Busy Weekend

Susan went to Austin this weekend so it was just me.  Good news is that I stayed home Friday night.  But Saturday, I went to the Smokin on the Rio BBQ cookoff early.  That was a good call, as all the teams were there but few other people.  It was like a camping trip.  We sampled the early fajita entry and then had a tasty breakfast.

Sat afternoon I played in the Member/member golf tournament.  It was not easy to find a partner who would play both days but my friend Brad came through.  We had a good time and played much better the second day after being used to playing.  I was pretty tired this morning as a result.

Sat. night I went to a nice place the El Rocio Retreat which is a bed & breakfast on the outskirts.  There was a celebration honoring my friend Anthony and his daughter Gracie and it was nice to be a part of that.  Afterwards we went to celebrate Gracie's birthday with some cake at her home and I didn't get home until 1 a.m.~!

Cool Bowling Info

My friend Glenn is an accomplished bowler.  He has rolled 2 perfect games.  Recently he rolled a 278.

To get to 278:  Strikes in the first 9 frames, then 8 / X

Other good scores he knew about:

289:  Strikes in the first 9 frames, then X 8 /

290:  Spare in the first frame, then 11 consecutive strikes

280:  Strike in first, Spare in second, then 10 consecutive strikes

I know Dad had a very high game once.  I'll look forward to hearing how that happened.

February 3

The 2012-13 NFL season is done:  Ravens beat 49ers in the Super Bowl (47) in what was called the longest final 2 minutes ever.  Seemed that every game this season came down to the final seconds and this one was no different.

Saturday was a nice day outside.  I started it with what was to be a 2 hour run.  It turned into 13 miles and tool 3 hours with a nice "coffee break" in the middle when I saw my friends Julie and Jennifer.  We checked out the new Town Lake and farmer's market at Fireman's Park.  Then I saw my friend Frank and got to run with him and catch up.  Always good to see him.

In the afternoon I played 17 holes of golf.  Playing with Larry and Barry, they like to skip around.  After they played 8 holes I caught up with Oscar and Co. and played the last nine.  Couldn't get the chips close or the putts to fall and shot what would have likely been a 97.  Pretty high but still a fun day.  Weather was just too good to be anywhere but outside.  When I got home I cooked outside of course.

Sarah was home this weekend and we watched Return of the King which was a good finale to the Lord of the Rings trilogy.