For the first time in a long time we had snow in the forecast. There was lots of discussion about the weather in the days prior. Would we get any? How much would we get? These questions ca,e up a lot and the answers were all over the place. The prediction was we may get none, we may get 8…
This weekend I flew to Fort Myers, Florida with 5 of my friends. We found nonstop flights from Wilmington to Fort Myers on a budget airline for $70. When I say budget, I mean BUDGET. We were allowed to bring one personal item for no additional charge. That meant we packed for the weekend super light since we could only…
For New Years this year we were going for o go out to the Tiki Tavern to celebrate. Last minute, we decided to have pre party at my house. We did appetizers and we were going to play games. Once I got home from work I started getting a massive headache so I took something hoping it would subside before…
I got us tickets to the battleship for Christmas. Scott has been wanting to go back for awhile now. Today seemed like such a good day to go.
Mom and I got together for our annual Christmas baking extravaganza. We baked for 2 days and plated up the cookies and delivered them to our neighbors. Christmas being on a Wednesday is no fun. I had to work Tuesday and Thursday so we just made a quick trip up to my parents. We took both dogs. Moose and Thor…
A group of us took a trip to Cary for the NC Chinese Lantern Festival. We loaded up in the van and made the 2 hr trip. We stopped for dinner at YardHouse and then headed to the festival. When we got close to the venue, there were soooo many people that I was a little nervous about how crowded…
We went to the Southport Light the Night Christmas Parade and had a good time. We rode our bikes up to watch from in front of the Tiki Tavern. We met Carolina who joined us to watch the parade. The parade seemed longer this year than years past. There were a lot of good floats.
This weekend we had our OR Christmas party at Craig and Jill’s house. It was themed A Christmas Story. Our food for the evening was Chinese, and it was delicious. Craig and Jill are awesome hosts and everyone had a great time. Liz and I planned for some games and came up with the prizes. We played a balloon caterpillar…
I might take a picture or two (or a bazillion) of our pups! I just love them. Moose is growing into such a sweet boy and Anna is getting more comfortable here in her new home. I took Moose for his first trip in the van to go see my parents. Moose was able to play with his friend Thor…
This year Wingtoberfest was moved into November due to several storms that we had. We had some newcomers this year and some regulars. There were 7 different wings to enjoy and judge. My wings took the trophy this year. It was a new recipe that I had not tried before this event. We had lots of good food. We played…