I'm Back!

Well, I am finally back and ready to get you caught up on what has been going on, it has been a very busy time since our last blog. so let work my way backwards.

1. Go Bucks! OSU beat the dreaded team from up north, in without a doubt the best football game I have ever seen. We had about 20 people over to watch and my brother in law Gary was going nuts! He was wearing a scarlet and gray wig and was yelling and screaming at the TV. He was so nervous the whole game he never sat down, but would pace and yell all the time. This game was an instant classic and was much better than something called the "Iron Bowl". Who names a bowl after a household appliance? Those people from the Alabama can be a little odd, but we love them. So now it is back to Arizona to play in the National Championship game on 1/8/07
2. Saturday AM I helped at the church by manning the coffee bar at the Ladies Holiday Brunch. Angela was in charge of this part and it looked great. Her and Tammy decorated the table, and Pam, Kellie, and Tammy got to attend. Angela made us all laugh by telling the winning story about the funniest Christmas when she told about how the girls tied her dad's bedroom door shut on Christmas Eve so they could sleep without him waking them up. Angela also made us cry by telling the night her dad died after returning home from Nashville. It is a great story, ask her to it to you, if you have not heard it before.
3. Thursday was a travel day unlike any other. I had been in Phoenix all week on business and was trying to get home. When I checked my bag, the boarding card did not give me a seat number so I knew something bad was up. To make a very long story short, all the flights from Phoenix to Columbus on ALL airlines were oversold for Thursday and Friday! to get back home, I had to take a 4 hour flight from Phoenix to Orlando, wait 4 hours and then fly 2.5 hours to Columbus. The only other option was stay in Phoenix until Saturday! At least I got a free airplane ticket out of the deal.
4. The week in Phoenix good and bad. The purpose of the trip was to present a cultural awareness simulation (training session to all those who do not have a Masters Degree) to all the Plant Managers from every Abbott Nutrition mfg plant. My part went really well, so I got some kudos from those that attended. The other good part was the food! It was wonderful, Mexican type for breakfast, lunch, and dinner prepared by the chef at the plant in Casa Grande, AZ south of Phoenix. Only bad part was it was meetings all day everyday from 0800 until 07:00 PM, so after we would eat in the evening we had about hour to unwind before going to bed and starting all over the next day.