My First Chick-Fil-A

As far as I know I have never had a Chick-Fil-A sandwich in my life.  A fact that is astounding to most southerners I meet.  I have yet to encounter a Chick-Fil-A in the Chicago area.

Recently McDonald’s introduced a sandwich similar to the Chick-Fil-A sandwich, which I tried, and liked (a good comparison of the two here).  All my southern friends said that this McDonald’s sandwich paled in comparison.  On my recent trip to South Carolina, I decided that I would seek out a Fil-A for myself.  On the way through Lexington, KY, I found a Chick-Fil-A with the help of the GPS (Becky was impressed with the gadget at this point).  I was surprised that the nearest restaurant was actually in a mall’s food court.  I felt a lot like Michael Scott from “The Office” pointing out his favorite New York pizzeria, a Sbarro’s.  Thankfully I have a very patient family!

So, there it is, my first Chick-Fil-A:

I have to say, it is better than the McDonald’s version, but I doubt I’ll ever get off the interstate and seek out a food court for one again.  If they were in available in Chicago, I’d probably eat there.  Not three times a week like the nice lady I met in line, but perhaps once in awhile.

Tag, I’m It

My friend Rachel tagged me, so I guess I have to play along!

What Were You Doing 10 Years Ago?
Working in Itasca, living in Elgin.  Still in my first year at one of my most enjoyable and most hated positions to date.  Still childless, but just about past that ‘Seven Year Itch” point.

Things On My To-Do List Today:
Update and send out my resume.  Mow the grass.  Procrastinate on some bills.

What Are Some Snacks You Enjoy?
Doritos and Cookies, ideally Oatmeal raisin.  Diet Mt. Dew to wash it down.

What Would You Do If You Were A Millionaire?
Buy more cookies.  Worry less about getting my resume out there.  Get rid of all our debt.

 
Name Some Of The Places You Have Called Home:
Hoffman Estates, IL, Palatine, IL, Elgin, IL, Marengo, IL

 
What Are Some Of Your Bad Habits?
Worrying.  TV.  Caffeine,  Food.

What Are Some Jobs You Have Held:
Too many to type.  Just look at My Profile on LinkedIn.com 

Who Are You Tagging?
Probably just Mark.

A Good Post on Worrying

A friend sent me a post from KSBJ, and I liked it so I’m linking to it here.

Happy Independence Day!

Happy Fourth of July to all you American Kids!

America:  I love you man!

Here’s How to Grill Your Daughter’s Date With Tips From FBI Profilers

 

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I’m going to have to remember this in a few years when my daughters start dating.  These are five tips for ‘profiling’ you daughter’s date.

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The picture looked better when I took it, but it’s blurry now.  Of course it was night and I was driving at the time.

It seems like it was only a few weeks ago that it read ‘151515′.  After seeing more suspicious fluids on my driveway, I wonder if it will see 171717.
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Schaumburg Flyers Game

Very sunny out, and I couldn’t really see the composition of this photo at the time.  It would have been nice to include the polar bear’s head in the picture.

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Flyer game

Old Blog, New Blog

I started this WordPress blog on May 7, 2008, and at that time, I mentioned that I had an old blog, but never really did much with it.  Today, I found a tool to import blog posts from Blogger to WordPress, and figured I’d grab my old blog.

I guess I didn’t realize it, but I actually wrote stuff on that old blog that I feel like keeping.  So, that information is now incorporated here.

Yesterday I worked with a friend to test the privacy of this WordPress blog, and I was not happy at all how it worked.  So, I guess I’ll either need to keep this blog completely private, or make it public and just mark certain posts private.  That, of course, will completely change the audience, so I need to mull this over some more.

For now, I’m the only one reading.

Here we go again…

As I write this post, I’m back in the waiting room at Midwest Sports Medicine.  This is never a good way to start a day.  It’s been about four years since I’ve been here, and I’m not real happy to be back.

I’ve had problems with my right knee since High School.  Four years ago I had a microfracture procedure on it to hopefully extend its life.  I’m hoping to get another ten years out of it before I switch to titanium.

My bad knee is not what brings me here this morning, though.  It’s the joint formerly know as my Good Knee.  The other day out of the clear blue sky I started having brief, extreme pain in my left knee.  It feels like something is getting pinched in my joint.  I’m guessing a torn meniscus.

Last night we took Dan to the Weber Grill Resturant for his birthday dinner.  I was supposed to go golfing with my dad and friends, but because of my knee, I couldn’t go.  A mixed blessing, I suppose, because I was able to have a nice evening with Becky’s family.  My knee was hurting a lot, so Haley grabbed my hand and said, “Here, I’ll help you walk, old man.”  The only one who seems to be enjoying my old age is Haley.

As I was writing this post, I was called in to see the Dr.  It seems he’s thinking I have a torn meniscus as well, and scheduled an MRI for Monday.

Mother’s Day, 2008

Becky really surprised me this year with what she wanted to do on Mother’s Day.  She chose the Volo Auto Museum.  Becky’s never been a ‘car person’, but maybe after 16 1/2 years, I’m wearing her down (probably in more than one way).

After church we met Cathy and Dan at our house and drove together to Volo.  We spent a cold, rainy afternoon looking at some very cool cars.  They had a Rolls Royce limo that Princess Diana once used there.  I think that may be why Becky was interested in going.

We saw some very cool cars.  Dan was fascinated with the old Mustangs.  They reminded him of the 1967 ‘Stang he used to own.  I saw a beautiful 1957 Chevy Impala there that I would have loved to drive.  For a mere $50,000, I could have had that pleasure.

It was a fun day.

I have a feeling that we’ll be at the Botanical Gardens for Fathers Day…