I’m convinced I’m descended from peasant
stock because I love getting outside in the spring and summer to “work the land”.
Granted my forbears had to take it a lot more seriously than I do but I
honestly missed having small projects to do while we were at our condo in Panama
(Shhh, no one mention this to my Favorite Panamanian or she’ll be concocting
some for next year). It’s been fairly cold the last few days so my peasant side
was easily subdued but today was gloriously springlike. I pulled all the winter
storage stuff out of the garage and washed out the inevitable debris from
winter driving.
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| I Get to Hang with These Two This Weekend |
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In NJ, the FBR's Baseball Career kicks off with T-Ball This Week
We'll Have to Work on the Leg Kick |
Then I noted the sad state of that
worthy, Deckzilla. She looked a little worn out after being neglected since the
last barbecue. The overhead part had been sun bleached gray and the deck floor
had a bunch of spots where the stain was flaking off. It was so pleasant and
the Red Sox were winning comfortably (which helped motivation) that I decided it
was time for Deckzilla’s annual bath. I pulled what is possibly my favorite appliance,
the power washer, out and away we went. Three hours later I can no longer stand
straight and I anticipate some serious arm cramps but Deckzilla is back to its
premiere status. It will just need a coat of stain once it dries out. By next
week I should be able to bend over again and get that done.
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| Deckzilla Before |
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| After the Bath |
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| Patio Also Had to Be Addressed |
I’m at a serious dichotomy in terms of morale
for this upcoming weekend. On the absolute high (you probably already guessed
this) side I’ll have time with granddaughters. On the low side, the impending colonoscopy
on Monday morning, which I’ll have to start “studying” for on Sunday. Tomorrow,
we drive up to New Hampshire to hang out with my Favorite Son as well as the
BRS and BR3. The ABFA heard we were coming and decided to leave town. Kidding.
She’s got a ladies weekend planned that she has more than earned. I’ll also get
to hang out with my son in his recently completed home theater. Psyched!!!!
Three movies fell in my A-Z watch, all
keepers, The Frighteners, love this movie about ghosts, Peter Jackson learned
about special effects in this as he followed it with LOTR; The Goonies, guilty
pleasure but still effectively pulls heart strings; and Groundhog Day, the one
that started this premise, executed with so much heart.
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RECURRING CHARACTERS:
ABFA – Amazing Best Family
Athlete - my daughter
in law; BR3 – Blog Reader #3 – granddaughter
#3; BRS - Blog Reader the Sequel -
second granddaughter; Cantankerous Friend – friend since grade school who likes to argue
about everything, poses as radical leftist to attract women; CRC - Connecticut
Riverboat Captain – another close friend from high school, renowned sailor
of the big river; Curbside Girls – close
friends of my daughter acquired during him her single days in Brooklyn; Deckzilla – our backyard deck which
grew to monstrous dimensions once my wife got involved in planning; Favorite Panamanian - the wife (of
course); FBR - First Blog Reader -
first granddaughter; First Friday –
celebrations to mark the First Friday of the Week; Great Aunt - my elder sister; Keene
Friends 1 & 2 – friends since high school from my home town of Keene,
NH; Kindergarten Friend – friend
since kindergarten whom I reunited with after many years; Maine and Virginia Musqueteras – two close friends of my wife –
her US sisters, my wife is the 3rd Musquetera (musketeer); Namesake Nephew –
son of Great Aunt and Soxfather named after me; Neighborhood Mafioso - wife's close friend and Panamanian mafia
member; 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; PCR - Pittsburgh College Roommate– high
school friend, also a “Minor Celebrity” in Pittsburgh; PCR+1 - Pittsburgh College Roommate’s wife; Riggins - also known as the
Grandpuppy, son's dog; Soxfather -
my brother in law; Tia Loca – wife’s younger sister; Wingman – my son in law; Wingmom – Wingman’s mom, of course
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