Resturant Review

Christine and I have found THE place to eat. It is the Blue Goose Cantina in Highland Village. There are several around in the area, North Dallas, Addison, Lower Greenville and Highland Village. This place is great, atmosphere, food, wait staff, this whole nine yards.

Christine and I went last Saturday to eat there for the first time before we caught a movie right across the street at the Highland Village AMC Theater.

Since the weather has been so great here we decided to eat out on the patio. "Woodie" our waitress was awesome and suggested a couple of dishes for us, not to mention the best Margarita ever...seriously, the best ever!!!

I had the brisket tacos and Chris has the Fajitas De Pollo. Everything was fantastic. The brisket tacos are just that, brisket, slow cooked and with this great smoke flavor and cilantro and a bit of onion. Nothing else on this taco, you did not need one other thing.

This past Saturday we went again, and this time Chris has the brisket tacos and I had Tacos al Fresca which was blackened Tilapia, a bean sauce and cheese wrapped in home made flour tortilla, absolutely fantastic. We also had an appetiser of a fondue dish that was a little greasy but again tasted fantastic.

Living in North Texas and growing up on the Northside of Fort Worth, I have had some great Mexican food...La Palma, Joe T's, Panchos (ha ha just kidding) Chuy's, etc...but this by far is the best Mexican restaurant I have ever eaten at. It really isn't authentic (like Joe T's) but not Tex Mex either...just right, and did I mention the Margaritas...Holy Cow!!!!

We had another awesome waitress with this cool tattoo on her thigh...I know, I know, but really it was very cool and did not look trashy at all. Cool attitude, cool personality, the whole works, just great.

1 being the best on my scale...definitely, a 1, no doubt about it. Anyone who visits us from out of town will be eating at this place guaranteed. So get ready to eat some good Mexican food when you come.

I can't wait till this Saturday, I think I'm going to have brisket tacos again, and more than likely a Margarita or two.

25.19 M.P.G. !!!

230.1 miles / 9.131 gallons = 25.19 MPG About 40% highway and 60% city. This week I'm going to put new wires and plugs, oil change, fuel and air filter, just to make sure everything is in tip top shape. I bet I can squeeze 27 or 28 MPG out of her. I'm so glad I am doing my part to not melt the ice caps...Al Gore would be so proud of me....

"Get your motor running, head out on the highway"

Looking for adventure and whatever comes our way...

"Born to be wild"

Zoom...Zoom...Zoom...

Okay...so its not a Mazda...today I bought the most awesome friggin truck in the entire universe...okay, maybe that's a little overboard...but I did buy a sweeeeeeeettttttttt ride. 2001 Nissan Frontier XE Extended Cab with only 82119 miles (will post a pic tomorrow). I bought it from a great elderly gent who "wheels and deals" in used vehicles from time to time. This meets the basic requirements that were needed in my car shopping adventure...it needed to have 4-wheels, (wife's stipulation) - 4 cylinders (eco-friendly) and sweeeeeeettttttt to "fit in" with the others in my new city. It is my opinion that this sweeeeeeeeeetttttt ride of mine puts the Lexus and Benz to shame...just my opinion of course. Christine and I go and pick it up after she gets off work today and we take it to the gas staion to fill her up cause she was sitting on "E". ROCK ON BABY...it only cost me $39 bucks to fill it up. I filled up my F150 today for $89.00 and it was not on empty. We take it for a spin around Ft. Worth, perfect...I put almost 70 miles on it tonight and it really has not moved off of full. I can't wait to see the MPG rate...I'm shooting for around 25...that would be way too cool. Pics in the morning of the sweeeeeeeeetttttttnnnnnneeeeeessssss that is my new pickup.

Get You Some !!!!!

WHAT IS THIS ??????

THATS RIGHT GO ON, TELL ME WHAT IT IS...COME ON...TELL ME.

YEP, YOU GOT IT....THAT WOULD BE MY SHOULDER PATCH ON MY NEW UNIFORM SHIRT.

EAT YOUR HEART OUT....BABY

My Trip to Wal-Mart This Evening

Christine and I go to Wal-Mart often and most times we run into at least one person we know. At times that has been frustrating to me because most of these people know me as their home town cop and usually are asking for something. It should not frustrate me, but at times it really bothered me. I'm off duty (knotondotee)...leave me alone!

Tonight was a different story though, as many times as I have been to Azle Wal-Mart, this has never happened to me. We ran into 9 people we know at the store and not one asked me for anything. First, 9 people and second no one asked me to do anything, pretty creepy and cool at the same time.

It is fun to work in a small town...your not going to get these types of things to happen to you if you work in Houston or Dallas. Working in a small town has its ups and downs, and sometimes the ups or downs depend upon your mood. I guess tonight's episode shared both ups and downs...ups... that I ran into 9 people I know and downs...that no one asked me for anything.

Creepy and Cool all at the same time...

SOLD - 1, very "sentimental" tractor

Well, I did it...fixed up 'Ole Annie' got her back in tip top shape and even put a new seat on her. Yes...she was a mighty fine piece of good old USA machinery.

I have spent many an hour behind the wheel of this fine implement of husbandry...plowing, mending fences, mowing, and grading my driveway, but I just don't need her anymore. Plus for every hour used, is about 3 hours of maintenance.

I remember the day my Grandpa got her...1980 and she had 92 hours on her, I was 15. He bought it and loaded it on a trailer and brought it by Granny Roberson's house in Boyd.

Me and my grandpa worked on this tractor and did jobs around the farm many a day over the years and I'll remember those times forever, good male bonding, good time spent between a young boy and his grandpa.

I put her on Craiglist last night at about 10:00PM, this morning I had 9 emails from people wanting more information. A guy came up at 9:30AM and offered to buy her outright without even starting her up to listen to her purr....I guess it was a good deal I don't know.

I'm not really sure that a tractor should be "sentimental" but this one really is. My grandfather and I spent many an hour working together on the farm using this old tractor. We picked up a lot of hay together, in fact, too much, using this old tractor. I learned to work on it by my grandfather teaching me...changing oil, hydraulic fluids, putting antifreeze in the rear tires on and on. We had many a good time together with this tractor in the background.

So although it is "just" a tractor, it symbolizes quality time spent with the "ole man". I remember when something would go wrong with it, he would say "someday this will be yours and you'll have the headache of fixing it"...thanks for all the headaches...thanks for each and every one of them.

Hump Day Eve...Thoughts

• 21 years ago today, I became a father...
• I like the word "fruition" ...I just like it.

• Beautiful is a three syllable word and so is urinate.

• 7 "working days" into retirement and it sure feels good.

I think I'm going to really get into the new "Biggest Loser" season, its families and I'm pulling for the Father / Daughter team...go yellow!!

If we have any two pieces of paper, papercliped together, our cute adorable Mo cat will find it, remove it and will play with it at 3:30AM every morning. Is that not the most precious $%^#$@$^* thing you've ever HEARD?!?!?!?!!!!!!!

I dont really know why, but I'm hooked on Star Bucks Green Tea..."I'll take a venti iced unsweet green tea please" has a nice ring to it.

I went to a store the other day and saw a lady with a purse...I knew it was a Vera Bradley and that is really sad. I still feel very manly though...

I'm not sure the life of a tick would be very good, if fact, I think it would suck.

I am going hunting tonight...yea...I've got the skunk traps set, peanut butter gets them every time.

Christine and I went a saw Lakeview Terrace with Samuel L. Jackson last Saturday...not bad but I thought it would be better.

David Blaine is going to hang upside down for the next three days...I thought he was a magician...and speaking of magicians...Criss Angel is really a MINDFREAK.

I'm getting excited about the new season of Greys Anatomy starting this Thursday...I still feel very manly though.

It still amazes me how truly blessed I am...

I'm Greg Arrington and I approve this message.

Car Shopping

As all know, I am starting a new job in a few weeks that will cause me to start driving a little farther than I am used to. Plus, I'll be driving my own vehicle, not a company vehicle. So, I am in the market for a new (used but new to me) vehicle. I can't tell you the last time I went shopping for a vehicle, it has been a day or two. And I just don't feel like driving from car lot to car lot, plus...the horror stories you here about car lots...man...it really is a gamble. So I thought that I would go all high tech and stuff and went to craigslist.com, which is really cool. You can restrict your searches to find about anything you really want, plus...I really want to buy from an individual, not a dealer. The hard part about all of this is what do I want. I know that it has to have 4-wheels (wife said so) and it needs to be good for the environment (fuel efficient) and it needs to look half way decent, oh yea..its got to have AC. I'm about to go to work in a city where the mean household income is $360.000 and the average house front entryway has more square footage than most Wal-Marts....I gots to have me some decent wheels...not to keep up with the Jones but come on... I went and looked at a couple of cars...a Ford Focus and a Mercury Cougar...but I'm just not a car guy...so now I'm looking at "little cute" pickups. Rangers, S-10, Hombreas, Frontiers, etc. A 4-cyl 5 speed on each of those trucks equals about 26-30MPG, which ain't bad. Will let you know how it goes in the next few days...hopefully I'll be getting me a "cute" truck that will get me to and fro.

The Progress of S.W.E.A.T.

Not to complain but, I've got a story I must share with all. As you know, I was taken out of the SWEAT gig by my old boss due due to a "reorganization" of the department. Part of that reorganization was removing me from organizing and supervising the SWEAT program which I have worked for the past 7 years. The rest is history and you each know how all that turned out. This Saturday (yesterday) the SWEAT program assisted with the city clean up (They help people unload their trash from the trailers or pickup beds) as they have on several occasions. This time however, I was not overseeing the project, I was just an observer (I had a load of trash I took to drop off). The mayor of the city just happened to be behind me in line and we both pulled up to the dumpster together. The SWEAT kids came over to start helping us unload and I immediately noticed they did not have their vest on or any gloves on. This is a "big time" safety violation. Before I could find an officer who was supposedly "supervising", the mayor shouted at me to go and get the kids some gloves...they needed gloves on. Without thinking, I started yelling at one of the officers (who was half asleep leaning on "my" old SWEAT truck...drinking coffee) to get these kids some gloves...you know what he said??!!!???!!! He said he could not find any....!?!?!?!?! are you kidding me....?!?!?!?!....I then yelled back and said go to the bus, look in the blue tote in the back on the left side, look on the right side and the gloves are right there.... He walked over to the bus, and brought back the gloves and vest and got the kids all dressed up and safe. The mayor and I talked a little more and he was really upset about the whole situation and was upset at me! I informed him that I was not running the show anymore...it must be a decision made by his wonderful police chief. No gloves, what next the new coordinator won't show???...oh wait....that's right he did not show up...he forgot and called in and ask someone else to cover for him. Not my problem anymore, but it really is sad...really sad.