What is this?

It's a fuzzy wasp with no wings. About the size of a big wasp too. It
looks dangerous. Have you ever seen anything like it?

Tom's scar

After quardrupel bypass surgery on Friday July 25, 2008

Check it out!

Now when your kids eat their crayons, they can wash them down with
crayon juice!

Hospitals are fun!

Yeah for IV's too. I'm vacationing in the Cardiac Unit at Frye
Hospital this week. I'll update the blog after my cathater procedure
today.

Waiting for dinner

Hungry after a day of moving!

Ahhh giant snake

This was on our street tonight. Big 5 Ct long black snake.

Free vacation?

We are going to a resort in Williamsburg today. Have to sit through a
timeshare presentation to get a free 3 day vacation. Sounds like a
scam to me!

The infamous black widow!

Southern Towing

From our parking lot at work. Car getting repo'd and flat bed broke
down.

Flowers installed

Beck and Em picked out some beautiful flowers for the new house!

Stairs are in!

Stairs completed today so we are almost done.

Our Old House!

The Staley's are in town and gave us some pictures of our old house. The transformation is amazing!

What kind of bush is this?

Redneck wedding

3 going on 13

Em's ready for puberty already....

Thanks Mom.

Updated house pics

Carpet went in today and the painting is done. Need balusters and bathrooms painted next. Here are some updated pictures.

Ahhh!!!

Home project #12456

Here is the other side. I know I need to replace the shutter. It blew
off in the crazy windstorms.

Home project #12456

What should we do?

Chanse breaks his clavicle

Painting has begun!

Painters started this morning. Emily's room and playroom need just one
more coat and my room is started.

We own a home again!

Closing went so smooth this morning that we decided to do some
furniture shopping today.

Here is our new end table and entertainment center for the living
room. It is great living in Hickory and having all this beautiful dirt
cheap furniture!

Amazing japanese restaurant

Found a great place. You don't have to sit with other people and its
very good.

Blowing Rock

We went to Blowing Rock for some fun and shopping!

We stopped at reptile land

It's not very big, but they had lots of cool reptiles!

Spa Day

It's a tough life being Em! Shower and then a full manicure and
getting her nails done.

Emma's B-day

Were at a B-day party of one of Emily's friends from school.

Best Friends

Emmy and her best friend Freddy Mac. She was sick today and stayed
home with Mom and Dad.

Boating Season

Today was cool but had the mechanic go over my boat for the season.
Back running like a top. Can't wait for the lake to warm up now!

Southern UPS truck

Living Debt Free

Our house in PA closed yesterday so I am completely debt free for the first time since I graduated high school. That will last until May 30, when we close on our new home and go another 30 years in debt...haha.

GTA IV Special Edition

My bday present finally came. The special edition comes with the game,
a real safe deposit box with keys, a rockstar keychain, a book of art
from the game, a rockstar gym bag, and a cd with the music from the
game. I preordered from Amazon so they gave me a free real license
plate too. Time to game with my brother tonight!

Extreme plant destruction!

I think the cat wants to go outside.

Old German Schnitzel Haus

Look where we went on date night!

Peanut gets a haircut.

We have a new home!

Well after a bit of bartering we accepted the seller's final offer. Pending a failed pest inspection or something seriously wrong with the home our closing will be May 30th. We sign the papers tonight!

The home is 2375 square feet, 4 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath with a 2 car garage. It is on a 1/2 acre lot, with lake views across the street. Also has deeded lake access so we own 1/45 of a lot that has a boat ramp on it for our use anytime. The ramp is just around the corner from our house. Cathedral ceilings in the main living areas and 9ft ceilings throughout. Sprinkler system, custom alarm system and whole house audio/video system built in.

We are very happy!

The offer is in!

We put an offer in tonight for the Captains Cove home Now we wait!

Sent from my iPhone

Smart car!

My own set of Boobs

Look what Kate got me for my B-day! She always knows what to get me...

The House

We ended up rescinding our offer on the house today since the seller
would not agree to our conditions on the termites. So the search
continues!

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The new bed

My boss finally tipped me on a few of the really good furniture
outlets around town. Most are dealers only like where we got this bed,
and are not open to the public. Luckily my bosses wife is a dealer so
we can get in. Century Furniture bed that was discontinued. Only piece
left out of the set, retail $3200, bought for $275.

Beautiful piece of furniture, trying to talk him down in price on an
amazing entertainment armoire next.

Guess where we went?

Update

I know I haven't posted in a bit and that's because we are getting a new house! We put in the offer today and it was accepted by the seller. It is a for sale by owner deal so no agents are involved.

Home Inspection passed with just minor problems that the seller will need to fix but we hit a snag yesterday when the termite inspection failed. I have a carpenter coming today to look at the property to see what needs to be done.

Hope for the best....

Ouch...

I need a new fake tooth to replace my broken one.

Even HVAC guys have plumbers crack!

Cats realize new cabinets are there

Our latest "Kill"

Here we are celibrating victory after removing a competitors product and replacing it with our own. The best part is that I used to work for the competitor and quit after they stole 80 dollars from me!

Adventures in fire alarm work

This is my current helper. We had to crawl into a floor below giant
server racks in a computer room. Unfortunately it was about 40 degrees
down there.

Crazy Cats

The kitty's are getting big!