I’ve loved downhill skiing ever since my very first experience on the bunny slope over thirty years ago. Over the many years since I have had several wonderful skiing holidays, and some not so wonderful.
One of my most memorable holdiays was when I signed up for a long weekend ski trip with a singles ski club to charter a bus to go to SugarBush in New England. I can’t even remember now if it was in Vermont or New Hampsire! I just remember it was a terribly long bus ride with a rowdy crowd of folks. We had rented out several condo townhouses. Shortly before we arrived we stopped at a small grocery store and were advised to buy “supplies.” No one knew exactly what that meant so although I stocked up on a lot of food items to get me by for the duration of the trip, most of the folks just bought beer and cigarettes. When we arrived at the condos, many of the people then realized that there was no grocery store or convenience store nearby and they were out of luck on getting much food!
Well, I shared much of what I had bought, and in return the group paid for a lot of my meals at the ski lodge (something I wasn’t exactly planning on eating, but oh well!)
Lesson learned? Make sure you really know where your food supplies are going to be coming from so you don’t get caught without anything to eat!
One of the old classics from the 70’s that I’ve always enjoyed hearing now and then is the song “Taxi” by Harry Chapin. I was browsing through You Tube earlier and stumbled onto the video. I really enjoy the way You Tube brings us all the music you could ever think of and allows us to listen and watch at our convenience.
A few years back I got hold of some Houston Rodeo tickets from work. The tickets were being handed out pretty freely so many of us in the office ended us with tickets and so we decided to made a day of it. We generally don’t do much together outside of work so it a big to do and we all had a good time. For not having to pay for the tickets, we ended up with some pretty descent seats and had a clear view the whole time, which really is a big deal considering that you are sitting there for several hours at a time. There is nothing worse than having bad seats at an event like this. The only thing worse than having bad seats is being stuck close by a little kid that will not shut up and parents that won’t do anything about them!
I really enjoyed that rodeo and I would really enjoy attending another one, maybe this spring or summer. Think I’ll start looking around online and seeing if anything is supposed to be going on rodeo wise some where in the surrounding towns and counties. I like going to outside events. I don’t like being stuck indoors in a big crowd. I like being able to walk around and see everything that is going on everywhere during the whole event. I’ll bet I can find a few people who would like to attend a rodeo with me, something to look forward to!
My wife asked me yesterday what I’d like to do if we could get a loan to do anything we wanted to do. I gave her a funny look and told her that the only loan we could get right now would be one of those emergency loans that we see advertised on television that I’d really like to stay away from! She sighed and said, no I’m talking about what would you want to buy if we had the money to use for fun! She said the sky’s the limit!
After the first blush of buying a new John Deere tractor and a new Corvette, and a new wide screen television, I think that I’d like to build a custom made full sized storybook style castle. Of course it would have to have modern amenities and be energy efficient, but I’d love to have a full moat and drawbridge, turrets, courtyards, and great halls for entertaining and dancing.
Of course the castle would have the most modern professional commercial kitchen, with propane range tops. I’d love to have windmills nearby to generate power! It would be decorated with gold leaf thrones and lush purple velvet. Only the finest tapestries and carpets. Inside the castle would also be an atrium with a wonderful spa pool to relax in.
Of course no castle would be complete without stables and fine horses and coaches.
Then I’d like to host Medieval Renaissance Fairs there every year. I’d love to see some jousting tournaments in my very own courtyard! And we could make some money by renting out the halls for weddings, parties and events. Maybe even turn it into a Bed and Breakfast! What a hoot that would be!