Almost Here

The new year is almost here.  The Christmas holiday was a  whirlwind of activity.  A relatively quiet Christmas with a few good friends at our house for dinner.  Then the family arrived on Friday for a short visit.  It's always fun with all the activity, especially the dogs.  It took them a while to rediscover the squirrels, but then....  Everyone left on Saturday and then thing s returned to normal.  Or at least as normal as everything gets around here.  I heard the dishwasher give a sigh of relief.

I decided to take the Benz for a spin last Wednesday since it hadn't been driven in a while.  The car ran fine but I got a flat tire coming down Ford Rd just before pulling in the drive way.  It wasn't just a flat, but a big screw through the side wall.  The only saving grace was the tire was due to be replaced anyway.  I had AAA change it for me since it was cold, hard to work on, and just a general pain in the a-- to deal with.  It  took the guy all of 10 minutes vs. me a heck of a lot longer. 

We are in the middle of Bowl Season, and one thing is really clear to me.  Defense is not a big concern to any one .  It seems like most of these games are turning into Track meets. 

Did you see the b-ball game between UT and Duke?  I think UT did about as well as they could and hung in there for quite a while.  It looks like they could do well in the MAC.

Gotta go,

CC

Lunch

The round table wasn't large enough to hold the crowd who assembled for lunch yesterday.  So we kept adding tables.  When we were finally done I was reminded of the painting of "The Last Supper".  There were 15 of us stretched out along the grill room.  That's one of the largest crowds we 've had all year.  It was a pretty festival mood, especially after LTG passed around the chocolate carmel pretzels (he was really concerned that he didn't forget the container).  We also had some great sausage that the GWH brought back from his recent trip out west.  He swears it was made from the mule deer he shot, but it tasted like Hickory Farms to me.  The group kept the wait staff on their toes, but they did a great job.  Funny thing, we forgot to "roll the bones".  I guess no one was feeling lucky.

That was probably the last lunch before Spring (at the club).  Watch your email for instructions from the SD.  We'll probably start going to the Casino next week.

Merry Christmas,

CC

PS - Don't forget Happy Hour tonight.

Full Swing

The holiday season is in full swing.  We all know what that means.  Too much food, drink, and general partying.  But I don't think any of us are ready to give it up.  Before we know it will be over and then we go into winter mode and hope for an early spring.  I've heard mixed reports on what knf of winter we can expect.  One with little snow would suit me.

We had one of our Thursday "prayer meetings" with 12 in attendance.  There was a lot of lively conversation and a general great time.  One of the wives asked me why we didn't  go the the Champagne Lunch.  My response was it was a guy thing that we like to meet in the downstairs bar and could be more ourselves.  Anyway we only have one more week before we adjourn to the Casino for the winter.  But looking at the weather forecast we may be able to squeeze in one more round of golf on Tuesday.  Keep your fingers crossed.

Yak at you later.  Going to go watch "Johnny Football" while I finish with late house decorating.

CC

Great Party

The Nurse and I missed our first winter dance this past weekend since becoming members of BCC (23 straight).  I understand a great time was had by all.  However we also had a great time in Raleigh, N.C. at the wedding of Slap Shot's daughter.  There were a number of us who made the trek south and were rewarded with a fun weekend.  You can get all the details directly from Slap Shot but I'll say we're all looking for Salsa Dance classes.  And, I've also added "Carnival" to my bucket list. 

We detoured on the way and met the GWH and his wife in Asheville to tour the Biltmore estate (evening tour) to see the Christmas decorations.  Let me just say that was like Donton Abbey on super steroids.  It's hard to think how anyone could build that mansion until you really see it. 

I was a little concerned it might be tough driving, but the only problem was a brief period of heavy fog in the mountains.  It didn't last long but scary enough.  We made great time coming back;  left Raleigh at 9 am and pulled in the driveway at 7:30 pm  (662 miles).  Wish all our trips were that good.

See ya Thursday,

CC