This is about the last day of an almost month long road trip to Colorado. We had Amanda’s best friend Ginny with us on this trip. Before we left Colorado to head home, Doug put all the money in his fanny pack. (That man was crazy for fanny packs for a few years.) We were …(Read More)
According to a USA Today article a 38 yr. old former Army doc who served in Iraq waged a one-man war on obesity by by posting sardonic warnings on an electronic sign outside his office. He had been hired by the county health department to educate the public about health issues. The Dunkin Donuts=Death was …(Read More)
Do you surf? Better to ask- Do you know a surfer? Not surfing the web, not surfing the waves. A couch surfer. To be perfectly honest, until just a few years ago I really didn’t know what a couch surfer was. I remember the first time I really heard people talking about it was after …(Read More)
Having grown up in Texas, eating BBQ was a regular part of my life. Without exception, every weekend my dad would fire up the pit and cook a massive amount of BBQ. As I looked back I realized that he never cooked any beef brisket on the pit. Instead, every weekend he prepared ribs, sausage, …(Read More)
We were away for a week or so due to a family emergency. Thank God everything is OK now and we’re back. While we were gone we were given the most wonderful gift ever- a cruise to Alaska. I think that we’re one of the few couples our age who have never been on a …(Read More)
Most people who know me know that Doug and I did a lot of traveling for 10 years doing festivals big and small all over the country from Seattle to Key West, from Arizona to the Adirondacks. When the crowds were there with money and the weather was good we did really well. When the …(Read More)
