Mission Accomplished!

Back again. It has definitely been too long since my last post. My mission is finally nearing accomplishment. I have been trying to find an "old school" golf visor with the NC State Block S logo on it. No one makes this type of visor. All anyone sells is the low profile visor. I finally figured I would get someone to make me one. I found someone to do it, but I just had to find some blank visors that I liked. You cannot find these type of visors anywhere. I got hooked back on these visors when my brother Jay started wearing them again a few years ago. I already had two visors that I never really wore. Once Jay started wearing them again to play golf, we both just started wearing them for fun. Jay has quite a collection, but the old school Benvenue visor is the prize visor of them all.

Below are pictures of visors that I already have. The first one is a Benvenue Country Club logo from the 1980s. Benvenue Country Club is where I grew up playing golf as a child. My uncle gave me this visor for my birthday back in the day. My brother and I think this is the best Benvenue logo of all time. The second one is the current Benvenue logo. The third one is the 1999 US Open logo at Pinehurst where Payne Stewart had his remarkable victory before he passed away a few months later. That logo is the "Putter Boy" logo. There is a statue of him at Pinehurst #2 Golf Course. The fourth one is a Titleist visor which is tight. And the last one is my newly purchased North Shore Country Club visor that I got last weekend. North Shore is a pristine golf course down in Sneads Ferry, NC near Swansboro. It was like finding buried treasure when I laid eyes on this visor in the pro shop. That is the feeling I get when I find these type of old school visors. They are so hard to find these days.

Well, I found a company that made the old school Benvenue visor. They agreed to sell me as many blank visors as I wanted. I placed my order and will have them next week. I will then take it and get the Block S embroidered on it. Hopefully this visor will be exquisite!

Our next mission is to get a visor with the old school 80's Benvenue logo on it like the one I already have. This has a clubhouse surrounded by big oak trees and a creek running underneath with Benvenue Country Club across the top. We may have an opportunity to get this visor again. The company that made that visor still has a digital copy of that logo on file. I will keep you updated with the progress. If anyone wants a custom old school visor let me know.

Here is a bag tag that I had when I was kid back in the 80s and early 90s. It has the sweet old school Benvenue logo on the back. Not just anyone could get these tags. All juniors were required to pass a test on the rules of golf and golf etiquette in order to get a bag tag like this. They were big time back in the day.

Tripping Billies and Dancing Nancies

I decided to post these two pics from our rehearsal dinner.  This first one is me at the Sundrop "Drip Dry" Machine.  This was the crucial highlight of the night.  We had Sundrop and Cherry Lemon Sundrop On Tap + little sundrop cups!!!  What more could you ask for.  

This is the cake we had.  It is "Steroid Wolf"  This was the logo for a shirt that the NC State ball boy kids wore back in the day.  Here is the shirt to the right.

The Air Hudson Billi's!  These are the sweet kicks I got for my friend's kid that was just born the other day.  They are similar to the shoes we wore as managers for the NC State basketball team so it was cool that they actually made these for little kids.

In other news since my last post here is the run down:

- We ran over a carabiner clip with our motor and tore up a blade of our prop so we ended up having to get a stainless steel prop which we did not really mind since we wanted one from the start

- We got a new Liquid Force Trip Wakeboard that is fun as crap

- We made my dog Mac swim down at Swansboro.  here is the video below.

- I had a close call while trying to wire up our new boat lift down at Swansboro.  I almost electrocuted myself while down in the water and reaching up to grab the lift.  I ended up not having the lift grounded out.  God was looking out for me that day for sure.

Swansboro Weekend and New Boat!

Hello Everyone. Sorry for the long absence. Here are two pictures from a weekend at Swansboro about three weeks ago. The first one is my brother Jay and I on our new boat. It is a 21 foot Carolina Skiff DLV with a 115 HP Suzuki motor. I will give a shout out to my boy Kipp at Chatlee Marine in Sanford for hooking us up with this sweet boat. If you are looking for a new boat Chatlee is the place to go. This boat is tight! I will have to give all the props to my parents for finally coming through and buying a boat. The unofficial name will be "Carol Anne's Delight" after my mom. The second photo is a family shot in front of the water with our dog Mac. Mac has congestive heart failure. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers.

**SODA UPDATE**

I tasted Moutain Dew Throwback and it was terrible. The Pepsi version is much better. I did get my hands on Mexican Pepsi and it was exquisite. It brings back memories of soda pop that I had in Brazil. It is much sweeter than soda made with high fructose corn syrup.

Mountain Dew and Pepsi Throwback!!

Here are the bottle/can designs for the newly released Pepsi and Mountain Dew Throwback. They are crucial! I had a Pepsi Throwback the other day. It was pretty good. It is made from natural sugar and not High Fructose Corn Syrup. It does not taste quite as sweet as regular Pepsi. I am about to try the Mountain Dew tonight. I will let you know how that tastes. I am currently on the hunt for Mexican Pepsi. I got one of my boys on the lookout for it. I will update you on the taste.

Blog Kick-Off!!

Welcome to "Meet the Falkers".  I have decided to start a blog for a couple of reasons.  First, because I love reading other people's blogs.  Second, because my wife made fun of me for wanting to start a blog.  And the last reason is to tell anyone who reads this and cares, what is going on in our life.  

Now let me give you some quick background information to catch you up on what has happened in the past 10 months.  Meredith and I were married on June 14, 2008 in Rocky Mount, NC.  Rocky Mount just so happens to be "The City on the Rise" if you did not know already.  Sundrop on tap was provided at both the rehearsal dinner and the wedding reception.

Sundrop on Tap!!

 (I will definitely try to keep everyone updated on drink machine and other soda related news in this blog) 

                                                         

We went to Petit St. Vincent in the Grenadines for our honeymoon.  Right above is a picture of the island.  It was tight.  We came back from the honeymoon and moved into our first house on Loblolly Drive in Rocky Mount.  Basically this was a glorified retirement community.  We lived there from the end of June until we moved to Raleigh in August.  God really worked things out beautifully for us as Meredith got a job teaching at Wildwood Forest Elementary and I started working for RN Rouse and Company.  We moved into an apartment in the Brier Creek area around the second week of August.  So from about mid August on we have been living and working in Raleigh.

Here are some pictures from our honeymoon:

Crucial Coke Advertisement in Barbados airport

Grimma Cheese Sandwich at PSV

Shooting hoops at PSV

Meredith and I in Barbados

At the beach BBQ at PSV

Little buggies that the PSV staff used to get around the island

I may let Meredith make a guest appearance and write more about the actual wedding and post some pictures.  That about wraps it up for my first ever post.  Future topics of conversation will include soda happenings, nc state sports, my job, inside the life of my friends, "scavage hussle missions", and much much more.  Stay tuned!