When dunks go wrong...

This dunk Tuesday night by a kid in Wyoming is unbelievable...that he's not hurt.

Meeting Mr. Long

Amanda Faye introduced me to a long time family friend this weekend, Mr. Milton Long, in Greenville, SC. He served in WWII in a field artillery unit as Coordinates Operator from '42-'46, including the Battle of the Bulge. Upon returning home to NC, he married his girlfriend and was given his old job back prior to the war, cleaning looms at the local textile mill. For several years beginning in 1974, Dottie, AF's mom, worked with Mr. Long at the mill and developed the friendship that has lasted since then. We discussed his experiences in Germany and he showed us some of the items he collected while there. Here are pics of his most ornate knives, both include scabbards and swastikas.

Mr. Long is full of stories and seems to be, as many of his generation, quite a renaissance man. His children have all been raised in the church, some becoming missionaries in Rwanda, and others ministers. His granddaughter now works at Hardin-Simmons in Abilene. Of Abilene, Mr. Long mentioned he'd visited several times and commented on how "flat" it is.

The suspense is killing me...

Kristy's blog earlier this week mentioned that she single-handedly ended Texas's drought by getting a $12 car wash the day before the rains came. I wonder if "Juan" found the gag gift we left in her car while he was detailing the interior. If so, I wish I could've seen the look on his face. Here are some hints, Kristy:

What do Ricky Martin and tripe have in common? See your passenger seat back pocket to find out.

(I probably wouldn't have given a hint, except I realize that the person to find it might actually be the next owner of her Tribute. Waiting for you to stumble across it until March 13th is long enough!)

Amanda Faye's new look

Mandy got a GREAT haircut last week! The pics below show off her new look, plus, they show baby James' progress.
Before

After

Weird weekend

This has been an unusual weekend for sure. It started off, for me, with a 3-day fever as a result of a diphtheria/tetanus vaccine. (My doc said I was due.) With all the shaking and sweats, sleep was all but impossible. Thankfully, I found that AF does a great impression of Florence Nightingale, checking my temp every two hours.

Next, we enjoy a progressive music ministry at our church, but the guest band this weekend stepped it up a notch. In addition to drums, bass guitar, lead guitar, and piano, the band included a brass section of 2 trumpets, a trombone, a small sax, and a large sax (that appeared to be a cross between an oboe and an elephant trunk). They sounded like a mixture of Chicago and Earth, Wind, & Fire. Our church often incorporates secular music, keenly using the lyrics to make a spiritual point. I took the video below with my cell phone. (How often does that happen in church?) See if you recognize the song:

Finally, we'd heard there was a chance for snow Sunday night. It's rained constantly since Friday, and tonight at 7pm, a giant lightning bolt struck about a mile from the house. Only 5 minutes later, it was snowing outside! We heard two meteorologists use a new term tonight: "thunder snow". So far, we've got 3 of the predicted 6 inches. We're looking forward to a very late start in the morning.

I hope your weekend was just as fun...minus the fever.