A review of the winnings from Cinco de Mayo

Hey Everyone,

This is going to be a short blog post.  I wanted to say THANKS to Anthony and Nick from the team.  As you saw in the last blog, we won 2 prizes on Cinco de Mayo while playing at The Boot Pizzeria on south parkway.  One of those was a $40 certificate for a Banner and the other was $35 Adrienne's Salon.  The guys let me keep both prizes and I tossed around a few ideas of what to do with them.  This week, I took the banner certificate to Copperhead's Outdoors in Arab.  He doesn't have a banner and to be honest, I have gone out of town to get anything Archery related because I didn't know their was a business in town that carried those supplies.  So I stopped in for a visit and at first I think he thought that I wanted to sell him a Banner.  The look on his face when he realized I was simply giving him the free coupon was priceless.  As I was leaving, he told me that anytime my daughter wanted to use the indoor range this summer, there was no charge.  Now since she has made it to World, I'm thrilled with her being able to go in there and practice!  So it certainly worked out as a great benefit that I'm thankful for.

This past Thursday, I went to lunch at Carson's in Hampton Cove and had a nice meal.  It was my first time to visit there.  I shared an interesting conversation with a man who had served in the Vietnam war.  He talked some about his life now and the group therapy and how it had helped him with the PTSD.  He introduced himself by his first name and then told me that most of his friends just call him Gator.  Then showing me the tattoo on his upper right arm.  A few others sitting at the bar joined different parts of the conversation as we all ate at the counter.  The waitress was a young woman named Emily.  She was very courteous and seemed to know each of the regulars who sat down.  We spent some time talking and then it was time for me to go.
The nice thing is that I wouldn't even have been in that area if it weren't for the guys letting me have the coupons.  I left there and went to Adrienne's.  Where they did a great job with my being pampered and relaxed.  I enjoyed hearing about the business, learning how it was started and who's who.  My stylist was Adrienne herself.  She did a great job at making me feel comfortable and sharing stories back and forth as she work.  It seemed like no time at all and she was done.  I walked out with a credit, hair that felt Amazing and a feeling of happiness.  Sorry for the look in the picture, I was focused on getting the sign to line up and the sun was brighter than I had thought.  It's certainly a place I will go back and visit.

Thanks again to the guys on the Romero's Rejects Team for making my day so GREAT!
 I really wouldn't have taken this time out if it weren't for your generosity.  I'm truly Thankful.