What am I thankful for?
I came back from a four year stint with the Marines happy and whole.
I am thankful for my crazy wonderful stepmother, whose birthday is today. I won't tell you how old she is, but I can guarantee that with out her, my dad and I would be crazier than we are now. She has been a rock and a support for my family. Happy Birthday, mama!
I am thankful for my awesome dad. Very few women are blessed with fathers like mine.
I have a fantastic husband. Yes, he can be a jerk sometime, but can't we all be twerps at one time or another? Nobody is perfect. Nobody.
I am thrilled that I have wonderful in-laws. Matter of fact, DH's little brother and his beautiful girlfriend are expecting.
I want to wish my stepmom a happy birthday, and everyone else, a very happy Thanksgiving!
Jen
Showing posts with label Dad and Gwen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dad and Gwen. Show all posts
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Parents
Today is Wednesday, November 24, 2010. For the rest of the American citizens, this means last minute water baths on frozen turkeys to finish thawing. Or maybe it means pie crust rolling, homemade bread dough kneading, or even potato peeling. For others, it means traveling many miles to spend one day with family.
For me, it is the day before my stepmom's birthday. It is two days before my dad's birthday. (Yes, I know I should use stepmother and father, but that takes away from their 'awesomeness'. ) (Is that a punctuation nightmare or what!?!?)
Wish them luck, they are riding the motorcycle to Shreveport, Louisiana from Central Texas. That is their plan for Thanksgiving.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Jen
For me, it is the day before my stepmom's birthday. It is two days before my dad's birthday. (Yes, I know I should use stepmother and father, but that takes away from their 'awesomeness'. ) (Is that a punctuation nightmare or what!?!?)
Wish them luck, they are riding the motorcycle to Shreveport, Louisiana from Central Texas. That is their plan for Thanksgiving.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Jen
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Weekend with the Parents
I am just back from spending a wonderful weekend with my dad and stepmother.
We went to my cousin's first birthday party.
Poor little guy got icing in his eyes from his little cake.
It was a fun family moment.
I did ride my motorcycle all the way down to their house. It was a wonderful ride. Not real comfortable on the back of my little ZZR-600, but good enough. I can't figure out how to ride and take pictures at the same time, so I did not take any. Sorry.
On the way home, I did find out that the Velcro used to affix our Turnpike Pass to our car's windshields is not strong enough to keep the Pikepass attached to the top of my bike's gas tank. Poor little Pikepass gave it's all, but somewhere between mile marker 45 and the second toll plaza on I-44 headed towards Tulsa from Wichita Falls, that poor little thing just flew off. May it rest in peace.
Headin' to get a new Pikepass,
thanks for Stoppin' By!
Jen
We went to my cousin's first birthday party.
Poor little guy got icing in his eyes from his little cake.
It was a fun family moment.
I did ride my motorcycle all the way down to their house. It was a wonderful ride. Not real comfortable on the back of my little ZZR-600, but good enough. I can't figure out how to ride and take pictures at the same time, so I did not take any. Sorry.
On the way home, I did find out that the Velcro used to affix our Turnpike Pass to our car's windshields is not strong enough to keep the Pikepass attached to the top of my bike's gas tank. Poor little Pikepass gave it's all, but somewhere between mile marker 45 and the second toll plaza on I-44 headed towards Tulsa from Wichita Falls, that poor little thing just flew off. May it rest in peace.
Headin' to get a new Pikepass,
thanks for Stoppin' By!
Jen
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Headed to Sturgis, Thursday
Well, I am sorry I have been absent most of this month except for the one ridiculous post about Walgreen's. At the beginning of this month, my dad, my step mom, my husband, and I all went to Sturgis, South Dakota for the 70th Annual Black Hills Motorcycle Rally. Yes, that rally. The one with all of the bikers. That is the one. It is held the first full week of August each year. So if you are planning a family vacation to see Mount Rushmore, you have been advised. The area was expecting about 650,000 motorcycle enthusiasts. I heard but can't prove that they actually had between 750,000 and 1 Million motorcycles. Meals in restaurants were kind of slow. The eateries were kind of busy.
The plan was my parents would ride up from McGregor, Texas, about 330 miles to our house on Thursday and we would leave Friday for Sturgis. Dad and Gwen got here right on time, so we went to eat dinner at Applebee's here in Edmond. Then we went to BS Unlimited in south Oklahoma City to do some shopping. We were shopping for a pad for Dad's motorcycle seat.
We have talked about seats before, when I rode as a pillion passenger on the back of my ZZR. Seat comfort is important for rides over fifty miles.
Dad had held off on buying an upgraded seat for his Heritage Softail (the green and white one) until right before the trip. Dad and Darling Husband are both big believers in the Sundowner seat sold by Harley Davidson. Dad purchased a Sundowner for his bike, put it on, and made the dash to my house. We have a Sundowner seat on our Street Glide, the red one in the previous picture. I love it. That seat is so nice and cushy. Ahh, I get all comfy thinking about it. So Dad gets on his bike with Gwen and they head to our house. By the time they got here, Dad's back and uh, derriere, were bothering him. So, we went to BS Unlimited to get a gel seat pad for him. The manufacturers of those things are proud of them! Dad got a nice blue velvet one (the only color they came in) and we went home and installed it. By this time, it was bedtime. We were planning on getting up early to make the big push to La Junta, Colorado.
We went to bed and this is the start of our trip to Sturgis.
The plan was my parents would ride up from McGregor, Texas, about 330 miles to our house on Thursday and we would leave Friday for Sturgis. Dad and Gwen got here right on time, so we went to eat dinner at Applebee's here in Edmond. Then we went to BS Unlimited in south Oklahoma City to do some shopping. We were shopping for a pad for Dad's motorcycle seat.
We have talked about seats before, when I rode as a pillion passenger on the back of my ZZR. Seat comfort is important for rides over fifty miles.
Dad had held off on buying an upgraded seat for his Heritage Softail (the green and white one) until right before the trip. Dad and Darling Husband are both big believers in the Sundowner seat sold by Harley Davidson. Dad purchased a Sundowner for his bike, put it on, and made the dash to my house. We have a Sundowner seat on our Street Glide, the red one in the previous picture. I love it. That seat is so nice and cushy. Ahh, I get all comfy thinking about it. So Dad gets on his bike with Gwen and they head to our house. By the time they got here, Dad's back and uh, derriere, were bothering him. So, we went to BS Unlimited to get a gel seat pad for him. The manufacturers of those things are proud of them! Dad got a nice blue velvet one (the only color they came in) and we went home and installed it. By this time, it was bedtime. We were planning on getting up early to make the big push to La Junta, Colorado.
We went to bed and this is the start of our trip to Sturgis.
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