Murrells Inlet, SC 7.16.2011

Scott and I got a wild idea to go to the beach for the weekend. Scott said Friday morning “Let’s go to the beach tonight!” I said “O that sounds good!” This summer has been so hectic with Scott’s work and also the church stuff that he is doing that we figured we’d better just go. It was so refreshing to be alone together. Unfortunately, we only had Saturday and Sunday. We are now back to the crazy life we lead.

I got a teleconverter for our camera. It doubles the distance of your original lens. I wasn’t sure if I liked it trying it at home. It works real well for trips when you want to get a close up, but don’t want to be right next to your subject (example: alligator out in the water!) I also got a lot of cool pictures of pelicans. You know how I love the pelican!

I haven’t posted our 4^th of July pictures yet, but I’ll do that soon.

My porch is almost done. Scott only has a couple of items left to do and then he can call the inspector. Those few items were some of things we should have been doing this weekend instead of enjoying ourselves. The saying is, I think that can wait!

I took over 400 pictures so here is just a sampling of them. I was obsessed with the ocean and took about 150 of that. I also got a lot of the sea grass. Good thing that I wasn’t using film like the old days! Sorry about all the captions. When I like a picture, I put a caption under it so that I know to upload it to the website. If you know what the birds are, you can e-mail me and then I will get the right captions on them.

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covered deck

Hey everyone,

The deck is mostly done now. It just needs a few outside things done and the last inspection. It is so enjoyable to sit out here now. I only get mosquito bites when I go outside to fill my bird feeders or collect dog treasures. I have a fan in here, which I don’t think I got a picture of. I will try to get one posted for you sometime. It is just a regular (indoor-outdoor) fan so I wasn’t that impressed to take a picture of it.

Scott and I are heading to PA tomorrow, so I wanted to get this new post out before I get some new pictures to post. I got a teleconverter for our camera, which doubles the distance of your lens. I have tried it out, but I haven’t gotten to go anywhere with it. Looking forward to trying it out on a trip.

Joel got a job where Elisha and Jonathan work, he starts next Tuesday. He is so glad to have a full time job. I am glad for him as well. Julia is almost done with her training period. She has had a lot to learn, but is enjoying it.

Bear and Chloe are still adjusting to the deck being covered. Bear wants to be with me at all times so he can be a nuisance with wanting in and then right back out again. Chloe is fine either way. She has been crawling under the deck and getting filthy, so I’ll be glad when the lattice is back up that keeps her out.

The cats are all well. Logan is missing Julia a lot. Liam and Duncan will be lonely too next week when Joel starts working full time.

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Father's Day 2001

Father’s Day

 

It was a busy day today.  Scott and I were up early and then headed to church.  After church, there was a picnic which Scott grabbed a hotdog and then we left.  After my nap, I sat on my deck for a while.  Rachel invited us over to have pizza for Father’s Day.  After a good supper, we went out front of Rachel’s house and took some family pictures.  I thought you would enjoy them so here they are.

 

 

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Julia's graduation

Hey everyone,

I decided I needed to get back to writing. My blog is one outlet for that. I kind of have a captive audience of family who will always like what I write! I have missed several events in the last six months, so I will try to update on those as I get inspired.

The first event I’m covering is Julia’s graduation from NC State University. I am very proud of her for all the work she put into accomplishing this goal. She worked at Old Navy and the JC Penney’s for most of the time she was going through school. Her last semester she ended up quitting Penney’s, but it was a good thing she did. I’m positive she couldn’t have worked and gone to school that last semester. She is currently seeing Derek, so I enclosed a picture of her and Derek. Jesse has remained good friends with her so he came to her graduation. We had the camera out taking pictures and I took one of him since I thought you all might be interested in knowing how he looks these days. I’ve come to love Jesse, he is a real character and fits in well with our family. I worry about him like he were my own. I don’t know Derek as well, but he is real sweet too.

There were over 5,000 people graduating at the same time as Julia. The graduation was at the RBC stadium here in Raleigh. It was a real zoo in the parking lot and in the stadium. Scott took the pictures for us.

After the graduation, everyone came to our house and we had a barbecue. Laughing would be the best word to describe the day. We were all happy and celebrating Julia’s accomplishment. Two weeks later, she was hired by State Employees Credit Union and she is presently in her training period. She really likes it so far.

I haven’t posted in so long, that I wasn’t sure how Picasa was working. Hopefully, the link at the bottom of this post will work.

Enjoy!

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My 53^rd birthday was yesterday.  This has been the second one I’ve spent with my Mom and Ray.  Last year we were doing the heart cath thing as well.  This years one turned out much better.  No stent and no long days in the hospital!  My sister Jean came over and brought her granddaughter, Brianna.  We had a terrific visit.  I got a neat little travel bag with Burt’s Bees products in it.  Burt’s Bees is the only products I can use that don’t cause me trouble.  It was a sweet gift.  Then, after our visit, Mom and I went to a store called the Hobby Lobby.  I had never heard of it before, but it was like I had died and gone to heaven!  For dinner, Ray and Mom took me to Olive Garden.  I am not supposed to eat bread, but I did.  Their bread sticks was another died and gone to heaven moment!  I talked with Scott on Skype and watched the dogs sleeping after visiting for awhile.  I finished my day with a piece of carrot cake.  All in all, it was a most awesome birthday.

I included a picture of the ear ring charms I made the week before I came down to Florida.  I had a blast and saved a lot of money. 

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I haven’t been feeling well because of thyroid medicines adjusting, so I never got our trip to Murrells Inlet, SC pictures out to you.  We took our good Nikon along this time.  Scott and I had a blast taking pictures of the amazing beauty of the ocean and the scenery.  We took 703 pictures so I had to narrow them down to a few.  A few ended up being 50 pictures, so I hope I don’t bore you too much with them.  We had a very relaxing weekend.  It is so good to stop and take a few days to slow down and enjoy each others company.  I am doing a little better.  I should be perking up here soon.

I’ve got to take a trip down to Florida as Mom is having another heart cath procedure done. 

I will take my little canon down with me for the trip.

I hope you enjoy the pictures!

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Murphy trip

Scott and I have come out to Murphy, NC to visit with my Mom and Ray.  This is the same house we rented last year, so the pictures may see familiar.

We had a good trip out here.  We had to pull over for Scott to make a conference call, but it didn’t really take too much time.

Scott wiped my netbook while here because my Verizon wireless access thingy wouldn’t work any more.  He did a system restore and then had to reinstall all my programs.  It took about 8 hours for him to get it all done.  Fortunately, the usb thingy recognized that it was installed and now works.  I was a very happy camper, to say the least. 

I bought the new lens for our Nikon D5000.  Scott and I have had a blast with it.  It handles distance photos very well.  We took over 430 pictures, so it was challenging to weed them down to 15 for everyone to see. 

Scott has a couple of conference calls tomorrow morning and then we will go ahead and head home.  It is so nice to be able to have such great scenery.

Next weekend, we are going back to Dad’s place.  I am looking forward to getting some great pictures with our new lens.  The ocean is my favorite place in the world! 

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