My Weekend, Again...Thanks to the BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH

So I had this post all typed out yesterday and ready to publish when I got the BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH and lost it all. Anyway, I'll try to reproduce what was there. Dallas was HOT! Not just hot, STICKY HOT! The humidity is yuck. It's been hot here since I got home, but nothing like Texas. Aside from the weather, I had a good trip and it was nice to see all of my old friends. I am glad to be back home again. Thursday, Daniel, Brianna and I went for a 4-mile bike ride on the dike in Washougal. Afterwards, we went home to change and then on to buy much needed water bottle holders and water bottles for our bikes. The Ugly Sticks had make up games in the evening. They won the first game and lost the second one. The mosquitoes were out in force that night--ick! Friday began with a morning meeting in Portland to recap the NACMA convention with my boss and the Athletic Director. Not sure what happened to the middle of the day. All I remember doing is eating lunch and driving home. But I'm sure that part of the day disappeared. In the evening, Daniel and I went 1 for 2 on geocaching before going up to the Ford's house for dinner. Aunt Cathi's friend Dave and his girlfriend Sue were in town from Minnesota. They brought over Juliano's pizza (some of the best pizza ever). A lot of Daniel's family were there and my parents were there too for food and socializing. Saturday morning was a big brunch at the Ingram's house. Daniel's parents, his aunt and her friends were there too. Brianna was ill in the morning, so she couldn't come over. Ralph and Kathy were supposed to babysit our godchildren (their nephew's kids), but Ralph was having bad muscle cramps in his shoulder/ back. Daniel and I decided to go pick up the kids instead and we took them geocaching with my parents. They had a lot of fun and even found 1 on their own. In all, we walked nearly 4 miles. The kids walked most of the way on their own, but the occasional piggybacks did leave me a little sore. Took the kids back home, then went out dinner with them and their mom, Jessi, at Olive Garden. Sunday was Father's Day. Daniel and his friend Joe went fishing with Ralph (who was feeling much better). They left before I even got out of bed. I went with my mom and dad to see Hate's Passion, a film by a high school student at Erik's church. The film is a pirate story that features Playskool people. It was well done. I even bought the DVD so that Daniel can see it too. We did nothing for the rest of the day (well, Daniel slept on the couch for a while I typed the blog that vanished with the blue screen of death). I hate Reality TV. Does anyone REALLY still watch it? OK, I'll admit that I still watch MTVs "Real World" (probably one of the oldest reality TV shows still on). The networks just keep regurgitating the same ideas over and over again. One of our local channels is doing an "American Idol" knock off called "Gimme the Mike". If only I had TiVo to record every episode...Oh, has anyone seen the American Idol video game? I was watching the g4techtv.com channel with Mike and Jenny in Texas when they reviewed it (it got horrible reviews by the way). RIDICULOUS! I don't even understand the object of the game. So that pretty much recaps it all. Pretty boring, I know, but such is the life of me...