March 28, 2010
Palm Sunday, Hoseanna !!!

One of my favorite Holy days, our annual Easter egg hunt and luncheon, and a little golf to end the day made it even better. Jackson spoke at the 11:00 service and did a great job explaining his story of church and faith. He was prepared, and did himself proud!

Pop had a good day, ate a good breakfast and lunch, and ice cream when I was there early in the afternoon. Later I mentioned he'd eaten well and he told me he hadn't eaten anything all day. And so it goes, but he was fairly clear headed and seemed happy, a good change from earlier in the week.

In OH and ONT this week, and it was a long one, out early Monday, home Saturday afternoon. But the good news is that it was a productive trip.

Might be home all week, and then vacation the week after Easter. We leave Sunday night for Richmond, and then 2 full days at HSC; think we will see Jackson sign on the dotted line.

Couple of pretty pictures below from one of my favorite places on this continent.

March 20, 2010
Another week closer to Easter..............

In CT, RI, MA, NY last week; hard to believe this snowy winter evolved into a beautiful pre-spring week so quickly. You could still see the snow piled up in parking lots, but on St Patrick's Day the MA faithful were not wearing coats. Had a wonderful corned beef meal that day, but alas, no beer. The general outlook in our industry in that area is PPP (pretty piss poor), but we keep trying hard. Good trip home late Thursday night
Pop continues to grow weaker and had a bad day on Thursday, but seemed more upbeat yesterday. I told him that if I can get a few things done early today, this being one of them, that Terri and I would take the boat out this afternoon for a little shakedown. He was happy for us.
Jackson won his match in Havelock yesterday and then took off with his pals for a weekend camping trip at Hatteras. No.............we're not nervous about this at all (ask a prayer). He will be home Sunday night.
Off to OH and Canada Monday morning; I'll be back in NC late Saturday.
And the oddest bit of news for the week: OMG I'm a tweeter, a twit, a tweeterer, tweetest? https://twitter.com/johnriley27 I'm thinking about using this on a daily basis; your thoughts?

March 12, 2010
It's raining

Looks like another rainy weekend, no race, got my first winter cold, but the ACC tournament is on all weekend. Judging from the crowds I guess this year would have been a good one to go watch in person. I heard a couple of weeks ago that tickets were selling online for face value; seems as though some fans thought this might be a "skip" year. Wonder who they are?

I get the pleasure of teaching High School Sunday School Sunday, that should be fun.

And wait, there is a Formula One race on Sunday morning also....the Gulf Air Bahrain GP from Sakhir! Guess I'll need to get the atlas out, no idea where that is; hope they put on a good show, that series needs it.

Off to CT, MA, VT, NH, and NY next week, behave yourself

March 7, 2010

Home for a few days

Sorry, no pictures this week; I was in Chicago for a buying group meeting. I wished I brought my camera, there was a hot rod show at the Rosemount Civic Center across the street. I went in there Wednesday afternoon during a break and saw them setting up. Looked like a lot of street rods and drag cars, but they did have a few oddball interesting cars as well.

The door is on the front and opens forward along with the steering wheel. The one in Chicago was pretty light color blue; not unlike sky blue, which reminds me; who saw the game Saturday night? Lots of fun, but too bad the News and Observer has yet to mention the game in any way shape or form. Not in Sunday's edition; OK, late game, I understand.....but then nothing in Monday's paper either? No story, no editorial column, no box score, not even the final conference standings. It is almost as if......Oh never mind, I think I got it.

Jackson had a good week in tennis, won both of his singles matches. Monday will be a tough match with South Central, and could go a long way in determining the conference champion. Good luck!

Off to Charlotte late in the week, the reels are nearly all strung up, the boats are just about ready; springtime is coming!