Hi Kat, I just thought I would throw in that we got our porch rockers at Sunnyside, which I think is on the road to your house. I love that store! Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kat Fulcher" <kfulcher55@gmail.com> To: "vafloyd" <VAFLOYD@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 1:55 PM Subject: [VAFLOYD] not genealogy--back to my Ole Virginny home > Back by popular demand...we are headed back to the lovely town of > Hillsville again! > > Since my kids have a 4 day weekend off from school, we're going to > make a whirlwind trip (1500 miles) up and back to see what else we can > get done. My hubby gets to go this time, so we will take his big old > pick up truck up there and haul off the mountain of trash the previous > owners left us. > > One thing I LOVE about small towns is that you find out all the good > dirt pretty quickly. Turns out that the reason we got our dream house > SO quick and SO reasonably was that the folks who lived there had > reportedly been dabbling in illegal substances and decided to git > while the gittin' was good since they had attracted the attention of > the neighbors...and the law. Besides, it turns out that the hubby had > apparently (according to town people) found himself a new gal pal, so > he was ready to deal and get on the road. Oh, well...their loss is > our gain. Of course, they high tailed it out of there so quick, they > left all their trash, but we can cope with that on this trip. > > This will be my 5th trip to VA in 4 months (along with a trip to > Chicago and one to Chattanooga, TN.) I am turning into the quite the > world traveler...ha! > > Can't wait to finally get moved into my country house and find the > time to STAY put! I'm gonna put me a rockin' chair on that front > porch and sip outta my jug of thornapple juice while the watermelon > gets cold in the creek! Yee haw! > > MizzKat > ********************************** > Note from List Administrator!!! > The Second Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll > Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us > something about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ********************************** > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >