It was a pretty darn good season for the Reading Jr Royals PeeWee Black team. They went into the Atlantic Division playoffs being undefeated but were eliminated in the third game which I was unable to attend. I did make it to the first game of the tournament against the Lawrence Flames, which was their first loss of the tournament. The Royals had played the Flames numerous times before, but only beat them once, so it is always a good match when they play the Flames.
The next tournament and the final tournament of the Season was the Hershey Jr Bears Post Season tournament, which they Royals came in second and the Bears came in first.
More extensive write ups of the both tournaments and the Hockey Season wrap up will be written about on the Double Zero Hockey Blog.
This is a video that was made of some friends who had gone to Guatemala to make houses for some impoverished people. I have actually been invited to go along with them this year, but I will probably not be able to make it. But the following year is looking promising.
I made a video while eating a slaw dog the other day. Viddler has several groups which I posted the video in, one being Mealtoday videos and the other being Metoday videos.
Slaw dogs are one of my favorite foods to eat. Check out my Slaw Dog list to see a bunch of places where I have had slaw dogs.
Here is a video I just made of my red Ricardo rolling Luggage that was lost two times by the Philadelphia Airport
(PHL), which I wrote about in the post Lost Luggage | Use Luggage Tags.
Just a little ranting about PHL…do you have some ranting to do about PHL, and airline, or an airport that has somehow misplaced your luggage? Let me know.
The decorations are up at CD’s Place in Boyertown which is known not only for its great atmosphere, but its quality food that doesn’t leave your wallet empty.
Great photo I just found on Flickr. I bet these guys are nearly full grown dogs by now. Love the way that the puppies were marked with color coded dots to tell them apart.
I wonder if mom would chase that tennis ball if it was thrown for her. Would hate to interrupt their meal.
Vacationing in Maine for a week or so. Having been born in Maine, I have roots on my Pop’s side that are quite extensive. We left Boyertown at 10pm and then picked my bro up in Ambler, were we departed for Maine at about 1130pm. Lizzie and I were sleeping, and my bro drove through the night. We got in Maine around 5am and stopped in at Portsmouth for Breakfast. After eating at a little dinner we headed out to Lisbon, passing LL Bean on the way. Lizzie and I will be back there later on in the week. Arrived in Lisbon around 7am. Upon arrival we my bro had to wake everyone up. First to wake up was my cousin who is the only one with out any kids at this point in time. Then to my Aunt and Uncles were Lizzie and I would be staying. After visiting with them, and our other cousin, we walked over to my other Uncles house to wake them as well. Did I mention that all the relatives live within a block or so. Actually it seems that there was one house at one time, and then others were built up around it, until there is what now is something of a compound of 6 houses on about 10 acres.
More of my Maine Vacation will be written about on the travel blog of Lizzie Bean.
The name has been changed as of this very moment. I was thinking about Live, Laugh, Love Daily, but that was a bit long. I settled for putting that in the tag line and putting Triple Hockey Sticks as the name. This is not an ice hockey blog, that will be another blog devoted to my sons ice hockey career. An occasional post may make its way here, but that will be a brief mention.
Oh, I should still mention the other blog, MyRectalThermometer Blog is still up for sale if anyone is interested. Page rank of two with two posts and two comments.
Lizzie and I are back from our Puerto Rico Honeymoon, and hard at work. We had a fabulous time that was filled with both lounging about the pools, and some scheduled activities/unscheduled activities.
To see all of our Puerto Rico pics, check out the Gran Melia picture set on my Flickr account.
Highlights of our trip.
Went to a sales pitch for the Gran Melia Vacation Club, that is something like a flexible Time Share were you buy vacation time at any of the Gran Melia resorts as well as partner resorts; which ends up being quite an impressive inventory of sites. I will be blogging more about this on the Travels of Lizzie Bean travel blog, which can be reached by clicking the previous link.
Went to Old San Juan the day after meeting with Rosemarry of Gran Melia Vacation Clubs. Our first time out driving in Puerto Rico. Took a little while to get used to the road signs. (Sur= South,Este=East, Norte=North, and oeste= West). West and East had us a bit confused. It also did not help that the direction of the roads does not stay the same. For example if you are on rt 22 heading east, and it starts going south, you will find yourself suddenly on 22S.
I got sick on Thursday, so we lost a day since I was in bed sleeping the entire day.
Drove to Rincon on El Noche de San Juan. Got to see a lot of the island.
Had a trip to the Spa and had a couples massage that was oh so sweet.
Went Kayaking at night on an Enchanted Kayaking trip. We were the worst Kayakers. We ended up being towed by the guide. Two people who do not know their left from right in a Kayak is a very cosmical site. The Bioluminescent Bay was so cool.
Gambled and won more than we lost.
Arrived home safely.
In looking back, we would love to go back to Puerto Rico again, and very likely will.
The park at Topton has been a favorite park for me to take my kids for well over a decade. I started taking my son there when he was a preschooler, and then took both him and my daughter there on a regular basis. It must have been a while since we had been there, but the other day, my daughter requested that I take her to the park and then to Hermans Drive in for Ice Cream.
The Ice Cream at Hermans was good, but sadly, the park has since fallen into a state of disrepair. Boards are broken and as you can tell by the pictures, graphiti is everywhere.
If I was a business that had sponsored this park, I would be embarrassed to have my name associated with the park being in this condition. I will have to give it serious thought the next time I think about going to here.
lounging about the pools, and some scheduled activities/unscheduled activities.
ressive inventory of sites. I will be blogging more about this on the Travels of Lizzie Bean travel blog, which can be reached by clicking the previous link.
Norte=North, and oeste= West). West and East had us a bit confused. It also did not help that the direction of the roads does not stay the same. For example if you are on rt 22 heading east, and it starts going south, you will find yourself suddenly on 22S.
when he was a preschooler, and then took both him and my daughter there on a regular basis. It must have been a while since we had been there, but the other day, my daughter requested that I take her to the park and then to Hermans Drive in for Ice Cream.
