too much to say

I haven't forgotten my blog I actually avoided it because I had stuff to say that wouldn't be appropriate here and I knew that if I logged in and started talking then I wouldn't stop and I would say things  I would regret.  I think it has been a reasonable amount of time to have let things simmer so here I go...

Work has been so busy that it's really overwhelming me.  The economy hasn't slowed down the building of planes at all!  This last month I went to our sister company in California and that was a learning experience and I was grateful for the chance to go and learn.  the weather has been somewhat mild but not mild enough to get the Harley out for an extended ride.  short trips around town have been the norm.  this friday my wife and a friend of mine are headed to Vegas with the bikes to ride in the warm.  The wife still thinks it's too cold down there to ride so she is staying at her mom and dads.  I just want to ride.  we got my buddys trailer ready to go and I haven't been able to think of anything else we need to do but wait.  Alisha and I are on a diet.  I never knew how much stuff I was eating!  I have already lost 8 pounds and I love it!  well back to work!

Man card

The other day we were sitting around the table finishing dinner.  I believe that when a family eats dinner together it strengthens the family and we are blessed to be able to eat dinner together quite frequently.  Alisha does a pretty good job at getting dinner on the table after work and I tend to cook more on the weekends due to what I cook is more along the lines of elaborate.  I tend to cook outside with the smoker or dutch ovens and the weekends are better for that.  It's a task that we both enjoy.  Anyway, here we are sitting around finishing dinner and I felt a burp coming on.  Now you have to understand that in our family we are pretty relaxed and I think we have conditioned the kids to be quite accepting so I let it rip.  I figured it was a compliment to the chef.  when I was done the rest of the family looked at me in amazement and compared me to Will Farrel in Elf where he downs the bottle of soda and lets it rip for say 2 minutes.  My 16 yr old congratulated me on earning my man card.  Today I fly out to California for work.  It's the first time I have flown for business.

I'm glad I have my man card...