Happy Memorial Day!

Well, it was a nice day off, but who really remembered why we got the day off?

I did.

I was named after my Uncle Danny, my mom's brother. He went off and fought in WWII in the US Navy just like every other young man of his generation and, believe it or not, he made it home alive! Not a month later, he was killed in a car wreck!

My dad joined the service as well. He was in the Army Air Corp. He wanted to fly, but guys with less than 20/20 vision were not trained to fly in those days, so he fought his war in the jungles of South America.

Why there was a US military presence in South America I'm not sure, but that's where he was stationed! He had several brothers who also served, all with distinction. If I recall, they all made it home safely.

A lot of guys like them did not.

Here's to the WWII generation; those who served in the armed forces and those who worked and sacrificed at home. Together, they defeated the greatest threat to world peace that this world has ever seen. Thank God for them!

Meanwhile, I got the weekend off so we got a lot of rest and caught up on the movie stash!

Anyone seen "27 Dresses?"

I'm sorry!

JK!!!! It was kind of cute, actually. It was "Izzy" from "Grey's Anatomy" playing a girl who was the perpetual bridesmaid and never the bride. Naturally, it detailed her life as she found her own love and invited all of those brides from her past to her own wedding.

You got to see a chick flick every now and again just so you know what the women at church are talking about!

We started "The Number 23" but didn't get very far. Too weird! We started "The Bourne Ultimatum" and then realized we'd already seen it. We watched "American Gangster" and realized that we'd seen the real life version on The History Channel series "Gangland."

We didn't get a lot of work done. MDB worked on keeping the laundry caught up and I folded a big pile while I watched all of the stuff mentioned earlier. I did some dishes and cooked a brisket yesterday. Today, we went into Galveston, fully expecting a huge crowd, and found it earily empty! We went to a couple of stores after eating lunch at "The Sunflower Cafe' " , which was a little bizzare! There was a table of 3 obviously gay men sitting next to us at lunch and three more waiting for a table as we left (must've been gay pride week in Galveston and I just missed it!). Then, in one of the stores we visited, the same three guys who'd been seated next to us at lunch were in there trying on clothing....

Is there a statute against gay stalking?

Anyway, we went from Galveston to the outlet mall in La Marque; MDB needed some "personal attire" and there's a store there that has what she needs at the right price.

I made it out without any incidents!

This evening, I cut the grass, weadeated, and blew away the chaff. It's amazing how much we do that requires the use of gasoline! Fortunately, I can make a can of gas go all summer long. At the beginning of March I went down and filled up both of my 5-gallon cans for the summer. I haven't touched one of them and now it's worth 50% more than I paid.

I think I'll sell it on E-Bay!

Nice, restful weekend! The best part was that me and MDB got to spend the whole time together and she's the awesomenest woman in the universe! Seriously, she's incredible and I'm unbelievably blessed to call her my wife!