Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Green Machine & Hoosier Girl’s Reception

Today is the day that all gamers should celebrate. On this date in 1972, Atari founder Nolan Bushnell released the first commercially successful video game, Pong. Thank goodness that technology and graphics have gotten better over the years; although, I stink at most video games, I was da bomb at Pong. Yes, I know I’m old.

It was announced at my birthday suarez over at the Green Machine and Hoosier Girl’s house near the end of May that they would be tying the knot sometime soon. Come to find out that they perpetrated a clandestine ceremony at their homestead a mere week later. We were all very excited for them both. They decided that to allow their friends and family to celebrate their union they would throw a big shindig of fellowship, dancing and dining.

We all traveled to Springfield where the party was to be held. Of course nothing ever goes as planned for the School Girl and I. Having lived in Springfield for a short time I had no problem making my way to the fair city; however, new construction and growth made it a bit difficult to find our ultimate location. The affair was being held at a local hotel but I just couldn’t for the life of me find it. Luckily I was able to procure the telephone number and obtain directions to their (mostly hidden) establishment.

Homemade cakes by Momma Green Machine


Everything else for the rest of the day came off without a hitch. We mingled with the Green Machine and Hoosier Girl families while eating from a great spread (did that sound dirty?). We hooked up with the G-Man and SueBoo and had a great time.

G-Man, SueBoo, me and the School Girl


Here, if you look closely, you can see that G-Man, SueBoo, myself and School Girl, managed to wipe out a large portion of the food and kept some for snacking purposes.

Green Machine and G-Man


It appears that the Green machine has been living it up and having a great time.

Hoosier Girl and Green Machine


Mr. and Mrs. Green Machine


The happy couple decided that it was time to show off their dancing skills. Luckily “Fred Astaire” didn’t drop her, but to his credit (and ours) we hadn’t started drinking yet.

Having lots of fun


We decided that after the party we would continue the fun over at the Green Machine abode. The grins on our faces seem to give away the excitement.

Nope, not drunk yet!


The Green Machine decided that it isn’t a party until somebody does the Carlton. After viewing this picture a multitude of times, I really question his sexuality.

So after helping clean up, G-Man, SueBoo, The School Girl and I meandered over to Ruby Tuesday’s (or some other cookie cutter type restaurant establishment) and had a few adult beverages to prime the pump. We then traveled through the backwoods of northern Tennessee to the Green Machine home and partook of more brews with the happy couple and the Hoosier Girl family. A multitude of darts were thrown (not to mention a dart related injury by the drunken groom) and too many Red-Headed Sluts (a drink containing peach brandy and cranberry juice, etc.) were consumed. All in all we had a great time, per usual and already started planning future get-togethers.

The whole gang together

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