me again

hey everybody. i hope adds is feeling better. are you going through surgery to have an excuse to get out of boot camp? things are good here. today i went to the beach and am cooking some ribs with butt rub. i'm going to nc thurs oct 8 to see dad for his bday and go fishing. be bloggin!

THURSDAY

T - you are the king of the bloggers. i log on all the time to see who's posted and it's mostly only you! i will try and do better.
as you all know...i may get to have a week of vacation from work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm so syked!!!! if that is the case, i will blog all week and maybe post pictures of the dud gall bladder.
Off to doctor's appt...more to follow!

wassup this weekend i went to beaufort sc. buddy was there. he had some pipes freeze and burst in his airstream trailer and helped him fix some of them. of course all the pipes were in tight places and it was kind of hard but i got it done. we also did some bike riding down to the hunting island state park. i've probably talked about this park before but it a place where the forest meets the beach. big trees are laying on the sand all bleached out with roots exposed etc. it really is cool. i also got at least 6 fire ant bites on my left foot. kent's dad died this weekend after a long time in a nursing home and chad and i are going to the wake this afternoon. i saw b yesterday for her birthday and contributed to the flat tv fund. thats all. i am the mvp of this blog. step it up people!

whoa ten years since the flood! time really flies. this week has been kind of snoozer for me too. i did get b's cell phone back from charles the other day. last weekened i watched georgia beat south carolina (kent's team) and then sunday drove to charlotte to see the panthers lose big time!!!
i did a little bike riding yesterday and today i worked. i had a crawlfish po' boy for lunch. pretty good. i am glad that adds loves her job!!

SEPTEMBER 17 2009

Betsy-
well, it's my birthday. alright.. close enough.
Just wanted to check in, i know it's been too long.
let me see.... this week has been kind of a snooze. i've been playing professor layton most of the time and sometimes i just pass the puzzles over to dar because i don't like to think too much. my goal is to finish it tonight. because of professor, i haven't cooked one single meal this week and darian had to remind me to do laundry. that's what happens!
here's some good news - dar will be getting her braces off in 6 weeks or less! we are still waiting on those pesky last 2 teeth to come in, but while we wait - they are going to take the braces off so she doesn't get stains.they will have to go back on later but still exciting!
oh! i have this! Friday, me and dar are riding bikes in the hood - we decide to ride over to T's to pick up peanuts (which are awesome btw!) -well, somewhere along the way my cell was lost.... we rode and looked and walked and called for hours - NOTHING! todd sent a text to it saying that this phone is lost - please contact him. in spite of all this, me and d return home with our heads down and our quarters hurting (that's what happens when you ride a bike too much) and i called and had the phone suspended. saturday morning i activated an old phone to use - which was good that i didnt have to buy a new one but bad cuz it didnt have all my numbers and such. Sunday we went to the mall for on-sale b-suit shopping (that's birthday suit J/K !!) when T calls - someone had called him and had found my phone! T, being awesome, went to meet him at the hot spot and now celly in back in my loving arms! i know it's a heart warming story!
i guess i've blabbed enough - i'll tell D to blog but you know how much she listens to me!
LE&E

September 16, 2009

Grandma: Well ten years ago today we had Hurricane Floyd and the big flood. I really don't know why this is such big news. I personally would like to forgot it. Lets remember something cheerful and happy. Betsy's b'day is Monday (or Wednesday if you perfer.) I hope she is cheerful and happy about being a year older.
Me and dad had a great weekend. It started with boot camp on Sat am as usual. Then we came home and I cut down some dead bushes and pulled up weeds in all the flowerbeds around the house. Dad sprayed round up all around and hopefully not on any more bushes. Then we decided to treat ourself to dinner at the Angus Barn. WOW! Sunday we had to run lots of errands. I had a $50 gift card (cell phone rebate) and a $25 gift card for getting a prescription (knee pain med last month) filled at CVS. So we got alot of stuff with out really spending alot. It was great. Since then, going to work and coming home. Same as everybody I guess. Todd, I loved the video. Especialy the part about "doing the dishes" It took me a minute to realize that you of course meant dog dishes and I don't know why I was thinking lunch dishes for the staff. I had to laugh at myself. Dad and I are going to the Outer Banks for a fishing trip. Leaving early Sat am coming back Sunday pm. I won't be fishing but sitting on the beach reading. Gus will be staying at the vet. His birthday #9 is Sat and I hope he is not going to be to sad to be spending it at the vet. I will ask the staff to sing Happy Birthday to him and give him a special treat. I am sure they will be thrilled to do that. I will report back fishing trip news next week. Betsy and Dar we are still missing your blogging. Dar you said you would be bloggin after you finished your homework. I am thinking 1) you have so much homework you don't have time for blogging or 2) you don't have any homework so can't blog after your homework. PA. Still loving everybody and everything!

Saturday

good morning all. i'm not a bootcamp b/c the dentist told me that i couldn't exercise for a week - not sure if i even said...but the cyst ended up just being extra bone - so they just grounded it down. wish he could have figured that one out and i wouldn't have gone through all of this. a little sore still, but it's the food getting down there that really a bit irritating.
emma is doing great in the 4th grade. she has SOOOO much homework! i thought about talking to the teacher about it, but Kristi (who's daughter Shay had her last year) said that would probably not go over too well. not sure what to do at this point....but twice last week she was up to 10 trying to finish everything. she does have dance and softball and girl scouts, but i want her to do extra stuff, too. her grade have been great...so we'll just keep going like we going and hopefully things will ease off a bit - Kristi said "not likely..." but i'll keep thinking it might anyway.
nothing else much going on here. i changed out all of my bulbs for the energy saving ones. i watched a tv thing about how much it will save in your bill. of course, it will take a good 6 months just to get the money back from what i spent to buy them - haha! oh well, it was raining and i was bored.
work has been crazy! i'm the merger person for our group. colonial bank has 381 ATMs!!! i'm sure will will close some of them, but it's the biggest conversion in our history! i'm actually loving every minute of it right now. i like to be busy and i love my job!!
OH - forgot the most important thing....there is a store on 301 (past Parkers on the left) called Truely Unique. Denise went a couple of weeks ago and suggested that i go. She said that she thought the lady could be a witch! i loved her. she sells all of this crazy tea and all kinds of spices. they do palm readings sometimes and tea tastings, etc. she was a little out there, but sooooo super nice. she also had lots of love birds that she raised. anyways, next time you happen to be going that way, please stop by. it's an experience!!!!
well, enough for now. me and em are going to the library to get a book - emma signed up for some type of reading program at school - not sure why b/c she does not like to read! anyways, i will encourage all i can!
good to see you last week T -Kent is VERY nice. i'm not sure where B and Dar are these days. have they given up blogging?? Oh and T, I could not view the video tour...but great other pictures. emma loved the hall of fame video...she kept saying that you are famous now!
bye for now!! ashley

we updated the website at work today with new pictures and vertigo-inducing video tour of the clinic. check it out and el oh el. hanahanvet.com

Sept 9, 2009 KEEP ON BLOGGIN"

Grandma: Sorry I have been such a slack blogger. We too had an exciting weekend. Friday night Todd and Kent came by and we had a Parkers' family style dinner. Love that grease! Saturday dad had to work. I went to book camp and then did some house hold chores. Sunday after SS, we went to William B. Umstead State park in Raleigh. We walked 2.75 miles on an intermediate trail. It was fun but a little tough. Lots of roots and ups and downs. We saw a doe and sweet baby fawn walking quietly through the forest. Not scared at all. Use to people passing by, I guess. I forgot my camera so did not get a pic. Sorry. Monday we got up the rest of the peanuts and boiled and bagged them. We also cooked out, ribs and a big chicken. We ate the ribs; then picked the chicken off the bone and saved it for chicken sandwiches. I ate one last night and it was yummy! Rudy, Bryson hunted Sat and on Monday they came back with Landon. A good time was had by all. Dad took Gus for a little bit Mon am but didn't get much action before it stared to rain. Last week someone gave dad a 5 gallon bucket of cucumbers, so I made two batches of pickles. Stayed late at school one night to meet with a family last week too. I am also required to take an online class for a mental health certification, so have been working on that. Emma starts playing ball this week. I know that will be fun. My schedule just doesn't leave much time for anything else, like blogging but I will try to do better. Betsy and Dar where are you?!?! Emma how about some news from the 4th grade?

end of summer = end of blogging?

well i had a big time in raleigh/wilson/greenville this weekend. thursday we tailgated at the nc state stadium and went to the game. we had some tickets for ebay which were for this suite that went the entire length of the field. inside they had all the food in the world. the game was boring but the stadium was really cool. the have a big statue of 5 or 6 lifesize wolves climbing on a rock outside the stadium. the next day we went to wilson and i drove kent around wilson and showed him stuff. he was impressed but he said my driving made him sick.
we went to parkers with mom and dad and adds and ken. i was just like parkers. i also got some more pickles and boiled peanuts. i already ate a half a bag.
we had to get up early to meet michael and krista at the greenville tailgate. that game was exciting but appalachian state lost. their quaterback could not play because he had cut his foot with a lawnmower a month earlier.
sunday we drove back and i had to go right back to summerville for fantasy football draft. i slept better than ever sunday night.
b- i have some peanuts for you
dad- how was dove hunting?