I'll follow you in, I know you can't swim

Well, disregard these Harvey Danger lyrics, because Evey CAN swim... thanks to four straight weeks of swimming lessons!

 Big thanks to Grandma Judy for taking Evey everyday. Evelyn loved her swimming classes. She'd tell us everyday what they did in class that day, and what her new trick was -- holding her head underwater for a certain amount of time, or jumping in from the side, grabbing rings from the bottom, etc.

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GREAT weekend here in Jonesland.

Friday we went to the old football field right off Church St. and enjoyed an outdoor movie, courtesy of Parks and Rec. They showed the new Muppets movie. I had heard the movie was bad, but I actually laughed a few times, I was pleasantly surprised. And the weather on Friday was perfect for it -- the girls were actually cold by the end of the movie and covered up with blankets! Adro and Boydee fell asleep on the movie, and Evey got a little restless at one point, wanting to play with the kids who were running around. But we all had a great time. I had another "Isn't 2012 great?" moment when I looked at Adro and Boyd, alseep under the stars, then I looked in front of me, and there's my little girl watching this movie, then I look all around me, and I'm in Small Town, USA, surrounded by my neighbors.

Saturday we had some early morning plans cancelled, so we had some free time. I made a kick-ass breakfast (ham and cheese omelettes) and we relaxed afterwards, while I watched some of the British Open. Then we met the Neutebooms at this new place in Lawrence called Laugh Out Loud, it's an indoor playground for kids. Afterwards, we grabbed lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings. Back home by 3 p.m., we relaxed around the house some more before my friend Hendo came over, and me and him went and got a few cold ones at Rick's to catch up on things.

Sunday, more plans cancelled -- not enough guys for Sunday morning hoops. So I made the same breakfast over again (almost as good the second time around.) Then me and Adro removed all the furniture from our living room so she could steam-clean the carpets. We then "Bubba-Proofed" the living room and rearranged some furniture.

 Now I'm relaxing in a clean house, with a new arrangement to our living room. Feels good, feels fresh. Boyd's asleep, and Adrianne and Evey are almost there. It was a good weekend.

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The Harvey Danger lyric is from the song "Carlotta Valdez." Great rocking song, and I think it's cool because the lyrics are basically a rock retelling of the Alfred Hitchcock movie "Vertigo." Some of my favorite parts:

You jump into the San Francisco Bay/ I'll follow you in I know you can't swim/ when you've been dead a hundred yeara!/ Carlotta Valedez!

I'll follow you up the Mission stairs/ But not too high.../ 'cause I get.../ VERTIGO!/ VERTIGO, OH!

Someone put together a cool music video to the song, using the movie. Check it out:
 

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Happy birthday to my Mom today! I called her, me and Evey sang to her over the phone. We saw my mom on Wednesday, had dinner with her, so we were able to give her some flowers then. And it sounds like she had an evening that included a dinner with her mom, her brother, and her sister-in-law, who shares a birthday with her. Following that, a trip to the Mulvane casino. Hopefully she had some birthday luck!

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Crazy shit about the Batman movie murder rampage. Those are my people that asshole killed, I'm the kind of guy who used to go to those midnight showing of the latest superhero movie.

I'm interested to see what this fool looks like in his prison jumpsuit. He has a court date tomorrow, so we'll get to see him for real for the first time.

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Volleyball tomorrow night. The team is 15-3 on the season. Two more weeks to go. It looks like we won't be able to win the league, because our three losses came against a team that was 11-1 when we played them. But we're having a good season, a lot better season than last, for sure.

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OK, enough blathering tonight. Sheesh, I haven't even been drinking...