ASHLEY's BACK

Well, not home, but back in Seattle, and I, for one, am thrilled! Verizon isn't! They LOVE it when she heads out of the country and fires up her cell phone!

She put some pics on her facebook of her working and here are a few...

Ash is on the left here....

Here are some of her boat-mates and her (she's the tall one in the middle)..

and I'm not sure what they were doing here, but they look cold!

Here is Ash and friends singing karaoke at an eating establishment...

When she returned and finally got to her apartment and truck, she had a major flat tire and a dead battery. She figured her tire was going to be flat as it was losing air before she left. Her daddy TOLD her to unhook her truck battery before leaving out, but she forgot.

Thankfully, some of her guy buddys took her tire off her truck for her and took it to Good Year for them to fix and then put it back on her truck for her. They charged up her battery and it seems to be doing OK, so far. THANK YOU GUY BUDDY'S!!

ANYways, she's back there and should be coming home the first week of November. We canNOT wait.

OH...I mailed her birthday box to her the middle of July and she's FINALLY getting it this morning! Nearly 3 months later! HAAAAAAAAAA!!!! Gotta love it. I MAY go ahead and mail her Christmas box to her next week and MAYBE she'll get it by Christmas!

Everyone else is doing great, even the dogs!

More later!

Joan

: )

For the 2nd time in two years, i was call OFF work today! Our patient load is so small this weekend, THEY DON'T NEED MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! (HAPPY DANCE)! it's SO nice to not be needed! hee

Sooo, last night, we went to this music/singing that was going on in Easley, SC. Thepeople there were really, REALLY friendly and just loved us! I think that's because we were the youngest people there, but it was really nice!

Court did her singing thing and the band, to be such a small place, was fantastic! The steel player has traveled all over with Goerge Morgan and other "oldies"! I was very happy to meet him!

That's called a "Lap Steel" he's playing there. He said it's more portable and he can make it sound like a big fancy one.

Here's The Court doing her thang...

Y'all know I can't get more than one picture of her with her eyes open!

The band really was good and they love that a young person LOVES the older "real" country!

That's it for last night!

OH...while there last night, a lady came up to MEEEEE and told meeeee I did a great job! ME! She must have remembered me from another one of my many great performances, because I didn't pick last night. (Court wouldn't let me, but whatev.)

I told Court, I just can't go ANYwhere without being recognized. It's such a encumbrance, nay, challenging BURDEN, to go out into the public and remain humble.

sigh.....

Mom and Dad have gone to Hurricane Mills, TN

to Loretta Lynn's Dude Ranch.

ZZZzzzz.....

They're there for the entire weekend. ZZZzzz......

O.M.G. ZZZzzzzz.......yawn.

I have nothing else to add to that!

Have a great day everyone, I KNOW I am!

OH, tomorrow, we'll be churching it all day.

Harold has asked us all to go to a Church of God of Prophecy church in Gray Court, SC to sing. I'm SURE he didn't mean for ME to sing, but I'll go anyways! hee! Then, after that, a Church of God of Prophecy church in Conesttee, SC has called and asked us (Court) to go there to for their revival. They better be glad they don't know about my mad guitar skills, or Courtney would be history! : )

WORKING Today...ZZzzz.......

I have become accustomed to NOT working lately. My schedule has spoiled me!

Nothing new here. Ash is headed back to her home port today, which I'm glad for. Her boat just went thru a grueling inspection that lasted for two days and I think everyone there is exhausted.

They'll only be in port for a short time before they head back out for MONTHS. She is coming home during this brief towards the end of October! HAPPY DANCE!!!

We bought a new COMMODE last night! YUP! Our current one has 1958 stamped on the inside tank. I think it's time! : )

That's it! have a great day!

joan

Hump day!

After a super exciting night of watching GLEE, I awoke this morning to a msg. on my phone from Ashley with a picture! I thought she forgot how to send pictures!

Ash is in white with the large brown belt. Court said Ash stoled that trendy, fashion idea from her! ha

The caption under the picture said, "Going out on the town". I feel sorry for the town! hee The two girls on either side of her are on her boat. I don't know who the girl on the far left is. They all look happy!

Not much else happening today. I had an awesome guitar lesson yesterday! I'm moving on to my 3rd book!

Have a great day everyone!

Joan

Nuttin' New

We're actually boring this week! No one is doing anything blog-worthy, not even the dogs! That's great tho, I like boring!

Britt is steady losing weight so she can join the Air Force...she only has a few pounds to go!!!!

Ash is in California this week and headed to her home port later this week. She's VERY excited about being able to come home the end of next month. We are TOOOO!!!!

Court is busy being Courtney. She has been practicing to go back to Hiawassee, Ga next month. She's also very excited about starting school back up in january.

The dogs are busy being human...or as human as they know how to be! Boom accidentally ate half a Oreo Blast from Sonic last night. : ) Really!!!

That's it for the moment. I have one camera sitting on my sideboard, one on the computer table and one on my cell phone WAITING to capture SOMETHING. When I do, I will post it on here!

More soon!

Joan

HAPPY 19th BIRTHDAY, COURTNEY

The baby is 19! WOWWW!

Last night we went out to a japanese restaurant to celebrate. She wanted to go there, so we did!

Mom and dad were there too...

Here is Court opening her presents from my parents...

The t-shirt that was in it was SO cute...it had southern slang all over it! HA

She also got a purse that I want!

Here's a good one i took of my Dad...

Here's a good one I took of Mike's Mom, Dad and Britt....

ha!

Then the waitress and cook came out and Court, Dillon and Grandma Terry did the Chicken Dance! It was HILAROUS!

The waitress laughed so hard at Grandma Terry, she started crying!

Afterwards, we went to Mike's parents house for cake and ice cream. My parents were tired, so they went home.

Here most of us are...

Here is Grandma Terry threatening Dillon with her cane. I forget why...she does that alot!

in addition to everything else she got, Mike's parents got Court the neatest record player. It also plays CD's, cassettes, and best of all, it will record a record to a CD...or cassette to CD! VERY nice and it's beautiful too. It will look fantabulous in her old fashioned bedroom!

I have posted all the pictures from last night here...

http://picasaweb.google.com/joansc29662/Courts19theBirthdayParty#

I haven't seen the pictures Dad took yet, but that's OK. Mine are the far superior ones and the most blogworthy! hee

love to all-

Joan

Picture of Ashley

I forgot to post this the other day.

She put this picture on her facebook and I love it! Doesn't she look happy! I'm sure she's thinking of me! HAAAAAAAAA

Today, I have my guitar lesson and I am ready. My fingers are too! ha !! I sometimes feel sorry for my guitar teacher. He gets me on Tuesdays and Dad on Wednesdays. He did tell me the other week that he has started going back to church regularly... ???

Work has been pretty good lately too. We don't have alot of patients, so my job is not as stressful. I have to take my annual telemetry (heart monitor) test this month, which I'm ALWAYS glad to get that out of the way!

That's it for the moment.

OH, Ashley should be calling home is a few days now. I'm ALWAYS glad when her feet (and cell phone towers) are in this country! She called me over the weekend FROM HER CELL PHONE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY. WHAAAA????!!!!! My head spun around 12 times as I answered the phone. Then I thought something was wrong. Got my heart to pounding there for a second. Anyways, she told me she was at a mall, sitting in a Chile's restaurant eating. I asked if she was aware that it was extremely long distance to be calling and telling me this (she is a blonde, afterall). She said it was cheap to call home, so she was. hmmm....I called Verizon and it was, so all is well!

Have a great day everyone and more from me soon!

Joan

Harold's Benefit

Pelham Church of God of Prophecy held a benefit for Harold last night. We went and there was alot of singing going on!

I forgot to take my big camera and so I was stuck with my cell phone, so the quality isn't there and besides that, Mike's Grandma didn't want me taking ANY pictures inside the church. I did manage to take these tho.

That's Court on the left, Art beside her, Will, Harold and Silker.

Harold did sing one song and it was beautiful.

That's it for the moment.

I have to work today so I have to get.

have a great day everyone!!!

Joan

FREEDOM!!

I'm FINALLY off work after a 3 day whirlwind at the hospital. We have alot of elderly patients right now and I am SO glad to be off work for a couple days.

I LOVE old people, especially happy, old people. Those are few and far between, which is why I enjoy those that are!

I have learned one thing. The happiest elderly people are those that have lots of family around and get better faster. Those that don't, are usually miserable and grumpy. Just my observation.

Speaking of elderly, Buddy has to go to the Spa today to get his mani and pedi. He usually doesn't mind going, but we are thinking he has lost most of his vision lately, so I don't know how he will do today. The Spa he goes to is uaually pretty quick with him and they call me as they are finishing up with him so I can be there when he's finished.

Everything else around here is just moving forward!

OH...I'm ALWAYS searching for great pics to use as my background on my cell phone.

I thought about this one....

I did use this one for a coupld days, but soon grew bored with it.

So, I used this one for a couple days....

and was VERY bored with that one.

So, then, I thought...what/who do I like to look at?

YUP! My new background pic on my phone! hee

Have a fantabulous day!

Joan

GOODBYE EARL........

Not that it's going to come near us, but the hurricaine is headed straight to Virginia...where Ashley is!

I knew this wasn't going to be a "good" huricaine when I heard it's name. EARL.

Y'all know that Dixie Chicks song! ha!!

It's also Grandpa, Dad, Larry Jr. and BUDDY's (yes, the dog has a middle name) - middle name!

If you remember, Ash is in C-School there until the middle of this month. She told me they may EVACUATE outta there! I told her to keep her cell phone charged!

Everything else around here is doing great! I don't have any pics to add because I've been working, but I will take some today of something! You know it's bad when the DOGS run when they see a camera! HAAAAAAAA

Have a great day!

Joan