OK, now when I said "updated occasionally" who'd o' thunk that meant this long.

Not even I dreamed MEC would go into a slumber for this long but we had a few bumps in the road and one thing leads to another....and another...and..............

So what does it take to wake it from it's slumber ?

We're having a wedding.

Can you guess who is taking the plunge ?

This one ? Nope. She's been seen with this guy.

Actually, he sent her home after toiling the bars of south Florida for 4 years before being picked up the local law enforcement.

She's out. How about this young lady ?

Nah, no way, she's still still a child, never mind she's taller than you and me both and could kick our butts around in circles. I keep her sheltered from the boys, too young, try back later, much later.

Speaking of kids, here's the bride to be.

Can you imagine that she's ? getting married ?

I mean, it was like just yesterday she looked like this.

And this.....

Pretty good stuff for digging at 2 in the morning instead of sleeping. All these scanned from Kodak no less.

So she has grown up and you know, it's hard to hide the cute sister's from the all the boys, I mean we took her to the beach recently. It was shortly after springing Trys' from the hands of the p*%#s police above.

This little girl has grown up.

So, the much larger story which has brought me to the keyboard to breathe life into this sucker.

Something amazing has happened.

I mean something I thought I'd never see. I mean never.

If you've ever been to 6N419, let me tell you, you will not believe your eyes.

Hope you have a ticket cause they are very hard to come by. Rumor says they are selling off everything in BOTH the garage and the basement to get the last spindle in place on the porch for this momentous occasion ;-)

Now, if I told you I wanted to do this wedding in Wayne, you'd say

"at the club ?"

Nah, to snooty for some of us. ;-)

Next you'd say "the castle ?"

Nah, this just doesn't have enough character.

Let's see.....where else would be available on a sunny summer day in July ? I mean there are so many horse happenings I just don't know if we can find a place to hold this shindig ?

Hmmmm......we need the prestige of Wayne, more character than the castle and someplace which is not already booked with a horse show ?

Huh ? where ?

What does the shirt say ? Paris, London, 6N419.

Well, so I can't remember exactly what the shirt says, you know the one.

You say "6N419 ?"

Yes, I think it was Tyra's idea. She can pull it off. :-)

So....without further adieu......

I tell you if you have ever been to 6N419, you've never been to the 6N419 as it is not the 6N419 of old.

Really, you won't believe your eyes.

There are greenskeepers mowing and watering the greens each day.

No really, come with me we will show you.......

We sent an investigative reporter to verify the rumors.....

Looks spiffy but you're not buying it yet ?

I no sooner turned in the driveway and I encounter one of the hired hands who's working to remove the craters in the drive.

Look closer, I think they've hired sweat shop laborers from the third world.

Whoops, sorry, it's Tyra. You should see her drive this thing.

We move farther.

Look at this place, lush green delicately cared for and well manicured.

Remember the old play house ?

GONE.

Remember the old swimming pool (errr...horse trough) ?

GONE.

I mean when after a few beers.......

Tyra says "yeah and we'll put this here, that there and......... maybe we can have a beatiful fountain right here". We role our eyes and envision the extra big size horse trough (errrr...swimming pool).

Well, it's here. No really, it's here.

Don't believe me ? get a ticket so you see for yourself.

I mean, they've been working on this place 16 hours a day for months.

Here is the team hard at work.

They've even built a parking garage.

Remember the front pasture where the horses used to graze ?

GONE, replaced by parking for 150.

I hear they've hired young gentleman to park cars.

These guys.

No not her. She's been cooking meals for the troops.

We recruited her while we were down south trying to get them to release Trys.

She had a beach act where she straddled a cannon while singing wedding songs.

We were going to use her to sing but she cooks well so we might not need her to sing. Get your tickets now before it's to late.

I think the big guy might still be convalescing after a difficult trip recently to the southern states recruiting the cannon singer for the wedding and.....

...this kind of stuff....