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I’m sitting here in my gym clothes, ready to get my weekly intense excersize (I play basketball with a couple other guys on Wednesday mornings) and just thought I’d catch y’all up on the latest happenings around here.

We got back Sunday night at 1am from our visit with my parents and other extended family down in Ohio. That was fun. We even got to stay an extra day. When we found out the Bills game was not sold out, we decided it would be fun to stay and watch it, even though it meant getting in at 1am!! (And, we were correct! A thrilling 27-24 win over the Jaguars! GO BILLS!) We got to see all of my grandparents, and spent a little time with my cousin and his family… it was a nice visit. (Also got a dozen Schuler’s donuts, and some Young’s ice cream, for any of your Sprinfieldians out there reading this!)

Last night we went out to Red Robin for my pre-birthday dinner! We all love Red Robin, especially the “bottomless steak fries”! And the best part is, you get a free burger for your birthday! And a free Sundae! AND, last night, they didn’t even sing to me! HA! I tricked ’em!! Free burger, and no embarrassing song! 🙂

We had lots of fun as a family. The kids were actually pretty good 🙂 And we got lots of groceries for tomorrow night’s birthday dinner, too. Recently we had some friends over for a few big meals I made… one night we had three different families here for the same meal! I had so much fun on those nights that I told Jen, “THIS is what I wawnt to do for my birthday. I want to have people over, hang out, and I can make them a great meal!” (I know… I’m weird…)

SO, that’s what we’re doing. I’m going to make either Skyline Chili or Carne Mechada and Jen has invited some mystery guests to our house for my birthday night. I’m sure it will be a great evening.

I think that’s about all. I didn’t mention that when we decided to stay longer at Mom & Dad’s for Thanksgiving that also meant that I would be doing lots more manual labor… that was interesting. 🙂 It was great, we helped my dad with the initial stages of building his new giant deck on the back of their house. But, I was also quite sore the next day or two!

Guess I am getting older. 🙂

Alrighty… time for basketball. I’ll be back here later as time allows. Work is super busy these days. Lots of big projects with deadlines not too far away. But, I can’t stay away from writing that long… so I bet I’ll see ya here soon. 😉