Daily Archives: January 27, 2011
Hooter’s and Cher . . .
13 Days and Counting . . .
We left the rig about 10:30 this morning heading out for a morning of errands and lunch.
Our first shop was Fry’s Electronics to check on some prices on CAT 5e cable and a wireless router for a client. Jan found some magazines so she was happy, too. Fry’s is one of my favorite places. I even got Nick Russell turned on to the Fry’s in Las Vegas.
Our next stop was one of our favorite places, Hooter’s. This is our first time eating at the Webster location since we got back to Houston this time, and they’ve completely remodeled it since then. As usual Jan and I both got our chicken XXX hot, which is the hottest they have. Jan gets the chicken strips and a salad, and I always get 10 wings with a side of celery and carrots, with ranch dressing. I always get my wings naked, and all drums.
Get your mind out of the gutter.
‘Naked’ means no breading, and ‘all drums’ means the part of the wings that looks like a little drumstick, not the wing tips.
Leaving Hooter’s, we stopped by a client’s for a few minutes, before heading for the Home Depot over in Kemah. I needed another tube of caulk for some seams on the rig that are leaking and some shims to finish mounting the drawer in the old TV cabinet.
Coming into the park, I stopped by the office to tell them we’ll be leaving on the 9th, and also dropping off a stack of Nick Russell’s Gypsy Journal Newspapers.
Getting back to the rig I put in a call to the Doran Tire Pressure Monitor people concerning 4 bad sensors I have. They gave me RMA and told me to send them in, no charge. I always get great service from them.
While I was on the phone Jan headed off to get a pedicure while I worked on the rig roof re-caulking some seams.
While I was up there I took these shots of the view.
We’ll really miss this park when we leave and we’re always happy to come back.
As I was coming down, our neighbors from two sites down came by and introduced themselves. Eldon and Jeannie Sparks had been at Nick’s Gypsy Journal Rally in Elkhart, IN last August, and will be at the next one in Yuma in March. Hopefully we’ll have a chance to spend some time with them in next few days.
A little after 5 pm we headed out to the movie. We had been wanting to see ‘Burlesque’ the Cher/Christina Aguilera musical, and this was the last day it was going to be at the theatre. Although the reviews weren’t too good, we like both stars so we gave it a shot.
And we weren’t disappointed at all. The musical numbers were fantastic, and the storyline was good, with a twist at the end. This was Aguilera’s movie debut and she did a really good job playing an Iowa farm girl moving to LA to become a star.
Cher had two good numbers, but Aguilera was really the star of the show. She has the best voice I’ve heard in a long time. Her range and power cannot be described. You have to hear it. One of her songs, “Tough Love”, was written and song by Etta James, and if you can hold your own with an Etta James song, you can sing anything.
Heading back to the rig we stopped off at the Monterey’s Little Mexico in Dickinson for a late supper, finally getting home a little before 10pm after another great day.
Tomorrow it’s supposed to be 70 and sunny. Really looking forward to more warm, dry weather.
See you back here tomorrow.
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Thought for the Day:
Tyrants flourish only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace.
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