A Busy Holiday Season Begins

The holidays this year are shaping up to be the busiest in a while.
We attended the wedding of one of Kellie's close high school chums, Mandi, yesterday in Rome, GA. Mandi and Kellie went to middle and high school together, and also ran track and played basketball. The wedding was held in the chapel on the campus of Berry College. A very nice day. Brought back a lot of good memories!
We leave today for a week at Jamie's folks in Ohio. We're driving this year, so that we can make some stops on the way up and back. As we get older, the trip gets longer. Looking forward to seeing the family again. A few side trips planned, including a day in the Amish country (ooh-ahh, the lunches). The fireplace will be roaring, and maybe a touch of snow.
Chipper will have full reign of the house for the week.
See ya'll when we get back.

Sports Weekend

A lot of different sports grabbed our attention the past few days.
Kellie's KSU girls soccer team made it to the NCAA playoffs. Their hockey team beat Duke, also. The KSU basketball teams have also started off the season okay, although the girls lost by one point yesterday.
My niece plays on the University of Pennsylvania basketball team. They started the season with a win over Elon, but lost the second game to William & Mary (a coed team?).
Jimmie Johnson is about to capture a Nextel crown next week. Gordon is letting it slip away. Go Jimmie!
Jamie is a big Ohio State fan, so I had mixed feelings about their loss Saturday (not!). It's good to see an SEC team back on top.
Calvin Johnson's Lions took it on the chin against Arizona. He only had three receptions. They need to throw it his way more! Looking forward to watching the Lions on Turkey day during our trip to Ohio.
Kellie is still on the DL from softball, with her foot injury. She's out of the splint, but it's still sore.
The Sandy Creek Patriot's are in the football playoffs, and they travel to Hart County this weekend for the first game. Go Braxton.
Congratulations to Fayette County, on their 10-0 season. Good luck in the playoffs.
Congrats to the Sandy Creek girls volleyball team, who were runners-up in the state playoffs.
The Gwinnett Gladiators are off to a great start. We need to see a game soon.
The Thrashers are rebounding (sorry, wrong sport lingo).
The heck with the Hawks and the rest of the NBA. Bring on NCAA basketball.
I still can't find any curling on the tube !!

Strange appetite

As you can tell, I like to eat!
I work for a Korean company, and we recently had a sales meeting / dinner at a Korean restaurant on the north side of Atlanta. I love a Korean dinner, because they bring out dozens of different side dishes (some of which you need someone to identify for you).
I love to try different foods. If I travel somewhere, I always taste test the local foods and libations. A few examples and where I had them:
* Ox-lip salad (Austria), shaved ox lips on top of greens
* Sweetbreads (Austria and Germany), various internal body parts
* Black pudding / blood sausage (England), level 2 on the gag meter
* Haggis (Scotland), animal potpourri sausage, numero uno on the gag meter
* Pig's brains and eggs (Richmond, VA), at a roadside diner at 2AM
* Horse (Montreal), made as a hamburger (sweet)
* Sushi (everywhere), I love sushi!
* Cooked octopus (Korea), the bigger the tentacles, the harder the chew!
* Live octopus (Suwon, Korea), only one small piece was enough!
* River eel (Korea and US), cooked only!
Reminds me of the Indiana Jones movie, with the chilled monkey brains!
If I make it to China, I want to eat at one of the infamous snake restaurants in Shanghai. Another possibility will be fillet of canine, in remote parts of Korea.
Still hungry ??