good long weekend

hello everyone! well we have been very busy this weekend but had a great time together. we went to greensboro saturday and watched my sister stormy run. she came in 3rd so she made the nationals and we are proud of her. yesterday we went and got a few grocerys and some more flowers and pots, stretch and daddy worked on the hookup trailer and i cleaned the kitchen pipes, boy did they stink. lol today we went and got us some awesome patio furniture and it looks so good. if yall seen the porch you would not reconize it. we have really got it fixed up since we got that gate. well i seen were moon and dawn put new pictures on the blog and they look good. elana is getting so big and she is so cute. well got to get back to yard work and the garden. love and miss everyone, bye

wore out thursday

good afternoon everybody. how is everyone? i seen the soccer pics and jesse you are the tallest person on the team.lol wait until everybody starts asking you everywere you go "HOW TALL ARE YOU" or do they already do that? ok stretch is back home. yes i am so glad. he got here about 2:30 tuesday morning. i was in the chair waiting to, even though i was asleep. he went into work today at 12:00. i am working this week also keeping robbie tues.-fri. 6-6. he is a handful. lol well i guess i will finish laundry. talk to everybody later and love all

Monday evening

Good evening everyone, all is well here, we are just working hard and long hours to get as much done as we can before this weekend break. Also we do not want any other trades (electricians and brick masons) to be waiting on us, we want to be waiting on them especially since we are taking this upcoming weekend break. We have all our demo work done and tomorrow we will start roughing in some plumbing for the new ac/heat units. We should leave here Wed morning, possibly Thur morning depending on what day we can work our last gas meter job on ft bragg. Is late, i am tired, gonna crash out. Love to you all, peace out

may 24 2010 11:34am

hey everybody! i see the new blog and pictures you put on there angie and yall all look great. i am glad you guys had a good time. tell your mom see looked really good to and i said hey. well today and tomorrow are going to be busy. me and daddy have already went to 1 dr. appointment and we got 2 more tomorrow. i am fixing to take off to the commissary and see if they are hiring yet. stretch is doing fine, he went out yesterday and had service so we got to talk on the phone. i was glad. he is still suppost to be home wednesday evening and i cant wait. well just wanted to catch up im going to go for now bye and send our love.

saturday morning 9:42am

hello everybody. is anybody going to post any new blogs? lol well all is well here and stretch is doing fine. he will be home wednesday and go back the following tuesday. i am just ready for tuesday to get here. i am going to clean my carpets today i think. i am running out of things to do. lol so how are all the kids? jesse and dillion hey there boys. cant wait to see yall. does your school let out june 3rd? that is when my daughter gets out and she lives in sc, but brandon dosent get out until june 10. moon & dawn how is elana and dawson? is dawson ready for school to let out? well i am going to shut up before i have the whole page wrote up. here is another picture of james lee. oh yeah he went to the dr. and he weighs 8 pounds now.

good morning (8:08am)

good morning everybody! i dont see any new blogs on here. i just finished writing stretch on aol. that is how we have been talking, the computer. they have no phone service there. i cant figure out the web cam either. hopefully tonight he will give me a # to call. well i am doing ok and so is stretch, he is a little homesick, and i am alot homesick for him. lol i am going to finally cut the grass today and get my car cleaned up. our yard dosent look so good. i will get it though. stretch showed me how to work everything before he left. i think i will have a yard sale tomorrow, so wish me luck with that. ok ive got to go and get busy, so everybody have a good day and i send love to all.

thursday morning 7:12 am

good morning everybody. i am tired! i did not sleep good last night, i kept robbie paul and just put him in the bed with me and i woke up with a foot in my mouth. he took up the whole bed. i know how stretch feels know. stretch's phones are not working down there so we are talking on aol. i miss his tall butt. angie i am glad you found the dress and i told you it would be ok. about the text time yes it is the teenager. he will be a text master soon, if he's not already. he will need unlimited texting. so dylan got mad? i just can't belive that. lol well i got to get daddy, robbie paul, and buttercup something for breakfast so i will talk later. love everybody.

posting pictures

just wanted to put a couple of pictures up for everybody to see.

wednesday morning

just wanted to say hey to everyone. i am fixing to get up and get myself together. angie calm down about this wedding you will be fine. tell the boys summer is almost here. no stretch didn't ride the scooter, but he hauled it on the trailer. i really miss him. i should have some new pictures today of james lee and elena so i will post some. i will download them on stretch's computer. lol well i am going to sign off for now, but send my love to everyone.

lazy day

i am so glad everybody made it to west virginia safely. baby call me anytime of the day, i will leave my phone on at all times even at night. i had the next door neighbors kids for a couple of hours this evening and they just went home. i have done nothing today but watch svu. baby yall be careful down there with those backwoods people. love everybody and goodnight.

Morgantown wv

Hey all, all 3 trucks arrived here at morgantown safely this afternoon and by the way baby, we are "up here", not "down there" lol. It was a good drive through a lot of mountaneuos terrain and rain/dreary weather. The trailer pulled good and the scooter rode well also. will get up in morning and have our monthly safety briefing by jci then on to our destination camp dawson and start demolishing the old ac/heating units. hope everyone has had a safe day, love to you all, peace out.

tuesday 5-18-10 8:17 am

good morning to everyone. well stretch left for wv about 30 mins. ago and i am going to miss him like crazy. he took the other computer and is going to blog from down there. well everything is o.k. here and just wanted to say hey. write more tomorrow.

non-hectic MONDAY

hello everybody! how are yall? we are good, glad to be home. i think we get home sick after we are gone a day or 2. well we are sitting on the porch just chillin. we watched the dogs get them a bird this morning and now maggie has brought it to the front steps. we had a very good weekend. the new grandbaby James Lee is so beauitful. i held him almost the whole time we were there, and feed him and changed his diapers, and his clothes. jamie can't keep his hands off of him. it was just awesome. we got to moons saturday afternoon and elana is getting so big. she is so pretty. we had a very good time with everyone. i will post pictures as soon as i get them developed. i forgot my camera and had to stop and buy a disposable one. my daddy also went with us and stayed at a motel. i am so proud of him, everybody should know why i am. he behaved him self. well i have to start getting things together for stretch. he is going to WV in the morning and i am going to miss him so much. boy we are going to use some t-mobile minutes the next 10 days. he also will be taking my computer but i will use his to keep everybody updated. jesse you did look handsome boy. you look like you were about 17 years old, don't flip on me angie. well i got to go and get my baby taken care of. talk to yall later.

may 12 6:49pm

good evening everyone. hope everybody has had a good day. as for me and stretch we just been relaxing since 2:00. stretch got home early today, so he was able to get him some extra rest. i got me 2 flowers today and a pot to plant my rose bush in. i planted it today angie and i hope i done it right. we have got it in the corner of the porch and it looks good. i got a black square pot, and stretch said we could have used a 5 gallon bucket instead of paying for plastic pots. i should have gotten the clay pots. i will know next time. well i will write more tomorrow. hope yall all have a good night.

early tuesday

good morning everyone! well this is the 2nd time I have typed this so bear with me, it is still very early. we are up getting stretch for work. he has had his breakfast and coffee and now it is time to go. well we are almost recovered from the weekend. we had a very good time. the race was awesome. it was my 1st race and i really enjoyed it. we also got some good riding time in, even though it was pretty cold on the way home, not to mention i was very sleepy. well we are very excited to see the new grandbaby this weekend and we also get to see elana. boy she has growed and cute as a button with all those different outfits on. angie i am going to call you this afternoon to check on dillion, don't worry yourself either he will be fine. i've got to try and get this picture on here for stretch, he wanted to put it with what he wrote last night but couldn't so i am going to get it for him. we love everybody and will see everybody soon. dillion and jesse get ready for the summer we are going to have some fun!

monday afternoon 10 may

hello everyone, sure do pray that all are fine. just got off work, had my shower and now awaiting dinner so i thought id say a few words. had a good weekend, nascar race was good (and loud) and pleasant weather for the harley. Short stop had a good birthday party, hope he spends that money wisely. was extremely good spending time with family and am looking forward to time with james, jen, jamie and alayna, moon, dawn and dawson this weekend. time to eat......love to all pops

monday 3 May 10 1800 hours

Got home from work, had a shower and thought I'd say hello. Was thinking this day how Moons washer was working lately, hope all is well with it. Hope everyone has had a good, safe day. Am alreADY ready for the weekend (again, its only Monday) and am excited about darlington. Am seriously considering getting those driver,spotter and crew chief headsets so when things are going good for the #5 car i can listen to that #14 struggle and that driver cry cry cry. well it is official this day, Brandy is a GRANDMA!!
jamie has his son about 1400 hrs today, and name is James lee. They are all good. Love to you all, Papa Dukes

monday morning

good morning to everyone. well how is everybody? we are pretty good here. stretch got off to work this morning fine and now i am getting my daily routine done. we went to church yesterday and had a good time. we also went to lowes and got us a couple of flowers to plant and hang on the front porch. we got some pretty ones. angie we will see yall in a few days. have a good day!