Big Leather Couch

Head on over to DrillerAA's site and wish him a HAPPY ONE YEAR BLOGGIVERSARY...

Just to clarify from last week. The Green Jacket is a symbol of membership to Augusta National. All members of the club have a Green Jacket. The only member allowed to take the Green Jacket off premises is the PGA player who is current champion of the tournament. Once their reign is over, their jacket can only be worn while on the premises.

On that note, does not look like Tiger win win the Grand Slam this year. The leaders are still on the course, but Tiger is only three back and this is Augusta. Congrats to Trevor Immelman who held the 3-stroke lead and just slipped on the coveted Green Jacket.

Did you see that some Red Sox fan working construction on the new Yankee Stadium buried a David Ortiz jersey in some cement? The Yankees found out about it through an article in the NY Post and when other construction workers heard the story they gave information so the jersey could be located. It was unearthed this weekend.

The Yankees say they will offer the torn jersey to The Jimmy Fund, a Boston area fund associated with finding cures for cancer in children and adults at the Dana-Faber Cancer Institute, in the hopes it raises some money to help the cause.

YUM...that is the aroma of a big pot of gravy simmering on the stove. darlin' Nancy was a fantastic Sous Chef earlier today, browning the sausage and putting the tomatoes through the food mill and giving the chef some kisses...yup that is the way to make a kitchen hummm

OH GOODY...our weather-bug just told us there is a freeze warning from Monday night through Tuesday...the weather here in the mid-south is as kookie as it gets. 76 one day, 48 the next and now a freeze warning.

Do you have a weather-bug on your computer? It is a cool little feature. Just go to weatherbug.com, download the tool bar software and install. It sits quietly on your tool bar, giving you the temperature. If there is a weather warning it will "cricket" at you and flash on your screen. Just remember to turn your speakers off at night or you might just hear "cricket cricket cricket" at 3:00 am like we have!

Ummm...did this post even make sense...? ? ? ? Mediocre at best me thinks....

In 1974, Richard Betts released his first solo album. The album leaned more toward country than what he was playing in the Allman Brother's Band, where he was known as Dickey Betts. The usage of the "Richard" for this album was his subtle way of showing the difference in the musical tastes contained on the piece of vinyl you were about to put onto your turntable.

On this track, credited to Mr. Betts, the players all take their turn going round and round. It is called "Hand Picked" and features; Vassar Clements on the Fiddle, John Hughey on Steel Guitar, Chuck Leavell on piano, David Walshaw on drums, Stray Straton on Bass, Jeff Hanna on Acoustic Guitar and Richard Betts on Lead Guitar.

We just digitized this weekend and really like the sound quality we achieved. There is still the richness of the vinyl in the sound, especially on the fiddle.

ENJOY....