Attack of the Ducks!

Attack of the ducks! Story a 11:00pm. It has been brought to my attention that there are some out there that would like to read more in each post. So, with that in mind, I will try to add more to each post. Keep in mind though, most everything I post is something I've experienced. I would also like to point out that this blog is best viewed in its original form. I'm not to sure how it looks in the e-mail, but all of the references to picture locations are how things look online. Now, let's take a look at the past week. For the first half of the week, my parents were in Idaho, so not a whole lot got done. The big push was getting the house ready for the party last Sunday and once that was done, everything kind of died (as far as enthusiasm goes...). Cait and I spent the time relaxing for the most part.

We saw some good movies this past week. 2012, Planet 51, Avatar, Sherlock Holmes. I enjoyed all of them, although 2012 was a lot longer than I was expecting. 2 1/2 - 3 hours long. It would help if I read the time on the back of the box to see how long the movie was going to be. During the movie, I kept expecting water to come flooding in at any moment. I just wish I had hooked up the surround sound for the movie... Planet 51 offered some humor and was all around enjoyable. I'm pretty sure I laughed through a lot of the movie. My memory isn't doing to well at the moment. It's pretty late Saturday night (almost Sunday) and I need to get this out. Back to the movies. Avatar was awesome. I kind of wish that we had a 3D TV to watch it on (and Blu Ray wouldn't hurt...hint hint) along with the surround sound. It's a movie that I know I want to own. For those of you who haven't seen it, rent it, but it, borrow it, just watch it. I'm telling you it's well worth it. With the first 1/2 of the week gone to movies, its time to get back to work now that my parents are back.

Some of the projects that we're going to tackle now that the parents are back are working on this blank dirt canvas that you see on your left. Cait has come up with a really good idea that is going to reduce the amount of dirt and weeding...but increase the amount of grass I have to mow. I'm fine with it though. I'm still not sure what exactly she wants to plant there, but as you can see, there is a bush in the corner already. That bush is lucky to be there. We were talking about getting rid of it. But my parents moved it for us. They really helped us out today. After Savannah's lunch, they came over and watched her for a few hours while momma and I did some shopping. It was nice being able to get through more than 2 stores in 3 hours. We went to Goodwill, Salvation Army, some consignment shops, and a book store. I got a lot of books. A couple of Robert Ludlum books and some Star Wars books. The nerd in me has emerged! Again! I might have a small obsession with most things Star Wars. Only just a small obsession. Ask Cait... We also found some art for the office and a sprinkler for the yard. I'm sure the yard will appreciate being watered. On a side note, it is now Sunday morning and neither of us are asleep at this point. Cait is working on some drawings of what we want to do to Savannah's room and I'm typing and watching an Extreme Makeover: Home Edition marathon. I'm not sure if I'm inspired to make our house look that good or if I'm just jealous the while the family is off at Disney World, a team of people are building them a new house. Probably jealous. Back to the house...for now.

While Cait and I were off spending money, my parents leveled out the large patch of dirt and moved the bush. I know I was pleasantly surprised when we got home. I can't wait to see what Cait comes up with for that area. With that done, the folks went next door to the trailer and started dinner for us. Tonight we enjoyed a Low Country Boil. It was delicous! I think you can throw almost anything into one of those. My parents used a large turkey fryer to boil water then added shrimp, potatos, corn on the cob, lemon, onions, secret spices (I call it this) and sausage. It was delicious! I think I mentioned that before... Afterward we kind of relaxed and tried to get Savannah use to Grandpa. I think its the facial hair that scares her. I could be wrong though. If you were wondering about the ducks at the beginning of the blog, here is the story behind those. The spot at the trailer park my parents are staying at was vacated the day before by a lady who lived there for about 2 years. When she left, some things stayed behind. These plastic ducks (that's right..plastic) are on little stakes and just stuck in the ground. There are 2 groups, one on either side of the ditch. Savannah loved them! For almost the entire time we were there, all she wanted to do was go play with the ducks. Toward the end of the night, she spent some more time with Grandpa. Of course, offering to put her shoes on her helps... But there were some tender times in there as well.

Like this one. I just wish that the bugs weren't as bad as they are. Otherwise we would be able to spend more time outside. I suppose that I could remedy that. There is a nice pile of wood sitting behind the shed that could stand to be burned. Maybe a bonfire is in order before my parents leave. I wish I had brought over the ingredients necessary to make desert. I was going to make the Almost-Famous Orange Milkshake from the Food Network Magazine. It is pretty tasty. As I'm looking at it online it is just making me hungry. Mmmm...funnel cake.... Moving on from food and back to work. There are a couple other projects we're looking to tackle. My dad found an old school door at the Habitat for Humanity's ReStore. $5 for the "Study Lounge" door to go on the shed. We just need to trim it down and put the hinges on and we're in business. He and I are going to be doing some minor repairs to the shed.

The drawings Cait is doing right now is another project that we want to tackle this week. She's drawing a new design for Savannah's room and more specifically, she's drawing out the artwork she wants to put on the walls. It's going to be really nice when its done and I'm pretty excited to see it go up. Well, that's it for now. I'm exhausted, Cait is getting sleepy (finally) and its 1:00 in the morning. Good night for now and I leave you with this. The picture above is the color of a budding flower on our Magnolia bush. They were white when we got them. See if you can figure that one out. Good night y'all.
- Brent