As I approached this past weekend I
was surprised by the lack of plans which is definitively out of my recent
ordinary. I wasn’t complaining as I can always come up with some things to do
around the house and part of the reason was waiting to hear what the funeral plans
were for Aunt Peg. The news came down that the funeral would be Monday which further
added to the week’s end entropy. I should have realized I’m blessed with
some extraordinary people around me who would rise to the occasion and fill the
vacuum. I was just about finished with some chores (listed below) when my
sister called to invite us to Rhode Island for dinner and a Soxfather family
gathering.
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| Wife with Great Aunt and Soxfather Saturday Night |
I was fully engaged Saturday morning
finally hanging up the battery chargers on the wall in the garage from all of the
various implements I have that feature them; something I’ve been meaning to do
for several months now. I also power washed the side of the house which is
shade dominated and was sporting its annual coat of green mold. Finally I took
part in the annual migration of my wife’s bougainvilleas inside from their
summer sojourn on Deckzilla. This is an annual event I dread because the damned
things poke me constantly during the move. Just to make it a little more interesting
(challenging) the plants were headed upstairs for the new master bedroom which sports
the only south facing window in the house. I can only hope some weird insects
aren’t hibernating in the dirt and decide to sample us while we sleep.
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| Granddaughters Sporting the Same Hairdoo |
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| FBR Owning It |
Great Aunt and Soxfather took us out
to eat at Not Your Average Joe's. We had never been to this place which
apparently is a new chain. I really liked it even though we were exposed to
this year’s onslaught of pumpkin spice. My Favorite Panamanian had Pumpkin
Spice Sangria followed by pumpkin and potato soup – it has begun. We had a
truly fun time but the best part of the evening is what followed. We stopped by
to see Namesake Nephew’s newly acquired house which was so cool. My wife was a little
concerned since it is right next to an ancient burying ground but with my recent
forays in Ancestry.Com there’s a good chance we have relatives planted there.
We then moved to Great Aunt’s house where Soxfather’s sister and her family
joined us along with Namesake Nephew for one of the patented sit around the
dining room table, drink beer, and laugh almost nonstop events. It was, again,
one of the those nights I hated the inevitably of it's end.
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| Stylin |
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| Cake pops! |
Saturday night’s excessive fun had to
be paid for to a certain degree on Sunday but the void filling task was picked
up on by the Neighborhood Mafioso. After watching a tougher than is should have
been blowout by the Patriots we walked down the street for a delicious dinner
with a gathering of the Worcester Chapter of the Panamanian Mafia. That is
never a bad way to spend time and Sunday night was no exception. The food was delicious
and the company even better. Then there is always the two minute walk home after
the get together. My friends and family rock. Granddaughter updates shared
through the photos today.
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| FBR Achieving Long Sought Unicorn Status |
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| She Was At Maplewood's Octoberfest |
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| Where a Video Showed her Dominating a Dance Floor |
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| True Descendant of her Abuela |
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| Favorite Son, ABFA and BRS Out Apple-picking |
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| No Dad I Said I would Get It |
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RECURRING
CHARACTERS
BRS
- Blog Reader the Sequel
- second granddaughter; FBR - First Blog
Reader - first granddaughter, ABFA –
Amazing Best Family Athlete = my daughter in law; Wingman – my son in law; Keene
Friends 1 & 2 – friends since high school from my home town of Keene,
NH; Soxfather - my brother in law; Great Aunt = my elder sister; Cantankerous Friend – friend since
grade school who likes to argue about everything, poses as radical leftist to
attract women; Pittsburgh College
Roommate – high school friend, also a “Minor Celebrity” in Pittsburgh; Deckzilla – our backyard deck which
grew to monstrous dimensions once my wife got involved in planning; Maine and Virginia Musqueteras – two
close friends of my wife – her US sisters, my wife is the 3rd musquetera
(musketeer); Riggins - also known as
the Grandpuppy, son's dog, surrogate grandchild while awaiting arrival of the
BRS; PanaGals – female
relatives/friends of my wife from Panama; Panamanian/Latin
Mafia – inevitable group of Latino friends my wife accumulates wherever we
have lived & their spouses; Neighborhood
Mafioso - wife's close friend and Panamanian mafia member, Favorite Panamanian - the wife (of
course); First Friday – celebrations
to mark the First Friday of the Week; Deckzilla
Dude – senior citizen carpenter/contractor; Voices of Inappropriate Worth - members of public who come to every
Worcester public meeting to complain, all are on public assistance along with
demeanor issues
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