Fourth of July Fun

The Fourth of July Festival was in full swing this week! Thursday evenin* Scott and I went to our favorite food truck, Captain John’s for dinner. We ate outside in the shade next to the Southport Market where we could continue to people watch. Afterwards we went home and awaited the arrival of my brother and his family. Friday morning…

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Weekend with Friends

Ending June with a weekend with friends. Saturday and Sunday our friends Stacy and Amanda came from Rockingham for a visit. We enjoyed a drink at the Mullet and then had dinner at Fishy Fishy. We miss them so much. Glad to hang with them whenever we can. Sunday after they left, I met up with some friends at the…

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Wedding Bells in Illinois

Next trip in the lineup is a trip to Illinois. My mom and I decided to make it a mother/daughter roadtrip. 1,984 miles is what we drove roundtrip. My cousin’s oldest son was getting married. My mom stayed with my aunt Connie and I stayed with my cousin Melissa. My brother and his wife flew in the day after we…

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Orlando

June is a busy month for me this year! First up, is a trip to Orlando with my friend Liz to attend the 2025 National Conference for Surgical Technology. We decided to drive so that we didn’t have to rent a car. We did not stay at the conference hotel. My friend Dina was super awesome and offered for us…

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May 2025

We started this month with a wildfire in Boiling Springs Lake which is only about 7 miles from us. It burned around 1500 acres and luckily no homes were harmed! Also, the wind was blowing in a direction that kept the smoke from us which was nice. Our pups are such snuggle bugs. The gift bags we made and put…

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April

Scott built a sleeping platform for the van and we decided to give a try. We met our friends Stacy and Amanda at Jordan Lake for a weekend camping trip. With the exception of a crazy amount of pollen, we couldn’t have asked for better weather. There was a fire ban in the state that weekend also so we couldn’t…

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February and March

We have not gotten into a whole lot over the last couple of months, but here are a few things. I did an escape room for the first time. A few friends went with to Wilmington where we did an escape room and then grabbed dinner. We did escape from the room with like 5 minutes to spare. It was…

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Snow in Southport

For the first time in a long time we had snow in the forecast. There was lots of discussion about the weather in the days prior. Would we get any? How much would we get? These questions ca,e up a lot and the answers were all over the place. The prediction was we may get none, we may get 8…

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