Welcome back,

February was a pretty slow month so I didn’t focus getting anything up. It is also a pretty fast month as there are only 28 days. They also renamed Cameron Indoor Stadium if you didn't know.

We did have a fun trip up to Asheville to visit Ryan and Penina. I’m pretty sure that I spelled that wrong so if I did then I am sorry. I just know that it isn’t spelled like the sandwich so I’m going with that. Anyway, we drove up on Saturday after the gym. It was a quick 2 hour trip; not too bad from Charlotte. I had never been to Asheville so everything was new to me. It was Liz’s first trip as well.

We got there in time for lunch and then went to a barbeque place that was quite good. They had a couple dozen types of sauce which was cool. We then walked around the town. It was a cool day but not too cool to take in the town. Asheville is an interesting mix of big mountain dudes and hippies. For you PC people, it’s not just those people as there are normal people too but the majority of the people could fit into one of those two categories.

We then went back to the Ryan and Penina’s place to hang out. They live in a very cool apartment that was once a car dealership. It iss a large and open apartment that has wall to wall windows. We played a little Wii and took a nap as Shaun White won X-games gold on the TV.

There is one very interesting thing in their apartment. In their guest room, there is a window with blurred glass. You know the glass that you can’t see through. Anyway, this window is in the bedroom and bathroom of the guest room. Every once in a while a light comes on from the other side of this window. The funny thing is that the light is not controlled by anything in their apartment. It is also in such a place that it is not part of their neighbor’s apartment either. It is a mystery. Someone has a switch that they flip and say “I wonder what that does.”

After our nap, it was time to rally up for dinner. After much debate, we decided on the closet place because it had gotten much colder. The Asheville Pizzeria and Pub was our destination. Ryan promised good beer and he delivered. They had a type called Ninja something. Whenever something has ninja in the name then it’s safe to say that it is good. We had several pitchers of that ate pizza and headed home. Here is a shot of us at dinner.

Nothing else too terribly exciting occurred in February. Mom an Dad did come down as Dad was flying out of Charlotte for his golf trip to Florida. Mom stayed the weekend which was a nice visit. It isn’t very often that we just visit with one other family member. We went and saw Slum Dog and went out to dinner. We all left Slum Dog thinking that it was pretty terrible but the more that we thought about the more that we liked it. It was a good movie just a little rough in parts that we didn’t expect.

On to March, this is the month of the year when true geniuses are born. I could list them all but it would take too long. We are heading to Elton John/Billy Joel this weekend which should be a good time.

Until next time . . . go buy something the economy needs you.