Megan and Jesse's Wedding

 What a great wedding!!!! But really peeps, do we really want a wedding in August?  Let us rethink for the next one.  But it was fantastic!

This is the first thing I saw as we entered the venue.  The bachelor party must have been intense!

The flower girl

It was a beautiful wedding on Saturday August 31, 2024.  

Love,

Leslie

Not Once But Twice!!!!

 Happy middle of July peeps!  And it is still hot hot hot!  Today the guys came and installed, sanded and stained Amy's bedroom floor.  All her stuff is in the dining room and den.

Amy's new floor

And all is well.  This is VERY LATE and I have totally forgotten what I was going to write.  July flew by as did a lot of August.  I was involved in making Jesse and Megan's wedding cake that took up a ton of time.  I made too much cake.  But really, how does one know how much is too much????

Thought about how much Dad loved to lick the bowl!!!!

All the pearls for the cake

The eagle, or rather the cake, has landed

And did I mention there is a lot of cake???   Wow.  

Much love,

Leslie

Summer is Here ~ and Hot Hot Hot!

 Here it is July 5th ~ and we have excessive heat warnings, but I guess everyone is having them! I get up at 6 and water 3 times weekly.  Not the grass, it is on its own.  But the pots and two beds in the front.  Right now it is 92 degrees but feels like 102.  Wooo Weee!

News from Maddie Plunkett ~ she is doing something with the American Cricket team ~ I know they beat Pakistan, so that is a big deal.  Look her up!

Thomas for the 4th

Carolyn is done with her Army commitment and is moving back to the Cary area ~ she has been offered a job so apparently she is good to go.  Amy searches Zillow and sends her homes that are for sale.  She wants to leave in a neighborhood where Thomas will have friends to play with.  And I totally get that.

This is my fountain that Amy got me for my birthday ~ it sounds like the pool in Statesboro!!!

Much love,

Leslie

Happy May!!!

Happy Spring maybe summer........and I am glad to report that Amy and I are well!!!! My antibiotic worked and Amy is feeling so much better and the gabapentin is making her back pain very tolerable!!!!! I am seeing an Amy that I haven't seen in a couple of years!  She is on fire ~ cleaned out her closet and took out 20 black trash bags of clothes and shoes!!!!!! She is arranging to have hardwoods put into her bed room and closet and plantation shutters in the house.  She is working to get the old dining room turned into her new office. 

The computer equipment is arriving from the Trademark office

So there is a lot going on!

I have worked in the yard getting all the pots planted and new stuff into the front beds.  Luckily we had a TON of rain so everything got a great drink.  The bag yard is very soggy!

I went with Amy to Greensboro so she could get finger printed for her job and I saw a family of geese:

There was actually the two adults and 4 babies!  So cute!!!

On the way back, we stopped in Mebane and went to our favorite taco place and of course, stopped at Big Oak Restoration and bought a new red light for the back porch.  It has a flickering light bulb!!!!

And many thanks to Carole for sending me lemons from her tree and her neighbors tree!  I am already to make Jesse and Megan's wedding cakes!

All squeezed and zested and in the freezer waiting to become beautiful lemon cakes!!!

I promise to do better with this blog.  

Much love,

Leslie

It Has Been A While........

 Yes, I know it has been a while..... a long while.  Let me introduce myself in case you have forgotten your oldest sister.  Fine, you know who I am.  I just finished some little projects and thought, wait it is March.  When did I last post?  I wish I could tell you anything except I have been lazy.  So sorry!!!!

Any way, let's start.

This is Amy's newest favorite T-Shirt.  My friend who collects styrofoam at the Farmer's Market was wearing it.  

Erin Go Braugh, Peeps!!!!

A sign that Spring is coming

I got a surprise in the mail!!! I have been sending postcards every Monday to Thomas and I got a personalized one in the mail!!!!! Love it!!!!!!

And in case you never heard this story, evidently Eddy filled out Dad's birth certificate in the way she wanted naming him Hiram Peter.  But Granddad Thomas wanted Svend Erling.  Well, this charade continued until Dad got into the Naval Academy and his birth certificate did not match him, so a quick trip to the Department of Health and Svend Erling got into the Naval Academy.  Just remember genetics!!!!!  Long line of crazy here!

And you all know the story of Amy's detached retina, but just for posterity, here she is the day after surgery waiting to see the doctor.

Doesn't she look like a James Bond villain??

A Spring blooming Easter cactus

Our new ottoman that took 6 months to arrive ~ and it really opens up the room!

I am on my way to get a second blood test.  I had an episode of vertigo and Amy and Rhonda were sure I had a stroke.  I am glad to say no stroke but my red blood count was high.  I went in this morning for the second test and the young lady stuck me 4 times and once in the top of my hand and got nothing.  So the expert is coming in to try again.  And yes, I am drinking alot of water!!!!!!!

And in the world of March Madness......I am in the 94% group that had their brackets busted in the first day.  Wow.

Much love,

Leslie

Wait!!!!! It is 2024 ALREADY????????

 Here it is.....January 12, 2024.  What Happened???? It was just Christmas and whammo (word for you Carole) it is over????????????

Why is it so hard to take Christmas down and put it away?  Let's go back to Christmas.

Amy and Seabee all ready for their midnight ride.

Amy all ready to go to P.F. Changs for Christmas Eve Eve dinner

Thomas on Christmas

Maren and her familiar (see Chalupa on the left)

Amy getting me ready for a special Jeopardy category

Amy's newest fashion accessory

Putting away Christmas

As  you can tell, Amy fractured her pinky with Seabee and got a fabulous new brace.  She is doing fine, just has a bit of trouble typing.

We had Christmas breakfast with the Hardin clan and it was delicious and lots of fun!!!!

Happy New Year!!!!!!

Here is to a safe and wonderful New Year for us all!!!

Much love,

Leslie

Getting Ready for Christmas!!!!

 December is flying by!!!!! I knew this would happen.  The months just lolly gaggle around until November and then WHAM!!! It is the 19th of Christmas!!!!! Where does the time go???

But we are decorated completely!!!

The front porch

Rhonda's house

I made cookies to deliver to the Orange County Sheriff's office, the State Patrol, the Hillsborough Police Department and the fire station.  Amy drove.

Luminary night

I thought all of us readers would enjoy this tree!

Mistletoe 

My favorite gate decoration

All in all, I hope everyone is enjoying the build up and the craziness!  

Much love,

Leslie