What not to wear - Gatlinburg edition

My Spring Break vacation was really fun, we headed to Gatlinburg for the third time. This is an interesting place and I believe that the longer I am there I like it less and less but the people watching gets better and better.

It is amazing how many characters you can see and try to figure out if it is 2011 or 1987, hair styles, clothes, all different time periods blend to make an interesting mix that gets crazier as the days go by.

By the time we left I thought I could die since I have seen everything that is to see in life... but there is always 2012!

Finally a place I can call Home

After a few years of moving like a nomad from apartment to apartment, for a total of 7 moves and three states in the past three years ( and 15 moves in three states and two countries in the past 9 years) I have my own house. No more "keep the boxes" for the next move I hope that does not happen in a while. I am loving watching lightning bugs, listening for tree frogs on the backyard and all the cool little projects that are waiting for me.

Back on track

After a year I am back on this blog ready to write a few updates, life has changed in the past 12 months, economic updates, change residency, moved back to Charlotte so life is good down here. This week was odd, last weekend it was 80 degrees, this weekend it is going to rain with a high of 43 degrees. Stupid weather, just make up your mind. Looking forward to the All Star Race 2009 now that i live 10 minutes away from the tack.

ALL STAR RACE

It was just like I hope it would be. This is my third All Star Race and it has become a tradition for me to hang out with really good friends on this day. Have Chef Gordon's classic Low Country Boil, snacks and a Brat for lunch, stay under the sun looking for Rachel, walk through the haulers getting freebies, and enjoying the nice weather.

This time I had to drive 8 hours to have an awesome weekend visiting my close friends from Camp, eating at Red Bowl, Salsaritas and Fishbone. Life is a cycle and I am loving my life in O-H, but maybe sometime I will come back to the Carolinas ( who cast a spell on me that can be broken).

The spring is back

Last week was pretty warm, the trees are blooming and a lot of birds are back on the North Coast so I decided to work on a fun little project. I headed to a lumber yard and pick some cedar wood to build a bird box. The building process was pretty straight forward and because cedar weathers really well I didn't even have to apply any finish to it. I hope some birds enjoy it.

Nascar Ads

I guess the Daytona 500 is like the SuperBowl for auto Commercials:

Is winter over?

This has been my first winter on the North Coast and it has been a totally new experience for me. From having to buy a windshield scrapper to drive 4x4 not by choice on 77 and not being able to driver over 35 mph.

It feels like the winter is over, my maple sugaring season is over as well and I only tapped a tree getting 1 quart of very yummy syrup. Today it will be 46 degrees and the rest of the week will be like that.