Since we were gone this week, we celebrated the birthday (and since everyone was gathered at church for him today anyway) today.

His two favorite gifts?  A cookbook and this…

A Ute themed apron! (I think that I’m going to need to steal it from him)

We made homemade Won Tons for dinner tonight.  We didn’t do anything fancy, but they were pretty good.  I actually thought that they would be a pretty simple and easy meal to make on a Scout camp out.

We bought the Won  Ton wraps at Wal*Mart, then took Cream Cheese and canned chicken and mixed it together, put a small amount in the middle of the wrap, closed it up, put it into the hot oil and let it cook.  With a little modification, you could easily make them at camp.  Basically you could use a Dutch Oven instead of a Fry Daddy and you’re good to go.

For Dessert we just filled them with Cream Cheese and dipped them in Strawberry and/or Chocolate Syrup.

The nice thing is that they were cheap to make, very filling, interactive to make and good to eat.

We also had Fortune Cookies, and if you’ve been following me and fortune cookies for a while you know my luck with them.

Well, I had two.  The first one said that I would be getting a new home in an area full of sunshine in the next year (not sure that I really want to live in Florida) and I can’t find (or remember) the other one right now for some reason, but it had something to do with new opportunities coming up.

One of our Summer staples is to BBQ.  During the summer we’ll usually BBQ at least once a week, sometimes it’s up to 3 or 4 times a week.

I guess we won’t be doing any of that this summer.

This is too bad.  I hate to see him go but Chef Irvine can come cook for me any day

The list of things that I need to do continues to grow.

Things that must get done:

1. Fix/Adjust the blinds on every window in the house
2. Paint many walls/rooms.
3. Hang many things on said newly painted walls.
4. Clean up/out my sanctuary…errr….garage.
5. Finish and Paint the walls in the garage.
6. Add shelves and organize the garage.
7. Work on finishing the basement.
8. Finish redesigning/installing the home network.
9. Finish setting up new home Firewall.
10. Finish setting up new home fileserver.
11. Fix damage done to house this winter.
12. Finish Mud Room Bathroom Shower.
13. Finish Mud Room Lockers.
14. Fix broken door knob.
15. Put up fence around yard/house
16. Finish Fountain and Pond in front yard.
17. Put in Flag Pole in front yard.
18. Finish flower beds in front and back yards.
19. (Start &) Finish RV Pad and gate.
20. Rotate tires on all four cars.
21. Change oil in all four cars.
22. Fix nail pops and other various types of wall damage within the house.
23. Caulk the bathrooms and kitchen.
24. Deep clean kitchen tile floor.
25. Setup computer(s) for kids to use while doing homework.
26. Get Truck trailer lights and brakes wired.
27. Get Van trailer lights and brakes wired.
28. Get into MBA school.
29. Finish MBA school.
30. Finish Wood Badge tickets.
31. Finish University of Scouting tickets.

and the list goes on.

Here is a list of the hobbies that I would like to take up or do more with.

1. Get a Snake.
2. Get a Motorcycle.
3. Learn to be a better cook.
4. Get a Shotgun.
5. Go Clay Pigeon shooting with said Shotgun.
6. Go Camping (more often).
7. Go Backpacking.
8. Do more Mountain Biking.
9. Pick up Basketball again.
10. Pick up Softball again.
11. Get a Black Powder Rifle.
12. Go to target range with said Black Powder Rifle.
13. Get a 22 rifle.
14. Go to target range with said .22 rifle.
15. Take up fishing.
16. Do more woodworking.
17. Learn to weld,
18. Buy snowmobiles.
19. Go Snowmobiling.
20. Tour the world riding the worlds great Roller Coasters.

As you can see the second list is shorter, so I’m thinking that I should start with that list first, though I think that my wife has other thoughts on the subject.  She may even veto many of the items on the second list.