friday

ahhhhhhhh… wow, am i ever glad that it’s the weekend. plus basil has two games. all in all, i think the weekend will be a good one. heres a pic of my narly foot that was totaly destroyed by the lake.

i know, it’s gross

ohio video

a little trip downtown…

tonight i was able to hang out with a lot of my really close friends. one of which will not be back in the country for about a year, so it was a great chance to get ready to say good by. we all went downtown. first we watched a free play that was going on, it wasn’t so good– and it was super hot outside.  next, we got ice cream and then went to the tea bar. all in all, it was a great evening.

home…thank goodness

ahhhh home sweet home. atlanta was fun. on the way home we went commerce to the outlets which i think was the best part of the trip. ok well here are some pics from the trip

the inside of the hotel

 the view from the 755 club. $35 a person, but such good food.

 and the real reason i went to a braves game. JK

atlanta here we are

today, we all desided to go to atlanta and go to a braves game. i think its only fitting to go since denae will be gone for so long and wont be able to watch them.  the trip down here was pretty boring, but the food here is super good. i went to the old spagetti factory on ponce de leon ave. i believe its one of the best places to eat in the US. tonight should be fun, unless it rains, i will have pics loaded up tomorrow– to show my journey. but until then i will be taking as many as i can. the marriott here is amazing. it has so many different architectual designs. i took about 50 pics of it alone. well, then until tomorrow.

my plant

well, i have been pretty bored over the past week. i found a new thing to do though, i will grow a plant. i know, not a lot of fun, but i think it will grow pretty well. that is if i dont kill it.

 

Remember

on this 4th of july, lets not forget what has been given for the freedoms that we have. many men and women have fought and died to give us these. from our independence to the war in iraq, we have been given these–not because we are simply american, but because many fought for them. so, when you get the grill out or you start the fireworks, try to remember what this day really means. freedom and sacrifice.

 

The Star-Spangled Banner:

Oh, say can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o’er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines on the stream:
‘Tis the star-spangled banner! O long may it wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wiped out their foul footstep’s pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war’s desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: “In God is our trust.”
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

Vacation

ug. i need a vacation. my summer now has been devoted to healing, so when i do, i plan on having a little fun. but where to go? well, i know i want to stay in the country. and i need a warm-not hot- vacation spot. i found the only place that will do is the islands of hawaii. not sure which one yet. but they will do.

yes…..