September 24, 2009

Nashville TN

From the mind of Bobby High; I proudly present a film by Optika Productions, a division of HeMustBeHigh Films

September 19, 2009

West Carteret 65-3 over East Carteret last night; Jackson had 2 punts, both pretty good. On the second one the runner fumbled it and Mason ran it in.

4-0 start, conference season starts next Friday; things might change a little

September 18, 2009

Where did September go? In Cleveland and OH this week, off to Nashville for Comfortech next Tuesday-Saturday.
Pop is recovering, slowly, but making progress none the less.

FO is heading here tonight for a little fishing this weekend; we hope to be able to do this despite the Super Boat Grand Prix here Saturday and Sunday.

I guess this video got him motivated; although the forecast doesn't look too good.

Mullet Bucket tonight, go West!

Maybe we'll get some fishing videos and pictures up this weekend.

September 12, 2009

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, nobody say anything to the FO; we'll see if he notices this post. If he does he's probably going to be a little pissed off that he wasn't on board for this day; it was a good one. Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Let's start with some distraction; here is a nice shot of Terri and Jackson. Lovely aren't they? Some of you may not have seen Jackson in a while, his hair is growing.

OK, again, nobody say anything. Pop is back in Crystal Bluffs so I took a morning and went fishing from 630-11 today. Caught the biggest Spanish I've ever caught: 25", 4.5 pounds. Nice. Kept 6 Spanish and 10 blues; all of the Spanish were big enough that I didn't measure them. Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh


And here are a few critters from the yard this afternoon after I did my yard work.

Pop is really weak but mighty happy to be back at Crystal Bluffs. Off to OH Monday....remember, this is our little secret.

September 11, 2009

Thankfully it was an uneventful week; spent a lot of my time in Pop's hospital room. He seemed to be in really bad shape last night, came in this morning and he told me he was going "home." I checked with his PA and sure enough, his vitals were good and they decided to let him go back to Crystal Bluffs. Everyone was happy about that; he got back at 12:00 PM and went straight to bed for a nap.

At this point in his life a set schedule and diet are more important than ever. I'll be in OH next week, and Nashville TN the week following so it is reassuring to know he is back in his new home for a while.

I'll try to take some pics while I'm gone

Speaking of pictures; want to see Pop with the stitches over his eye? Need to let me know if you do...............

September 7, 2009
This week, a three act play

Act One

Scene: Friday night at Croatan High School.

We arrived at the game just as Jackson punted in the first quarter; it was his only punt, 28 yards, and pinned the Cougars back on their own 10 yard line. From there they were shut out by West Carteret 35-0. West is 3-0!

The Patriot Militia was in full force at the away game and Cooper had fun and stayed the entire time. After the game was over the Patriots ran to their locker room through a tunnel of fans; while the Cougars left to go prowl singles bars...................................... 2 3 4............ ohhhhhhh (joke idea courtesy of Jay)

Act Two:
Scene: Saturday afternoon at our house

We had Dink's 86th (or so) birthday party at our house; lots of friends and family were there; there were even some family who are friends......

Dink was in her glory, as she told most of Morehead City for the past week that Friday was her birthday. We had lots of good food and a ton of fun.

Allen and RuthAnn, Jay, Holly and Cooper

BRAT, RAT, Dink and Bev

The Queen's birthday cake

Nice picture of Pop, you'll be reading more about him in Act 3

Cooper helped Dink open her presentsWe were even able to Skype with Kevin, Heather, Lance and Krsiti

Act Three:

Scene: Spooner Creek, Crystal Bluffs Rehab Center, Carteret General Hospital

Midway through the party Pop pooped out and went in Jackson's room to take a nap. He woke up to use the bathroom, then got sick. We decided to take him back to Crystal Bluffs where the nausea and diarrhea continued. After he seemed stable Dave went back to the condo and I went home to eat. Hadn't quite started yet when I heard my mobile ringing. I decided not to answer, thought better of it and saw no caller ID, just 252. That is the only ID I get when Crystal Bluffs calls, checked my voice mail, was told they called an ambulance for Pop, called Dave and started for the rest home. Followed the ambulance to the hospital thinking they wanted to get some fluids in him but was surprised to see him with a bad cut over his eye where he fell. He is still in the hospital, had some more issues with his kidneys, but seems to be improving. If they can type and implement a blood transfusion maybe he can go back tomorrow.

He has two nice shiners and 10-12 stitches in his eyebrow; trust me, you don't want to see that picture.

Busy weekend, and not the first weekend this year when Jay and family came to see us only to see Pop go to the hospital. Beginning to see a pattern here........

Epilogue: Lost an old friend last weekend, don't know if you recall my talking about Everett Lytle with whom I worked in the 80's at Trion. A really colorful character who I considered shooting on many occasions, but who also did one of the kindest most selfless Christian deeds I've ever witnessed. Funeral is Wednesday in Durham; we've lost one of a kind.

August 28, 2009

Trying to reason with another hurricane season; TS Danny is going to brush up to our coast tonight; shouldn't be too much of a problem but its always worrisome to see those things form up off Africa and come across the Atlantic. There is another one behind it about a thousand miles off the Cape Verde Islands....of well, take the bad with the good.

Last Friday night West Carteret opened their season with a 21-18 win over North Brunswick. Jackson averaged either 31 or 37 yards, depending on whether you trust my stats or the newspaper's. Theirs sounds better.

Before the game some students gathered to tailgate. Nice picture of Staci Hoell, Rod and Debbie's daughter. She is one neat young lady, very smart and looking at colleges near San Francisco for next year. She is going to do well at whatever she tries.

And a picture of Jackson after the game. Due to Danny they played their second game last night and defeated Swansboro 58-6. 2-0, first time West Carteret started that well in quite a while. Jackson had 3 punts and averaged 31 yards again according to my calculations; we'll see what the paper says tonight.
Worked in the Tidewater VA area this week, stopped at Edenhouse Bridge on the way and revisited a place I used to really enjoy when I was a kid. We fished out of this landing in the Albemarle Sound and Chowan River for many different types of fresh, brackish and saltwater species. I remember catching a bream on one side of the boat and a flounder on the other one hot summer day under the old bridge. Beautiful water and good memories

And now for something completely different; a Hyundai Genesis; after looking at the the logo on the wheels and the design and paint I thought it was a Bentley. Really nice car.
And a shot for the SkuttleDude, I found the AC Dude. Wonder if its the Air Conditioning Dude, or the Air Cleaner Dude? Now try to remember....who was the Assman?
And last but not least a shot forwarded to me by the SkuttleDude. Look closely at the nameplate above the license plate and the prancing stallion to the left of it. And I always thought my roadster was made in Japan, come to find out she's from Maranello!

At this point I'm supposed to be in town all of next week and then we have Dink's birthday planned for Labor Day weekend (we'll celebrate yours too Kevin, but Dink likes to suck up all of the oxygen in the room) Terri will be very busy with the preparations, wish her luck.