Thursday, October 11, 2018

Potato soup ....

My momma always made the best potato soup
she always told us the secret was lots of butter, constantly
stirring with a wooden spoon as you added the milk
and she always emphasized the "constant stirring"
So I never attempted to make it...haha

Joanne Gaines has a potato soup recipe in her
new cookbook, Magnolia Table so I decided to try it

and dare I say it.....(momma don't listen) but it could
possibly be better than momma's.
and there was no constant stirring and no 
mega amounts of butter

chopped garlic, onions, celery and carrots


mmm, bacon


diced potatoes...


topped with cheddar cheese, crumbled bacon and fresh thyme


Delicious!
I will be making this a lot this winter

later....

Friday, October 5, 2018

Beach ....

One morning Jacquelyn, Bucky, Avery and I got up
before the sunrise and rode up to Corolla

we had been there before and had good luck with
some great shells and sea glass

It wasn't the case this time but we enjoyed
walking the beautiful beach and watching the sunrise

the whole week the water was so warm and clear...just
a wonderful time








later....

Thursday, October 4, 2018

Beach days.....

Breakfast out and fun on the beach

playing with the camera filters while waiting for our breakfast



don't remember which night this was but Avery
enjoyed watching John Cash eat his cereal 


Declan is a pretty cool guy....sunglasses at breakfast! haha







corn hole on the beach





later.....

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

more vacation ....

After taking the kids out we met
up with the guys at another of our favorite places...
Tortuga's Lie for lunch








later...

Tuesday, October 2, 2018

NC

Jacquelyn, Kayce, Lynne and I took the kids to the
North Carolina Aquarium

It's a small one but nice and the kids really enjoyed it
sadly, I did not take many pictures....was too busy 
enjoying watching my grandkids :)













later.....

Monday, October 1, 2018

Beach vacation ....

We had rented a beach house back in January on the ocean front
with one of our daughters and her family
and her mother-in-law, as we do every year

Our son and his wife and our grandson came too
but they came and stayed at our home to take care 
of our dogs..... the #teddybearpack

We had not seen our newest grandchild, John Cash
since August so was great to be able to see him.
Avery and Declan were so excited to see him








the kids really enjoyed the pool


waiting for our table at Black Pelican....one of our fave places
to eat


Paradise....


later....

Sunday, September 30, 2018

Hurricane Florence ....

Hurricane Florence was headed right for the 
North Carolina coast

So we prepared for our first hurricane....
Johnny purchased a generator that would provide power
to our fridge, lights, TV and a few small lights and things
he purchased extra gas cans and filled them with gas
2 full propone tanks for cooking...if needed
10 cases of water
beer
food
food for the dogs
new flashlights
lots of batteries

look at our shiny new generator.....


we were ready!
Our kids were worried and kept telling us to leave
but we just didn't want to leave our new home and felt we 
would be safe

We decided that if it became a category 4 or there
was a mandatory evacuation, we would leave

On Monday we got the call from the county that 
we were on a mandatory evacuation starting 7:00 am Tuesday
so we decided to get ahead of the traffic and leave on Monday

here's my face when we found out....grrr
now I had to start packing clothes and important papers


We had to pack up the dogs and all of their things
food, leashes, vet records, treats



As it turned out, the storm moved south
and it breaks my heart to see the flooding and even now, so much
flooding still going on

We went to stay with one of our daughters and as it turned out
was a really nice week to be with our family
and able to attend 2 of our grandson's birthday parties

We got the ok to return to the island on Saturday morning and
decided to wait until Saturday evening to leave.....again, to avoid
traffic. We arrived home about 9:00 Saturday night and it
was great to see our home was just as we left it.
here we are going through the checkpoint to get back
on the island. As locals, all we had to do was show
our drivers license



















Our only concern was to watch the creek behind our home.....and it only reached our property line and never went any further.....thankful



later....