June 2012

South Carolina – Learning the Area, Mini-Adventures, Holidays

Field Trips In the early days Jim would take us along on his errands, providing us with a chance to see the surrounding area. We called them our field trips. Our first outing was to Clayton, Georgia, just down the road a ways. Jim’s favorite Mexican restaurant was full with the lunch crowd by the …

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South Carolina – The Next Weeks – Getting Set Up

We spent the next weeks in an American Picker mode, hunting for furniture in Pat’s basement and workshop, Jim’s Big House, the chicken shed storage areas, the barn, and around Pat’s house. Everything we found had to be thoroughly cleaned, as most of it had years of accumulated dust. We gradually put together the kitchen, …

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St. Pat’s Day, Ear Piercings, Birthday Dinners, Butterfly Tattoos

Saturday was St. Patrick’s Day. We wanted to get the makings of a car bomb, Guinness and Baileys, but it was way too problematic, so we settled for wearing our St. Pat’s Day earrings that Alex’s girlfriend Amanda had given us two years before. We felt very festive! Thank you again, Amanda Kincade! We cycled …

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