Rehcreation
2010 Raleigh’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade
I told a few parade watchers on Saturday, “the main reason I was asked to be Grand Marshall was to make sure it wouldn’t rain!” Well on an unsettled weather weekend, the skies parted during the morning and the parade took place under beautiful weather….much better than last year’s rain-out, but not because I did [...]
Yard Work Coming Back
With our recent snowy weather, it seems like winter never wants to end and spring is going to be delayed. But a sure sign that spring has to come soon….I saw one of those lawn care companies spraying my neighbors lawn yesterday. I am not sure if it was for weeds or if he was [...]
Olympic Hockey, A+
What a game yesterday. Did you watch? I have always loved hockey and yesterday’s game hopefully created new fans across the country.
Yes, I was pulling for the U.S., but if you are going to lose, why not make it dramatic and exciting. To me, sudden death in hockey is the most intense overtime there is. [...]
Hockey Day At The Olympics
It seems that the U.S. Olympic hockey team has captured the imagination of the country. It is great to hear everybody across the country talking hockey.
I have always loved Olympic hockey because it is intense, patriotic, and immediate. For example we are down to the final 8 and it kind of reminds me of the [...]
Raleigh St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Sash Ceremony
I have been honored with the duty of being grand Marshall in the upcoming St. Patrick’s Day parade in Raleigh. Last Sunday at Napper Tandy’s Irish Pub, I got the grand Marshall’s official sash from last years grand Marshall, NC State Head Football coach Tom O’Brien.
The day was for a great cause, the pub hosted the 2010 St. [...]
Winter Olympics Are Here
I remember in 1972, when I was just a kid, tuning into NBC around 10pm at night and watching huge snowflakes and the winter Olympics from Sapporo, Japan. I was fascinated by the fact that it was already the next morning in Japan and by all that snow they had. I don’t know it it was [...]
New Cool Beach Chair
Fed up with our cold winter? Do as I did yesterday to temporarily forget about it. I bought a new beach chair for the sunny warm summer that is sure to come…..sometime…..hopefully.
Unlike the chair I have been using for the last 10 years or so, this one fully reclines….(more comfortable naps.) It also has a [...]
Super Bowl Commercials & Food
I like milk, but I never heard of someone liking it so much that they are called a “milk-a-holic”. Well I learned what a milkaholic might be like by seeing the E-trade baby talking commercial, where the baby boy had a baby girl over for play, I guess. That was one of my favorite commercials [...]
Snow Fort
I will admit that while I was stacking the snow “bricks’ for our snow fort, I thought of the show Survivorman and thought ah, I could build a shelter in if trapped outside in a snowy area.
It started with a neighborhood walk around dinnertime. Someone had built a snow fort down the street and my daughter suggested that we should [...]
Street Sledding Cam
Our street has a nice hill that is great for sledding when the streets ice over. We have had a lot of fun sledding over the years….1996…2000…2004… It has been a while since we could sled on our street. This last storm ended our dry streak.
When the conditions are perfect, you can actually go all [...]
Subscribe to RSS