Saturday, May 21, 2010 - 6 PM

Weekend Update 5/15/2011

Went down to St. James to visit JN, HN and WN. It was nice to get away for the weekend and I had a great time.

Had a great old fashion dinner at the N's home - pork chops, mashed potatoes, and butter beans. I love home cooking.

We also went to a charity cookout. St. James Plantation hosts an annual golf weekend for the military and a fund raiser. For some reason the golfing weekend didn't happen (although they announced it will happen next year) - but the picnic was nice and there was music provided by a local community orchestra.

It was JN's birthday this weekend.

I was in the NCSU bookstore last week getting some engineering grid note pads and there were some poster size photographs of State football games by the entrance. One was a panorama shot of the 2009 State - Carolina game.

Amazingly, you could see me, JN, Chip and Erika clearly in the photo. I bought it and had it matted and framed. Gave it to JN for his birthday present.

Saturday night JN and I drove in to Southport where their "Spring Fling" was going on. Had a good time chatting with folks and listening to some 'big band' music. I didn't take any photos or video - but here's a link to the band that was playing:

The Andrew Thielen Big Band

They were excellent. They played Sing, Sing, Sing. While this isn't them - it sounded just like this:



Just got back home and am doing some chores around the house.

All in all - a really fine weekend.

Thanks

Thanks to the Armed Forces of the United States of America who defend our lives and freedom - nonstop - day in and day out.

Special thanks to my friends JTN (USA), FG (USA), and DWB (NCNG).