Wow what a weekend! Started out with a bang and ended up beautiful didn't it? My beautiful daughter, the Angel Child turned 27 on Sunday so the Hubs and I took her and her hubs to the Air Show here in Wilmington. Had a wonderful time with them and would have had a much better time had the show gone on however, due to the wicked weather pilots were refusing to fly! And I for one did not blame them! After all we had 41mph winds! So we stuck it out for a few hours, walked around and took some pics of a few planes. Finally we bugged out and hit the Carolina Girl Grill for a much needed lunch. It's so hard to believe that my girl is 27 years old! It seems like yesterday I was huffing and puffing...wait no that's blowing and pushing....no that don't sound right either...hmmmm.....OK let's try this! It was just yesterday I was screaming and threatening to kill everyone if she wasn't pulled out by her hair! Yeah, that's it! lol Anywho, it was just yesterday I had her. And I know this morning she started school for the first time...... Time....Time passes too fast my friends..
Well after we ditched the young ones, we jumped back in the 'Mater Car and headed out for my sister's house. Wanted to check on her and see how her yard was looking....Looks good! She had planted a few bushes and plants, tilled up her garden for spring planting. Of course she met me at the top of her driveway with a bag of Daffi's for my garden! I so love Daffi's especially when they originally came from our mama's yard. Sister is looking much better these days and her hair is growing back gorgeous! I'm so happy to see my sister looking so good after such a rough journey she has taken this past year. After a bit the sky began to look a bit scary so the Hubs and I decided it was best if we headed back to our side of the county and batten down the hatches. Little did we know what Mother Nature had in store for Eastern North Carolina......
Winds started picking up early Saturday morning but steadily increased until the storms arrived in our area around 3 in the afternoon. Although we didn't see rain here until 7pm, tornadoes were dropping down in multitudes all over NC from I-95 and eastward beginning with Sanford and Fayetteville. All told there were 18 confirmed tornadoes Saturday night and countless deaths. A lot to be thankful for Sunday morning. A lot indeed. Every member of my family was impacted by these storms in one form or the other. My youngest daughter was across Hwy 17 at Camp LeJeune when an EF-2 decided to pay a visit to the base. Scared the pants off of her to say the least! The Chosen One was out working on the farm on the outskirts of Apex, NC very near the "big one" when it struck. I'm sure they are still trying to calm the horses down. The eldest of all's grandmother, we call her Muttie (German for Mommy) is one lucky grandma indeed! She and her daughter Bonnie live in North Raleigh, right in the path of the "big one". Although her home was not touched, most of her neighbors suffered greatly, losing their homes and in some cases their lives. I myself kissed my behind goodbye and stuck my head in the sand! lol Well I didn't have much time to do much else did I? I thought I left storms like these behind when I moved back east years ago.........My prayers go out to the families that have been touched by these storms and I thank God everyday for the blessings he has bestowed upon our family.
Well Sunday was a totally different day wasn't it? Such a beautiful day! We loaded up the "Mater Car and headed back over to the Air Show. Thank you GE for the tickets! We really enjoyed it! Really! But then I can be easily amused.... lol Had to park like 3 miles from the show but that was ok. It just helps me kill the fat lady that ate me a little more quicker. Walked my legs off! Really! Go over to the airport and see for yourself! See? Look over in the weeds....over there! See? Those are my legs just laying there in the ant mound...... Anywho got me some new legs now and they sure do look good..... Picked these up from some girl at the Rims on the River downtown and I must say they serve the purpose.
Well that's it on this end of the world, hope all is well with you and yours. So until we speak again that's the way I see it folks!
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