“These weekends go too fast,” says Debbie McCool.
Not much going on here, she says. They went to Grenada Sunday morning and had breakfast and then hit Walmart for yard stuff, then on to church where Drew Tillman gave a great sermon. Sunday afternoon, they worked in their yard. It shows because they have a pretty one.
Congratulations to Josh Harrison! Josh won second place in the Conservation Visual Presentation Contest at 4-H Club Congress held last week at Mississippi State University.
JR Dukes had a good day fishing with his buddy, Ethan Taylor, at Enid Lake Saturday. They came in third place and managed to get in the money with no pre-fishing and just showing up.
Martha Box said that, “As far as news my friends, I am still me. Not nearly as superwoman as I was. Flying much lower these days.” Martha’s little garden bed worked her good. She pulled more grass last week than her whole yard has. She found three overlooked, overgrown zucchini Sunday afternoon.
Martha’s sister, Joyce Stevens of Oakland, cooked lunch for her a couple of times last week. Joyce is a good cook, so I know she fed her good!
Martha said she has been doing the Watusi and the stomp all day every day trying to kill thousands of millipedes creeping throughout her house this past week. Of course, her waist and hips have curved up a bit from all that dancing! She had a great supper and evening Saturday night with Gloria Mitchell and Danny Downs, a much-needed relaxing, laughing night.
Rowland Hartley, son of Betsy and Nathan Hartley, is playing on the Batesville all-star team. Keep up the good work, Rowland. We may see your name on baseball cards one day.
Wanda Crawford, Debbie Hayles, Mali Jarrell and Shelia Jackson ate at Enid Catfish Hut Sunday. I know they had some good eating.
Diane Dukes said all of her grandkids went swimming in her pool yesterday, all of them enjoyed it and she’s glad they did because that is a job getting it ready for the summer! Diane said she really does love to watch them swim.
Happy anniversary to Charles and Carolyn Pyron, who celebrated 52 years of wedded bliss Saturday, June 3.
Happy birthday to Alex Ferguson on the 7th; Jake Rose, Kelly Paris, Charles Pyron and Jonnie Sivley, who share a birthday on the 8th; Dusty McKibben on the 10th; and Bo Williamson and Stacy Langham on the 11th. I hope you all have a great day celebrating your birthday .
I saw a picture on Facebook of Dixie Purdy Fernandez riding around with her daughter, Angela. I’ve never seen Dixie look so beautiful.
I was in Oxford Monday morning at the Charles Retina Institute to start back with shots in my eye. They will start giving them in my right eye plus my left eye. Say a prayer for me that the shots help this time.
Recipe for the week: Homemade Fudge
This is sooo good and creamy!
2 cups sugar
2 heaping tablespoons cocoa
2 tablespoons corn syrup
2/3 cup Pet milk (undiluted)
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter (optional)
Place sugar, cocoa, corn syrup and milk in saucepan and cook slowly. Stir until the sugar is dissolved then occasionally to keep from burning. Cook to 236 degrees or soft ball stage when tested in cold water.
Remove from the eye, add butter. Set aside to lukewarm and add vanilla and nuts or peanut butter, if you want. Beat until fudge loses its glossy color. Pour in a buttered dish. This recipe only takes a few minutes for the candy to be ready to cut into pieces.
Thought for the day: It’s better to bite your tongue than to eat your words.
