scratch Limo Ride off my bucket list !!!

Claire invited me, she is a friend of Donna, Cindi and Becky. I have gotten to know her at BBQ's and I really like her.  Claire's sister "Danelia" is in town and she wanted to do something fun, so we rented a limo to drive use around all day !   Eleven girls total, a picnic pot luck lunch, and lots of mimosa's for the road.   It was so much fun !  We toured four wineries, we visitied Houston Winery and  sampled some Chicken Dinner White and Red, and I really enjoyed their Private Reserve. At Bitner, I enjoyed a cold Coors Light, ( had to stay true to my roots). And at Koenig,  I really liked their Reisling and we sampled a shot of Huckleberry Vodka.  We made a brief stop at St Chappell and it was beautiful.  
I am not a big wine drinker,  and I dont really care for the "Reds", but I really like trying something new and experiencing a little culture.

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Just wondering if anyone else is using a MAC ... I am having trouble using this blog site ...   any suggestions ?

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sorry its been so long.

sorry, these are some of the same pics you will see on my face book page, but I dont have any new ones. These are pictures of Charlie, and I having some good times with Christian and Theresa. They are so much fun! We have been to Sun Valley for a Couples Retreat, Snowboarding in McCall and football games with them and they are always a good time.

Where would we be without good friends? I wish I had pictures of all my good friends. I would post them right here on my blog.

Life is short, I am reminded of that everyday. I planning on spending every moment I can with Charlie before he gets deployed. I love my kids, they keep me going everyday, my reason for living. I truly believe god put me on this earth to be their mother ! Best job ever! Even thought they drive me crazy ! But my friends, you guys give me my sanity... You let me be me, and I need that. I love the chats at work, text messaging, email and especially those Saturday lunches! Cant wait for Olive Garden next month!

So if you are reading this, I just want to say I appreciate you! Thanks for being my friend, and for being you. I wish I had good wholesome family stories to tell like Jamie, or some witty professional blogging like Patty, but I don't ... you know Patty is like the "Carrie" from Sex in the City of Blogging ... I swear it ! Even though she probably considers herself to be a Samantha, maybe she is both ? How do you come up with this stuff. By the way Patty, I wanted to say Thanks for the shout out ! I love that you "see me"...

ok that is all I got.... peace out !

summer 2009

Sun Valley Girls !
now that is a big chair !


ok, so we had a few drinks!



it's a Skink ...

way down yonder on the Chattahoochee

Isn't he cute !

Dylan, Cory aka #2 and Corey

Dog Pile !

Sherri and Charlie

Olympic Park Atlanta Ga

Duh! CNN :O)

Charlie's future sugar Mama !

we on our way to ATL

wee!

whoa !

so pumped !

Charlie get your arm out of that tree!

Friends !

This summer was fall about going to new places, going home, family and friends, and new fast friends. It was about seeing things for the first time and things you haven't seen for a long time. Its funny how some things never change, but some how seem different.

This summer, Charlie and I visited LA, San Diego, Seattle, and a week long visit to my home town Columbus, Ga. In LA, we saw the Dodgers play. In "San Dieg" (inside joke) we saw the Padres play and visited Sea World. In Seattle, Kristin brought her friend Stephanie and we went to a Mariners game and had some seafood at Pike's Market ! yummy .... and last but not least, Charlie, Corey and I spent some time in Hot Lana ! I took Charlie to CNN building, and he was very impressed, with the Atlanta Braves Store. (HA) I took his picture with his "Crush" Nancy Grace ... lol. I also took him to Olympic park where they held the 1996 Olympics. After that we were off to my Cousin Wendy's house for a few days. So much fun spending time with her and her boys. They have a huge house, we all had our own bed room and Corey especially enjoyed the movie theatre in the basement. They also had an air hockey table and Wii. Never a dull moment I tell you. Wendy prepared huge delicious meals, and took us out boating everyday. Did I mention she got us Hot Fresh Boiled Peanuts ! yum! well here are a few pictures I would like to share, just a few of the highlights.

I just thought these were pretty !

I bought these for my front porch !

better late, than never !

So, Charlie and I went with some friends to San Diego ... and are now proud members of the "San Dieg trick" ... originally from the "Boise Trick" .... just a little in side joke! thought I would post some pics, just for fun ! I could go to San Diego about 5 more time, so much to do there !