That’s my dad on the right in the early 80s at a catfish cooking contest in downtown Memphis. One of his friends posted it on Facebook & I just had to grab it.

So we FINALLY got our power back (just shy of a week with it off) and it also happened to be Sadie & Olive’s 2nd birthday. Needless to say, we had a lot to celebrate that night. The one good thing that came with the ice storm is that it forced me to go through tons of old boxes that were stored in our back sheds, which were damaged in the storm. I found old photos, letters to old friends that for some reason I never sent, my journals from growing up, and lots of old flyers from my punk rock days. I’ll be sure to scan some stuff as soon as I have some time… which might be a while.

We are very busy over here at the Gill house. The first big convention that I’m planning is in just a few weeks. It’s at The
Kingsmill Resort & Spa in Williamsburg, Virginia (Obama is actually going to a convention there tomorrow). I’m in charge of every aspect of the planning – tons of contracts, travel arrangements, event space set-up, setting the menus, registration, advertising to potential attendees, organizing meetings, hotel reservations, lining up the presenters, and so much more. I will breathe a huge sigh of relief once I get through it, and get through it successfully!

Todd is even harder at work with his new company, Wonderstate Media. He and his business partners just leased a new office and have not only been keeping on top of everything local with the Fayetteville Flyer, but they’ve been working on an exciting project that’s coming soon. I’ll talk more about it when I can.

So yeah, it’s busy around here, but in a very good way.

Now on to the photos…

Old patches (I silk screened the Fifteen one myself)

Champagne toast celebrating power & doggie birthdays

Todd, Me, & Bruce Pearl on TV during the Arkansas/Tennessee game