I was out of town most of this past week for work. I came home on Thursday and was busy with work and family commitments. I am hoping to relax today and enjoy the game, even though I dislike both teams.
Brent - I’m glad you are okay. Sorry to hear about the car and nose.
Arrived home from the swamps of North Carolina. [(-D] One thing is certain, Sutherners do cook really good meals. At the conference I attended we had one of my favorites, smoked turkey. However, to make sure the dinner was extraordinary, I put 200 chocolate and peanut butter Buckeyes on the desert table. The Alabama fans at the conference looked at them in disgust. [(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D]
We are getting a light snow this morning, so I guess I will not go water skiing this afternoon.
88-Glad you are okay.
Speaking of driving, my company requires us to take a four hour safe driving course on line. http://www.nsc.org/Pages/nsc-on-the-road.aspx Needless to say it is not an easy course to pass. I need to finish it this week. I also am required to take a safety course about dangerous chemicals. If you haven’t noticed, the placards on trucks hauling dangerous substances have changed. I have not checked railroad cars to see if the placards are updated.
Picked up some ribs at a local super market yesterday. They were cooking them outside on an open pit charcoal cooker. I picked up one slab thinking that was enough for two people but last night we got a surprise visit from our oldest son and his family so that was the end of the ribs. Might see if they are still cooking today. They also had Tri Tip which looked good.
Lots of appointments next week for wife mainly. Something almost every day.
Will probably watch some of the Super Bowl but don’t care who wins.
Chief, thanks for the thought about the water. Lawn is really greening up now since they put on fertilizer with nitrogen in it. I watered it in yesterday but we had a little rain a day or two before they applied it.
All I can say is this, “Katy Perry RULES!!!” She absolutely nailed the halftime show. Best one ever! Got to attend a send off for wife’s nephew as he goes overseas for deployment. Weather is good here so far. Will have to see how it is overnight. I hope everyone has a good day.
Fife - sorry for missing you yesterday. After spending Saturday night alone with them there was no way we were doing a train show! Two pairs of little sticky fingers - no way I could keep an eye on both of them by myself! [(-D]
Yesterday was an experience. The kids and I woke around 8:30am, made waffles for breakfast, spent some time Skyping with TheQ (she is in England auditing the Ebola Vaccine Clinical Trials for the week), watched Monsters Inc, made grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch, put the kiddos down for naps (Matthew was easy, Christina was a load of work), Skyped some more with TheQ, rested a bit, put the dishes away from earlier, played with the kiddos, made pizza for dinner, worked on letters with the kiddos, got ready and went to grocery store for stuff to watch the less than Super Bowl, had ice cream with the kiddos, gave them baths, put Matthew in bed, watched some of the less than Super Bowl with Christina, read her 4 stories, got her in bed, watched the rest of the less than Super Bowl - waiting for New England to annouce Pete Carroll as their next Offensive Coordinator, then headed to bed. The house is still a wreck - hope to address that tonight. Have no idea where single parents find time to take care of everything around the house!!!
Wow! What a day yesterday was. First of all, wife fainted at church sitting in the pew. Paramedics were called and they took her by ambulance to hospital where they found nothing, thankfully. I think it was claustraphobia which she has had before when she gets pinned in the middle of other people. It has happened once before. She sees regular doctor tomorrow. Scared me.
Ate the left over ribs after we got home and watched some of the Super? Bowl. Seattle snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. I couldn’t believe it. After getting the biggest break you could ask for, trailing by 4 points, their pass receiver juggled the football and caught it by accident, then they threw an interception on the next play with 5 yards to the goal and 20 seconds on the clock. A free gift for New England. It’s always better to be lucky than good.
I take a walk everyday for exercise with my dogs and 3 or 4 people have converted their garages into football TV watching rooms or party rooms. With a big TV and couches, one guy has football posters on the walls, they leave the garage door open, to cold for me.
I watched or actually had the news on, its kind of background, I don’t sit and watch it.
Jeffery taught me how to type once and post on as many forums as you want for which I am eternally gratefull. Now I’ve figured out how to do it on my new Chromebook and its even easier than on a regular computer.
Well I guess Chuck needs to aim that snow cannon a bit better as we just received a dusting here. It is colder; it was 20 degrees or so and windy when I went for a 5-mile run this morning. Although I cannot stand either team I did enjoy the game. As previously stated, the Seahawks OC blew it. Have a great night.
Mike C. - I didn’t think the halftime show was that great. I couldn’t even understand what she was lipsyncing. [%-)][(-D]
SP Ray - I’m glad the wife is okay. I hope all is well today.
Laz - Thanks for the link. I’ll peruse the catalog later tonight.
Joe, I have to agree, I thought maybe I was the only one. Not to be disrespectful to anyone,but the halftime show made me want to puck. [+o(] I turned it off thinking if that’s entertainment I don’t want any. Funny how we can all see things in a different light. To each his own!
Cold and clear. Going down to -1 tonight. At least all of the snow is shoved off to the side on the lane and the roads are so so for the wife’s ride into work tomorrow at 5:30 AM. Hold on you right coasters.
Very busy day at work. Processed 23 cases, which is a lot. Met with contractor tonight. Looks like it could be a “go”. Not terribly impressed with new Lionel catalogs. The one item they promoted on their Facebook page that I might have been interested in was not listed so may have to wait for Christmas train catalog. As far as halftime show was concerned, I have read many differing reviews as well. I was looking at it from a fan’s point of view, and I thought she did quite well. That is one of the beauties of music. Every one can have varying viewpoints, and all are fine. If every one had the same reaction to the same performance, this would be a very dull world. I hope everyone has a good day.