Sat, 10 May 2008

E Z Take Out Burger

I heard some good things about the California style hamburger joint E Z Take Out Burger. I love In-N-Out burgers and Chadders so I thought I would give the Orem E Z Take Out Burgers a try. I should have saved my money and went to Wendy's. T-y, Bre, the Owens, and Me decided to eat there tonight. Shantell and Amanda were attending a dance convention up in SLC. There wasn't a line when we arrived and that was probably the best thing about the visit, besides having Apple Beer on tap. We sat in the back of the restaurant next to a group of two couples. The Owens got their 6 meals and we got our 3 meals at least 10 minutes before the group sitting next to us got their 2 meals. THAT'S INSANE. The group eventually got their meals and an apology from the manager, but that isn't acceptable to me. The food we received was ok. The double I got, wild style, was pretty decent. The fries we got were cold, dark and soggy. There was no way that these fries were freshly made and fried. Even if they were fresh, they were dark in color so they were cooked in old oil. Not the best tasting fries by any means. T-y ordered a spicy chicken and got a hockey puck. I didn't want to take the food back and get more soggy cold fries, or have to wait until after everyone else in the restaurant was served. Bottom line is go next door to Burger King rather then eat at EZ Take Our Burger. Better yet, drive a bit further south and eat at the Berrett Cafeteria. Three out of Six Berrett's have worked there. ;

 
Wed, 07 May 2008

My room's so bright that I gotta wear shades.

Shantell was out of town this week, so Andrea helped get Amanda to dance class. Apparently Amanda forgot to bring along a costume used in one of her dances for the upcoming recital. (June 3rd @ UVU Reagan Theater) Andrea returned to our house to get the costume from Amanda's room and run it up to her at the studio. When I spoke with her later in the evening, she commented that she had to put on her sunglasses when she entered Amanda's room.

Shantell redid Amanada's bedroom while she was at Camp Big Springs last summer. Shantell redid her bedroom so it would represent a more "teenager" appropriate room. Shantell chose some really bright and spunky colors and added a Surfer Girl theme. It turned out really cute and totally caught Amanda by surprise. It brought tears of joy to Amanda. Amanda was super appreciative on Shantells hard work. Nice work Shantell.

 
Tue, 06 May 2008

Nice Bruise

Well, it was just as I had feared. Todays practiced confirmed that T-y is afraid of the ball. During practice today, T-y was wasn't as aggressive in the batters box as he normally was. I asked him why and he said that he was scared of getting hit. I related a couple of stories from my little league days about being hit by the ball as well as when I beaned a couple of kids when I pitched.

My neighbor, Jonathan Owens, is the head coach and has told the kids since day one to tell the picture "You're Mine" when they get up to bat. This has been a good confidence booster for some of the kids. I reminded T-y of that phrase and that if he is afraid of the ball then the pictures own him. I told him not to be afraid and that if he was afraid of getting hit, then he might as well quit cause every player gets hit at some point. Hopefully this was an inspiring pep talk. Only time will tell. Here is a pix of T-y's bruise from getting hit.

 
Mon, 05 May 2008

Stop Hitting me!!!

We signed up T-y to play little league baseball this year. He has been very excited to play. He likes going to practice. Which is a good thing, because so far T-y hasn't been excited to go to practices for any of the previous activities that he has been enrolled in.

T-y is playing on the Mets and has an assistant coach that made the 1983 Holliday Pony League All-Star team. I don't know if that is really worth mentioning, but it is all the glory that I received in my illustrious baseball career. It's pretty fun getting to hang out with him and watch him improve.

This past week he had a couple of practice games and hit the ball really well. He got a couple hits off some guys that he went to school with at Wasatch Elementary. Needless to say, he thinks that he can get a hit every time he is batting. This is a great attitude to have.

Tonight was his first game and I don't think that he will have such a great attitude about hitting anymore. The reason for the attitude change is that he got hit in the thigh on his first at bat and got hit in right hand on his second time at bat. Poor guy. He had a rough night, but did an excellent job in the field. He played third base. This is the same position that I played in little league. It is a pretty tough position, as the the majority of hitters bat right so a lot of balls should be headed his way. They won the game 9-2.

We should be in for a fun baseball season. T-y has games on Monday and Wednesday evenings and practices on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings. When all is said and done, T-y will be playing or practicing baseball for close to 8 hours each week.

I snapped a couple pics of him at practice and the game.

Objects in the Mirror are Closer Then They Appear

Officer "Apple" Williams pulled me over for violating subsection 4 of section 41-6a-305 of the Utah code this morning. I knew the moment that I turned the corner and saw him in the Parkside Pharmacy parking lot that he was going to be pulling me over for this infraction.

I knew I had done wrong and asked for a warning ticket. I should have made some excuse, like I had diarrhea, why I didn't stop. Officer "Apple" Williams politely declined my request. Here is the conversation that followed:

Apple: I saw you look both ways before making the right turn on the red light, but you failed to stop at the "white stop line" before proceeding into the intersection. The white stop line is there to protect pedestrians crossing the road. Failing to stop puts them in harms way.
Me: You're right. I did look both ways. There wasn't any traffic coming and there weren't any pedestrians waiting to cross the street. That is why I didn't stop. I know I failed to stop, but at least I looked. Doesn't that warrant a warning ticket?
Apple: The law is the law.

He probably has a quota to fill to help keep iProvo from going under. So citizens of Provo should be thanking me for helping keep iProvo from doom. :)

And for those old time friends, yes I am still driving the '91 Acura that I bought back in May of 1994.