Entry for March 17, 2007 MY TOWN.........

My town where I live is small but the slow pace of life suits me just fine. No traffic problems here, we just got our second redlight, isn't that progress? The city fathers haven't yet decided if they should turn both lights on at the same time.
Estill Springs was founded in 1840 and was named for the Estill family that owned most of the land. The springs came from a mineral spring that once graced our town. People from all over the states came to use the spring for theraphy. Things were booming in those days, we even had a couple of hotels for our tourist. Years later the highway department would build a new highway, 41 A, across the land and destroyed the spring. Things came to a halt with the tourist and once again the town became just a sleepy little hole in the road.
During the Civil War the area was used as a training center for Southern troops. The Yankees came through one day and put our troops on the run. Oh, yes they ran!! They ran to the next town, Tullahoma where the North troops kick butt in the battle and what troops remained after the battle went on to fight in Chattanoga.
The most excitement around here lately has been the JESUS FREEZER! A women who lived in a trailer had an upright freezer on her back porch, a picture of Jesus appeared one day on the freezer. People from all over the area would come to observe what appeared to be JESUS. Newspapers, TV's came to tell the world about the JESUS FREEZER! Our little town was back, people beat a path to see the picture of JESUS. An author even wrote a small screen play about the happenings. Some people said the picture didn't look a bit like JESUS but more like Willie Nelson. After a time things would get back to normal in our little town, its once again a little sleepy town.

Entry for March 10, 2007 YELLOW BULL.......??

A poor cowboy in the old west couldn't afford a horse to ride so he trained his pet bull to ride. One evening he wished to have a beer so he saddled up his bull and headed off to the local saloon. Once in front of the saloon he tied up his bull with the other horses and went into the saloon to have some beers. After a few hours he decided he had better go outside and check on his bull. He hit the roof when he discovered that somebody had painted his bull, bright YELLOW!! Back into the saloon he went, mad as he could be. After several attempts to get everyone's attention he had to draw his pistol and fire 3 rounds into the air. The saloon is now quite, " I want to know what liver lilly no good son of a gun painted my bull YELLOW?? A big Texan 6 ft. 6 inches tall and weighting about 300 lbs said, I PAINTED YOUR BULL YELLOW, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO ABOUT IT?? Well..................I..........think...........its .......ready .....for.....the......second coat.

Entry for March 05, 2007 KITTY CAT GOES TO HEAVEN ????

I recall a funny story about one of my grandaughters, Leslie. She was about 5 years old and had a kitten. She missed her kitty, she couldn't find it anywhere. After a day or two she ask her daddy , " Daddy were is my kitty cat." Her daddy told her, " Honey your kitty cat died and went to heaven." This was all Leslie needed to hear as she excepted the bad news and was pleased that her kitty cat went to heaven. She couldn't wait to tell the little boy next door her good news. " Johnny, my daddy said my kitty cat died and went to heaven." Johnny, " Your kitty cat didn't die and go to heaven, your daddy backed over it and threw it up in the back of his pickup truck, I saw him out my window."