Round 9: Brack-9, HL-0... 75% There!

Happy Valentine's Day. It's been another good round that included my birthday, a superb Super Bowl win, lots of great Cajun food and some fine sweets. It started with the birthday oysterfest at mom and dad's on Sunday. Yes we ate more than 150 oysters prepared a half dozen different ways. Big Money and Chris made an appearance as did my friend Rob who has been hanging with me since third gade. It was a fine day for sure.  Fat Tuesday featured homemade oyster and sausage creole from David. Dinner tonight was homemade oyster and sausage gumbo from dad. Jason brought over a Panera cookie and pastry sampler last weekend from his family. Danny brought by some good brew from his family. And Mark and Janice sent a cookie and candy sampler that never stood a chance. That's one sure fire way to keep the weight on!

My scores for the round have been good although a few things kept my them in the reasonable range. My tastebuds never quite made it back during the second week. I've been retaining more water than the Hoover Dam and my sinuses are a bit out of whack. Other than that all is good.

Round 9 Scores

The funniest thing this round had to be mom's temporary teeth while she was waiting for a couple implant crowns. She looked just like the picture below…no kidding.

Almost Mom with Temporary Teeth

Much love to you all.

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PS...I'll also leave you with a couple jokes I heard this week, #1 for the first time. Both were good for a laugh. Warning...the #2 features adult (juvenile?) humor.

#1: 

Three men each married a woman from a different country. The first man married a woman from Italy. He told her that she was to do the dishes and house cleaning. It took a couple of days, but on the third day, he came home to see a clean house and dishes washed and put away.

The second man married a woman from Poland. He gave his wife orders that she was to do all the cleaning, dishes and the cooking. The first day he didn't see any results, but the next day he saw it was better. By the third day, he saw his house was clean, the dishes were done and there was a huge dinner on the table.

The third man married a girl from Ireland. He ordered her to keep the house clean, dishes washed, lawn mowed, laundry washed, and hot meals on the table for every meal. He said the first day he didn't see anything, the second day he didn't see anything but by the third day, some of the swelling had gone down and he could see a little out of his left eye, and his arm was healed enough that he could fix himself a sandwich and load the dishwasher. He still has some difficulty when he pees!

#2: 

A vacationing penguin is driving his through Arizona when he notices that the oil pressure light is on. He gets out to look and sees oil dripping out of the motor. He drives to the nearest town and stops at the first gas station.

After dropping the car off, the penguin goes for a walk around town. He sees an ice-cream shop and, being a penguin in Arizona, decides that something cold would really hit the spot. He gets a big dish of ice cream and sits down to eat. Having no hands he makes a real mess trying to eat with his flippers. After finishing his ice cream, he goes back to the gas station and asks the mechanic if he's found the problem. The mechanic looks up and says "It looks like you blew a seal."

"No no," the penguin replies, "it's just ice cream."