My Fourth

Okay. I have been a slacker. I haven't posted anything about my 4th of July Celebration, and a friend of mine had asked me to do so. (sorry!) So here it is, a week or so later.
Aaron and I decided that since I haven't seen my South Carolina family since last Thanksgiving, we would go down and visit them. My uncle and his family were coming from Florence and bringing their boat. The plan was to go along the Savannah River and dock at an assigned spot on the Marina and watch the fireworks being shot off from the 5th Street Bridge.
We also planned to stop at my friend M's house and see her baby for the first time.
So we rented a car and drove down to North Augusta. (Which is a 4 and a half hour drive)
We left on Friday after dropping Yeti off at Aaron's parents. About halfway through North Carolina, we saw road signs saying that there was an accident ahead. Sure enough we see a Mac truck pulled over on the side of the road. As we got closer, we saw that it looked as if someone had taken some TNT and set it off on the back of the truck. There was no back door, and you could see burn damage. Ahead of us were two vans that belonged to some church, and they were all taking pictures of it with their cell phone cams!
Well, we made it to North Augusta and visited my dad and step-mom and my stepmom's cousin and Aaron and I found ourselves surrounded by chihuahuas.
Chyanne who would snarl at anyone if they put their foot near her while she was trying to eat, and Mollie who is a scrunchie theif. (She will climb up, and pull the scrunchie out with her teeth, then run away) I kid you not, the dog has a collection of scrunchies in her toy basket.
Friday night we paid a visit to my friend and saw her baby girl K. Ka had just been home for two weeks after spending 10 weeks at Childrens Hospital in Atlanta. (K has De George Syndrome)
She is the tiniest and cutest baby girl I have ever seen.
Saturday all 12 of us in the Goforth-Mcgrady clan got on to the 25 foot deck boat and traveled around on the river. The cousins and Aaron got out and swam around in the river. (No way was I going in...Let's just say I've watched too much Law and Order and leave it at that)
That night we all got back on the boat and we went to the Marina and docked the boat. We were about 200 or so yards from where the fireworks were set off. They were loud but beautiful.
It would have been nicer if the people on the boat next to us weren't drunk as skunks and being obnoxious, but oh, well. The only lousy thing was that after the fireworks show we were stuck in the boat in a long line waiting to unload. We couldn't figure out what the hold up was and then we realized the Department of Resources (AKA the Mud Marshals) were doing inspections and sobriety checks. By around midnight, we got tired of being on the boat so we just went back to the marina and car-pooled to the boat landing in North Augusta. Aaron and I didn't get back to the hotel until 1 in the morning. Neither of us slept well, and so we skipped church and just hung out with my family. Aaron made a nice steak dinner and about halfway through it I got sick.
We headed back to Radford a few hours later. It was a nice trip and I really enjoyed that whole weekend. Except for getting sick.

A Bad Influence? Me?

For the 4th of July weekend I will be gone. I will be visiting my family and hopefully seeing one of my dearest friends and her little baby girl.
And as soon as I meet little Miss KC I will rub my influence off onto her. (evil laughter)
When she is older I will teach her everything from what songs will drive her mom nuts on down to how to cheat at UNO. (But then again I teach ALL kids how to cheat at UNO...just ask her neices and nephews.) Sigh...I can't wait to be a mom...my kids will be evil. :)
Well, I wish everyone a Happy and SAFE 4th.

Time an Punishment

Okay. On March 11th I got pulled over for the VERY FIRST TIME EVER. I turned around in a driveway because I got lost trying to find the Dublin post office to drop off Christmas packages. (yes, I know. I'm three months too late.) Well, I was pulled over by a state trooper who scolded me for turning in a driveway. (As if no one else on this planet has EVER done this) He gave me two tickets that day one for expired inspection (grr!) and for not having a VA liscense. He also asked me if I was "under the influence of a drug." Of course I wasn't! I was shaking becasue I was scared to death!!!
Well the next day, on my way to picking Aaron up from work, I wrecked the car. And guess who was on the scene? THE SAME COP who pulled me over the day before (I just wanted to DIE).
I managed to stay calm (though I don't know how) I recieved three tickets that day. One for the inspection sticker (Aaron was in the dog house for that), one for not having proof of insurance on me (I cleaned out my wallet earlier and left it on the nightstand by mistake), and failure to yield.
We now have a new-old car and everything is fine. *FLASH FORWARD TO JUNE 2ND 2009* I went to court the day after my birthday so nervous it was not funny. After waiting an hour and a half I faced the judge and the trooper. I got everything dropped and I am now supposed to take driver improvement school. I find this somewhat amusing consider that according to everyone who has driven with me, I drive like a granny....slower than molasses in January. I don't speed or do anything crazy. (I just turn in people's driveways) I do not look forward to driving class because I know that they show graphic bloody gut spilling videos and I will either lose my lunch or come dangerously close to doing so, becasue I DO NOT DO BLOOD. or anything else medical. I am a wimp when it comes to things like this. But, oh well, I'll just have to suck it up and deal with it.
SIDE NOTE: I have a VA liscence now, I got it on my birthday. Since I was sick I didn't smile in my pic, and so I look like a murderer in a mugshot. How lovely is that?!

calculator fun

this is for:

• Those who like to play with calculators
• parents who want their kids to have a little math fun (with a calulator)

Here is what to do:

1. enter your birth month
2. x5
3. +7
4. x20
5. -100
6. + the day you were born*
7. x4
8. -100
9. x25
10. +year you were born
11. -3400
12. = your birthdate

example (my birthdate):6x5+7x20-100+1x4-100x25+1979-3400=60179

*IF THE PERSON WAS BORN AFTER 1999 USE THE DAY BEFORE THEY WERE BORN. (EXAMPLE) IF A PERSON WAS BORN ON MAY 6TH USE MAY 5TH.

HAVE FUN!!!!

summer

I am looking forward to the summer. It's time to relax and have fun, (and maybe a trip to SC).
I also get to celebrate my birthday ( which is proof that the Lord does have a sense of humor, being as that I was born on the first day of hurricane season.) I also get to celebrate my wedding anniversary. (three years) Also the Pulaski baseball team starts their season in mid June. ( Go Mairners!) This will give me a lot to write about and maybe post a pic or two.

Mowed down

I have no green thumb. However, I do love flowers. Aaron gives me flowers sometimes for no reason but to enjoy them. This spring, our front yard was blessed to have tulips growing by the steps that lead to the house. Since I no absolutely nothing about flowers and they were beautiful, I left them alone since I didn't want to run the risk of becoming a flower killer. Amazingly they lasted a great while. However, this morning I discovered that the guys who mow our lawn (this is part of our lease agreement) mowed them down!!! I have no idea what to do. I feel bad that they wrecked something that someone worked hard to grow. (I'm guessing the house's previous owner planted them, becasue I have no idea how else they got there.) So, to my friends out there who are gardeners, my question is. Are they(the tulips) gone for good?

The End....for now

Yahoo! I am almost done with my second semester of school. It has been interesting.
Surprisingly fast, too. Hopefully my grades are as decent as last semester.
The toughest subject for me was my Introduction to Math Class. I know, it's basic and easy for a lot of people, but it was tough on me. I am horrible beyond belief when it comes to math. Never made it past Algebra 1 and that was with a D. Well, this time around (so far) I am making a B
(an 86 ). My last test before the final exam is on Geometry and I take it tomorrow. Hopefully, it all goes well. It all ends May 8th...until August.