Hilarious Blog!!

Harry stumbled across a blog where people send in funny cat pictures with funny captions. Here are some examples.


Harry's favorite.



Um, Oregon Trail... best game ever!!



This would be Joey. He doesn't know he's so big.



This would be Phoebe. She loves destroying toilet paper rolls and paper towel rolls.



This would be both Joey and Phoebe; they hate car trips because the only ones they go on are to the vet.

Check out I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER? to see other funny pictures. We both suggest it.

I HATE yellow jackets!

Today, while Harry and I were working outside in our burn pit... oh, excuse me, our "yard" (yeah, I'm calling it a burn pit because we have had 3 weeks 95-105 degree weather and NO rain, not a drop) I was stung multiple times by multiple yellow jackets. I was cleaning the dead stuff out of our front garden and fluffing up the mulch when BAM! I was hit hard on the leg. I didn't really know what was happening until I felt awful pain on my leg and back and looked down to see 2 yellow jackets on my pants. Harry ushered me in the garage and I had to take my pants off to get them to stop stinging. I can see 3 separate stinging spots on my leg and Harry believes 1 sting on my back. It hurts. I do not see the purpose of yellow jackets in this world, so I am starting a campaign to rid the world of them... or at least our yard. Harry said that yellow jackets are good for pollinating but I told him butterflies can pollinate too and they don't sting. Yellow jackets suck, who agrees?


This looks like the jerks that stung me.

Trying to Keep Our Cool

This is an actual picture of our wireless thermometer reading today. Yes, if you look carefully, you will notice the temperature reading is 109.2 degrees!

Record High in the Q-City

Today Mom and Dad were here to visit and they brought with them extremely hot temperatures. Actually, it has been scorching hot all week; however, Charlotte tied its ALL-TIME high of 104 degrees! This is actual temperature, not the heat index. Needless to say we did not do a lot of outdoor activities today... Harry worked and we went shopping. Hopefully the weekend will bring cooler temperatures (it will surely bring good entertainment as Harry and I will be in Virgina for the Dave Matthews Band Concert!!!) More about that later.


Here you see the traffic on I-77 today into Charlotte... a pain like always.

Wounded Warriors Mud Run

Yesterday, Harry, his cousin Emily and her husband Matt, and I participated in the Wounded Warriors Mud Run, held at Belmont Abbey College, to support wounded marines and sailors at the Wounded Warrior Barracks at Camp LeJune. The event was a 3.8 mile run with different obstacles... the most anticipated was the giant mud pit of which the event was named. The obstacles were as follows:

1. on road 1 mile run
2. 50 yard duck walk
3. off road run going under and over ropes tied between trees
4. off road run to tire obstacles
6. off road run to five foot wall
7. off road run to seven foot wall
8. off road run to 25 push ups station
9. off road run to 25 jumping jacks
10. off road run to 50 yard 30 pound sand bag carry
11. off road run to the 3 feet deep mud pit
12. 25 jumping jacks in the 3 feet deep mud pit
13. low crawl over a mud hill, into another 1 foot deep mud pit
14. 25 push ups in the 1 foot deep mud pit
15. off road run to 50 yard 30 pound sand bag carry
16. off road run
17. on road uphill run
18. low crawl through the grass
19. on road run to the finish line




The race itself was difficult. The duck walk, while innocent sounding, was the hardest exercise I have ever done. To "duck walk" you crouch down so your butt is almost on the ground, put your hands behind your head, and walk without raising up your hiney. This was the first major obstacle after the 1 mile run, which meant that we had another 3 miles to run and do all the others. Needless to say our legs were shaking and wanting to give out after just 1 mile!

Our team, Log Gringos Locos, finished in 53:25 and 39th out of 63 teams. Harry and I are very sore today, but very proud that we finished the event; and we didn't come in last!!!! You can see pictures of the event by clicking here... and you can search for our team by entering Bib # 79 and clicking search. If you want to find out more about the event visit the Inaugural Mud Run at Belmont Abbey College website. To find out more about the cause you can visit the link from the Mud Run website or you can visit Wounded Warrior Barracks at Camp LeJune site.