Happy Birthday to Me

We had the cousins over along with Jim and Reet on Saturday afternoon. We had pizza and played cornhole in the back yard. Kate made me a cake and I got presents, so it was a good birthday.

Jack "helped" Mom make the cake.



I got tickets to the Circus, a video converter for my laptop and a DVD.

Trip to the Fire Station

Last week the Day Care Center sponsored a trip to the fire station so the kids could learn about Fire Fighters and their trucks. We walked to the station since it was about four blocks away from the center.



Thanks to all the Fire Fighters at Station 440 in Fairfax for showing us the station.

Value Pack

We were in Target Sunday afternoon for some odds and ends. I needed to pick up some more dental floss, since I am should be doing this more and more these days. When I find the aisle that has all the dental care products, I find the brand of floss I use (Glide, mint flavored). I spot a "Value-Pack" of two and pick it up, barely noticing the price. Then I spot a single of the same product and it strikes me that its more when you buy two, of the value-pack.

I can't process this, so I read the package and sure enough, they are both the same product, 40 meters of Glide, mint-flavored floss.

I took a picture so I could be sure that I had this right:


So when you pick up a "Value-Pack", be sure to look at the price, you may find the value is actually theirs, not yours.

Funny Bread Truck

This truck was just ahead of me the other night, I laughed when I read it. If it akes me chuckle, its usually something funny or inappropriate.

Thanks For The Sticker Booklet and Crochet Books

Kate got a little care package in the mail the other day, some crochet books so she can continue making new stuff. Grandma Witchey also sent a little booklet full of stickers for Jack.

First Signs of Spring

In honor of my parents, in Oklahoma, who got 5-inches of snow this weekend:

Krokus flowers beginning to poke out of the soil.


The Daffodils busted out this week too.

Aunt Karen Visits

Karen came to visit this weekend and I hope she had a good time, we certainly did. We introduced her to Margaritas at Chipotle, Cake Love Cupcakes, a Pit Fire with Home Brewed Beer and Cornhole.

Friday we went out to Chipotle for dinner and found out they serve Margaritas now. Kate and Karen said they tasted like they were from a Slurpee machine instead of the broken-ice type.



On Saturday we awoke early and Kate and Karen went out to Starbucks and gabbed while Jack and I watched cartoons. Then we went to the mall to see if we could get our grubby hands on an iPad and see what the hub-bub is all about, but Apple didn't have any out for display yet, so we just perused the stores and grabbed some lunch. We went to the Redskins store and Karen got a Redskin shirt since they are so hard to find in Atlanta. We also stopped by the new CakeLove shop and met Warren Brown. I introduced myself as the guy who recorded his podcast with the Library a few weeks ago. He seems like a genuinely nice guy. We left with a few cupcakes cause they all looked so darn good ( and tasted great).

Making wishes with Aunt Karen


We took Jack home for his nap and Karen and Kate went out to look at stuff an shop in their mind (where you just buy stuff in your mind).

For dinner we went to Coastal Flats, but had to wait for a hour and had appetizers while waiting inside the bar. It was a beautiful evening and there were lots of people out and about.

Karen and I got the same hing for dinner, the lobster roll with Corn on the cobb and fries. They make a great lobster roll, well worth the wait.

When we came home, the next door neighbor, Eric, already had the pit fire up and the CornHole game out. Hos friend Tom had come up from Fauquier County and they were sipping the Fairchester Ale (Home brewed Beer).

I played a few games and lost handily to Tom, who is a CornHole demon. Jack liked "playing" and watched and picked up the Bean Bags when we threw them.

Sunday we got up and went to Starbucks again for a light breakfast and then it was off to Dulles to drop Karen off for her flight back.