A Shout Out to "Mustard's Last Stand"

Last weekend on my way to Miami, my sister and I stopped at a little restaurant in Melbourne, FL called "Mustard's Last Stand".  I'd driven past it a few times whenever I went to visit my daughter and vowed that one day I would stop and eat there.

Let me tell you, it was great.  We aren't just talking hot dogs here - we're talking hot dog creations, a melding of flavors that leaves you licking your lips and wishing for a bigger stomach!  Oh yeh!  I am not kidding; I can't wait to go back.

My sister and I ordered the cowboy, a hot dog and bacon wrapped in a flour tortilla, deep fried, and topped with chili and cheese.  In my wildest dreams I never could imagine a hot dog tasting that good.  Add to that an order of chili cheese fries and my sister and I were in heaven.

Seriously, if you're ever in Melbourne, you've got to stop and try one of their hot dogs.  They're located on US 1 and they're worth the visit.  Check out their website at http://www.mustardsinc.com/.  You're gonna thank me!

What I've Done So Far

Well, so far this month has been great!  I can't believe that it's September 5th already, that Labor Day is over, and tomorrow I have to go back to work.  I am slowly making my way through my list of 50 and here's what I've done so far.

No. 4 on my list was to have a drink with my kids.

Here I am with my son Troy and his fiancee Nina.

I'm the cute chubby one in the middle with the strawberry margarita!

This is my daughter Amber and her fiancee Chris.

Notice that I am the only one without a tan!

No. 42 on my list was to eat birthday cake.  Now my actual birthday isn't for a couple of weeks, but Nina made me this delicious coconut cake and I just had to eat it.

No. 47 on my list was to go to Whole Foods.  For those of you who don't know what Whole Foods is, it's an organic grocery store.  I've always wanted to go there and just look around so this past Sunday, my two sisters, my daughter and I went there in the afternoon.  I ended up buying a chocolate bar with bacon in it.  The price was a little daunting, $7.49, but sometimes you have to splurge.  We all had a taste - and it tasted exactly like chocolate with bacon in it.  You could taste the chocolate but at the same time you could taste the bacon.  It wasn't bad, it was just different.  You should try it sometime.  The next time I go to Whole Foods, I'm going to try the chocolate bar with hot peppers.

Fifty Ways to Celebrate My Birthday

This month, I am going to turn 50 years old.  I don't feel like I'm going to turn 50.  When I look at myself in the mirror, I don't see someone one looks 50, but then I may be biased.  This is a big birthday for me.  And I want to celebrate it in a big way, so I decided that I want to do 50 fun things for my birthday.

1. Go camping
2. Go to the beach
3. Play in the rain
4. Have a drink with my kids
5. Eat a caramel apple from Kilwins
6. Lunch with Rita
7. Lunch with Don
8. Watch a scary movie
9. Eat Chinese food
10. Go someplace in Florida that I've never been
11. Go fishing
12. Stand on my head
13. Eat pepperoni pizza
14. Try tofu
15.  Try quinoa
16. Read a book on zombies
17. Lunch with Kathleen
18. Learn the Electric Slide
19. Make paper flowers
20. Try a new recipe
21. 44-oz diet pepsi
22. Take a picture everyday
23. Blow bubbles
24. Go to Pumpkin Hill Preserve
25. Finish Dead Space
26. Get Roger Staubach's autograph
27. Buy a new purse
28. Birthday lunch with Debbie
29. Amber's queso
30. Make an origami ?
31. Donate blood
32. George Bush's autograph
33. Cheer the Dallas Cowboys on to victory
34. Take my birthday off from work
35. Dinner with Amber & Chris
36. Dinner with Troy & Nina
37. Resident Evil Marathon (with popcorn)
38. Go hiking
39. New computer game
40. Wienie & Marshmallow roast
41. Go for a random drive
42. Eat birthday cake
43. Take a bubble bath
44. Peterbrooke chocolate
45. Complete a Sunday crossword puzzle
46. 50 hugs
47. Go to Whole Foods
48. Bake cookies in my car
49. Make a solar oven out of a cardboard box
50. Family photo