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Jonny, Jonny, Jonny (Kick a hole in that doughnut)

noreply@blogger.com (KP) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:05:00 +0000

Hello friends. It's February now here in Central NC and we have yet to see any real evidence of Winter besides the leafless trees and (thankfully) a lack of ticks and chiggers in the woods. Here's Mollers T. on our latest jaunt. Love the backyard this time of year. We're 100 vertical feet above the river and you can really work those quads on the hike back up the hill.

Krispy Kreme Challenge 2012: Challenge accepted. This year was the hardest yet, as they upped the miles to 5 (from 4) and kept the time limit to one hour. That's 2.5 miles, 12 doughnuts and 2.5 miles back in under an hour without hurling. KP official time: 54:50. Three minutes over Van Hagar's finest. I'll take it. Jonny and I parkoured it the entire first leg. 7700 participants and way too many walkers. Had to hurdle a guy pushing a double stroller while walking his PIT BULL (cancel!) Here's a pic of Jonny and yours truly post-finish. Jonny, on the morn of his 40th birthday celebration, had a respectable first attempt. Not bad, Redbone. Not bad.

I was literally glazed over the entire afternoon. Took O'B to Southpoint Mall for a Build-a-Bear birthday party and fell asleep in a chair at Nordstrom. Some lady tripped over her own 5 inch heels in front of the baby grand and jolted me awake. Then I saw a guy propose to his girlfriend in the middle of the mall right across from the gentleman who makes the balloon animals. They were posing for a picture and he took the ring box out of his pocket and I swear I gasped and then teared-up. #verklempt! I was able to pull myself together and choke down a sandwich (I needed a non-sugary base in my belly) in preparation for the evenings festivities: Jonny's 40th birthday celebration. The kids were stoked to have one of their favorite babysitters. They even prepared him for battle upon arrival:

Oh, slam, and then it was on. Jonny's bday party at Bowbarr. (Small world: You know his cousin's cousin is JB, y'all) and, as always, we rocked the heck outta that place. I made myself a nice shirt for the occasion and PJ worked out his own special gi, both a-la-Sanford and Son.

Jonny has a black belt in Jiu Jitsu. We're always trying to get him all pissed off so we can see him kick major ass. I guess he is able to keep himself restrained. His friends, however, were anything but when it came to party decorations. Check out the awesome posters Todd made. The Kobra Kai homage is a real nice touch.

Photo booth. Goo goo foo foo and loving it.

And then, can you BELIEVE we ended up at Time Out? I can. What I can't believe it that my body was able to sustain so much digestive torture in 24 hours without ~~blowing~~ giving out. Fried okra, I love you. You ain't never gonna do me wrong.

We have ourselves a pre-tweener.

noreply@blogger.com (KP) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:53:00 +0000

Teacher work day spent at Frankie's Fun Park in Raleigh. Charlie, O'B and me rocked the laser tag. Soooo much fun. Dropped a bill in that place.

Mussels on the Haw. I'm always fascinated by river mussels. They're slowly making a comeback after years of pollution.

Oh, Molly. What a good girl you are! Yes, you are! Oh, Yes you are!

Char-bar found this piece of drift wood and immediately saw it as his new gun. Pretty smooth, bud.

Our kids had seen an advertisement for cake pops so we thought we'd give them a go. A cinch to make. Should have glued the eyes on with frosting and not gel; otherwise, they turned out great. Why were we making cake pops, you ask?

Because our little girl turned nine! And THIS is where she wanted to celebrate her birthday. We did it at 9:30 in the morning. GENIUS. We were the only ones there and all the kids had a blast. Got out by noon and hit the Barnes and Noble for some birthday books.

Lois' birthday lunch hot spot

Can you spot the real Aussie in this picture? Reunion of our Doughman team in celebration of Australia Day.

Twilight by the mailboxes.

Like, +1, @addthis, Netflix it, download, share, rock this, etc.

noreply@blogger.com (KP) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:53:00 +0000

Here are some recommendations for you to Like, +1, @addthis, Netflix, download, share, rock, etc. (in no particular order):

Lending Kindle books. Fantastic idea finally executed this week when Jody lent me her copy of The Hunger Games. You get 14 days to read the book (Chip says I couldn't get through it in time; SLAM! I've already inhaled 100 pages in the first 24 hours.)
Louie. Season 1. Netflix instant download. Freaking awesome. Right up my alley.
Uptown Saturday Night via Netflix. 1974. Cosby. Poitier. First of a series. Here's the trailer if you need any more convincing:
Jordan Lake Eagle Cam is BACK! You can once again watch Bald Eagles nesting while you are sitting on your ass. Link is HERE. (Ignore the cute and fuzzy Target commersh)
The Descendants. Yes, Clooney. (When is that a bad thing?) Totally deserving of Oscar noms. I probably laughed more than I should have.
New Sleigh Bells comes out on my birthday. Rock.
The 2012 Krispy Kreme Challenge. They've upped the miles to 5 but the amount of doughnuts and the time limit stay the same. Challenge accepted. Ate two barbecue sandwiches then ran three miles last night in preparation. L-I-V-I-N.
Local news: Raleigh mom beats intruder's ass with bedpost. Not a bedpost that was just laying around, mind you. She snapped it off the bed and hammered him with it. Vid here.

What are you into? Let me know in the comments section.

Posting from The Precious

noreply@blogger.com (KP) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:47:00 +0000

Installed the Blogger app and am posting some pics from my iPhone 4S. I can't believe the daffodils are coming out already. I think the honey bee is probably not alive, given its lack of movement when I took the pic.

Been taking Molly down to the river lots lately. We are both enjoying our quality time together.

Found this insanely small writing implement in the laundry. Impressive, I must say. I think O'B was going for the World's Record for smallest pencil. I only hope she didn't use her teeth to get it that small...

off the (facebook) sauce

noreply@blogger.com (KP) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:16:00 +0000

It's true. Technically, I'm still within the two-week-deactivation period, but I think I can hold out. I know what you're thinking: Holy crap, KP, how will your "friends" get on without your witty status updates? Why, girl, why?!?!?!?!

Here's why:

I couldn't take any more LOL's. I know it's funny; that's why I wrote it.
Most of the people I was "friends" with were not really my friends
I felt myself holding back more and more on things I wanted to say for fear that I would upset that girl I was in third grade with or someone's sister's great aunt.
If it's not cool enough for Hank, Brent, Erica, Grace, Jody, Curtis, etc, then why do it?
After creating a limited profile list, then a real friends list, and yet another best friends list I had whittled my notifications down to like 5 people. I figured, at that point, why bother.
I'm pretty sure I can make better use of my time*.

PLUS, I share way more on this blog, as you know. So here's what's been going on:

A big Happy Birthday to my fabulous husband. Thanks so much for letting me share this awesome life with you. I love you, babee.

Did you see that 49ers game?!?!? Holy sh!t.

It's deer season here at Copperhead Villa. I always throw a little blaze orange on when walking down by the river. Here's my ~~don't get shot~~ country chic look:

AND...We've upgraded our mobiles. Meet THE PRECIOUS:

*you can now follow me on Twitter at @northchathamite

Wil...ming...ton

noreply@blogger.com (KP) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:10:00 +0000

My buddy and I traveled to Wrightsville Beach for a birthday party for two of our former college teammates.
We played together as the UNC-W Women's Ultimate Frisbee team. We are quite a proud group and here's why:
-1989 UPA NATIONALS QUALIFIER
-1991 UPA NATIONAL
-1992 UPA NATIONALS CHAMPIONS
-1993 UPA NATIONALS FINALIST
-1994 UPA FINAL FOUR
-1995 UPA FINAL FOUR
-1996 UPA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
-1997 UPA NATIONALS QUALIFIER
-1998 UPA NATIONALS QUALIFIER
-2000 UPA NATIONALS FINALIST
-2001 UPA FINAL FOUR
-2009 UPA NATIONALS QUALIFIER
-2010 USAU NATIONAL QUARTER FINALISTS
-2011 USAU NATIONAL QUARTER FINALISTS
(I do realize that most people still have no idea what the hell Ultimate Frisbee is, and I'm okay with that.)
Wilmington: Where I-40 ends, the fun begins, and we headed straight to PT's Grille. PT's is the BEST! Happy Birthday, Elvis.

Our festivities were at The Oceanic restaurant, at the South End of Wrightsville Beach. We checked in to our hotel and then walked across the street to the beach where we enjoyed a super fabulous sunny day with temps in the mid sixties! YES!

Here's our girl at Crystal Pier. The surfers were loving the weather and the waves were pretty good.

View of Crystal Pier from underneath. It was taken out by Hurricane Hazel in 1954 and then again by Fran in 1996. You can only walk out about 100 feet of this pier as part of the Oceanic Restaurant. It's really a beautiful place. I love the South End.

We had such a nice time on the beach in the afternoon. I knew we had lots of fun coming our way later on in the evening.

We stayed at the Sandpeddler. Our friend hooked us up with a special rate. These suites are really nice and I would recommend them to anyone looking for a nice, inexpensive place to stay at Wrightsville Beach.

We ordered Incredible Pizza for dinner. I worked there back in 1995 when I was a DJ at Surf 107 FM. Learning how to throw pies has proved invaluable in my adult life. The kid who delivered our pizza was not impressed with my intimate knowledge of the toppings and the original owners. Whatevs, Chachi.

We headed back over to The Oceanic for Jenn and Amy's 40th birthday celebration (I'm not there yet, btw) where they had special shots named for each birthday girl. Oh, shots! Seriously? Here's some of the crew with Chas Hollywood in the background.

GO SEAWEED!

OMG we somehow ended up at Red Dogs. They have laser lights there now. Fishbowled and Polar Bear'd.

2012: The Year of Awesome

noreply@blogger.com (KP) — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:28:00 +0000

Much to my husband's surprise, I did not take off with Ally and see the Avett Brothers (again) this New Year's Eve. I promised myself I wouldn't see them again until those ever-bearded cuties came out with a new album. We decided, instead, to have some of our best buds over to celebrate with us. Here's a pic of the chirren preparing for Year of The Dragon:

Everyone got in on the Michael Jackson Experience.

Earlier in the day O'B had constructed party hats for all of us. Cute cute!

We didn't let the kids participate in the Mexican Train death match. Lots of competitive folks in this group. "No, kids, we're not yelling at each other. We're yelling to each other."

Already the cheesiest pic of the year?

We finally opened up a bottle of prosecco a friend had given us for a housewarming present. It was really, really good. 2002 was a great year.

* I have declared 2012 The Year of Awesome. You should, too.

...all the best to you in the new year,
KP

Boxing Day in The Dirty D.

noreply@blogger.com (KP) — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:37:00 +0000

The Doctors Duncan arrived on the 26th for a couple days. We thought it would be fun to show them the glories of Fullsteam Brewery and other delights in Durham. Cody and Jurtis and The McCarthys also joined in the fun (party)! It was a glorious day in Central North Carolina, and we made the most of it.

O'Brien quickly tagged the white board at the bar after ordering herself a Cheerwine.

Taipei's finest in a ping pong match with Carlito. Charles was also introduced to Halo later on in the evening. He was in heaven!

We invaded the stage for a photo shoot. Is that Santa over there?

Eye of the Christmas tiger

The kids put on a quick 5 minute show.

Did I mention we tableted the children? They're Zombies now.

A Happy Christmas

noreply@blogger.com (KP) — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:45:00 +0000

Oh, man, Christmas. I concentrate on how much the children LOVE it. I enjoy the wonderful cards we get from our family and friends. We celebrated at home with loved ones and enjoyed a fabulous meal and everyone survived, injury free. Here we are on Christmas Eve at A Southern Season, the BEST place to get last-minute presents.

It really was a happy Christmas. On the morning of the 26th, though, I was even happier to recycle as much of the packaging as I could. You gotta work really hard to get all the plastic out of the cardboard in order to recycle it, y'all. I awarded myself 10 Earth points.

Stuffed

noreply@blogger.com (KP) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:21:00 +0000

Got crafty up in here at Copperhead Villa. Had to rock some last-minute Christmas presents for our niece and nephew. For the owl I used vintage chenille from an old bedspread. She looks a bit worried there in-between the monsters. Whoo! Whoo!

Here's Carlito's kitty:

and Lois' owl:

AND we served up spaghetti tacos the other night for the kids. Totally iCarly. They were so excited.

Some will/have also received:
KP's 2011 Mix CD

"Cats and Dogs" - The Head and The Heart
"Bug" - Wavves
"Don't Try and Hide It" - The Dodos
"Lonely Boy" - The Black Keys
"No Fly List" - Obits
"Blasteroid" - Mastodon
"Harnessed in Slums" (LIVE!) - Archers of Loaf
"Born Alone" - Wilco
"Poor Lenore" - Wavves
"Ashes and Fire" - Ryan Adams
"Desire Lines" - Deerhunter

AND Congratulations to the Carter, McKenna and Snipes families on the births of their second children! Welcome to the club.

Merry Christmas, y'all.
XOXO

Dear Santa

noreply@blogger.com (KP) — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:45:00 +0000

Dear Santa,

It's me, KP. I hope you and Mrs. Claus are well. As you know, I haven't been that good this year, but I've been better than others. That should count for something, right? So if you're feeling extra generous here is a list of what I really want for Christmas:

A bull bar for my station wagon (I promise to not hit any reindeer)
patience (not sure I can wait around for this one)
the power to overcome my fear of snakes
the ability to fly (doesn't everyone wish for this?)
someone to clean my house on a regular basis (and not go through my stuff)
an endless supply of pickles
old light bulbs (I HATE the new fluorescent jobs)
an Oldsmobile 442 convertible that's all jacked up and stuff
no more back pain
a miraculous win in my football pool
silencers for dental tools (it's really the sound that is the most terrifying. Isn't there an elf dentist up there with you who can help with this?)

Like I said, I haven't been all that great, but if you can give me just one of these wishes I'd be ever-so-thankful.

All the best,
KP

Grey Wash

noreply@blogger.com (KP) — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 02:27:00 +0000

Down by the Haw River the other day. It was 68 degrees and sunny. B-you-tee-full, I tell you. Best part: no chiggers or ticks or snakes to worry about in December. Yes! Here's a shot from my camera perched on top of some mussel shells.

Mollers and I had fun frolicking on the rocks. I know, Molly, it's so sunny! You need you somma them doggie sunglasses.

Self timer. Had to Photoshop this since it's directly in the sun. Chip called it a grey wash.

...which is exactly what I had going on with my hair -grey wash- so I had it done all proper like in a salon. I like it. Siri, set me an appointment for five weeks to get my roots done. Siri, book me a Ladies Night. Siri, get me an iPhone 4S so I can use Siri. Siri? Siri, can you hear me? SIRI!!!!!!!

And now, I present to you....Santa 2011! No flash, someone pulling me back into the hallway while I'm trying to take this picture, picture. Good enough for me; good enough for you. Merry Festivus!

T-S O in GSO

noreply@blogger.com (KP) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:35:00 +0000

My sister-in-law won tickets to see Trans-Siberian Orchestra at the Greensboro Coliseum. Third row. When she told me who it was I was thinking Mannheim Steamroller. I was way, way off. Here are some shots from my iPhone:

This is from when they made it snow. Little sudsy snowflakes all over the Greensboro Coliseum.

LASERS!!!!!

Many, many thanks to Sara for taking me with her to the show. It truly was an unbelievable experience. What a way to kick off the most wonderful time of the year. I'm glad to share it with you, now.

2011 Pittsboro Christmas Parade

noreply@blogger.com (KP) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:41:00 +0000

It's the 2011 Pittsboro Christmas parade! Starring Mayor Voller as "big man in a little car"!

Here's Sheriff Webster and some dubble bubble. Howdy, Sheriff!

And the King and Queen of, well, we're not entirely sure.

Lois and Brahma bull.

Chip and Charlie were in the parade. Cub Scout cuties!

Julie taking a picture of me taking a picture of her. Representing the Pittsboro Skate Park!

I love the paint job on this Firebird.

Tractor man

Grand finale: Chatham County time travelers.

We got some updates up in here!

noreply@blogger.com (KP) — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 14:51:00 +0000

Sometimes it's the little things that can make all the difference. I have been wanting to update some of the fixtures in our late 70's era house. The kids have always struggled with the faucets in our bathrooms, the ol' Moen crystal ball. Check out these new Kohler jobs!

We had every bathroom faucet in the house replaced. I couldn't be happier with the result! Thanks to Sparrow and Sons in Carrboro for outstanding work.

And now for my favorite new faucet, the Delta dream maker. What a difference! LOVING it!

I was so excited and happy with our new updates that I decided to make an apple pie. Crust is Bill Neal's half butter/half lard recipe (the BEST!) and the filling was spiced with ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves and brown sugar. It was the perfect dessert after Mr. Porter's Brazilian stew. Both gone in 60 seconds.

The entire time I was making this pie I had the new Wavves EP in my head. Poor Lenore is probably my favorite on there, but Bug is so catchy.

Old Salem

noreply@blogger.com (KP) — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 13:07:00 +0000

In Winston for Thanksgiving. We bought a family membership, scored a tote bag, and invaded Old Salem. Shh...don't tell this guy.

We raged tour, full-on. The Print Shop photography room.

This was the home of one of my best friends in high school. I spent the night here a million times. Ran into another guy from high school who was working at Winkler Bakery. Gave us 20% off our trebble sugar cakes (that even beats the membership discount!) Thanks, Jay!

Comments welcome.

Nighttime fun on the swings back at Grandma Flash's house.

Playin' Hooky

noreply@blogger.com (KP) — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:36:00 +0000

Chip has been working insane hours of late so we decided to all play hooky on Friday. We headed to Wilmington and took a tour of the USS North Carolina. There's nothing like a WWII battleship to take your mind off work and school.

Atop the "wishing well"

Snoozing in the barracks

Anchors away!

Charlie: "Mom, look! I'm a criminal"

Chatham County, NC 2011Trebuchet: Light it up!

noreply@blogger.com (KP) — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 20:55:00 +0000

I LOVE Chatham County, NC. Living in the country has its advantages. The people are excellent. Take these ladies, shown below. We're always up for some good country fun.

Now, living in the country has it disadvantages, too. You may get your car back from the body shop one week and the next you plow into a deer. Again, it wasn't my fault. "Carma" strikes again!

But let's get to the good stuff, y'all. Every year our friends at M****** Farm have a good ol' punkin' chunkin' with their very own trebuchet. This was the fourth year of this glorious celebration of medieval weaponry. Our friend, Chad, even made his own period clothing for the event. I mean, the dude sewed his own clothes. That is tough. Don't try to tell me it's not. And you certainly don't want to tell Chad. Here are the BSS club members getting ready to launch an old wheelbarrow.

And here's Chad climbing the throwing arm in preparation for another launch. Check out all that ammo!

Here's another shot after I figured out the ISO speed (and then my battery croaked) before launching an old bicycle.

And here's your video. Wait, did I fail to mention that the projectiles were lit on fire? But of course! Flame on, baby!

If you want to go back in time to view a video of the first annual trebuchet launch, click here. The kids are so little!

The Hollow Wiener

noreply@blogger.com (KP) — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:58:00 +0000

Hope y'all had a wonderful Halloween. We had a very busy weekend with four different engagements and trick-or-treating on Monday night. Whew! Kicked things off Friday night with a Cirque du So-lame / Zarkana ensemble a/k/a Ronald McDonald's creepy girlfriend:

Saturday I decided to go pretty princess (a total stretch for me.) I wear the hell out of this thing. The kids are like, "Mom! Not the princess dress again!!!" Let me know if you ever want to borrow it.

Things got a little creepy with our friend, Richard, and his Ecuadorian clown mask. Friggin' clowns, man.

Weather for trick-or-treating was somewhat cooperative-- 40 degrees and some rain. It stopped before nightfall. Here's the family portrait:

Becca and Josh were in full-effect.

Cover your heart, Indy, cover your heart!!!

Chip was real impressed with my make-up. I think he's working through some issues caused by my zombie cheerleader costume from last year.

Where am I?

noreply@blogger.com (KP) — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:04:00 +0000

I've been in my head a bit much lately, which is not necessarily a good thing. There's a lot of scary shit in there. Do you ever feel like you accidentally got on the wrong train or woke up in someone else's body? Do you ever think, "Where am I?" when you know exactly where you are? Luckily for me these are only temporary lapses in my normal happy-go-lucky self. We all have our dark moments. I decided to take a walk down to the river with my dog to get some perspective and lighten things up a bit.

Paw Paws. (Fullsteam just launched a Paw Paw Beligian style strong, ya know.)

My trusty Mollers T. Bagollers on the lookout for critters and out neighbor's semi-feral goats.

This Carolina anole lizard was very patient as I took his picture.

Totally Photoshopped pic of trees over the Haw River. We're not quite there with the fall colors. Sure is real pretty, though.

I feel much better now.

best ghouls forever

noreply@blogger.com (KP) — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:31:00 +0000

It's getting scary around here. O'Brien and Charlie have been Halloweening-up the place.

Competition was fierce at the Chatham Marketplace chili cook off. This awesome lady and I ended up tying for third.

The Pittsboro street fair happened this weekend. O'Brien got "feathered" to benefit the future Pittsboro Skate Park. That's my girl, Julie, in the longboard shirt. Love her.

Charlie the cheetah opted for The Ultimate Marshmallow Shooter ($7.00 with ammo) and has been spitting marshmallows all over us since.

Here he is taking aim on a corpse.

O'Brien doing her Brooke-Shields-in-a-made-for-TV-movie-on-Nick impression.

Me, Emily and Ennis. Happy Birthday, Emily! I don't know what I would have done without my mommy friends. I really feel for women who have small kids and no group of women to share their experiences with. Love you, ladies!

Love A Fair

noreply@blogger.com (KP) — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 01:22:00 +0000

The North Carolina State Fair welcomed us this morning with open (mechanical) arms. Gates opened at 8am. Going early and getting out by 1pm is definitely the way to go. We did most of the agriculture and land-of-yesteryear exhibits before the rides opened at 10am. Once they fired up the rides, though, it was ON. Pics follow.

Here's Charlie and O'Brien sharing a capsule on the kids version of The Orbiter:

...and in front of the giant pumpkin (a new state record!)

and the First Prize for floral arrangements. The designer was right there and told me larkspur (featured around the edges) was poisonous to deer and NOW is the time to sow seeds. I am going to try to heed her advice. Gorgeous.

Games. Ping pong goldfish. We're already prepping the kids for the big flush. Just give me two weeks, fish, please?!?!?!?!

Lois in front of the botanical gardens. Classy.

Giant Adirondack chair!!!

My favorite small garden vignette: suck-u-lents.

More rides! The State Fair is awesome!!!!

It's never too late for awesome birthday gifts. Charlie received a lobster buoy from his Uncle Chip in Maine. I'm still getting used to his haircut. I love that I can see his face now!

Ahhhh! What do we know about partying or anything else

noreply@blogger.com (KP) — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 23:13:00 +0000

Just back from my 20th high school reunion. It was smashing! Thankfully, this was not my fault. I was, however, becoming way too excited over the fact that the tank would reach 200,000 miles. Have about 150 more to go. I've said it once and I'll say it a thousand times: You wanna play? You gotta pay. Carma.

Par 3 at Tanglewood with the boys. Each flew across many states to be there. Found it appropriate to NOT bring my A game. Only lost one ball.

Memorabilia: Project Graduation flyer. Loved me a Spin Henry / Soda Can double shot back in the day.

Group shot, mostly girls. Why I chose to crouch I don't know. I am hurting big time from the torture devices I placed on my feet. Forgot the Dearfoams in my travel bag.

Yes! JumboTron slideshow was a success. Here's the Senior Executive Committee.

Cruising on 4 hrs of sleep. Time to face the music.

Reunion Committee. Nice work, ladies! We made a great team.

We weren't the only gig in town. West also had their 20th. Neal and I made good use of our time post-parties waiting in line at The District. (Not the kind of place you should have to wait in line for, BTW.) At this point in the evening I chose to go my maiden name, Nightmare. And yes, I rocked my letter jacket the entire weekend.

Some of my old crew. Wonderful to see them all doing well.

I was Charlito's birthday this weekend. Raced back home for his birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese's. Char Bar let us know it was "the best birthday ever!!!" Chip and I were thankful for the hangover sampler platter. I was also thankful I didn't toss chunks on any kids.

Trainspotting

noreply@blogger.com (KP) — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 23:37:00 +0000

Kiddie barrel tractor train. That's O'B in the front in the green coat with a little special one in her lap. She was so nice to let her ride along. Charlie was in front of them and enjoying the fumes.

How did I get such a great shot? "Honey, go ahead, there ain't no weight limit." In case you're wondering, it only took me a couple minutes to extract myself from the barrel. Coinslotted it the entire way. (Sorry, family behind me.) Curse you, low-rise slacks!

This is downtown Spec, Va.:

Trainspotting. (Hey, there it is!)

Lois found it way too loud.

Trainspotting: Art'n out

What time is it? It's motherscratchin' Biscuitville time! This Biscuitville in Raleigh didn't mess around. It was also time for any assemblage of visors, duckhead pants and polo shirts for many of the clientele. What up, Raleighwood? I thought you were all fancy these days.

WILCO! Downtown Raleigh Amphitheater. What a show. Man, I LOVE Wilco. I don't care what you think. They are so great and the new album, The Whole Love is soooo good. We met up with our buddies Ally and Jonny and ran into some of my favorite Wilmington girls. Chip and I were lucky enough to get out a bit early that evening and enjoy Beasley's Chicken and Honey. Man, it was like Durham good.

I will have lots in store for you next week, I promise. I've been slammed with planning my high school 20th reunion. I hope all the hard work pays off, although I'm not sure what would constitute a pay off. Maybe NOT get a bit tipsy and calling someone an asshole? Maybe NOT breaking down over something a guy said to me in class when I was 16? (Let's just say my 10th was a bit awkward.) I'm going to stick with NOT getting arrested. I think that is a good plan.

Couple things, y'all

noreply@blogger.com (KP) — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 04:48:00 +0000

I don't care about Alec Baldwin's politics. That guy is hilarious!
PLEASE don't use your mobile phone in a theater. It's very distracting and I WILL call you out on it.
Thanks for reading my blog. I'm honestly not trying to offend most of you.
I cried during the trailer for the new Muppet movie. You will only see me cry during movie trailers or hiding in my closet. Otherwise, I try to show no weakness. Seriously, though, when Kermit looks at Miss Piggy and you know it's love-- water works.
Not so sure about the social networking gig so much, anymore. ANY song I play on Spotify is now broadcast to that guy I high-fived in the lunch line in 6th grade?!?!? I doubt he's down with Superfuzz Bigmuff...pfffttttt... ~~Insert link~~ (not sure how to link my "rock out oldies" playlist on here)