Two Caches, a Huge Computer Crash, and NFL 12/3-7/2008

Wednesday I got tired of sitting around the house so I drove down to the Heritage Shores Nature Park and did a couple of caches. The park is located in Cherry Grove just about a mile from our place. Of course Mom couldn't go as her back still is hurting quite a bit and it's hard for her to walk. The park is fairly new and it was a lovely walk of about 1.2 miles round trip and I did find the 2 caches but didn't see any wildlife except for a blue heron on the wing. I sat for awhile on the benches and just listened but didn't hear much as it was so peaceful and quiet there. I came back to the house and made dinner for us and then we watched TV for awhile till it was time for bed.
Thursday we didn't do to much as Mom's back was really bad most of the day and she couldn't do much all day. Friday I got up and tried to get on the computer and couldn't. It wouldn't let me do anything at all so I took it and went out to a couple of repair shops but they couldn't do anything for me for a few days so I came back and called a mobile service and they sent a man out almost immediately. He diagnosed it as a problem with the registry files and he thought that it was something that happened when a Windows update was downloading sometime during the night. Well to make a long story short I had to do a complete restore and lost 95% of everything on the computer. It was just like taking the PC out of the box and I had to start from scratch. The first thing was I couldn't get on the internet as my ATT laptop connect card software needed to be installed again. So Saturday morning I went to Ed's house and used his Road Runner and reinstalled it and came back home. I spent the rest of the day doing bookmarks and installing a few of quicker downloads I needed. We had PPizza Hut pizza for dinner, which was horrible, and watched TV for awhile.
Sunday I got up early to finish the rest of the downloads and found the same thing had happened again and I couldn't open the main page without shutting it down and doing another restore. Well I did but lost my ATT wireless connection again so I had to wait till Ed got up later and I went out there again and downloaded the software. Back home again and I brought the Christmas tree in so we could decoate it on Monday, went to the grocery store and started the RV as the batteries have been low lately. I sat down again and started working on the bookmarks and by the way I didn't lose all the work I had done on Saturday so that was one thing in my favor. It was time for NFL football and I watched the Giants-Eagles game on the computer, however sad it was, and watched a couple of other games on TV. After the games I worked on downloading a few more things and then made dinner and worked on the pc again till bedtime. What a pain it was as we did lose all our bookmarks for the campgrounds we have been in and all the great sites we had visited as we traveled but I suppose I can go through this blog and do searches for them but that will come in time. We also lost all the State Park sites I had bookmarked for future visits but thankfully I had put them on maps so all I have to do is take them off the maps. Thankfully also we didn't lose any of our pictures as we were able to save those before we did the restore. Well time to get back to work on the pc so we will say until next time we miss all you guys and we love you. Mom & Dad


Picture List:All these pictures were take at Heritage Shores Nature Park, 1-Message and map board, 2-Boardwalk, 3-Entrance sign, 4,5-Two of the trail markers, 6-Park map, 7-Coastal Development, 8-Heritage Shores Project History, 9-History of Cherry Grove, 10,11,12,13,14-Marsh and ocean out at the end of the park, 15-Shell Fish of the Salt Marsh, 16-Salt Marsh Habitats, 17-The Maritime Forest, 18-What is an Estuary, 19-Yaupon Holly, 20-Spiders, 21-Sour Cherry, 22-Reindeer Moss, 23-Raccoon, 24-Pear Cactus, 25-Opossum, 26-Marsh Rabbit, 27-Loblolly, 28-Indian Blanket, 29-Hackberries, 30-Groundsel Tree, 31-Gray Squirrel, 32-Goldenrod, 33-Foxes, 34-Field Mouse, 35-Fiddler Crab, 36-Dog Fennel, 37-Cordgrass, 38-Broadleaf Evergreen, 39-Broadhead Skink, 40-Blue Crab, 41-Birds of Prey, 42-Animal Tracks.

Sunday Football & Our Geocaching Christmas Bash 11/30-12/2/2008

Unfortunately on Sunday we had to tell our boys and their families that we wouldn't be able to make our trip north for Christmas because of Mom's back and her not being able to ride any length of time without really hurting. We will be doing our shopping ASAP and get all your packages mailed out to you in about a week. This is going to be the first time in 44 years that we will not see all our family during the Christmas season since they were born and it is going to be quite a traumatic and sad feeling for us but needless to say we just can't do it and we are sorry.
Sunday was of course NFL day as I watched a couple of games but unfortunately the Giants wasn't one of them. I don't know what it is with these TV stations down here that they won't show good games. Oh well. Mom isn't doing much these days as she is pretty well laid up in bed with her back. We had left over turkey on Sunday night and that was about it for the day.
Monday we got off early to go have our blood work done for our 6 months check up. After we gave we stopped at K & W for breakfast as Mom said a little of "Nan's" bacon would make her feel better. After that we went back to the house and spent the day watching TV.
Tues went went out to Ed's and did our wash and picked up the things for the party that night. We went home a Mom rested as she wasn't going to miss the event. We left for Loan's about 5:30 and got there about 6:00, we got all set up and just in time as people started arriving about 6:30. We had a great time as we had about 30 people and everybody seemed to enjoy themselves. There were a few out of town cachers from new York and North Carolina. We ate and then had a scavenger hunt game for everybody to participate in. After the game we drew for several prizes that Ed, Mary Lee and Bobbi had emroidered and I had donated a few unactivated geocoins so everybody got something which was very nice. We left before it broke up as Mom again was starting to have a lot of pain and it was a long ride home for her.She has been sleeping fairly well at night so we are happy about that. Well that's about all for now so until next time we miss and love you all. Mom & Dad


Picture List:1-Santa's Elves, 2-Prize table,3-Mom relaxing, 4,5-Scavenger hunt, 6-meriadoc2003 & junkbox99, 7-meriadoc2003 & marvin j, 8-imagine320 & marvin j, 9-zephyr715 & imagine320, 10-Logan's Roadhouse room, 11-Our group picture, 12,13,14,15-Some of our group standing around talking, 16-Geo13 Paul & Dot, 17-Ed and dcsmitho, 18-digndirt & scuba girl Gina & Steve, 19-chiciolina & cacheadoodle, 20-cat woman & dcsmitho, 21-canontreker sitting with chiciolina, cacheadoodle & chewie, 22-cacheadoodle with her Santa's hat, 23-Liz & Bob on the hunt, 24-Liz & Bob, 25-junkbox99 sitting with aussie yanks, 26-aussie yanks, 27-The Moon along with Venus & Jupiter as seen in the sky on Dec 1st and they will not be this close again until 2013. Jupiter is the smaller dot on the right hand side and of course Venus is the larger dot closer to the Moon. You may have to click on the picture to see Jupiter.

Gina & Ed's Birthday Party at Carabbas 11/28/2008

We all had a great time at Gina and Ed's birthday party at Carrabba's as the food, as usual, was great and our waitress was especially good. We had a cake that I baked and frosted and we all had brought them some small gifts that were greatly appreciated. Ed's Mom Mary Lee, Dad Charlie and Aunt Bobbi were able to join us as they had driven down from West Virginia so they all could make a trip to Savannah for a short sightseeing excursion. We knew that Ed really liked having them there and so did all the rest of us as they really are a hoot. Thank you all again for being ther as we enjoyed your company.


Picture List:1-Mom & Dad, 2-Mary Lee Ed's Mom, Charlie Ed's Dad & Bobbi Ed's Aunt, 3-Ed and his Mom & Dad, 4-Ed opening his gift from Gina & Steve a assortment of menus from different restaurants from around MB so Ed can decide where he wants to go eat, 5-Mom & Ed, 6-Gina opening her gift from Ed a scuba mug and shirt, 7-Ed and his Mom & Dad again,8-Birthday cake Mom made, 9-Dad, 10-Mom & Ed, 11-Ed, 12-Gina with her new shirt Ed made, 13-Gina with a new mug, 14-Mom & Dad, 15-Mary Lee & Charlie Ed's parents, 16-Bobbi Ed's aunt, 17-Gina & Steve, 18-Gina & Steve.