Our Day Trip to the New Hanover County Library

I decided last night that I would take my 14 month old son to the library this morning.  One of our library branches is very close to us.  It is the Northeast branch of the New Hanover County Library.  The main branch is in downtown Wilmington, NC and I believe there is another branch in a different […]

Mini-Storage Auction Castle Hayne, NC

As Steve stated in the last post, we left the yard sales and went to the mini-storage auction on Saturday.  We used to frequent these auctions a lot in the past but haven’t been to one in a couple of years.  Saturday’s auction was at Castle Hayne Mini-Storage. 
After sitting in the car for twenty minutes […]

Mexican food for lunch at La Costa

Today Stephanie James and myself wanted Mexican food for lunch, so we went to a restaurant called La Costa.  I used to frequent La Costa, but had not gone to the restaurant in over five years.  I thought they had closed.  The reason I thought this was because the building they were in was shut […]

Gibson Epoch guitar Christmas gift

Last Christmas, my parents got me a gift that was a total surprise.  They gave me something I have always wanted, a guitar.  My parents live in a different state than me, and this past year my sons and my wife were unable to visit them in Virginia.  A few days after Christmas, I received […]

Review of the Mount Pleasant/Charleston KOA Kampsite

In June of this year (2007) my family and I went to the KOA campsite in Mt. Pleasant/Charleston.  We (my husband, one year old and myself) rented one cabin, my parents another and my sister and her family (total of five) rented another.  The heat in South Carolina in the summer is usually unbearable but […]

Cottonmouth Water Moccasin adventure

This post is dedicated to Andrew Brion, a great snake lover and admirer.
My beautiful wife, realizing that the weeds around the house have grown to over three feet tall, surprised me with an Anniversary Edition Craftsman 32cc 1.9 cubic inch 2-cycle 17 inch cutting path gasoline weedwacker with Sim-Pul technology for smooth easy starts. Personally, I […]

New Mexico trip part 2

My parents flew into Albuquerque Airport the following morning, and we rented a Chevrolet Tahoe for our trip.  The Tahoe was surprisingly roomy.  We fit five people and all our luggage easily.  My sister and her family rented a Ford Explorer, which wasn’t as roomy as the Chevy.  The drive would last about four hours […]

My trip to New Mexico part 1

I now know why New Mexico is known as the “Enchantment State.”  What a beautiful and diverse landscape and people.  We flew from Wilmington North Carolina to Albuquerque New Mexico.  It was a family reunion with different family members flying in from different parts of the country.  Stephanie, my wife, Storm my son, and myself […]