Getting back into the groove.

Needles and I have been neglecting one of our hobbies, Geocaching. A couple of weeks ago we went South and did a bit of caching with Cynical and Ragged. Thats when we got bit by the bug again. Today we decide to get up and have a do nuthin weekend. That lasted about 15 minutes and then we were scrabling to download waypoints and cache pages and set out to our first event since CSF06. We headed north and got there just in time to see the Wolf Pack walk across the road into the Moonshine restaurant. We parked and went into place our order and waited patiently for our name to be annouced and the bounty of burgers to be handed to me and the chow down to commence. We nabbed a couple of drinks and out the door we went to the picnic tables in the great outdoors. We enjoyed the food and the chance to be around fellow cachers. After the giveaways were dispursed we headed out for a caching run until the second event of the evening. We ate well and got several more caches under our belt. We cached until dark and then turned to go home. The tally for the day...

tank of gas $39

5 packs of cookies for event $5

4 moonburgers with 2 drinks $13.65

2 more drinks for the road $3

The chance to get 23 caches and attend 2 events not to mention sticking my finger in a jar of Vasoline and get a picture of me acting like I am about to give a proctology exam to The King of Halloween ...............priceless.

Another Full Weekend

This weekend we went South for my Aunts wedding renewal. The ceremony was very nice and I was in charge of the photography. At the end I edited the photos and made a slide show for my aunt on DVD with the music from the wedding. It turned out pretty good, if I do say so myself. I can't wait to see the photos she has had printed off. At the end of the ceremony I had approximately 200 photos with duplicates and the slide show ended up having 110 photos.

On Sunday we ventured to the Grand Rivers area for a night of camping and more photo taking. We stayed the night even though I don't think it got below 80 degrees that night. Not good sleeping weather. Monday we went out to eat B'fast at The Pelican and had a mean plate of biscuits and gravy with 2 fries eggs on the side. YUM! After that we walked around Grand Rivers and down to the Lighthouse Landing.

I got a lot of neat photos and we enjoyed the day. Since there was no one in campground attendee shack we went up to pay for our night that we stayed and Monday night that we planned to stay. It turns out that the site my parents was on was reserved without us knowing or being notified so my parents was going to have to pull up stakes and move to another site. They said if they had to pack up that they might as well go on home so we decide to do the same. It sounds like this campground has some scheduling issues and they need people to be at there post ALL weekend. The way they leave notes on which sites are available is confusing and not updated for over 24hours. So you can be on a campsite first with no one to take your money or make your reservations and someone online make reservations 24/7 and take your spot. This system is messed up. They need to change it. We weren't the only people that were inconvenienced by this issue.

Great Weekend.

This weekend we spent in the promise land with Cynical and Ragged. They were gracious to share their home, food, Kitty's and coffee with us as we enjoyed each others company this weekend. Friday we enjoyed a home cooked roast with potatoes and carrots. It was so good I had to stop myself at seconds. It took a little arm bending but we finished off the evening with a run to the Dairy Queen for dessert. Saturday we got up and had a wonderful breakfast and soon we were thinking of things to do to fill up our day. A little geocaching, a little shopping at the Halloween store and a lot of eating at the Shogun and our day and my waste line filled out nicely. Sunday we awoke to another great breakfast and a little more geocaching and it was all too soon time for us to head home. What makes a great weekend..... Spending it with great people. Hope to do it again soon.

Getting my ducks in a row.

M R DUCKS
A R NOT
C M I D B D WINGS
L I B M R DUCKS

Gearing up for the Cache Slash Fest 2007. We have been getting together and deciphering how to do some of the things we have planned to do for the event. We are going to get together Wed. night for some more planning. Companies have been contacted for donations and with the response so far I do believe we will smash last years attendance number. We are more than half way there and we still have 7 weeks until the event. Lots to do and the time is speeding by.

Nice weekend.

Friday after work Needles and I loaded up and headed for the promise land. We arrived at my parent house around 6 pm and sat and chatted, giggled and enjoyed each others company. It was getting late so we turned in and recharged until the next day when Needles and I went on the hunt for a TV stand. We searched high and low without finding what we wanted. We finally did find one that we wanted and found out that they no longer make it and everywhere we looked was out of them. We thought we was going to purchase the display but they would not part with it as the metal legs had small holes drilled in it and was deemed defective. The stand will be destroyed instead of sold. Oh well. Sunday we got to visit with my family and enjoyed a very nice home cooked meal, that evening we went on a drive to visit the graves of some ancestors and do a little sight seeing. Monday we meet up with Cynical and Ragged in their neck of the woods. Needles, Ragged and Kissed went to a local yarn shop for a Labor Day sale. While the lady's went to fondle yarn, Cynical and I went to see if we could find the TV stand...NOPE. It's amazing how fast time flies by we are with Cynical and Ragged. All too quickly it was time for us to leave so we headed back to my parents. The evening flashed by us and it was time to go to bed. The next day it was time to head home. I got up and got things together and soon it was time to leave. We did managed to squeeze in a visit to my cousins costume and accessory shop before we had to leave. He just had a new sign made so we got a picture of it as we were leaving.

Jumpin on the bandwagon.

To continue with Cynicals rant. Last week our 6 year old, 43 inch projection, 2 thousand dollar, taking up 1/4 of our living room TV went KAPUT! We waited a few days to decide what we were going to do. A couple nights of watching the low resolution projector in the bedroom and we decided to get it fixed. I called the local TV repair place and made an appointment. We decided if it cost more than $500 to fix we would get another TV. Research on the inter webs found that it was going to cost about $450 to fix. Of course we had to delay the appointment a week because we wanted a late appointment. 2 days before the appointment we decided just to get a new TV that would give us more room and might be more dependable. Like it was a lifeline or something but anyway. We purchased a new TV and I called the repair shop to cancel the appointment. They told me they didn't have me on the schedule. Hmmm I guess I am glad I called. The day of the cancelled appointment I had some errands to run so I didn't get home until around 5pm. When I got home on the door was. SORRY WE MISSED YOU. They came to service the TV at 4:50pm. I called to find out what the deal was and it was a miscommunication. OK. Today I was checking the mail and our Internet provider sent us a late bill notice and a hand written comment about service will be cut off if bill wasn't paid by due date. The thing is last months bill was paid and has already cleared the bank. Needles sent me a picture of the bill from her bank website and I fired off a friendly here's your payment and cancel the service anyway email. I took down our wireless antenna and have it loaded up to drop off at their office tomorrow with the last payment. I am sure it just another miscommunication but I think this is one miscommunication to many. YEP I am ready for my 4 day weekend to begin...

Wasn't this the best return to bloggin post. Hooray!

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STUCK IN MY HEAD,

Pictures Only!

I am done!

Blogger yet again lost another post of mine. I am done with blogger. This maybe my last post.

Funny.

Spider-Pig. Spider-Pig. Does what ever a Spider-Pig does.

Do Nuthin Weekend.

This weekend although being highly anticipated is a do nuthin weekend. The only two things I have accomplished so far this weekend is mow the lawn and assemble Needle's equipment she ordered but I will let her blog about it. I woke up at 8 am this morning and sat in the living room surfin the interwebs until Needles stirred at 10. A quick B'fast of cereal followed by some more high energy television watching. At 2pm we had lunch, went for a visit to Rudy, Brando and the funky bunch and Needles and I just finished off a lovely supper prepared by Needles. Man what an exciting life I lead. I can't wait til tomorrow.

Camping Bug.

Thursday night I received a telephone call. It was a friend I haven't see or talked to for months. Just about every weekend we would say to each other "We need to go see D & H." And so the many months went by and still couldn't find the time to visit. I was surprised to get the phone call telling me they were going to be camping at Red Hill. We thought about camping along with them but since they have a hard side camper complete with A/C and we have a pop up without A/C and the days are going to be in the mid 90's, I decided against it. We did however go for a visit. We arrived out there around 5:30pm and visited only leaving once to eat at the Trace Inn. The next thing I knew it was 11pm and we needed to go home. Today we got up and got our showers to set out on the town grocery shopping. We went to the OC to eat only to find out that they didn't have any salad fixins so we opted for beverages and a back up plan of Chinese food. We are now home and enjoying the A/C on a very warm day. Have a good weekend.

Could not have been a better weekend.

This past weekend was very fun. To start off my parents came up Thursday and we got to spend time with them. Friday, work went very slow with the anticipation of the weekend to come. When I arrived home and did some last minute things in preparation of our company. In no time our weekend visitors Cynical and Ragged was pulling in the drive with Needlefingers close behind. After a quick visit and settling in of our guests we went to Mom and Dad's to visit and make a game plan of our time together. Rudy and Brando brought a Subway platter and we hungrily dug in. We enjoyed our time together and wrapped up the evening at home with a late night chat session. The next morning we enjoyed Needlefingers b-fast casserole and return to my parents for a visit. At lunch Pinto and "L" arrived and after a short visit we went to the Trace Inn for good food and great scenery. That evening was the cookout followed by the West Salem fireworks. We had a great time and returned home with heavy eyes and ready for bed. The next morning we wanted to go to a local diner and have breakfast together but found out it was closed so our backup plan of Hardee's was good enough. We returned home enjoying our fleeting time together as we knew in just a few hours it was going to come to an end. I had a great weekend and thanks to all the people who made this weekend very special for me. This has been a great B-day.

Bringing Nuthin Back.

Saturday we arose from bed with vigor and anxiousness to arrive in the big city and enjoy our day of food, coffee, conversation and shopping. We first met up with Cynical and Ragged at Border's book store and sat and visited for about 30 to 45 minutes. We then perused the store to see if there was anything we needed. I then noticed my stomach growling and Cynical and I decided it was time to dine. After driving around and considering our many options I recommended the Texas Road House. I had the 1/2 rack ribs with a side of sweet potato and baked beans. Washed down with and tall beer and sweet tea chaser. The food was very good, the service was great and the conversation was of course the best. The fact that Cynical paid for the meal, in my opinion, made the food taste even better. Thanks Cynical. After I got my drink on we then rolled out and went to several stores all with the same outcome. We purchased nothing from them. I went to 2 pet stores looking for an item for my brother and was very disappointed in the selection available. Needles did purchase some shrimp treats for our fuzzy housemates and bought my upcoming B-day gift. We finished of our visit with a stop by Backyard Burger and before we knew it, it was time to head home. Needless to say that I stayed up until 3:30 am last night watching both of my B-day movies . They, Flags of our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima, were very good although Letters is sub-titled. I wish in the options of these movies there could be an audio language that would allow you to select the audio in English. I don't mind reading but sometimes looking down at the bottom of the screen makes you miss the details of the shot. It seems you are rushed to watch the movie and soak in the images on a time limit.

Needles and I enjoyed our outing very much yesterday and can't wait to see our friends again next weekend when they venture to our neck of the woods for an early July 4th celebration. I just gotta get though this week of work. Thanks again Cynical and Ragged for meeting up with us.

Very Hard Day At Work.

Days like today are hard for healthcare workers, But don't hold a candle to what the family goes through in situations like today. My thoughts go out to the family of this terrible tragedy.

EZ-Go, Hard to Return.

We had a great time visiting my parents in Kentucky. We arrived early and noticed a golf cart on the carport. I thought, why is my aunt and uncles golf cart parked there? I think noticed another golf cart in the yard and then surmised. Mom and Dad has purchased a golf cart. I then found out that they purchased it that day. I think they will have a lot of fun with it driving all over the property and possible taking it camping. I know Needles and I both enjoyed a few laps around on the Safari Trail. The Safari Trail is a path that goes around the back portion of their property that has been decorated with different animals and signs. We drive around pointing out the various animals cute and scary that are along the trail. The animal range from snakes and alligators to turkeys and cows and a lot of animals in between. Friday night we stayed out on the patio until 11pm and enjoyed the conversation. Saturday we ventured to Mam maw's for pizza and Death by chocolate ice cream cones. Today we had spaghetti and garlic bread with lemon cake for dessert. It quickly became time to go and we really wished we had another day or two to stay but work and hungry pets were calling for us to return. We arrived home at 4:48pm after the 2 hour 40 minute trip. I was glad to be home but sad the weekend is almost over. I am getting laundry caught up and preparing myself for work tomorrow. Hope everyone had a good weekend.

Pirates Interupted.

Last night Needles and I went to the Drive In. They were playing Shrek 3 and Pirates of the Caribbean 3. We arrive very early so we had prime spot choice. We sat and talked until we spotted a co worker and her family rolling in. They pulled up in a spot near us and we chatted until time for the movie to start, roughly 9pm. We watched Shrek 3 first which finished around 10:35pm. The movie was good but to say it was as good as the first two might be a bit of a stretch. We then set in to watch Pirates 3. The movie started of with the projection being foreshortened and the top of the image cutting though the top of peoples heads. After about 10 minutes they finally figured it out and opened up the image to encompass the whole screen. I sat and watched the movie and before long I glanced over to Needles to see her eyes closed in a short nap. The movie seemed confusing and hard to follow from the start. To make the movie even more confusing and somewhat frustrating, the movie projector stopped 30 minutes from the finish. We sat for 10 minutes waiting for the show to get fixed as a mass exodus left the Drive In. After a few attempted restarts , 20 minutes and an announced bulb replacement the movie folk announced it a NO GO. Needles took our tickets up to the booth to get a rain check. We left at about 1:20am and arrived home at 2:05am. I guess we got to see one movie but I was really wanting to see Pirates.... I guess we will have to wait until the DVD to watch and hopefully figure it out.

Another pic.

Here is a picture I borrowed from Rudy's blog with my own special touch.

Kitty Cats and Bathtubs.

This doesn't sound like a very good combination but as you see in the picture, Copper loves the bath tub and just about anything to do with the bathroom. He's a quazy kitty.

Look at that face. Make sure you finish you paperwork young man!