i *heart* firemen!

i grew up with firemen. my dad was a fireman, my stepdad that i had growing up was a fireman, i had an uncle that was a fireman for a while too. so now that my dad is gone, i find myself drawn to fire stuff. so when we saw this museum in memphis, of course we went to it! it was pretty cool, lots of history and there was an interactive exhibit to show how fast a fire spreads when it is started. (really fast!) and we noticed in memphis that there seemed to be quite a lot of burned out buildings for some reason!


i am accumulating a lot of fire memorabila it seems. i have lots of firemen christmas ornaments.









and my daughter got me this cool fireman's cookie jar. and i have several little firemen figures all around, including one that my dad made when he used to make ceramics many years ago. (i don't have a picture of that one here)

i guess i just feel closer to my dad with them around. i also got a memorial tattoo a few years ago of his badge. i really like it, but the only thing is it is on my back so i can't really see it all the time! but i decided it really needs flames on it, so someday i will get around to having some put on.

yesterday, my youngest daughter got into a bit of a scrape...she lost control of her car, and it ended up in a muddy ditch on the side of the road. she is o.k., just got shaken up a bit, and the car had to be towed, and now needs body work (again), but who was the first to come by and help her out, and make sure she was o.k.? a fireman!