Monday, February 9, 2009

The New Grill...and an X. Earl Moment!

This weekend the McCoy Tribe had to invest in a new grill. So we started by visiting Lowes to pick out the perfect grill for our style of function! We found a wonderful model that has two sides, one that cooks with gas and the other with charcoal! It is so very cool, with plenty of real estate for cooking. Sunday morning the family went out to Caesar to put the grill together. The instructions say that you need two people to put it together, so little man helped Dad in the assembly.
Had to check the tires to make sure it could support the load!
Then the McCoy Tribe Elders had what we will refer to as an X. Earl moment. For those who know the family this is all the explaining that is needed.
For the rest of you...it goes like this....My Dad has been known to find the coolest toys (when Jeff and Aunt Ginny were kids) and household stuff (Now that we are adults)...in the most unlikely of places. I remember the story of one of Aunt Ginny's dolls that was pulled out of someone's household dump (in the days before landfills)...Well, Jeff and Brandy were scouting out the Caesar property's wooded area when we came upon some discarded items from one of the local households....in there was this riding horse, and a purple riding Dino...a swingset (the swing seats and slide are still useable)
...so we hauled it up the hill...and before we could clean it off, little man had found himself a good time! Current plans are to get the sun-bleached horse a new paint job...and the dino a new set of handles and they will be good as new!
Tonight, we inaugurated the new grill with a Nerd gathering...A friend and sales rep for one of the computer companies we do business with is down for the Mississippi Computing Association's annual meeting. Mike comes down for a visit with us each year, this year we decided on cooking burgers and dogs and making it a family gathering with all my tech's families in attendance. Good fun was had by all...













Friday, February 6, 2009

Backbreaking work!

Going into this weekend, Dad is still recovering from last week's marathon post setting spree...Ended up missing 3 days of work this week trying to recover. I totally pulled my back out doing what we did last weekend. It still hurts (Yes, Aunt Ginny, I did cold for the first 24 hours...then Hot/Cold for the next 24 and then hot since....combined with Doan's and Ibuprofen)...and it still hurts. Was doing better today until work had me and my team of dedicated workers tromping all over St. Michael's Farm to test out the network out there. For those who don't know already, PRC recently purchased the property to use as an Alternative school starting next school year. It is going to be a challenge to get everything ready....but fortunately for Technology...the existing network is basically in tact! Yay!

The tribe will be getting ready for a special visitor from North Dakota on Monday....so no rest for the weary!

Have a great weekend!