A Surprise Lunch Companion

Today, mom and I headed up to Raleigh to do some grocery shopping and shoe shopping. Mom needed Whole Foods for her gluten free diet and I need a new pair of Privo shoes at Nordstroms. Nordstroms seems to be the best in carrying size 11 shoes for me, they are a guarantee to have them. We decided to go to Cheesecake Factory for lunch, since it has been awhile for both of us. As we were waiting outside for out table and looking around we heard someone say, "Oh my goodness." Mom turns around and there is David Dorsett. A few minutes later we saw his daughter Brittany who had just finished playing for the state championship in basketball. We invited David to join us for lunch and we had a wonderful time catching up on all of our lives. The picture is not the best quality, because it was taken with David's cellphone. But here we are getting ready to eat the delicious cheesecake.

Mikki Staked a Claim

The other day, mom brought home some little girl dresses for Christy and Lauren. Her hands were full, so she just laid them down on the ground for a few minutes. Well, very quickly, someone staked a claim on the dresses. We turned around and there was Mikki sitting right there on top of them. So here you go, Lisa, there are the dresses that mom got the girls.

Translator for the Carolinas

Working in the Carolinas has shown me one significant challenge over the past few days. Some of the words that people use around here are quit different. Here are some examples and their translation for us normal people:
1. Mash the button. - Push the button.
2. Cut it. - Turn something off.
3. I won't be ugly tomorrow. - I won't be bad tomorrow.
4. Tobagon - In Canada, this is a big wooden sled, here it is something that you wear on your head. I kid you not. When they told me this the other night at church, I thought that I would die from laughter. What they were talking about was either a ski mask or a beanie. I just could not believe that they would use the word tobagon.

As I hear more things, I will make sure to write them down and make sure to post them on the web. I am sure that we can all get a kick out of some southern talk.