Daily Archives: February 10, 2019
Green Beans and Cockroaches . . .
Jan and I headed up to the Sugarland area about 11, to meet up with Brandi, Lowell, and Landon, for Landon’s hockey practice. Actually it’s all practice since they’re still learning the necessary skills and don’t play in games yet.
We took gloves this time and dressed a little warmer so we were a lot more comfortable than last time. It’s cold in there.
Since we were last at one of these practices a few weeks ago, Landon had been taking skating lessons on the side, with two under his belt so far. And it really shows.
He’s taking lessons from a female figure-skating instructor, learning more of the fundamentals of just skating, rather than hockey. And now he can skate backwards pretty good and he’s much more fluid on the ice.
I think he’s signed up for 10 lessons, so he still has 8 more to go, so that should make a big difference in his skating skills.
After practice was over we all headed over to the nearby Floyd’s Cajun Seafood, our usual place to eat. But, usually this time, it was really busy. Normally by now the lunch crowd has thinned and there is plenty of parking and tables.
But today the place was jammed packed. And when I ask the waitress why it was so busy today, she looked at me like I was from another planet, and said, “It’s CRAWFISH SEASON!” And yes, she said it in all caps, too.
Well, excuse me! When I was growing up in south Alabama, crawfish were for bait. Nobody would dare eat a ‘mudbug’. They were just giant cockroaches.
Jan and I noticed that they had new menus since we were there a few weeks ago, and they’ve added some new sides, one being Grilled Green Beans.
With Lowell getting the Chicken Fried Chicken, and Brandi a Boudin Link, Jan got her usual Grilled Catfish Fillets and the Green Beans, while I got Shrimp Gumbo and the Grilled Veggies.
Wish I’d gotten the Green Beans. I will next time. They were grilled with onions and bacon, and were delicious. At least I think they were, based on the small amount Jan was willing to share.
Next time, for sure.
I did surprise Landon with a kit that I think he’ll like.
It’s from the Smthsonian people, and let’s you built a 2-1/2 foot tall rocket, which looks pretty much like a Saturn 5, I guess. Told him I wanted pictures.
I went online this evening to renew the PO Box that we have here in Santa Fe, and found they offered a new service.
You can now receive packages from any shipper, UPS, FedEx, etc., at your PO Box. It’s a free additional service called Street Addressing.
You just go online, log into your PO Box account, and click the Street Addressing box under Additional Services. You will have to drop off some paperwork at the PO to finalize it, but that’s all there is to it.
Neat!
Tomorrow it’s back to work, hoping to see that my webserver hard drive cloning job is done. Maybe.
Thought for the Day: What’s the youngest you can die of old age?
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