Got Her!

Grandma has arrived.  Now for some sleep...

Chinese New Year

This is out in the street in front of our house last night just after midnight.  Not too much different right now!  Very scary that our neighbors can buy this kind of firepower and then shoot it right over our house.

Airport Waiting

People often ask me, "Craig, what is your greatest phobia?" because it's true everyone wants to know what my greatest phobia is. So I decided to share it. It's being near (or in) and airport and missing my flight. So that is why I find myself all checked in and waiting two hours for my flight today. Riding in a cab to the airport with a Indy car racing trained driver would normally bother me. But not on the way to the airport. That guy can give it all it's got so I can get in the blasted terminal as early as possible. Then once I am in the terminal I can just want around and enjoy how odd people look halfway through their journey (since I am originating my flight in what is a transit airport for lots of people). And I can ponder the deep questiosns of life: Subway or Burger King. Or wait, maybe fried soybeans and rice. Or this: Why are they still serving breakfast at 11am? Or this: Why don't people with long hair travel with a brush? I suppose the are no answers for some of life's questions.

Family Christmas Photo

Trying to get a family photo with a timer and no tripod is serious business.

Record Breaking Post

The mere fact that I am posting this means that already in January I had posted more than I did in five months last year.  A few I only posted once a couple of months and a couple I did nothing.  So I thought if I just put this up, I'd be doing better.  How about that?

I Should've Known

It was a rookie mistake for sure.  Should've known better.  We left Kentucky with a couple of smoked sausages.  One we ate and one we saved.  For a special occasion.  Really special.  Like Christmas.

So there I was on Christmas morning, presents all opened and we are ready for a special breakfast.  That is when I went to break out that sausage and found this.

Mold!  Can you believe that?  It was moldy?  In the fridge and it was moldy!  Now it was, it turns out, a couple of months out of date but still.

This made me ask two important questions of myself.  First, what in the world do I think goes into those sausages that they sit at room temperature at Wal-Mart and then I carry it to the tropics and expect it to last forever.  Secondly, when in the world was this particular sausage processed?  Because we all know they should last eternally.  How in the world did this thing go bad?

Full disclosure:  I really did think about throwing way the moldy end and frying the rest but thought better of it.

What I learned:  Check the expiration dates.  That is why we had those cheddar biscuits at lunch today, they went out on Dec 31st!!