Snowed out!

Today, I was supposed to travel to Lexington, KY for work. But as I packed this morning I was watching the weather channel. After countless reports on the about the "crippling" snow and ice in the Kentucky area, I was beginning to rethink my travel plans. So, on my 45 minute drive into work this morning, I decided it probably wasn't the best thing to do today. I can honestly say that I was snowed out of KY and I got to stay home! YEH

Movie - Gran Turino

Last night, we went to see Gran Turino! Great flick! Since I am not a car enthusiast, I had no idea Ford even made a Gran Turino! Great Clint Eastwood movie filmed in Detroit.

Curling

Last Thursday, I got to try curling. Yeh, you know sliding heavy stones down a sheet of ice. I participated as a sweeper, but also got to throw some stones. The stone was somewhere in the neighborhood of 40 lbs and it was tricky task to learn to slide on the ice and "curl" the stone. My delivery was getting better as the night went on. I played 2 games and was out on the ice for about 4 hours. My butt was frozen by the end of the second game. I probably walked about 4 mile Thursday night...and tonight I sit here with aching muscles still!! I haven't been this sore since my first time at Pure Barre! It was an awesome experience and something that I hope to do again soon!

Back from the Texas Coast

Wednesday night, I returned to the frigid Michigan winter after a couple of days on Galveston Island, Texas. I went to Galveston for the 2008 Gulf Coast Conference. Yep, that's not a typo...I said 2008 Conference. Hurricane Ike came through Galveston last year and postponed the conference. The island is still recovery from the total devastation of the Hurricane. We took a drive along Seawall Blvd and saw house after house with damaged roofs, missing stairs, and even some washed out roads. Galveston is doing a great job trying to repairing resorts and restaurants that thrive on tourism. I stayed at the Hilton Galveston Island Resort. The hotel was right on the Gulf of Mexico. Here are some pics that I took.