The weekend Thread

[Katastrophe]

Got to spend Sunday afternoon with the whole family... It was great! Took Older Kid Kat back to her other house today, as she had a school holiday.

[Tig***]

My weekend made me feel old! Physically, at least.
Took an 1 hour 10 minute ride Saturday that left me tired and achy Sunday and today. This return to fitness is gonna' be a looowng road!

Took the kids (my son and the grandson and granddaughter) on a bike ride Sunday along the paths in the former golf course, but had to abandon due to mosquitoes. Our whole area is suddenly infested after the rain a few weeks ago.

Mrs Tig is still on her long road to recovery. She thought she could just tough it out and be in good shape by now, but major surgery is a funny thing. Took her to a stat vein ultrasound today to make sure she doesn't have a clot in the leg with the new knee. Poor woman is tough, but this is messing with even her.

[Eric***]

Mrs Tig is still on her long road to recovery. She thought she could just tough it out and be in good shape by now, but major surgery is a funny thing. Took her to a stat vein ultrasound today to make sure she doesn't have a clot in the leg with the new knee. Poor woman is tough, but this is messing with even her.

No joke. I've only had a couple of minor surgeries, and even those put me out of commission for longer than I care to admit. I hope the rehab goes well for her.

[Brian Krashpad]

No joke. I've only had a couple of minor surgeries, and even those put me out of commission for longer than I care to admit. I hope the rehab goes well for her.

+1! Get well soon to her.

I'm not sure whether my neck surgery would be classified as minor or major, but it looks like the nerve damage it did will probably be permanent. In addition to simply not having any feeling along my left jawline and neck (makes shaving quite the adventure, although the radiation killed a lot of the hair follicles there anyhow), my neck/shoulders pretty much feel stiff and sore 24/7. But again, beats a dirt nap.

[Brian Krashpad]

Slow weekend. Daughter came up from ORL but went out both nights and was up cleaning her room (the reason she came home, my inlaws are coming in a couple weeks) all day Saturday, so I hardly saw her. Saturday I watched the Gators lose a FOURTH STRAIGHT game, by only 3 points. Grr.

Sunday I skipped church since we weren't playing, but took Jack (14) in for Boar's Head practice at noon. Here's a story on what Boar's Head is:

http://www.gainesville.com/article/2...cles/912091001

Here's a pic from an advert for last year's show:



That's my daughter Hannah as Mary. My son's probably in there somewhere too, as a shepherd. This year, as last he has a dual role, 1 in each cast. He's a shepherd in the Biblical cast and a boar's head bearer in the Medieval cast. Last couple years I did some minstrelsy before the show, here's me with my bandmate Joel (that's Hannah sitting in):



I appear to have dodged that bullet this year though, hopefully.

Should be a crazy week. Way behind at work, have a show with Joel's band Pedagogy in a local club on TH night, then I'm taking Jack out to Boo Fest for Crash Pad's show there on FRI. We'll camp out overnight, then back into town for a wrestling team garage sale Saturday morning, then Gator football parking briefly at noon, then I (and maybe Jack) will go back out to Boo for a second night of bands and camping out.

And you?

[Eric***]

Friday I went to go pick up a new guitar from my wife's office, but it ended up being the wrong guitar. Working on fixing that now. Slow night overall with dinner at home and a beer or two.

Saturday I went for a walk in the rain/snow/sleet for fun while my wife was out doing a training run. Came back and mostly lounged around all day and cleaned up the house, also doing a little googling and/or work on the boiler, trying to figure out why it keeps dripping through the relief valve. Hopefully we've resolved that by now. Went to see Moneyball that night and stopped at a bar for a little while afterward.

Sunday went to church, took a nap while watching some football, and then went to see the Eagles beat the Cowboys, thanks to my cousin-in-law having an extra free ticket. That was pretty sweet. Got in at about 12:30 that night and had to get up at 5:00 the next morning. Oof.

[R_of_G]

Cool that you got to go the game Eric, especially the way the game turned out for the Eagles.

Saturday night we went to our friends' annual Halloween party. I dressed as Walter/Heisenberg from the tv show Breaking Bad. What I learned from this costume was that not as many people I know watch that show as I had thought. The ones that did thought it was a good costume, particularly the blue rock candy "meth."

I enjoyed the irony of our costumes. My wife's costume was a math joke though math was her worst subject in school. My costume is a high school chemistry teacher, the only subject I ever failed in high school.

[sunvalleylaw]

Pumpkin Pi. LOL! I love it!

Bike riding, playing guitar in Open G and learning Brown Sugar (thanks R_of_G for the prompting), carved pumpkins while watching Charlie Brown and Fat Albert. It was a beautiful fall weekend!

[R_of_G]

Bike riding, playing guitar in Open G and learning Brown Sugar (thanks R_of_G for the prompting)

I have my strat pretty much in that tuning all the time now. It's pretty much my go to rhythm tuning. Everything sounds like Richards.

[sunvalleylaw]

I have my strat tuned that way right now too, though that may switch to my tele once it comes home from the office. The fender into the fender with a bit of overdrive for bite was really enjoyable! Very Richards/Stones sound.

[R_of_G]

I have my strat tuned that way right now too, though that may switch to my tele once it comes home from the office. The fender into the fender with a bit of overdrive for bite was really enjoyable! Very Richards/Stones sound.

Yeah, if I had a Tele, I'd use that for the Stones stuff I play.

[Tig***]

I have my strat pretty much in that tuning all the time now. It's pretty much my go to rhythm tuning. Everything sounds like Richards.

My Strat was tuned to open G, but I recently tuned it to DADGAD, which opens up all kinds of fun.

Other than getting the house ready for Halloween and a few chores, I was a lazy dog this weekend. Chronic pain is an energy draining be-atch.

I enjoyed watching the Eagles finally live up to their potential.

[sunvalleylaw]

Yeah, if I had a Tele, I'd use that for the Stones stuff I play.

Kinda glad I tried it first with my strat though. Sounds great! I love that guitar. It is just so comfortable. I am glad I didn't use the tele first and get immediately stuck into thinking I had to use the tele to play some Stones.

P.S. I am glad I did not waste time watching the Seahawks this sunday. The Great Pumpkin and Fat Albert were much more enjoyable.

[Brian Krashpad]

My weekend @ Boo covered in separate thread:

http://www.thefret.net/showthread.ph...879#post216879

[Eric***]

Basically I just packed and moved stuff all weekend long. We're supposed to be closing in a couple of weeks, so we need to clear out. There's surprisingly little to pack, as we already did a ton of preparatory packing beforehand, but it always takes longer than you think. Hopefully we'll be done by Wednesday or Thursday.

[Brian Krashpad]

Saturday in the studio, separate thread here:

http://www.thefret.net/showthread.ph...284#post217284

Sunday: skipped church because I was in studio so long yesterday, needed to cleanup Casa Krashpad as inlaws are coming this coming weekend. So took the leaf blower to the family room (literally), did lots of laundry, dishes, and finally painted the wallboard panel above the built-in microwave.

Good times.

[otaypanky***]

Saturday in the studio, separate thread here:

http://www.thefret.net/showthread.ph...284#post217284

needed to cleanup Casa Krashpad as inlaws are coming this coming weekend. So took the leaf blower to the family room (literally),

Good times.

'sounds like my hero, Bill Murray, in Caddy Shack.

Today we had a benefit jam for a friend who's a single mom of several kids. She's had no heat since her home was flooded out this fall and trashed her furnace beyond repair. It was a good time, some good music, and we were able to do a little to help out a friend. She was the one that was supposed to be on the receiving end of things, but all of us who made donations were rewarded with the joy that comes from giving ~ That's a real win / win

[Tig***]

'sounds like my hero, Bill Murray, in Caddy Shack.

Today we had a benefit jam for a friend who's a single mom of several kids. She's had no heat since her home was flooded out this fall and trashed her furnace beyond repair. It was a good time, some good music, and we were able to do a little to help out a friend. She was the one that was supposed to be on the receiving end of things, but all of us who made donations were rewarded with the joy that comes from giving ~ That's a real win / win

Sounds like we have a real hero among us. Nice stuff you and the other jammers did.

As for Caddy Shack, we must have watched it ten's of time back when cable TV was new. I still get a kick outa' it!

[Katastrophe]

'sounds like my hero, Bill Murray, in Caddy Shack.

Today we had a benefit jam for a friend who's a single mom of several kids. She's had no heat since her home was flooded out this fall and trashed her furnace beyond repair. It was a good time, some good music, and we were able to do a little to help out a friend. She was the one that was supposed to be on the receiving end of things, but all of us who made donations were rewarded with the joy that comes from giving ~ That's a real win / win

That's awesome!

Had a decent weekend... Handled mah bidness at work, and Mrs. Kat and I had a little alone time today. Baby Kat was taken to see Disney on Ice by her aunt and grandmother, and apparently sat still for about two hours during the show, moving only to clap along with the music! So, what, you ask, did Mrs. Kat and I do with our alone time? Well, I got a little extra sleep to recover from the night shift, and she and I played some Call of Duty MW3, which I got a few days ago for a fraction of the cost (turned in some old games and cashed in our "reward points" from buying our cheapy used games).

Got in a solid hour of guitar playing this weekend, too. It seemed that my ear really wanted to hear high gain, Zakk Wylde type tonez coming out of the Mustang. That's weird, because I've been playing squeaky clean for a while now. Good times!