Rebels

Just to share something new. We have family that fought in the Civil war-on the Confederate side. So as they said on a recent episode of Psych, I guess we can buy a gunrack now. Honestly though, I think it is pretty amazing to have that sort of history in the family. This is a picture of Richard's 3rd great grandfather George Sedwick's gravesite. In the family graveyard. On a side note, it is kind of weird to walk around in the area where you know you will be buried on day.

Chopping wood

Last year Richard's dad said we neededto help chop the wood, I was NOT looking forward to it. I seriously lack the upper body strength required to successful chop wood using an ax and it is cold outside. However, the Sedwicks introduced me to a fantastic way of chopping wood. I love doing this. Just put it on the machine pull the lever and it does all the work. Now that is something I can handle.

Auctions

When Rich and I were in Harrisonburg we enjoyed one of Mammie's favorite pastimes: going to the auctions. The auctions are great. You can find all kinds of crazy, useful, junkie and collectible things. We have furnished much of our house with auction finds. This is a picture of us at the auction, you can sort of see what it looks like in the back-boxes full of stuff that you bid on. If you want one thing in the box you have to buy the whole lot. At this particular auction the most unusual finds consisted of a belt buckle that had two pigs doing the...ahem...hibidity dibity with the inscription "Makin' Bacon" and the other was a large wall plaque from the West Virginia chapter of the KKK with a person in the whole KKK costume (unbelievable.)

Thanksgiving and Murder Mystery Weekend

Well another fantastic year of stuffing myself silly. I just love all the foods and it seems so sad to stop eating. As you can see we had lots of great food and good friends on Thanksgiving. (Sorry the picture is sideways...I couldn't figure out how to change it.

The day after Thanksgiving we left for the Murder Mystery Weekend. It is a Sedwick family tradition. Every year we drive up to Pennsylvania to a rustic resort. There is a murder mystery where you eat dinner with the actors, then people start dying and you have to figure out the who and the why. This year's theme was a high school reunion. We had a prom, pep rally and flag football game. Since most of the action happens during meals we spend tons of time eating way too much. It was great fun as usual. Nobody in our group won, but we were definitely close. This is a picture of Rich and I at "prom."