We went to Cracker Barrel tonight for dinner. It's fairly inexpensive and we wanted to celebrate some big news from today...but I'll talk about that later.
I love going to Cracker Barrel, mostly because it makes me think of home. It bills itself as a "country store" and it always has a HUGE front porch area with lots of nice rocking chairs. Cane-back rocking chairs, like the old Southern classics made by Brumby, are the order of the day, with some all-wood models as well. The food is standard Southern fare, "ordinary but delicious" as Katie likes to say. Tonight, Heidi and I started with a cup of tortilla soup each (I'm a real sucker for a good soup, especially tortilla soup). Heidi had the beef stew with corn muffins and applesauce. I had Momma's Pancake Breakfast: three pancakes with real maple syrup (Cracker Barrel claims with pride to use 6% of the world's annual supply in its stores nationwide), thick bacon, and two scrambled eggs. Oh, and I wanted a pork chop, so I got one on the side. Owen and I wrapped up with a test drive of one of the aforementioned cane-back rocking chairs.
On the drive home, we got another treat. Sirius Radio has a channel called Kids Stuff, dedicated to kids music of all stripes. At 9:00 pm (well, 9:00 pm Mountain time, anyway), they have a segment they call "Big Kids Stuff" where they play older stuff for all of us older kids. The Flintstones Theme, the Jetsons, Underdog, Pink Panther, Schoolhouse Rock, Ren and Stimpy, all of the old classic kids' tunes we grew up with. I love Sirius, and I've had it for several years now, but I still find new and interesting things that Sirius offers. I can't wait for the XM merger to go through, also. That will make their offerings complete. You can get a free trial to listen to their content online, to decide if it's for you. I recommend you check it out. Satellite radios are getting pretty inexpensive now, down to around $40, and the service is about $12 a month. Also, they always have good deals on radios as incentives, much like the cell providers with phones. If you've thought about satellite radio before but haven't taken the plunge, now's a great time to take a look. Sorry for the shameless plug, but getting Sirius was seriously one of the best decisions I've made regarding entertainment content, and I highly recommend them.
Thanks for reading along.
I love going to Cracker Barrel, mostly because it makes me think of home. It bills itself as a "country store" and it always has a HUGE front porch area with lots of nice rocking chairs. Cane-back rocking chairs, like the old Southern classics made by Brumby, are the order of the day, with some all-wood models as well. The food is standard Southern fare, "ordinary but delicious" as Katie likes to say. Tonight, Heidi and I started with a cup of tortilla soup each (I'm a real sucker for a good soup, especially tortilla soup). Heidi had the beef stew with corn muffins and applesauce. I had Momma's Pancake Breakfast: three pancakes with real maple syrup (Cracker Barrel claims with pride to use 6% of the world's annual supply in its stores nationwide), thick bacon, and two scrambled eggs. Oh, and I wanted a pork chop, so I got one on the side. Owen and I wrapped up with a test drive of one of the aforementioned cane-back rocking chairs.
On the drive home, we got another treat. Sirius Radio has a channel called Kids Stuff, dedicated to kids music of all stripes. At 9:00 pm (well, 9:00 pm Mountain time, anyway), they have a segment they call "Big Kids Stuff" where they play older stuff for all of us older kids. The Flintstones Theme, the Jetsons, Underdog, Pink Panther, Schoolhouse Rock, Ren and Stimpy, all of the old classic kids' tunes we grew up with. I love Sirius, and I've had it for several years now, but I still find new and interesting things that Sirius offers. I can't wait for the XM merger to go through, also. That will make their offerings complete. You can get a free trial to listen to their content online, to decide if it's for you. I recommend you check it out. Satellite radios are getting pretty inexpensive now, down to around $40, and the service is about $12 a month. Also, they always have good deals on radios as incentives, much like the cell providers with phones. If you've thought about satellite radio before but haven't taken the plunge, now's a great time to take a look. Sorry for the shameless plug, but getting Sirius was seriously one of the best decisions I've made regarding entertainment content, and I highly recommend them.
Thanks for reading along.
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