Working Like A Dog

This morning I went to pick up Porter from the kennel and then he came to work with me! He enjoyed watching all the people and all the attention he got (although it wasn't a lot 'cause we're not busy at all...) And that's his femmy christmas bandana courtesy of the kennel.
So here he is, hard at it, helping momma with inventory!

A New Ocean

I don't know about ya'll, but I love, love, love the Ocean's 11 movies...and here, my dears, is the trailer for Ocean's 13 coming June 8th. I hope that works. Yum.

We decided to go to North Carolina for the Holiday Weekend. Very excited for some new scenery. Porter will be staying at the spa resort getting a bubble bath and pedicure!

Oooh, pictures, let me see if I can find some recent stuff...

Here is our christmas tree (REAL!)



















and my ornament series of houses and shops and village things on the mantel....mantels.



















Here is work...this is the beautiful display I made for the season...if you look real hard you can see my purple present hiding behind them.



















This right here is what I stare out of alllll day. The front windows looking onto Wright Square and the Court House (one of them anyways.) But I do see a lot thru these windows and know when all the tourists are in town.















And this is the counter I stand behind alllllll day looking out the windows.

Merry Christmas!

It's almost here! And it's 80 degrees in Savannah! What the? I think it's even too warm for us to get festive and jolly!

We're trying to decide what to do with the holiday weekend...stay here by ourselves or else our neighbors (Kim & Kashemi) invited us up to their "permanent" home in North Carolina...it's only 5 hours away and will really put us in the holiday spirit I think. An 18 hour drive is out of the question...sorry!

What else has been going on...we got to know our neighbor Keith very well the last few weeks. He's in and out also, from up east and is going back there. This place is a "vacation home" for him and he just got a new job in Boston. He's our age and is a great person to know in this town, connections galore! We also met Andrew who works at Jere's Antique shop up by river street. That's the place with the huge antique back bars for $4000. Maybe he'll give us a deal, teehee!

Our computer is acting up again. If anyone can offer advice...right now it's asking for the username and password for XP...huh? So we're at a stand still once again. Oh well.

Time's up, have to "work"!

o tannenbaum o tannenbaum

my how lovely you are. We got our tree last weekend and it's all decorated and beautiful. Pictures to come. Also put out all my house ornaments and they take up both shelves above the fire place...whew! We also got some hanging poinsettas for out front and they are glorious! I still have some finishing touches to do out there.

I bought a 7 pound bag of chocolate chips! It's freaking awesome! With a ziploc top of course.

This weekend, oh boy, it's going to be exciting! Greg scored us some tickets to the Jacksonville/Colts game on sunday. Sweet! I will U-Rah-Rah for the Colts i think. But I think we're going to head out early and actually tail gate WITH the delicious Grampa Rechek Brats I brought back with me. I'm so excited. I think Greg should wear his Favre jersey, teehee!

Okay, I have to go back to work!

Pictures

Here are some pics from the trip to Beaverland!

Tuesday night at Snapper Vick's.

Jason, Dan, Tami, Me, Lisa

Baby Molly...The thinker Mommy & Molly looking good! Moo.
Moo Moo Moo

Whew

I did it...I got the computer fixed! I think...as best as possible? All thanks to Neil for the tremendous assistance! I think there are still some kinks to get fixed, but it's been running sublime this evening!

The rest of my stay in Beaverland was great! I forgot where I stopped off...tuesday? Tuesday night was dinner at Snapper Vick's with Nicki and Lisa...Tami showed up after and then her brother and then Jason. We had an excellent time, except for sick Nicki...hope you're feeling better!

Wednesday...oh yes, I posted a baby picture! She's adorable...everyone's home and she's a poop machine! (see beginning of Jay & Bob Strike's Back) I also had some Rocky's for lunch that day with Neil and Tara...then to Fort. Home again after the baby viewing and then a fun night out! Dos for dinner with Mike, Christine, Randy and Shelley...and Renee for a little while. Then we went out where I think we may have been the oldest ones there except for that crazy bearded feller. Teehee! It was fun, saw a lot of my track kids from back in the day, my how they grow!

Thursday...went and visited with Cindy for awhile where Hannah was a silly goose. Then up by Jane again to spread some christmas cheer and then later in the afternoon off to the Sutton's! Had an excellent meal of course!

Friday I ran some errands, went and saw the Okon's and that was about it! Back to reality!

We went and saw the new Bond movie...Greg really liked it...I thought it was good too. I've seen the old ones, but not many of the new ones. Oooh, and we got invited over to someone's house!!! Someone's actual house! We watched the Georgia game, but mostly ate food. It was fun.

Not much else going on...rained today so maybe the heat will go away. it's been in the upper 70's and a bit muggy. This weekend is "transform into Christmas" weekend!

Happy weekend!

troubles

I'm back in Georgia after an awesome trip...but now our computer has taken a total dump and I only have a short time at work to use the internet.

I got to see almost everyone I needed to see while I was home and had an excellent time while there. Turkey dinner was awesome at Brett's...why didn't I eat more!?! Haha!

Have a good week!

Here She Is!!!

Molly May Chopp
11/21/06
7lb 8oz 21 inches

D-Day

I haven't heard from Angie yet, but there should be a new baby girl in the world right now!

I am having fun at home...got here saturday morning...got my hair cut, stopped by neice and brought her along with me for the day. We went to the bowling alley by Tara & Megan (Megan was there for a birthday party) and we bowled a game...then we had some food...headed to wal-mart where the girls acted like goofballs and made everyone smile. Saturday night Renee came over for her beauti control show...it was just me, Tara and my mom, but it was fun and we rushed her so we could all go to Heine's for pizza! Yay! After that Renee and I went out on the town (Tara too for awhile), but apparently no one else was out on the town 'cause we saw no one! But we had fun.

Sunday was shopping...the Roedl girls went to Mayfair mall and had fun. Sunday night just hung out with Mom and Dad.

Monday I had the offspring study thing in the a.m. That lasted until 11:30 or so...then I went to Pig and got a doughnut and did a little shopping. I made dessert for that night...picked up Taylor from school...and that night Dick, Elaine, Tony, Tricia and Taylor were there for a glorious supper...roast chicken, mashed taters, green bean casserole, corn, stuffing...and my dessert of course. Yum...Raspberry Dream Cheesecake...it's not as heavy as a regular cheesecake (not the exact recipe link, but you can search for what you like!) Then I was whisked out the door with Tricia to go and pick up a christmas present for Taylor in Madison. We stopped at East Town too and I accomplished one of my errands. Yay!

Now it's tuesday...went to Larson's for brekkies. Mom and I ran some errands...I got 5 packages of brats and a ring bologna to take with me from Rechek's, yum! We stopped at Freber's for a ring cleaning and watch batteries. Now mom's at church with Tricia, Dad's out looking for the lot line and I'm updating the world. After church we're going up by Jane and to Herberger's, who's having a sale...Herberger's, not Jane! Tonight is Snapper Vick's with some of the gals and tomorrow is baby viewing day! Yahoo!

Alright, I'm getting sleeping sitting in this comfortable chair...Happy Thanksgiving!

Who's more excited

A couple things happen in just a couple weeks...I come home and my dear friend Angie will give birth to her baby girl. Hmmm...

Another lousy Packer loss today...what were they thinking throwing a pass on the 1 yard line? Cripes. But the Badgers are kicking some more hiney and are ranked #16 right now.

We finally got to Mrs. Wilkes Boarding house for lunch while Mike & Christine were here. Oh man, was that good. The fried chicken is the best in the world! Rank that high on the to do list! Anyways, you saw our costumes, here's a couple more pictures from the beach...















Good times, good times.

Here is me last night, marking the first wearing of the scarf & mitties. I also have on a long sleeve shirt, short sleeve shirt, purple fleece and a sweatshirt. I was toasty warm. Greg, long sleeve shirt, short sleeve shirt and light leather jacket, not so warm...no scarf or mitties! Who's the girl scout!?!? :) Anyways, Tracy Byrd was playing down at River St during the seafood festival. We didn't sea-fest, but watched a little bit of the show. It was fun.














Not much else going on. Greg's hanging out with some boys right now, drowning their sorrows. I went to the library, how exciting! It's been cold all weekend, but mid-week it's supposed to get up in the 80's again. What crazy weather. Make up yer mind already! Okeedokee...time to see if there's anything that needs to get accomplished around the "condo". Happy November!

Booooo

Happy Halloween!

It's Cold

Yup, cold.

(we're right there by Pooler)

What Porter did today

Ate 2 Tootsie Pops (grape & orange) and a couple toosie rolls...sticks, wrappers and all...

sugar high or rotten tummy?

Who Me?

Delicious new treat

I don't know if I'm the inventor and need to take out a patent, but if you mush a caramel and a tootsie roll together, it is SUBLIME! Try it for yourself!

Let's see...let me post some pictures, I've been slacking.

Here's Greg's Mom while she was out here...we went out to Tybee to The Breakfast Club and her and I went to tip our toes in the ocean. It was hot out.



















These are some people we watch the Packer Games with...farthest away is Brad who works on boats and is from Door County. Next is George who got Greg his job and then his girl Mary...they are from Racine. And the last gal is Sondra (right?) She's Brad's girl and currently lives up in Athens. She's not the last girl...Daisy's the last girl!!! We ran into Daisy and her owners in City Market...her dad, Kyle, actually is from Hustisford and is cousins with a guy from my class! He's in the military and is married to Abbie who's from Savannah (that's his hand and glass.)















Here's the little man! He had a shower one night sans tube so they took some pictures. Awww. If you go to Charles' blog you can see more and even videos. He had rice cereal the other day!

This is Angie's little guy Tyler taken awhile ago, but I wanted to compare & contrast the two peanuts...



















And this is our new car. Hahaha...right. We saw this downtown. Later we saw it by City Market and some Asians were "trying" to drive it. They grinded while shifting and backed into a chain link fence. Luckily the fence was there...otherwise they'd have been 6 stories down in a hole.















That's about it. Greg went to watch the Packer game, but I have come down with a cold, so I opted to stay home and rest. After the game we have to find Greg a halloween costume!

Five Dollar Brats?!?!

Are you freaking kidding me?!?! Um, no. Sadly we went down to "Oktoberfest" earlier today and were relishing in the fine odors of brats and sauerkraut (kraut, yuck) and had a hankering for a "bratwurst" (heaven forbid they just call it a brat...oh wait, they might think they actually meant a mean little kid) until we saw they were $5. What a rip!

This is how it should be done.
Cost in 1983-$1:
Cost Today-$1

How 'bout those Badgers!!! Keep it going boys! I guess Barry didn't make a bad choice 'tall!

We went and saw The Departed today. Excellent...don't wait for video...especially if you want to know what they're talking about at the Oscars. :) Go Leo! Go Jack!

Capri Pants in October?!?!

Just a quickie...
Yes sir, I was wearing capri pants yesterday and today. And don't forget sandals yet...and white ones no less the other day! Jealous?
Greg's mom is back home safe and sound. She had a great time.
This weekend is Oktoberfest on the river front and Pirate Fest out on Tybee. What to do, what to do! Tomorrow is the weiner dog races, that could be fun!
Haven't done much of anything. Went and saw School for Scoundrels...wait for the video folks. Had it's moments, but not theatre worthy. This weekend is Employee of the Month and The Departed. Greg wants to see both. So we just might...as long as it doesn't interfere with the weiner dog races!
Have a good weekend ya'll! Time to gussy up for work. Whoppee!

visitor #3 or 6 depending on how you count

Greg's mom made it down after a long journey via Amtrak. She had some good stories to tell of course! Let's just say she saw lots of interesting things and got a free night in Chicago. :)

What have we been doing? eating silly! The Breakfast Club out on Tybee saturday morning along with feets in the ocean and some sight seeing. Saturday night at Huey's with some viewing along river street. Sunday morning, or rather brunch time we went somewhere new! J Christopher's. I had chocolate chip pancakes! Deeeeeelicious! And some more touring around...and of course the packer game! She and I only stayed until half-time and we went to wal-mart and then back to the house and waited for greg. That night we ordered Mellow Mushroom pizza and a calzone. It was grand!

Now she's been on her own for two days having a blast. A trolley tour yesterday and again today (day 2 is free and you can get on and off). Last night we went to Six Pence Pub for dinner. It was good, I had Pork Roast, but the Open Faced beef roast thingie is the best! Yum. Carol had Banger's & Mash last night, it was a fun experience!

That's about it for now! Carol leaves late wednesday night so two more suppers to go. We think we'll do crab legs and shrimp at home tomorrow night. Yum! tonight? Something by the grocery store. :)

Vistitor #3 if you only count people since we moved...visitor #6 if you count the 3 that helped us!

Back to work!

Packers & Names & Whatever Else

Dang Packers...another great lose by them. Start strong, get comfortable, then nothing...don't seal the deal. Who's fault is it? Offensive line. And a few receivers with some super glue on their hands wouldn't hurt either.

Names...well, I just received word on what one Miss Brittany Spears named her newborn son. Sutton Pierce Federline. Have fun with that everyone! I wonder if they'll call him Sutty too?

Whatever else...had a nice weekend...enjoyed the Packer game outside (you'll be jealous when it's December and we're doing that!) Saw a couple good bands...tried to watch Sister Hazel up in the park, but the opening act sucked so we left for awhile and came back, heard a bit of it and then gave up. They're alright, but wasn't in the mood for college soft rock.

Another week of work coming up! Greg's Mom comes on Friday morning. I'm coming to BD during Thanksgiving week. The neighbors are back from their summer excursion. That's about it! Have a good week!

Bestill my gossip mongoring eyes...

Something is going down in the park...I just know it! There's a HUGE tent set up along one of the sidewalks leading up to the fountain...not next to, but over. There was a classy white limo at "the mansion" (the swanky hotel by the park). But then I thought, no, who'd be here, everyone's up in Canada at the Toronto Film Festival, but then I thought, PERFECT! No paparazzi to bug them. Brilliant I must say. Soooo...maybe Greg will go for a walk with me later tonight to snoop. :) I keep forgetting to mention my link to all gossip... www.laineygossip.com She's funny and actually digs for the truth and doesn't blow smoke up your behind. And my other favorite, www.gofugyourself.com Love it.

We haven't been up to too much lately...we went to Jekyll Island Labor Day. It's a island about 90 miles south of here. Didn't do too much but ate at an awful place, SeaJay's. Yuck. I didn't know it was humanely possibly to f-up chicken fingers, but they did it! 2 thumbs up for that. It's a great place if you want to take a leisurely bike ride or hang out at the beach.

Last weekend we walked down to Jen's & Friends one night and laughed at the "culture" (that would be people.) It's a cute place, supposed to be a Martini bar I think, but they were playing football games. It was entertaining...and no smoking inside, yay! Friday night we tried a restaurant in the mall! Eegads! It was good tho. Texas Road House...we both had steak and were pleasantly surprised. Oh cripes, I just looked at the website and they're all over WI. East side of Madison coming in October.

Otherwise we've just been working. Boring! Oh wait NOOOOO!!! I forgot the best news since the return from vacation!!! The ding dong that I worked with quit!!! And I must say in the most fashionable way. First she called in the morning (this is wednesday after putting up with her for one painstaking day) and asked for the "boss"...he was busy, take a message? "Yeah...my, um, alarm, um, didn't go off, so um, I'll be there...okay?" alrighty! Then about a hour later (just after we were wondering what the heck was taking so long and how we usually get ready faster than a speeding bullet in that situation) she calls back...talks to the boss. "Yeah, I don't really want to come in, um, ever...I want to quit, but don't know what to um, say..." Boss says "that's good enough right there." Toodles. Things go so much smoother and normal now, it's amazing.

So that's my glorious story! Ahhh. I am a lot more tired tho...I have to work a lot harder at the copier machine. Haha! :)

Time to make dinner! Later buckaroos!

Pics From the Visit

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Here they are...I didn't title any of them yet...I'll do that tomorrow (wednesday night) so check back again for explanations! And of course, I think they're backwards...so start with the one of Dad pretending to leap over the barrier! :) And end with their backyard flowers!

And today's report?!?! 8 pounds 1 ounce!!!

My trip

Alright, here's the skinny on my trip to California to meet the little man! (Sorry, no pics yet...for some reason my card reader is not working, I'll get them tomorrow somehow!)

Saturday (August 26th) Charles picked me up from the hospital and we went direct to the hospital. Saul had a doc appt Thursday before and he was immediately checked into the hospital for dehydration...lack of eating. Mom & Dad were there with Sara and Saul so it was a good little family reunion, luckily the rooms are fairly good sized! So I met the little guy, and he's little and cute and cuddly and adorable! Dad doesn't look like he just had a quadruple bypass either by the way. We had a late lunch, Charles stayed with Tarzan and the rest of us went to The Elephant Bar...A jungle place...good food and reasonable prices (not Cali sky high!) That night Mom and Dad stayed at the hospital so Sara could try and get a good night's sleep.

Sunday was more hospital time...I went home with Mom & Dad so they could freshen up...on the way back we stopped at a mall (sunglasses and sympathy cards, my 2nd cousin passed away from a bad heart.) A few friends of S&C's came by and we went to the Circus Buffet...a Chinese place...but no crab rangoons! Back to hospital for awhile then home. So while Tarzan is in the hospital and for the future, he has to get at least 2 oz. of food in him, either by mouth/bottle or down the nose with a NG tube. They put the tube in sunday afternoon and it has been in ever since...you'll see pictures. He has also had numerous tests which he passed with flying colors! So Sunday night we went to the house and I whipped up a batch of cookie dough to make in the morning.

Monday morning I baked cookies and then off to the hospital! Sara was excited for those cookies! So were a few of the nurses...haha! Today Tarzan had a MRI which went fine...during that time, me, M&D went to Best Buy & Expo center (Home Depot for the affluent class or nothing better to spend money on then a $600 shower head.) We had a late lunch at Subway and back to the hospital! M&D decided to stay the night again so Sara could get some sleep, or at least try. Sara and I stayed while everyone went home to pack up and he got a bath and I held him under a heat lamp for awhile...did it get chilly when the lamp went off! (They keep him wrapped up tight and warm so he doesn't burn too many calories!) M&D came back, Sara and I went home...Charles ordered pizza, so we had pizza, beer and watched Benchwarmers.

Tuesday...off to the hospital! Hung out for awhile then went with M&D and had Goodies Good Eats for lunch...it was good. Then we went home, they freshened up and we left Dad to get some rest. Mom and I went to Kohl's (glorious new store!) and Santana Row. Of course we found some stuff! Not much tho. But a cute shirt for Sara! Then we went to the hospital and eventually me and mom went home.

Wednesday: guess where? Hospital! But there is an end in sight! He comes home tomorrow! And when we got there, he ate a whole bottle himself! He's been more awake and alert the past few days, he has such big eyes! Teehee! Me, mom and dad went and had lunch at Flames...MmMmm! Mom decided to stay for another week and send Dad home to fend for himself. Sara said it was the 8lb rule...whoever's 8lbs or under needs her assistance, so Tarzan won. Weds nite me, Dad, Sara, and Charles went over to Dale and Joan's for a fabulous fish fiesta! Dale and a group go to Mexico fishing every year and this year they brought back 500lbs of filleted fish. That's a lot of fish. (Dale and Joan are the ones who organized the not-wedding reception party for S&C back in April. They were also on Iron Chef!)

Thursday: Dad went home and Tarzan went home! Before Tarzan went home tho he had to stop at the endocrinologist...Mom and I grabbed a quick Subway lunch before that, dropped them off and then went home with the milk. We came home, yay! Mom and I ran a couple errands and she made macaroni and cheese for supper! It was so nice to hang out all together at home and watch Tarzan in his vibrating chair. :)

Friday: Another day at home. There were a couple walks...a home health nurse came by...I made more cookies...Mom and I did some running around...Charles made Seafood Enchiladas for supper and his OMJ rice. Yummers! Tarzan will eat most of his food during the afternoon hours, but he's a brat at night! I think he'd sleep through the night if you let him!

Saturday...ho hum, the day I left. Nothing exciting here...fed the baby, cuddled, got ready and went to the airport to spend a glorious zillion hours in the air and in the stinky airports. Got back here about 11, Greg came and got me and home we went!

still in the hospital

We're still hangin out in the hospital. he's passing all his tests with flying colors...he's just a stubborn male that doesn't want to eat! I'm sure there's more info on Charles' blog, so head on over there! I'm on my way!

The weather is awesome, no humidity!

Little Guy

Well, it looks like I'll get to experience seeing my new nephew for the first time in the hospital just like if he was just born! He is okay, just dehydrated, so they're feeding him and all that and monitoring his intake. Not sure when he'll get to go home either, I suppose when he's eating right. He's gained 4 oz already, whohoo!

Everyone have a good week! Pictures to come! :)

We're still alive

Yup, we're still here...sweating like pigs...eating like kings and queens...

We tried a new place over the weekend, Bella's Italian Restaurant. Eh...don't worry, it's not on our "must eat" list for visitors. I got pizza and Greg got lasagna. The 'za was blah and the lasagna was so-so. Our waitress tho? She apparently wasn't in a good mood that night! She was unpleasant and did not pass my test. No no no.

No beach the past weekend. We got suckered into Sam's club! Now we can buy 500 rolls of TP in one package and a 50 pack of razors! Yahoo!

We missed the Dodge County Fair this past weekend for the first time in eon's. Cheap Trick we luckily saw open for Aerosmith a couple years ago...but I'd like to have seen SheDaisy! La La La!

In 4 short days from now I'll get to see my new nephew Saul! Yay!!! I'm so excited I could pee my pants. Here's the latest shot courtesy of my sister...ain't he a looker!

My camera is ready for 100+ pictures, so be ready for the onslaught when I get back!

That's about it for now...I have to go start supper, spaghetti, I'm lazy. I'm going to attempt blackened chicken again tomorrow night. My first try awhile ago wasn't very black, so we'll see!

Stay cool ya'll!

Adventures!

We did something today! How 'bout that! We decided to take a drive north on Hwy 17 and see what we could see. Well, we didn't see a whole lot and on the way decided we wanted to see some plantations. As we got closer to Charleston we saw a sign for this place, Magnolia Plantation, and decided that was the place to go. (click on the line below the photo or the link on the left for Pictures to see the rest.)


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It was really neat and about time we did some sight-seeing! After we tired of walking in the sun (which only happened later in the afternoon, prior it was gorgeous out as you can tell by my hair actually being down and not in a pony tail for once), we headed towards Charleston. We were actually in North Charleston, which seems to be more of the suburbs type area. We found a downtown area and parked and stumbled across the shopping district. Comparable to State St. in Madison, but with one way traffic and narrower sidewalks. We ended up eating at Mellow Mushroom (who can pass up that intro!) Then we walked around a-bit and then went to investigate further the invisible Fort Sumter tour. If you remember last time we went to Charleston, we couldn't find it for the life of us. Well, this time it was easy! There's a Monument with Tickets right inside. So we went in there and got the information for next time. By now it was already 4pm and no more tours going out...we were both pooped anyways. Then we headed home.

Greg's watching Night of the Living Dead I think and I'm writing this. Entourage is on at 10 so I have to stay up for that! That show makes me giggle. I tried to do the interview with Ari, but shooting up zombies is way to loud right now.

We haven't been up to too much else. If you haven't guessed by now the owner on that house didn't go for our offer. Fine, let it sit empty sucker! So now we really will be patiently waiting for some lucky person to buy the house in WI. (Oh this movie is gross.) I'm going to California in two weeks to see my handsome new nephew! Yay! I'm so excited! Hopefully I'm helpful and not a hindrance! Gramma & Grampa will be there too. (Greg is watching this movie in the dark! Eeeek!)

Toodle-loo ya'll. Hope your weekend was great!

Oh, my bad, it's Land of the Dead, not Night of the Living Dead. But then again, what's the difference. Yuck either way. :)

Test

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I'm experimenting with this thing. Here they are packed up and ready to go!

Okay, if you click on the "packed up and ready to go" you should be able to see all the photos from the trip. They keep coming up in reverse order, which is pee'ving me off...so if you can figure out how to start at the end and go back, that's the right order! Whew! And now I just noticed you can't see the packed up and ready to go...just move your curser under the picture on the colored line and it will change to the finger to go to the new link and click. I'll keep my fingers crossed. :)

And they're gone.

side note: pictures aren't posting, I will figure that out and post again soon!

What a wild week! Hard to believe it's over already, but it is. Brett & Diann just pulled out for their journey home. They're trying a different route back up and will be going thru some mountains, sounds pretty cool! They took care of themselves during the day time hours we were at work...finding lots to do. They visited a couple historic parks, the beach, the Harley shop and wandered into South Carlonia. It was pretty hot out the whole time too, but that probably helped work off all the food we ate! Here's a recap!

Arrived Saturday Night. We ate at The Pirate's House, met the new owner of that and then did a little walk along River St and then went into City Market so they got to see Greg's old stomping ground.

Sunday we went to Tybee. Of course it had to sprinkle the whole time we were there, but it was still fun. We ate breakfast at The Breakfast Club...a small wait and a table in the direct path of the AC vent, but the food was awesome. Sunday night we walked downtown and ate at MoonRiver and then went on a ghost walk! Our 3rd one and it was a little different of course.

Monday night once everyone was home and ready we went to Jalepenos! Yay! that was good. I like it a lot. Then we went to Publix and got ingredients for Brett to make Chicken Taco's! Not in the same night of course!

Tuesday night Brett cooked his chicken tacos. They were delish and even better as lunch the next few days! :) I think we just hung out and watched a movie...Dazed and Confused I believe it was...those two had never seen it and being high schoolers in the 70's, we thought it was a must!

Wednesday was glorious! It was hotter than blazes, but we went out to the Crab Shack. I think we found one of our new favorite places! We sat outside (it's on the water) and they had big fans and misters, so it wasn't too terrible. I saw a dolphin out in the cove, they had cats running around and the food was awesome! So now you know when you're here to visit one of the for sure places to go.

Thursday night we treated them to a Thursday Sunset at Tubby's. Luckily we were able to sit up in the tree house which was enjoyable, although a bit warm! After dinner (my burger was not cooked to my request...always get seafood at Tubby's...lesson learned!) we watched the little girls and boys enjoy their meat market for awhile.

Finally Friday! Work week is over! It's still hotter then H-E-Double Hockey Sticks. We decided to go down to River St and eat at Huey's. Food was awesome and the bar area was great, but rest of the service was so-so. Usually it's so great. Oh well...can't be perfect every time I guess. After dinner we walked around River St, went by the Waving Girl and then headed over to Savannah Blues to listen to the band and hang out for awhile.

This morning we went to Clary's for breakfast...the one out on habersham, not the "famous" one. This one's a little more low-key and the food is just as good if not better than the "original". After that we went out to Bonaventure cemetary. They had been out there one other day, but didn't find Garcie's statue, so off we went and found it, walked around and looked at dead people. Then we headed home and they packed up and were off!

Now it's over, Greg's fast asleep on the couch while Porter lays still as a board on the floor. I'm about to join them too. Zonk! We survived our first visitors and experienced new things too, it was great! Now back to the real world, cooking at home and hanging out with each other.

Jeff have a quick and healthy recovery!
Happy Birthday Steve!

Have a good weekend ya'll

They're here! They're here!

They made it! It was quit the battle but they did it. B&D arrived about 6:30 last night, ahead of schedule after a wet, dry, we, dry, hot ride.

So last night we ate at The Pirates House, which is under new ownership. Everyone's else had great meals, but mine was kind-of blah. So now I know not to get that again. Then we went and walked down River Street to show them the river and that and then went over to City Market. We went to Wild Wings first because I had to use a decent bathroom before going into Sav. Blues where the bathroom is not so decent. And after that we went to Mercury Lounge to hear Bottles & Cans. It was a fun night.

Yay, our first visitors! (that didn't move us of course.)

Visitors

Let's see...not much going on lately other than the heat. I walked outside with Porter tonight and had to stop to catch my breath. The air is THICK with humidty and my hair instantly went "boing"! (That's curls forming.) Last night I stood out back and waited for Porter to do his business and broke a sweat doing that meager task. I know the whole country is at above-normal heat, so I'm sure everyone's doing the same thing...the only difference, your heat will probably break, ours lasts for another month. :) Teehee!

We do have visitors coming! I'm so excited! Greg's brother Brett and his lady Diann are arriving sometime on Saturday. They are driving down from WI on their Harley's. An exciting trip for them! Hopefully Illinois doesn't bore them to tears that they can't see where they are going! Eeek! And I hope everyone knows ya'll have a open invitation for visits! We just don't recommend the month of August or July unless you love heat. It's normally tolerable until about 1pm, then the city opens up and swallows you whole. Ha!

Some things I've seen...

• 2 separate incidents at Krogers of people up-chucking...yes, right out front of the store.
• just this morning, squirrels mating up in a tree! I had to advert Porter's eyes so I didn't see much.
• our neighbors dog defend it's territory by some crazy guy yelling then throwing his bag of food at her...then said dog bolting like mad only to be found a day or two later.
• Greg eating a bag of Cheeto's in 2 sittings.
• the BIGGEST arachnid I have ever seen in my life. Holy BLEEP! The body was the size of half a hot dog, I swear!

I think that's about it in recent history.

I was able to show off my mad skills in Excel today at work! I wowed the socks off the customer and a co-worker. Teehee! Remember in Harry Potter when Dumbledore would take the swirls out of his noggin and put them in the pensieve? That is exactly what my brain does everytime I make a copy...whoop, whooop, whoooo, toodle-loo! And today, I made A LOT of copies. :)

Pictures

If you'd like to see Babykins, click on Charles' blog on the left!

He's officially Saul R Statman, a mix of both sides of the fam.

That's it!

They Did It!

I don't know all the details (or even the correct spelling of his name) but Baby Statman is here! They left for the hospital at 4pm, the water broke en-route and he was born by 5pm! Such miracles eh? So much for the doc telling her she'd be late...but then again, you tell us gals one thing and being stubborn, we'll do the other.

We tried some new eateries this weekend. Carrabba's last night, which was delicious, but we ate too late and had hurting bellies this morning. But I got the advice from others it's the best steak in town and I must say, it could very well be. Pretty sad that a chain wins that in this town of originals. Now today for lunch we had Chick-fil-a. Just chicken all the time. And the shake was good too! But it's real chicken, not McDonald's processed ground up pressed into fun shapes chicken. Ew. Have you seen Super Size Me? Tonight we went on an adventure to Richmond Hills to try Augie's Pub where the pizza is supposed to be the best. The owner is from Chicago so we felt right at home and they even had one Packer Pennant flag! My review of the pizza...alright, a little blah, not the best I've had actually. Greg thought it was awesome. I think mostly because it's the only thin crust pizza we've seen around here! But I believe it was Grande Cheese on the pizza, so that made up for the blahness somewhat.

Tomorrow we're going to see Clerks II! We'll see if the magic still exists in Kevin Smith.

Oh yes...we accidentally found a house we want. :) We were just nosing around last weekend and decided to look at this place since it's vacant. It needs a lot of sweat equity and some polishing, but it's something we NEVER thought we could get ourselves into. It's not for sure yet, just in the beginning phase of seeing what we can do. But here are a couple pictures, and mind you, it has been vacant for some time and whoever painted it must've been color blind, but it has HUGE potential and is possibly a dream come true. And hopefully I'm not jinxing it by showing ya'll a preview!

Here's a map so you might get a general idea of where it is. Daffin Park is the other huge park in town (there's actually quite a few I guess). Oh, can you see the red star? I think it disappeared, but it's on the corner of 50th & Waters, 2 blocks south of the park.

This is the kitchen...see what I mean by color blind? The cabinets, counter tops and tile back splash seem to be recent additions. Will we keep the checkerboard floor?
And what is the deal with Red Living Rooms? It is our curse I think. There is also a sun porch behind the fireplace that is red too. The floor is brand new, I love the inlaid details, and the fireplace is gas.
Master Suite. It's huge with an attached bathroom. that pole thing is someone's left-over clothes rack. I'm kind-of at a loss for what some of the items are doing in the house since it has been vacant for so long and the current owner never lived there. And shh...there's a neon beer sign in the attic...hopefully a treasure they leave for us. :)
And here is the front. The azalea bushes are a tad overgrown (tad? I mean exTREEEEEmly overgrown, there's more in the back and along the side) and if we do get this house our first purchase after closing will be a hedge trimmer. Start the recommendations now! Oh yeah, and an exterminator. Ew.
Can you picture what it'll be like once it's restored to all it's grandeur? A true southern belle...not quite the beauties dating back 100 years that you find downtown (nor the millions of dollars), but safer 60 years with brick! Haha!

Alright, I think I've caught everyone up! There hasn't been much going on lately...we eat, sleep and work. Greg had an excellent time back home for the weekend...had a good birthday...and now we have a new nephew. :) We can rest easy tonight. Night ya'll.

Dedicated

I've been bacheloretted for the weekend! Greg's back up in WI having a fun old time with family and friends. I think they're wearing him out! He said it's hot up there (as opposed to down here?) and he is having a good time. He comes home tomorrow afternoon sometime, which is his birthday! And what have I been up to while the cat's away? Well, where do I begin!

I had a little Pampered Chef open house saturday morning...turn-out, not so good, but got a couple orders so I can't complain. Hopefully some more orders trickle in. Anyways, friday night I just prepared for that and now I have left-overs galore! But they're all delicious and I'll eat it myself! Haha...no, I'll share! Okay, back to saturday...after my party fizzled out (okay after the one person left) I decided I better go and check out the outlet mall in South Carolina. Hold on, S. Carolina is only a stone's throw away, don't worry. But of course what was supposed to be a 1/2 hour drive turned into a hour drive. Being the dedicated shopper I am, I did not turn around tho when others were! What is wrong with these people? Did everyone just have to get to Hilton Head on saturday? NutS! But I eventually made it and had a glorious time! I did get some real errands done too, so don't worry, I wasn't selfish! Just a smidge tho.

Here is one reason I carry my camera with me...


It is not everyday you see a Transformer sticker on someone's truck at Bed Bath & Beyond! Go Megatron! And I'll be dang-gummited, there's a movie coming out next year. Heee! That cracks me up.

Saturday night I hung out with the neighbors that were here on there way down to Disney. They'll be back next weekend and we'll have a BBQ, yay! And then I spoiled them with the Cookies and Cream Supreme treat that I didn't even take out of the fridge for the open house. MmMmm. Here's something else I made, Cool & Creamy Chocolate Fondue that is of course delicious too. If anyone ever needs snacks or appetizers ideas, ask me! I've got all the ideas and they're so easy.

What else...I've been listening to The Hog 102.9 this weekend and they're broadcasting live from Summerfest 90% of the time. So I know there is currently a sever thunderstorm warning for Dodge County, does Greg? Ha! Ugh, today I drove around aimlessly looking for that man's birthday present. Needless to say I didn't find it, came home and looked on line. It's out of production and cost a pretty penny. I'll let you know what it is after he knows! (It's not a book.)

That's about it! I pick birthday boy up tomorrow afternoon...I'm thinking of begging work to let me be done for the day at that point too. (Whoah...I think they were supposed to bleep the f-word out of this Green Day song, but they didn't do a very good job...oops. Yup, that's my excitement for the day!)

Oh yes, announcement!!! My friend Angie just found out she's having a baby girl in November! Yay! I think they'll name her Kate, but they've been leaning towards Molly. Don't worry, I have some time to work on 'em. :) How Not To Name A Baby. I can tell you...do the banana fanna song and your good to go...

Kate Kate bow-bate
banana nana foe fate
me my mo mate
Kate

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY

Happy Independence!

Let's see...we've actually done something worth reporting so hold on to your seats! It's not that exciting, but here we go!

Friday the 30th...Greg ended up working at Savannah Blues, possibly his last night? We'll see what happens once he comes back from WI. He didn't get home until 6am, so he was pooped out and slept in saturday. That was the end of his official first week back on the job...it went well, and he was able to put in overtime too. So far he is enjoying it! Saturday, ran some errands during the day and Greg didn't work that night so we actually did something! :) First we started at the Caledonia, it's a British based pub that's only been open for a couple months. No food there, but a couple had a dog named Nancy (teehee, some of you might get it!) tied to the pool table. So then we went on to the Crystal Beer Parlor and it's OLD. Greg decided he didn't want to eat there, not sure why...so we had a beverage and then moved on. We decided on trying Fiddler's...something new to add to the experience. We weren't too impressed tho. I had a crab cake samich and it was eh and the fries were blah. So don't worry, we won't take you there. Greg had a Black & Bleu Burger and said his was good...the medium rare was pretty rare in the middle, good for those that like it to moo!

After din-din we walked around River Street for awhile...there was a gajillion people and it was hot. Ugh. We meandered around and then eventually went home.

Let's see, Sunday...did some good couch potato action and then eventually headed out to Moe's for some lunch and then stopped at Publix to pick up food for dinner. I had already picked up corn-on-the cob the other day so we needed a compliment food. We went for all the glory and did our first round of Crab Legs at HOME! Oh heavens-to-betsies, it was deeeeee-licious!!! Greg was a little skeptical of trying it, but I think I talked about it enough the past couple months and was he glad he changed his mind! And they were on sale, extra bonus.


And here's what Porter does while we eat...I can't help it he sows down his food too fast!


After dinner we walked down to River St (we drove saturday night). We stopped at McDonough's for hydration on the way. It's close to where I work. Then continued on our way. Oh yes, our main point of this journey was to get pictures of the big boats...well, it was dark of course and I did what I could! Which wasn't much, no pictures yet...have to go in the daylight.

After walking around and visiting with people and one boxer girl that could've been Porter's baby sister we headed to City Market (the area where Greg works.) We checked out the new Wild Wings, it was cool, but didn't eat, can't spoil the afterglow of crab legs! There was a band outside (I think someone is playing there every sunday) so we hung out and took Greg's picture at his post.


Georgia law: Alcohol Serving establishments can not be open on sunday unless they serve food. Hence the closed doors of Savannah Blues and other establishments on sunday. No Alcohol Sales On Sunday! Cant' even buy stuff at grocery stores or gas stations. But if you're an eaterie, have at it! Man, someone has a lot of time on their hands to get that detail on the populations and technicalities of hours! Effingham County is a DRY County (north west of us I believe).

And then we walked home on the lighted streets of Savannah safe and sound. Monday morning came and we all went to work! Tonight there are fireworks out on Tybee Island, but we're not sure if we want to deal with all the traffic. It's a pain just on the weekend! Plus Greg isn't home yet and it's 6:30 already. So we'll probably wait for tomorrow and go down to River Street for those fireworks. Yay!

That's about it! OH WAIT!

Someone walked into work this morning, asked for Me, I said that's me and she said I was supposed to ask for you...and I said for what? And she said for work. And I said, ooooh, I'm supposed to be training you? and she said yeah. and I said Mr. Manager you know about this? and he said yes and I said, you could'a told me under my breath. So now, I am officially a supervisor in my eyes. Teehee! She's alright, likes to smoke, p.u. We'll see what happens there!

Now that's it. Hope ya'll are having a great holiday weekend!!! Don't burn off your eyebrows!

Hugs,
Kate & Greg

p.s. if you're wondering what to get Greg for his birthday, he made a Amazon wish list too. He's the greg sutton with the Electric Co on his list...not how to build a boat greg sutton. :)

Greg's J-O-B

Greg's job is going great! He supervises 30 people that pick orders of parts that need to go to dealers, shops and people that need to fix their machines. He's learning and catching on to everything and will be running the joint in no time. :)

I am still the copy queen. It's alright, something to do for now still. I will find something more glamourous! I don't know what, but we'll see what's out there.

Here are some pictures...

We were walking down by River Street and here are some ships being loaded for shipping. You can see the little boat on the right and realize how ginormous the ships are and the bridge!

Here's a closer look at the boats.


And here I am at Taylor Street...Taylor saw this pic and thought it was neat.

Crap, gotta get cruising to work!

Porter's Hot

Porter and I just got done with our walk...he's hot and laying on the wood floor to cool down. And don't forget drooling. Teehee!

The local paper has a fun little public soundoff area called Vox Populi. You have to know what's going on in the area to figure out some of the things tho. The Club Ice thing...a couple soldiers left the club and got shot by some dumba**. The firefighter thing? People are b*tching about the firefighters driving the engine to get lunch. Um, hey, what if you're cooking some fried chicken and the grease starts on fire...do you want the firemen to drop their sangwich and be able to jump in the engine or drop their sandwich, get in the car, drive back to the station, get their gear on, start the engine and then come to your grease fire? Everybody's got to eat!

What if this was your mom...Connie Chung sang a sign-off this weekend...how embarrassing. Click on today videos, Connie's singing sign-off. Oh good lord.

Last night we had supper with the neighbors! They're so nice. We decided it was time to bust open a bottle of champagne we received as a wedding gift from my sister. So here we are out on the back porch, enjoying the bubbly. It was quite delicious!

And here's Porter enjoying his share. Just kidding...it's water, we just got back from a walk and he was thirsty!

Let's see, what else is going on...oh YEAH! Greg got a job! :) He's going to be a Team Leader in the Parts Dept. at JCB. He starts monday 10:30-7:30...kind-of weird hours if you ask me...which means I'm going to have to walk home from work. But at least I have that option of walking home! We can put off getting a 2nd vehicle for a few months yet which will be nice. Save the environment right...and gas money! I said I should get a little scooter (59mph? hot dog!), but Greg thinks people drive too nutty around here. Hrumph. Anyways...got off the subject eh? We're happy and Greg's excited, but sad his "vacation" is coming to an end. Teehee! He should be able to still come home in July unless they're real sticklers...they've needed this position filled for awhile, so we'll see what happens.

I think I covered it all now! There'll be more to chat about when Greg starts working I'm sure.

Have a good rest of the week ya'll!

My 18 Cents

I didn't know what to title this one, as it's going to be hodge podges of info, maybe even 18 cents worth!

Alberto came and went. I watched the rain out the windows at work. There were crazy tourists even riding around doing tours! Silly tourists.

I got a raise at work! I found out that I'll be downtown through the summer. Laura's last day was today so I'm on my own now! I'm supposed to be getting more responsibilities too...I'm not sure what, but nothing like supervising a crew of 10 or anything. Ha! Greg is having good luck right now too. He's in the interview process at JCB. We'll probably find out next week how that goes. Keep your fingers crossed!

Not much else has been going on. I thought I saw K-Fed at the park jogging one night, but then I think I saw the same guy tonight, and it so wasn't him. I need to get my celebrity vision checked! Tomorrow is saturday, so it'll be wedding day at the park! Always something to see! Unless people are getting smart to the hot weather? Hahaa! Ohh, the fireworks are going off at the Sand Gnats stadium! Can't wait until the 4th of July to actually see some. The team isn't that great, but I hear Thirsty Thursday is the place to be!

Okay, this did not add up to 18 cents! Sorry for the lameness!

IMDB was WRONG!

OMG, I can't believe it...my bible was wrong. Crap! Of course they don't say where, but numerous people told Greg they were all here. Dag-gummit. I could've done a better job stalking! Teehee!

Not much else going on. It's hot again. Last week was bearable, but today was yucky. It's still high 80's at 9:30. This morning I broke a sweat watering a couple plants!

We ate at Jalepeno's for the first time finally. I keep hearing it's the bomb for Mexican Food around here. It was good!

My trainer girl is leaving me. She found a new job, accidently of course...so now they don't know what to do with me. So I just asked for more money for now. :) I guess we'll see what happens in the next couple weeks. But I know I need more responsibility or something, my brain is turning to mush as I lean on the front counter watching the tourists go by!

Adios ya'll!

The Rumor

Last night was sweet! Here are a couple photos...
12x zoom...














where I actually was...















They put on a good show, I think...the music was good, couldn't tell what they were doing up there! I listened while Porter got more attention then the band! He was Mr. Popular last night, whooweee! Nobody talked to me, but they talked to him "You sure are pretty...you sure are handsome...what's your name..." goodness gracious! Our own little celebrity!

Speaking of celebrity and a city oozing of it, the rumor is...Casey Affleck is in town getting married to Joaquin's sister and they're all staying up at the Mansion. That means Ben, Jen and baby Violet are all here, just a mere 3 blocks away from us and I have NO WAY besides stalking, to catch a glimpse. Porter and I just went for a walk and I saw one wedding and one bridal party in the park, but heck if there was anyone famous there. OH wait a minute...Greg's been canoodled...they're already married with one kid!!! Well, then who the heck is here? I think Greg needs to find a new informant. hah! Bad rumor mill, bad!

Ugh, alright, I guess I'll go find something else to be excited about. Tata!

Welcome Hurrican Season!

It's that time of year everyone, Hurricane Season! Rumors are that something BIG is supposed to happen again, but we'll see. Don't worry, we'll be ready...I think.

In other big news, SCAD kids are finally DONE! Yay! That means work won't be as busy and rowdiness will begin even more. If you look closely at that commencent page you'll see what I'm doing tonight...walking my happy feet two blocks down to the park and watching The Blues Traveler! For free! I'm so excited! Last year they had James Brown (even better) and the year before they had George Clinton and the Parliment Funkadelic. Vera Wang is somewhere around town too I think, or she just was...the goddess of wedding gowns. Man, who'd-a thunk this town is that oozing of celebrity.

Okay, I have to finish getting ready for work! Have a good weekend ya'll!!!

Yahoo! Yay!

Buzzer's home!!! He was able to come home today! No marathon's yet, but he is walking on his own. Yay!

The boys at Hooters in Nashville when we were on our move.

New Friend

I have this rusty metal moon thing that sticks in the ground as a yard decoration...somehow it spins around, but I think I know who's doing it!

Had a good 3-day weekend...like I said the other day, Saturday we went to see X-Men 3, we sat waiting for a hour before they came and told us that the projector was broken. So we got our money back and came home, Greg took a nap and I went shopping! Yeah, there were so many people there and I couldn't find anything, so it was a wasted trip. Well, not that wasted, I did get some Avon Skin-So-Soft bug spray! The word on the street it's the only stuff for gnats, not to be confused with the local Savannah Sand Gnats minor league team. Oh and the new Dream Book from Hallmark. That's the ornament book for you lay-persons. That night, I got to sit around for 3 hours with no electricity! I wasted time at the park, on the phone, chatting up the neighbors...I survived!

Sunday we went to the beach again! It wasn't as beastly hot as last weekend, but get this, the water, the Atlantic Ocean water...it was warm! Was it 'cause the air was cooler? Or did the water warm up with all the 98 degree weather? I guess it just warms up. After the beach we headed back towards town and stopped at Tubby's in Thunderbolt where they were having a "beach party" welcoming summer. The local band, Hazzard County was playing while we ate (not impressed this time with the restaurant) and then we watched Cowboy Crush. We've been getting lucky here and there with some concerts lately! They were really good and pretty fun. Some of you might recognize Nobody Ever Died of A Broken Heart.

My dad is doing great! They have him up and walking around now and he's out of the ICU. Just a few tubes left in him yet. I hear he's getting bossy too!

Today, Monday...we did go and see X-Men, it was great! I liked it, so did Greg. And that's about it! Back to the salt mines tomorrow! Nighty Night ya'll!

Flight Sale

I just discovered something and thought I'd share it with the world just in case anyone is planning on going anywhere, say, Georgia or some other place on the ocean...airtran is having a flight sale right now. Here are the "rules":

Fourteen-day advance purchase required. Tickets must be purchased by June 1, 2006. Travel must be completed by November 8, 2006. Lowest advertised fares are valid for travel on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Additional sale fares are valid for travel on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Fares are not valid for travel on Fridays or Sundays. Seats are limited, subject to availability and may not be available on all flights. Blackout dates are as follows: June 29 and 30; July 1, 2 and 7-9 and September 4, 2006.

We went to see X-Men 3 today...well, except we didn't get to see it. We sat for a hour waiting, then they came in and said the projector was broken. Neat! So we got our money back (or could have gone to the 2:30 show). So another day. Now I'm going to go to the mall and be a girl! Greg's napping before another night of work. ZzzZzzz

First Check!

I got my first paycheck today! Whoohoo! I must celebrate...I will buy toilet paper, shampoo...you know, the basics!

Other News: Most of you know about my dad...but to get the rest of ya up to speed: he had a couple heart attacks this week and had a quadruple bypass on Tuesday night. Now, he is doing great! I talked to him for a little bit today, he got to sit up with the assistance of the bed. He said food doesn't look or taste good...I said that's cause there's no salt. So Mr. Chocolate & Cheeto's will now become Mr. Apple's & Banana's! But he is doing excellent and should be going home wednesday.

So other than that nothing has been going on. Greg's working all weekend, but we'll find some time to celebrate the 3-day weekend! Tomorrow, like I said, I'm going to celebrate with some shopping, do some girlie stuff...Sunday is possibly another beach day and a evening at Tubby's listening to a couple bands...and Monday, time for The Last Stand!

Here's a picture of our fireplace (non-working) area with the picture Greg's cousin did and some decor. It's one little area we have actually tied together and decorated!

Everyone have a great holiday weekend...Thank A VET!

it's hot

Saturday afternoon set a record high of 96 degrees. I'm pretty sure I was in Air Conditioning at that time!

Look at THIS...Savannah is actually catching up to Beaver Dam!

And THIS is right across the street from us to the side. I'm not really sure where the pool is yet, but I will keep my eyes peeled!

Let's see, what have we been up to? I've been working, ugh! I get so jealous of all the tourists going by. Back to the real world for me with no vacation in sight. Greg worked friday night...I watched the season finale of Grey's Anatomy and then I watched some Sex In the City episodes. Exciting stuff eh? Saturday we ran some errands then of course vegged out in the A/C for the afternoon. Greg worked again Saturday night and I, um...oh, did some house stuff...cleaned and what ever. Man, do I know how to whoop it up! Sunday we went to the beach, Yay! We were beach bums for almost 5 hours then came home and I made lasagna. Click on the link and I'll tell you where we were...in the big aerial picture with the pier, we were to the right of that about at the 2nd long dark thing (the bridge over the dunes from the street to the beach).

I've heard those sacada bugs already! Now you know it's hot! Does anyone know how to spell that anyways? I was trying to look it up, but even the internet doesn't know what I mean!

Work is going fine. It reminds me of when I worked in the little print shop during college. I'm not sure when I'm going to go to the Southside...we're working on a big project right now, so I'll probably stick around for a little bit. The people are nice. One gal could be Megan Mullally's sister...she's hilarious! Or I should say Karen Walker's sister! It's a very family oriented business...the delivery guy (Chris) usually has to take the grandkids football practice gear to the Southside for grampa (owner) to take the grandkid to football practice. I find it all a little confusing, but it works I guess.

Another thing I noticed...people don't have the best manners around here. The office manager's wife (daughter of owner) was in, never got introduced. Junior (son of owner who runs a store) was in...he was there for a couple hours, never got introduced. Ruby who runs another store was in and she introduced herself to me after 20 minutes. Apparently you have to prove your worth around here or something? Or just do things yourself?

Alright, better get to bed for another fun filled day of work! It's actually not bad...I like the girl I'm being trained by and I get to see a lot of different people all day...not sitting at a computer all day...have a whole store front of windows to watch the world pass by out of...now when does that "managerial" role kick in? :)

Have a good week ya'll...it's supposed to be in the 80's and some showers here, won't have to move as slow.

-K

Day 1, Day 2...

I've made it 2 days on the new job! So far it's pretty easy...it's a copy shop! I'll be doing different things on the southside, like actually making the larger copies (blueprints), but downtown is pretty easy. The hardest part? Standing from 8:30-5:30. Hopefully that's not the case in the other shop. I do get a 1/2 hour for lunch tho, which I of course sit on my butt the whole time.

Greg's working friday and saturday at Sav. Blues. They go by seniority, so he's low man right now with just a couple nights.

That's about it for now. I'm so tired! This working thing really puts a monkey wrench in your day of doing nothing!

Have a good day...I'm off to day 3!

J-O-B-S

It's that time. Back to reality for Kate! I have a job! Actually I have 2 jobs, but I'm not going to take one. I was first hired at Outback Steakhouse on Bay Street. Then I found out there's a test (or 2 or 3) before you can actually "work". You have to memorize every single thing on the menu (food, booze, whatever) for this test...know every single abbreviation and then the description. Hello...I'm 30 years old...I don't know how to study anymore and why do I need to work this hard for a part-time job? Um, yeah, no thanks. Maybe for a Graduate degree or something crazy like that. I would've done it tho if I didn't stumble upon this other job.

I start tomorrow at Savannah Blue Print. I'm not exactly sure what it all is tho. It's kind-of a digital printing type place...maybe like a Kinko's, but on a smaller scale and maybe not so many services. Is it a good or bad thing I have no idea what I'm getting into? haha! Anyways, they have two locations in Savannah...I'm starting downtown for the first week or so doing some training and then will move on out to the Southside (right by the malls and growing end of town) and will take on more of a management position. Now, don't ask too many questions about this, 'cause I have no clue. But it's a job and not at a corporate giant like Outback, teehee!

So now for Greg...he's got a sweet gig right now. Remember that place we went to on Friday? Savannah Blues. He's their new bartender/door man. Just a couple nights a week right now. In the mean time he can keep the house tidy and make me dinner. haha! It's a cool place and a easy+fun job for now. In the meantime, he's keeping his eyes peeled, but is going to take the postal exam in early June. It's a 2 hour 15 minute test and then if you pass that and some of their interviews he'll start as a part-time carrier. At that time you're on the list and you move up the list as other carriers retire or move or whatever they do...then you're on a full-time route. Not sure how long that will take, but it'll probably be worth the wait. Greg worked his first night on Saturday...it was a late night, the bars don't close until 3am here in Georgia. Plus he had to help clean up and get paid.

Saturday night while Greg was at work I got to have a cook-out with the neighbors of Bolton Place (that's what they call our row of condo's). Kim & Kashimi (don't quote me on the spelling of her name!) are next door to us and only come on vacation once a month or so. Art & K.T. are from Tucson and retired here, they live in a upper about 3 down. Mike just sold his condo and is moving 5 blocks north, closer to the bars as he said. He's a bachelor who likes the bars. Hey, his words not mine! He does have a pug tho! And then Kim had his mom along from home, so she was there too. It was fun and great food. As usual, the beer bread was a hit! :)

We went driving around today looking at some other communities to get ideas for the future and living situations. We don't know what we're going to do, hence the idea of driving around looking at budding areas. Lots of building going on...those typical little subdivisions and that. It rained this morning, got muggy for the afternoon and is raining again. It's been nice and warm of course! But now I'll be stuck inside all the time...I hope I get enough sun time on the weekends! I think I'll wait a few weeks or so and see how the "real" job goes and then possibly do part-time waitressing if needed or wanted. Tomorrow on my lunch break (I hope I get one!) I am to go over to Outback and tell them to take their test and, well, ya know. Haha!

I better have some Grape Kool-Aid and relax before my big day tomorrow. I'll leave you with a shot of the oldest oak in town...it's the Candler Oak...these are called Live Oaks because they always have green leaves on them all year round. The park is surrounded by them and they're all over town. They are the trees you see with the Spanish Moss all over.

This is in front of the old, old, old Candler hospital (hence, Candler Oak) which is right across from Forsyth Park, which means, it's just a few blocks from our house. Whew! From the link, you can see that Candler is now part of St. Joseph's and has moved from this relic. There are some offices in there, but it doesn't look to busy...kind-of like the old Lakeview Hospital in BD.

Toodle-loo magoo's,
The Working Girl

Bloomin'

The magnolias are blooming! There are a few trees right in the park, just a couple blocks away. They are ginormous things! Here's a few pics of the process. These are all different blooms on a couple different trees that I just took pictures of today. If ya'll hurry, there's a ton more to see! :)

I'm just a little bugger

I feel a new dawn calling me out

Here I am in all my southern glory

So tired of being pretty

BLAH

Porter loves the park. We got one of those crazy walk-about leashes that usually give people rope burn, but it's handy at the park...I can walk 3 feet away while he poos!



I was attacked...by a freaking bird! I was walking around town and thought I ran into a branch...no, it was a nightingale or some weird freak of nature dive-bombing me. It got me twice...just grabbed at my hair. Avoid that corner! I don't remember the cross street, but it's somewhere on Drayton. Little bastard. Some guy said it's been doing it for years. Needless to say, whenever I hear the call of the nightingale, I duck my head and look around for the bugger.

We've been job hunting. I think I've had some good luck this week...we'll see what happens. I will report when I know for sure!

Tonight we're going to eat at SixPence Pub (where Julia Roberts discovered her cheating husband Dennis Quaid in "Something To Talk About") and then go to City Market to Savannah Blues to listen to a band.