Dad 105: All In the Family

(Hello to all Blog readers. This is Tracy’s sister, Kim. I’m visiting from Illinois and somehow got roped into typing Dad’s blog today for Tracy. MY MOTHER DID MAKE A SANDWICH FOR ME TO EAT WHILE TYPING, SO I GUESS I CAN’T COMPLAIN!)

Derf Here!

From the great summery Northeast! The weather is about a 12 on a 1 to 10 scale. The problem: I must mow my lawn today. Should have done it two days ago and it would have been all done. Procrastination at its finest! Well, at least I’m good at something.

Josh’s all-star team lost its first game Friday in a double-loss elimination tournament. They bounced back for a 10 run “Mercy Rule” win in the next game. “Mercy Rule” is when a team is ten or more runs ahead in five innings. Game called! It shortens the game considerably. We are now awaiting the next game, which is at 5:30pm today. Win and keep playing. Lose and the tournament is over.

Joe and Kelsey flew out of Manchester, New Hampshire airport yesterday and are now home in Illinois. Hit some bad storms in the Atlanta area and that added a few hours to their trip. All is well that ends well. The big story of the day is that Cocoa will be picked up after his first family separation. Free at last. Oh, it is so good to get out of the kennel! I’m happy for you Cocoa! My buddy!

Interesting comment to me from fellow church parishioners. Last Saturday the family had gathered at the homestead for a get-together and fun and games. A game called Ladder Ball was played and it got quite noisy. Well, my church friends inquired if we had the family over Saturday. It seems they were eating at “Kens” across the street and heard the commotion from our yard. I had to admit it was rather loud. Oh, we avoided any police citations for noise. Actually, we had a local policeman in the yard for a short while chatting with the family. He just stopped by as he is a friend of family members (attends church with some family members). Not here on official business. Whew! The champions of Ladder Ball: Uncle Lew and Josh. Of course I was not allowed to play because of my non-amateur status. It is tough being a professional in today’s world. I’ll live with it.

I see the clock on the wall is telling me that it is time to get mowing the lawn. I must answer the call. Soooo!

Until next time!

Toodle Pip!

Derf!