February Slacker

First I must share a picture I took Valentine’s weekend of pres and my dad reading the paper.  Katie and I call my dad, “weekend dad” when he reads the paper.  He totally zones out, ignoring perhaps even a nuclear war, in order to absorb the metro section.  In fact we nicknamed this because if you try to talk to my dad he gives you an obligatory “Uh huh.”  It was great as a teenager: “Dad. Yeah going out. Taking the car…buying some beer…sleeping at X’s house because their parents aren’t home and the guy I like will be there.” So Katie and I termed him weekend dad.  Because if you keep pestering him while he reads the paper, then he gets all flustered and it’s comical.  He did it to Pres once.  Pres called him out.  He said, “PaPa. Why do you say ‘uh huh’ to me?  Are you not listening?”  Here is weekend dad and Pres:

Here is my little funny Valentine:

I was away last weekend in New Orleans for a business seminar.  I absolutely love these seminars.  I had such a great time.  I would also love to return to the Big Easy  to see some of the touristy sites as well.  While I was gone, Grandma and PaPa got to spend four days with Pres (thanks Mom and Dad)!  While away, my parents took Preston on an Amtrak ride.  One stop from Richmond to Ashland.  Once in Ashland there is a huge train store.  I now have three more tremendous Thomas track boxes and stantions for bridges in my guest room.  I love these pics of Pres and my mom.  I was looking through them quick and did a double take.  At first I thought it was me and I thought, “When did we take this picture?”

And just some other random pictures:  Katie is on her way down for the weekend.  And who’s excited for Idol blogging????  Whoo hoo!