The weekend Thread

[Robert****]

I ran Calgary marathon.

My story here - http://runnerguy.tumblr.com/

[bigG]

Very good, Robert! I'm proud of ya! We're all proud of ya! Way to go, my friend!

[Brian Krashpad]

15 degrees?

Please tell me that was Celsius!

It'll hit 90 F here today, barring unexpected rain.

[Spudman***]

I did 62 miles on my road bike on Saturday. Only 10 cars passed me from behind the whole day. I love my private Idaho.

On Sunday we took little Spud out for her longest bike ride ever which was 15 miles. All the time she has had her new bike she never told me until yesterday that her saddle has been making her sore. Of course she tells me this 5 miles into the ride after it's too late to change anything. She's a trooper and soldiered on for the whole thing without complaining. Probably because it was just an awesome day and she was enjoying the scenery.

[bigG]

15 degrees?

Please tell me that was Celsius!

It'll hit 90 F here today, barring unexpected rain.

Hey Krash, how you likin this FL heat, man? It has been HOT! I was sweatin my face off luggin in that new gear on Friday! Man, I hate it, but every freakin year I stay here...and complain!

[sunvalleylaw]

Wow Spud, 15 miles! That is great! Tell her she did good!

[Brian Krashpad]

Hey Krash, how you likin this FL heat, man? It has been HOT! I was sweatin my face off luggin in that new gear on Friday! Man, I hate it, but every freakin year I stay here...and complain!

Thank goodness for a/c! The Long Hot Summer has begun, for sure. It rained most of last week though, so it's kind of nice having sunny days. The heat/humidity will get old fast though. Last year my son went to summer camp here in north FL with the Boy Scouts for a week-- totally miserable. Won't make that mistake again.

We don't have a pool at Casa Krashpad, but there's a nice local motel that has "pool memberships" so we got one of those; we can go swim in their pool any time. It's not a heated pool (except for some small hot tub-type things), but we can get a lot of use out of it. The kids went yesterday in fact.

[bigoldron]

Well, we're "almost Florida" and it's been stifling hot here too. One of the bank thermometers was reading 96 this weekend. God bless a/c!

[Brian Krashpad]

So, how was everyone's weekend?

Friday was the last day of school here, so Friday night we went out to celebrate at our fave Mexican restaurant, La Fiesta. I couldn't find a photo on the web of the restaurant, but I did find a pic of their food:



Saturday morning I went to band practice at church, while the kids helped prepare decorations for Vacation Bible School this week. They'll both be serving as group leaders and/or drama characters all this week. The VBS is about the early church in Rome:



Saturday afternoon we cleaned up for an end-of-year party for my wife's adult English as a second language students, who came over Saturday night.

Sunday I played bass in church. The praise band leader snagged a high school kid who happened to be there to play drums with us, with just one quick run-through right before the service. We only do 3 songs per service (sigh) but they went off pretty much without a hitch. Man it sounds so much better with drums than without. One of the old church ladies who I refer to (out of earshot) as Crabby Helen even made a point of shaking my hand afterward and saying it sounded good, which was about the last thing I expected.

After church we decided to try and go to one of the world-class springs we have in north central Florida, so I put the extra seat back into the Rockmobile and we picked up one of Jack's friends and then Hannah's boyfriend Moose, and the 6 of us headed out to Fanning Springs, which feeds the Suwannee River. Unfortunately, because of flooding a month or two ago, it was closed to swimming. So we tried another nearby spring, Hart Springs, but got the same result. We ended up driving back to Gainesville and going to the pool (we have a "pool club" membership at a local hotel):



After swimming there for an hour or two, we took Jack's friend home, and Hannah's boyfriend Moose came home with us for dinner, after the 3 kids rode over to Publix on their bikes to pick up a couple things needed for dinner.

I missed dinner for a Crash Pad band practice over at the office. But at least practice went pretty well, we have a show on Wednesday night.

Now tell me about your weeknds!

[bigoldron]

Friday night, we had the last night of VBS, themed "Boomerang Express", which was a take-off on Australia. I ran sound for that all week and put slide shows together each night with the pics for that night. After Friday night's finish, I spent about 45 minutes putting together the slide show for Sunday night (Commencement).

My girls were on a cruise all week and were coming home on Saturday. I spent Saturday, doing odds and ends around the house, plus I built a post to replace the one our front porch, which had rotted at the bottom. It's the upright post that holds the rail up. Finished, got a shower and got to sit down for a few before the girls came in. They were pumped, but exhausted, so they were chattering away, telling me all about their trip.

Sunday was church. The regular sound guy was out of town, so I had to run sound (includes sound, working the slide presenter, turning on the internet feed and radio) Sunday morning AND Sunday night for the VBS Commencement. After that, there was refreshments, but we left and went to Pizza Hut. Afterwards, it was home, crash a while and hit the hay for Monday.

[sunvalleylaw]

I pretty much worked all weekend, doing some research/writing for some appellate stuff. But I did take a break each day, pictured here: http://www.thefret.net/showthread.php?t=11904

I also took the boys to see that "Up" movie last night after dinner.

[Brian Krashpad]

Ronnie Beth, where did the girls go? What'd they see?

Steve-- you shoulda had me do the research and you coulda taken the weekend off.



Those are great pics. How'd you like "Up?"

[bigoldron]

Ronnie Beth, where did the girls go? What'd they see?

They went on a 5 day cruise from Tampa. Originally, it was going to Cazamel and Grand Cayman, but with the swine flu scare, Cazamel was dropped and added another day in Grand Cayman.

They enjoyed it immensely!

[street music]

We spent some time at the local flea markets looking at guitars and purses for the wife. Didn't find anything exciting, went home mowed grass and got a really bad sunburn on my shoulders. OUCH! So I spent Sunday playing on my new amp and staying out of the sun.

[tjcurtin1]

So, how was everyone's weekend?

Friday was the last day of school here, so Friday night we went out to celebrate at our fave Mexican restaurant, La Fiesta. I couldn't find a photo on the web of the restaurant, but I did find a pic of their food:

Are those plates of food made to look like monster faces on purpose, or is it just me???

[sunvalleylaw]

Sounds like too much LDS in the '60s talking there TJ!










(no offense to anyone intended, just a silly trek reference.)

[street music]

We have been home all weekend.The wife had 15 teeth pulled on FRiday evening.She looks like a battered wife- bruised and swollen. It has just been giving me a chance to catch up on some needed practice and play nurse for her. We are having severe storms tonight and power problems are all around at this time. I may have to head out to work if things get much worse.

Hope everyone else has had a good weekend.

[bigoldron]

Sounds like too much LDS in the '60s talking there TJ!


(no offense to anyone intended, just a silly trek reference.)

Wait a minute, WHO'S having the LSD flashback???

[bigoldron]

We have been home all weekend.The wife had 15 teeth pulled on FRiday evening.She looks like a battered wife- bruised and swollen. It has just been giving me a chance to catch up on some needed practice and play nurse for her. We are having severe storms tonight and power problems are all around at this time. I may have to head out to work if things get much worse.

Hope everyone else has had a good weekend.

Good luck to you and your wife Street! I hope she doesn't have too much pain. We had a really good/bad thunderstorm blow through here earlier this afternoon. Lot of limbs and tree tops down. Even saw one dog pen flipped over.

I'm sitting here by myself. The wife and girls are gone with the church youth group on a mission trip. I was supposed to go with them this morning, but good old work screwed me up on my schedule once again. I'm HOPING that maybe I'll get to join them Tuesday night. They'll be gone until Saturday morning, so it's kinda quiet around here.

Take good care of your bride! :