One thing I’ve always wanted to do was to shoot a real gun. I never had the opportunity until today. Since my brother-in-law, Kyle, was in town for Christmas, he brought his guns that he inherited from his Dad when he passed. He offered to take me shooting, and I didn’t turn him down! So, today I went shooting for the first time with Kyle and his 3 guns: a 22, a 357 (shoots 38 & 357) and his 45 at a local shooting range.
It was quite an experience, let me tell you. If you’ve never shot a gun before, you should — you’ll have a lot more respect for them.
Merry Christmas everyone… we are really looking forward to the big day, especially seeing our kid’s eyes on Christmas morning. I still get a kick out of that every year! Today the festivities begin with my brother-in-law coming from Nevada (my mother-in-law arrives tomorrow), some Christmas shopping, another Christmas movie tonight, and more present wrapping. And even with everyone being sick lately, looks like everyone will be well this Christmas, except for maybe a few coughs here and there.
Recently we all took up some dance lessons at the North Pole, and well, here’s a preview of how we’re doing. Not bad, eh?
I get it every year, somewhere between Thanksgiving and Christmas, usually closer to Christmas. This year no exception. It’s like clockwork, too… major head cold. First few days starts out with the scratchy throat, then it moves to severe congestion for a day, then straight to a massive sore throat for 3-4 days, combined with the *awesome* congestion. I’m currently going through a box of tissues per hour (or so it seems). It’s just lovely to be around me.
Thankfully last year I stumbled upon a new discovery, the Robitussin cough gels. My annual coughing head cold is so bad that before this discovery no over the counter drug would help. I tried the sprays, cough drops, liquids, and nothing worked. I even had a cough medicine prescribed to me by a doc that had codeine in it. That didn’t really work either. My last barely-working remedy before the gels was a shot or two of Jack Daniels before bed (sleeping is the worst time of course). Not a bad remedy, either, as it put me out quick too. But now the gels are all I need… so if you have a nasty cough, pick some up. You’ll thank me later!
Merry Christmacough!
Update 12/31/08 - The cough is nearly gone, but with this cold the CoughGels didn’t seem to stop my cold as well as they did last time.
Apple’s home page today features a different kind of Mac vs. PC commercial… featuring ol’ St. Nick in classic stop animation like the old classic Christmas shows we’ve come to know and love from Rankin-Bass.
Thankfully last year I stumbled upon a new discovery, the 