🎄🎄🎄🎄2016 December 10, Saturday Christmas Adventures🎄🎅🏻

I grabbed my purse, camera bag, a blanket, a box of Kleenex, and gloves before I walked outside into the brisk cold. 
Our windshield was covered with star-shaped ice and the leather seats were freezing cold. 
I spread a fuzzy warm blank over my seat while I waited for it to warm up which did not take too long because of the heated seats. 
I had dressed in layers with thermals, jeans, two thermal shirts, a coat, and boots. I was one big bundle of warmth.
I coughed and hacked all the way to Walgreens in Lawrenceburg, where we purchased a bottle of Mucinex Fast-Max Clear and Cool for cold, flu, and sore throat. 
I felt like that Mucinex man had been following me for the last two days. 
I took my first dose which burned my raw throat. We also bought two bags of Ricola Cough suppressants a bag of Swiss Cherry and a bag of Cherry Honey from Switzerland.
We stopped in Spring Hill to fill up at Murphy Gas and Burger King for three French sticks, a piece of sausage, and a cinnamon roll. 

We saw a group of young fiddlers playing Christmas Carols, they were dressed in full-length, white, blue, brown, pink, & red dresses.
Bonnets, caps, or hats covered their heads, and scarves were wrapped around their necks. 
We walked back in time to a Victorian Christmas and as we strolled the streets we met many different characters. We meet Santa Claus, A Victorian Father and Mother Christmas, Ebenezer Scrooge, The Grim Reaper, the Nut Cracker, Bob Emily & Tiny Tim Cratchit, and Jacob Marley.

Victorian Father and Mother Christmas

Santa Clause

Old Hum Bum himself "Ebenezer Scrooge"
He said I don't like people and I don't like pictures as he posed for his picture. 

Dickens of Christmas Characters

The Nut Cracker and the Frisky Little Mouse 

Group of Dickens Characters

Bob Emily & Tiny Tim Cratchit

Father Christmas

About seventy-five vendors in white tents filled Main Street.

Their booths were filled with heritage crafts, holiday items, and specialty gifts. 

Vendors were encouraged to dress in period dresses to bring out the ambiance.

We saw a horse-drawn carriage, carolers, Charles Dickens characters strolling the streets, and the smell of Victorian food.

One booth was giving free cups of hot apple cider which felt good to my sore throat. 

We saw Booties, Whimsy Wonderland, Country Wood, Boudrcaux Bro Kitchen & Catering, Heritage Foundation Booth, bell ringers for Salvation Army, a sign that said "Franklin Rotary Breakfast will match your donation", Mix 97, Ace's Kettle Corn, Cinnamon Roasted Nuts, Almonds, Cashews, Pecans, locally owned and made Walker Creek Confections, Tennessee Glass Stains, Mix 92.9, Gracy's Farm Fresh Honey, Kaleidoscope Frames, Chocolate Moonshine of Tennessee, Franklin Fudge Factory, Unique Funnel Cake House, Artist drawing a reindeer, Stoney Creek Farm, a blacksmith, a bookbinder, a sock netter, Imagine-box Emporium  Peach-skin Sheets, Colorado Wassail Company, a man playing glasses full of water, Puckett's Trolley, White Mercantile,  The statue guy, & large black furry poodle.

The Thirty-second Annual Dickens of a Christmas Heritage Foundation was a bandstand where groups performed.

The last character we saw was the tormented ghost, damned to wander the earth forevermore as a punishment for his greed, Jacob Marley.

Jacob Marley

As we exited downtown Franklin we felt like we were leaving behind a Victorian Christmas.
Even the Old Hum Bum himself "Ebenezer Scrooge" could not ruin our Christmas. 

2015 November 11,12,13 Veterans Day in Tuscumbia and A Busy Week at Bridge Street Town Centre

We've had a busy week. 

On Tuesday 10, we traveled to Meridian MS.

Wednesday 11, I went to CBS for Bible Study. 

We rushed to Tuscumbia, where people lined the streets for the Veterans Day Parade.

Children as well as adults rushed to fill their bags with candy, as the people in the parade disbursed candy into the street.

Veterans in the Veterans Day Parade in Tuscumbia 

 Petite Sirloin Steak, Baked Potato with Texas Toast 

We walked to Oh Bryan's Steakhouse where I enjoyed a Petite Steak, Baked potato and Texas toast. My husband enjoyed a New York Strip, Baked potato, Texas toast and the salad bar.

Alabama and Auburn Quilts Raffle 3 tickets for $5.00

There were two quilts hanging on the wall of Bryan’s an Alabama and Auburn.

They were being raffled off to raise money for the Belle Mont Mansion. 

I bought three tickets. 

Walking to Cold Water Book Store.

We stopped in at Cold Water Book Store for a quick pick to see what new books they had in stock.

My husband had a call out to work in Huntsville, I rode to work with him. 

We stopped at the Exploration Gallery at NASA

After my husband finished at work, which took less than an hour, we rode to Bridge Street Town Center, to look at the new iPhones. 

We strolled the streets of Bridge Street stopping to take pictures of the reindeer, twinkling street lights, and the unlit decorated Christmas Tree. 

The lights will be lit on Friday.

Bridge Street Town Centre was decorated for Christmas Holidays.

White Reindeer at Bridge Street 

Christmas Tree

Thursday 12, we went back to Bridge Street Town Centre stopping at Burger King for a juicy whopper Jr. with onions. YUM!

At the Apple Store we purchased two new Iphone, and I-watch. 

My husband updated his phone from the cloud, I updated mind at home.

Friday 13, we went to the Apple Store to fix our cloud account.

At the Apple Store we were put on a waiting list.

We gave them a number where we could be reached and left.

We walked to Red Robin, where I ordered chili, onion rings, coke, my husband ordered a cup of Clam Chowder, and Seafood plate.

Cup of Clam Chowder,& Seafood plate filled with french Fries, fried fish, shrimp and Clams

We had just finished eating went we got a call from Apple, they called and said we are ready, we walked back to the Apple store, along the way we saw people singing Christmas Carols.

Christmas Carolers

It took over hour to get our cloud account fixed. 

We left the Apple store, just missing the arrival of Santa but in time for the fireworks show. 

Everyone gathered around the pond next to the Carousel where we watched the fireworks dance in the sky to Christmas music.

After the fireworks we walked to the newly lit Christmas tree to take a few pictures but the streets were filled with people stopping to take pictures. 

Christmas Tree with twinkling red & white lights, topped with a bright white star

Big Red Christmas Ball with me inside holding my cell

It had been a very long week, we were both very tired so we headed home stopping at the grocery store to pickup a few items.