Open Drawers: Spring Break

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Spring Break

I am taking the week off during the kids spring break. On Monday we went to the zoo with Penny and Madison.

Then on Wednesday we left for a trip to Tampa/St. Pete and Sarasota. We had lunch at La Teresita in Tampa and walked around downtown St. Petersburg and The Pier area. We are staying at the Hilton on the bayfront across from the formerly named Al Lang Stadium.

Today we visited De Soto National Memorial in Bradenton and learned about some Spanish history and saw a live musket demonstration. We then went out to St. Pete Beach in Treasure Island and had some pizza from Original Pizza.

Tonight we are watching the Rays play the Baltimore Orioles. The first 10,000 fans received a Super Cow Bell (pictured) sponsored by Chick-fil-a. Jeff Niemann started for the Rays but left in the 2nd inning after getting hit by a Miguel Tejada line drive. The Rays are leading 2-1 in the bottom of the 4th.

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Quotes

"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again." Terence Mann, Field of Dreams, 1989
"Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies." Andy Dufresne, The Shawshank Redemption, 1994
"No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." Yoda, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, 1980
"Temper gets people into trouble. Pride keeps them there." Defining Moments by Dan Schaeffer (p. 52)
"If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten." Author Unknown
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear." Ambrose Redmoon
Accountability promotes integrity. The Fine Line by Kary Oberbrunner
That's what life is about: exercising faith and being in a dynamic relationship - not in a static religion. The Fine Line by Kary Oberbrunner
When we exercise our spiritual gifts in the service of others, we find purpose; when we make ourselves accountable to a group of people who care about us, we discover community; and when we encourage other believers in the midst of their personal battles, we bump up against transcendence. The Fine Line by Kary Oberbrunner
What we do reveals what we believe, and what we believe is revealed by what we do. We're not saved by works, but our works prove that we're saved. The Fine Line by Kary Oberbrunner

Favorite Restaurants

Clearwater, FL - Lenny's Restaurant, 21220 US Highway 19 N
Cocoa Beach, FL - A New York Pizza House, 281 W. Cocoa Beach Cswy
Cocoa Beach, FL - The Sunrise Diner, 165 W. Cocoa Beach Cswy
D'Iberville, MS - Bop's Frozen Custard
Ellenton, FL - Hickory Hollow Barbeque, 4705 US Hwy 301 N
Fairhope, AL - Gambino's Restaurant (prime rib, bread pudding)
Jacksonville, FL - Bull's Bar-B-Q, 8602 Baymeadows Rd.
Jacksonville, FL - Clark's Seafood
Jacksonville, FL - Moon River Pizza
Jacksonville, FL - Picasso's Pizzeria
Jacksonville, FL - Southern Grill
Mobile, AL - Big Time Diner
Mobile, AL - Dreamland Bar-B-Que
Mobile, AL - Lone Star Steakhouse (Bacon Cheese Fries w/Ranch)
Mobile, AL - The Brick Pit
Port Orange, FL - Aunt Catfish's On The River
Sarasota, FL - Yoder's Restaurant, 3434 Bahia Vista St. (Amish)
Tallahassee, FL - Jenny's Lunchbox
Tallahassee, FL - Jim & Milt's
Tallahassee, FL - Old Town Cafe
Tallahasssee, FL - Momo's Pizza