Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Driver's License woes
It's an interesting observation that no matter how hectic things get--they seem to eventually resolve themselves and all ends well. So this past week my 16 year old daughter got a car. It is a used (2002) red PT Cruiser. We tried getting her driver's license on Friday--the state licensing system was down. Monday I took the afternoon off from work in order to take her to get her license--and the lady asked me for the inspection paper, which I could not find. Ended up getting the car inspected, and ran out of time for the driving test. So, finally this morning we went at 8:00 a.m. and were successful. Woohoo!! I had a clogged kitchen sink over the week-end. Took the "trap" apart, to no avail. Ended up calling a plumber today. There are dishes everywhere, as we haven't been able to wash dishes or really use the kitchen for several days. But at least the drain is fixed! It is raining as I write this. I am sooooo over the cold weather. Rain, frozen rain and snow--enough already. Let's think beaches, swim suits, sand and hotels with swimming pools.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Another hectic week-end
Hi there,
My name is Margie and I'm doing this blog (initially) for my Bite 5200 class at ECU. This is my first blog experience. So to tell you a little about myself-- I live in Fayetteville, NC and I work at the local military base, Ft. Bragg. I have lived here for 21 years now, but I am originally from the Canal Zone, Panama. I absolutely HATE winter and secretely hope every year that it won't return--. I have four children ranging in ages from 34 - 16 (three girls and one boy). Right now my two youngest children are 16 and 17 (girls) and they are driving me completely crazy- as those of you with teen-agers know that they are prone to do. There is constant drama and arguing going on, not only between myself and them, but also the rivalry that exists at all times with sibling sisters. I have two dogs; a pitbull and a pug.
So the drama this week-end was that my girls wanted to "catch the train" down to Charleston, SC to visit their aunt. I told them that I thought it was a terrible idea since we were to get a snow/ice storm at the same time. Well, they convinced me to let them go. Their train left at 2:00 a.m. and arrived at 6:00 a.m. in Charleston. It rained cats and dogs during their visit there, and here we had a huge ice storm. Then when they went to the train station to buy their return ticket, they were told that the train was full for Sunday and that they could return on Monday instead--oh--and it would cost more because of the short time-frame. So, I said I would drive down to Charleston and pick them up instead. That is what I did yesterday--driving on icy roads and trying to make it back before dark so that I would not have to deal with more ice, as roads were refreezing. So that was my exciting Sunday.
My name is Margie and I'm doing this blog (initially) for my Bite 5200 class at ECU. This is my first blog experience. So to tell you a little about myself-- I live in Fayetteville, NC and I work at the local military base, Ft. Bragg. I have lived here for 21 years now, but I am originally from the Canal Zone, Panama. I absolutely HATE winter and secretely hope every year that it won't return--. I have four children ranging in ages from 34 - 16 (three girls and one boy). Right now my two youngest children are 16 and 17 (girls) and they are driving me completely crazy- as those of you with teen-agers know that they are prone to do. There is constant drama and arguing going on, not only between myself and them, but also the rivalry that exists at all times with sibling sisters. I have two dogs; a pitbull and a pug.
So the drama this week-end was that my girls wanted to "catch the train" down to Charleston, SC to visit their aunt. I told them that I thought it was a terrible idea since we were to get a snow/ice storm at the same time. Well, they convinced me to let them go. Their train left at 2:00 a.m. and arrived at 6:00 a.m. in Charleston. It rained cats and dogs during their visit there, and here we had a huge ice storm. Then when they went to the train station to buy their return ticket, they were told that the train was full for Sunday and that they could return on Monday instead--oh--and it would cost more because of the short time-frame. So, I said I would drive down to Charleston and pick them up instead. That is what I did yesterday--driving on icy roads and trying to make it back before dark so that I would not have to deal with more ice, as roads were refreezing. So that was my exciting Sunday.
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