Shooting and St Pattys

What does shooting and St Patty's have in common? Absolutely nothing! Just not much to write about so I decided to add these two short events together on the same thread.

Our massage therapist purchased a Ruger snub nose 38 revolver recently. Having never shot it, I invited her out early during our normal bi-weekly massage, and we would head down toward the creek and "break it in"! Tiffany arrived an hour early last Monday on a very nice, mild, and sunny day. Carol took a few photos and off we went. The gun shot well for it's intended use--to be a defense weapon at close range. We shot some of my reloads and factory loads. She is now more familiar with it's action, how to load and unload, and what sort of report and recoil to expect when firing.

As to St Patty's--here we are at our favorite Mexican Restaurant--Pachos in Madison. We had our usual lunch--Carol always orders the chicken enchilada with rice and I have the mini-chicken Taco salad with rice. We asked our waitress to take the photo. Note we both are wearing green and Carol has her special St Patty's lapel pin. Great day!

At Pacho's.

Tiffany McMichael and her 38 Special.

Jim & Laurel Cressman 2011 (3-1)

Jim Cressman and I go way back! We both had long careers with Allstate Commercial and retired from same--Jim 2004 and I 2009. Over the years, our paths would cross since I was the Territorial Commercial Manager and Jim was in Claims--specializing in GL.

A couple of weeks ago Jim e-mail me asking if the four (4) of us could get together for lunch. He and Laurel are headed out on a belated honeymoon for about 30 days and will travel many places Carol and I have been in the past and wanted input-direction from us as to some places we could recommend.

We arrived today at the Chili's at Stone Crest Mall on I-20 around 11:30. It was great seeing Jim again after several years, and meeting his lovely wife Laurel for the first time. Over the next hour we discussed many areas and attractions we enjoyed in our westward travels and gave them printed copies of maps and brochures I had scanned just for them.

Again, we had a good time and hope they have a super fun and safe trip as they head out in May.

l to r Jim, Laurel, John, & Carol