I've been meaning to post these photos all week, but just now got a chance. They're of our "wagon train" Sunday evening. After I got off work, my family called and asked me to ride along in my cousin's new toy. Here it is:
The little girl in the photo is my cousin's girlfriend's daughter. And in an interesting sidenote, her name is Emily Renee like mine. She was surprisingly OK as far as kids go.
The Flamingoes continue to bite the dust at 10th place in our league, thanks to the aid of yet another sub-par pitcher. Brett Myers, a first-round draft pick in 1999 by the Phillies, was remanded to the minor leagues.
I'm as close to being a local girl as it gets - I grew up few counties away, went to Gardner-Webb, then stayed in the area after graduation. I started as a reporter at The Star, but have since moved over to the design side, and more recently took over the online editor position.
Diana Was On A Early Shift Today,
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so when she returned home,
it was such a nice day,
we decided to go for a walk,
turn and start walking,
it was a glorious day,
as we made our way to ...
May flowers and trout
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Wild rose and honeysuckle fill the air. Cold water flows around my legs and
rainbow trout dance in the current, wiggling and swaying to some unheard
musi...
Mounties' Pride
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This afternoon's pep rally made the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
It was a scene so raucous it made an out-of-shape reporter delusional
enough to th...
Christmas Tree Time (11/23)
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It's a little early but I went ahead and picked up a Christmas tree
yesterday. No fear of it dying before Dec. 25 - it's fake. But it gets the
job done.
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Much anticipated NKOTB concert review
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Sorry, ya'll, that it took me so long to write about my experiences at the
New Kids on the Block concert in Charlotte. It's been almost a month since
the c...
Pork Roll......
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I'm a little surprised that more people don't know about Pork Roll in this
area of the country. It seems to me (and my father as well) that it would
be the...
KM vs. Hickory, 3AA first round
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It's kickoff time at KM's John Gamble Stadium.
Mountaineers win toss and defer to second half. Opening kickoff goes out of
bounds so Hickory starts at its o...
US 74 Wreck near Mooresboro
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MOORESBORO -- A wreck involving at least two cars and a motorcycle held up
eastbound traffic from Rutherford County for almost an hour this morning.
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A present from a neighbor
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My neighbor, Suzi Sturdy, made this wreath for me. She knows that without
her help, I'll never put anything on my front door. I thought it was a
genuinely...
2:30
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Today started out fair enough but has turned grey and drizzly by afternoon.
Jeff and I visited four precincts today. We stopped at the Shanghai Fire
Departm...