Justin has many aunts and uncles and one of our favourites is Lesa, a Registered Nurse (one of my favourite professional-types to get to know!). She is married to Jeff and they have a beautiful pale white but unfortunately cancer-ridden dog who has been aptly named Diamond.
Lesa cares a great deal for Justin and has, in turn, gotten to know me since he and I have been seriously involved since 2005. She is a lovely woman and she invited us out for lunch at a fun place that we, unfortunately do not have here in SoCal called O'Charley's. We sat and talked over hushpuppies, baked potato soup, chicken tenders and sweet tea on one of the last days that we were in town. It was a wonderful way to both catch up on our own and to say goodbye until the next time that Justin and I could find our way out to see the family.
Not-so-secretly, I am hoping that we can go back out for a week or so at the end of February so for Justin's thirty-something birthday... I stopped counting after he turned thirty lol
Lesa cares a great deal for Justin and has, in turn, gotten to know me since he and I have been seriously involved since 2005. She is a lovely woman and she invited us out for lunch at a fun place that we, unfortunately do not have here in SoCal called O'Charley's. We sat and talked over hushpuppies, baked potato soup, chicken tenders and sweet tea on one of the last days that we were in town. It was a wonderful way to both catch up on our own and to say goodbye until the next time that Justin and I could find our way out to see the family.
Not-so-secretly, I am hoping that we can go back out for a week or so at the end of February so for Justin's thirty-something birthday... I stopped counting after he turned thirty lol
Marvel at the EXCITEMENT of the front door of O'Charley's!
GASP as you watch Justin walk Marcy in the grass out along the parking lot!
Diamond is a really really sweet dog. This is Diamond and her mom, Lesa. Diamond just had surgery on her head to remove a tumor. She has a bandage across her neck because it keeps slipping off of her head.
You can really tell that Lesa is Kim's sister :-) They look so alike!
"Hug your aunt, Justin!" -- Me
"Say O'Charley's!"
I'm always sad to see someone for the last time while we are on a trip. It is nice to know that they will, the Fates willing, be around for our next trip.
I'm always sad to see someone for the last time while we are on a trip. It is nice to know that they will, the Fates willing, be around for our next trip.
I took some pictures of landmarks on the way back to the house. We were technically in Virginia, I think... I never know if we are in Virginia, Tennessee, or North Carolina when we drive for twenty minutes or more.
This is a really long train. There are a lot of really long trains in the area. When I moved to Tennessee for the summer of 2009, we lived spittin' distance from the tracks. Every night the conductor would blow the horn-- sometimes as late as 4am. You knew the really jerk-ass conductors because they were the ones who would blow it unnecessarily long and loud at four in the morning WHY?!
This is a really long train. There are a lot of really long trains in the area. When I moved to Tennessee for the summer of 2009, we lived spittin' distance from the tracks. Every night the conductor would blow the horn-- sometimes as late as 4am. You knew the really jerk-ass conductors because they were the ones who would blow it unnecessarily long and loud at four in the morning WHY?!
I think that is actually the denomination, not the actual first Christian church ever. Although, it looks like it could have been...
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