Weekend Update

Well, another weekend has come and gone. It was a good one. Friday night I went out with my family. We went to Rocky Run at Marley Station. It's nice to be with family. My wife and I go out just about every week on a date, and sometimes we take our little girl. I recommend that all husbands and fathers watch over their families this way. Date Night is a gateway to a great marriage. I'm not claiming perfection, but I will claim regularity.

Saturday, I did the usual...wake up late (8:00 a.m.), take Corie's car to get gassed up and washed, run some errands. I came home, and later around lunch time we put up Christmas lights. Be sure to include our house on your drive-bys of Christmas lights. Include ours in the Comedy section, because they're pretty sad. It's my first time putting up lights. Last year a friend, Jim, decided to hang-up his lights for good (pun intended). He gave them to me, so I thought I'd better put them to use. The icicles don't look too bad, but the ralling looks pretty ridiculous. I just hope Sydney enjoys them.

That night we went to Corie's cousin's house and played with the other kids, and Santa (ever notice those are the same letters as Satan? :-)) Sydney didn't like Santa. But I got a ticket to go to the Raven's game out of it. Thanks Glen, you're the greatest and most debonair person to marry into that side of the family.

Service on Sunday was good. I don't like the word Service. What do you call it when family and friends come to the same place to celebrate? (I'd better be careful here, some of your comments could get out of hand.) I'm sure the etymology has something to do with Romans 12 and our "reasonable act of service" , coming to serve Christ, or some such thing. I'm just not sure that it's really a good word to describe what happens. A lot of you are a lot smarter than me, so I'm sure you could interject.

One thing that SRC has going for it, it gets you out in time to see the Raven's game. Umm, yeah, that's how we planned it. (not really, but it is convenient.) So the game...well...I had a blast. I love going to football games, always a great Christmas present..."Oh, season tickets? You shouldn't have...Yes!" But I digress. For the really interesting albeit comical story of my adventure in getting to the game, you'll have to tune in next time...

--Ben