Right Place, Right Time

How lucky can one boy be? A few weeks ago on one of our morning bike rides, we stopped to watch the heavy tractors and earth movers working in the field by our house. We finished our ride, and went back to watch a little longer. A big earth mover was just turning the corner and the driver stopped and waved for Corben to come sit next to him in the little "passenger seat" and go for a ride. I hesitated, while Corben took off running and jumped right in. He rode for about 15 minutes while the tractor moved tons of dirt making the new street. I didn't have a camera with me, so we took these pictures a couple hours later.

Don't You Wish

...that sometimes you could just have superpowers for a few minutes? This morning while we were out for our daily bike ride with Lexi we decided to take a different route -- as we were turning the corner, I heard a car alarm going off. There is a lot of new construction in our area and thought perhaps it was a builder or worker. All of a sudden a man on a bicycle comes ripping around the corner and down the street towards me holding something in his arm, kind of hunched over. To me it looked very suspicious [if you know me at all, I'm always wary of "suspicious" characters and ready to take them with a heeeyaaah, and an elbow jab to the gut, and then stomp on his foot....] so I made sure to stare really hard at him. I just got that "something isn't right about that" feeling and kept watching him. I had turned my bike around and was on the corner as he went by. I was so close to saying something, but didn't want to stereotype or accuse unjustifiably. I started up the street to where the car alarm had gone off, and saw a truck parked in a driveway with the passenger door wide open. The alarm had stopped and I didn't see anyone -- a lady came out a moment later and realized she had been robbed. That man had shimmied the window down and stolen her purse! She was really upset and couldn't even call 911, so I called for her and she hopped in a truck with her husband to try and follow the guy. No luck -- the police came and I told him what I had seen -- down to what he was wearing [I did stare hard!] Hopefully they will catch the guy, there were good handprints on the window....who knows! I really DETEST people who steal from others!!!

So the superpowers? I would have used my elastigirl arms and grabbed the bike while the guy flew over the handlebars smashing his face on the asphalt (oh yeah) and then wrapped his bike around him while we waited for law enforcement. Oh if only................

Four Letter Words, Gardens, In a "Jam," and Disney Withdrawals

I have a favorite four letter word, and although it ranks up there with "love" and "kids" it just happens to be another one....I know what you're thinking, and no, how could you think that??! It's

**FREE**

I was returning a book to a friend last Sunday after church and happened upon a pile of plastic on the curb. I couldn't resist checking it out and although it was dirty, wet (nice big thunderstorm), a temporary ant residence, I tossed it in the truck and brought it home. A little water, some scrubbing, ant removal and voila:
It isn't perfect, and a dog had a little chew party on a couple corners, but hey I didn't pay a cent for it and Madison has a ball in it!

My garden is flourishing -- here is a picture of the "first fruits" of the garden...
Since then I've had bowls of cherry tomatoes, green beans, cucumbers and squash. We're loving it!

We also found ourselves in different kind of garden - a blueberry farm. One morning I saw a blurb in the paper about picking your own berries at a farm nearby and went that day with friends. We went back again a week later and picked twice as many -- how can you resist when they are so delicious and only $0.98 a pound??













I was in a "jam" this week as well. It just so happens that our Bishop and his wife have many fruit trees in their yard and needed some help using all the fruit. We went and picked and came home with two kinds of pears, figs, apples and plums. I already made some raspberry fig jam and will be making plum jam too.
As far as Disney withdrawals -- the picture speaks for itself. She wears it daily! 8:]

The Night the Lights Went out in Georgia.....

...but there wasn't any hanging of an innocent man. Our last leg of our family trip to our beloved Disneyworld we stopped in Savannah, Georgia. We had orginially planned to drive to Charleston, SC but 6+ hours in the car after leaving Orlando didn't sound like the best idea (that and the fact that we didn't leave until 2pm). We stopped for lunch on the outskirts of Jacksonville and hoped that the restaurant we picked had free internet nearby.... We ended having to drive to a hotel down the street and parked in the parking lot while we searched for a hotel to stay at that night. I guess that's part of the fun, not making specific plans.

We found a reasonable hotel that was right in the historic district and plugged it into Lola (our Tomtom - thanks "RV") and we were off. As we got closer to Savannah and exits started flying past, it seemed that the hotel was still a good distance away. We got off at one of the last exits and again searched around for a wireless signal (4 hotels later ;) and found the correct address for the hotel in Savannah, and not in Hilton Head, SC (another 35 miles away!) Nice! :)

We had fun walking around the city that night and cruising the waterfront. The buildings are amazing and the history is very rich there. If you're looking for delicious homemade candies there are about 4 stores on the waterfront within 1/2 mile of each other that make amazing taffies and pecan pralines (and they offer many samples). The next morning, we wandered around the city, checked out Paula Deen's "street" with her store and restaurant, the historic cemetery and back down to the waterfront.

On the drive back home after leaving, I was reading through all the tourbooks that we found AFTER we wandered around the city and found some fun tours we'll have to try another time -- our first pick? The Haunted Savannah tour - a nighttime walking tour with a historic guide through old buildings/streets. Hopefully there'll be a next time - there's so much to see on the East coast!

"....it was all started by a mouse."

Drum roll please........ddddddddddddddddddddddd (I know you can hear it...)

Sit back, relax and enjoy the show that is the Gebski's trip to one of the happiest places on earth -

DISNEYWORLD!!!!

We all can't wait to go back - either to DL or DW. *****, a perfect 10 - yes, it truly is a place where dreams come true. 8:] (those are my Mickey ears)