Spencer Elliot

Tonight is Italian night we will be having pasta and Italian bread, I really am trying to lose weight but on my days off I like to have some of my wife’s great cooking. I have been snacking on fresh fruit all day trying to stay away from the good fattening stuff today since I knew we will be having great food tonight. On other Italian nights we have had lasagna and spaghetti, it will be a nice change to get some different pasta tonight. I can not wait for supper time tonight.

July 4th was a bad day here in Nashville for many reasons, first off local hero Steve McNair was shot and killed by his 20 year old girlfriend. It rained on the fireworks downtown, we had a tornado warning and a lot of sever lightning during the fireworks show. Now that a couple of days have passed I have a few things to say about both these news items. First off if Steve McNair had been home with his loving wife and family he would be alive today, and this will be my last comment on this tragedy. Second off if the city of Nashville cared about anything besides saving or wasting money they would of postponed the fireworks show. The bad weather had been forecast to hit the city during the fireworks show and they went on anyway. Very dangerous stunt.

This week I had an extra day off and we loaded up and took our grandson to the aquarium in Chattanooga. We have been there before and it is a trip that the whole family loves and best of all it is only a two hour drive and that is a major plus at least it is for me. I drive 10 hours a day for work and driving 4-5 hours for a road trip is not in my plans at all. We had a lot of fun and even with one butt head attack David had a lot of fun too. I look forward to our next trip this summer.

We will be going to the lake for the Independence Day holiday this year and I can not wait. It will be the first time that my grandson David gets to test out his swimming ability, we made sure that he had swimming lessons from the YMCA after school was out this year so he would be ready to go on this trip with us. I feel that it is very important for a small child to be able to swim in case he falls in the lake. A safe trip is the main goal for this and any other trip we go on with David.

Tonight my wife out did herself, she made homemade meatballs and man did they ever taste good. I know she used ground beef and pork because I bought it at the store this afternoon, but I have no idea what else she puts in her meatballs, it must be a deep dark family secret because she is not letting the cat out of the bag at all. I know I am one very lucky man, she is the best cook in the world and she loves me what else could I ask for?