Vacation Pics

Just thought I would post some pics of our post camp weekend vacation to Gatlinburg. There isn't a bigger tourist trap on the planet but I love it anyway. There is nothing better than sitting in a rocking chair watching the ducks float in the river or blowing an absurd amount of money on dinner. Enjoy.




Tonya Harding is just out of the picture.








My New Friends.












This didn't hurt as bad as you might think.









Ain't she pretty?

THANK YOU!!!

Just a quick thank you to all that worked at PBC. It truly was a super week. You all made my job as director go as smoothly as possible. It was obvious to me that God had his hand on everything at camp. We had perfect weather, the new things we tried like the hotdog lunch, dinner theater and registration in the upper room all seemed to go well. So I give a high five, hug or whatever you prefer to all staff and a few special thanks to some others who helped out.

Becky Brown - The BBP was fantastic, the music was awesome and moved me.

Tommy Brown - Where would I be without you? You keep my head straight and always seem to have a great answer to a problem. You are the man!

Stemy - Your a true servant. You have the most behind the scenes job and camp and pull it off with grace. Thank you.

Larry - The education materials were great, you tied the theme together even though in the beginning you weren't sure you could. Nothing but great comments. Also you have a fantastic hair cut.

DK - Dude, there aren't enough words.

Mike P. - Thank your for your help with the special assignment on Friday. You were a steady and experienced hand in a time of uncertainty and a true servant to our campers.

Curt - Quite frankly you did a great job letting me succeed and fail. I know it had to be hard to not be in charge for the first time in 15 years.

Mike Darling - You had big shoes to fill and you did a superb job. I know you were hurting early in the week but you fought a valiant fight. Worship was a joy to take part in.

Ted- I don't know if you were lying for my sake or if you were telling the truth, but thank you for the kind words. You make me smile.

To Brother Ben - Great job on games, dinner theater and fighting through a week of broken RV's and first time jitters.

Most of all, thank you God, without whom none of camp would be possible. I know that all of the work and planning our staff did was to his glory! God be praised!!!

I took some time off.

Ok, for the few people that actually check in on my blog, sorry. I took some time off as it got closer to camp. It seemed that every time I logged onto my computer there was 20 camp emails waiting on me. Priorities right? Anyway, now that camp has finished I will be back posting and hopefully next year learn to manage my time a little more.

Finally Spring Is Here

10 Things I Love About Spring

1. PBC is coming.

2. Baseball is starting.

3. March Madness.

4. Warmer weather.

5. The smell of fresh cut grass.

6. The opening of the Pisgah Inn (Heidi and I love to eat here, great food, great views. http://www.pisgahinn.com
7. Did I mention baseball?

8. Grilling out on my deck.

9. More daylight.

10. Sleeping with the windows open with a warm spring breeze.

A Declaration of Love

I do my best to avoid public restrooms as best as I can for obvious reasons. However, the other day I was forced into that undesirable situation. While there I noticed someone had taken the time to write on the wall "Jeff Loves Crystal". While I have seen graffiti before this one stuck with me. Only because I must question the love of two people that must be declared on the bathroom wall in the men's room at a Kmart. It just seems sad since Kmart has a more than adequate greeting card section. Good luck Jeff and Crystal, I hope your relationship doesn't get flushed down the pipes.

Local Celebrities

I know it's been 10 days or so since Valentines Day but I've been pretty busy and haven't had time to post anything. However, I thought I might share Heidi and I's Valentines Day fun. To start, Heidi and I have never really liked Valentines Day. I guess we figure we can love each other on the 13th and 15th just as much as we can on the 14th. That being said, we still decided to go out. Taking a cue from the Kelly's (Thanks DK and Morgan) we decided to go to Chick Fillet. I know, I know, I shouldn't splurge so much on my lovely bride. I had heard they do some sort of celebration every year but I didn't really know anything about it. So when we arrived at our local store we were surprised to find out that not only was there a twenty minute wait to get in, but you were supposed to have reservations. I had to go back outside and look at the sign to make sure it was Chick Fillet and not the Grove Park Inn. So after waiting twenty minutes we finally made our way to the hostess and she was able to "work us in". So a bit later we finally get a seat and order our gourmet meal of chicken nuggets and waffle fries. While waiting on our dinner we were approached by a photographer from the local paper who of course wanted to take a picture of our romantic love filled dinner. We agreed, although I wasn't really that thrilled about it. Two days later, sure enough, we are on the front page of the "Living" section of our local paper. So I went out and bought a couple of copies to keep for ourselves, not realizing the madness coming our way. I could of very easily waited and saved the dollar I spent on the paper.

Sunday: No less then 8 copies given to us from various church members. Also it was announced in our post service business. This prompted questions from about 25 different people.

Monday: 4 more copies given to us at work and questions from about 10 coworkers.

Tuesday: I visit my favorite local restaurant Beef O' Brady's. As I sit down at the bar (relax, I drink sweet tea) I am shown the picture now posted at the bar for all to see. I'm told that it's proof that I have been cheating with another restaurant.

Wednesday: Back to church we go where 4 more copies of the picture find their way into my hands and a few more explanations of what went down.

Thursday: Two more copies given to me at work. At this point I take the pictures, autograph them, all my love, Danny Baddeley and give them back.

All I can really say is I guess I'm lucky not to be a celebrity. Of course, the worst part is, and I knew it was going to happen, but even after confirming the spelling of my last name, twice. The paper still misspelled it. They left off the Y.

Thanks for reading

Danny Baddele

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Tomorrow is Holiday

Yes, I know it's Valentines day but thats not the real holiday. Thursday is when pitchers and catchers reports for Major League Baseball training camp. I know it probably doesn't seem like much to most people, but to me, it's the start of the holiday season. It's hard to explain to someone who isn't into baseball, but to those who are you understand. Baseball has a magical kind of feeling, all sports are great but baseball has something the others don't. I can't even really explain it other than to say this is one of my favorite days of the year. It gets even better on Opening Day, that's my Christmas. I will take half a day off and come home and watch baseball until midnight. Until then, it's practice games and watching Field of Dreams. GO TRIBE!!!