It's bad enough turning 40, but another thing when you turn 41--another step further beyond 40. It was a low key day with a nice long walk in the cold (36°F/2°C) with a stiff breeze.

I had dinner with mom, dad and healingdrysuits (brother) at Caffé Luna in downtown Raleigh (locals just call it Luna). None of my family has been there before and it's been a few ( Read more... )

Yesterday was Quinn's birthday (he turned 11). So, a party was planned last night at Mom and Dad's. Mom calls at 1600--she has a flat tire on I540 and a bit freaked out. I explain I still haven't even left work yet and it would be at least an hour for me to just drive out there. I tell her to call AAA to get some help. She finds card, calms ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday to jongrizzman way up north of here! I miss seeing you and bigredlug and hope to reemdy that soon.

I don't have one, but a second birthday wish going out to tallbearnc! Hope to meet you and hawthornecub soon. You're only 2.5 hours away, so we need to fix that. ;)

Happy Birthday to sctmpls! Looks like you had a nice birthday today. Thanks for sharing your world here in so many ways.

[HUGS]

Happy Birthday to jdawg1974 and plannerbear!

I've only known these two a short time, but I've enjoyed reading their posts. jdawg1974 lives far away from me, but I do hope to meet plannerbear in person soon since he's just down the road about 20 miles from me.

Hope you had a great day, guys!

Happy Birthday to cincycub! Hope you enjoy all of the find decorations I made to your home last night. Damn, it was cold and the snow was a nice touch. Had to take the red-eye to get back to work this morning, but I think it was worth it. Glad to know I'm hundreds of miles away from your kill zone after you woke up to it this morning.

I had a great time tonight and wanted to get it out of my head and on here before I doze off for the night. It was something that was planned for some time and I could not invite everyone. So, PLEASE, friends who are in the local area, please don't take offense. This part has really bothered me. However, I had to limit the number to keep the ( Read more... )

Friday was a weird day with the Apex Chemical Fire/Explosions. In short, a small plant that stores lots of hazardous chemicals went up in a fiery explosion. About 17,000 people had to be evacuated because of a chemical cloud that formed around it making everyone very sick. Fortunately, no one was serious injured. Fired burned for about 24 hours ( Read more... )