Posts Tagged: Morgan County

Food / Life in Madison / The southern palate — No Comments
3
Mar 12

Musing on Brunswick Stew and Barbecue. Helping out our friend Rick.

Brunswick Stew.

Did you know that it is made of pork, beef and chicken? I think it is anyway. I wasn’t taking notes — I was stirring.

So many of our community gathered in Bostwick today, to eat some barbecue and raise money to help our dear friends, the Spences, offset medical expenses they incurred while Rick, husband and father, was going through cancer treatment.

It’s just been a week since our friend Rick left us. So hard to believe, but all this cooking gave us a way to do something.

The Main Event.

 

Bucky Malcom and crew started these fellows late yesterday afternoon. They cooked over 12 hours.

And then this morning, lots of folks started pulling and chopping the dickens out of those roasted pigs.

 

I was on the Brunswick stir crew.

 

 

Keep it from sticking on the bottom. It became very clear, you didn’t want to be the one whose pot burned.

 

 

Inside they formed an assembly line to fix the plates and the to-go boxes.

 

 

 

Shannon and Cindy Spence. Rick’s much loved sister and mother.

 

 

And then the people came and came and came.

A few still trickled in an hour after the lunch was scheduled to end.

 

They fixed quarts of leftover meat and stew. So if you’d like some just leave a comment and I can contact my stew sources.

Though the rain affected the numbers for the ride, it didn’t dampen anyone’s appetite.

In Morgan County, people care about barbecue and more importantly —  they care deeply for each other.

 

football / high school football / Life in Madison — No Comments
6
Nov 11

Musing on the Premier of “Cold and No Bleachers. Morgan County @Greene County.”

Okay. I didn’t take enough pictures of the defense. I didn’t take enough pictures of my daughter. I took too many pictures of Coach Huff. 

These were some of the observations by my children after watching my video repose of the Bulldogs visit to Greene County Friday night.

Morgan County won 35 – 7.

Yay.

Regarding the complaint about lack of defensive pictures, there were very small risers on visiting side because the stadium was undergoing renovations.

I shot what I could ground level.

So there are photos of Astro Turf.

No lanes on the track.

The band sitting on folding chairs.

Cheerleaders.

I guess I got a lot of Coach Huff. But I thought I was getting him and Coach Malone.

Go Figure.

Basically whatever was on the sidelines —  I got great shot of.

And then my son. It was his last regular season game for high school. EVER.

Great season Bulldogs.

Can’t wait to head to Augusta for first round of playoffs Friday night.

Are you going?

high school football / Life in Madison — No Comments
17
Sep 11

Musing on (dare I say it) a loss….via texts.

Lots of new Morgan County fanwear.

Ever had one of those days where you’re hitting on all cylinders, then there’s a voice mail from the school. The nurse thinks your child has Streptococcus Bacteria.

Great.

So I stayed home from the game.

Husband took camera. I  hung out at home switching between House Hunters International and Chopped.

And receiving his texts.

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Lamar County v. Morgan County Game Report via texts between husband and me.

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7:31 pm.  –  They scored on opening kickoff!

                 –   7-7.

7:47 pm. –   They are ahead 14-7. Long run.

8:12 pm.  –  Still the 14-7? R u taking pics.

                  –  Another long run for bad guys 21-7

                  –  No

                 –   Ouch. Take pics – one or two. How’s Jake doing

Lots of excited fans in stands.

 

                 –  Jake is doing good. We just fumbled.

                 –   We intercepted (Andrew Couch) and scored! 21-14

                 –  Yay

9:04 pm    — What’d going on?

                  –   21-21. Long run by Nick

                  –  They are back in lead 27-21. Missed extra point.

9:20 pm     –  We are back up 27-28. My aching back.

                     –  Oh gosh.

                     –  R u taking pics?

9:32 pm       –  No. They are back in the lead 35-28.

                     –  Ack

                     –  Take a pic. Even if back of someone’s head.

9:48 pm        –  What’s going on

                        –  Tied 35-35 47;5 left

                      –   Oh. Take a pic of scoreboard.

10:01 pm         — Overtime.

10:15 pm         –   What’s going on

                         —  We didn’t score their turn.

                        –   Poop

                        –   What’s happenin

                           –  They made their field goal. We lose.

                           –  That stinks.

Poop on a popsicle stick.

                            

So that was it. The Bulldogs experienced their first defeat…not by much.

They looked great and will take it out on Putnam County at Bill Corry Stadium next week.

G* Bldgs!

 

 

high school football / Life in Madison — 1 Comment
13
Sep 11

Musing About Friday Night Lights on Tuesday. @MorganCoHS beats Monticello. Do you know where your child is?

Monticello, Georgia.

Home of Trisha Yearwood and the Monticello Hurricanes.

We went down last Friday night. Most of Morgan County made it down for the game. So my,

Story of the Game.

It was crowded. And we won 16-0.

Third straight shutout.

 

It was hard to find a parking spot. And even harder to find a place to sit in stands.

I got a good front row seat.

It was crowded on the front row.

I did get to sit with the cheerleader moms which was fun.

They were discussing a lot of responsibilities about a competition @MorganCoHS was hosting in the morning.

After looking over Agnes Jones’ shoulder at the checklist, I decided I make a much better journalist/football player mom than cheerleader mom with responsibilities.

 Got to see the Campbell warming up.

 

It was rather terrifying how hard that ball went into the net. Kept thinking is if he missed, some pretty cheerleader is going to need a lifetime dental plan STAT.

 

Decided to see how crowded the restrooms were.

 

Along the way, I noticed the water girls had lots of space.

Not so in the bathroom. But I had been forewarned about the tight acommode-ations by Diane Hutcheson. Though she neglected to mention the overflowing trash can.

Good to see that most females will wash their hands after using potty.

Then I got dinner.

It’s 9:30 p.m. in Monticello, Georgia. Do you know where your children are?

Quite a lot of middle-schoolers stayed in this dark, dirt corner playing with a ball the entire game (like hot potato).  Of course, it’s been a long time since I was in 6th grade and thought ANY activity with my friends at night, away from my parents’ eyesight was SUPER.

But this???

Take a head count moms.

Jack Speyer was accounted for.

As was his big sister, Annie. (At least till half time, then she disappeared for about 6 hours. Oh no,  I stand corrected. It was her father who disappeared for 6 hours. )

Ruth, James was there the entire game. Until some girl couldn’t resist his boyish charm and good looks and messed with his tie.

There was a big crowd of football players and cheerleaders celebrating after the game.

Noticed my son stay on the periphery of the dance. Must take after his father.

Or he might not like crowds. Hopefully, for his future wife that is the case — if she likes to dance — like a certain someone.

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It was a great win for the Bulldogs. Coach Malone and staff…a big Hurrah!

This Friday night Lamar County comes to Billy Corry Stadium. Word on the street is that this will be a test.

Word in my house is that it is Elementary School night and all elementary students in free.

But I’m just a mom with a blog reporting information from the lips of my 5th grader.

Come out Friday night. It’s a lot of fun.

I can promise it won’t be as crowded. Though honestly, aren’t the best parties when you can hardly move?

(But that’s an entirely different post.)

high school / Life in Madison — 5 Comments
30
Aug 11

Today’s Muse. Channeling Mother. College Admission Night @MorganCoHs.

Last night Morgan County High School held a college information session for seniors and parents.

Good news is I remembered to be there.

That’s also the bad news.

But I pulled-on my big girl Romper Stompers and waded into the morass of college selection, admission testing, and counterfeiting bills smaller than 50 to somehow pay for all of this.

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Pardon me, nice lady representing Georgia College. Could you e-mail the information to my mother? She’s terribly good at organizing things from weddings to cookie sheets.

I’m more of a student of life. I excel at parties, dancing and intramural sports.

Just ask her. She’ll confirm this.

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Last night my college admission learning curve sky-rocketed.

I heard about specific schools in four breakout sessions (from 13 choices).

And I learned about a fabulous web site that can help even the most tremulous hiding-behind-her-mother’s-skirt mother — GA College 411.

It covers everything from financial aid, to finding a college and a career that’s a perfect match for your child.

There’s even a college planning timeline that starts in 7th grade. For seniors, it breaks down each month of this last year giving tips on what to do at each point in the process.

There are practice SAT and ACT questions.

They explain changes with the Hope Scholarship.  A useful tool can pull up your student’s transcript and configure how their GPA stands with Hope.

So there is no excuse for not being on top of your game when it comes to helping a child apply to schools.

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Even me.

Standing here with my Romper Stompers cinched up to my clavicle.

Any advice on how to navigate this process…in 6-inch plastic platforms?

 

 

Life in Madison — No Comments
13
Aug 11

Today’s Muse. Last night’s scrimmage. @MorganCoHs v. @CHS_Eagles.

MADISON, GA –  Last night’s scrimmage was against Columbia High School, a 3A school from Atlanta. In the interest of journalistic integrity, they are actually in located in Decatur off Columbia Ave.

You can follow their basketball team on Twitter. I chose not to follow them at this time because I haven’t reason to. I am not a sports journalist. 

I am a mom with a blog.

With that disclaimer….

Story of the game:

 

*  Rain delay.

Rain and lightening caused two delays (and eventually ended game at half). Both teams played about 15 plays. Three drives each.

The first delay happened with 9:07 left in 1st Quarter. This resulted in a nice social hour.

I caught up on Aubie Knight’s chase for a 4:30 in the Savannah Marathon this November. Robin Couch’s life in a frat house. (At least that’s how she described summer with a house full of her boys and their friends.) And once again I marveled at how Rhonda Spence keeps the same adorable figure — year after year after year.

So much for the rain delay.

* Speed Kills.

The Eagles dripped speed. A misstep by the Bulldogs and that was it.

Before the game, my son said the DE he was to line up against committed to Auburn.

At the game, I heard six guys committed to Div. I schools.

After the game, my husband said they had five guys committed. Two to SEC,  two to ACC and one to Ohio State (That’s the Big Ten.)

Today at Hibbets, Ray Stapleton said he heard they had four athletes committed.

So if you want the real scoop, tweet the Eagles. For remember:

I am just a mom with a blog.

But I feel safe in saying they brought some great athletes to Bill Corry Stadium last night.

* Game Summary

The Bulldogs were losing 14-0 at the half when they called the game due to weather.

That said,

It was just a few big plays that resulted in points.

One rushing touchdown happened after a defensive unsportsmanlike penalty on the Bulldogs gave the Eagles another shot after the Bulldogs had stopped them at the goal-line on 3rd and 4.

The other was a long breakaway pass and run from the young man attending THE Ohio State University. (I guess someone surely told him about the Jim Tressel thing before he signed on the dotted line.)

It was just to be nice sitting with friends in the stands again. A happy fifteenth birthday today to #26 Jack Speyer. Learned that visiting with his mother last night.

That’s what I do best. Sit, chat and pull for those sweet youngun’s wearing the Red and Black.

for I am

Just a mom with a blog.

Home Opener, August 26 against Walnut Grove (Not to be confused with China Grove a song by the Doobie Bros that I remember listening to on a little black AM transistor radio.)

What was your take on the game last night?

 

 

 

 

 

Treasures of the transformed life — 2 Comments
6
Nov 10

Today’s treasure ~ faith is rewarded. Day 27. In Overtime BABY.

Sally was a little tired this morning. She stayed out late cheering on the Morgan County Bulldogs.

Our Morgan County football team won last night beating rival Greene County in triple OT. 

 39-37.

It was really cold. 

Greene County scored with less than 5 seconds (or close to it the cold affected my memory) left in regulation to tie the game. 

That was a blow that could have defeated a lesser team. But Malone’s Boys kept the faith and scored on their possession. Then Greene County scored. 

DRAT.

Do you know that  every time the game goes into an overtime session, they flip the coin again? They should have made an exception last night for it was so flippin cold. 

Poor Sally was wrapped up in one of my mittens. 

But we sat there till the bitter end. 

The difference was on their third possession in the third overtime, Morgan County when for two and made it. Though they scored, Greene County didn’t make the conversion. And it was very, very close. The fourth down run must have stopped half a foot from the goal line. 

It takes faith to go for two. 

It takes faith to give more than is comfortable. 

But that mean freedom.

With football, your conscience is free that you did everything in your power to win the game. You weren’t controlled by 

FEAR.

Same with giving. If we trust and give….the Lord does provide. 

We’re free. 

I really wish I had a picture of those boys running on the field when they made that last stop. But I didn't bring my camera to the game. An osprey (coolest bird in the world) is a close second choice.