Vacation
Into week 2 now and it is flying by. The weather has been good so that has been a big plus.
Yesterday the boy and I went to the driving range together. That was a lot of fun.
Then Joan and I went to see Slumdog Millionaire. This was a really good movie and it was great to have a date night.
Tomorrow night is the annual New Years dinner party with friends. We take the young master to the Grand parents for an over-nighter and the girls go their own way.
One more day of 2008, how did this happen?
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Tamale Night
To start the festive season off we had Tamale and Pictionary night. The parents, older brother, oldest daughter with significant other and son, and all of the other children came together at our place on Sunday evening. Earlier I had picked up 5 dozen tamales from Joe T. Garcia's bakery in Fort Worth. The evening started by devouring the delicious tamales. All really enjoyed this and gut busting goodness was had.
Then we had a great game of pictionary. These were the advanced set of cards Joan had made. Two teams were made and off we went. Nothing like the free association that comes pouring out when your trying to figure out what the person is drawing. Lots of family fun.
The highlight was my brother trying to get us to guess zombie. Here he is below as well as the zoom in of the clues. Needless to say we didn't get it. After the timer went off and he was explaining it I'm still not sure I followed his logic. This included his picture of the pituirary gland... So all night the phrase "Chris, is that a pituitary gland?" kept coming up!!
More activities are planned, can't wait!
Merry Christmas yall!
To start the festive season off we had Tamale and Pictionary night. The parents, older brother, oldest daughter with significant other and son, and all of the other children came together at our place on Sunday evening. Earlier I had picked up 5 dozen tamales from Joe T. Garcia's bakery in Fort Worth. The evening started by devouring the delicious tamales. All really enjoyed this and gut busting goodness was had.
Then we had a great game of pictionary. These were the advanced set of cards Joan had made. Two teams were made and off we went. Nothing like the free association that comes pouring out when your trying to figure out what the person is drawing. Lots of family fun.
The highlight was my brother trying to get us to guess zombie. Here he is below as well as the zoom in of the clues. Needless to say we didn't get it. After the timer went off and he was explaining it I'm still not sure I followed his logic. This included his picture of the pituirary gland... So all night the phrase "Chris, is that a pituitary gland?" kept coming up!!
More activities are planned, can't wait! Merry Christmas yall!
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Man Shack
Yesterday I took advantage of the beautiful weather and played a round of golf with the club. Afterward we went over to one of the members house for the post festivities.
We had the gathering in his new man shack! This baby sported a shop, gym, ping pong table, pool table, soon to be indoor driving range, and 50" HDTV. Outside the shack was his new putting green and outdoor driving range with markers.
Wow, now that is a man shack like I have never seen...
Yesterday I took advantage of the beautiful weather and played a round of golf with the club. Afterward we went over to one of the members house for the post festivities.
We had the gathering in his new man shack! This baby sported a shop, gym, ping pong table, pool table, soon to be indoor driving range, and 50" HDTV. Outside the shack was his new putting green and outdoor driving range with markers.
Wow, now that is a man shack like I have never seen...
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Monday, December 15, 2008
Texas Winter
Yesterday it was a beautiful 80 degree day. The boy played outside all day. Positively shorts and t-shirt weather. Then about 7pm a front blew through and the temperature dropped 40 degrees! Today's high will be in the 30s! But don't worry by Thursday it will be back in the 70s.
Such is winter in Texas. A see saw of temperatures for several months. I was in Chicago a few weeks ago and those people already had their winter regalia out. Layers of heavy clothes. You could tell they were dressed for the cold and ready for it to be cold for a long time. My wardrobe hardly includes any long sleeves. When it gets cold I just throw on the coat and power through knowing in a couple of days it will warm up again.
Yesterday it was a beautiful 80 degree day. The boy played outside all day. Positively shorts and t-shirt weather. Then about 7pm a front blew through and the temperature dropped 40 degrees! Today's high will be in the 30s! But don't worry by Thursday it will be back in the 70s.
Such is winter in Texas. A see saw of temperatures for several months. I was in Chicago a few weeks ago and those people already had their winter regalia out. Layers of heavy clothes. You could tell they were dressed for the cold and ready for it to be cold for a long time. My wardrobe hardly includes any long sleeves. When it gets cold I just throw on the coat and power through knowing in a couple of days it will warm up again.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Saturday, December 06, 2008
The Stove
We have your typical stove, oven on bottom, burners on top. Our stove decided to kill itself about 6 months ago. For some reason it went into full self clean mode all on its own and burned itself up.
So far six months it has sat there with breaker off. And we have cooked without it. What is suprising is that so far we have not missed it. The kitchen is so full of additional cooking appliances that it turns out the stove is really just not necessary. While we have discussed getting a new one so far there has been no rush to do so. In fact its now like a mission to just avoid buying one.
I suppose there are a lot of things we have that we would get along just fine without.
We have your typical stove, oven on bottom, burners on top. Our stove decided to kill itself about 6 months ago. For some reason it went into full self clean mode all on its own and burned itself up.
So far six months it has sat there with breaker off. And we have cooked without it. What is suprising is that so far we have not missed it. The kitchen is so full of additional cooking appliances that it turns out the stove is really just not necessary. While we have discussed getting a new one so far there has been no rush to do so. In fact its now like a mission to just avoid buying one.
I suppose there are a lot of things we have that we would get along just fine without.
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Planets
Maybe you have been noticing at dusk the last couple of weeks two bright objects in the southwest sky. The moon has been passing through them this last week. These two objects are Venus and Jupiter. Both are very bright and you can see them clearly before it gets dark.
So take a few minutes, go outside and take a look at dusk.
Maybe you have been noticing at dusk the last couple of weeks two bright objects in the southwest sky. The moon has been passing through them this last week. These two objects are Venus and Jupiter. Both are very bright and you can see them clearly before it gets dark.
So take a few minutes, go outside and take a look at dusk.
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