We've reached the end of March. We are officially 25% through the year. Can you imagine? Have you completed 25% of your New Year resolutions? I told you not to make any resolutions didn't I?
It's also tax season. Why do we call it tax season? Its not like we get to hunt I.R.S officials, or even better, our political leaders that create the crazy laws the I.R.S. has to follow.
In our family, March is birthday month. Brook turned fourteen on the 15th, Aaron turned eight on the 17th (St. Patricks Day), and the worlds greatest mother-in-law turned ... on the 28th. Ahhhh, I'm not so stupid as to give away her age, but it is fair to say that she is one to two years older than me.
Speaking of my age, I also had a birthday on the 28th. I know this because my mother called and left me a voice mail reminding me of the day. Apparently, she vividly remembers that day of my birth. She mentioned something about long hours, pain and abandonment. I better explain the last one, my dad didn't abandon the family but he didn't make it to the hospital on time for my birth. I don't remember the moment, so I will have to take her word for it.
I don't really have anything smart to say about Brook's birthday. She selected the Kabuki restaurant for her birthday dinner. We did select the perfect night to go out to dinner. In additon to our party, there was another party that night with several people who appeared to have been out for the first time in years. Want a funny tale, ask Big E about the people who ate dinner across from us.
For our birthday (Mom-in-law and I), we spent part of the day helping move the "in laws" to their new home. First, let me say that the new house is really cool. It's a small three bedroom house with a half acre lot. A portion of the lot consists of a swamp, or the "swimming pool" as they like to call it. The only downside that I see to the house is the fact that they will no longer be able to host the family Christmas Eve party.
As for the rest of my birthday, it basically consisted of a new Wii game (Resident Evil) and a few "diet cokes". See, the girls were at their other homes and Big E had to work that evening. Now, that is a good night. Later, when Big E got home, we watched a little TV and ... crashed.
As for tonight, Big E treated me to great evening of fun and laughs. We had dinner at Leks Taste of Tailand downtown at the train station. Of course, it was my treat (is it right that I buy my birthday dinner?). Anyway, that doesnt matter.
We followed the dinner with an evening of comedy supplied by two really funny guys. The first guy was Keith Alberstadt. Keith is a young comedian that is really funny. You can check him out at www.keithcomedy.com.
The headliner of the act was James gregory. If you havent heard of James, shame on you. James was absolutely hilarious. You can find him at http://www.funniestman.com/. This guy has a unique way of telling stories in such a way that everyone can relate. You can not sit through one of his stories without identifying someone in your family that he is talking about. In addition, his show is a PG-13 rated comedy act that you could actually take your parents to enjoy. I'm not going to try and repeat his stories here, but if you are running by a Krispy Kreme in the near future pick me up a couple of hot dozens to go.
Anyway, its after ten o'clock now and at my age that means I will be a pumpkin soon. Before I go, let me say congratulations to the Honky Tonk Hustlas who completed their first professionally recorded CD. You can check them out at http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=168869931.
Until next time, remember, not only does the early bird get the worm, but the early worm gets the .... I heard that tonight at the show. The group sitting in front of us was a fine upstanding group of "darlings" according to Big E. Apparently, "darlings" is a fancy word for redneck, dirt road living hicks that havent seen the light of day in a long time. I thought it was really funny that she would announce that in front of her entire family though.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Its been three weeks since the last post. I guess I've been trying to recuperate from the 5K. There have been a couple of things going on at the Lee House, so here is a short update to catch everyone up ....
1. Lil Bit and I are signed up for another 5K. We are running the Vaughn Forest Baptist Church 5K on the 5th of April. We are training hard for this race. Although I am not expecting much improvement for myself, but I am expecting a lot of improvement from Lil Bit.
Speaking of Lil Bit, that girl is really developing a her own stride. During one of our recent training runs, she informed me that I was not helping her rather I was hurting her training. Apparently the break neck speed that attain during my hard training sessions is not fast enough for her. I guess she has a problem being lapped by flying debris.
2. Big E continues to be a bit under the weather, so we are not expecting her to run with us this time. I personally think she is scared to get out there with me on the track.
3. Speaking of track, track season has officially started. Brooke and the ACA junior varsity had their first track meet this week. I'm not sure how the whole team placed, but for Brooke; the relay team (4 X 100) came in first place (Brooke runs the third leg) and on an individual basis she finished second in the javelin throw.
Now, for the real fun ...
1. Meemaw and Grandpa (Big E's mom and dad) are getting ready to buy a new house. They sold their existing home to Junior and Kim. So recently they took a trip to "the new house" because they wanted Charlie (their dog) to see the back yard. To set this up, the "new house" is an empty house. Upon entering the backyard, the privacy fence closed behind them. After a few minutes of watching Charlie run around, they decided to depart except ... the fence does not have a handle to be opened from the inside. Can you imagine? Grandpa is two days out from learning that he has gall stones and is taking pain medication and Meemaw is preparing herself to spend the night. I wish I could have been a fly on the wall to see that experience!!!!!!!!!
Let me say that neither of them had a cell phone on them.
It is my understanding that they went through several different efforts to get out of the yard. However, nothing seemed to work, one effort resulted in Grandpa actually trying to climb the fence and falling off back into the backyard. Finally, they resorted to Meemaw holding Grandpa up by pushing him up by his butt and Grandpa using a sign to latch onto the handle and opening the door.
I wish I could actually do that story the justice in writing that Meemaw does in telling it. It is without a doubt one of the funniest stories that I've ever heard.
2. Now, I must tell one on myself. With Big E being sick lately, feeding the family has fallen to me (what a good guy!!!). Until this week, everything has gone fairly well (no Mom, it hasnt been all pizzas and burritoes).
On Tuesday, I was trying to put together a chicken and rice casserole using Big Es instructions. During the cooking of the rice, I decided to check my email. I got distracted and lost track of time until .... I smelled the rice. Burning of course.
In a fit of rage (sadly, the girls heard most of the fit), I decided to throw the burning rice into the trash can. Of course, this burnt the plastic bag in the trash can (this as evident by the smoke coming from the trash can) which meant I needed to remove the trash bag from the can. Which further lead to burnt rice and other debris being thrown all over the floor. As you can imagine, this lead to more words of wisdom for the girls.
After finally coming to the conclusion that I needed to take the burnt bag and can straight to the trash can, I opened the door to find Big E getting out of her car. Obviously, she could smell the burnt rice, the neighbors could smell it. This resulted in two things ... one was Big E pucking (she had a headache!!!!) and I was immediately ejected from the kitchen. Needless to say, I took my ejection from the kitchen hard, as in I sat on my butt and drank a beer or four.
The next night we had Mellow Mushroom pizza!!!! Anyway, I promised that I would share that story.
I don't have any final words of wisdom or shout outs this week. I will return soon.
1. Lil Bit and I are signed up for another 5K. We are running the Vaughn Forest Baptist Church 5K on the 5th of April. We are training hard for this race. Although I am not expecting much improvement for myself, but I am expecting a lot of improvement from Lil Bit.
Speaking of Lil Bit, that girl is really developing a her own stride. During one of our recent training runs, she informed me that I was not helping her rather I was hurting her training. Apparently the break neck speed that attain during my hard training sessions is not fast enough for her. I guess she has a problem being lapped by flying debris.
2. Big E continues to be a bit under the weather, so we are not expecting her to run with us this time. I personally think she is scared to get out there with me on the track.
3. Speaking of track, track season has officially started. Brooke and the ACA junior varsity had their first track meet this week. I'm not sure how the whole team placed, but for Brooke; the relay team (4 X 100) came in first place (Brooke runs the third leg) and on an individual basis she finished second in the javelin throw.
Now, for the real fun ...
1. Meemaw and Grandpa (Big E's mom and dad) are getting ready to buy a new house. They sold their existing home to Junior and Kim. So recently they took a trip to "the new house" because they wanted Charlie (their dog) to see the back yard. To set this up, the "new house" is an empty house. Upon entering the backyard, the privacy fence closed behind them. After a few minutes of watching Charlie run around, they decided to depart except ... the fence does not have a handle to be opened from the inside. Can you imagine? Grandpa is two days out from learning that he has gall stones and is taking pain medication and Meemaw is preparing herself to spend the night. I wish I could have been a fly on the wall to see that experience!!!!!!!!!
Let me say that neither of them had a cell phone on them.
It is my understanding that they went through several different efforts to get out of the yard. However, nothing seemed to work, one effort resulted in Grandpa actually trying to climb the fence and falling off back into the backyard. Finally, they resorted to Meemaw holding Grandpa up by pushing him up by his butt and Grandpa using a sign to latch onto the handle and opening the door.
I wish I could actually do that story the justice in writing that Meemaw does in telling it. It is without a doubt one of the funniest stories that I've ever heard.
2. Now, I must tell one on myself. With Big E being sick lately, feeding the family has fallen to me (what a good guy!!!). Until this week, everything has gone fairly well (no Mom, it hasnt been all pizzas and burritoes).
On Tuesday, I was trying to put together a chicken and rice casserole using Big Es instructions. During the cooking of the rice, I decided to check my email. I got distracted and lost track of time until .... I smelled the rice. Burning of course.
In a fit of rage (sadly, the girls heard most of the fit), I decided to throw the burning rice into the trash can. Of course, this burnt the plastic bag in the trash can (this as evident by the smoke coming from the trash can) which meant I needed to remove the trash bag from the can. Which further lead to burnt rice and other debris being thrown all over the floor. As you can imagine, this lead to more words of wisdom for the girls.
After finally coming to the conclusion that I needed to take the burnt bag and can straight to the trash can, I opened the door to find Big E getting out of her car. Obviously, she could smell the burnt rice, the neighbors could smell it. This resulted in two things ... one was Big E pucking (she had a headache!!!!) and I was immediately ejected from the kitchen. Needless to say, I took my ejection from the kitchen hard, as in I sat on my butt and drank a beer or four.
The next night we had Mellow Mushroom pizza!!!! Anyway, I promised that I would share that story.
I don't have any final words of wisdom or shout outs this week. I will return soon.
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