Congratulations Commodores!!





#14 Vandy beat #1 Tennessee last night! Only two days before that Tennesse (then #2) beat #1 undefeated Memphis! What a shoot out in the state of Tennessee. I love watching these college basketball games as we heat up to March Madness.


Way to go 'dores!

Birthday Beast

It has become tradition that for my birthday my Mom cooks a prime rib! This is the third year she has cooked this fine cut of meat for the family. And, of course, she has perfected it. It was amazing! Thanks Mom!

Feast your eyes on the delicious, mouth watering beast of yummy goodness:

Cuba

Yesterday's news of the Fidel stepping down is historical. My hope is that Cuba will begin to open back up to the U.S. The embargo has gone on way to long and its really time to put that to rest. Since Fidel was really the face of the 'revolution' I'm hoping the U.S. can now use that to reduce anti-Cuba policy.

Nothing more was eye opening to me about Cuba then the Buena Vista Social Club. This was a project of Ry Cooder's where he went to Cuba and found all the great Cuban musicians from just before the revolution. Part of the project included an amazing CD as well as DVD. Watching the DVD is fascinating just from seeing Havana. Time has stood still since the revolution. All the cars are old 50s American cars. Such a contrast in beauty as well with the Carribean beaches and old city.

Hopefully one day I will get to visit Cuba...

Spring Break Approaches

Daughter #2 asked if we can boil crawfish on spring break. Heck ya!! Nothing like the smell of the crawfish pot. And nothing like Louisiana food! Just makes me think of going to jazzfest. Sure its got fantastic music but its the food that makes it. We eat constantly an the list of goodies is long:



Etoufee

Softshell Crab Po-Boy

Softshell Crawfish Po-Boy

Bar-b-que'd Oyster Po-Boy

Boiled Crawfish

Crawfish Pie

Crawfish Cheese Bread

Crawfish Monica

Cochon de lait

Cracklin'

Crawfish Sack

Fried Crawfish

Spicy Crawfish Sushi Rolls

Crawfish Beignets

Gumbo

Jumbolaya

Remoulade Shrimp Salad


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oh man, I could go on and on, just like Bubba in Forest Gump.



So darned tasty, mmmm

Spring Try Outs

Yesterday the boy had his spring try out for 9/10 baseball. This is the first time he has ever had to try out. That was a bit scary. Plus he has barely picked up a baseball since the end of the fall season months ago. He did great though!

The try out had a little bit of everything. First he had to bat, 5 pitches. He fouled one and got an in-field fair hit on one. Then he had to run bases from home to third. Next was short stop, take 5 grounders and throw to first. He got all the grounders and had decent throws to first. Finally was left field for 3 pop flies then throw to first. He got 2 of them and had the 3rd but it leaked out.

Overall he did great and I was very proud of him! Can't wait for baseball to start!

Walking in the Desert with My Ears Plugged

Seems these days I'm carrying all my worries on my own shoulders. Nothing big really, just life. Kept trying to blog about it even but everything I wrote was whining. This morning as I woke up I realized what I was doing and really had to stop. Just stop and release my yoke to Him.

After that I arrived at work and realized today I have a corporate audit. Following that I have to tell an employee he is layed off. Talk about throwing the storms at me! Oh yeah, I'm also right in the middle of doing my taxes :-(

Its so easy to get buried in this stuff and just start to carry it alone. Why, I don't know.

Its fitting that I'm reading Jeremiah 12, no coicidence I'm sure :-)

HAPPY MARDI GRAS!!

Down in New Orleans
Where the blues was born
It takes a cool cat
To blow a horn
On LaSalle and Rampart Street
The combo's there with a mambo beat

The Mardi Gras, mambo, mambo, mambo
Party Gras, pambo, mambo, mambo
Mardi Gras, mambo-ooh
Down in New Orleans

Join the Chief with the Zulu gang
And truck on down
Where the mambo's swing

The Mardi Gras, mambo, mambo, mambo
Party Gras, mambo, mambo, mambo
Pardi Gras, mambo-ooh
Down in New Orleans