"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart.
I will be replacing Captain's seat with a 76 quart swingback cooler seat and replacing the seat over built in cooler. It will be shrimping season soon so I will be inspecting my castnets. Then I plan to fish saturday afternoon. August is a slow month. I may try and catch some tarpon in the mouth of Sapelo Sound. The tides will be on the down swing as the Full Moon was Monday.
I leave for the Philmont Scout Ranch tomorrow evening. I'll have a relaxing 18 hour ride on Amtrak's Southwest Chief. I'm so looking forward to spending a week out there. Its been 13 years since I was last out there, and I'm hoping that not much has changed. I can't wait.
How was Philmont? I live pretty close to there, but haven't been to the camp itself. Hubby went as a boy scout and still talks about it often. We were just up in Cimmaron eating at the haunted St. James Hotel. Alas, no ghosts visited us.
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[color=red]"I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision." Maya Angelou
Friday night, my family and I are going out for dinner to celebrate my sister's and niece's birthdays. It's hard to believe Megan is 8 already. Seems like just last week I was bouncing her on my knee and she was staring with fascination at my keys !
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Mike F.
May the Irish hills caress you. May her lakes and rivers bless you. May the luck of the Irish enfold you. May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.
The wife and kids are all leaving for four days to go up to UC Davis with the High 4H of Tulare County. I will be home alone for four days! I plan on going to the mountains Saturday to take a long deserved and much looked forward to hike in the woods. Hopefully a daylong affair along the North Fork of the Kaweah River coming out of Sequoia National Park. Maybe I can scare up a camera to take along.
This week end my husband and I are going to the Montreal's Highland Games hopefully it'll not be too hot. Looking forward for a great week end of great music and sports.
I really do like the heavy events and caber tossing those are my favorites and of course all the bands at the official opening and closing of the games.
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"Few men are brave:many become so through training and discipline." Flavius Vegetius Renatus
"I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strenght to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles." Christopher Reeve
Tearing out more sheetrock and making the opening for the new french patio door. Have to put the door in first so we can get the whirlpool tub in the house.
I know it's a little early but I'm so EXCITED!!!!! I have worked 16 hr. shifts on Sat & Sun's for the past 10 weeks and I get this coming Sunday off!!! I haven't made any plans yet but I'm sure I'll think of something.
Oh the weekend before school starts back up!!! I have my room ready to go for the onslaught of 4 year olds. Parent orientation is tomorrow night - my 23rd wedding anniversary - Freddie and I will both be there - Freddie teaches Bible to the Middle Schoolers. Friday is meet and greet. This weekend will be just for resting and praying for a good year.
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"He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."" Psalm 91:1-2
"Be what you would seem to be--or, if you'd like it put more simply--Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise." from "Alice in Wonderland"
At least I will be at 5:00. Ange, Coira and I are going camping on my island on monday or tuesday (or both, depending on how Ange feels out there). For the rest of the week I plan to mow and sleep, and that's it.
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Caw
"I am a Canadian by birth, but I am a Highlander by blood and feel under an obligation to do all I can for the sake of the Highlanders and their literature.... I have never yet spoken a word of English to any of my children. They can speak as much English as they like to others, but when they talk to me they have to talk in Gaelic."
-Alexander Maclean Sinclair of Goshen (protector of Gaelic Culture)