This is the life!

A few weeks ago, Scott and I went down to Murrells Inlet.  At the state park, there is a road to the beach parking.  Often times we will see an alligator, but this day we saw four lined up sunning themselves.  The sign says "no stopping", but we did and got this great picture!

http://picasaweb.google.com/elmcneill/Alligators#5384982319046185570

Dad, hopefully this doesn't make you homesick! 

 

Dwight Schultz

Dwight Schultz is my favorite actor.  I loved him in the A-Team!  Most characters were the same all the time, but not Murdock.  You never knew what he was going to be up too.  He is so talented that he could pull anything off. Then, later he went on to Star Trek's next generation and he was terrific as Barclay and then he went on to Voyager. 

A couple of weekend's ago, Julia went to Atlanta to Dragoncon (Not sure of the spelling).  She went last year and had a blast and was looking forward to this one as well.

When she saw me a few days after, she said "I have a present for you".

I squealed like a teenage girl when I saw the picture.  Julia told him "My Mom loves you!"  She was pretty impressed with him, he was very personable.  I said "Of course he is, he's the best!" 

I took a picture of the picture he signed for me.  I'm not sure how well you'll be able to see it.  It is now posted on my board where I do my writing.  I look up when I'm looking for a word and he's grinning at me!

Wanna be sick update

Scott finally got this redone and sent to its owner at the end of April.  It was a long haul for that guitar!  I meant to update you a long time ago.  This one is not my favorite guitar, but she sounds terrific.

Scott is working on a black acacia wood one right now that will be a beauty as well.  Scott bought gold inlays for it and they are fantastic!  I can't wait to get a picture of it for you.

Scott's latest guitar

This is my favorite, so far, of the guitars Scot has made.  It is a beauty.  Scott discovered sound ports, they are so the player can hear the guitar as well as those listening.  She sounds as beautiful as she looks!

 

 

A First

Scott and I went to Murrells Inlet for the holiday weekend (Labor Day). A first for me, we were chased away from the beach by a bunch of gnats! This has never happened in my whole life! That was our first night there (Thursday). We left Thursday afternoon so we could go to the beach before sundown.

Friday morning, we went again and it was perfect! We stayed a few hours and then went back to Dad's to work on his floor. Friday night there were quite a few mosquitoes, but they didn't chase us away. Saturday night I was ready for anything. Gnats, mosquitoes and cold sea breezes. We stayed till 9:30 and it was gorgeous. Breathing in the sea breezes brings restoration to my soul. I needed more restoration than usual so we stayed out after dark! Sunday morning was awesome. It was cool and cloudy. We stayed till 11:30 and then went and cleaned up and packed to go home.

The welcome home greetings from Bear and Chloe were very loud and excited. Joel was glad we were home as well, but he could contain himself. Julia was gone for the weekend as well and she returned safely last night. (Monday)

I had prepared a picture biography of our trip, but I'm not sure what happened to them. We used Scott's camera as well as mine. When I opened his, there were only the new guitar pictures. I will see if mine retained some pictures and post them later.

back to Murphy

Scott and I went out to Murphy again.  Mom

and Ray are out for their fall visit early.

We drove on Scott’s birthday.  It was

good to be alone for awhile.  We are

thinking of going out there for a week

just the two of us.  I think it will be good

for us.

This morning as Bear and Chloe and I

Walked, we saw raspberry snow.  It

Was quite amazing as it was 73 degrees out.

I told Mom and Ray I would write better

So here I am. 

I lost my camera for about a month, but it was

Just found.  I’m really excited to have it back.

I will try to take an interesting picture for

Everyone when I write again.

Ray and I took a morning walk together.

It was nothing like my Raleigh walk.

I think we would fare better if we were

Mountain goats!

July 4th

Well, don’t faint or anything, but I’m going to write!

It’s hard to write when things aren’t going the way

you would like them to.

Scott and I went down to Dad’s Winter Haven for the

holiday weekend. It was so nice to be alone together!

We got up early each morning and took a walk on

the beach. I am used to walking Bear and Chloe

each morning, so I wanted to keep up the good

habit. I packed my breakfast and would eat it

in the car. Then, we’d pack up our chairs and

umbrella and go sit and watch the ocean.

We stayed till about 11 and then went to

Chick-Fil-A for a drink and their free internet

access. The service in there is great.

After lunch, we would take a nice nap.

After supper, we went back to the ocean and

stayed till sundown. On the fourth, we saw several

fireworks displays from the beach. We ended up

staying till 9:30 because of the fireworks! That is a late

night for me.

I took some pictures, but that will have to wait.

I figured I’d better write even though my pictures aren’t

ready.