Synopsis of the weekend...travelin' stories

Well, Friday night we just hung out waiting for Christy and Ricky and Stuart to arrive from VA. We watched a little of the weather channel and heard the horror stories about gas shortages and prices. I went over to do a little shopping for a gift for Nicholas and Morgan for their reception on the following day.

On my way back from shopping I found a gas station, with gas, that was 3.72 a gallon. I went ahead and filled my car up so I'd have gas for the coming week to get to work in case the hurricane made things even worse. Christy and Ricky arrived right before 11 p.m. and I sent Richard and Ricky to go see if they could still fill up for 3.72 since we were going to have to travel to GA and back. We were fortunate and they were able to get gas for that price.

My Saturday began with me waking to the sneezes of Ricky in the living room. You just have to know Ricky to understand. He isn't a little "achoo" guy. They are big and scary----"AAAAHHHHH-CHIT". I got up and made my way out of mine and Richard's bedroom and to the bathroom and then to change clothes and get ready for the trip to GA. After we got Richard and Stuart up and ready we went through Shelby to one of our fave places for b'fast---Ken and Mary's. It was YUMMMY as usual...and very crowded.

Then it was off to GA. We laughed and joked along the way. We joked about how folks want to meet famous singers, bands, presidents, and one on my list is Jim Cantore (yes, the meteorologist). We lived in Atlanta for years and I never realized that the weather channel headquarters was right there in town. OK, so I never claimed to be normal (hee hee). It would've been so cool to go take a tour of the weather channel offices. Anyway, Christy joked that she'll set that up for my bd (meeting Jim and weather channel tour)---lol! By the way Christy, I looked it up---he's 44.

About 4 hours and 10 phone calls from Nicholas and Morgan later, we made it to Hiram. It was about 3 PM by then and we'd had breakfast about 8, 8:30, so we decided we'd stop and get something. Christy and Ricky had never been to a Krystal, so we introduced them to Krystal's---the square burgers!

After munching a bit, we made it to the house.

A couple of hours later, the reception "began". There were about 60+ people there, and I swear half of them were children. Not having children myself, I don't mind someone else's children, but by midnight that evening, I was ready to not see any children for a while. I'd heard enough running and squealing and little popcorn roller thingy for the evening.

The reception went well and I think Nicholas and Morgan got quite a bit of monetary gifts. Maybe they'll get to go get them a Wii now. The reception was fun...especially for being outdoors. I actually didn't get eaten alive by mosquitoes, which is a true miracle.

Sunday morning came quickly and we had breakfast with daddy and Kim and gave daddy his birthday card, complete with a gag gift of a Lowe's gift card (Ricky helped me come up with that one---lol), a sweet card that Richard picked out for daddy and a gift certificate to daddy's fave bbq restaurant. You have to understand that daddy owns Home Depot stock and he has a fit it any of us shop at Lowe's!

Then it was "on the road again" and off to find some gasoline. Our theme song became (can you name the tune???):

"Looking for gas(oline) at all the local stations,

The prices were giving us heart palpitations,

Looking for gas, Looking for gas,

oo-ooo, Looking for gas.


Finally we found tanks with unleaded

Prices ok, we filled an amount that we dreaded,

We set on our way, oo-oo, with us some gas"


The trip back was fun. Christy and I had fun with the windows down, letting the wind blow our hair into knots and our face into odd contortions. Once we were back in NC, we went to Murphy's (irsih Pub in Charlotte---home of my fave quesadilla) to grab something quickly before sending Ricky, Christy and Stuart on back to VA.

Richard and I went home and took a little nap. Christy and Ricky got stuck in some traffic and sat there for an hour...making them arrive home about 9:30 last night. All in all, it was a good trip.

It'll be fun to read what she writes about the highlights of the trip.



P.S.---for those in TX that were affected by Ike....my thoughts and prayers are with you. I pray blessings upon you and restoration among the destruction and tragedy.