Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Quick Update

Okay, it's been a while - again...

We had Dad's retirement party it was a lot of fun. He is actually ready to go back to work. Between Sam and me, he hasn't had much of a break. Sam keeps him busy with catering and he was in Bryan painting the trim of our house last week.

We are entering our first BBQ Cook-off this weekend, not to mention topping it off with a Patranella Family Reunion on Sunday. I should have lots of great pictures next time I post. Hopefully, I can get motivated to do that early next week. We'll see... I won't make any promises.

This is what out banner looks like - We had it made from http://www.wholesalebannerz.com/. It was really inexpensive and the people were great. I'd highly recommend them for any banner needs. The pictures we used were taken on our drive across the South in 2006. We had visited different NASCAR tracks and the International Motorsports Hall of Fame. I sent the watermark picture and then the designer helped insert the photos. Kudos to them.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

RETIREMENT!

No pictures today, but I wanted to let you know that Dad's retirement was official as of April 1. No, it's not a twisted April Fool's joke, although that would make mom happy! As you all know, she wasn't on board with the idea. Misty and I told her to face it, she lost this battle... He's got lots lined up. Sam is keeping him busy with catering jobs right now and then next week he will be down here painting our house. Hey, he chose to retire. At least he used to get paid to do these things!