Power Restored

Praise God we got our power restored last night!

Irene Update

Good morning everyone on this beautiful monday morning. Just a short note to say we are all safe in Halifax, NC although Irene tried her best to make life difficult for us. The north side of our house was pounded all day saturday with 45 to 55 MPH winds and horizontal rain. We did not receive any property damage except for a lot of pine tree debris to clean up.

The worst part is that trees came down everywhere along the roads taking down power lines so we are without power and probably will be for a few days. It has been a chore keeping our generator running but at least it is saving the stuff in our fridge & freezer. Doesn't help much in the way of comfort us though. It is hot and humid and fans just blow hot air.

I am at work and the A/C here sure feels good. Hot as it is, I never knew how cold our water could be until this morning when I had to take a cold shower. Really woke me up. I won't be in any hurry to leave here today.

Hopefully today I will find time to check out some of your blogs to see how others fared. I am especially curious to know how Jenna at Cold Antler Farm in New York is after seeing reports of flooding in that state.

Have a great week everyone and I will check in and leave comments as I find time.

Questions?????

I've seen this set of questions on a number of blogs so I thought I would give it a try just for fun.

1. What time did you get up this morning? 3 AM I have this internal clock that wakes me up and usually I turn my alarm off before it goes off.

2. How do you like your steak? Well done, like I prefer all my food

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? SALT

4. What is your favorite TV show? Jeopary

5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? On an island in the south Pacific.

6. What did you have for breakfast? 2 large plums & coffee

7. What is your favorite food? Cheese

8. What food do you dislike. Mushrooms

9. What is your favorite place to eat. Cracker Barrell

10. What is your favorite dressing. Honey Mustard

11. What is your favorite clothes. cargo shorts or pants

12. Where would you visit if you had the chance. British Columbia

13. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? 1/2 full

14. Favorite time of day. Early morning

15. Favorite sport to watch. Golf

16. Favorite fragrance. Stetson

17. Favorite fruit/vegetable. Peach/Corn

18. People watcher? Definately

19. Are you a morning or night person. Morning

20. Do you have any pets. Rocky my "taco bell" dog.

21. Any new & exciting news to share. Only that I started college after 44 years.

22. Any pet peeves? Slow people on the interstate.

23. Favorite flower. sunflower

24. Do anything spontaneous lately? Starting college

25. Last vacation. Long weekend at Celebrity Dairy and B & B

26. Last person you went out to diner with. My wife Linda.

27. Favorite color. Light blue.

28. How many tattos do you have? Zero

29. What habbit or habbits do you need to stop. Snacking in the evening.

Why I Call It Home

Happy Saturday everyone. Decided I would share a few scenes I discovered on Pinterest of North Carolina. This is such a diverse state with everything from the coast to the mountains. Something for everyone.

At the top is one of the many waterfalls found in NC and being near running water like this is so calming to me. To the right of the waterfall is a couple of scenes of the fabulous Blue Ridge Parkway. Imagine living close enough to see it every day.

The second trio is the famous Cape Hateras lighthouse, water scene near Blowing Rock and of course Mount Airy with Andy getting his picture taken by his statue.

Next is a scene from Corolla on the coast where wild horses run on the beach. A mountain lake and a distant view of Cape Hateras lighthouse.

Last but not least is a vintage scene of a store and you can still find many stores that have that weathered look. Wilbur's BBQ in Goldsboro has been a favorite of many in my family for a lot of years.

Hope you enjoyed the pictures and have a wonderful weekend. It is cooler here and cloudy. I've got a rack of ribs rubbed down with a special rub and in the crock pot so that will be supper tonight. Will be starting on week 3 of my studies so that should be fun. Take care all until later.

Wordless Wednesday - Cakes

Sunday Update

I finished my first week in my new college experience and it was really a lot of fun and I finished way ahead of the time allowed. I was even able to download week 2's information Friday so I have been studying this weekend and should have it accomplished by monday or tuesday at the latest.

The first week was on the computer and it's hardware. The text covered the components that make up the computer such as the motherboard, central possessing unit, expansion slots, memory and all the peripherals that attach and become a part of the computer.

Week 2 is going to be involving software and how to's for launching applications, making and using folders to organize data in a fashion that you will always know where anything is. There is much more detail involved but you can get the idea anyway. I can already see how this is going to help me even with the work I do at my office so it will be beneficial there first.

Hope everyone has had a great weekend and don't forget to visit the blog about the give away scheduled for Labor Day. Just drop by if you haven't and say you want to be included and I will add your name to the list.

Gifts from across the pond

This Monday I was very happy to receive a package from Saskia over in the Netherlands. She is a very sweet lady that has a blog titled Join My Joy and I encourage you to visit her today.

In the package was a variety of items, one being a post card that I failed to see until I had put my camera away. It was beautiful with Roses on it. Pictured below is some fun shapes that are very soft and stick to the window of my office door.

In the next picture is what I really loved as soon as I saw it. The flexible cooking device that gives you shapes like an apple and could even be used to freeze ice in the same shape. Also in the package was a set of colored pencils, some polished stones and a very nice pen that I will enjoy using. If you are seeing this Saskia I do thank you so very much.

Now for everyone in my blog family Linda is wanting me to have a give away just because we want to and to show my appreciation for all the wonderful people I have come to know in the past year. The give away will be a surprise box with a variety of items & will be filled to reflect a male or female winner.

We will do this for Labor Day and will be picking a winner on September 5th. I will be numbering the responses that you want to be included through the 4th of September and should by then know how to use the device that picks a number at random.

I don't have facebook any more so all you have to do is leave a comment that you wish to be included and I will take care of the rest.

Just so you will know school is going very well. I was surprised to find out that my first week has absolutely nothing to do with the books I received. This week was on the computer and the material dealt with the hardware inside your computer, how it is connected to each other and what all elements do. It was very interesting and I had to write a essay on "piracy". Some of the work was due tonight and the rest by sunday night. I had it all turned in last night. I am having fun with this course.