I AM READY TO GO ON VACATION

Well it has almost been a year since I went on vacation and I have to say that I am ready to go again and that's exactly what I am going to do starting Friday night.  Looking at all the traffic cameras down on the OBX yesterday it looks like this week is going to be the busiest week of the summer so far down there but I am sure next week there will be even more people down there.  This year on the OBX there will be two place that they will be shooting fireworks from, they will be at the Nags Head Fishing Pier and the Manteo Waterfront.  A good place to watch both shows will be on the sand dunes at Jockey's Ridge.  Reed Sorenson won yesterdays Nationwide Race at Road America when Justin Allgaier ran out of gas on the last lap under caution, the Sprint Cup Series will race at Sears Point today.  MICKEY

Work out hard. Sleep hard. Intense workouts and lack of sleep do not make good partners because while you’re sleeping, your body works to repair muscle stress that occurred during exercise. The harder you train, the more sleep and rest you need to recover; otherwise, you will might suffer from injury and over-training.

“If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right, you'll probably never do much of anything.”Win Borden

Today's Birthdays: Actress Eleanor Parker is 89. Jazz musician-film composer Dave Grusin is 77. Actor Josef Sommer is 77. Singer Billy Davis Jr. is 71. Rock singer Georgie Fame is 68. Actor Clive Francis is 65. Rhythm-and-blues singer Brenda Holloway is 65. Actor Michael Paul Chan is 61. Actor Robert Davi is 60. Singer-musician Mick Jones is 56. Actor Gedde Watanabe (GEH'-dee wah-tah-NAH'-bee) is 56. Rock singer Chris Isaak is 55. Rock singer Patty Smyth is 54. Singer Terri Nunn (Berlin) is 50. Rock singer Harriet Wheeler (The Sundays) is 48. Rock musician Colin Greenwood (Radiohead) is 42. Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson is 41. Actor Sean Hayes is 41. Actor Matt Letscher is 41. Actor Chris O'Donnell is 41. Actor Nick Offerman is 41. Actress Rebecca Budig is 38. MLB All-Star player Derek Jeter is 37. Country singer Gretchen Wilson is 37. Rock musician Nathan Followill (Kings of Leon) is 32. Pop-rock singer-musician Ryan Tedder (OneRepublic) is 32. Actor-musician Jason Schwartzman is 31. Actress-singer Jennette McCurdy is 19.