What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

[fastbilly1]

All the hard work and planning, cleaning, etc. paid off in a kick ass 4th party. I even did ribs on the grill for the first time, and they were the goddamn best ribs I ever did have.

Great party, fun times

Next year you are all invited!

Well its only a 7 hour drive, and itll be a weekend...

[brunoafh]

Feeling extremely relieved. Pulled a rabbit out of my hat and scored well enough on a test today for a brutal cram course I am taking this summer that should keep me at an A.

[KitKatCara]

Vacation has been a blast so far. We went to the Zoo, Aquarium, and Insectarium in New Orleans. The Zoo was okay, but hot. The kid loved seeing the leopards and tigers the most, and kept saying "Look kitty!". The Insectarium was a huge hit with her, and she went through the whole thing exclaiming "Boog! Prefee Buttfly!" The Aquarium was pretty neat, but short. Plus the kids there weren't really too nice when it came to personal space. I was constantly annoyed by a little boy that kept pushing my kid away from the exhibits, but we just moved on when his family caught up with ours.

We also visited a store that just replaced our local Books a Million called "2nd and Charles". They had lots of retro everything, from records, to video games, to manga. We found a N64 game storage drawer so now we won't have the carts just floating around. Jinx also found some CIB games that he wanted, but we didn't pick them up at the time. I think we're going to go back later today and check it out again.

Jinx took me out to eat at our favorite sushi restaurant for our 4 year anniversary. As always, it was amazing. We didn't take any pictures though. I can't believe we've been together for that long. (still can't believe my kid is almost 2! I'm getting old )

The 4th was awesome as well. We had a BBQ at my mom's house and the whole family showed up. It was fun seeing my kid play with all of her cousins. I never realized how many kids I have in my family.

We leave the northshore tomorrow to head down to Houma to see Jinx's grandfather, then from there we're going to head back to Houston. I feels like we just got here. We all had a great time and Jinx got rid of a lot of his stress. Our car hasn't blown up yet, and we all still have smiles on our faces, so I consider our first family vacation to be a success so far. The only part of the vacation that I can complain about is the driving. My knees hate me for that.

[mjmjr25]

Had a great day at our 4th party yesterday - tons of food, tons of games, and good fellowship. My folks entered a float on behalf of their church in the parade and took 4th prize. Late last night we all loaded up on the float, about 30 of us, and drove around singing hymns. Pic esplosion of the day for anyone interested:

My daughter, Aislynn (two of my boys in the background:


3 of my kids and my mom (mom looking a bit nervous she just gave a 3yo a sparkler)


My brother-in-law and I discussing ground rules for a game of capture the flag w/the little ones:




Tug of War:


Sat out a round and watched the big kids do some 3-man ski races:


My daughter Emlynn, my niece Acacia, and one of my sisters (Lindsay) working the skiis:


We played a version of the corner game, it came down to these 3: My daughter Emlynn, son Tagan, and nephew Malachai.




Another sister, Amber, picking up my exhausted daughter:


Tagan, reflecting on the days' events:


Too little for ultimate frisbee...and not happy:


Not too young for a crazy version of "musical chairs:


Poison Stump; little league version:


I love this picture, big kid version of poison stump was down to me and my nephew, Zachary. My daughter Emlynn was one of the poison posts surrounding us and the stump, I didn't see her, and fell over her. The greatest dude in the world is seen pointing / laughing at me, my dad, Mike Sr.


Pic right before:

[lisalover1]

Smile: I was able to go to the Galloping Ghost Arcade for the first time yesterday; it was a revelatory experience. :'D

Frown: I was only able to stay for an hour or two due to schedule constraints.

[Luke]

the goddamn best ribs I ever did have.

Spare, babyback, beef, pork? Charcoal, lump hardwood, smoke, propane? Sauce, dry rub? Leave the membrane on?

Details man.

[AppleQueso]

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I think Luke will like this article

[Luke]

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I think Luke will like this article

Yeah yeah.

I have an subscription to SI, and every issue is pretty great. On that same issue you posted they go through dozens of sport movie "where are they now"s. One of my favorites featured was the cast of THE SANDLOT.

As far as The Karate Kid goes, Johnny was the real hero who learned the most valuable lesson.

[Fragems]

: Grandad's stuck in the hospital till Monday. He has been having heart issues recently and was having back and chest pains Thursday morning so they took him to the E.R. Spent the last two days down there and he seems to be doing alright but his heart rate is all over the place. They are going to keep him over the weekend and implant a pacemaker on Monday.

: Renewed my power up rewards card the other day and just remembered to check my active offers on the account for my Buy 2 Get 1 coupon. Ended up with 2 of them time to raid the slowly dwindling supply of Wii games at two of the local game stops. Saw a Kirby collection and some other stuff I wanted the other day but hate to pay over $20 for used games unless it's something I desperately want .

: While I was packing up a box of stuff I bought at the flea market I accidentally left a bagged game I had gotten from another stall behind . Guy will probably hold it for me since I visit his stall on a weekly basis but worst case scenario I am out $3. Guy cut me a great deal on the stuff I got anyways and I already had a copy of the game I forgot so it's no biggie.

[YoshiEgg25]

Smile: Learning a lot of tricks to Donkey Kong; I've gone from having no scores over 100,000 on Thursday morning to five now.

Ticked: Burgertime is an extremely difficult game to execute patterns on.