My Town Monday!

This is my second post that blog buddy,Travis Erwin, inspired his blog buddies to participate in.

I did find an interesting video of my town:




Some points of interest are:
Downtown
City Hall
War Memorial
Saint Louis Church- Where my family attends church and where DG, our brother and I went to elementary school.

Some other interesting facts about my town is that the railroad cuts the city off from the "outside world" if a train is stopped on the north and west ends of town. There have been days when I was stopped by a train and really needed to get on the other side of the tracks to get to work.

There was a time when a fire broke out on the North side of town and none of the fire fighters on that side of town could get to the fire station to get their gear. It was pretty awful. They had to have the guys who could get to the station, get their gear, but the only problem was the fire trucks and ambulances were not able to respond due to the train cutting off the town on both sides. They had to call the Nimishillen Fire Department to assist them until the train moved. There has always been talk about an overpass or something to be done so that this doesn't ever happen again. Like most towns people, we will believe it when we see it! LOL

These same trains lulled me to sleep when they passed through town as I was growing up. I miss those nights when you could feel the bed rock just enough that you were put into a deep sleep. The railroad is what built my town and it will always be an important part of my little town.


This is our high school's home page
Louisville Leopards
This is my alma mater:
Saint Thomas Aquinas Knights

Recently, the city had to build a new middle school due to the population growing to the point where the old Jr. High School couldn't handle the amount of children who passed through the halls. I substituted in the old Jr. High, and I am going to miss seeing the inside of that building. The reason? My Great-Aunt Loretta was the Louisville Education Association's Teacher of the Year and her name was displayed there at the entrance on a plaque for everyone to see. At one time, I wanted my name to be right there with hers. That is still my dream one of these days.

That's the end of my ramblings this week...... till then!!!!

My Town, Louisville, OH!

MY TOWN MONDAY!!

This is a shot of one of our downtown store. It's Penny Alley. It's an old five and dime. Granted, there's not much there anymore for 5 or 10 cents, but it's a great store!!

Before Penny Alley, the city's only hardware store was located there.
DG use to work for them too!! Our Handy DG!


From the website: Louisville, OH

Constitution Town

In 1952, Louisville resident Olga T. Weber petitioned municipal officials to establish Constitution Day, in honor of the ratification of the US Constitution in 1789. Presiding Mayor Gerald A. Romary proclaimed September 17, 1952, as Constitution Day in the city. The following April, Weber requested that the Ohio General Assembly proclaim September 17 as state-wide Constitution Day. Her request was signed into law by Governor Frank J. Lausche.

Weber didn't stop there. In August 1953, she urged the United States Senate to pass a resolution designating September 17-23 as Constitution Week. The Senate and House approved her request and it was signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. On April 15, 1957, the City Council of Louisville declared the city Constitution Town. The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society later donated four historical markers, located at the four main entrances to the city, explaining Louisville's role as originator of Constitution Day.

The city boldly states that it is the Constitution Town which also resides in Constitution Township!

There are no famous people from my town, but Ohio has produced many entertainers, football players, and TV analysts. Drew Carey, Halle Berry, Dean Martin, Bob Hope, Chris Spielman, and Eddie George.

That's my town.... more to come next week!

Things in my life..........

Things in my life are just as crazy as they were a few months ago. Big man is still gone and Lil man is still driving me nutso. LOL

Also, Big Man is being a Big JERK! (being really nice) Let's just say that Lil man and I are moving in a few months and Big Man is not going w/ us.

Life as I thought it was suppose to be is changing...... maybe for the worse, but I feel it might be for the better.

My cousin stopped by this weekend with a college friend of hers. We had an awesome visit and was chit chatting about our family. Granted our family is pretty big, so we did have a lot to talk about! From my point of view I have 21 cousins to try to stay up on. Not going so well there. I have about 20 2nd cousins to learn names of, and try to put names to faces. This is also not going very well. It's hard when most of our family lives in and around Ohio, and others live in GA, WI, NC, TX, and VA to name a few states that I have family members living.

Could you just imagine the family reunion. We would all have to wear name tags with pictures of our parents just so we knew who we all belonged too. I personally think it would be great b/c then I could catch up with the cousins that are close in age with me and that I know the best and then to try to figure out all those kids..... LOL

Well, that's my rant for tonight. God bless us all!!!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!

The New WHO are Super Bowl Champions????

Well, the New York Giants pulled off the greatest upset in NFL history! They did it with shear team work and confidence. I tip my hat to them and their MVP, Eli Manning. I can't believe just a short year ago his brother, Payton, was the MVP. Gotta love those Manning brothers!!

I hope everyone has a great week. Remember, Mardi Gras in 2 days!!!!

Things here have been hectic. Between work, school, homework, and house work, I have not been able to find the time to even call my own most days.

I hope everyone has a wonderful week!

2008 Has to be MY year!

Well, my 2007 finished up with a bang. Well, actually a shot through the heart. (figuratively speaking). Some personal things blew up in my face just a few days before ringing in the new year. It sucks, but hey I am dealing. New Year's Eve was spent ringing it in with....... my lil one and myself. That's it! We had no where to go and nothing to do... boo hiss. Anyway, I rang it in, lil man slept through it, and well I guess that says most of it.

New Year's day was spent doing one thing, watching college football bowl games. Pretty impressed with most of the games. My VOLS won!!!!!! I was pretty psyched about that! Poor Badgers had to go home and lick their wounds.

Then it was back to school on the 2nd for teachers......HAPPY, HAPPY, JOY, JOY! We socialized, worked on stuff for the kiddos, and then went to lunch. After that it was cleaning of the room, desks, and my desk (which was pretty scary). Things at work are going great. Thankfully I have that part of my life that's in order. Now, to get other aspects of my life back on track...... which track will it be????? Who knows. We shall see!

Well, blogger fans, I hope you had a great New Year and are great to make '08 GREAT!