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Saturday Morning Shenanigans

Here now is a final ‘quick-hit’ wrap-up of my 7-DAY / 6-NIGHT Texas vacation:

1.  I spent 4-DAYS and 3 NIGHTS on the River Walk en San Antonio.

2.  It was my 4TH trip to San Antonio, but the 1ST that wasn’t military-related.

3.  I adore the River Walk. If I had to live in Texas then that is where I would live.

4.  Every day would be a ‘Major’s Walk-A-Thon’.

5.  How did I get my 5TH cold in 8 months ?  I touched things !

6.  The 5-HOUR drive to and from San Antonio with my brother was a lot of fun.

7.  My brother and his wife live in a ritzy suburb of Dallas – Allen.

8.  They live in a peaceful and quiet suburban yuppie neighbourhood.

9.  Allen is surrounded by McKinney, Fairview, Lucas, Parker, Plano, and Frisco.

10.  I’ll be back in Allen in exactly 20 weeks for Thanksgiving !

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Animals Health

I’m Sick ! I Ate A Cricket !

DEJA-VU ? – You may recall that same mysterious blog entry title from a couple of months back, and there’s a good reason for that. I was sick back during the early part of May, and I’m sick again !  I’m still enjoying my vacation (back in the northern suburbs of Dallas Texas again), but I’m currently dealing with what is now my unbelievable 5TH cold in just a little over 8 months (ever since the last few days of October 2007). It’s my 2ND cold in exactly 8 weeks, and that cold from 8 weeks ago arrived just a little over 6 weeks after the previous one (during the Good Friday / Easter Sunday holiday weekend).

These disgusting common cold germs officially made their presence known inside my body en San Antonio on Tuesday July 01ST 2008, so if you’re keeping track at home this would be DAY 3 of the cold. I expect it to last through the 4TH Of July holiday weekend, but I also expect conditions to improve as time goes on. Airborne and Zicam are doing all that they can do to assist me in getting over my cold faster !

Once upon a time in an era not too long ago I used to get a cold about every 18 months to 2 or even 3 years. Now I’m working on my 5TH cold in just 8 months. Back then my rare colds lasted up to two weeks. Nowadays these colds come and go within a matter of several days.

Oh yeah – As far as that cricket is concerned – NO – I didn’t really eat one. That’s an inside-joke between me and my brother regarding one of our childhood cats. We used to have a big black cat by the name of Barney. One time Barney ate a crunchy LIVE cricket (so we think). He didn’t feel very well for a day or two after that !  Barney is long gone, but his memory shall forever live on. That catch phrase ‘I’M SICK ! I ATE A CRICKET !‘ is in loving memory to the legend of Barney the cat – the cat that never liked me but totally adored my brother.

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Food Health Travel

The Major’s Walk-A-Thon: Special On-Location Edition – San Antonio River Walk

1.  In addition to all of the walking that I did on the River Walk en San Antonio on Monday morning (by myself) and on Monday night (with my brother) I walked the mother of all walks long and short on Tuesday morning. It was longer than any previous walk (around my neighbourhood) in ‘The Major’s Walk-A-Thon’ history !  The River Walk may just be the greatest place ever to do a ‘Walk-A-Thon’.

2.  Me and my brother ate dinner at Casa Rio on the River Walk on Monday afternoon. It was quite tasty Mexican food Jesse. I enjoyed the ‘Casa Rio Deluxe Dinner’. It’s apparently their #1 seller. It consists of a Cheese Enchilada, a Tamale, a Crispy Beef Taco, Chili Con Carne, Guacamole Salad, Chili Con Queso, Mexican Rice, y Refried Beans. ¡ Era delicioso !

3.  On Tuesday afternoon we ate dinner at Joe’s Crab Shack on the River Walk. I also ate there for dinner during my last visit to the River Walk in October 2003. I enjoyed the Shrimp Pasta Alfredo. It was an abundance of tasty pasta and succulent alfredo sauce with mucho bits of shrimp. That’s What I’m Talkin’ About !

4.  After all of that walking and eating we took a 30-minute tour of the river by water. It was a lot of fun, and our tour guide was the king of corny one-liners on the river. I think that he may have been a reject from one of the local comedy clubs. Nevertheless he made everyone giggle throughout the cruise. The cruise was sort of like a final wrap-up or summary of all of the walking that had been previously done by me / us (moreso me) on Monday and Tuesday.

5.  After the fun cruise we bid a fond farewell to the Paseo Del Rio, and we walked on up to the street level of the city. We took a few pictures over at the Alamo Plaza. (The Alamo itself was long closed by the time that we got there at 7 PM.) We spent about an hour over at Ripley’s Believe It Or Not ! right across the street from The Alamo. There was a lot of loco stuff to look at inside that place !

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Tuesday Night Grab Bag O’ Thoughts

If it’s Tuesday night then look no further than here for a glimpse into what’s happenin’ in my world:

1.  Earlier this afternoon we surpassed the 13,000 mark in total (cumulative) views since this blog’s inception late last November. We keep shattering brand new daily, weekly, and monthly view records on here. I say ‘We’ because without you (reading this) there would be no exciting statistics to write about. Thank You for blogging with me, and for being a part of my Life !

2.  It’s currently raining just a little bit over the Homestead / Florida City area, but there’s a whole bunch of rain (torrential downpours) just to the west of us in the Everglades. We could use several feet of rain – not all at once, but spread out over the next three months or so. The more rain that we receive here in South Florida the less likely hurricanes are to come our way.

3.  Last week I surpassed the 50,000-mile mark in my car, and I was on Homestead’s Speedway Boulevard southbound approaching Campbell Drive when it all went down. It’s the first time in 15 years that I’ve owned a car for its first 50,000 miles. I previously did so in a 1989 Geo Spectrum (my first car here in Homestead).

4.  I enjoyed a MASSIVE Lunch at the White Lion Café this afternoon. It’s the closest that you’ll ever get to fine dining here in Homestead. Last time I ate there I admired Pastor Paul‘s fried chicken and mashed potatoes from across the table. This time around I got my own ENORMOUS fried chicken breast – no bones about it. I KNOW THAT’S RIGHT !

5.  I ate Lunch at the White Lion with Marge R. I’ve known her for over 20 years – longer than anyone else (who isn’t related to me) in my entire life / Life. She was telling me all about God back in the late-1980s and throughout the entire 1990s when I wasn’t really interested in Him. She never gave up on me though. She kept on bragging on Him. My Christmas 2006 gift to her ? – It’s when I revealed to her (at Applebee’s of all places) that I’ve been saved by Jesus Christ and reborn. A month later I walked through the front doors of Life Pointe Church for the first time ever. It was my first entrance into any church since the late-1970s when I was in grade school.

6.  Anne J. – I just finished eating yet another MASSIVE slice of birthday cake. I figure that if I eat three more MASSIVE slices between now and Friday then it will be all gone. The cake surprisingly tastes as good now as it did last Wednesday night when you and the crew surprised me with it.

7.  I currently weigh 165.5 pounds. That’s my ideal weight. Can you believe that I actually weighed in the mid-180s back when I was in my early-20s ?  I took all of that excess weight off a few years after that, and I’ve been holding steady ever since. Thank You Jenny Craig !  (Just kidding.)

8.  If I had to give up one of the following 5 devices for an entire year – TV(s), VCR(s), Computer, iPod Shuffle(s), or Cell Phone – then the answer couldn’t be more simple and easy – the cell phone. I typically don’t use my cell phone to make or receive calls (even though it works just fine). I pretty much only use it to send and receive the occasional text message. Other than that it gets little to no use at all. The telephone (standard or cell) is my least-favourite electronic device.

9.  I’m experimenting with homeopathic Murine Ear Drops for Ear Wax Relief. I have a recurring ear wax buildup problem inside my right ear. Sometimes it can get real bad. The worst that it’s ever been in my entire Life was last May in the worst place at the worse time – during the week that I was with my family in The Bahamas to attend my little brother’s wedding. I pretty much could not hear out of my right ear during the entire week. It made for a miserable week.

10.  Forget about the little kid in the candy store – check me out anytime I’m inside an Office Depot or an Office Max !  Let me run loose and buy things !