talked to each of these men several times recently and I suspect

that each one of them have somewhat similar stories to Randy…similar but different. We have four very good candidates,

four very good men…not perfect men…by uniting we can do anything in the name of Jesus Christ is my

prayer for each one of you!!! Good luck Randy and all of the opponents. Each one of you are winners!!!

 

Now I just want to share some more of my photos…as you can see, I had a blast with this family!!!  Maybe I should call these the “Out takes”…

 

 

 

 

Guess which one was the most “challenging”???

Gotta Love A Politician … With The Name …Zach Wamp!!!

 

This is Mr. Zach Wamp (right), who is running for Governor of Tennessee…

he is shaking the hand of a nice gentleman who is my newest buddy…

and shall remain nameless ;-)…  I do thank him for buying my breakfast!!!

 

Cute little Wamp supporters…do ya think I can call them “Wampies” ???

No, better not!!!

 

 

I was thoroughly impressed with Zach, one of his comments was that our country

was found on the premise of Christianity and to remain what we are

we should remain a Christian country!!! Got my vote right there!!!

 

This impromptu event was held in the cutest restaurant, I’ll do another post on it…the name

of the restaurant is The Cozy Kitchen in Dyersburg, TN…

 

  This is the cutie that owns “The Cozy Kitchen”…and it is a blogger’s dream…

ok…I’ll cover that on my next post…

 

Zach Wamp said that he would work to help rural West Tennessee…the western part of

Tennessee has largely been left behind in the growth of industry and is suffering.

I’ve blogged about my hubby working in a city 65 miles from our home, my son is

also working in that town and my daughter and son-in-law have moved to Jackson because

of their jobs. It is so sad to see our home grown and educated population leave here. We have

a great University of Tennessee campus within 15 miles of home and it is called a weekly college because

all of the students go “home” on weekends…

 

Jim Jackson and Zach Wamp

 

Lou and Zach

 

Jim, a local auctioneer, and Lou

 

Jim and this gentleman discovered that they went to the same one-room school as children…

they shared some stories about the school with us…

 

Some pretty snazzy wheels!!!

 

I’m sorry but I just had to post this photo…When I asked this man if I could take his photo…he quipped

“…want me to wave like Gomer Pyle?” …wouldn’t you know just as I snapped …

 

…Now for the professional pose…

This is Mr. Jeff Jones, he is the Dyer County Highway Department superintendent

…p.s. he was so much fun to meet!!! Gotta love small town life and all of it’s inhabitants!!!  

 

Thanks so much for following my “political” posts!!! The man on the left is Zach’s campaign manager …

I Ate My Props!!!

I bought this navy blue tablecloth and the little candle dish at a thrift shop recently…

  The clear dish is a Fostoria Americana candy dish without the top…

I think hubby got it on ebay a few years ago…

This footed plate came from TJ Maxx earlier this year and had a little red

ribbon on it…I replaced it with this one around St. Patricks Day…

I’m still not happy with my photos of white glassware…stay tuned for more tries!!!

…after I got through I ate those beautiful cherries…:-)

My kind of entertainment!!!

Mosaic Monday and Blues

 

 

 

Visit Mary @  Little Red House for Mosaic Monday…and

Sally for Blue Monday…

More About The “House Built On A Rock”

This carousel is the first thing we saw when we entered the large attraction…awesome…

 

The sheer number of carousel animals around me put me into automatic sensory overload…

 

 “The House On A Rock”

This the ladies room…hot pink seating and retro fashions …it also had floral paintings on the doors…

 

hot pink seating…built into the rocks…can’t say much more about it…

 

There were some pretty good paintings on the doors and walls…

I apologize for the photo quality but these were the worst photos I’ve ever taken …

…to top that off, I left my netbook computer in the hotel we stayed in which had all of my photos…

The good news…the nice people at the Candlelight Suites in Wisconsin shipped me my netbook…my thanks to them…

 

These are some of the doors…

 

These are the vintage fashions featured in the ladies room…

 

  I don’t recall any of the fashions but I did get a little nostalgic about the pink hula hoop…

I always loved the hula hoop…have you ever tried the hula hoop since you got …ahhh “grown-up”…

one of those mysteries of life…it doesn’t work any more!!! There should be a congressional study about why that happens!!!

 

This fountain/fire thingy was in the snack shop area…I didn’t need a snack but I sure needed to rest my tootsies!!!

That place is a pretty difficult days’ hike…

 

 

This is one of the many carousels that were there…lots of dolls…sorta creepy for me…but I’m a little opinionated about some things..

The carousels were gorgeous…it was just the dolls that made it strange…they did have lots of

gorgeous carousel animals on the walls and hanging from the ceilings…

 

They had quite a few Dragon statues…

 

This is a room-size music box thing…it was pretty neat…the guy in the middle played the big drum and

was an animated character…

 

The “Hunky” drummer…

 

How is this for a chandelier??? It is actually a group of many chandeliers and other things… 

This link will tell you more about The House On The Rock, close to Madison, Wisconsin.