2010

Wow it is really 10 yrs past 2000, WOW. We were all looking forward/Worried about that and look how far we have come.

We enjoyed spending Christmas with all of you!
Here's to a great New Year.

Fall is finally gonna be FALL

So yesterday was 80 degrees and today is gonna be 56 degrees, yeah for some good fall weather. Ok so which long sleeve can I pull out to wear???
I'm tempted to count the 70 degree days this year. That is my favorite tempurature, but it doesn't last very long.

New Cell Phone

So we are walking into Costco with no intent to look for a new phone.
Some how they catch our eye and the suave sales man lures us in. Oh we are near our 2 yr upgrade date and qualify for a new phone.
Costco had this great deal for a phone that has a qwerty keyboard and is offered for an amazing discount of $9.99 until Nov 1. Ok we ask a few questions , the answers are all favorable. Ok lets do it.
we leave our phones come back to get the new ones and ask them to show us a few features.
Where is the camera button? Ok -and how do we use video....... WHAT there is no video, that was one of the questions we asked about. (Laura sends video of Alana and we like to view it)
Ut Oh the sales guy made a big mistake, so now instead of an upgrade we will be getting a down grade. Nope , let's back it all out and not feel pressured to make a quick decision on another phone. Backing it all out takes no less than about an 1 hour ....ugh.

So we go home and later find out my phone (that I had borrowed from laura ) the charger recepticle breaks. Great Now what??? Oh I can reactivate my old phone on line...cool.

Then after some talk and discussion and research we go back to Costco the next day to get an upgraded phone.

So we both ended up with a LG enV3. They are reallly sweet. Large numbers ,large screen , easy texting (which I have become very fond of ).

I never knew the deal Costco gives. They include a car charger, earbud, and carry case. The price of the phone came with $100 rebate so it was much cheaper than at the Verizon store and they throw in all those extras. It was more than the $9.99 but that is ok. The sales guy and the sales manager at Costco gave us a huge apology. So that was appreciated too!
OK we are happy in cell phone land again!

Now it's Fall

Fall is my favorite time of year. Probably because it begins to cool down. So now that it is October 1st I think Im gonna get out my pumpkins and fall foliage. This was taken a few years ago near Boston and is one of my favorites. Covered bridges and Fall leaves - Ahhhhh

Smokey Mountains -Tennessee

Wow I wish you could see the beautiful scenary we are seeing in Tennessee. We are in Gatlinburg , right at the foot of the Smokey Mountains. Lots of green trees, cool weather, wildlife. We found a wonderful arts and crafts community, were at several shops they had bluegrass music playing out side. Inside local crafts, wood work, pottery, and the such. Today we went along side the North area of the National Park to Cades Cove. Lots of old but maintained cabins nestled right in the woods. We saw a bear in the tree, several deer and a spotted fawn.
Even our time share place is tucked right into the mountain trees and stream. Denny had a great fishing trip yesterday with a guide, who with his heavy twang guided them to a fun and successful day.
As we enjoy this idiolic lifestyle, it makes us want to come back for more. But for sure it helps us realize how important vacations are!!!!
Pictures later.

This Summer

This Summer has been too hot! We did get away for a couple of nice adventures. This last weekend we went to Woods Canyon Lake. I'm so glad Dad has found a lake to fish closer to home. Only two hours, which is better than the white mountains drive.

I loved the pine trees there, such a nice change of scenary. We even saw a group camping site. Wouldn't that be a fun family outing???

On the way home our tent trailer had a blow out, which was NO fun, especially changing a tire in 103 degree heat. Wasn't it only suppose to be 98 today?>?? The tires had been replaced we thought just 2-3 yrs ago, could of been 4yrs. Anyway the outside tread looked like new, but on the inside it was quite bare...Oh My Gosh we really needed new tires, and we didn't even see it. Those will be replaced in the next week or so.
We relaxed and totally forgot to take pictures! :(

The Garden

The Garden is looking great. All the plants and veggies are at the small stage, but so , so cute. Leaves are budding on the grapevine, cilantro is ready to pick. Corn is about 3 inches tall( the whole plant is that size, no corn until its 6 ft tall. The tomato plants have flowers, the mint is thriving. The oregano likes it's new location in the garden and looks very healthy.

We love looking at it!