Miss Lily and her babies

Well, Miss Lily had her ultra sound and we seen four babies maybe a fifth one not for sure. We'll go back in 10 days for another one. By then the puppies will have grown and we can get a better look at them. It was exciting setting in the room waiting for the vet to come back with the news.......he walks in the with picture and it was awesome to see. How tiny they were. When born a Minature Dachshund will weight only 6 to 10 ounces, just tiny little babies. Stay turned for future developments........

Miss Lily Belle

Lily Belle and Bristol had some time alone awhile back.......now Miss Lily is going for her ultra sound today. How many puppies can fit in a seven pound dog? Bless her heart she is getting so big. It's hard for her to jump up onto the couch these days. It's at the point that she looks at Thomas and me....."I need some help." She came to work with me today since our vet is located in Brownstown. She is setting on my lap as I type. I'll keep you posted!!

George Bush

Blame it on Shelley....my best bud. She got me started. GEORGE BUSH....in his little bitty mind every thing is hunky dory. When was the last time he pumped gas in his limo and paid with it from his own money. Oops...he's an oil man. He never worries about the price of gas. We the tax payers of this great country pay for the gas in his limo and every thing else that he might need.
He lives in his own little compound where everything is handed to him. I remember reading his Mother's book years ago on how they struggled to make ends meet when her husband started is company and worried as the week went on how they were going to make payroll. Barbara Bush talked in great detail how they would rob Peter to pay Paul. Now little George is living in the big house and the economy is running wild and he's not educated enough on how to get a handle on it. Ronald Regan did away with most of the unions. At least with them you could write a clause in your contract and receive a cost of living increase each year. But unions are a thing of the past. (Don't get me started on union's. Daddy was vice-president of his union)
My heart goes out to the young couples just starting out with small children. Between the babysitter, house payment, grocery bill and gas to get to and from I just don't see how they make ends meet. But turn on the news every night and George will tell you everything is just great. Take off your blindfold George........

Up and running....

My new store is up and running. I had a great turn out and was welcomed with WIDE open arms to the town of Brownstown. It's really different from home (Crothersville). They have rules that you must abide by in keeping their town looking top notch. No trash laying around here. Now.... before you get on your soap box and say something stupid like I'm a trader or something. Let me explain.....we all know that Crothersville needs to be cleaned up. People need to have more respect for their property and the downtown area. Crothersville has been this way for so long that I don't think people would know how to act if the downtown area looked spotless. Weedless sidewalks, clean buildings are just a few things that come to mind. People have to want the change and it won't happen over night. People have walked around blindfolded far to long and to some it looks just fine.
From a business owner....it's not fine and you need to take off your blindfold grab a broom and have some respect for our community.

A "Chain"

My friend Cindy was in the store the other day with her son Jake.
Jake was picking out his tux for the eighth grade dance at school. Cindy and I was talking about the opening of my new flower shop in Brownstown and she made the comment, "your a chain." Wow, I hadn't n thought about it that way. Guess you could say that......Mountain Memories Flowers & Gifts now with two locations to serve the folks in Jackson County.
Tomorrow (Saturday April 19) is our open house. Everything is pretty much ready. I just have a few little things to prepare. It's been an exciting past few weeks with a lot of late nights.
So if your looking for something to do on Saturday stop in and see us. Were located at 104 S. Main Street just a few doors down from the hardware store. Main Street is also US highway 50.

It's a girl thing...

Wow....hasn't the past couple days been just amazing. We have been waiting for Spring in our little town for quite some time. My arbor at the flower shop is coming alive. Now you are probably wondering what the weather has to do with my title, "It's a girl thing".... with the spring and with the weather getting warmer us ladies are able to wear our sandals and flip flops and you just have to paint your toe nails.....can't be seen without your polish...."it's a girl thing"

Going to market.....

I rose this morning at 5am....grrrrr. With a few funerals today, I needed some extra special flowers for the family's floral pieces. Going to the flower market.....it's wonderful.
The drive down I-65 was pretty smooth not to much traffic, and getting across the Kennedy Bridge was breeze. As I drove into Louisville, people were making there way to the offices from the parking garage across the street from the flower market. I kinda felt sad for them... setting in a cubical all day long. Here I was surrounded by beautiful fragrant flowers. Some folks say I have the best job in the world (follow me around some days and you just might pull your hair out.)
The flowers at market were gorgeous, most of them had just gotten off the plane from South America just a few hours earlier. Where do you start....I want one of everything....but then you look at your list and you say to your self..."Stick to the list"..... Why is it exciting you say to yourself..well, 85% of the time the flowers are delivered to my shop. You only see what you have ordered. Plus with the price of gas you tend to stay close to home and let them bring them to you. Rising at 5am was well worth it.
Coming home and crossing back over the Kennedy Bridge I realized the second reason why I rose so early....the south bound traffic was backed up at least 3 miles just waiting their turn to cross the bridge.
Daddy always said, "Early bird gets the worm"

Expanding

It's official.....I'm expanding. I will be opening Mountain Memories of Brownstown on April 19, 2008.
I had thought about it a year ago when some residents from Brownstown had approached me and ask if I had ever thought about coming to their town. Well, I never gave it much thought then about three months ago I was ask again. I began to look into it. As any business owner knows location is everything. You have to stand across the street and see what your customer sees. Is there ample parking...is it visible from the street....the list goes on. The time was right and things just fell into place. So for the past two weeks I haven't gotten a lot of sleep. Any free time that I have (which is not much) I have been painting and cleaning carpets and moving things in.Then when I get to sleep I wake up thinking of all the things that need to be done. So wish me luck and make sure you stop in and see me......