THE BIG NEWS IN OUR FAMILY RIGHT NOW IS THAT MICHELE MY NIECE AND HER HUSBAND DWAYNE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ADOPTING TWO CHILDREN.
THEY HAD BEEN TRYING TO ADOPT A CHILD FROM RUSSIA FOR A GOOD WHILE AND IT SEEMED THAT THE PROCESS HAD STALLED. ABOUT THAT TIME, A FRIEND OF MINE AND MOLLY'S WHO IS DIVORCED WITH THREE BOYS AND LIVING IN HER MOM AND DAD'S BASEMENT GOT PREGNANT AND SHE KNEW SHE COULDN'T TAKE CARE OF ANOTHER CHILD. SHE WAS THINKING OF AN ABORTION, BUT MOLLY TRIED TO TALK HER OUT OF IT AND SUGGESTED TO HER THAT GIVING IT UP FOR ADOPTION WOULD BE A BETTER OPTION.
MOLLY MENTIONED IT TO MICHELE AND DWAYNE AND THEY WERE EXCITED ABOUT THE PROSPECT, AND THE REST IS HISTORY!
OUR FRIEND CHOSE TO ALLOW MICHELE AND DWAYNE TO HAVE THE CHILD, A BOY, AND IT IS DUE IN LATE JANUARY.
IN THE MEAN TIME, THE ADOPTION IN RUSSIA BEGAIN MOVING AGAIN AND THE AGENCY HANDLING THE ADOPTION CONTACTED THEM AND TOLD THEM THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN, AND BOY AND A GIRL FOR THEM TO MEET.
ON DECEMBER THE 11TH THEY WENT TO RUSSIA TO MEET THE CHILDREN AND MAKE A DECISION ON WHICH ONE TO ADOPT. [ SINCE THEY ALREADY HAD ONE ON THE WAY HERE IN THE USA, DWAYNE SAID ONE WAS ENOUGH!!]
THEY CHOSE THE LITTLE GIRL, AN 8 MONTH OLD THEY NAMED BREASHA ELINA, BUT THE PROCESS IS NOT OVER, IT WILL MOST LIKELY BE FEBUARY BEFORE THEY CAN BRING HER HOME, WHICH MEANS ANOTHER TRIP TO RUSSIA, THIS TIME POSSIBLY WITH A NEW BORN BABY BOY.
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last update: 12-23-04
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WELL, IT'S BEEN A BUSY COUPLE OF MONTHS AT HALL COUNTY ROAD MAINTENENCE.
WE'VE WENT THROUGH ALL OF THE EARLY RETIREMENTS AND THE PROCESS OF REPLACING THE RETIREE'S THROUGH PROMOTIONS WITHIN, SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF MOVEMENT IN OUR DEPARTMENT. THE HARDEST PART HAS BEEN THE CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP ALTHOUGH SUPRISINGLY, IT HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT SMOOTH, SO FAR ANYWAY.
WITH THE RECIENT HEAVY RAINS IN THE AREA, WE HAD SOME ROADS TO WASH OUT, LEDAN ROAD WASHED OUT AGAIN AND WAS CLOSED FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS WHILE REPAIRS WERE BEING MADE. AND A ROAD INTO A SUBDIVISION CALLED MOUNTIAN MEADOWS WASHED OUT ALSO. MOUNTIAN MEADOW HAD A SIX FOOT PIPE RUNNING UNDER IT, YOU COULD WALK STRAIGHT THROUGH IT, BUT IT COULDN'T HANDLE ALL THE WATER COMING THROUGH IT AND SOMETHING HAPPENED THAT I HAD NOT SEEN IN ALL THE YEARS I HAVE BEEN WITH THE COUNTY.
THE PIPE WAS IN THREE SECTIONS, BUT SOMEHOW THE RAIN AND WATER WASHED OUT ONLY THE MIDDLE SECTION OF PIPE!! THE MIDDLE SECTION CAME LOOSE AND WASHED THROUGH THE SECTION ON THE OUTLET END, WHICH YOU WOULD THINK WOULD BE AN IMPOSSIBLITIE SINCE THEY ARE BOTH THE SAME SIZE. IT WASHED THIS 6x20' SECTION OF PIPE ABOUT 100' DOWN THE CREEK! [SEE PICTURE BELOW}
WE HAD OUR ANUAL CHRISTMAS COOK OUT ON THE 22ND. SHANE DANIEL HAD BEEN OUR HEAD COOK FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS BUT DECIDED TO GIVE IT UP THIS YEAR AND SINCE I HAD BEEN HIS ASSISTANT, HE CHOSE ME TO TAKE OVER THE DUTIES FOR HIM. SO WHILE MOST EVERYONE ELSE ENJOYED A DAY OF LEASURE, I STARTED PREPARING FOR THE COOKOUT ABOUT 9AM, STARTED HEATING THE GRILL AT 11AM AND STARTED COOKING AT 12. I HAD TWO ASSISTANTS, DAVID WALLIS AND RANDALL ABERNATHY AND WE COOKED FOR ABOUT 60 FOLKS, HAMBURGERS, HOTDOGS, CHILLI, BAKED BEANS. MOST EVERYTHING ELSE WAS PREPARED AND BROUGHT BY OTHERS. FINALLY THE FOOD WAS DONE AND IT WAS TIME TO EAT, BUT FIRST IT WAS TIME TO ANNOUNCE THE AWARD FOR EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR FOR 2004 WHO IS ELECTED BY HIS OR HER CO-WORKERS.
THE WINNER RECIEVES A PLAQUE AND A RESERVED PARKING SPACE FOR A YEAR
AND THE WINNER IS.................ME!! YES, I WON THE EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR AWARD! IT WAS AN AWARD OF WHICH I AM VERY HONORED TO RECIEVE. IT MEANS ALOT BECAUSE IT'S THE GUYS WHO VOTE FOR IT.
I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO UPLOAD SOME PICTURES OF THE COOKOUT BUT MY CAMERA WAS MESSED UP BUT MAYBE I CAN GET SOME FROM SOMEONE ELSE AND POST LATER ON.
RIGHT: MOUNTIAN MEADOWS ROAD, NOTICE THE PIPE DOWN STREAM! MORE PICTURES ON PHOTO ALBUM PAGE