November 9, 2009

First of all, a dinner shot from Tuesday night; our guest of honor was the flounder we caught Sunday afternoon. I fixed Merry Old Sole, a Franc White dish from many many years ago. If you're asking yourself who Franc White is......well I feel sorry for you. This is four pieces of flounder with shrimp, crabmeat, and cheese sandwiched in between. Franc's recipe calls for Hollandaise but I didn't feel like making any so I used a mayo/dijon/wasabi combo. Didn't get any complaints from the eating crew.

We went to Martha Simpson's wedding Saturday night in Chapel Hill. The Fishin Optishin was our chauffeur and we really enjoyed ourselves, and being away by ourselves for a welcomed break. The wedding was held in a garden at the Carolina Inn, the reception was in the Old Well Room. I was glad the statutes of limitation had expired and I was able to come back into this fine old hotel. Martha was beautiful and we enjoyed the wedding, reception, and seeing a lot of old friends from Sanford.

Then it was down to Sanford on Sunday to see our family. First stop was the house they plan to buy. It's nice and will be a good home for the three of them.

We enjoyed spending some time with the best little grandson in the whole wide world. We haven't been able to see much of him the past few months; he's grown a lot and is talking a lot more these days. Hope to be able to see them more over the holidays.
And last of all, video of Cooper

Off to MN this week, CA Saturday; will post when I can

Washington NC 11/07/08

The last game of the year sneaked up on us; we travelled to Little Washington Friday night for Jackson's last game. We got behind 34-0 in the first half, played well in the second but lost 41-14

Jackson's first punt was a good one; from inside the 50, pinned the PamPack inside the 5. He had a shadow each time he punted, and I don't like seeing him slap a helmet, but the other guy followed him each time.

His second punt was blocked, the special teams coach said he thought Jackson was a little slow getting it off.

That's it for this year, no basketball so we don't know what we'll be doing all winter. We hope Jackson will work hard on his studies and finish out his Eagle project before Christmas.