The weekend that was, June 12-14, 2020

Judy and Evey on a walk, Friday morning.

Wow, it was a great weekend here!

Not many photos though. Shows you how much I do things without my phone in my pocket these days…

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Weekend started off a little early. Friday afternoon everyone was clocking out early. I had to run a few errands so I went to Eudora. Post office, grocery store, gas station, liquor store. Knock it out, fast. Get back home. Kids were home alone for a little over an hour (Adrianne had to go to the office.) Got home, kids were great. Finished doing what I needed to do at work, then went outside and started mowing. (Mowing is relaxing now.)

Judy and Adrianne pulled up. I said hello. Then went to grilling some chicken, drumsticks and breasts. Tried cooking four drumsticks in the air fryer. Hate to admit it, they turned out pretty good.

But wouldn’t it be weird if I sat outside, drinking a beer, while staring at an air fryer?

After dinner Adro proposed we watch the “series finale” of Schitt’s Creek. Turns out it was not the finale, but it was $hit. That show isn’t for me — sorry Babe.

Good news though, there was enough daylight I was able to finish mowing. 

After mowing I came inside and watched the first 10 minutes of Johnny Mnemonic with Keanu Reeves. Movie takes place in 2021... and there is rioting... and everyone has to wear a mask... 

OK, I made it 10 minutes in and fell asleep. But maybe I should revisit that flick?

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It's Saturday!

Woke up feeling fine. Lots to do, but it's Saturday morning ... the world is my oyster.

My oyster started with a trip to Lawrence with Judy, to visit the … dirt pile? Mulch pit? What this place is called, I don’t know. But it was fun. Me, Judy, Koko, on a mission to pick up dirt. And pick up dirt we did.

I think we'll go back next weekend, and I'll bring the kids. I know Boyd would have a good time digging in a 20-foot hight pile of dirt. Shows you where my mind is at now, when visiting a dirt pile is high entertainment. 

Got back home, parked the truck in the backyard. Adro made an amazing breakfast. Breakfast burritos! Then, outside to work on what I've been calling "the farm," Adrianne is calling it "the Jones Gangster Garden," I think. It's this kit Adro bought... and we filled it up with the appropriate ingredients, I hope, that we can grow some vegetables. It was fun until it got hot. Then we bailed. (I'll post photos soon.)

From there, I relaxed, watched PGA Tour golf (yeah!) and then I unpacked a few straggler boxes looking for my Marvel Visionaries and Essential Spider-Man books (missing since the move... did the movers steal them?!?) I was unsuccessful finding the books, but I did look at some cool old magazines, etc. 

I mean, I think they're cool. When I'm dead and (hopefully) the grandkids are going through my stuff, they'll say, "why the hell did Grandpa save this issue of Esquire?" (They'll ask Evey, and hopefully, wise soul that she is, she'll have a guess.) 

Saturday night we went back outside to finish off the farm/Gangster Garden. Knocked it out, the kids did a great job pushing the dirt towards me and Adro's shovels, so we filled that thing up, Momma planted her plants, we high-fived. I pulled the truck out of the yard (took the kids and the dog on a quick drive around the 'hood, saw a wild turkey) then back home. 

As the sun was setting, the temperature really dropped. I suggested we get a game of Uno going. Before any cards were thrown, Adro proposed we make s'mores. 

Oh YEAH! This caused me to start a fire... and deliciousness ensued. Boyd asked if he could have "one more," and he meant a wet wipe. We went from "take a shower, go to bed!" to "one more s'more!" Very clever, Boydee. Evey was in charge of s'more creation. This was an absolute blast. The music was good, too.

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Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!

Woke up feeling like a champion. Watched a little Sunday Morning (downer.) Then I got ready to make breakfast, pancakes and sausages, on the flat top grill. 

Turned out nice! The flat top is still the boss, sorry air fryer.

We "went" to church by watching it on YouTube. Amen.

Photo I found of Mom and Dad, mid-80s.
At McConnell, an air show. This image has no context here.

At noon I had a Facebook video chat with Crazy Uncle Willy. Good to see my old roommate/best man. He's in Kenya now. Fun conversation, I look forward to doing it again. I made the kids pop on the call real quick so he can see them. He's the only Crazy Uncle they have. OK, there's Vince.

Picked up groceries. Smoooooth. Koko rode shotgun.

Came home. Chilled out. Watched professional golf. Lousy ending. Burger won and deserved it, but Xander (I won't even try with his last name... OK, that's a lie... Chauffele?) had one of the most painful lip-outs I've ever seen. I've met Xander and his dad before, good people. (Woodland had a bad stretch that took him out of contention but he looked good.)

Then I went and picked up dinner... we decided to take it easy and even though the fridge was stocked, get take-out. Jason's Deli. It was good. 

From there? I went back to the storage wars, looking for those Marvel Visionaries books... And guess what? After a few misses.... FOUND THEM! Also, Adro told me she wanted a coffee table out of the downstairs living room... what to do with it? It's PERFECT for my comic book collection... now it can breathe easier, instead of being packed like sardines.

(Aside: I should go to bed, but I'm caught watching/listening to this great Soundgarden concert. Almost done.)

OK, let's bring this blog post around and wrap it up....

It was a great weekend. Lots of chill time. Kids were helpful around the house and with chores (especially Evey.) Adro got tons of stuff done. I had a good time revisiting some memories while I opened random boxes of my stuff (Grandpa, why?)

AND I FOUND MY MARVEL VISIONARIES COLLECTION!

This week is gonna be busy, but a good week. I'm going to go to press on Golfdom... and I'm going to buy 5 of the 32 remaining Captain America comics I need to complete my run.

I hope you're well, and safe. My sister celebrated a landmark birthday this weekend... but I'll write about that later, when we get to actually celebrate with her!

Cheers. Soundgarden show just ended. They closed with "Slaves and Bulldozers."