Mikes Birthday Party/St. Patricks day Party

I got off work last night and rushed over to Mike's parents house for "The Party"!  Check this out...

HAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaa....Actually, it had begun long before this pic was taken...

We had Pizza and salad first...

MMMmmmm....then we moved into the dining room for the cake and ice cream part...

here it comes.... BAH-HAAAAAA

We couldn't believe it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mike then blew out the candles...

Even Cujo got in on it, but he got scared and ran under the bed.

Harley enjoyed it!

No party is complete until SOMEone puts the bow-tie on their head!

Here's Britt...she has been sick with the "crud" going around and this was her first time out of the house....

NOOOOOOOoooooo...this ain't Hilary Clinton....HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

This next pictures is enough to make any Mama proud - 

Awwwww....she's still my baby!

Donna didn't want her picture taken, but that never stops me!

Ashley, this picture is for you....

I thought this was a great picture of Chuck-

and Grandma Terry...

and Mike and me...

and needless to say, Mike had a great evening of party!

Here is a link to the pics where there are more....

http://picasaweb.google.com/joanandmikesc/MikeSBirthdayPartyStPatricksDay#5314451096413048098

That's about it from that...oh...here is Court's gift to Mike...It had two little Debbie Cakes in it!  ha! and also a "Country's greatest Hits" cd.  Britt's gift to him was a bag of pistacheos and peanuts, which he LOVES and will have it all eaten today!

***ASHLEY** - I know you're reading this on your boat...I've tried emailing you, but the emails come back, so I'm assuming your emails are down.  NOT TO FEAR! We're all fine, as you can tell!  We miss you and love you and Boomey does too!  BE CAREFUL out there and don't fall off the boat and as usual, DON't BE GIVING YOUR BLACKBERRY CURVE 8330 in PINK's number out to any BOYS. HAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!  Blackberry IM me when you can as well as email!  We love YOU!

Well, I'm going back to bed...it's early and I don't have to be at work till 1pm today, so I might as well take advantage of that and SLEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

More soon!

Joan

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKE!!!

MAN is he getting old!  ha!! Thankfully, I'm still 29 1/2!!  HA.

Yesterday was our 23 anniversary!  I had to work till 7pm, so when I got off work, I went to his mothers house and they had made MEATLOAF!  WOOT-WOOT!  Actually, Mikes Grandma made it and it was FANtabulous!  

Britt was sick with the crud going around, so I had stopped by Jack in the Box and brought her a chocolate milkshake for her sore throat.  I may have a "sore throat" when I get off work tonight that will require a milkshake too!  ha...she's feeling better tho after Mike's mother took her to the Dr. yesterday and was given antibiotics and prednisone. THANK-YOUUUUUU!

While there, Mikes Dad made Darrell and video and we all got to talk to him in front of the camera.  As I was saying my un-prepared, yet verbous, touching piece, Courtney was standing behind the camera making faces TRYING to get me to mess up. But I didn't!  Darrell is doing much better and is walking somewhat thanks to his intensive therapy.  GO DARRELL!

Well, I'm off to work again!  Have I mentioned that I LOVE my NEW work schedule!  I work 3 days a week, from 7am to 7pm.  It don't get better than that!  

Only problem now is Courtney has this tendency to get suddenly SICK on my days off and just canNOT make it to school, OR gets suddenly sick while IN school so I have to go pick her up.  I've out-smarted her now tho and I don't TELL her when I'm off, so she doesn't know it till that morning that I'm HOME and I tell her I'm NOT going to pick up her at school.  SO, she then out-smarts ME and tells me if I let her drive to school, she'll stay there..."like, ALL DAY LONG, MAMA!"  She now drives to school... alot.

No pics this morning...I'll put some on here Thursday when I've had time to take some.  

More soon!

Joan

Dad's pics...

OK...now dad thinks he can perform miracles....check this out....

Observe the water bottle and chair in the back ground....NOW check this out...

HAAAAAAAAAA! Neat, huh!

More later...

Joan

My day...

Today (Saturday, which I thought it was Sunday), I went to Mom and Dad's to visit.  Then, I went to Blooms....now THAT place is a "conumdrum".  **ASHLEY** Look it up. 

 It's so relaxing to go in there...nice people working, not real bright lights, so you don't get a migrane like at Bi-Lo's and it even smells good - even where the fish is!  So, you walk in and see really pretty stuff...

These pics were taken with my BLACKBERRY Curve 8330 in PINK.  Anyways, so you're like going thru there and checking stuff out, thinking if THIS is where all the yuppies shop, this ain't bad...check out their fruit!They even got stuff there I don't even know what it is...ain't like Wal-Mart, baby!

So, you load up the buggy and head to the super friendly people at the checkout, load the stuff up and get rang up...THEN IT HITS YOU LIKE a BRICK...WHAAAAAA? The other half of your conumdrum... YOUR BILL!  Your reminded that you are indeed NOT at Wal-Mart. 

Not only that, but I thought it was Sunday, which has rotosserie chicken on sale for cheap...but Not on SATURDAYS...which is WHAT FLIPPING TODAY IS....geeeeze....

Well, that's it for the moment!

More soon-

Joan 

Guadalajara's

YES...YES....YES... We went to Guadalajara's last night for H-O-U-R-S...ZZZzzzz....Most of ya'll know it is NOT my favorite pastime. BUT, being the trooper that I am, made the best of it.  We went, we ate, Court sang, we talked...alot, we left!  ha

Court and Peej was there...

After we had been there awhile, Silker and Papa came...

and inbetween Court's singing, she entertained us!

Yup...we had a grand 'ol time!

Finally, we left and came home.  WHEW! I actually have more pictures, but Court spent the night at her friend-gurls house and took the camera with her...it IS her camera, after all!  SO, when she comes home today, I'll add more pics on here!

More soon!

Joan

It's FRIDAYthe 13th and we're gonna have a great day!

Well, I'm going to do something comPLETELY different today.  It will probley throw my whole system and well-being off it's axis...I'm going to BLOOM instead of Wal-Mart, followed by the Dollar Tree (I'll explain in a sec...), then to UPS store. OMGEEEeeee....Ya'll be watching the stock market today and see if shares of Wal-Mart stock don't plummet!  BAH-HAAAA!

I'm NOT growing tired of Wal-Mart, but Bloom is having it's usual killer fruit sale, of which, I must experience again.  THEN...I'm putting Ashley an Easter box together and I need to get a couple things from Dollar Tree.  Little fun stuff that only Dollar Tree has.  THEN, to UPS so I can mail her box off! MAYBE she'll get it by Easter!!  I don't put alot of money into her boxes because it can be up to 3 months before she gets it, as what happened to her lap top when I sent it!  I ALMOST had to call the Admiral-General of the Coast Guard to tell him to FIND HER LAPTOP! She finally got it, but months later.  

I don't have any pics at this moment, but I am taking my about-to-break camera with me this morning to see what I can find that's "Blog-Worthy".  That should be a challange considering my morning.

More soon-

Joan

Tuesday...perfect day!

Is this not PERFECT WEATHER?!?!?! 

I'm just SOOO happy to not be at work today so I can enjoy it.  I'm off Friday thru Sunday this week and the weather is supposed to be cold.  Everyone will be in the Emergency Room next week sick too!

Well, Ashley has written me from somewhere in the great unknown, BUT...she sent pics! So, I have to share them with my fellow bloggers!

Me and Dad think Ashley is the one in front judging from boot size and she's holding some kind of wrench, which she has told us in the past that she uses.

This view is taken as the Helo is landing...I believe Ash said she is in the center weating blue...

Ain't she beautiful!!!

I wanted to include this pic so you could see her boat...

I'm just glad there's NETS around the boat incase they fall off!

Anyway, there's loads more pics here...http://picasaweb.google.com/JoanBuddy/ForwardHeloTieDown#

She emailed again last night and said she had been on a strict DIET and exercising alot, including RUNNING...so she can look good in...Cozumel!  

 WHY DOES SHE WANT TO LOOK GOOD IN COZUMEL?  

WHERE is this COZUMEL and 

WHY is there this need to impress the Cozu-smellians? 

She's also making E-3 next week and should go on the A-School list next week as well, which means this is her last patrol with this particular boat! While in A-School, she can pick from a list where she wants to be stationed for the next 3 years.  

Her Daddy and I TRUELY wouldn't mind like...Hawaii or one of those caribbean stations...GREAT vacation spots.  ha

We want her to go and do things she won't ever get to do again.  I guess tying a helicopter down would count as one of those!

That's it from me today! have a great day everyone!

Joan

It's 80 DEGREES TODAY!!!

I'm finally off work for a couple days and I wanted to start my wonderful day off by updating my blog.  I personally don't have anything to update it with because I haven't done anything except work and I did go to a Mexican restaurant last night and watch Courtney win $50. singing karaoke!  WOO-HOO! Come to think of it, I never actually SAW the money, she shoved it in her pocket so fast, but she was happy!! and so was Mike!!

Mike's family got back from California as I mentioned below and I finally saw them !  They took a LOAD of pics from all across the US...I will put them on here as soon as I get them to my computer...hopefully today.

My parents also have pictures to share, of which I have access to.  Firstly, they went to my Aunt Rheba's house to visit and then drove to her son Tommy's house that he is wanting to buy.  They said it was absolutely GORgeous!

Can you imagine living HERE!  OMGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!  If you look closely, you see Mom and Aunt Rheba looking thru the windows...geeeze.  I hope noone was home.

Here is a pic of the BOAT HOUSE!Now, if this was MY place, that would be MY little house within my place. NO KIDS ALLOWED. I LOVE it!

I just think it's beautiful and Tommy, I know you don't read my blog, but if you ever do and you buy this place, feel FREE to invite me ANYtime to your house and I will make the pilgramage to your Mecca.  

Then, the next day, Mom was sick, so Dad went to Aunt Aurelia's house to celebrate my Uncle Dale's birthday! They like to celebrate stuff....and EAT!

Dad sent me pics of that too.  Here is a pic of my cousin Kristie (Uncle Dale's daughter), whom I haven't seen in Y-E-A-R-S, her 2 kids, who I believe I saw when they were just infants and her boyfriend/husband/fiance...not sure whichbut will clarify with Dad.

As I have said MANY times before, we McCauley's got some purty genes! 

Anyways, Kristie works at the Travelers Rest Police Dept. as a dispatcher and her boyfriend/husband/fiance is a COP there!  

Now, if ya'll remember back some time ago, Courtney received her first warning ticket there, but this guy wasn't the cop.  Course it was pitch dark and the blare of the flashing blue lights was quite blinding and the howl of Courtney squawling was deafing against the shrillness of Mike YELLING BESIDE MY EAR, but I'm certain this wasn't him. BUT, it's good to know we got kin in the po-lice dept. up there!

Did I already mention how purty our genes are?? I ain't quite sure what Esther is doing...maybe napping?!

I KNOW it must make him proud to have his grand-daughter, like, TOTALLY into tech stuff! It makes ME proud and I'm her cousin! sniff sniff....

I love this pic...two cousins staring at a computer screen...

Ahhh well...I wish I could have been there, but AS USUAL, I had to work.  Maybe this year they will be at Aunt Aurelia's house for one of the holidays when I'm there.

As for our news, Courtney bought her prom dress, which is absolutely BEAUTIFUL!  I would put a pic of it on here, but she would kill me.  She will have the "unveiling" on prom day and Dad and I will capture it then.  She's going with a bunch of girls and they're planning a whole day of it...an "EVENT" of it.  This bunch of girls she is friends with are VERY nice and all come from good families and they all go to church together.  What more could a parent as for?  At least she ain't going with some FREAKING boy and I'd have to listen to AND watch Mike pace the floors till she got back home. 

Well, that's about it.  The weather ouside is going to be just about perfect and I plan on enjoying it as I head to Wal-Mart later on.  I might even get wild and go to Big-Lots!  ha

l8r-

Joan

Our Blizzard 2009

As EVERY March, it snowed!  WOO-HOO!  What I can't figure out is WHY there was NO SCHOOL YESTERDAY?!  I think the Greenville County School System looks at my work calender and determines school closures based on my days off.  Even Courtney...COURTNEY, wanted to go to school yesterday!!

That's Mom and Dad's barn...that's alot of snow!

So...the boys LOVED the snow day!  They were just BESIDE themselves!

BAH-HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!   I couldn't get them to move off the couch!  Courtney was laying on the couch, then we moved Harley's bed on the couch and I had started a fire.  This is what they did all day yesterday.

This is Boomer frolicking!  HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA  (I just made my own self laugh!!)

Then, I was poking around on the puter and GUESS what just POPPED up on my puter?

Now, HOW did he get here?!  I promise I don't know how these things happen

I was poking around on Dad's web album and saw where they had went to an Old Peoples dinner at Enoree Baptist Church.  SO, I know Lauren and Ashley are two of my loyal readers, so I wanted to educate you in addition to entertain you...

This is a pic of your Great Uncle Hugh...Your Grandpa's Dad's Brother and your Aunt Betty.

I thought that was a great pic!

Here is ya'll's Uncle Harry and Ester...And Uncle Dale and friend...I don't know her name, but I've met her and she's nice!

And here is your Grandparents...The rest of the pics were of people I don't even know. MAN we got some HOT LOOKING GENES!  Ain't we purty!

**ASHLEY UPDATE** - Her boat departed from Portsmouth yesterday headed back to the caribbean...where it's WARM and the water is actually BLUE and Flipper lives! Actually, they were supposed to leave around 9am yesterday morning, but the "GYROSCOPE" sp?? broke and they had to return back to the port and fix it.  She called me at 2pm and they were still waiting on it to be fixed, but hoped it would be by 4pm and they would leave out then.  She said it was FREEZING on the boat deck....sniff sniff...my baby was COLD.

Ashley...be careful and don't fall off the boat and don't give your cell phone number to any strange boys (or ANY boys for that matter).  IM me from your Blackberry Curve 8330 in PINK to MY Blackberry Curve 8330 in PINK!  HAAAAAAAAAAAAA From Blackberry to Blackberry Instant Messanger is FREE anywhere in the world!  I HEART BLACKBERRY!

L8r everyone!

Joan

Well, that's about it for the moment from here!  Have a good day everyone!

Joan

The BIG Dig-out

As I'm in my warm house, Mike is outside scraping snow off the truck so he can take me to work...

and here are some icecycles..........and here is mike again....HAAAAAAAAAAAAA....gotta go to work now....YES, I have my walking boots and GPS..."HE" insists on driving...

JOAN

SNOWWWWWWWWWWWW

YES...we have SNOWWWWWWWWWWW!  This is when it first started snowing... Here it is...a view of across the street towards Mike's parents house...That's Mike's dad pulling out of his drive way, only to pull back in again...not sure why!

Then...after it was dark and snowing like CRAZY, I took the tape measure out and took a pic of what it's done so far...

Is that not the WORST PIC I'VE EVER TAKEN???  It was pitch dark out and the camera wouldn't focus...OH WEL...3 inches so far!

This is actually a picture of a tree in the back yard!  BUT, it wouldn't take it, so I thought this was a neat pic of the actual snow flake anyways!  COOL!

I also wanted to let ya'll know that I have been RIPPED OFF BY TV.  I was watching my usual Star Trek Enterprise show and this STUPID INFOMERCIAL came on about this FLIPPING container you can buy to grow your FREAKING TOMATO PLANTS - UPSIDE DOWN.  HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!  Did I not do that year before LAST?!  I actually did a comparison study...one upside down and right underneath that, so that it would get the same amount of light and water, I planted another one in the ground.  The upside down one did FAR better.  

WHO'S BEEN STALKING ME?  OMGEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeee.

It's hard enuff people always trying to emulate me because of my strong genes and gifted talents and creativity, but to actually market my ingenious inventions and SELL THEM ON AN INFOMERCIAL?! This is WAR.

Well, I guess I need to get ready for work.  Mike is taking me in the morning due to our blizzard like snow drifts of 3 inches and I need to get prepared... to WALK to work.  His driving skills are exTREMELY lacking, but he doesn't think so. Why is it men think because they are men, they can drive better?  I think our lower insurance premiums suggest differently...but who am I to say.  I'll pack my snow shoes and turn my GPS locator on, on my Blackberry Curve 8330 in PINK, just to be safe.

Be careful in the snow everyone!

Joan