HAPPY BIRTHDAY ATLEY!!

Happy Birthday Atley! I love you!

School has Begun

School started today for me and Amy. I woke up bright and early at 6:45 to get ready for school. I even made frozen waffles for breakfast. Then it was off to Sociology class at 8 am. I get there and an administrator informed all of us barely awake that our teacher was on VACATION. Hello! Vacation is over, school has begun. I was so upset that I got there for nothing. Well I drove back home and slept until time for American History 1. I rode with Amy since she has Biology at 10:30 also. That class was easy. Well I am at home sitting and watching General Hospital until time to go back to school at 5 for Biology 2. Have a good day!

"I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."-Thomas Jefferson.

Summer Olympics Begin

Yay!!! They are finally here. I LOVE the summer olympics. Tonight is the opening ceremony starting at 7:30 pm on NBC. The full schedule is right here. I love to watch the gymnastics and of course, swimming. Go Dara Torres. She is 41 and still swimming! Impressive. I will be sure to watch her and my personal favorite, Michael Phelps. :)

In other news, Amy finally got a facebook, so maybe we can get her to blog. yeah right. haha.

School starts in two weeks. I'm ready to go back. I'm looking forward to finishing up. I'm really excited about my classes. I have introduction to sociology, biology 2, american history, and major american writers.

Randy Pausch

Hello everyone.
I was at work surfing the internet, I mean working very hard. :) I saw a headline for Randy Pausch. Now I had no idea who this man was but wow, he is incredible. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer about two years ago. He has three children. He wrote a book called the Last Lecture. There was a Primetime special with Diane Sawyer back in April with him but I never saw it. I just watched the special in five parts on youtube.com Just go and search his name. I am starting to watch his last lecture which is "Acheiving your Childhood Dreams." It really is amazing. Sadly, he died on July 25, 2008. If you have time in your busy day, you really should watch it.

"The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out; brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. "

Did you know that Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks?
Did you know that the plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets?

Weekend

Hello everyone
Sorry it has taken so long to update. Thursday night at midnight(or I guess Friday morning at midnight), Atley and I went and saw Stepbrothers with Will Ferrell. It was so funny. I would go and see it again. On Saturday, me, Matthew, and my mom went and saw my grandma and grandaddy for his birthday. We went to Captain's Bay in Waynesville. It was good food except it took forever to get our food. That's about all right now that has happened.

The other day Atley and I bought a book of useless information and I thought I would share a couple facts with you.

1) Coca-Cola was originally green.
2) An official baseball has 108 stitches.
3) Tom Hanks is related to Abraham Lincoln.

Christmas In July

WOOOOO!!!! I got a brand new laptop computer. It is my Christmas present from my mom and my dad. I got it early because we got an awesome deal. It is a Gateway M 6843 from Best Buy. Last night, Atley transferred my stuff over from my old computer to my new computer. It is so pretty and RED! My dad is taking my old computer so I Kentuckyized it. lol. It's all set up for someone who doesn't have a cell phone. Just the basics. Atley got rid of most of the icons so he would not get confused.

I will put some pictures up once I figure out how to use just the SD card without using the cord to transfer.

"You are a star so don't forget to shine like one."

WNC Ribfest 2008

On Friday evening, Atley and I went to the Ribfest at the WNC Ag Center. Atley got the sample ribs at Big Boned Ribs. They won last year as best ribs and sauce. I got a pork sandwich at Kiefer's. I think that's what it was called. Well Atley decided to play some of the carnival games. He won me a Dora the Explorer doll and a flower. A reporter from the Asheville Citizens Times was there and he took our picture. They are on the website under Ribfest pictures. Above are the four that we were in.