Hope Mills Alligator Caught

*Posting this for {me} for future scrapping reference! Fayetteville Observer Online - Wednesday June 23, 2010

http://fayobserver.com/articles/2010/06/23/1008591?sac=Local



Published: 10:53 PM, Tue Jun 22, 2010
Hope Mills alligator caught

A staff report

Wildlife officers captured the elusive alligator at the foot of the Hope Mills dam Tuesday evening.

Police Chief Robert Hassell said the gator was spotted by an employee at Big T's about 2:30 p.m. in what's left of Hope Mills Lake, which was drained last week because of problems with the dam.

Cumberland County Animal Services and officials from the N.C. Wildlife Commission captured the gator about 7 p.m., Hassell said.

Wildlife officials planned to release the alligator in the Green Swamp Preserve in Brunswick County.

The 5-foot alligator first appeared in the lake June 9 and was a regular attraction for parkgoers and the curious alike. Town officials closed the lake to swimmers until they came up with a plan for what to do about it.

The alligator was believed to have left the lake when it had to be drained. It was spotted Tuesday for the first time since the lake was emptied.

Sick and it's Dad's Weekend .....Bummer!

Sometimes I really hate this shared custody thing, and wish that I could have Garrett all the time....especially on days like this. It's his Dads weekend, and he's sick, and guess who he wants to be with?? Yep, you guessed it - Mommy. So I stopped over there a little while ago to check on him and hold him for a few minutes. So glad that he still likes being held as I'm sure those days are numbered now.

Thought I'd take a picture of him, and possibly do a layout with it in the near future.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Online Cyber Crop @ Cookin' up Creations

For all of my Scrapbooking Friends, come join us at Cookin' up Creations this weekend, as we have our online Card Cyber Crop. Sweet Tooth Scrapbooking will be providing a Gift Certificate to the Winner. Hope you'll come play along with us! http://www.cookinupcreations.com/

Happy Birthday Little Man!

Can you believe this little man of mine is already nine years old?

Quick Update...

Ever since I started my site, I've become such an awful, awful blogger....but honestly, not sure that anyone even reads it anymore as most of my family is on Facebook now...

Anyhoo...life is good. Marriage is going strong! Happier than ever...can't really complain!

Garrett will be nine years old in a few days, and Jackie will be 22 shortly there after! Thankful children are happy and healthy too! Did get word from Jackie this morning that her husband Daniel will be home from Haiti by the end of the month though! That's great news for them!

My stepson Tyler, chose to move back home last weekend. Not really sure how I feel about it just yet...I'm happy in a since, but in another not so much. He was sent to live with us for a reason, and I think somewhere along the way that got lost, and he once again, got what he wanted. Shawn is hurt. Not sure how to help him. Time is my only answer at the moment!

Everything else is pretty much routine these days...work, family life and my site...then get up the next day and do it all over again! I am trying to find time to actually "scrapbook" again...

Will try and keep this somewhat updated, but no promises as I've seem to fail at so many other attemps at this.

Winter Wonderland of Embellishments Blog Hop

Posting this a tad early as I have to work all day tomorrow, and then I'm going to a crop right after work tomorrow night! Yay me...first one I've been too in over five years, so I figure I'm due....

So......welcome to the Cookin' up Creations "Winter Wonderland of Embellishments" Blog Hop..

Here's how to play along with us.

Your first stop for this Hop should have been the Cookin' up Creations Blog. There you will find a complete list of all the participating blogs.

Please Visit all 12 blogs, leaving a comment at each one.

Then return to the Cookin' up Creations Blog to let us know you are finished. This will get you an entry to win one of the two prizes that will be given away at the end of the Blog Hop.

For this blog hop, you should have come here from Jan Mosier's Blog, if not, head back to the Cookin' up Creations Blog and start from the beginning! My blog here should be your 12th and last stop before you head back to the Cookin' up Creations Blog. Once you get back to the main blog, make sure you leave a comment telling us that you've been to every blog on the hop, and have left a comment!

For my challenge, I gonna talk about mini brads.....most everyone that knows me, knows that I can't do a layout without using them....*notice my layouts in my slide show! Guess you can guess what my challenge is going to be......yep, you guessed it! I want you to create a layout using at least Five (5) mini brads on it....how easy is that?? Please upload your creations into the Cookin' up Creations Embellishment Blog Hop Album before Friday January 22, 2010 at 5:00 EST to qualify for the prizes. File size should be no larger than 150Kb....also while you're here, and posting your comment, why not go ahead and tell me what's the "ONE" embellishment that you turn to over and over again??

Here's my example....it's a tad older, but with jury duty and work the past two weeks, I'm running a tad behind....

The next stop on our hop is the last stop, and like I mentioned before, it's the Cookin' up Creations Blog....

Thank you so much for joining in on our Blog Hop! Happy Scrapping!

**There will be two prizes awarded. One prize is for participating in the blog hop and becoming a follower of the Cookin’ up Creations blog . And then there will be a Grand Prize, awarded to the person completing all of the challenges and requirements involved! Both prizes will be Random Drawings!

Winter Wonderland of Embellishments Blog Hop

Cookin' up Creations will be having our very first Blog Hop this weekend and would love for you to join us!! Our Sponsors for the Month of January are numerous and each has provided us with an enormous supply of "Embellishments", hence the theme of the Blog Hop....be sure to check out the site, as more details are still to come!