Vacation

Well - I am headed off for vacation. I will return Sunday. :) Gonna hit up Seaworld, Epcot, and a wedding in Naples. Congrats Allen & Joyce!!

For now - enjoy the photos from the flea market. CLICK HERE

Have a good one!!

How will I decide??

One week from right now I will be at one of two places....

Epcot


OR

Sea World


How will I ever decide???

+$121 & A Great Flick!

Friday evening Justin & I went through the house and cleaned out the garage in preparation to go to the flea market on Saturday morning. Which flea market you ask? None other than the US 1 Metro Flea Market! (I know they have a Web site I just can't find it.) We didn't have any big ticket items, but did bring home $121 and a lot less junk. Katie W. went with us a did pretty well too! Very proud of her! :) -- I took some pics and will try to put them up soon. Got a good one of a Mexican mullet.

After the flea market we met up with Ben for a bit and had some lunch. Then went back to the home front and SLEPT!! For about 3 hours which was slightly longer than I intended, but oh well. We were then too lazy to go eat dinner so we drug Jeremy M. along to Golden Corral. (I am now convinced that place is a rip-off and will not go again!)

Sunday I was up relatively early and took advantage of Justin still being asleep so I could catch up on some of the stuff I had DVRd..

OKAY PAUSE - I am sitting at the table in the kitchen and Vegita is next to me playing with her tail. Literally - running in circles!! Very weird! - PLAY

..It was stuff like The Jury on FOX and a few episodes of Good Eats on Food TV that I knew he would not want to watch. Well, he caught me watching the "Flat is Beautiful II" where AB(aka Alton Brown) makes Chicken Kiev and other flattened meat dishes. To the point... Justin and I were inspired and we invited Katie and Brandon over for dinner and to watch A Great Flick (hence the title of this post).

In preparation I made some herb butter (soften 1.5 sticks of butter, place in mixer with ~2 tbs of oregano & basil as well as 1 tbs of tarragon & sage - all fresh herbs, chopped or sliced well. Mix until fully incorporated - wrap in plastic wrap and put in fridge) and Justin worked on trimming up some chicken breasts. (He did a very good job too!) We then worked together to get them banged out - wafer thin and then rolled them up with a few pieces of the herb butter and a sprinkling of Italian Bread Crumbs inside. After rolling we tightly bound each roll in plastic wrap and stuck it in the fridge to set-up. This was all done by 12:00.

The remaining part of the day I cleaned and worked on SECXplorer stuff. We are very close to launch! Katie and Brandon were set to come over at 7:00 so I started with some Long Grain Wild rice about 6:50 and prepared to cook the Chicken Kiev by getting the electric skillet ready, beating some eggs, and setting out bread crumbs. I got it all done just about at the same time (had to run a little over because I forgot about the bread). All in all I thought it was kind of tasty. We even used place mats on the table! How fancy!!!

Now - on to the movie part. We watched Zoolander. Which has to be my all time favorite comedy! I love that movie. Unfortunately, Brandon was feeling under the weather and they had to go home early, but nevertheless it was nice to see them.

Shout out- Brandon I hope you are feeling better!!! :)

So - that's it - gonna be a busy week. Got to finish SECXplorer stuff cause I cam going on vacation to Florida next week.

Lata - Gobble Gobble!!

What Next?

DCI - Summer Music Games

Last night Justin, Karl, and I were planning to head to Irmo high school for the DCI (Drum Corps International) Summer Music Games. And we did end up going, but we there was a special surprise - Justin's cousing Mary ended up joining us! It was a good time - other than our dinner experience....

So, we knew the concessions at the school would be high, so we decided to stop and grab some fast food on the way. We just about went to Zaxby's but decided it would take too long and went down the street to BoJangles. BAD IDEA! (I'm Feeling Lucky Results) The air conditioning was broken and it took FOREVER to get our order. Mary and I ended up sitting in the car waiting on Karl and Justin to bring out the food (which wasn't right).

After eating we got over to Irmo HS just in time for things to start up. The line-up was as follows:

- Marion Glory Cadets
- Kiwanis Kavaliers
- Colts
- Carolina Crown
- Madison Scouts
- Crossmen
- Phantom Regiment

Phantom Regiment pulled out the win, but I thought the Scouts should have. Crown was great too!

It has been a good while since I have seens good marching band, and I had never seen DCI until last night. But - I did find out something interesting last night. Colleton County High (Walterboro) is back in 4A again, Irmo is down to 4A too. Then with James F. Byrnes and Fort Mill in 4A the marching competition is going to be SUPER tough this year. Just might have to pay attention.

Have a good one. Got to get to work!

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Amazing Concert + Pics

Concert
Saturday, Mom & I ventured to Charleston to see Edwin McCain play at the Music Farm. It was without a doubt, the BEST show I have seen him put on.

He opened with "3AM" - by far one of my most fav Edwin songs, and closed with "Solitude" (another fav.) The chemistry between the group was really strong. Dave, Larry, and Craig were there as usual, but I was a little worried because I knew they had a new bass player (Lee Hendricks). Scott Bannevich is Edwin's former bassist - and was all I knew of bassists with Edwin. Pete Riley (a guitar player and backup vocalist) has been added to the mix as well. The additional voice and guitar really added an extra dimension to the show. I just wish it would have come across on the group's most recent album "Scream & Whisper" buy now.

Maia Sharp opened the show. She is a singer/songwriter that has most recently been awarded a Grammy for writing the title track for the Dixie Chicks album "Home." Maia also sings on the first single from "Scream & Whisper" - "Say Anything."

So, I mentioned that Edwin closed with "Solitude." He first tried to close with an accoustic rendition of "Radio Star" (a quirky song that parodies the music industry), then brought the whole band out and played "Holy City", which he also unsuccessfuly closed with because even though the Music Farm staff put the radio back on, eveyone kept chanting "SOLITUDE, SOLITUDE" because he had not yet played it. Now - let me tell you that Edwin does an amazing job with Solitude live. He will start it accousting and then bring out the full band in the middle of it for a HUGE powerhosue finish. Well, for the show - he simply played Solitude the way it was meant to be - acoustic the entire way through. It was great.

You could definately tell he was ready to call it quits though because we was super sweaty and kept fumbling some words, but that is what you get for playing 3 hours straight with a ton of gumption. It was fantastic!

Pictures
I put up 3 new albums. Some of the pics are from the Edwin show (of course). So, check the pictures page to see them.

LATA! --- Gobble Gobble!

That's Why No One Comments...

Smart me had the settings on by blog to be that you had to be a blogger member to post a comment on my site. Well - that is fixed now. Everyone can comment! :)

Weekend was good. Had a great 4th. I will have pics soon.

For now, enjoy this....

The mind of a 6-year old is wonderful.
First grade true story:
One day the first grade teacher was reasing the story of the three little pigs to her class. She came to the part of the story where the first pig was trying to accumulate the building materials for his home. She read, "...And so the pig went up to the man with the wheelbarrow full of straw and said, 'Pardon me sir, but may I have some of that strayw to build me house?' " The teacher paused, then asked the class, "...And what do you thikn that man said?" One little boy raised his hand and said, "I think he said, 'Holy crap! A talking pig!' " The teacher was unable to teach for the next 10 minutes!

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Guess the Dictator or Sit-Com Character

Guess the Dictator or Sit-Com Character

Okay - this is pretty dang cool! The interface isn't brilliant, but it is pretty neat. Enjoy!

PS - thanks Katie!

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Happy Anniversary!!!

Congrats Mom & Dad - on 25 years of marriage!! I hope Justin & I will enjoy the same.



I love you guys so much!! Have a great one!

Adopt Me?? I'm Free!

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