A FAIR Weekend for Rocking, Racing and EATING

Ozzy can still rock!!!

Even at 63 years of age, Ozzy proved he can still perform well and put on a great show.  The show opened up with a video clip showing different parodies of various movies where Ozzy was one of the main characters from each clip.  It was a very comical introduction to his show.  I guess this was kind of a sign of the times as the once evil and what could be portrayed as Satanic sets and stage shows was not evident at this show.  The madness began with "Bark at the Moon".  The setlist contained music spanning his entire career.  5 Black Sabbath songs were part of the setlist which contained Iron Man and Paranoid which have been part of his setlist forever.  Other Sabbath classics included "War Pigs" and "Fairies Wear Boots".  Ozzy was very animated on stage and provided a lot of energy while tossing buckets of water and dousing the crowd with a high pressure hose spraying them with foam.  A great time was had by all in attendance and nobody left disappointed.  Slash was the opening act for the night and performed numerous Guns N Roses hits as part of their setlist.  Slash's front man did a good job performing the difficult singing style of Axle Rose from GNR.

Eastbay Raceway Winter Nationals Ron Laney Memorial

Saturday night I took my 3 kids to East Bay Raceway for the Ron Laney Memorial Sprint Car race.  Yes, I even took my princess Julia to the races too and she loved it.  Saturday night was a great night of racing at East Bay.  There was a very good car count for the 360 sprints and Mini Sprints.  The heat races were very competitive all night leading up to the King of the 360's Ron Laney Memorial race.  The A Main Feature was a 40 lap race with 20 cars on 1/3 mile track.  Surprisingly, there was not 1 caution the entire 40 laps.  Seeing 20 cars, on that short of a track for 40 laps is very exciting and it is hard to appreciate it without seeing it in person.  You find yourself sitting on the edge of your seat watching wheel to wheel racing with open wheeled vehicles.  The great thing about local tracks is the pits are usually open after the races and fans can go back and meet the drivers and see the cars up close.  

Me with Jessica Zemken

My boys with Jessica Zemken

My princess with Jessica Zemken

Sunday we headed out to the Florida State Fair to do some riding, eating and checking out the sites.  I think we did more eating than anything though.  LOL  

Starting the day off with a Cheese on a Stick and Lemonade

The Famous Krispy Kreme Bacon Cheese Burger

Here is what a Krispy Kreme Bacon Cheese Burger Looks Like

Yep, I am taking a bite out of it....it was much better than expected

Joseph liked it as well

Yummy

Even the Princess tried it and liked it

Jennifer even gave it a shot

Feeding the Giraffe

Italian Sausage Sandwiches from Butcher Boys

It was so good

Waffle Man's creation....Chocolate dipped Ice Cream Sandwich

So Good

Jarrett even liked it

And the princess too

Joseph was a good sport and rode the rides with his siblings..

Joseph and Jorden hanging out at the fair

Deep Fried Oreos....Now they are very yummy....

Jarrett eating the Krispy Kreme Burger

We spent the day eating food all over the place, the kids rode numerous rides and we walked around and looked at a lot of the exhibits.  The day was beautiful and we all got a lot of sun that day.  We arrived around 9:30 am and we stayed the entire day and left around 7:00 pm.  The fair had a great petting zoo with a lot of animals and even had a Giraffe.  The Giraffe was a big hit there and he loved getting all the carrots people were feeding him.  The Florida State Fair is a great time with TONS of things to do and see there.

I recorded the Daytona 500 and went out of my way to make sure I didn't know the outcome of the race.  After returning home from the Fair, I watched the race in its entirety but was able to fast forward through the commercials and caution laps(where there a lot of).  I was very happy with the outcome for a couple of reasons.  A first time winner who was also a rookie won the race for a legendary team from back in the day.  The Wood Brothers Ford driven by Trevor Bayne was the winner.  The other exciting part of the race was DALE JR. CRASHED!!!!  It is always a great day when he crashes.

We have another busy week planned this week.  Jarrett had a baseball game tonight.  Saturday is my dads 79th birthday and we are going out for dinner that night.  Friday night we are going to have the Wrestling team over for the end of the year party.

Everyone have a great week.

Time for another update....

Wrestling Season Wrap Up

This was a very exciting year for the King High School Wrestling team.  With our 2 new coaches, a returning core of wrestlers and some athletic additions to the squad we had a very successful season.  This year we had 1 wrestler, who lost only one match during the regular season and has since moved on to represent King at State this weekend in Lakeland.  Jacob Wasserman is our Sophomore 103 lb. wrestler who placed 3rd in County, 1st in Districts and 3rd at Regionals.  My son Joseph took 2nd at Districts.  He went 1-2 at Regionals.  His 1 loss was 11-10 to a Senior from Charlotte High School.  His final record for the season was 34-9 for his Sophomore year.  We were very proud of him this year and he worked very hard.  Now that the season is over, he sure has been a little happier now that he can eat whatever he wants; however, he would much rather be waiting one more week to eat if it meant he was competing in State.  Oh well, it is what it is and he can just begin working towards next year.  He is taking this week off and next week he is going to begin his weight training.  The following week he will begin his club wrestling.  He decided to skip track this year (Sorry Coach D.) and concentrate fully on wrestling.  Several of the other King wrestlers are going to be joining him in the club wrestling.  Another person has decided to get back on the mat and start up the club wrestling again.  Joseph's little brother Jarrett is going to start wrestling again in March.  

I would like to to thank the coaches for the great job they did this year with the team.  We are really looking forward to next year and really think this team will really be doing some great things next season.  

We are planning our end of the year party next Friday night for the entire wrestling team.  We are going to have the entire team over to our house for a Steak and Potato cookout, followed by the team staying the night.  The next morning I will be cooking pancakes and egg sandwiches.  Some of the wrestlers mentioned there might be some special goodies donated to the party by some of their classmates.  Anyone wanting to make some cookies, cup cakes or anything a hungry wrestler might enjoy, let me know.

Getting Fit

Working out at Youfit has been going great for both Jennifer and myself.  We have been going pretty regularly over the past few weeks.  The club is very nice and I would strongly recommend visiting one in your area.

The Prince of Darkness Cometh

I am so excited tomorrow night I am going to go see Ozzy in concert.  Ozzy is one of the FEW groups my wife will actually go see so I am really excited to have my wife and son go with me to see the Madman himself.  Yeah, he is pretty old and not quite the same as he used to be; however, he is a legend and you never know when it will be the last time you see him.  He has been rocking for a very long time so he must be doing something right.  LOL  It has been a very long time since I last saw Ozzy in concert as most of his shows over the past several years have been on the East Coast of Florida.  So happy he is coming back to Tampa.  Below is his setlist as posted on http://www.setlist.fm

1. Bark at the Moon 
2. Let Me Hear You Scream 
3. Mr. Crowley 
4. I Don't Know 
5. Fairies Wear Boots 
   (Black Sabbath cover)
6. Suicide Solution 
7. Road to Nowhere 
8. War Pigs 
   (Black Sabbath cover)
9. Shot in the Dark 
10. Rat Salad 
    (Black Sabbath cover)
11. Iron Man 
    (Black Sabbath cover)
12. Crazy Train 
13. Encore:
13. Mama, I'm Coming Home 
14. Paranoid (Black Sabbath cover)

PLAY BALL and Cheer

This weekend kicks off the Spring Baseball season at Temple Terrace Little League.  Jarrett is looking forward to playing again and I am looking forward to NOT BEING INVOLVED and just watching and keeping score.  Julia is not playing this season.  She is getting ready to being doing Competitive Cheerleading. She decided she wanted to do that this week.  She has been going to some tumbling and stretching classes at the Brandon Allstars.  They fell in love with her as soon as they saw her and saw her ability.  The already have her tagged as a "flyer".  We knew that was going to happen.

Going Social at All American

I am in the process of having my website at work remade.  The site was very old and had not been updated in YEARS.  A guy came by and made me a really good offer to redo the site.  I have seen some of the work he has done on it already and it looks so much better.  I also set up a twitter account @aasleeper_tampa.  I also created a page on facebook under All American Sleeper.  I am gong to working on promoting our business more on the internet.  Even with my old site I have gotten some business out of it, but I am looking forward to seeing an increase in traffic with the new site and search engine submissions.  We also have a Facebook page for our shop in Orlando under All American Truck Center.

Odds and Ends

One of my favorite times of the year is when the fair comes to town.  I always say that I was either a Carny in my past life or will be in my future life.  Some of you may know, but I spent several years working at the fair in various places, the Giant Slide, Cheese on a Stick and Sky Glider to name a few.   The food and people watching are two of my favorite things to do at the fair.  What is better than eating an Elephant Ear and People Watching at the same time.

One of my favorite things to do at night when we are not running from one place to another is to sit out the couch with my kids and watch Flipper.  We recently subscribed to Netflix and searching through all the movies they have to offer, I stumbled across the TV section and there I found Flipper.  I used to LOVE watching Flipper as a kid.  I downloaded 3 seasons and my kids love watching them with me.  We have made it through 1 1/2 seasons so far.  

The 2011 NASCAR season kicks off this weekend at Daytona.  The Daytona 500 is the biggest NASCAR race of the season.  I was not very happy last weekend when I found out Dale Jr. won the pole; however, the cry baby put his car in the wall during practice on Wednesday.  Of course, after crashing, he cried saying that he didn't want to go out and practice and blamed his crash on someone else.  This guy is so over rated it isn't even funny.  If this guy had any other name instead of Earnhardt, he wouldn't be anywhere near the track.  He is on a great team, with great sponsors and great crew but he just doesn't get the job done. 

With the new track surface and some of the restrictions put on the cars, the Daytona 500 should be a very exciting race this year, or at least we hope it is.  Don't get me wrong, I am not a fan of the restrictor plate racing and wish they didn't have the plates.  However, NASCAR is trying to keep the cars bunched up for long periods of time to make the racing more exciting for the fans watching, especially the TV audience as Millions of dollars are spent in advertising and sponsorships.

I just hope the Powers that Be at the Daytona 500 talk to Martina McBride to make sure she doesn't do what Christina Aguilera did at the Super Bowl.  Not only did she Butcher the lyrics, she also butchered the way the song was sung.  Why can't people just sing it the way it was supposed to be sung.  Probably because it is a very difficult song to sing and most of these idiots they put out there to sing the Anthem at these Sporting Events do not have the talent to actually sing it the way it should be.  It is really sad they just can't sing it the right way.  Last weekend, when we were at Charlotte High School in Punta Gorda, one of the coaches for the wrestling team sang the Anthem and not only did he KNOW the words, he actually sang it the proper way.  Pretty sad that a so called "star" can't sing it but an amateur, high school wrestling coach can.  Maybe it is a wrestling thing, but the Head Wrestling coach at Chamberlain High School does a great job singing the National Anthem as well.

PLEASE MARTINA, sing it the right way!!!!!!!