The menu contains some good burgers, but I prefer to build my own.  Make sure to include the hollerback sauce.  Eat JXN wrote a nice article on it w/ some good info.

my burger from last night

New Year's Eve

MS State vs Alabama

Roscoe getting friendly w/ one of our friends

setting up for Krave Conference

Roscoe riding shotgun on a cold night

What's left of Amanda's birthday cake

The weekend of January 14-15 our Student Ministry hosts Krave Conference.  It’s the 3rd year for the event & 2nd year that we’ve partnered w/ other churches for it.  If I’m not blogging much over the next week (& it’s why I haven’t been around these past few days) it’s due to the preparation for Krave.

If you are a youth leader & would like to bring your group to Krave it’s not too late to register.  If you’d like to talk to me about the event contact me at neil @ neiltullos . com.

There’s a variety of plans to choose from.  You can read the entire Bible in 90 days, to reading it over a year, reading a book a month, or devotional readings for each day.  You can have delivered as an email, through your RSS reader, or just read it online or through a mobile phone app.

It’s what I’ll be using again this year (I’m using the chronological plan this year)to help me stay in God’s Word throughout 2011.

Thankfully, my annual physical isn’t for another 11 months.

This afternoon Roscoe got of his bed (rare occasion in that it didn’t involve food) & made his way to the fireplace.  He’d warm himself on 1 side & then turn & warm his other side.  Last night he was shivering laying in his bed (our house was 67 degrees).  Amanda covered him w/ a beach towel.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.2 He was in the beginning with God.3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men.5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.7 He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.8 He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.

9 The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.11 He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.15 (John bore witness about him, and cried out, This was he of whom I said, He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.)16 And from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.18 No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.

• We stayed at the Sheraton on Canal.  As usual I booked it through Priceline & saved about 1/2 off of their posted rate.  We paid almost as much for parking as we did for the room.
• Amanda shopped at Canal Place, Esplanade & Lakeside Malls & along Magazine.  I found a lot of good coffee shops & read while she shopped.  PJ’s had my favorite cup of coffee.
• We spent Tuesday afternoon at the Audobon Zoo.  It has to be the best deal in the city.
• Our #1 activity when visiting New Orleans is eating.  We go to the nice places at lunch & do something lighter/cheaper at night.  Here’s where we ate & a few suggestions:
  • Palace Cafe – our 3rd year in a row to eat lunch here; good food & servie; great view of Canal Street.  I had the Catfish Pecan & Amanda had the Pasta St. Charles.  We split the Bananas Foster for dessert.
  • Cafe Maspero – supper on Monday night; I had a shrimp poboy & Amanda had red beans & rice.  Good food @ reasonable prices
  • Emeril’s – our 1st experience at 1 on of his restaurants.  1 of the best meals we’ve ever had.  We both had the 3 course lunch (just $18).  Amanda – gumbo, chicken & waffles, & creme brulee; Neil – gumbo, grilled shrimp, chocolate & peanut butter pie
  • Taqueria Corona on Magazine – 1 of our favorite places to eat in New Orleans; we had a combination of chicken & steak tacos, chicken burrito, shrimp flauta & cebollitas
  • Bourbon House – another Brennan’s restaurant; we had planned on eating @ NOLA’s, but didn’t realize that it’s only open for lunch Thurs – Sunday; good meal, but didn’t compare to Emeril’s.

Now it’s time to get back to the gym.

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Here are a few of the examples:

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