Beach Pictures

Linda & our waitress Alex from the Ukraine.

Rocky's favorite spot.

Downstairs bedrooms

Our view of gthe ocean over the dunes.

Report from the beach

Happy Saturday everyone. Linda, Rocky and I are having a relaxing time at the beach and really enjoying her cousin's very nice home that is sitting high on stilts and has a view of the ocean over the dunes. Pictures will come later.

It rained most of the day yesterday and was quite windy but that didn't bother us. We went out a couple of times to eat but mostly just relaxed. Last night the winds picked up and we could feel the house moving and loose tin on the house next to us kicked up quite a racket. Then about 10 PM the wind started this howling noise coming past the side of the house where the bedroom is and it was freaking out poor little Rocky because it was really loud.

It's not howling this morning but the wind is still rocking the house and the tin noise next door is even worse. Anyone that really knows Odie knows that I do not like strong winds, especially at night when I cannot see what is happening. I will be relieved when the sun comes up and at least I can tell what is going on around me.

Last night we ate supper at O'Henrys and Linda had her fill of oysters and I had scrimp and it was excellent. What really made out time there special was our waitress. I can't pronounce her name but she is small, very pretty, is from the Ukraine and has the loveliest accent. Just meeting her and talking to her made our trip down here worthwhile. She is the kind of person that you meet and instantly think that there is no negatives about her. We just love meeting very sweet and polite people. Needless to say I made her evening with a more than proper tip.

Linda & Rocky are still snoozing and the sun hasn't made it's appearance yet so have a great weekend everyone and I'll check back later.

A Break is Coming

It has been a long year and with Linda's Knee operation at the end of May we didn't get an opportunity to have a real vacation. We've had a couple of long weekends but that isn't quite enough to really feel like we rested like we needed.

Now I think I have written here a number of times that the beach is not exactly my favorite place to be compared to the mountains but Linda has this awesome cousin that happens to have a house at the beach and is allowing us to stay there for about a week at no charge which is a blessing. We will be taking Rocky with us and will have no agenda so we can sleep as long as we want and just relax for a change.

Well my friends, winter has finally found NC. It made it below the freezing mark Sunday and today it was in the 50's at the end of the day with cold rain for Halloween.

My Aunt Katie fell in her house last week but is OK. My sister Linda took her to the doctor today and he confirmed that she had no fractures which is great. Her legs are a little swollen so he has increased her fluid meds to take care of it and will recheck her in about a week.

Not much else going on except working and sleeping so take care my friends and I will try to post more frequently in the future. Have a great week.

The Knots Prayer

The Knots Prayer

Dear God:

Please untie the knots

that are in my mind,

my heart and my life.

Remove the have nots,

the can nots and the do nots

that I have in my mind.

Erase the will nots,

may nots,

might nots that may find

a home in my heart.

Release me from the could nots,

would nots and

should nots that obstruct my life.

And most of all,

Dear God,

I ask that you remove from my mind,

my heart and my life all the am nots'

that I have allowed to hold me back,

especially the thought

that I am not good enough.

Amen

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Life Goes On

It has not been a very good week but it is behind us now and life does go on. The madness started with work. My technicians have been taking their daily doses of stupid pills which ultimately ends up costing us valuable time and lots of expensive gasoline which causes my boss to rant in his 40 years of military manner.

Add to this technicians who cannot be disciplined without spending the rest of the day pouting and doing inferior work. They fall into the category of men who will "always do what they have always done". And I am the service "manager" who has an extremely hard time managing a group like that. Friday did get here praise God.

Aunt Katie was in the hospital part of the week due to an infection and dehydration. Since being home on oxygen she has not been as active and along with that has not been drinking enough fluids and eating like she should. The hospital took care of all these issues and she went home saturday feeling so much better.

Saturday morning I got up thinking I would get my hair cut while Linda cooked a baked spaghetti for us to take to my daughter Rachel's house. We were barely out of bed when she called saying my youngest grandson Matthew was sick and needed to go to the doctor so we shifted into another gear and rushed over there since we are about 40 miles away. I took them to the doctor while Linda stayed with Kaden and baked their lunch dish. Kaden thought Linda was so cool when he discovered she had a large bag of freshly sliced sharp cheddar cheese. He told her he had not had cheese like that since he was at the beach during the summer so he was in heaven. When he saw she had some left in the bag after finishing the dish he made sure she knew he wanted it left there for him.

This morning Rachel called after we had only been out of bed about an hour and had breakfast on the stove. She said Matthew got worse during the night and needed to go to the emergency room. Knowing it would be over an hour before we could get ready and be there she went to plan B and got her hubby's parents to help her get there. All this time her hubby was at my daughter Karen's home in Rockingham doing some work for them which is about 3 hours away.

So my friends it has been one of those weeks and weekends. I sure hope it went smoother for most of you and I hope to showing up more often now that I have more time. Take care and have a blessed week.