Return of the Brucey Cuddle Time

Hurricane Ike hit Texas this morning and gas prices are up.  They’d been around $3.69 here in Wilmington, but I’ve heard that they’ve got up to as much as almost $5.00 in some places. It used to be that every Saturday morning we’d have what Amanda would refer to as Brucey Cuddle Time.  It’s when […]

Seven Years of 9/11

So, today was the seventh anniversary of the September 11 attacks.  I always get choked up watching footage of the people jumping out of the buildings and seeing the towers fall.  Just horrible. I’ve got to say though, there didn’t seem to be as much of a to do about it this year, and that’s […]

Sunshine and Sunflower

Amanda and I started off today like we do most Sundays by getting up and heading out to Port City Community Church. Amanda was wearing a bright yellow dress, and on the way to church I called her “sunshine”, which she said I couldn’t call her because sometimes she (along with billions of people worldwide) […]

Nick’s Rendition

Hurricane Hanna who?  I stayed up pretty late last night and the power blinked a couple times, but that was about it.  I found three or so shingles on the ground this morning and there were a few small limbs down, but I don’t think anybody around here had any serious damage. We called up […]

Hurricane (Tropical Storm) Hanna Midnight Update

There’s really nothing to report as far as Tropical Storm Hanna goes.  It’s not even really raining here and there’s not a whole lot of wind, although a Weather Channel guy at Wrightsville Beach said the wind was gusting up to about 55 miles per hour.  Hanna’s still off the coast of South Carolina. After […]