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We would like to welcome you to Cathy and Chuck's blog. We try to make at least twice monthly entries but sometimes get lax and neglect our blog. BUT we try to make up for it with hopefully interesting and informative articles. Happy Reading

About Us

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I'm Cathy, a 67 year old retired Navy wife. Spent 24 years as a Navy wife until my husband retired after 27 years of service. We traveled all over from Washington D.C., to Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Maartin, Martinique, Japan and Korea. We re-located to this beautiful state of TN from Central FL. We live in the mountains on 5 acres with our 10 cats (5 indoor). I'm Chuck, the Other Half of the equation. I'm a 68 y/o sailor at heart. While in the Navy I was a Cryptologic Tech (Intel type). My most memorable tours of duty were in Submarines (Scorpion, Skipjack, Triton & Ray), as Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Deputy Director National Security Agency (RADM C.F. Clark), and my last tour as Operations Chief at NSGA Homestead, Fl during Hurricane Andrew. It was a good time to retire. We have been looking for this home since 1965 and thank the good Lord that we're finally here.

Monday, April 4, 2011

Spring is supposed to be here

The wx guy says that spring has sprung but you sure can't tell by the weather. One day it's kinda warm with the sun shining and the next it's overcast, windy and cold with a dusting of snow. Whew! Anyway today it was warm when we started for Cookeville to get my hair done and do our monthly shopping. It's an hour drive so we make a day of it. Temp was 73 while we were in Cookeville but a storm front came thru and when we left it was 57. On our way up the mountain we saw lots and lots of wind damage, especially with trees down all over the place. As we were pulling into our driveway there was a tree that had fallen across the road that someone had sawed up so people could drive up the mountain. Chuck will have to finish cleaning it up tomorrow. Electricity was off when we got home. Our neighbor called to see if we had "juice" and to invite us up to his house until the power was restored. It had been off for about 3 hours. We lite our candles and lanterns and opened all the doors and waited until the power was back on. Surprisingly, they respond fairly fast for a mountain community. Gonna have Chuck put a more recent pic of our house showing the current season as the trees are just starting to leaf out and green up. It's pretty this time of year. Gotta run. Will write more later.

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Back Porch View

Back Porch View
Eastern view off our back porch