Ash posted this on my facebook so I decided to repost this to our site because it is so true! This post is by Michael Mitchell (lifetoheryears.com) on Christine‘s blog. It is nice to see that I meet some of these guidelines, but it also shows me areas where I can be better as a father. So, here is the post with all of its original content:
Today I got my first dig-it tattoos. They are on my feet and are a pig and rooster. This is the significance of the pig and rooster from wiki.answers.com:
The pig and the rooster are tattooed on either the calves or the top of the feet, to prevent a sailor from drowning,. These animals were originally carried on most ships in wooden crates. When a ship goes down these crates would float and then catch currents and wash ashore with the other debris from the ship, making the pigs and roosters often the only souls to survive a shipwreck.
Here is an interesting story from the 50′s detailing the significance of the pig and rooster: USS Rochester
Today was a good day. Early last year i was very interested in New York’s waterfalls. I made a list of all the local ones in the area and when Rob was on his crappy shifts the girls and i would go out exploring them for something to do. This place is about an hour from home but the pics online showed an absolute amazing waterfall that was fairly easy to get to. So spring time last year the girls and i headed out to go see the 75ft waterfall and we were definitely not disappointed.
Well today when we got up and going i thought it would be a great day to take Rob to go see the beautiful waterfall and go hiking along the trails with the dogs. It was a gorgeous day and come Saturday night/early Sunday is when the dang Hurricane is suppose to hit, so what better time to get out than this.
I dont think Rob was disappointed at all. It was a beautiful site with very nice trails to go along and a Lake that you can fish at. Overall another one for the books!!!
Recently we visited a BBQ joint here in NY. I was unsure of how tasty it would really be as it is NY of all places and I am a native Texan. I am very picky when it comes to BarBQ and it takes a lot to please me. We have heard a lot of great reviews from people here saying how good it is, and we decided to try it. Between the 4 of us, we got 1 lb of Brisket, 1 lb of sausage, a full rack of ribs, 8 pieces of Texas toast (LOL), 2 cornbread muffins, 2 orders of mac and cheese, Brunswick Stew, with Loganberry to drink.
I have to say that the brisket was amazing! I have smoked some here in NY myself and it was very enjoyable to have someone else doing all of the work. The sausage was also very good. The ribs on the other hand were not the greatest as they were tough and didn’t seem like there was a lot of meat on the bones, not to mention they were about $25 for the rack. Everything else was equally tasty and we all left with full bellies and there were some left overs for me to take to work the following day.
Final results are this place was very good and we will be returning at a later time when we get the hankering for some BarBQ. Not to mention when we have some money as this place is rather expensive. The old time setup of eating outside was awesome. We will be back!
Unfortunately the pictures came out a little blurry…
We recently went to this state park in New York and it was amazing! Unfortunately we did not have a lot of time to see all that it had to offer. We went down the Indian ladder trail which is where these photos were taken. After a short walk, we decided to do a few geocaches and then head back to the house as it was near sunset. We will most definitely be going back for a camping excursion!
