First off, today is post number 240 meaning there’s 125 days left in the year. Pretty soon it’ll be Christmas, time to start thinking about what you want from Santa!
Now onto lobster fest, about 3pm yesterday Fed Ex showed up with a box full of four 2 lb+ plus live lobsters. According to the enclosed paperwork, they were pulled out of the ocean the same day they were shipped. We borrowed a giant pot from Uncle T and proceeded to cook them up. We of course humanely dispatched them before putting them in the water so they didn’t suffer. After about 16 minutes, we had fresh, great tasting lobster. We gave one to Uncle T and Aunt B who said their’s was rubbery but our’s were great! Maybe the trip in tin foil to their house kept that one cooking or something. Anyhow we loved ours with the oldest chowing down a bunch. I decided I’m going to reciprocate and send some Colorado buffalo to my friend in NY.
Speaking of New York, it looks like the hurricane is headed their way. Luisa (my pseudo little sister) who lives in Virginia was telling me of all the lines for gas and to get into stores like Wal Mart to buy supplies. I guess there were even fights between people over trying to butt in line. I guess the shelves were picked clean with everything gone, not a single bottle of water or loaf of bread left. Guess most people waited until the last minute to prepare. Oh well, I think (hope) you got the point the other day, if you didn’t, you probably never will, until you experience this type of situation yourself.
The little guy stayed home with us yesterday and still had a bit of a fever around dinner time. I decided to run to the store and get some Children’s Tylenol. We can’t believe we didn’t have any as we try to keep this kind of thing around. This was a slip up on our part due to the recall of Tylenol earlier this year. It seems we never replaced our old medicine with the new version. He and Mom ares still sleeping and we’re hoping he feels better today. The boys, especially the older one, are lobbying hard to go to the pre-season football game tonight but it doesn’t start until 7pm and we really want the little guy to get better. I think I’ll call Uncle T and see if he knows anyone who wants the tickets.
Grandma went to dinner last night with Reverend Bob and his wife Jane. Bob is the man who married the misses and I, Uncle T and Aunt B and conducted the funeral for my dad. They’ve been close friends of our family for a long time. I’m glad she got out and hope she had a good time. It is still in the mid 90’s with no end in sight. Frankly it’s nice but we wish it’d just cool down about 15 degrees. I suppose we shouldn’t complain with everything that’s going on in other parts of the country.
The oldest and I are watching George of the Jungle. Anyone remember that from when you were younger, “George, George, George of the Jungle, friend to you and me!” I guess you need to music to have it make sense. Speaking of the oldest, he was riding the little guys bike yesterday and that bike doesn’t have gears like his. When he peddled backwards, much to his surprise, he was hitting the brakes and he and the bike did a flip. He skinned his knee up pretty good but it could have been much worse. Thankfully he was wearing his helmet. He’s pretty lucky as if he’s not zooming down the street on a skate board or a scooter, he’s on a bike and odds are sooner or later he’s going to have a spill. Once again he had a great day at school, he told us yesterday a lot of the kids act like little kids. I guess that’s cause they’re little kids, right? I asked him what he meant and he said some of them act like 3 year olds or baby’s. He’s growing up so fast, both boys are and for those of you that haven’t seen them in at least 3 days, they grew again! Yes they do grow that fast. The oldest has had a number of growing pains to go along with his growth spurt and yesterday had 5 pieces of toast, a bowl of cereal and a quart of milk for breakfast. He’s telling me he’s hungry now as well. I guess I’d better run and get him some food. No politics today, it’s too depressing and nothing’s really changed.
Ok, we expect everyone to have a good day and be thankful for what you have. Take care and enjoy life and we’ll talk to you tomorrow. God Bless,