We did it, we made it 5 years! This year we decided to celebrate by going to a Bed and Breakfast in Bardstown, KY. We got a later start then we wanted, someone thinks its because I spent 20 minutes figuring out how to add new points to the Sync navigation… well as it turns out it’s a good thing I did spend that 20 minutes figuring it out, because if we had relied on our phones for directions, we would have been lost (no 3G service where we were at/heading to)!

Our first stop was at Chaney’s Dairy Barn. The food was good, the ice cream was better! We made it into Bardstown a little before 6 pm (our check in time) and headed over to the Rosemark Haven Inn. We pulled into the driveway and weren’t really sure where to go. I spotted a Visa/MasterCard logo on a building and figured that was the check in area. The door was tough to open, but once I got it, I realized that we were in the wrong building… One of the owners came up behind us and asked us if we were Susan and John… we said we were and would like to check-in. She mentioned something about the door should have been locked and went to see if it was… apparently it was, but must have been broken seeing as how I opened the door… whoops!

After a very friendly check-in and covering just about every detail and smelling the scented soap, we got to relax a bit before getting ready for dinner. That building we broke into… er… mistook for a check in place, was the wine barn where dinner was served. We got really good service as being the only people in there (which I might add was a little awkward), and had a really nice dinner. The decor was nice, even though they had that infamous lamp from “A Christmas Story”… yes, we got pictures in front of it. 🙂

On Sunday, we got lunch in town and headed over to Maker’s Mark distillery. The tour was neat and we got to sample the two different kinds of bourbon they make there. We even signed up for the ambassador program, which gets your name on a barrel. Once the barrel has been commissioned for bottling, you get notified and can buy a couple bottles with a commemorative label (takes 4-7 years). After the distillery, we went down into the earth at Mammoth Caves. That was pretty neat, we are thinking about doing the intensive 3 hour tour next time that sounds pretty physically demanding. It was a quick weekend, but a lot of fun.

So it’s always been an interest of mine to get a scuba diving certification.  This past weekend, I took my firsts steps in doing so.  The Clarksville Athletic Club (CAC) had a barbeque kick off for their Scuba Club and I was able to test out the gear and find out how neat it really was.  After going from one end of the pool to the other, I was ready to sign up for the 5 day training class (times yet TBD).  The best part was if you signed up that day, you got a 50% discount on the class!

In other news, I’m still commenting the 60 miles to work and back.  Things are going pretty good…  I seem to be getting things done faster then can be assigned to me…  Last Friday my boss finally gave me a project that should take some time to finish (as of writing this I’m almost half done…), so much for that. 😛  The commutes not so bad…  I figured out the traffic patterns and try to keep an ear on the traffic reports on my travels.  It should get even better when my car comes in (2012 Ford Focus).  Haven’t heard anything lately, but it should be built very soon!

We are still both training hard for the Nashville 1/2 Marathon that is rapidly approaching.  We’ve decided the CAC is not really all that great of a club and really wished we hadn’t entered a two year contract.  The big seller for me was the racquetball courts, but I soon found out having three courts and tons of people showing up on the challenge nights means not a whole lot of time playing…  maybe if I found a buddy that would take care of that.  The rest of the gym feels small for the number of people that go there, they could really use another facility (possibly on the other side of town… near us :)).  Once we finish the 1/2 marathon, and assuming I’m still breathing, I’ll start my training for a triathlon coming up in July (depending on how well that goes I’m thinking of doing another one later in the year).

Well this weekend started off with a bang (literally)… We were heading up north (da UP) when we blew a tire just before we got to Clare. We gave AAA a call only to find out all the tire shops in Clare were closed, so we had them call a tow-truck company to put the donut on (the tire blown was the driver side front, the heck if we were gonna sit on the side of US-10 to change that!) After waiting an hour and a half, the guy finally showed up. After the donut was in place, we found out leaving the hazard lights on for the whole time kills your battery. So after a jump from the tow truck we were finally on our way back to Midland to get Susan’s car (at a very slow pace might I add).

This rest of the weekend went pretty smoothly, we got to see our nephew, Marcus, be baptizied and enjoyed visiting our families. All our good mojo must have run out because when we got home to see how Pepper was doing (pretty good), we found puddles in our basement… Apparently a combination of using powder detergent and old pipes with clay buildup creates massive blocks in the sewer system, and thus raw sewage in our basement, yay! Our building seems to be the only one affected, lucky us… Though one good thing did come out of this, we don’t have to pay for scratching the paint on the floor (because now they have to repaint it anyway)…