All in Days of Fun

Is it Wednesday already? Where does the time go? I know that I sure could use another weekend to catch up on some much needed sleep.

Last Friday, Jeremy & I met up with some friends, Caleb & Maria, at Cocina Superior. It is a great TexMex restaurant for the under 40 crowd.






Afterwards we went to see the movie, Click, starring Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsdale and Christopher Walken. It was definitely a good movie, but could be viewed as a rental-type. Most of the critics didn’t like it because it is typical of a Sandler movie. But it did have a great message running in the story line that is prevalent to most of us who have a fast-paced life.

The rest of the weekend was a blur of us doing house work and yard work. It did finally rain on Monday, which we are thrilled about. We had been 3+ weeks without any rain. (Sure it had rained in downtown B’ham, but not so much as a drop at our house.) But with the rain came horrible wind. I had just gotten home on Monday and emptied the car of the groceries when the rain came down. Then came the wind which was worse than any hurricane winds we have ever had. I heard a loud thud hit the house. I scrambled to put some old clothes on and flip-flops to see what had happened. The rain was pounding on the front door and I really didn’t want to get wet, but I did. The thud was the teak wood chairs on our front porch hitting the house. One chair had already made it across the street and the other was in the yard. I scrambled to get them back on the porch and against the wall, when I saw the break. The side that holds up the back of one chair was completely broken. I was not happy since this was my birthday present last year. It hadn’t made it a whole year before being broken!


Last night we ate dinner with Caleb & Maria again and then went to see the Birmingham’s annual “Thunder on the Mountain” fireworks show launched from Vulcan Park. I have only been once before but this year was kind of crappy. The music was very hick-ish and the fireworks lasted under 20 minutes. Then it took us forever to get home since there was a huge turn out. It was like leaving an Auburn football game. I think next year we will try to go back to Lake Martin if at all possible.