Ethel! Run and get some milk and bread!!!

Bonus day for Zach...With the threat of bad weather, Zach's school took the day off...There was no bad weather.  It did rain tonight, but nothing during the day.  So Zach spent the day watching "Rocky" movies...He got through "Rocky 3" before he had to go to wrestling practice.

I got 4 tickets for the hockey game, so Zach, Dave the Australian who lives with us, Isaac, the pastor's son and a guy with a mohawk named Aaron... came to the game tonight.  Predators won 4-2...plus there was a great fight.  So Zach had a great day.

It was my last home show for about a month and it went well.  I brought all the guys down to the tv truck for a quick tour after the game.  

Tomorrow is a day off and Sandy and the twins come home tomorrow afternoon.  Yea!  

By the way, the guy is named Aaron, not his mohawk...I don't know what his mohawk's name is...sorry.

"Meet the Spartans"

Or "Meet the Crappiest Movie Ever Made"!  I wanted to take Zach to a movie tonight and he picked the aforementioned.  What a piece of cinematic Dukakis....in fact, it sullies the good name of Dukakis.  I would recommend "300", though...just cover your eyes during the naughty scenes.

We went to Borders before the movie and Zach bought the "Rocky" Anthology...that's right, all 6 "Rocky" movies in a bundle.  

Is that Sly Stallone poster still on the back of Jackie and Jenny's door?  It may be rolled up with the Randy Mantooth, Andy Gibb, and Jackson 5 posters somewhere.

I remember I had classics on my walls...Farrah in the red swimsuit...(it must have been cold in our room)..."Charlie's Angels"...Olivia Newton-John...ahhhh.   I think Shane had a picture of Bobby Fischer, may he rest in peace.  I do recall that to this day I have never beaten Shane in the great sport of chess.  But I could kick his butt in "roll the ball across the floor and knock down the other guy's army guys"!  I rule.

And we played with action figures...not dolls, Dad.

The Captain has turned on the "Fasten your seatbelt" sign

Nearly 2am here in Nash-Vegas...just got home from Boston.  The show went great, but the team got beat 3-1.  Little Zachary, or maybe I should say big Zachary, since he can look me straight in the eyes now, is asleep in my bed...with 3 dogs!  

It is fun flying on the team charter.  We can have our tray  tables down whenever we want.  We can have headphones on during takeoff and landing.  We can use our cellphones until we get so high so they don't get signals anymore.  Makes it hard to listen to whiny flight attendants on commercial flights telling you that if your seatback isn't in its upright and locked position, the plane will turn into a fireball killing hundreds of people and a few goats.  Sounds like the guvmunt in my binus agin.  I begin flying commercial again on Tuesday...don't pity me...I am strong...I am invincible...I like woman...and I love lamp.  (Thanks, Jess)  LMAO@2AM.

Myrtle the Turtle

Well, we all made it to our appointed locations... I dropped Sandy, Hannah and the twins at the airport at 7am.  Then I went to my airport.  Sandy called me right before the boat took off and said everything is great...Great day in Boston...we arrived here around noon.  I got directions to the New England Aquarium and walked there...about 1.5 miles.  The aquarium was great!  I took some pictures on my phone, but I need a volunteer geek to help me get them on the blog.  If you want to see them, I can send them to you.  I went to the top of the big tank and watched some trainers work with a sea turtle named Myrtle...training her to go to certain areas of the tank to eat.  They would make a sound and then the turtle would head to a marker at get a fish.  Who knew you could train a sea turtle...well, Shane probably knew.  

Roughing it here at a Ritz Carlton...we do the game tomorrow and then fly home...my last road trip with the Predators this season.  Daytona is 7 days away....yippee?

Sunday, Sunday...

Quick one tonight....gotta get to bed...I'm taking Sandy, the twins, and Hannah to the airport at 7am and then I take off at 8am.  I plan to hit the New England Aquarium tomorrow in Boston. 

 I have done the typical Boston tourist things, but didn't go the aquarium last time I was there.  Should be fun...the pictures remind me of going to Shedd's aquarium in Chicago when we were little kids.  Thanks, Mom and Dad.  I drove by Shedd's a few weeks back...it's still there.  Those of you with the DirectTV or Dish NHL package, tune into our game, Nashville vs. Boston, on Tuesday night.  It's going to be a whole night of teaching the ins and outs of hockey, rules, "why'd he just do that"...should be fun.  Those of you with 4 channels and an antenna on your roof, sorry.  At least your road is paved.  ;)

What a Wonderful World

Well, I thought I had an off day...but at 7:30am I got a call that a tape guy didn't show up to a game in Cookeville, about 90 minutes away.  It was an ESPNU game, and I told them that I could cover, but I couldn't be there until an hour before the game and I would have to leave right after the game since it was Sandy's birthday and the twins had a wrestling meet.  They said great.  I drove, worked the game and left. The producer told me to charge a double rate since I was a last minute call...that would be great!  I may do that. 

I got to the meet in plenty of time...Zach and I helped coach.  It was fun...Andy got 2nd in his weight class and Alex got 1st in his!  

Sandy had fun celebrating her birthday cheering on the boys...about 20 of us went out to eat after the meet at Cracker Barrel.  I got her and IPod Touch...she was thrilled!

Hannah is here and went with us...it is fun having her around! 

We're not gonna do the drama tomorrow...the pastor called and said he was going a different direction with the sermon, but he wanted us to do it on a later date.  

Don't forget to watch the NHL All-Star game tomorrow...if you do, that will double the viewership!  

Man, I like Louis Armstrong...he was really great..."What a Wonderful World"!

Alas, I am home...I made it back to my bed in Franklin, TN at 4am...we lost the game in overtime last night, but overall it was a good trip for the team.  In a couple of hours Hannah will be landing!

Sandy and I finished up the script for the drama this weekend.  It is pretty good and will lead right into Pastor Danny's sermon.   

The twins have a birthday party tonight and I am off to get Sandy's birthday present...I can't remember is she said she did or did not want a new toaster for her birthday.  It's the thought that counts right...as long as the receipt is included.

Zach has a tournament this weekend and so do the twins.  We've got church on Sunday, then all the cruisers take off.  I fly to Boston on Monday morning for a game Tuesday night.  I may see some sights while in Boston...may stop by and kick Tom Brady's a** just for the fun of it.  

And go "Where everybody knows your name...ba, da da dum...and they're always glad you came...ba da da..."   That'll be in your heads for the rest of the day!!!!   Joel