Friday, December 30, 2005

Happy New Year!!!

Here is wishing each and every one of you a Happy New Year! Hope you all have big plans for a great celebration. Here in the Hood household, we have two kids with a stomach virus so looks like our plans involve staying home and doctoring the young-uns. Oh, well, Dick Clark is supposed to be back this year so it won't be a total loss.
See ya again in 2006!!!

Thursday, December 29, 2005

White Christmas

Yes, this picture was taken in Alabama. North Alabama. While the rest of us had our normal brown Christmas, the folks at Cloudmont Ski Resort in Mentone had their usual white Christmas. Thanks to the modern marvel of snow making machines, they are able to produce enough snow to have skiing every year at the resort. Folks come from all over the South to glide down the slopes and risk life and limb for a little fun. The great thing here is that even though the temperatures may be in the 50's the snow stays. So, while the rest of us endure another plain Jane Christmas, some folks high atop Lookout Mountain enjoy their fluffy white stuff, and hope to keep all their bones intact.

Friday, December 23, 2005

Fun At The Falls

Well, it's the week before Christmas, and it finds your faithful Sand Mtn. Photog on vacation. Just me and the kids, and with the cold weather we find ourselves going stir-crazy. So today, with a little nicer weather, we took off for Noccalulla Falls in Gadsden for a little picnic and some playground time. Here are the kids with the falls behind them. If you have never been to the Falls, or not in a while, you'll find some changes. Like a fence around the place keeping you out unless you pay. And guess what? The park is closed. So this is the best, free, view of the falls you can now get. So we did the park and then went to the mall.
So, please forgive me for staying away for awhile. But let me take this chance to wish you all a very Merry Christmas!! Yes, I said Merry Christmas. Hate me if you will, but that is the reason for the season.

Thursday, December 15, 2005

Hot Rodders Rejoice!!



Just look at this thing!! The second picture reminds me of a Hot Wheel toy car, but man is it bad!! OK, I'm sorry, but I am a car nut. I get excited when I see something like this and know that a car company, Dodge, just might actually put it into production. I love hot rods, especially late 60's and early 70's muscle cars like the Chevy Camaro, and the Dodge Chargers and Challengers. Dodge put the new Charger into production already, and now this new Challenger will be a concept car and, hopefully, a real production car in the next couple of years. Although I have never been a Ford fan, I also really like the new Mustang with its retro look. To me, those muscle cars of my youth are still the best looking things on the road. Although if this Challenger makes it, I may have to change my mind.

Wednesday, December 07, 2005

I like change. Change is good. Well, not really, but I decided to give the blog a new look. You know, to keep things fresh. Anyway, not much going on today. Carson had a doctor's visit so I'm just kinda chilling, been cleaning up here at the bureau. Oh yeah, there was a wreck in front of my house last night. Wende and I heard this loud noise outside, and she thought it was raccoons on our back porch. I looked outside and saw a car had run off the road and into the trees across the road from us. Called 9-1-1 and got an ambulance on the way and then went out to check on them. Young girl driving a new Mustang had ran off the side of the road, overcorrected, and went across the road and through the ditch and into the woods. Took out my neighbors mailbox for about the fifth time. Driver broke her nose and passenger said her knee was hurting, so off to the hospital for them. I think the total count was 1 Crossville policeman, 3 county deputies, 1 firetruck, 1 ambulance, 1 state trooper, 6 or 7 volunteer firemen, and 1 wrecker. My brother Dusty called wanting to know if we were alright because his girlfriend went by the house and told him there were a bunch of policemen at the house. Finally got wrapped up about 10:15 pm. Lots of excitement in the country last night.

Monday, December 05, 2005

Mug Shot of the Week


Welcome to a new feature here on the blog. It's called the mug shot of the week, although it may not appear weekly depending on how many mugshots we get.
So, look at this guy and tell me what you see? Greg Brady, right? Yeah, remember when he had that big 'fro going on? Well, this guy is no Greg Brady, arrested for robbing a liquor store in Guntersville. But I thought he looks like Greg Brady, so he is my Mug Shot of the Week.

Friday, December 02, 2005

Late Breaking News



It's every parent's nightmare. Your kid slips away from you and runs out into the road. It happened Thursday night in Boaz. A 4 year old boy got away from his family and ran out into the road and was hit by a pickup truck. Luckily, it appears the boy will be OK with just a broken leg. An Air Evac helicopter was sent to pick the boy up and fly him to Huntsville Hospital.
Kids will be kids, and Lord knows they dont like to hold hands while walking through a parking lot, but I know I will hold my kids just a little tighter from now on.

Thursday, December 01, 2005

Morning Fire

Went to cover this fire in Horton this morning. A mobile home somehow caught fire and then it spread to the trailer behind the first one. When firefighters arrived, both trailers were fully involved(that's fireman talk for being really on fire). Luckily, no one was home when the fire started. Well, its Christmas time and its cold out. Let the fire season begin.