Shiloh Ridge

Last week the boys went camping and Mom and I joined them for a night. It was so fun to spend time with the family and enjoy the great outdoors!
Now the word camping means different things to different people. To some it may mean sleeping under the stars, catching your food in the wild and hiking. But to others (my dad) is means trucks, trailers, campers, four-wheelers, coolers, dutch ovens, tables, chairs..... you get the idea. It's anything but roughing it. When Dad does something, he goes ALL OUT! But this place is also not like mountain camping. We don't have mountains in Southeast Texas. But we do have awesome off-roading trails and rednecks who live for the weekends up at Shiloh Ridge.
This video is not the most exciting thing you will watch. For those of you who know Jimmy, you can tell he is being VERY calm with me there. It wasn't until the next day when Mom and I left that the boys went crazy. The camera left with me so there is no evidence, but their history is proof enough. ps- does anyone know if I'm going to get thrown in jail for using this song from my itunes library? I don't know much about youtube, sony, copyright, etc.



Really, our video does nothing to show what Shiloh Ridge is all about. Here is a quick video. I never knew these vehicles could go this far in the water/mud. I wish we had a video from when Adam was being cheered on by a huge crowd of rednecks while riding in a mud bog last year.




I love the title of that movie! Bubba on the Brute... classic!

Top o' the mornin' to ya!!

Waking up is always an unwanted event, but add pinching to it, and it's just awful!! I forgot to wear green to bed on Tuesday night so I woke up to Jimmy pinching me Wednesday morning! Well, good morning!! All pinching aside, it is fun to have someone that will get into the holiday spirit! (Thanks, Helen!! <-- Right, Newtons?)
He even stayed up to watch one of the most hilarious movies!

It is CLASSIC! It has Sean Connery from when he was just a lad. (Yes, I did!) Tonight I may see if I can trick him into watching another St. Patty's classic. Oh, the things we do for love!

The real reason for this post is to document that Jimmy was so into the Irish spirit (and so afraid that I would show as little mercy as he showed me) that he refused to change out of his GREEN shirt. Even though it was a polo! How uncomfortable.
He asked if I would pinch him if he changed and I said yes, but that I would only pinch him once. Once was obviously too much because he would not change. Rules are rules! I couldn't possible let him get by without a pinch if he changed. Right?

Ownership is overrated!

On Saturday, we took our last item worth more than 100 dollars down to Carmax and SOLD IT! It feels strange to not really own anything. Very liberating! You should give it a try.
You know how they say that Hondas are really great cars?? Well ours was not. It has not been an awful car, but last month we took a trip to Austin and it proved to be unreliable!

Note Adam's concerned face as he watches the engine smoke.

But, we LOVE Carmax! If you have a car that you have been wanting to get rid of, they'll buy it from you! Jimmy is afraid that it's going to be my fix-all from now on. Car has a flat tire? Carmax. Bad windshield wiper? Carmax. Low on gas? Carmax.
I don't think I will become that extreme, but doing business with them is so enjoyable, I just might!! Thanks Carmax!!On a side note, these two guys, from some eastern country, stopped to give us some crazy advice about our car. I had been documenting the whole evening so I continued snapping pictures of them. This guy stopped, asked if I was a cop,

then took off.

It was hilarious! Shady business!