A weekend of hosting and sickness

Jess and I had a very interesting weekend. We kicked it off by having a couple of the high school guys I work with over for dinner on Friday. It was fun to have Jessie spend some time with the guys I spend a majority of my week with. She made a great dinner of ham, mashed potatoes, corn, and bread. The guys were pretty quiet, but very appreciative and polite. On Saturday, we had Jessie's mom, her boyfriend, and Jessie's sister over for dinner. It was great to spend some time with family (it sounds great to say family and not her family). The bummer of the weekend however was that Jessie was fighting a cold. And on top of that, I came down with the stomach virus on Sunday. So with that being said...here's to a week of feeling better as we get closer to Christmas and more time with family. Hopefully a more upbeat post will come later in the week.

The Blind Side

Jessie and I flew down to Florida to be with my family for Thanksgiving. When we travel, we normally stop in the airport to pick up some magazines to parooze while on the plane. Jess found a couple magazines that she liked, but I opted for a book this time. I saw "The Blind Side" in one of the little stores and figured it could be pretty interesting. Well I became engrossed in the book and couldn't put it down for the better part of a week. It is the true story of a rich family in the Memphis suburbs (the Tuohy's) who adopt a poor kid from the roughest part of Memphis (Michael Oher). Michael went on to play football for the Christian school where the Tuohy children go. He then went to Ole Miss, and now starts for the Baltimore Ravens.
The book is written by sports author, Michael Lewis. He writes the book in a very interesting way because he spends about a third of the book discussing the development of the left tackle position from the impact of Lawrence Taylor to present day football. He spends the rest of the book telling this wonderful story. I recommend that you should read this book or at least go see the movie. I must say that the book was more enjoyable for me, but the movie stays pretty true to the book. It has challenged Jessie and I to be more like the Tuohy family.

I'm blogging again...

So this is my attempt to begin blogging again. I have been inspired by my lovely wife who has been diligently keeping up with her blog for over a year. I hope this will be a good way for family and friends to keep up with my life especially since I am not the best at picking up the phone and calling everyone. I'm excited to see how this goes...