sister, bring it on... let the blog wars commence. (for those of you not previed to Shinny and i's conversation... we are having a snow-day blog war. Just for kicks and giggles. Please see other family blogspots for more entertainment...)
Well, for those of you who don't know William F. Gibbs, allow me to introduce you. This is my hubby. He is also a fabulouso musician, and i invite you to take a listen. Four of his songs that will be on his forthcoming album can be heard here: www.myspace.com/wfgibbs. Hope you enjoy!
evelyn and floyd drove up to the mountains on wednesday afternoon (with JH in tow, of course) for the annual tree hunt and some terrific r&r time. we enjoyed a terrific turkey day feast with neighbors from all over the cashiers-highlands area. on friday, we set out for the annual tree hunt at a christmas tree farm down the road. these pictures are actually of last year's tree... and that tree had a lot of influence over the hunt this year because the '05 tree was 17 feet tall. as you can see from the pic of floyd, evelyn, and amy in front of the bound tree once we got it in the house, the top of the tree is well out of the picture. also featured is a picture of me hacking away at the trunk so as to fit it into the tree stand. as a result, the 2006 Gibbs' family tree is 1/2 the size... a nice, manageable 8 or so feet tall. E&F will be bringing home their tree (which i hope to post soon) tomorrow and letting the season begin with a bang as we set up for our first christmas at bradley blvd. woo hoo!!
Yall please pray for Floyd. He has carpal tunnel pretty bad in his left hand/forearm. I never realized just how painful this can be until he started describing it and i started reading about it. Anyway, he can't see the hand doctor until Tuesday. We are icing, stretching, massaging, and medicating, but he has little relief. We really need your prayers as we are loosing sleep and he is in pain. It's also pretty sad because he cannot play guitar right now... thanks guys!
Some of you people wonder what it is I do... at work that is... Well, i had to provide a presentation at our staff retreat last week. Included in my little powerpoint, was a segment dispelling several myths about my role. Drum role please... here they are:
Jim Hargate, III
Jim Hargate made his debut into the Gibbs family on September 14th, 2006. Sorry it has taken me so long to blog about our dear new family member. He is awesome. Pictured above: Jim in the mountains, Jim & Maggie sleeping, Jim looking through the front door, Jim sleeping on the kitchen floor. We're glad that he's so low key!
Evelyn & Floyd ventured down to Hotlanta last night for a stunning performance by Sufjan Stevens along with My Brightest Diamond. Not having ever experienced The Fabulous Fox was enough to take in alone... but add to that a stage full of musicians (15 to be exact) performing a full orchestration of Sufjan's musical genius. If you haven't checked him out, a couple of songs I haven't heard in a while but am thoroughly enthralled by include "The Lord God Bird" and "The Transfiguration". I know that you non-music loving freaks will think that this sounds incredibly weird, but the Bird song is about the thought-to-be extinct Ivory-billed Woodpecker that was rediscovered in Arkansas. In my job, there are federal agencies that think this warrants about 2 press releases a week for the first two years after the bird has been rediscovered, thereby increasing my knowledge of the subject more than i ever would have desired. However, it is a beautiful song, and the subject matter is obviously humorous to me.
