Men's breakfast
Once a month, the Men of Bethany welcome all guys from the area to join in food and fellowship with a speaker, as well as occasional activities such as a car show or special national speaker. My responsibilities for the breakfast have been stepped up significantly, and it was the first time they were put into action. For once, a minimal amount of things had been put off to the last minute (eh, maybe last day) so there was little pressure.
The ladies made biscuits and gravy. BISCUITS AND GRAVY! One of my top five favorite breakfasts (One of Pastor Fred's top five favorite ways of rating favorites). I had to have some, despite the race coming up. Something tells me I would be a huge fan of "The Bandit".
5K
Storm and I joined several others to participate in the St. Jude 5K race at Morton High School this year. Last year's St. Jude race was my first race ever. It went well with a finishing time of 28:48. I wanted to improve it significantly this year, but only managed to knock off the 48 seconds. Storm claims they were off by 30 seconds though, so perhaps it was even better.
It's a good thing we hung around afterwards. My clydesdale buddies (200lbs - 225lbs) just barley beat me in the top speeds, so no awards there. However, two of our ladies received prizes! One door prize and one placing in her age group. Way to go gals!
Tyler stopped by to cheer on in parents as they crossed the finish line, but had a hot date for lunch and left promptly.
Almost nap
With a long weekend still ahead, a nap was needed to preserve my sanity. I had laid down for about 30 minutes before most of my past and present roomies converged on me simultaneously. We still had more moving to do, and my mower was in high demand.
Move furniture
Josh and I had couches to get rid of, and stuff to get from his old place, so a truck was obtained and we did the deed. This is turning in to moving month.
Checked in on the previous roomie, Mikey, who now has his own bachelor pad down the road. After two years of talking about it, it's finally time to get that new driveway. Cody and crew were hard at work.
Bake Bread
Some Amish Friendship Bread starter was unloaded on me at church a couple of weeks ago. Day 10 (as far as anyone has to know) was Saturday, so it was either bake it or give up. Obsessive documentary of baking process below, with no finished product photo...ridiculous.
What a rip off. I did NOT get any new friends out of this. Well, the gal who gave me the starter knows me better now though. Okay mayyybe it works.
Bachelor Chow. Today = leftover pizza on top of leftover mashed potatoes. Mmmmmmmm mm.
Bowling and food with the Stubers
Old roomie (dual meaning) Jed will be married in two days from this posting. I've been in two weddings so far this year, with two to go. I love participating in these because of the people I get to meet, and the part I get to take in a friend's life. However, what always happens is that you get thrown into two days of constant interaction with these family members and friends of the Bride and Groom who you don't know at all and feel a little awkward at first. By the time you hit the reception, you finally feel normal around them.
Well, to get the introductions made early, Jed planned a little get together with the wedding party. Most of Julie's bridesmaids (all single, wink wink) and Jed's groomsmen got together for some bowling and pizza at the Christian Center. Dude, it's really good pizza!
My camera was so intimidated by Emily's sweet SLR camera that the rest of the night it only took fuzzy photos. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
My team got creamed, and the person who thought of referring to everyone by the first letter of their name has been fired.
Bread delivery at the Burkes
I wasn't 100% sure if the Burkes were my friends, so I took some bread over there to secure it. :-) Got dealt in the middle of a game of phase 10 and heard alot of stories about Joe's mechanical arm. Beware of the arm...it's been places.
Joe is extremely lucky that the picture he took of Joy turned out so poorly. His mechanical grabber arm could have been lodged in his body permanently.
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