Wachovia Championship

My friends had some extra tickets for the first day of the Wachovia. My mom and I went first thing and spent the entire day there. We met up with my friends around lunch time (where I proceeded to get ketchup all over me - shirt and pants) and spent the afternoon with them. It was fun - it gave my mom other people to chat with on the whole golf thing. It was a fun day. Sure it would be great to have pics but they don't allow cameras. This year's excitement - we got pretty close to Sergio this time. Tiger did not play due to that surgery etc.

Tourist in the city

My mom has also come to visit. Her first day visiting we played tourist in the city. We drove over to the new light rail line and took it into the city. You know my dad would have SO enjoyed that!
http://www.charmeck.org/Departments/CATS/LYNX/home.htm
We took the ride from the furthest point out into the heart of the city. From there walked around for a better part of an hour. I know there is a runner's web-site where I could track how far we walked but for now let's call it a better part of an hour.
The hightlights of the walk were
Imaginon - this is a children's library just down the road from the main library
http://www.imaginon.org/index.asp
Bobcats Arena (recently - like within the week - renamed to Tome Warner Cable Arena)
http://www.timewarnercablearena.com/
We walked passed Discovery Place - the topic at the moment is Dinosaurs - which did not catch our interests.
And Bank of America Stadium.
We picked up the light rail again at the other end of the city and headed back out. We stopped in South End for lunch at Pikes. There was also a kids arts festival going on. We proceeded to walk through that as well.
http://www.historicsouthend.com/index.asp
Eventually we got took the rest of the ride back to the car. But HEY check out the pics from along the way.
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=oe1f59m.7xm624zq&x=0&h=1&y=prhddf&localeid=en_US
We also caught a glimpse (OK - I caught a glimpse because my mom has no idea who this is) of Dan Morgan. It was a great day.

Puppy Sitting

This month Bacchus and I have also had the pleasure of dog-sitting for one of the pups down the street. He has been with us for about 2 weeks give or take. Bacchus has been exhausted with the concept - teaching the puppy not to do certain things has confused him a little.
By tthe end of the 2 weeks the little guy hd figured out a bit about quiet time.

http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=oe1f59m.2tzj3b2e&x=0&h=1&y=-adiakl&localeid=en_US

Race for the Cure

My dad's cousin's wife passed away this month after a 2 year battle with breast cancer. I suppose this enough motivation to put my mind towards doing the Race for the Cure again this fall. I hadn't given it much thought to date. But I think it is a worthy cause to continue to pursue.

Please visit the Notice for Anne Westmoreland Leddy.
http://www.legacy.com/Link.asp?I=LS000108235569X

Charlotte's Race for the Cure
http://www.komencharlotte.org/site/PageServer

Arizona Pictures

I mentioned ages ago that my mom would have phots and then totally forgot to add the link when she finally sent them to me. Probably was a bit overwhelmed with her love of taking photos. Perhaps I should give her the Pentax back - nah...

http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=hyy5ha3.g2wynnz&x=0&h=1&y=gmvgli

April 2008

This is turning out to be a busy month as well. My mom arrives later this month - we are looking forward to that. In the meantime there is the living room to finish painting and spring gardening that needs to be attended to.

March 2008

I suppose I avoided writing about March because then I would have to write about the inevitable... Still can't believe it has been 2 years. Memories of that day, of that week, still seem so vivid. Memories of all the years prior still seem so vivid.
Easter was nice - I spent most of that weekend with friends. The weather was great here. So it was lots of outside time with everyone.
The rest of the month was busy with work. At the end of the month - just last week (wow it was a long month too) - I ended up in Mississippi for work. Over the course of 2 days I made presetnations to over 300 people. Not really my comfort zone but something that needs to be done. I always say I am going to stay longer to site see - but I don't. Last week there were floods expected in that part of the country. This week - severe thunder storms and tornadoes. So I came home.