It Ain't My Birthday But I Got My Name On My Cake.

7.97 seconds... not a world record, but pretty darn good if you ask me. Today I covered a class learning how to play Cup Stacking. Ever heard of this sport? It's great! You get 12 cups and see how fast you can stack these cups in a variety of formations. I did the 3-6-3. A little pyramid of three, a pyramid of 6, then a third stack of 3. You stack them up and tear them down. There's a little timer pad thing that you smack when you're done to stop the clock.

I didn't try the cycle stacking where you do the 3-6-3, 6-6, and a stack of 10. I'm not that advanced yet. But all the 7th graders were sure excited to show me how fast they could do it.

Fun times.

So here's a shot of me doing the 3-6-3 and then another shot of me and my fans celebrating my sub 8 second time. (The girl on the right is in my Girl Scout slide show from this summer)





Also, this weekend I took a trip to Fifi Island. Some volunteers spent the day planting native marsh grass on the island. Kind of crazy because I drove to an island (Grand Isle) just to hop on a boat to another island.

The boat driver gave me a good idea, While taking me to the island, he said "I've got nothing to do except drive people to and from the island, so after I drop you off, I'm going to grab my rod and reel and do some fishing."

GENIUS!

So after I took some photos, I too grabbed my rod and reel (kept in my trunk) and did some fishing along the side of the road on my way back to town.

Of course my plan was to post a blog with me and my HUGE fish. But all I got was a sun burn. But I did have something HUGE break my line. And for someone with zero bayou fishing knowledge, I'd say that's pretty good.

It was great because it was sweatshirt weather, clear skies and I had the KSU vs Colorado game on the radio in my car. I couldn't ask for anything better than to be fishing and listening to the Cats become bowl eligible.

So here are a couple photos from Saturday. Me on the boat and a few of the volunteers working to plant the grass.

A quick lesson... this is what barrier islands look like when not protected. Pretty much worthless.





One more thing... Sunday was great. Some buddies and I went to New Orleans to watch the Saints game at a bar. We had the Saints on one TV and the Chiefs on another. And both won. After the football game, we all went and watched Mr. Yao Ming and the Houston Rockets lose to the Hornets in their first home game of the season. So it was a perfect Sunday if you will.

And since the basketball game, I've heard ESPN radio say twice that Sundays game was "The Hornets first game since Hurricane Katrina." Uhhhh... so I guess the Hornets vs Clippers game I went to last year wasn't a Hornets Home game.

And Lil Wayne and Deviant Kane were at the Hornets game. I guess they're pretty famous, but I wouldn't know b/c I've never heard of ether of them.