Sunday, November 18, 2007

Turkey Frying

I am preparing for what will be, this Thursday, my first attempt at deep frying a turkey.  With the big day rapidly approaching, I am now in the research phase of my preparations.  I spoke with Peter for about 30 minutes tonight, and he provided valuable tips which hopefully will help me make a turkey that can measure up to the one he made for us three years ago in Raleigh -- to this day the best turkey by far I've ever had (see picture to the left). 

And as with most anything these days, I then turned to the internet for further information.  In doing so, I ran across this article, which describes a quite prudent response by Arizona State University to what was a really bad idea to begin with.

Trip To West Point

On Saturday, David and I joined a group of people from his Cub Scout Pack for an Army football game at West Point.  It was a really terrific atmosphere, with the cannons, cadets doing pushups after each Army score, and the roving spirit band (which actually stopped for a few minutes and played in the section we were sitting in).  West Point is a really beautiful place, and is only a little over an hour from Mountain Lakes.  The game was really wild, with tons of scoring and over 1,000 yards of combined total offense by the two teams.  Unfortunately, for the home fans, Army lost the game 49-39 to the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes (ponder for a moment that odd choice of mascot). 

We will definitely be going back when Tulane visits West Point again in two years.

Saturday, November 17, 2007

Clash of the Titans!

Okay, maybe it's not Ohio State-Michigan, but it'll have to do for us eggheads. 

Tulane-45 Rice-31

Saturday, November 10, 2007

Halloween 2007

No need for any boring text here -- just check out the pictures!!

Late October Project Status

Here are some photos showing the status of our renovation project (remember that?) in late October.  At that point, the Master Bath was virtually complete, lacking only the glass enclosure for the shower, and the basement was drywalled and tiled.  I'll post more soon, as we are now getting really close to completion.  We are hopeful that it will be done by Thanksgiving . . .

Seagull Century

Back in early October, we trekked out to Ocean City, Maryland, for the Seagull Century (for me) and a little beach R&R.  The Seagull Century is a 100-mile organized bike ride that starts in Salisbury, Maryland (about 25 miles inland from Ocean City), winds its way out to the shore, a then heads back to Salisbury.  This was my third time doing the ride, but this year was extra special.  In addition to Uncle Rob and Aunt Katherine (Uncle Rob does the ride every year), Marcie, Peter and Christopher met us there for the weekend.  I tried to talk Peter into doing the ride with us, but he demurred and stayed back in Ocean City with the rest of the gang, while Uncle Rob and I rode. 

We had a perfect weekend -- mid-80s and sunny both days!  In fact, after we got back from riding, I actually got in the ocean for a little swim.  Poor Stephen was begging everyone all day to take him in, but no one would, for fear it was too cold.  So I took him in, and surprisingly, although it was cold, it was bearable.  Certainly the water would be considered warm for October -- I never thought we'd be able to get in the water, but it had been a relatively warm Fall to that point.  The next day, after a breakfast which included legendary Fractured Prune doughnuts, we spend another hour or so on the beach before heading home.  Stephen and I took another refreshing dip in the Atlantic.

It was a really great weekend, and a terrific way to cap off the "Summer".  We (Lisa) only got a few pictures, but if you want to see more, check out Marcie and Peter's picture site - look under October 2007.