The Walker Blog

Kelly Clarkston and Wild Weather

Posted by Cat's Litterbox | Weather | 2:46 PM

So we bought Kelly Clarkston's new cd a few weeks ago. Not sure how everyone reading this feels about her, but we love her. Her cd is so great! It's very catchy!

We are having some crazy storms here in NC!! Last night there were a bunch that ripped through and cause tornadoes and then we're currently on a tornado watch until after 9pm tonight.

Trying to stay dry!!!

The Walkers

Cinco de Mayo

Posted by Cat's Litterbox | American Idol, Dinner | 9:23 PM

So today is Cinco de Mayo! Whoo hoo!! Viva Mexican independence!! LOL We had some CRAZY storms tonight-- tornadoes and such and fortunately, Steve made it home safely from work. The people at Burt's had to take cover because there was a tornado warning issued for Wake County. Kinda scary-- and he was in a car.

Steve got home from work and then we decided to try a new Mexican place for dinner. Los Tres Mayguyas (something like that) in Fuquay-Varina. It was VERY clean and Cathy really liked their salsa-- however, the rest kinda fell flat. The sauce used on the enchiladas wasn't very appealing and the beans and rice weren't the best. We decided to try something new, but we'll be going back to El Mason again.

The service at the restaurant was SOOOOO SLOOOOOW!!! They only had two servers for the entire restaurant (apparently the others called in sick). It was packed and two servers. So, dinner took a lot longer than we had hoped.

Then we drove to Sonic for dessert (small cream pie shakes) and they had super slow service too! It took more than 30 minutes to get our shakes! We ended up getting home at 8:40 and missed 40 minutes of Idol (Cathy was NOT happy). It was rock week and we were both really excited to see how the top four did, but because the DVR had something else listed as a priority-- it didn't record Idol!

Oh well... it's just television right?

Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone!!

The Walkers

Chuck Dio

Posted by Cat's Litterbox | Chuck Dio | 8:01 PM

So we just got home from picking up Chuck. The dealership said they resealed the windshield. Hopefully that's all that needed to be done. We'll find out when we're out in the rain next time.

Cathy went to the movies today and saw Ghosts of Girlfriends Past. She said it was alright. Very predictable and was exactly what she expected it to be. Of course, she loves Matthew McConaughey so it was more like a movie of drooling over him than anything else. LOL.

That's it for today...

The Walkers

Bulls Game

Posted by Cat's Litterbox | Bulls Game | 2:53 PM

We're about to head out the door to our second Bulls game of the season. We're excited. It's supposed to rain tonight, so it could be an early night for us. Fortunately, we have seats that are under the cover so we won't get too wet.

Happy Sunday!!

The Walkers

A Post A Day In May

Posted by Cat's Litterbox | A Post A Day in May | 6:02 PM

Well it has been a while!! We've been having so much fun that we've lost track of the time! :)

We have finally finished updating the Walker Website! Please check it out if you're interested! www.steveandcat.net/steveandcat. It's wonderful and has a bee theme. We hope you enjoy the pictures!

Cathy got a new Ford Edge about two weeks ago. She has been wanting one for a while now, and it was the right time to buy. We were able to get 0% financing, and they gave us a pretty good deal on her Escape. It wasn't as much as we had hoped, but it needed the air-conditioner fixed and now we don't have to even worry about it.

Cathy is on her track out right now and has been enjoying herself. We rented a beach condo for her next track out (July-August). We'll be on the beach and it'll be nice to get away for a few days. We'll have a chance to explore the Outer Banks and see the coast of NC. The next trip after that one will take us to the mountains. We'd like to see the Biltmore House and some of the other neat things in the mountain region. Cathy teaches her 4th graders about the state and all the cool things to do and see in NC, so it'll be great for her to see some of them first hand!

We have partial season tickets for the Durham Bulls. We had our first game of the season during Easter weekend (the Saturday before Easter Sunday) and we have our next game tomorrow night. It's a Sunday night game (which stinks for Steve), but it should be fun. We're really excited for the games when there are fireworks after. We have excellent seats too. They are right behind home-plate!

That's about it from us. We'll be trying to keep up with the "Post A Day in May" idea. We're already a day behind, but we'll see if we can do it. We're ready if you are!!

:)
The Walkers

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Posted by Steve and Cat Walker | Update on life | 10:19 AM

We hope you all had a great Vaentine's Day! We went to Outback last night for dinner and they had a "Sweetheart Special" that included an appetizer, two salads, two 7oz filets with one side each, and two slices of cheesecake for dessert. This was all for $45. It was a SUPER deal considering that we always order the 7oz filets for dinner and the salad isn't included. Just the filets and salads come to $42. So we got the Bloomin' Onion and two slices of cheesecake for just $3 more!

Steve bought Cathy an iPhone for Valentine's Day. It's the coolest phone! She loves it and now Steve thinks he might want one too. If you haven't had a chance to ever see one or play with on-- you shouldn't try it unless you are prepared to buy one! You'll definitely want one once you play with it and see all that it can do. There are literally applications for EVERYTHING under the sun. Cathy got one for grocery shopping and we put our list on her iPhone. Very cool.

Cathy goes back to work this week. She's not looking forward to it, but Steve is. She has nine more weeks in her current classroom and then she has to move to another room (April 19th). Her Ecology Club is still going strong and she's been enjoying the time she spends with her kids.

There's not much more to report at this time. The Walker Blog is just about finished... so keep your eyes peeled for a link to view the completed site!!

:)
The Walkers

Update-- Where did January go??

Posted by Cat's Litterbox | Where does the time go?? | 9:35 AM

Hello!! Honestly, where does the time go? We need to get better about coming up more often and posting an update. Sometimes it's hard because there's nothing new to report, but then a month and a half goes by and we're shocked at all that's happened that we haven't reported! :)

As of our last posting, it was two days before Christmas. We had such a wonderful holiday this year. We actually put up a tree, and Steve decorated the outside of the house (see the pictures in the above slide-show).

We went to Cathy's friend Elizabeth's house for Christmas this year. We had ham that E made, and then Cathy made the BEST au-gratin potatoes ever from scratch, and Steve made a mean mac-n-cheese from scratch. It was a very delicious dinner and then we went to view some Christmas lights. We got back to Elizabeth's house and we played a game... "Holly Springs Trivia"-- lol and we were awful. Who cares when HS became a city?? LOL.

Cathy had a party on December 30th and she invited some friends over to sing on the Wii (American Idol Encore and Encore2). They also played Guitar Hero World Tour-- but the tour ended abruptly because the fans just didn't appreciate their efforts. LOL.

Cathy's parents arrived the next day and we were so excited to see them! We gave them their Christmas gifts right away because Cathy couldn't wait. We gave them both a gas gift card to share (help pay for gas on their drive back north), and then we gave Cathy's mom a digital photo frame. Cathy spent three days adding pictures to the card so it'd be ready for her mom. He mom received three this year for Christmas... one from Bill, one from us, and one from Dave and his family. We think next year we should communicate about gifts. LOL. We gave Cathy's dad his annual gift card to REI (he loves that store) and then Steve gave him the DVD "Shine A Light" and then Cathy put together this really cute picture frame for him. It had a picture of Scott and Cathy when they were little in Washington DC, and then there was a picture of them together in November in DC, and individual pictures of them in DC this last November waving (it's their thing). Anyway, her dad REALLY enjoyed the picture and got a little teary-eyed. Cathy was really excited to see his reaction and to see that he really loved it.

We welcomed in the New Year and then went to bed soon after. While her parents were here they played Guitar Hero World Tour. Cathy and her dad set out on a mission to play every song and finish the tour and they did! It took them the whole visit to do so, but with Cathy on the lead guitar and Bill on the bass, they made their way (some songs they played OVER AND OVER AND OVER). It was fun to watch them having so much fun together. And let's not forget the fun they had singing together. LOL. We have some incriminating audio of them singing "Living on a Prayer" and we'd love to share sometime. HA HA HA.

So that was the beginning of January-- we had our first snow fall (see pictures at top) on the 20th. It was perfect timing because it also happened to be Inauguration Day. Cathy had a snow day (who would have thought there'd be a snow day here in NC?) and was able to watch the Inauguration here at home. She had a second snow day on Wednesday the 21st. Thursday the 22nd she had school, but it was a two-hour delay. She had to make up the missed day on the 20th by going to work on Saturday (yeah... Saturday school is no fun for anyone). It was not her favorite thing to do on a Saturday, but it was only a half day and she tracked out on the 27th so it wasn't too bad. She has to make up the other snow day on April 4th.

Right as Cathy tracked out, she came down with a severe sore throat. She went to the Minute Clinic and they did two strep tests and said they were negative. The nurse practitioner told Cathy to rinse with warm salt water and see a doctor if it got worse. She was in so much pain the rest of the day and the whole next day. She finally went to the doctor, they did a test for Mono and the flu and both were negative. The doctor gave her medication to knock out strep-- when Cathy got home, the nurse at the Minute Clinic had called-- her lab results had come back positive for strep. So she did have it! Steve started meds too just to make sure he didn't get it-- and after a few days she was better.

So that puts us into February. Cathy is tracked out (her favorite place to be) and working on the finishing touches of the new and improved Walker Website. As soon as it's done we'll let you know so you can check it out and bookmark it! It looks amazing-- we're sure you'll absolutely love it as much as we do!!

:)
We'll write again soon!

The Walkers