Jenny, Brenden, and I took a walk Saturday night and noticed this sign beside the polo field at the Las Colinas Equestrian Center. I used the LOLBuilder to caption it and submitted it for Failblog consideration. Hee hee!
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If Southwest Worked Like a Newborn
As most of you know, Southwest Airlines is a model of efficiency copied by low cost carriers around the world. As the father of a newborn, I am finding a plethora of inefficient aspects of life with a baby. That got me thinking: what would Southwest be like if our 737s operated like a newborn?
- Our fuelers would load the required amount of fuel onto the plane. Then the Captain would open the dump valve and pour a couple thousand pounds of fuel overboard just after departure. A few minutes later, he would dump another thousand.
- Because of these fuel dumps, the flight would now be short of fuel and unable to reach its destination, necessitating either a midair refueling or diversion.
- On-time departures and arrivals would be a thing of the past. The published schedule would be more of a suggestion. A flight is successful if it gets there at all.
- Instead of going several weeks between cleanings, our planes would need a thorough cleaning after every flight, both inside and out.
- Every passenger would talk on their cell phone at the top of their lungs for the entire flight.
- Both lavs are inop. Always. Hope you brought a really big diaper bag!
First Date Night
Our first Date Night as parents was a lot of fun! In case you missed the first post, we went to Pappas Bros. Steakhouse for a special dinner to celebrate Brenden’s birth and spend some time together. We believe that other than teaching him to love and serve God, the most important thing we can do for Brenden is to keep our marriage strong. Brenden and Grammy hung out and had a good time while we were out, with only a little fussiness.
Dinner was fabulous! We both enjoyed some of the best steaks we have ever had along with excellent mashed potatoes, bread, and desserts and one of the best rieslings we’ve ever had. Pappa’s is definitely expensive, even during Restaurant Week, but it was a great experience.
Vancouver 2010
I hope all of you got to see the Opening Ceremonies Friday night. If not, NBC is about to rebroadcast it around 1:30am. =) Although I do have some concerns about the Chinese government, I must say the Chinese did an AMAZING job Friday night. I don’t really know how to describe it b/c you really need to just watch. We hosted a great watching party for our residents with free pizza. I got to see parts of it, but I’m going to watch the early morning broadcast in HD to see what I missed.
Anyway, we got so excited that I started wondering: what if we went to the Winter Games in Vancouver in February 2010? We love Vancouver, we love the Olympics, and we love many of the winter sports. Sounds fun, eh? I don’t know if we’ll actually go, but I found the official website. If we could only see one sport, we have to choose ice hockey, which are some of the most expensive tickets and will probably be very hard to get thanks to the hardcore Canadian fans. But we’ll look into it!
Date Night During Restaurant Week
Before Brenden was born, Jenny and I agreed to go out to dinner alone within the first 2 weeks after he arrived. We want to keep our marriage a priority amidst the constant demands of parenting a newborn. We postponed our first date night slightly because so many of our wonderful friends are bringing us dinner this week and next, but we finally have a plan! Since this is a very special occasion, we decided to go somewhere we would NEVER go on a normal date night.
Each August, KRLD organizes Restaurant Week, a chance to try some of the best restaurants in the DFW area for a fixed price of $35, which includes appetizer, entree, and dessert. Even better, it’s a fundraiser for the North Texas Food Bank. We made reservations at Pappas Bros. Steakhouse for August 16 at 5:00. The plan is to feed Brenden at Grammy’s house, enjoy dinner, and pick him up before he gets hungry again. This will be our first time to leave him alone with someone outside the hospital and Mom’s first time to watch her grandson alone, since my dad will be on a plane returning from Alaska. If you’re looking for a nice restaurant, Restaurant Week is the way to go. Just don’t try to meet us at Pappas – this is a solo date!
American Gladiator Friends
I went to high school with Jeff, a smart, athletic guy who I knew would go far somehow. I saw him at our reunion in October and met his financee, a sweet girl named Ally. A few months ago I found Jeff on Facebook, as I’ve done with many old friends.
One day I got a message from him to all his Facebook friends saying that he and Ally were contestants on American Gladiators! Jenny and I watched Jeff compete in the semifinals last Monday and watched Ally WIN the competition last night! They both fought hard and were relentlessly supportive of each other, and the show really played up their newlywed angle. Even though we aren’t close friends, I was thrilled to see a guy with whom I competed in school now appearing on national television. One of my favorite parts was seeing how little he has changed. He’s still the same smart, athletic guy he was in high school, confident without being cocky. The pressure of NBC’s cameras, the lure of $100k and a new car, and the presence of Hulk Hogan as MC didn’t inflate his head too big or turn him into an obnoxious showoff. Congrats, Jeff and Ally!