Wow.. so much to catch everyone up on...
In late October, Missy, Amy and I were honored to participate in the Avon Breast Cancer Walk in Charlotte NC. It was a fun filled weekend but very humbling the same. I walked 13.1 miles on Saturday and another 13.1 miles on Sunday for a total of 26.2 miles. I raised $1982 and together the 3 of us raised over $5600 to go towards Breast Cancer research and treatment with the majority of the money staying right here in NC.
There were many amazing things as we walked along... walking through Myers Park, where the big oaks lined the streets and all had big pink bows hanging on them. People were in their driveways handing out candy, water, donuts, coffee and even girl scout cookies... all saying Thank you and cheering us on. The saviors of the weekend were some Harley guys as we called them who came up from Atlanta and worked the intersections to ensure we could cross safely. These gentlemen wore tutus over their leathers and painted the go-tees pink to cheer us on. They provided such a lift to us walkers and reminded us why we were there. Hearing a complete stranger say to you "have I told you today what a wonderful job you are doing"... it just gives you that little extra lift you need to carry on. As you can imagine walking this much and attending an event like this offers lots of time to think... lots of time to reflect on what we have and all of our blessings. One out of every 10 women I walked with were breast cancer survivors. Next time you are with a group of women.. think about that... one out of ten of us... it was an emotional weekend and something I am so proud I did... and I hope to do again in the future!!
Just thought I would finally start getting some of this down... without the love and support of friends and family though... this wouldn't have been possible! What an awesome memory!!
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Day 2 dinner - crock pot
Tonight's dinner was not an internet recipe.. but instead just a Hormel Cure 81 ham cooked on low all day with some pineapple slices thrown in there.. some mashed potatoes, seasoned lima beans and rolls... yeap.. good old southern comfort food right there!!!
My new crock pot obsession...
Sounds weird right... a co worker gave me a recipe that his wife makes off the internet for crock pot rissotto.. so this woman in 2008 cooked in her crock pot every single day... for a whole year... amazing I tell you... the neat thing is people comment so you can get other's opinions on how the meal was.. plus any changes they made.... its easy to get sucked right on in...
I have bookmarked my first few recipes to try... and last night was recipe #1.. buffalo chicken lasagna... it was great!! The family loved it... and it will make a great recipe for these winter football games and such.... I posted it on facebook and lots of people wanted the recipe... I haven't confessed yet that I am pulling them all from a website.. hahaha.... how mean of me!!!
I have bookmarked my first few recipes to try... and last night was recipe #1.. buffalo chicken lasagna... it was great!! The family loved it... and it will make a great recipe for these winter football games and such.... I posted it on facebook and lots of people wanted the recipe... I haven't confessed yet that I am pulling them all from a website.. hahaha.... how mean of me!!!
Jim was home.. now gone again...
Jim was home... and we really enjoyed spending time with him!! While home, he made a family trip to Disney... a lunch with work peeps and a football Sunday cookout at our house...
It was so good to see him and now the count down begins until he is home for good... 4 more months!!! Yeah...
It was so good to see him and now the count down begins until he is home for good... 4 more months!!! Yeah...
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Holy hectic day
What a day what a day. There currently are 9 people in my house.. the 4 of us, my MIL and FIL, the niece Katie, her husband Matt and their 5 month old Adalynn....
Oh and two dogs... yeap.. that's a house full for sure.
Katie and Matt are fun though.. and will be here until the 29th when they move into their first home together at Ft. Bragg.. I am totally excited for them.
Outside of that, we had lacrosse at 10:30am, football at 2:30pm (had to be there at 1pm) and then straight to a corn hole tournament which was a breast cancer fundraiser for the walk that Missy, Amy and I are doing in late October..
It was a great time and alot of fun was had overall... lots of good food, a keg of beer (which was gone by 9pm) and prizes thanks to one of their friends! Great time with some really great people!!!
And as soon as we get home, I have to log into work and work some.. just testing for a change that is going on but hopefully all will go well and it will be an early night... they started about an hour ago... so fingers crossed!!!
I find myself a bit stressed... and buying hair dye more often that I might have before... but overall, things are good and we are enjoying life to the fullest!! That is the key right....to enjoy every moment and pack it full of memories to last the kids lifetimes. I will never have to worry about my boys ever saying that they spent all their time playing video games... whew not with the schedule we keep!!!
I might be ready for another St Marteen trip ~ just a thought!
Oh and two dogs... yeap.. that's a house full for sure.
Katie and Matt are fun though.. and will be here until the 29th when they move into their first home together at Ft. Bragg.. I am totally excited for them.
Outside of that, we had lacrosse at 10:30am, football at 2:30pm (had to be there at 1pm) and then straight to a corn hole tournament which was a breast cancer fundraiser for the walk that Missy, Amy and I are doing in late October..
It was a great time and alot of fun was had overall... lots of good food, a keg of beer (which was gone by 9pm) and prizes thanks to one of their friends! Great time with some really great people!!!
And as soon as we get home, I have to log into work and work some.. just testing for a change that is going on but hopefully all will go well and it will be an early night... they started about an hour ago... so fingers crossed!!!
I find myself a bit stressed... and buying hair dye more often that I might have before... but overall, things are good and we are enjoying life to the fullest!! That is the key right....to enjoy every moment and pack it full of memories to last the kids lifetimes. I will never have to worry about my boys ever saying that they spent all their time playing video games... whew not with the schedule we keep!!!
I might be ready for another St Marteen trip ~ just a thought!
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
September's events..
September has been a good but incredibly busy month so far... we started labor day weekend with cookouts, a day trip to the beach, Ryan's first football game... we headed back to work for ONE day.. and then Chris and I took off to the mountains for a 2 night getaway... yes.. our weekends are so busy that we felt bad for putting that on anyone, so went away during the week so we could be back to enjoy all the boys sports.
Luckily Katie and Matt are here.. waiting on housing at Ft Bragg... they have their place and move in on the 29th... they are really excited! It will be their first place as a family... we are happy for them!
Made it back on Friday afternoon ... so that we could see Trenton's first lacrosse game on Saturday morning.. he did really well considering he has never played.. NEVER .. like NEVER EVER... I was very proud of him. From the lacrosse game we went straight to football.. and saw the PW Black team win another game.. they played well....
Sunday was NFL kickoff Sunday with the Bengals winning against the Browns.. always a HUGE game for us.. and then Trenton's soccer game at WRAL. Trenton started as goalie and made several great saves... the second half he played defense and his team won 3 - 1... overall a great game!!
I have posted some pics on Facebook of the mountain cabin.. it was a quaint, cozy place with a fireplace, a King sized bed and a hot tub. It was in town but was still pretty private.. and was really nice on the inside... overall a great place to call home for a couple of days.
We rode Tail of the Dragon while out there... so I officially am a Dragon Slayer now.. it was such fun.. but a hard ride for Chris since it was the first time riding that two up. But it was fun and we made it through... good times for all. The weather was really nice and not too hot either.. so we got really lucky.... the first of the leaves had started to turn.. looks like this year will be a good years for the mountain colors.
That's it for now... hope you get a chance to read this Jim... and anyone else that might stumble across it... :-)
Luckily Katie and Matt are here.. waiting on housing at Ft Bragg... they have their place and move in on the 29th... they are really excited! It will be their first place as a family... we are happy for them!
Made it back on Friday afternoon ... so that we could see Trenton's first lacrosse game on Saturday morning.. he did really well considering he has never played.. NEVER .. like NEVER EVER... I was very proud of him. From the lacrosse game we went straight to football.. and saw the PW Black team win another game.. they played well....
Sunday was NFL kickoff Sunday with the Bengals winning against the Browns.. always a HUGE game for us.. and then Trenton's soccer game at WRAL. Trenton started as goalie and made several great saves... the second half he played defense and his team won 3 - 1... overall a great game!!
I have posted some pics on Facebook of the mountain cabin.. it was a quaint, cozy place with a fireplace, a King sized bed and a hot tub. It was in town but was still pretty private.. and was really nice on the inside... overall a great place to call home for a couple of days.
We rode Tail of the Dragon while out there... so I officially am a Dragon Slayer now.. it was such fun.. but a hard ride for Chris since it was the first time riding that two up. But it was fun and we made it through... good times for all. The weather was really nice and not too hot either.. so we got really lucky.... the first of the leaves had started to turn.. looks like this year will be a good years for the mountain colors.
That's it for now... hope you get a chance to read this Jim... and anyone else that might stumble across it... :-)
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Sports ~
Are you ready for some football...? Well we are... and those who know us know what our fall sporting seasons are like. Soccer for Trenton began 2 weeks ago and his team is playing well. Football began today for Ryan and they started the season with a great WIN. Next weekend Trenton starts lacrosse as well.. so how will we spend our weekends you ask... ? Getting some major farmers tans for sure!!!
Things are going really well here in the McHargue household... both boys are back in school and doing well. Sports have started and we are staying busy busy busy!!! Truth be told.. we love it though.
We went to see Grandma today... it was a nice visit. She will be 88 in October.. what an amazing woman... we didn't get to stay too long because we had to head out to football... but it was great to see her and get a chance to catch up with her.
Chris and I are looking forward to a couple of days in the mountains here very soon... it will be nice to spend a little quality time together and we love the mountains any time we get to go. We miss the boys, but sometimes its nice to get a way for a couple of days.. but no worries.. we won't miss a single sporting event!!!!
Just a short little catch up... Jim in case you are reading this... we are uploading pics and stuff to our shutterfly site...
Things are going really well here in the McHargue household... both boys are back in school and doing well. Sports have started and we are staying busy busy busy!!! Truth be told.. we love it though.
We went to see Grandma today... it was a nice visit. She will be 88 in October.. what an amazing woman... we didn't get to stay too long because we had to head out to football... but it was great to see her and get a chance to catch up with her.
Chris and I are looking forward to a couple of days in the mountains here very soon... it will be nice to spend a little quality time together and we love the mountains any time we get to go. We miss the boys, but sometimes its nice to get a way for a couple of days.. but no worries.. we won't miss a single sporting event!!!!
Just a short little catch up... Jim in case you are reading this... we are uploading pics and stuff to our shutterfly site...
Sunday, August 14, 2011
August part 1
It is 12:28am.. what are you doing? I am working.. take 2 of the B2C DMZ firewall upgrade... hoping this one goes better than the last all nighter we pulled...
Jim is officially in Ghazni now... we get to keep up with him through email and also through the blog they have going there... I have got to get this blogging thing down better... geez...so Jim.. I hope you read this... and maybe even comment!!!!
Ryan has started 5th grade... and football... Trenton has started soccer.. school starts for him the end of next week... Trenton will also be playing in a lacrosse league we hope to try to get him ready to try out for the school team... wow.. I think we are going to have a busy fall.
Football is back on and I am thrilled.. though I may not get much time to watch it.... seriously... I am not joking about this....
We had a pretty bad scare with dad last week.. but thankfully he is fine and back home and as long as he continues to rest and improve...he will be back to his old self in no time.. it is so very hard to watch your parents get older. My father was and still is my rock.. and it is so hard to realize and accept that he is not invincible. He was released from the hospital on a Thursday.. and that Sunday he and mom celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary... amazing if you ask me. I hope Chris and I hit 51 years... what a wonderful thought to spend that many years with someone you love <3
We are considering getting another dog... but have to get ours 'trained' more... she is great with people.. and recently was eating and while she was eating Megan stuck her hand in the dish and took food out.... Princess did not even flench... she is great with little ones... now if only she could be great with a puppy...
Any suggestions for relieving stress... I seem to be in a mode here lately where I stay pretty stressed... I can tell... I think it has to do alot with how busy we are... yeah.. I am pretty sure that is it. I think if we could go a week without either me or Chris getting woken up at least once... that might be a great place to start!!!!
Jim is officially in Ghazni now... we get to keep up with him through email and also through the blog they have going there... I have got to get this blogging thing down better... geez...so Jim.. I hope you read this... and maybe even comment!!!!
Ryan has started 5th grade... and football... Trenton has started soccer.. school starts for him the end of next week... Trenton will also be playing in a lacrosse league we hope to try to get him ready to try out for the school team... wow.. I think we are going to have a busy fall.
Football is back on and I am thrilled.. though I may not get much time to watch it.... seriously... I am not joking about this....
We had a pretty bad scare with dad last week.. but thankfully he is fine and back home and as long as he continues to rest and improve...he will be back to his old self in no time.. it is so very hard to watch your parents get older. My father was and still is my rock.. and it is so hard to realize and accept that he is not invincible. He was released from the hospital on a Thursday.. and that Sunday he and mom celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary... amazing if you ask me. I hope Chris and I hit 51 years... what a wonderful thought to spend that many years with someone you love <3
We are considering getting another dog... but have to get ours 'trained' more... she is great with people.. and recently was eating and while she was eating Megan stuck her hand in the dish and took food out.... Princess did not even flench... she is great with little ones... now if only she could be great with a puppy...
Any suggestions for relieving stress... I seem to be in a mode here lately where I stay pretty stressed... I can tell... I think it has to do alot with how busy we are... yeah.. I am pretty sure that is it. I think if we could go a week without either me or Chris getting woken up at least once... that might be a great place to start!!!!
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Country Music
CMA's are tonight...as I sit here, cold stone ice cream in hand and watch.. I find myself singing along.. and I must admit... I love country music. Now some songs are just twangy and are just there.. but alot of songs have some real meaning. Listening to country music you will find that for the most part, the songs tell a story. A story of who we are, where we came from and where we are going. They are songs of hope, love and dreams... how can anyone not appreciate a music that centers so much on who we want to be. When you hear a song and it makes you tear up, then you know it has touched your soul. Listen to Arlington by Trace Adkins which I cry through every time. Trenton loves that song and his voice is deep like Trace and it just rips at my heart strings to hear him sing it. We have always been Toby Keith fans because of the patriotism in his songs.... our blood bleeds for the red, white and blue and we feel it to the core of who we are. In my opinion... music should touch people more....
Thursday, February 10, 2011
2011 Goal
My big goal for 2011 is that Missy, Lindsey, Denise and I are going to do the Avon Breast Cancer walk in Charlotte in October.. 13.1 miles a day for two days... lots of fund raising between now and then! And lots of training to do to get myself ready for that!
We have experienced a cold winter this year.. with more snow than usual... its been fun, but now that I need to be walking more.. I need some slightly warmer weather... 27 degrees doesn't work for me.
Jim left about two weeks ago.. he is still state side training... we miss him already... work is just not the same! I hope you read this Jim... so you can keep up with your favorite McRaynor's... hahaha!
Getting ready to celebrate Chris's birthday next week... Trenton and I get a special date night Valentine's night... we are double dating with Vanessa and Corey so it should be quite fun!!!
We have experienced a cold winter this year.. with more snow than usual... its been fun, but now that I need to be walking more.. I need some slightly warmer weather... 27 degrees doesn't work for me.
Jim left about two weeks ago.. he is still state side training... we miss him already... work is just not the same! I hope you read this Jim... so you can keep up with your favorite McRaynor's... hahaha!
Getting ready to celebrate Chris's birthday next week... Trenton and I get a special date night Valentine's night... we are double dating with Vanessa and Corey so it should be quite fun!!!
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