rest in peace....

abraham fishington reid. we knew he wasn't doing too well for the past few weeks. today he finally swam his last lap. well, actually he's not been swimming for a while now, just floating lifelessly. but may he float on forever in the heavens.

Thanksgiving recap

Thanksgiving has come and gone in a whirl. I really enjoyed the time off and had a great time with the extendeds. We, of course, have not downloaded our pictures yet. Fuzzy, who is generally more on the ball about these things than we are has his pictures here. He's got some really good shots of the concert we went to on Friday night and of the town of Vicksburg as well.

Happy Thanksgiving

one more day and I'm home-free! Can't wait for my 5 day vacation. Have a happy tofurkey day, y'all.

if you're in columbia, check out live with lucas on thanksgiving morning and you'll see some of my kids stuffing our new bus with donated canned goods.

if i had had a camera...

with me this weekend there would be a picture posted here of chris riding a mini tricycle tractor. knees to his ears and working up a sweat to get the thing moving around the track. this weekend we went to a corn maze to, you know, do a maze. they had children's tricycles for kids to race around a small tire-encrusted race track. brian, chris and nicole thought it would be funny to get on and race around with some kids. it was funny. but without a picture and just this story on the internet i guess it's not really that funny. but take my word for it laughs were had.

the vote has been tallied

and even though judging by the comments on my vote post it looks like the 30th would've won out, i have to inform you that we're going to go with the 16th. i said you could vote, but i didn't say your vote would count.

no, i'm just kidding about that comment. i won't get into all the specifics here but we have decided to go with the 30th. BUT to kaiser and paula, i'd love to get together with you guys on the 30th or over new years or something if you're going to be around or, in kais's case, come down. please, please, please visit! i'd love to see you both.

but, let it be known--reid 4th anniversary christmas party, saturday, december 16th, 7:00 PM. clothing optional.* for those who have attended in years past, you know the details. for those who haven't and want to come, let me know and i'll give you the specifics.

*ok, i'm just kidding about the clothing part too. please wear clothes.

the vote has been tallied

and even though judging by the comments on my vote post it looks like the 30th would've won out, i have to inform you that we're going to go with the 16th. i said you could vote, but i didn't say your vote would count.

no, i'm just kidding about that comment. i won't get into all the specifics here but we have decided to go with the 30th. BUT to kaiser and paula, i'd love to get together with you guys on the 30th or over new years or something if you're going to be around or, in kais's case, come down. please, please, please visit! i'd love to see you both.

but, let it be known--reid 4th anniversary christmas party, saturday, december 16th, 7:00 PM. clothing optional.* for those who have attended in years past, you know the details. for those who haven't and want to come, let me know and i'll give you the specifics.

*ok, i'm just kidding about the clothing part too. please wear clothes.

a whale of a day!

on saturday chris and i and our 2 friends from charlotte ventured west to visit the georgia aquarium. despite the cost, which i ranted about a while back, we were able to attend (thanks to the generous donation of my brother and his family) and found it to be TOTALLY worth the fee! the whole thing was way cool and we all (if i can speak for the bunch) were impressed by the artistry of the exhibit designs.

here are a few choice pictures. chris will be posting some video in the near future.

vote NOW!

ok, forget about the vote on tuesday*. you need to vote NOW.

the fourth annual reid christmas party is up for debate. we usually hold it a week or 2 before christmas. but this year, with chris's alternating saturday schedule and my overall constant craziness, coupled with friends having plans and other things, we're not sure when to hold it. we were originally thinking of the 16th. but that seems to be a night when a lot of folks have plans. plus, sometimes the rush before christmas is just so stressfull, what with cookies to bake, presents to wrap, work parties, church parties, etc. so then i was thinking what about december 30. the christmas rush will be over and it might be a little easier to have a party then. but it is the day before new years eve, so folks might want to hold out on partying until the following night.

so this is where you, my faithful bloggers and blog readers, have a vote. a very important vote. use it wisely. comment and let me know your vote for the 4th annual. the options up on the table at this point are saturday the 16th or saturday the 30th.

*i didn't really mean "forget about the vote on tuesday" and DON'T vote. i just mean vote here and vote again on tuesday. hopefully your voice will be heard in both important elections.