My Bestseller on eBay

Click here to Link to my auction for NASCAR Dollars on eBay
The auction is over--sorry. But if you are interested in obtaining my beautiful NASCAR dollars, contact me.



These NASCAR $$$ were used as celebration confetti in the winner's circle at the October 17, 1999 Race at Talladega Superspeedway. Dale Ernhardt, Sr. was the winner of that race.

At the time, my husband, Griff, was a photographer employed by NASCAR. He picked up as many of the dollars as he could, brought them home, and stored them. They are a really neat collectible. They are also in near-perfect condition.

In the auction ad is a picture of Griff with Dale, Sr. It was not taken on the day the dollars were collected, but the next race that Dale won. The picture in the ad is just a cropped portion from a group photo of Dale and other photographers who happened to be in the Winner's Circle that day. Mr. Earnhardt saw how hard these guys were working and jumped a fence, handed the trophy to my husband and said to the crowd, "Now you (meaning race officials and sponsors) take a picture of this!"

Hey There Khalilah

I think this video is really clever! It made me laugh and brightened my day!

Wonderful Audio Book by James Lee Burke

"I wanted to wake to the great, gold-green, sun-spangled promise of the South Louisiana in which I had grown up. I didn't want to be part of the history taking place in our state." This quote from Mr. Burke's 16th Dave Robicheaux novel is just one example of his exquisitely descriptive writing style. The Tin Roof Blowdown is absolutely wonderful to listen to on audio. I am mesmerized every time we listen to the story on CD. For me,James Lee Burke's style is akin to an antique lace curtain covering the window of an antebellum home. The descriptions are full of dust and aromas from the past and cast wonderful moving shadows on your mind.

The full-lenght version my husband and I are listening to is read by Will Patton. He is by far our favorite reader of the Dave Robicheaux novels. However, I do wish he would decide if the nut's name is pee-can (accent on first syllable) or puh-kawn and be consistent. But this is just me; it might not bother you.

The setting for this novel is New Orleans and South Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Mr. Burke's descriptions of the devastation of the city and the wrecked souls who live there are heartbreaking. I am very tempted to read the hard copy of this novel so I can relive and relish in Mr. Burke's writing. One can absolutely feel Burke's heartache and grief for the city that was NO.

Hurry up and read or listen to this book! To be trite, you won't be disappointed.

Words from my Daddy

I received two emails from my dad. I can see where I got my gift for misspelling words. I certainly can see that my daughter did not get her gift for design from him! He has a gazebo in his back yard of which he is very proud. He emailed me twice with the querys: "[Your step-mom] thinks my gizabo is tacky. What do you think?". In yet another email (guess he forgot he had asked me the same question the day before)he stated, "[YSM] thinks my gezbo is tacky...?".
Love it. I think both spellings really capture the nature of his gazebo!

The Beginning of my blog

Well, today begins my blogging.

I have seen some really great ones on the 'net and have wondered what it is all about. Sooo here I go.

My husband and I have become addicted to audio books. First in the form of books on tape, then books on CD, and now books we have downloaded onto our SanDisk mp3 player. Our source is usually the public library, but occasionally we will buy one on eBay or at garage sales. Personally, the books on CD seem to work out the best, but the SanDisk is really great for travel because of its size.

Suggestions from me about mp3 players: I own Apple stock, but I did not buy an iPod. Why? After researching online until my eyes glazed over, I discovered that I could not download the free media from the library on one. This was very disappointing. I had to search some more on the Internet for options. CNet is a great place to do any research, by the way.

I narrowed my choices for players to the SanDisk e200 or the Creative Zen V. I ended up with the SanDisk Sansa e200 with 4g storage because Costco put it on sale. It has really been worth the money. I think I paid $130.00 in Dec. 2006. 4gigs is just the right size for us. I have recorded up to 6 full length books and have barely used up half the memory. Once one masters the instructions to download, it is a piece of cake. I use my Windows Media Player program to accomplish almost anything. The only problem I have is creating folders so the books are easy to find on the desktop and on the SanDisk.

One of the reasons we bought an mp3 is because we fly (in airplanes!) and it is easier to carry the player and not carry a player and the Cd's and tapes--duh!. However, we needed to replace the ear buds that came with the player with noise-cancelling headphones. Again, after much research, we purchased the JVC HANC100 Noise Cancelling Headphones from Amazon . We have been very pleased. I even use the headphones when on my treadmill. We bought them on Amazon. Best Price!


What are we listening to now? Stay tuned--will blog more later.