I DID IT AGAIN ..... I WON

The Orpheum Theatre-Memphis... Congratulations to Judy Pearl McRay Smith on winning the tickets to South Pacific and the Cast Party! Looks like all your entries paid off, yay! This is The Show " South Pacific " I won the tickets too and the Cast Party by entering pics of Elizabeth and I on the Orpheum facebook page. I love these facebook contest. I'm always taking pics and have no problem finding great pics to enter into the contest. Last time it was the New Years Eve Party @ the Peabody I won on the Peabody facebook with pics of Tommy and I @ the Peabody. Yeppie! THIS IS A CLIP OF SOUTH PACIFIC Take a look at all these Cast Members. Now That's What I'm Talking About. Wonder which will be the best .... THE SHOW .... OR.... THE CAST PARTY ! SOUNDS LIKE A WIN WIN SATURDAY NIGHT FOR US !! THIS IS ANOTHER SONG FROM SOUTH PACIFIC. ELIZABETH AND I ARE GOING TO WASH THOSE MEN RIGHT OUT OF OUR HAIR....... UNTIL WE GET TO THE CAST PARTY AFTERWARDS THEN IT'S ON LIKE DONKEY KONG.

HAPPY ST PARTICK'S DAY

A BEAUTIFUL BAGPIPER WITH WONDERFUL SCENES FROM IRELAND A ST PATTY'S POEM THE HISTORY OF ST PATTY'S DAY TOP OF THE DAY TO YOU ! May you always have Walls for the winds, A roof for the rain, Tea beside the fire, Laughter to cheer you, Those you love near you, And all your heart might desire! When Irish eyes are smiling, Tis like a morn in spring. With a lilt of Irish laughter You can hear the angels sing When Irish hearts are happy All the world is bright and gay When Irish eyes are smiling Sure, they steal your heart away. May your blessings outnumber The shamrocks that grow, And may trouble avoid you Wherever you go. May the best day of your past Be the worst day of your future. I'm looking over a four leaf clover That I overlooked before One leaf is sunshine, the second is rain, Third is the roses that grow in the lane. No need explaining the one remaining Is somebody I adore. I'm looking over a four leaf clover That I overlooked before. May you live to be a hundred years With one extra year to repent. May those who love us, love us And those who don't love us, May God turn their hearts And if he can't turn their hearts, May he turn their ankles So we will know them by their limping! As you slide down the banister of life, May the splinters never point in the wrong direction! May luck be our companion May friends stand by our side May history remind us all Of Ireland's faith and pride. May God bless us with happiness May love and faith abide. Leprechauns, castles, good luck and laughter Lullabies, dreams, and love ever after. Poems and songs with pipes and drums A thousand welcomes when anyone comes. That's the Irish for you!

WHAT I DO AT THE ZOO IS AMAZING

This is a video of what I do at the zoo. ( the exact thing the narrator of this video is doing) This video is of our zoo & the most recent upgrades the memphis zoo has made. THE TETON TRECK LODGE AND EXHIBIT HE SHOWS YOU IN THIS VIDEO IS FINISHED NOW AND THE WOLVES AND BROWN BEARS LIVE IN THE HABITAT. THE LODGE IS AWESOME AND WHERE THEY HAVE MUSIC, DINNER AND DRINKS ON THURSDAY NIGHTS CALLED UNPLUGGED. AN AWESOME PLACE TO GO RELAX AND SIT IN FRONT OF THE FIRE FOR AN EVENING OF FUN FOOD AND ENTERTAINMENT.

I was nose to nose with the white 2000 lb. Polar Bear in this video today. It's amazing how the zoo keepers interact with these wild animals on command. They take shots, get rubbed, all kinds of things just on command without any drugs to put them out. You haven't had excitement until you squat down in a polar bear's face & exchange breaths as you look each other in the eyes with nothing between you & them. I WILL NEVER FORGET ALL THESE EXPERIENCES OR STOP DOING THEM UNTIL THE DAY I DIE.

Besides going out and teaching like this guy is doing in this video. I get to go where the zoo keepers go to feed and work on and with the animals. I get to go where they prepare their food and do all the things that they do with them. Most amazing thing I've ever experienced.




I HAVE FOUND MY FOREVER NITCH IN LIFE. I AM GOING ON A SAFARI WHEN I GRADUATED THE ZOO CLASSES AND ON MANY OTHER ADVENTURES BUT THIS IS MY HOME BASE AND WHERE I WILL BE ALMOST DAILY.

MY NEXT TRIP

After I graduate as a Zoo Docent I'm going on one of these safaris.

Read this article and see where one of our Zoo Directors just went.
Botswana: Former Memphis Zoo director leads safari


Memphis Zoo Director Emeritus Charles Wilson led Mid-​Southerners on safari through Botswana in the heart of southern Africa.

I can't wait to go to Africa. click below to see the article about where our zoo director went some awesome pics.

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AFTER YOU CLICK ON THE LINK ABOVE..... HERE IS A VIDEO OF OUR MEMPHIS ZOO.

MY DOCENT ZOO CLASSES

My Docent class at the zoo feeding the giraffe's. I'm the one in the dark coat.

This is Sherry (class mate I clicked with from the the beginning ) feeding the

giraffe in the pic below.

Yesterday we were with the primates.

(Some types of Monkeys and humans are the only things on earth that Mates with only one certain male for life. Monkeys do a better job of it than Humans.)

Every morning the monkeys come out and go to each side of their habitats and yell, their neighbor on each side yells back. After they do that to each side of their area and every neighbor yells from every side of their habitat they all go to the middle of their habitats and eat until they get full then they swing and play until they get tired. The rest of the time they groom each other. At night they eat again, go to each side of their habitat and yell to each of their neighbors. When they all answer they go in and go to bed.

They do this in the wild too. One male with their one special female for life and their babies always stay as a family in their own certain area. They never cross over to each others area. They only yell at each other to make sure they are over there. In this video the monkeys in the end with the big throats are the ones that do all the yelling. They mark their area by urine so other males and their families doesn't come into each others area. It's awesome to hear them calling all over the zoo and watching them. Here's the video primate video

Elizabeth wanted her cast off so I showed her how we could take it

off.

3RD SNOW @ MY HOUSE AND @ THE RANCH

WE'VE HAD 3 SNOWS THIS YEAR AND THIS IT THE LAST ONE ON 2/8/2010. THERE ARE SLOS SOME PICS WHERE THEY FIXED THE LAKE BEHIND MY HOUSE BACK TO IT'S BEAUTIFUL STATE BEFORE THEY PILED DIRT UP IN MY COVE FOR YEARS.

I ALSO GOT THE JOB AT THE ZOO AND IT'S JUST AWESOME. I HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL FOR 3 MONTHS AND THEN I WILL GRADUATE AND BE A DOCENT. I WILL THEN WALK AROUND TO DIFFERRENT EXHIBITS AND TEACH ABOUT THE ANIMALS TO THE GUEST OF THE ZOO.



THIS IS MARIYLN AND THE BABY AKILI WHO WAS JUST BORN AT OUR MEMPHIS ZOO




I'M ENTERING THE VALENTINE CONTEST AND HOPING TO WIN TICKETS FOR IT AT THE PEABODY LIKE I DID FOR NEW YEARS EVE.


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I'M HAVING THE TIME OF MY LIFE

I NOTICED I HAVEN'T UPDATED SINCE THANKSGIVING. I'VE BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF TIME ON FACEBOOK AND MYSPACE. TODAY I WANT TO CATCH UP ON THE WONDERFUL THINGS I'VE DONE SINCE THANKSGIVING.

I VISITED MY FRIEND IN JACKSON MS. JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS AND STAYED 8 DAYS WITH HER. WE HAD A BLAST. SHE JUST MOVED INTO A RETIREMENT ESTATE AND IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL. THEY HAD SO MUCH ENTERTAINMENT EACH DAY AND SHE WON THE DECORATING CONTEST FOR CHRISTMAS OUT OF OVER 100 APTS. I HELPED HER HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE FOR EVERYONE WHO LIVES THERE TO COME VISIT AND SEE HER APT.



I LEFT HER HOUSE AND DROVE TO MY DAUGHTERS HOUSE ON CHRISTMAS EVE. AND SPENT THE NIGHT AND CHRISTMAS DAY WITH BOTH MY DAUGHTERS AND GRANDCHILDREN WHICH MADE FOR A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS.



MY GRANDBABY BOYS AND ME.


AFTER CHRISTMAS WAS OVER I GOT A VISIT FROM MY BROTHER HIS BOYS AND WIVES AND ALL OF THEIR CHILDREN. SOME OF MY GREAT NIECES I HAD NEVER MET BEFORE AND IT WAS AN AWESOME VISIT



ME WITH MY GRANDSON'S AND ALL MY GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS.

NEW YEARS WAS APPROACHING FAST BY NOW. WHILE ON FACEBOOK THE FAMOUS PEABODY HOTEL RAN A CONTEST ON FACEBOOK TO WIN TICKETS TO THEIR NEW YEARS EVE PARTY. YOU COULD SEND IN ONE PIC A DAY OF YOURSELF AT THE PEABODY PUT A CAPTION ON THE PIC " NEW YEAR, NEW MEMORY."

THE PEABODY WAS MINE AND TOMMY'S FAVORITE PLACE IN MEMPHIS. WE WENT THERE ALOT AND I ALWAYS HAD MY CAMERA. I PUT A DIFFERENT PIC OF US IN THE PEABODY FROM YEARS PAST IN THE CONTEST IN DIFFERENT PLACES INSIDE THE PEABODY EACH DAY FOR 14 DAYS THE CONTEST WAS HELD. I WON !!!! I GOT TICKETS TO BOTH PARTIES FOR TWO ON NEW YEARS EVE. I TOOK MY DAUGHTER AND WE HAD A MAJOR BLAST UNTIL 6:30 AM THE NEXT MORNING. WE DANCED OUT SOCKS OFF ALL NIGHT LONG.



THESE TWO PICS WERE TAKEN PROFESSIONALLY @ THE PEABODY WHEN WE ENTERED TO PICK UP OUR WINNING TICKETS AND TO START THE PARTY



THIS WAS ME DANCING THE NIGHT AWAY



THIS WAS ELIZABETH DANCING THE NIGHT AWAY



AFTER THE DANCING ALL NIGHT WE WERE DOWN IN THE LOBBY OF THE PEABODY. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME ELIZABETH HAD EVER BEEN OUT FOR NEW YEARS EVE AND IT WAS FABULOUS



AFTER THE NEW YEARS PARTY WE ATTENDED THE MEMPHIS ZOO LIGHTS WHICH WAS SO BEAUTIFUL AND WE HAD THE BEST TIME EVER HERE TOO.

I SANG KARAOKE AND SHOWED ALL OF MY TALENT. I SHOULD HAVE WENT INTO ACTING. LOL



WE HAD A GREAT TIME IN THIS NEW EXHIBIT AT THE ZOO CALLED THE TETON TREK LODGE WHICH IS A REPLICA OF THE LODGE IN THE YELLOW STONE NATIONAL PARK



THE ZOO LIGHTS WAS AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE



JAN 8TH IS ELVIS'S BIRTHDAY SO ON WITH THE CELEBRATIONS. GRACELAND IS ALL IN LIGHTS



HAPPY 75TH BIRTHDAY ELVIS I LOVE YOU !!



ELVIS'S DOCTOR DR. NICK HE HAS TO BE IN HIS 90'S NOW




THE TETON TRECK AT OUR MEMPHIS ZOO HAS UNPLUGGED EVERY SECOND THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE ZOO LODGE SO HERE WE ARE BACK WITH THE BEST SEATS IN THE HOUSE.



ELIZABETH'S BROKE HER THUMB AND FRACTURED IT BREAK DANCING ON BEALE STREET . THAT'S WHY SHE HAS A BLUE CAST ON.


THIS IS A VIEW FROM THE TOP OF THE LODGE AT THE ZOO DURING THE UNPLUGGED CONCERT



THIS IS PART OF THE EXHIBIT OUTSIDE THE LODGE WHERE THE WOLVES AND BEARS PLAY AND THE WATER FALL IN THERE EXHIBIT



THIS IS OUR FIRST SNOW AT MY HOUSE



THIS IS OUR SECOND SNOW BUT MORE ICE THAN SNOW AT MY HOUSE WHICH IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW




I'M BACK SUBSTITUTE TEACHING KINDERGARDEN - 12TH GRADES NOW AND ALL THE HOLIDAYS ARE OVER EXCEPT FOR THE SNOW DAYS WE HAVE BEEN OUT. I TAUGHT ALL DOWN SYNDROME CHILDREN LAST WEEK, 3RD GRADERS AND IT WAS SO MUCH FUN.

THIS BRINGS MY JOURNAL UP TO DATE EXCEPT FOR THIS LAST MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT I HAVE MADE. WHILE VISITING THE ZOO I FOUND OUT ABOUT A DOCENT PROGRAM THAT CAME OPEN AT THE ZOO. A DOCENT IS A TEACHER. THE ZOO HIRES DOCENTS ONCE A YEAR AND YOU HAVE TO BE PICKED OUT OF A VERY LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE. THIS YEAR THERE WERE ALMOST A HUNDRED AND THEY ONLY WANTED 20. I MADE THE CUT AND NOW I GET TO GO TO SCHOOL AT THE ZOO FOR 3 MONTHS. ANOTHER DOCENT WILL FOLLOW ME AROUND AND HELP ME TEACH ABOUT THE DIFFEERENT EXHIBITS OF ANIMALS AT THE ZOO TO CHILDREN AND ADULTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. I'M SO EXCITED I CAN'T CONTANE MYSELF.

CLICK ON THIS VIDEO FOR A LOOK AT OUR FABULOUS ZOO. WHERE I NOW AM A VERY PROUD PART OF. WE ARE RATED THE NUMBER ONE ZOO IN THE NATION. THE PANDAS LE LE AND LA LA ARE THE MEMPHIS ZOO MASCOTS.



LIFE IS GREAT IN MY WORLD. WHEN GOD CLOSES DOORS HE ALWAYS OPENS WINDOWS.

I'M HAVING THE TIME OF MY LIFE ONCE AGAIN. WHEN LIFE THROWS YOU LEMONS YOU HAVE TO PICK YOURSELF UP AND MAKE SOME GOOD OLE HOMEMADE LEMONAIDE