For me the holiday season was always the most rewarding time of the year as a child interested in hunting. I had every issue of deer and deer hunting magazine to fill in during the non-holiday months. But hearing and seeing hunting as a kid can never be replaced..those memories will stick with you the rest of your years. During Christmas and Thanksgiving, we started a tradition. My Grandfather, God rest his soul, used to sit down after the meal and tell us of all the deer hunting stories he remembered growing up. For me their was no better story teller that lived. Other people will try to bully, or force, you into taking the deal they're offering you. Stand firm and don't give into their pressured tactics either.

To give you an idea of the depth of the collection, on display is a 1926 Rolls-Royce. Wilbert Grinsven, the curator tells me that there were only two years that Rolls-Royce manufactured cars in the United States. Those years were 1926 and 1927. This car is one of the few Rolls Royce's made here during that time. The auto manufacturer decided that it was not economically feasible to continue manufacturing autos in the US and closed its factory here in the states after only 2 years. Another example of a beautiful old car is a car used in the movie "Driving Miss Daisy". http://www.answers.com/Q/How_can_you_convert_your_1968_Chevy_truck_rear_end_to_positraction Noticing at first that I was completely exhausted from staying in the protective fight or flight mode, I began to question whether or not I could handle this responsibility. I went through a journey of emotions from anger to shame. How could I be a babysitter when I had a business to run and a life of my own? What did I do to deserve this punishment? These were thoughts that took residence in my mind during the first months. The first voice I heard when I came out of surgery was Harrison's. Harrison called me on the phone and said, "Hey, are you okay?" I said, "Yeah, I'm good." He said, "Well, then you need to get back to work." I said, "Are you serious?" He said, "That's the way this cookie crumbles." So I went back to work. The show doesn't stop for anybody. I had just started on another beer when someone dropped a few coins in the juke box. The music was bad country. To my utter disgust the first song that played was that "I want to stick a boot up your butt" super-patriotic, ultra-jingoist thing by the guy in the buy truck auto accessories commercials. The people around me began to sing along loudly. The stories are always true that the families talk about and portray on the show. FALSE. With the Armada show telecast, the woman's husband did in fact die in the home from complications of black mold. What was not 't shared with the television audience was that she was an abused spouse and he was very abusive towards her right up until his death. This information was not revealed until well into the renovation process. The end of the story is we were able to get the lawyer for Ford Motor Credit to accept a much lesser amount because he was trying to get a default judgment on his fees. That was illegal here in Florida, so with his hands in the cookie jar, he just wanted to get it over rather than have his name placed in front of the Florida Bar Assn. Teddie grew up, started his own family and moved away. The man died of some terrible disease, but Charlie lived on. Twenty years and several more trims later, he was still going strong. She sometimes sent Teddie photos of the plant, if only to remind him of that time in their lives. She always hoped he'd see in those pictures what she was really trying to say. She'd have to remember to mention it someday.