Commissary Day

Well it was that time again and Tammy was the lucky one who got to go with me to the Commissary. It didn't start out well, we always go in and get all our soda for the month first and today there was no diet coke on the shelf. I went to the register and called for someone to assist us and we waited and we waited some more. So I went looking for someone, the lady in the meat department said she had just seen someone. Lo and behold they were just two aisles down from us and all I can figure is they just ignored the page that a customer needed assistance in aisle 11.

Told him what I wanted and it took so long I thought he just went on break and was never coming back. He finally did and we lucked out because the coke man had just arrived and he had to wait for it to get off the truck. Otherwise I would have gone home empty handed. Plus it was on sale for $2.00 a six-pack.

Checked that out, put it in the car and then we started the actual shopping. Don't know why I even bring Tammy along, after the first two aisles she has disappeared and we pass every now and then. Then when I'm all done shopping I have to go looking for her, okay she was just behind me at this point and all I had to do was turn around. Checked out again and got that all loaded up and we were on our way home.

192 is almost all done, it is only right in front of Tammy's house that isn't four lanes. Can't wait for it to be done.

It must have been my lucky day because when I arrived home Dan was home for the day and he unloaded the car so I could start right in on putting everything away. That is usually a 45 - 60 minute job and I'm always so glad when it is all done.

Nothing else exciting for the day. Dan mowed the yard, another weekend chore done and out of the way.

Should have some pictures of the kids tomorrow, I will be with them for part of the day. Forgot to mention that Nikki got two B's in her classes. One of her classes was a lab and that is part of one of the grades. Pretty outstanding if you ask me.

Ask and Ye Shall Receive

Especially if it is a picture. Andy wanted to see this picture in a larger format. He thinks Riley is just asking for his juice and then all would be right with the world. Seeing as how I was there I don't think juice was the answer but you never know because we didn't offer him any.


Well I started my day with a walk again, today I went into one of the housing areas just to get a longer walk. Nothing to exciting but I at least made it back before it got to hot or the sun to high.

I spent most of the day trying to figure out why my external hard drive is always causing me problems. Seeing as how this is the third one I've had I pretty much just thought it was the drive. Now I know better, it is Vista, so now that is back on my list of things I don't particularly care for.

I finally did a search on the internet and lots of people have this problem and everyone seems to have a different solution. None of the fixes seem to work for very long and the only thing that will really help is Microsoft figuring out how to interface with the drivers for the drive. I was able to get some stuff off the drive that I have been wanting to use and now I really know that everything is really there and I just have to use a computer running XP to be able to access the data. I do have it all backed up on cd or dvd but that isn't always convenient.

And that was my day, hope yours was better.

Nothing To Exciting Today

Started with my walk to Winn Dixie again today. Still getting the beautiful sunrises, just can't believe how lucky we are.


Worked on a couple more layouts, again I like them and enjoyed working on them.



That was about it for the day. Did a couple loads of laundry and watched a few shows I had recorded. Maybe tomorrow I will watch one of the many movies we have and I haven't seen yet.

First Day of Vacation

Started my day with a walk to Winn Dixie, I decided that I needed to walk at least four days a week seeing as how I normally take the kids for a walk. The sunrise was beautiful again and it was nice to be able to enjoy the whole thing instead of just bits and pieces as I drive along.




When I got back to the house a big hawk was flying around, couldn't get any good pictures because I was always shooting into the sun and I couldn't get any detail. Dan says he sees it quite frequently so maybe there is a nest somewhere nearby.

I spent most of the day working on these two layouts, I like the way they turned out and can't wait to see them printed.



I was reading a blog and found out about some storytelling stops in Philadelphia that sounded pretty interesting and seeing as how I have never been there I have filed the information away for future use. Here is the website: Once Upon a Nation

Nikki and the kids made it to Jacksonville just fine yesterday, she is staying until Thursday to visit with her Mom, Dad, and brother.

Just a Quiet Sunday

We did some errands this morning and who should we run into but Mum and Dad at Wal-Mart doing their errands. We chatted for a bit and then we were off to Publix and then home.

I did some laundry and catching up on the computer, uploaded lots of pictures to Kodak Gallery for everyone to enjoy. That was pretty much the extent of my day. I did get the I-pod to work through the aux input of the car radio so that was pretty exciting.

Here are our official photos from yesterday.

We Had a Great Time!

Today was Kaleigh's first of many visits to Disney and although all she did was sleep we still had a good time for her.

This visit was mostly about Riley, Nikki had decided this week his first haircut would be at the barber shop on Main Street. Getting a bit ahead of myself so back to the beginning of the day.

We met Mum/Gramma/GG and Dad/Grampa/Jagee at the Wal-Mart on 535 so we could caravan in together and park near each other. Went to EPCOT to do the entry and get our tickets and we turned right around and got on the monorail to head to the Magic Kingdom. One of the things that made the day so great was we never had to wait for anything except lunch and the monorail back and neither of those were long waits.

Once we got to the ticket and transportation center decided to take the boat because it was there and it took off as soon as we got on. So we were in the Magic Kingdom in no time. First stop was City Hall to get Kaleigh's First Visit Pin and then it was off to the Barber Shop.

We did have a bit of a wait there but there was lots to keep us occupied. First we watched Clarence and Clarabelle the cows greet the kids. Riley was really enjoying that, he wanted to get out the stroller and join them. So when they left and Daisy Duck came out and Dan got in line so Riley could meet her. He wasn't to thrilled once he actually got up to her and couldn't wait to get away. Once he was back in his stroller all he wanted was to go see her again.


As you can see Kaleigh didn't mind one bit getting up close to Daisy.


Well it was finally our turn for a haircut. This is the before picture of what the back looked like.


Mary was just wonderful with Riley and he pretty much just sat there and watched what was going on and played with the stickers she had given him.


The long piece is gone, the curls (for the most part) are gone and he looks like a grown-up little boy.


Making sure he looked good.


Here he is in his "My First Haircut" set of ears. He also got a certificate.

By this time we were ready for a snack, so headed off to the bakery and sat at a table out on the sidewalk. Listened to some performers sing and then we were on our way.

Our first show of the day was Mickey's PhilharMagic, it had a posted wait time of 10 minutes so Andy went around the corner to get fastpassess for Peter Pan's Flight and we went in. We could have walked right into the show but Andy hadn't caught up with us yet. We were perfectly happy to just wait until the next show but just as the doors were closing Andy and Kaleigh arrived and they let us in and we sat down just as the show was beginning.

Riley loved it as he did with everything we went on. He sat on Nikki's lap and just watched everything. The few times he took off the special glasses he wanted them right back on because he knew something wasn't right. Kaleigh wasn't to thrilled with the wind that blows during the magic carpet ride but she survived.

Next was the Haunted Mansion and Riley rode with Dan and I and again he just took everything in. We also just walked right into this ride. By this time our fastpass was good for Peter Pan so we went back up there. Riley rode with us again and this time we sat him on the seat between us and when the bar came down, Dan told him to hold on and that is what he did for the whole ride.

Then we were off to Pirates of the Caribbean. Walked right on to this too. We were going along fine and got to the room with the two ships firing cannons at each other when the boat ahead of stopped and then we stopped. Sat there long enough for the announcement to come on that we should just sit there and it would start up again soon. Pretty soon we look ahead of us and on the left and see a flashlight and a cast member waving their hands over their head. So the people in the boat ahead of us start waving and rocking their boat back and forth and we find out it was actually stuck on the rail and needed to be rocked to start going. The cast member yelled at them if they stop again to do the same thing. I have never seen this happen and it was pretty funny. It did happen again but now they had experience and got going right away.

Off to lunch and this was our only disappointment of the day. We had be looking forward to the Noodle House and found out it didn't open until 1700 for dinner. So we went to Cosmic Ray's in Tomorrowland. Andy had gone to Space Mountain to get fastpasses for him and Nikki.

Had a pretty good lunch. Kaleigh finally woke up because it was lunch time for her too. So we got all of that out of the way. The weather was starting to look like it was going to rain but we just took our chances and headed up into Fantasyland to see what characters were out. They must have all been at lunch because none were to be found.

So we went into Pooh's Playful Spot and let Riley run free and he had a great time. Didn't want to leave but all good things must come to an end.

The Tomorrowland Transit Authority was next, just killing time until Nikki and Andy could go on Space Mountain. There was no line after our first ride so we just stayed on and rode through again. Mainly because Riley had fallen asleep and anything we could do to keep him that way we would do.

After our second trip we got off, put Riley in the stroller (he did stay asleep), Kaleigh in the front pack so I could carry her and we were off for a walk while Andy and Nikki rode Space Mountain. We walked behind the Indy Car ride down to Toon Town and back again. Went in the gift shop where the Space Mountain exit is and waited for Andy and Nikki. Only had a couple of minutes to wait.

We were done in then Magic Kingdom so off we went to catch the monorail. We got on the third one so that wasn't to bad.

At EPCOT we walked to Norway and got pretzels to take home and Andy and Nikki were heading off to Japan.

On our way out Dan and I stopped to check out our pictures (I'll post those later) and then it was home for us.

It was such a good day. There weren't many people in the park, the temperatures weren't bad, it didn't rain, I just don't know how it could have been any better!

A Day With Tammy

It has been a long time since Tammy and I have gone out on a Friday to run errands. Today the stars aligned and we were able to get together. I picked her up at 0700 and we were on our way. The Post Office and Bank were first, then to Wal-Mart. For some reason we ended up criss-crossing the store several times, I got everything I needed but Tammy wasn't as lucky.

Sonic and the gas station were next. I did much better this week and actually got the tank filled up instead of like last week where I was 1/4 of a tank short.

Weight Watcher's was next and I'm still doing good, down another pound this week.

We stopped at Sam's and we were able to get in early because Tammy now has a business card. Didn't have any better luck here to pick up the things Tammy needed so we were off to the Mall.

The Mall was the main purpose of our day. First was the Select Comfort Bed Store to get some information for Tammy and Tom on a new bed. We were in and out of there very fast with all the stuff we needed. Then it was off to Bath and Body for some new air fresheners. We both got some new ones to try. Tammy got Sandelwood and Vanilla (she plugged it in as soon as we got to her house and it smelled very nice) and we both got Fresh Bamboo. That smells pretty good, also.

Couldn't go to the mall without getting a pretzel, I had to twist Tammy's arm but I finally convinced her we needed to split one. Ended up getting the cinnamon and sugar pretzel sticks, they were very good.

Stopped by Publix and got the rest of the stuff Tammy needed, they are going to River Ranch this weekend and she was stocking up for that.

Spent some time visiting with Mum and Dad and then it was time for me to head home.

Really didn't do anything for the rest of the day. Preparing myself for a month off and thinking about what I will be doing. Guess I will have to make a list so I get everything done.