it's a beautiful day today in charlotte, north carolina

today i had the honor of taking my 9 year old nephew to his soccer game and man is he ever good. he's so focused and gives it his all. he scored (hooray!), it ended in a tie, he really enjoyed the game and seeing his friends. parents were coming up to him congratulating him on a great game - it was awesome. when we got back to his house, his older sister was celebrating her 13th birthday, there were about 13 of her friends and a man that makes chocolate candy - would that be a chocolatier? willy wonka? maybe? there was so much more - food, cake, presents, those cool big decorated eggs filled with the freshly made chocolate and even another bag of goodies for her friends to take home with them. their mom is quite the event planner!

another sunless day in charlotte, north carolina

and "they" are predicting snow - eeeeeeeewwwwwwwww
we are in the south and south = no snow, if ya want snow - you know the deal - go back . . . . .
i'm a gotta have it, want it, need it sunshine girl, the lack of which is making me crazier
here's a craft i happened upon this morning that may help those with kids!
this project can be found on the site how stuff works

here's a quote from one of my all time favorite gentleman, superstar, basketball player, charlotte bobcats owner, inspirational north carolinian's ever!
"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed." Michael Jordan