Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Metro Update, 3 months and 1 day

On February 23, we didn't know if Metro would survive the ride to Vidalia.

Without him, our life would never be the same. I think he knows that... Even now he is caring for Sarah. Caring for her the only way he know how. By being close and being just the best little Yorkie in the world. More on Sarah's surgery as I get more up to date on my Blog.

Metro is fully healed. No problems with his jumping like he did early in April. He is able to run at his full speed.

We are so thankful that he is fully recovered. For him to be loved and for him to love us!

Day Four of Week One

More airports....ARGGGGGHHHHH!!!

Home to Atlanta... late arrival. Long drive home...

Metro comes to the door, all barking and frightened at the same time. 5 pounds of tenacity. "Waitaminnit, I know you. *sniff, sniff* Daddy!!! Mommie, Daddy is home!" He runs back to the bedroom and doesn't leave my side the rest of night. I think he missed me!

Day Three of Week One

More airports... Oh, I loss 3 buck in the slot machine in Las Vegas!

But the highlight of the whole week came on Wednesday night! Cheerios Meet in Seattle! YAY!!!

Several of the PNW locals and I had dinner at Sharp's Roaster & Ale House. The food was good, but not as good as the company! :big grin:

We then drove over to The Jester Doesn't Play With A Full Deck cache. I did three caches in the dark this week. Two in Tennessee and one in Washington!

Day Two of Week One

Nothing but airports and hotels. The one highlight of the evening was listening to the Jazz Trio in the hotel lounge. Webfooting Cheers, Diet Coke with Lemon and Jazz. Ahhhhh, and a little sleep!

Day One of Week One

I got to visit with my sister (PandaSRO). While it was much to short, we were able to do a couple of caches in Smyrna. We visited with Rick and Debbie and I am so glad we did. Debbie's time on this earth is very short. Hospice has taken over her care and she has grown weaker and weaker. That ugly, ugly word: Cancer!

The month of May - Week one

World Luggage Tour 2006!

The Stever Miller Band said it best:


I went from Phoenix, Arizona
All the way to Tacoma
Philadelphia, Atlanta, L.A.
Northern California where the girls are warm...




Day one:
Atlanta to Miami
Miami to Orlando
Orlando to Nashville


Day two:
Nashville to Chicago
Chicago to San Francisco
San Francisco to Los Angeles


Day three:
Los Angeles to Las Vegas
Las Vegas to Phoenix
Phoenix to Seattle


Day four
Seattle to San Francisco
San Francisco to Atlanta


and to quote them again:

Oh, Oh big ol' jet airliner
Carry me to my home
Oh, Oh big ol' jet airliner
Cause it's there that I belong...

Sunday, May 14, 2006

So what happened to April???

Well, frankly I'm not sure!?!? Maybe I can hit the high points.

Of course Easter was in April this year. The Sunrise service was beautiful. The Easter breakfast was delicious and the time of Worship was wonderful. Our Easter cantata was nearly perfect. I believe that everyone was in prefect pitch and we blended together to "make a joyful noise".
I finally got the Royal Ambassador class started on Wednesday nights. Tommy is my Adult helper and we have 9 young men that are so willing to learn. I am looking forward to helping these boys in understanding more about the Father and about nature. We will be camping, fishing and exploring the wonders our world have to teach us. And I say us, because it will be a learning experience for me also.

Sarah and I faced some difficult decisions regarding her back. The decision whether to actually to have the surgery itself was actual very easy. The tough part was the impact the recover time would have on Mama. We will have less time to do for her and be with her. But there are others (folks from church) ready to step in and help.

Spring has brought a time of renewal to the brown of winter. Possible one of the prettiest, blooming springs I can remember. Dogwood, wisteria, iris, daisy, oxalis, azalea, even the china berry trees were the most beautiful of my lifetime. Or did I just take the time to notice??

I have been super busy at jbex, several projects were started and finished. The one not started, that I must work on very soon, is the Repair Video Project. The thing that is causing delays in getting started is I must depend on others to assist me with the project. And our schedules have conflicted many times. Now we gotta just make time to work on it. But, I must be doing something right, I recieved the best raise (percentage) since I have been jbex-ing at Tumi. And my bonus this year was equal to two months salary. What a blessing!!!

We have new fowl family members: Marty, Mark, Maggie, Martha, Melissa and Melinda have joined us on the farm. Molly the Goat has been a bit jealous, but now I think she enjoys sharing her pen with the chickens.

Oh!!! and then there's geocaching - I was able to get a FTF!!! And that's a rare treat around here! Off You Rocker -- Dublin hidden by ParentsofSAM (a freshman Cherrios). So that made it a double WooHoo moment!

Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Someday