A little catching up

I don't even know where to begin, I haven't blogged in so long. There has been so much going on here. First off, my brother rebuild my computer, everything good there, it's working great no problem, boom the modem dies. I give up, what did I do to deserve this punishment. So, after calling my DSL provider and talking to them they tell me our warranty is gone on the modem and it will be $99.99 for a new DSL modem through them. WHAT!!!! I got the last one for free from them when I signed up for the service in 2004. So what do I do? I do what I always do when I need a good deal and I really don't have a clue what I am looking for, I call my brother. My brother can find a deal from 500 miles away. He's one of those people that walk into the store and sale items throw themselves on the floor at his feet. It's amazing. So he goes to trusty e-Bay, gotta love e-Bay and finds me one for $13.50 including shipping. So now I am waiting for it to come in then finally I will be back up and running at home. I can't wait. People keep coming into my office and interrupting me all day, oh yeah I am at work, I forgot.

The weekend of the 11th was so wonderful weatherwise around here. It was absolutely beautiful. Rusty and I got up that Saturday and he suggested we pack a picnic and after baseball practice (it was at 8:30 in the morning) head up to Skyline drive. We had a great time. The picnic areas aren't open yet but we took 2 blankets and spread them on the ground and just had a great time. After we all stuffed ourselves we packed everything back up and went on a little hike. The kids really enjoyed that. Blake and Wayne both found walking sticks and climbed on every rock and fallen tree they could find. I tried to convince them if they were maybe a little quiet we just might see some animals. That didn't happen, Rusty is the biggest kid of them all and he constantly eggs them on. After we left Skyline Drive we headed to Luray and went into the used book store, bought some books and then had ice cream at Tasty Freeze. We haven't just taken off like that in a long time, it was so nice. You get to where you are constantly running around and doing things all the time and trying to keep up on laundry and housework and sometimes you just have to throw it all up in the air and spend some nice quality time with your family. The kids are still talking about it. These are the memories they are going to take with them into adulthood not whether the stereo had dust on it. (Thank God for that, I hate to dust)

My Grandmother had surgery on March 14 and until this morning she had been in a coma. We have all been praying hard for her recovery and for her to come out of this. Wayne and I went down to Duke University Hospital this past weekend and spent that time with my parents and my Grandfather. My Mom said she wasn't coming home until her Mom woke up and talked to her. This morning at 7:00 she woke up, she is responding, she will squeeze your hand and smile at you.

School is going good for the kids. Baseball started and Blake is having a good time with that. Wayne broke my heart and didn't play this year but I told him it was his decision. Ashleigh is still loving her job and is doing good in everything else. Work has been unreal, but I guess working for 6 pediatricians is not an easy job at this time of year. We have seen more confirmed cases of influenza this year than I think we have ever seen. It has been crazy in this office and I am counting the days down until my cruise, only 30 days left and I so need a vacation.

Well, I better go, hope everyone is doing well.
Have a great day.
Bridget