April 29, 2008
Happy 17th birthday Jackson!
Had a few calls and e-mails asking about the progress on the house, sorry, been away for a while; in Ohio and West Virginia last week. The Fishin Optishin made his annual birthday trip the weekend before, and we were fortunate to catch plenty, and I mean plenty of fish. Pictures will follow.
In the mean time, for your viewing pleasure here's a shot from a few years ago on the mighty Pamlico River. My father and grandmother sitting on a dock with a cinder block at their feet. Dave and I got tired of the jellyfish in the river and decided to single-handedly change their population and thereby the ecosystem of the entire Pamlico River/Sound. We were unsuccessful in our attempt, and very messy. To this day our pictures still appear in jellyfish, OK, stinging nettles post offices worldwide. In 2006 there was a failed assassination attempt on me in the British Virgin Islands as a result of this jellyfish-o-cide campaign of 1966.

Fishing pictures soon, I hope. Off to Charlotte tomorrow for the rest of the week.

Lots of pictures, and none of the house!
Old KevBo got himself married today
Jackson helped Pop and Dink get settled, Dink was really sick but made it anyway.

As Kristi walks down the aisle as a bridesmaid a strange figure appears on the screen

Here comes the bride

Lance officiated

The couple exchanged vows

Jackson helped Pop and Dink with the aid of a new wheelchair especially designed for use on the beach; Fort Macon State Park purchased three of these during the off-season

The Riley wedding party: Kristi, Beverly, Kevin, Heather, and Pygmy

Part of the Camp Willlow Run crew including the famous 007; check out their work at http://www.campwillowrun.org/

The honeymoon vehicle complete with air conditioning

Time to cut the cake with an Air Cavalry sabre

Pop and James, two proud grandfathers

And now for the garter toss

It was a great weekend and I know Heather and Kevin will have a great life together with many wonderful adventures. I couldn't have dialed up a better nephew than Kevin, and I look forward to growing old and having him take care of me (private joke from when Kevin was about 12 or so, I let him go out of a choke hold provided he would take care of me in my old age; fishing, feeding, uh, other matters as well)

Now, if you came here looking for pictures of the house, well.......tough, sorry this was a wedding weekend. But I have to tell you, the house is unbelievable. Patti came in and moved some furniture around, they cleaned the inside of the house, it really started looking like what Terri imagined. We still have a long way to go to get it back to shape, but Terri's vision is really coming together.

Pictures next week; I promise.......unless Bobby and I catch a lot of fish; we'll see

Getting to the short rows now!
This week we saw some big changes; the hardwood floors were installed and nearly all of the major areas of painting done. They still have a lot of touchup work to do, but lots of progress!
Hardwood floors leading into the new eating area....guess we have to come up with a name for that place......casual dining?

Tile floor in the sun room (is that a sun room?) Hardwood in the eating area. Hardwood on the ceiling.

Column separates the two areas.

I like my ceiling
Starting into the punchlist of things to do next week; still have some electrical and HVAC work to go; and the landscaping will have to wait until it gets a little drier.

We also need to Cooperize the house as the best little grandson in the world visits us; have to make sure all the little things he might get into are taken care of

Off to TN next week, back in time for the wedding.